Yukina had already swept away before Kira could open her mouth.
Seeing the frustration on her face, Graydon smirked as if to say she had only herself to blame.
Kira narrowed her eyes at him, dragging one hand down her leg before slapping it on his shoulder and rubbing.
Graydon's lip curled in faint disgust.
What could she say? Fucking with others always put her in a better mood.
Kira dragged her eyes up and down his body, ignoring his wide chest and clearly defined muscles, as if to say he didn't have much room to complain.
He was covered with saliva from his earlier embrace with Kira. Granted, not to the same extent as Devon and her, but he was by no means pristine.
Amila and Solal smothered their grins at the interchange.
Graydon recovered quickly, lifting an eyebrow as if to ask if she was brave enough to keep Yukina waiting.
It turned out the answer was no—but Kira had no intention of telling him that.
Instead, she sauntered in Yukina's wake, not commenting as the Emperor's Face led her upstairs and through several hallways before arriving at a door located a fair distance from the entrance.
Kira slogged inside the room Yukina had chosen, trying to ignore the thick and clingy substance that had somehow managed to work itself under her armor.
She stood awkwardly in a corner, not wanting to dirty the pristine monochromatic furniture as Graydon, the oshota Kira was pretty sure wasn't an oshota, and Wren entered.
Devon tried to follow but found his way blocked by Graydon.
"You should get cleaned up."
Devon's alarmed gaze found Kira. "I'm youryer’se. Shouldn't I be present?"
"Perhaps next time."
Raider slipped through as Graydon shut the door in Devon's face.
Yukina pointed at him. "Leave."
"Raider stays," Kira corrected. "He needs to hear this too."
Yukina pressed her lips together as her eyes flashed. "Only if he swears to keep anything he hears from the Consortium."
Raider threw himself into a seat, his expression that of a cat who'd just swallowed the canary. "What kind of person would I be if I promised to keep important intel from my own people? Would you trust such an individual?"
The answer was no, and they all knew it.
Someone capable of betraying their own kind once could be convinced to do it again.
Before anyone could raise an argument, Raider waved a lazy hand. "But I will tell you I've been instructed not to share anything I learn unless it directly pertains to the security of the Consortium."
The room fell quiet as all eyes turned to him.
Even Kira regarded him with a somber expression.
"There's a power struggle in the Consortium," Graydon guessed as he joined them, finding a seat across from Raider.
Yukina and the rest remained standing.
Raider didn't speak, but then, he didn't have to. The cause was clear.
