The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 50

KAEL.

We'd been driving for almost two hours, and Adessa had fallen asleep. She was tired from all the running and hiding she'd been doing these past few weeks, so I let her sleep while I did my best to keep myself awake.

I could take my sleep once we were on our way to the north. For now, I needed to get us as far away from here as possible.

I was almost at the Bellouf Theme Park when my phone rang.

It startled Adessa. Adessa's hands flew out in the air as she gasped for breath. My hand went to her thigh, tapping it twice before rubbing it gently.

"I'm here..." I mumbled loudly enough for her to hear while the phone continued to ring.

She turned her head in my direction, and when she saw me, it was only then that her shoulders relaxed, and she sank back into her seat.

I smiled at her before I spoke. "Rasmus is calling. You can go back to sleep."

She shook her head before she leaned her head to the window, crossing her arms across her chest, her eyes focusing on the dark road in front of us. "I want to listen."

I picked up the phone, pressed the speaker button, and placed it on the dashboard. As we had discussed, I wouldn't talk until he started by saying my name. "Kael..."

"Are they gone?" I asked.

"Yes, and those assholes are not investigators nor representatives from the King's Court."

"What do you mean?"

"They were Draco's men."

stop myself from exclaiming as anger brewed within me, especially when I felt Adessa move from her seat. When I looked at her, she had a worried expression

as part of Draco's entourage and alerted me. I requested documents to show they had rights to the inquest, but they couldn't show me anything. It appeared that someone had tipped them off that

possibility. I got careless when I took her car home with

Aunt Aria is

So they saw that car parked here, and if they were thinking Kael is

asked them to fuck off and kicked them out of the territory. I made sure they exited the same border they came in, far away from

"Thank you."

Draco a midnight

not," I

an asshole for sending his men in my pack in the middle

"Yes."

hand crawled to Adessa's, clasping it

said he was convinced that you and I are helping her, and we better hide her good or

first." I finished for him. I was used to

I told him to shove his

he won't stop

So you need to

heading to the

tell Dexter

can't trust

man. That man will lay down in the bed of fire for

know." I let out a breath. Landon and I were a tag team during our university days, and Rasmus would hang out with us most of the time "But the less he knows, the less danger he'll be in. So it's up to

what