Page 57 of Knight’s Absolution

“You were right, Silas, for once. Someone is hiding him. I’ve got nothing.”

Gunner rubbed his hands over his cropped hair, close to losing his shit completely.

“Can you keep trying?” Chaos asked.

There was a beat of silence. “I’ll keep my feelers out for Azel. I’m fine if someone takes that piece of shit out, but there’s only so much I’m willing to do when it comes to this war. Look, I know Diemos is a fucking lunatic who wishes me dead, but he’s still my son. I love him and Zenon both. I can’t take sides in this. This whole thing has to play out without my interference.”

“You can’t be serious,” Silas bit out.

“As a heart attack, Si, but yeah, if I get a whiff of Azel, I’ll let you know.”

“Thank you,” Chaos said.

“All goods. Right, off to go fuck. Take care, boys. And don’t forget, Grandpa loves you, Z-man.” Then the phone went dead.

“Helpful as always,” Lazarus snarled before his gaze slid to Gunner. “What about taking Luna into the city, like I did with Eve? Maybe he’ll sense her outside the compound wards and reveal himself.”

“No fucking way.”

The door to the control room opened and Luna walked in. A sweet-as-fuck smile curled her lips when she saw Gunner, her gorgeous eyes bright and lined with black liner, those pretty little fangs flashing. Jesus, he ached for her.

“Okay, love?” he asked moving toward her. He’d planned on spending eternity moving toward her.

“Yeah, I was just walking, wandering around really. Somehow, I ended up here.” Her gaze darted over his shoulder to the big males behind him.

He knew why she ended up here. She’d spend eternity moving toward him as well, whether she understood it or not, whether she wanted to or not.

“We were just talking about you, actually,” Chaos said.

Luna did that wide-eyed slow blink she often did. “Oh?”

Gunner spun to his brother. “It’s not happening.”

Cool fingers curled around his forearm and squeezed lightly. Her skin was already dropping in temperature. She’d need to feed again soon. “What’s going on?”

Gunner looked down at her. “Nothing for you to worry about.”

She stepped to the side, so he wasn’t shielding her from Chaos anymore. “Why were you talking about me?”

“Chaos, don’t,” he gritted out.

She turned back to him then, her brow furrowed. “Please, I want to know.”

What choice did he have? He hated lying to her. “We haven’t had any luck finding Azel…”

She flinched.

Fuck. He slid his hand around the back of her neck and held her firm, keeping his eyes locked on hers, keeping her right there with him. Letting her know he had her and he wasn’t fucking going anywhere.

“Ronan’s power,” she said. “Whoever got it when Sir…killed my brother is protecting him.”

“We thought that maybe if Gunner took you outside the compound, flew above the city, Azel might sense you, that maybe it would bring him out of hiding?”

Gunner slid his thumb over the silky-smooth skin of her throat, getting her to look at him again. “You don’t need to do it, love. We’ll find him without your help.”

“But it could take a lot longer. And Rocco’s female is still in Hell, and yes, time moves slower down there, but still that’s time we don’t have,” Chaos added.

Alarm filled Luna’s gaze. “Rocco’s female’s in Hell?”