KAEL
"Is this Thane?" Torin slid a photo across the table. It was grainy and out of focus, but the face was clear enough. The man who had saved Aria. There was no doubt.
Anger still burned through me, fed by what Paisley had said earlier. It hadn't cooled at all. Hours had passed, and now Aria and I sat in Torin's office with Elara. She had promised answers. I was done waiting for them.
"You knew he was dealing drugs, and you did nothing?" The words came out rough, sharp with fury.
"Thane is more than a drug dealer," Elara said. Her voice tightened, like she already knew where this was going. "It's hard for us to investigate things inside the rogue circles. We were looking for him, but under a different name. When he was part of Ironwill Basin Pack, he went by Jefferson."
"Fine," I s
