“Bed, now,” he mumbled against her ear.
“You won’t hear me complaining,” she slurred, resting her head on his shoulder as the elevator door sealed them into the small space.
Two hours later, after he and Oriannahad made their way back down to the kitchen and indulged in ham and provolone sandwiches, hisamsouelothad hinted that she wanted to take a nap. Figuring the emotional drain was taking its toll, Eclipse had sent her back up to their room and went in search of Obsidian. He found his brother in the war room, along with Miklós, Søren, and Zadok, who was still at the mansion while Taayin filled in for him covering Cimmerian’s ass.
“Looks like trouble,” Eclipse teased when he joined the males. “What’s going on here?”
“We just got word Perfidious is out and about.”
Well, didn’t that just put a damper on his good mood.
The demon had gone to ground for weeks, so it was surprising, not to mention disappointing, to hear he was making an appearance. Of course, Eclipse had to wonder about the timing considering they’d slipped Orianna out of the mansion only a few hours ago and this was the first sighting in quite some time. Coincidence?
“Where’s he at?”
“That’s the bad—”
“Remember the female at the club?” Kaj asked, his voice coming from behind him.
The interruption had Eclipse turning in time to see the vampire approaching, eyes hard.
“I remember.”
“She’s been working with Sirius.”
A burning anger ripped through Eclipse’s veins at the news. “So you do have traitors in your ranks?”
“Trust me,” Kaj said, his voice a low growl, “my ranks are secure. It’s the civilians who are working with the demons.”
Eclipse wasn’t so sure that was the case, but he held his tongue.
“What’s being done about it?” Obsidian asked, getting to his feet and coming to join them.
“Darko’s got quite the collection,” the vampire said. “They’re being kept in the dungeon.”
“At a club where you bring humans?” Eclipse snapped. His anger needed an outlet, and this male was the three-prong equivalent that would get the brunt of it.
Kaj shook his head. “Beneath the club. An actual dungeon.”
“And you’re telling me you didn’t know they were there?” Eclipse found that difficult to believe.
“I had no idea.” The acknowledgement seemed to bother Kaj as much as the idea bothered Eclipse. “Now, I’ve got to decide what to do about them.”
Eclipse stared at the vampire. “Seems pretty simple to me.”
Green eyes narrowed to slits. “You’re saying I should condemn them to die?”
“How else do you stop the bleeding?” Seemed pretty fucking rational to him. “You let them live, what’s to stop the others from doing it?”
“Loyalty,” Kaj said, glaring back at him.
Eclipse snorted. “Seems to be lacking for you right now.”
“Enough,” Obsidian bit out.
Eclipse spun to face his brother. “This female he’s referring to … she lured myamsouelotto the club.”
Concern replaced Obsidian’s frustrated expression. “That changes things.”
