"How could you use them as bait?" Ezra asked through gritted teeth, glaring at Kaelis.
Kaelis glanced at him briefly.
For a moment, Ezra had actually started to think the prince might be tolerable.
Clearly, he had been wrong.
"I told you," Kaelis said calmly. "I have spent years proving their existence. Years searching for them."
He kept his eyes forward as he spoke.
"We can protect that family. But first we need answers. We need at least one of them alive for questioning. Either that… or we expose every last one of them tonight."
Ezra still couldn't understand.
And even if he did, he wasn't sure he would care.
Because standing in front of them was a family who trusted them. A father, a mother, and two small girls.
"I know what I'm doing is wrong," Kaelis whispered quietly.
Ezra stiffened slightly.
