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anything happens to either of them in the meantime, we’re all screwed. Forget Sirius, we’re all going to be wiped out if that dimension isn’t closed.’
Kane’s attention snapped back to the beginning of the story – to the two entwined bodies – before locking back on Jask’s troubled gaze. ‘You’re telling me the serryn and the pending Tryan have already met?’
‘Jessie says this prophecy took a new direction a matter of days ago – a new direction triggered by a non-prophesied course of action.’
But they had the serryn. Jask had assured him Phia had only just turned. Turned when Leila lost her serrynity to Caleb...
Kane’s gaze snapped back at the drawing of the entwined couple. ‘You have got to be fucking kidding me.’
‘Caleb might be the one, Kane. We might have just had the pending Tryan at my compound.’
6
‘ B ut the chosen one has to be a Higher Order vampire,’ Kane said. ‘It’s the one thing the prophecy is clear on. It’s the one thing that can’t be changed. It can’t be Caleb.’
‘So all of this is coincidence?’
‘If it is Caleb, why is Leila still alive?’ Kane asked, turning to face him. ‘If it is Caleb and he had a serryn right there, why didn’t he kill her when he had the chance? What stopped him? Why let her go?’
‘Maybe he doesn’t know what he is. Or maybe he doesn’t know about the process. You said yourself it’s one of the most closely guarded secrets. If he’s not amongst the Higher Order for them to disclose any of this, maybe he’s clueless. Maybe he is just pursuing Phia because of the assassination attempt, fuelled even more by the fact she’s a serryn. Until we get our hands on Leila, we’re not going to know. Until then, you can’t go after him. You can’t be the one to kill him anymore, Kane.’
Kane hissed before he stepped away. He raked his hands back through his hair before grasping the back of his neck.
‘And if it is Caleb, Kane, and if he gets taken in over these murders and gets read by Caitlin, she could discover she has the pending vampire leader locked up in one of her cells. If she tells Sirius…’
Kane raked his hands down his face before slamming his hands against the wall, leaving his palms melding with concrete. ‘ Fuck ,’ he hissed again.
‘We have to keep Caleb out of there until we know for sure. You have to get that information to him. He has to get those alibis, Kane.’
And use Caitlin to do so; be the hypocrite crossing the very line he’d given her a hard time for crossing; have reason to keep her in the organisation he had already resolved to give her a final ultimatum to leave.
‘Either that or bring Caitlin in,’ Jask suggested. ‘Get her to read Jessie so we find out that way. But then you’ll know what you’ll have to do.’
Kane turned his head so he looked Jask square in the eyes.
He knew exactly what Jask meant.
‘And while I’m at it, why don’t I kill Phia too?’ Kane remarked. ‘No serryn, no Tryan. Let’s both cut our losses.’
Jask’s glower could have melted steel. He stepped away from Kane to bite back his own protective instincts before turning to face him again. ‘The difference is I love Phia. And Phia loves me. And we are going to make the best of this situation in any way we can. Are you telling me you feel the same about Caitlin? Do you love her, Kane? If you do, then tell me, because that changes things. Because then maybe I’d understand.’
Kane broke from Jask’s penetrative gaze – a gaze that was forcing him to answer questions he didn’t even want to ask himself.
‘More to the point, does she love you ? Because however you feel about her, you have to ask yourself that question. This isn’t just about your kind; this is about all of us. This is about the whole of Blackthorn. You know, the Blackthorn you claim you’re here to protect? Are you really going to put that agent before your own kind? Again ? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it
Kane’s attention snapped back to the beginning of the story – to the two entwined bodies – before locking back on Jask’s troubled gaze. ‘You’re telling me the serryn and the pending Tryan have already met?’
‘Jessie says this prophecy took a new direction a matter of days ago – a new direction triggered by a non-prophesied course of action.’
But they had the serryn. Jask had assured him Phia had only just turned. Turned when Leila lost her serrynity to Caleb...
Kane’s gaze snapped back at the drawing of the entwined couple. ‘You have got to be fucking kidding me.’
‘Caleb might be the one, Kane. We might have just had the pending Tryan at my compound.’
6
‘ B ut the chosen one has to be a Higher Order vampire,’ Kane said. ‘It’s the one thing the prophecy is clear on. It’s the one thing that can’t be changed. It can’t be Caleb.’
‘So all of this is coincidence?’
‘If it is Caleb, why is Leila still alive?’ Kane asked, turning to face him. ‘If it is Caleb and he had a serryn right there, why didn’t he kill her when he had the chance? What stopped him? Why let her go?’
‘Maybe he doesn’t know what he is. Or maybe he doesn’t know about the process. You said yourself it’s one of the most closely guarded secrets. If he’s not amongst the Higher Order for them to disclose any of this, maybe he’s clueless. Maybe he is just pursuing Phia because of the assassination attempt, fuelled even more by the fact she’s a serryn. Until we get our hands on Leila, we’re not going to know. Until then, you can’t go after him. You can’t be the one to kill him anymore, Kane.’
Kane hissed before he stepped away. He raked his hands back through his hair before grasping the back of his neck.
‘And if it is Caleb, Kane, and if he gets taken in over these murders and gets read by Caitlin, she could discover she has the pending vampire leader locked up in one of her cells. If she tells Sirius…’
Kane raked his hands down his face before slamming his hands against the wall, leaving his palms melding with concrete. ‘ Fuck ,’ he hissed again.
‘We have to keep Caleb out of there until we know for sure. You have to get that information to him. He has to get those alibis, Kane.’
And use Caitlin to do so; be the hypocrite crossing the very line he’d given her a hard time for crossing; have reason to keep her in the organisation he had already resolved to give her a final ultimatum to leave.
‘Either that or bring Caitlin in,’ Jask suggested. ‘Get her to read Jessie so we find out that way. But then you’ll know what you’ll have to do.’
Kane turned his head so he looked Jask square in the eyes.
He knew exactly what Jask meant.
‘And while I’m at it, why don’t I kill Phia too?’ Kane remarked. ‘No serryn, no Tryan. Let’s both cut our losses.’
Jask’s glower could have melted steel. He stepped away from Kane to bite back his own protective instincts before turning to face him again. ‘The difference is I love Phia. And Phia loves me. And we are going to make the best of this situation in any way we can. Are you telling me you feel the same about Caitlin? Do you love her, Kane? If you do, then tell me, because that changes things. Because then maybe I’d understand.’
Kane broke from Jask’s penetrative gaze – a gaze that was forcing him to answer questions he didn’t even want to ask himself.
‘More to the point, does she love you ? Because however you feel about her, you have to ask yourself that question. This isn’t just about your kind; this is about all of us. This is about the whole of Blackthorn. You know, the Blackthorn you claim you’re here to protect? Are you really going to put that agent before your own kind? Again ? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it
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