Page 49 of Immortal Unveiled

“This is my case.”

“Last time I checked, you were unconscious,” Aiden said.

“Well, I’m fine now.”

“Yeah, back to your usual charming self,” Pearce said under his breath, but everybody heard it.

Manus didn’t react to Pearce’s dig. “I need to talk to Kim. Alone.”

“Not gonna happen,” Aiden said.

A low growl came from Manus. “You can’t stop me from talking to her.”

“We’re not,” Aiden corrected, exchanging a look with Pearce. “You can talk to her, but not alone.” He pointed to her. “She shot you with a bullet made of metal forged in the Dark Days. She’s too dangerous. We’re not leaving you alone with her. Not until we can make certain that she means you no harm. End of discussion.”

Kim witnessed the silent standoff taking place between the three men and didn’t dare utter a word during the tense moment.

Finally, Manus said, “Fine. But not here. Let’s go to the living room. The things we need to discuss and explain to Kim will take a while, and we might as well be comfortable. I for one don’t fancy sitting on a hard chair right now.”

Kim cringed at that. Manus was still in pain, and it was her fault.