Baby, please-" Kael took a step forward, his hands raised in a placating gesture.
"Don't you dare baby me" Mallory pointed the bat at him. "Don't come close to me! I knew your Ass was up to no good the day you sent me shopping, kissing me like that-with that lying mouth of yours, like it would make the lies go away."
Kael stopped walking. "I wasn't trying to lie to you-"
"Yes, you were!" Mallory's voice cracked. "You knew. You knew Killian was the father of that baby. You knew about the vessel. You knew your brother was protecting the vessel. You helped him kill Lady Eden-a Council elder-and you didn't tell me!"
She grabbed another item from the shelf-a framed photo of the two of them from their honeymoon and she threw it. It sailed past Kael's head and smashed against the wa
