Page 55 of Knight’s Absolution

Gunner growled. “Right now, we’re all just pulling theories out of our asses. I want him found, and I want him dead.” He glanced at Silas. “Will the angels help? One of their own has gone rogue.”

Silas shook his head. “I doubt it. And there’s no chance they’d give me an audience to even ask.”

“What the fuck did you do?” Lazarus asked. “Why are they so pissed at you? It has to be more than you just helping us out from time to time?”

Silas crossed his arms. “I made a deal with the fates a long time ago. The angels found out.”

Everyone stilled.

Chaos frowned. “You fucked with fate?”

Silas shifted in his big boots.

“What kind of deal?” Chaos asked.

Silas shrugged. “Everyone has two paths. I just made sure Zenon stayed on the right one.”

Zenon went statue.

In the past, Silas stayed tight-lipped about…fuck, everything. But he wasn’t restricted by the Heavens like he’d once been anymore.

“The path that led me to Mia, that kept me here?” Zenon asked.

“It’s fine. Not a big deal.”

Zenon’s entire body shook. “Not a big deal?”

Silas shoved his hands in his pockets and changed the subject. “So…what about Lucifer? Maybe he could help find Azel?”

Zenon’s yellow gaze stayed locked on the angel, silently telling him this wasn’t over. They all owed Silas more than they ever knew, for what he’d done, what he’d given up for their brother.

Lazarus cleared his throat. “If anyone can help, surely it’s Lucifer.”

Zenon’s jaw tightened. “I’ll ask.” The male would do anything for his brothers, but Lucifer was not someone Zen wanted to encourage. The former king of Hell was also the king of TMI and loved sharing with his new grandson. Mia found his pictures and texts hilarious, Zenon not so much.

He pulled his phone from his pocket, hit the number for Lucifer, and put it on speaker.

The phone rang once. “Yo! Z-man! Holy shit, you called, you actually called. Was it the cat memes that wore you down or the sex stories? It was my sexploits, right?”

Zenon rubbed a temple with one hand and shook his head. “Nope, definitely not that.”

“Mia likes me. You need to listen to your mate, she has good taste. And I know it’s her picking my outfits when I send pics, and don’t try to tell me it isn’t, ’cause I know it is. By the way, she’s a fucking genius. I’ve gotten lucky every time I wear what she chooses.”

She did choose. Gunner had seen Mia take Zenon’s phone from him and, giggling, send a reply.

“Don’t want to talk about my mate with you, Lucifer…”

“So this isn’t family business?”

“No.”

“Ha! You just admitted we’re family.”

Zenon muttered a curse.

“Adam, come back to bed,” a female voice echoed down the phone.

“Be there in a minute, Bunny!” Lucifer chuckled. “Man, I love human women. They don’t try to kill you in your sleep.”