"She's finally here," Derek said, his voice dropping like a block of ice right into the middle of Kai and Declan's argument.
The two men snapped their mouths shut and turned to face Derek.
Kai's eyes went wide. "Who? Kira's here?"
Derek didn't answer. He simply lowered himself back into his seat behind the desk, his face a careful, unreadable mask.
Kai stared at him for a heartbeat, then took two quick steps back, turned, and strode for the door. "I need to stop her," he said, and was gone.
As the door swung shut behind Kai, Declan crossed to the desk and braced his hands on the edge of it.
"Don't you think you're making a mistake?" he asked quietly.
Derek looked up at him, his eyes flat and cold. "The only mistake I ever made," he said, "was believing something good could come out of Moonfang. And then being foolish enough to stray from my original plan because of it. I'm simply correcting both errors at once."
Before Declan could say another word, the door burst open.
