"Find out who sent that immediately."
"Use all means!"
Marcus crossed the room carefully. He knelt and picked up the envelope with a cloth, holding it away from his body. The powder shifted inside sinisterly.
"And when I find them?"
Kade's voice dropped to something far more dangerous than anger. Something beneath anger. Something that had moved past it entirely.
"Bring them to me alive."
He looked down at Dakota's pale face and weakened sleeping body. At the bruises forming on her skin. The way her body curled toward him even in unconsciousness, seeking warmth, seeking safety, seeking him.
"They wanted to turn my Luna into a monster."
His silver eyes hardened.
"They will learn what a real monster looks like."
Kade did not move for a long time. He sat there hugging and cuddling her closely.
