Lysander'S POV
When I started my search for Elara, I’d immediately gone to Silas Vexx’s house in Seattle. He was the leader of 5th Circle and, since they were still hunting her, he’d know where she was last seen.
Of course, I couldn’t show up empty-handed, even though all I wanted to do was break down Vexx’s door, get the information I needed, then slaughter them all. Payback. Instead, Xavier had worked up an offer to try to sway 5th Circle away from their alliance with Eclipse and back to us—back to Penumbra. He wouldn’t let me begin my search until he had all the details in order. For all the good it did.
I showed up at Vexx’s mansion and the fucker refused to let me enter the grounds. He wouldn’t hear me out and threatened to dispose of me if I turned up on his doorstep again. So mu
