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“No.”
He knew nothing he could do would change the fucker’s mind, so he raised his gun to aim it at Isaac’s forehead.
“Do it.” Isaac shrugged, looking almost bored. “Come on, Kai. I’m a bad guy, and you only kill bad guys, right?”
Kai’s heart was beating wildly in his chest. Not because of Isaac but because of Steel. He remembered all too clearly the look on Steel’s face when he’d said he didn’t want to believe Kai was human. He never wanted to see that look again.
“I’m totally going to regret this, aren’t I?”
You know how in movies the hero has the opportunity to take out the villain and doesn’t, and you’re yelling at them to just do it, because you know the villain will be back worse than before? He finally understood why they didn’t do it. It wasn’t about the villain. It wasn’t about Isaac. It was about himself. What it would do to him if he killed Isaac like this.
He cursed under his breath and lowered his gun. The slight flare of surprise in Isaac’s eyes wasn’t comforting at all.
He knew he only had seconds to get out if he wanted to live long enough to regret not killing Isaac, so he ran. He ran as fast as he could toward Steel.
Steel
Whatever he’d expected Kai’s home to look like, this wasn’t it. It was a small one-story house, but it was in a nice neighborhood. Something told him Kai preferred cozy things over all that fancy and expensive stuff. The house was warm and inviting, Kai’s Mediterranean roots quite evident. He had sculptures on his bookcases along with tons of books, and he was at least educated enough to recognize that one sculpture of Aphrodite without the arms.
He spotted some small pottery stuff and some creepy glass eye thingies hanging in a few places. He could see Kai in every single knickknack and decorative piece there. The bottle of Greek alcohol on the coffee table had a smile spreading on his lips.
He felt weird about going through Kai’s things, but he didn’t care if it helped him find Kai. He went to the kitchen and opened the fridge. He wasn’t surprised to find practically nothing inside. A six-pack of beer, a block of cheese, and some leftovers that smelled terrible.
He closed the fridge door and turned around, his gaze catching on quite the collection of knives. They were hanging on a magnetic knife rack on the wall. He had a suspicious feeling that not a lot of them were actually used for food.
He followed Hawk down the hall to Kai’s bedroom, stopping in the doorway. It didn’t feel right to be there without Kai.
Hawk went to the closet, opened the door, and stepped inside. He heard a few beeps and then Hawk waved him closer.
He really shouldn’t have been surprised to see the hidden storage compartment in the back wall of the closet filled with all kinds of guns. It made it hard to forget what Kai was.
He squeezed his eyes shut as a memory assaulted him. He saw Kai with a gun aimed at Tony. He remembered thinking that Kai had known exactly where he’d been the whole time and had let him walk up on him with his gun aimed at him. He hadn’t understood why Kai had let him get so close.
The memory was replaced with another. Trina’s ex holding a gun to her head. A gunshot. Kai killing Trina’s ex. She’d said it herself; Kai had set her free.
That was the Kai he needed to remember. The one who’d pretended to only be helping them because of that video when he’d done it because he cared. He needed to remember the Kai who’d come to him when shit had hit the fan. The Kai who’d begged for him. The Kai who’d laughed with him on the couch. The Kai who yelled at the TV when he thought the characters were being stupid. He needed to remember his Kai.
He had to believe that that Kai was real. That he wanted to change. Even if he’d run away from him. From them.
He just needed to convince Kai that he saw who he really was. That he wanted to be with him.
“Here.”
Steel blinked and refocused on Hawk who was handing him a gun.
“You think we’ll need them?”
Hawk arched a brow at him. “Considering the shit Kai has gotten into? Yeah. I think we’ll need them.”
“Still no idea where he’s gone?” he asked, hoping for a different answer even if he knew he wouldn’t get one.
Hawk shook his head. “He obviously hasn’t been here. He didn’t go to me, either. I don’t… I know he doesn’t want anyone to get hurt because of him, so he might’ve just decided to go underground.”
Steel pressed his lips together.
He fucking hoped not.
It didn’t matter if Kai was hiding or running. He’d find him. He didn’t care what it took. He was in love with him, and he’d be damned if he didn’t at least get a chance to tell him that.
