I swore under my breath, dragging my gaze back toward the bar, my mind spinning useless in circles.
I hadn’t really gotten anything. Just a vague description of the attitude of the man and he was creepier than usual creepiness. But when I’d spoken about the bite, Kael had reacted. Something had clicked in him. I didn’t know what exactly, but it was enough to make my stomach twist.
He knew something. Maybe not everything, but something.
And he was using my need for answers to manipulated me. Just like Dr. Veyra had done.
I hated this. Hated that I needed answers and that the two people I loathed most knew more than I did and didn’t hesitate to find a way to use it against me. Hated that Maya’s life might now be hanging in the hands of a man who’d shattered me.
My life was once again no
