“Yes, he left. Right after you did. He went searching for you. He met someone, and he actually fell in love. They had a son. But Kalden dragged him back to the club. Then his woman and his son disappeared, and he became Morpheus.” Nav’s voice got sharper and louder with every word as he explained to Rhea how the brother she loved became the man people feared.
“That was not her fault,” Zeus argued.
“Bullshit. She should have said something,” he shouted, slamming his hand on the table. “That was my mother!”
“Zachary, I’m so sorry you lost your mother. But I also lost my friend. She was already gone. There was nothing I could do to stop that from happening.”
“Maybe you could have stopped it from happening to someone else. Me, Ravage, Eros, Indigo. None of us had a mother growing up because you kept your mouth shut and ran,” he countered, pointing his finger at Rhea for emphasis.
“Nav, enough. Now is not the time for this,” I said.
“When is the time, King? When Banshee’s niece ends up like my mother? Like your mother?”
“I SAID ENOUGH!” I slammed both hands on the table.
Nav’s phone rang, and he picked it up and looked at it. He dropped his head back and snarled at the ceiling before putting it to his ear.
“What?” he snapped. Nav was silent for a few minutes as he listened to whoever was on the other end of the line. “Yeah, I’ll keep an eye out for him.” He pinched the bridge of his nose as the caller continued. “Fuck you, old man.” Nav hung up the phone, and I waited for him to tell me who it was. There was a barely perceptible shake of his head, meaning he would tell me later when we didn’t have visitors.
I turned back to Banshee. “What do you want to do, Banshee?”
“I want to make sure my niece is safe. And I want Steele’s head on a fucking platter.”
“I think it’s time to do what Reaper suggested and call the damn vote,” Cash said.
I picked up my phone. Before I dialed, I said, “Not a fucking word from anyone.” Setting the phone on the table, I hit the speaker button.
“What do you want, King? I don’t have time for your bullshit.”
“You need to get your ass up here.”
“What the fuck for?”
“Because I have your fucking daughter, and someone tried to kill her. I expect you in two fucking days.” I ended the call before Steele could respond. This was the last chance he had to make things right.
“Think he’ll show?” Gunner asked.
“I do. He doesn’t know which of his three daughters we have, but my guess is, he won’t want any of them talking,” I said.
“Three?” Kronos asked. “Kaylah only had two.”
“He has another daughter who is older than both Kinsley and Kyllian. One he fathered before he married Kaylah,” Banshee explained.
Cash’s phone rang, and he answered immediately. He looked at me. “I’ll be right out to get him,” he said before he hung up. He leaned over and whispered, “Ravage is here.”
“Fuck,” I cursed. I was drowning in shit, and now my little brother was at my gate. The brother I’d just learned about, and the brother I was pretty fucking sure didn’t know about me. The brother who was the nephew of the woman sitting at my table.
A moment later, Cash returned with Ravage right behind him.
Rhea gasped as Kronos jumped to his feet. “WHAT THE FUCK?!”
Chapter Seven
King
I moved quickly, but Cash beat me to it, and shoved Ravage behind him before Kronos could get to him. I stood in front of Cash.
“Kronos. He’s not who you think!”
