Chapter 0915

I bite my lip, fighting a smile, and Jackson sends me a nudge down the bond. When I look up at him and he frowns at me, clearly wanting to know what's going on, I break into a laugh.

He just scowls and shakes his head, wanting to know but not pushing it, knowing I'm not giving him any secrets until he tells me what Jesse told him about the Underworld. So, we are, essentially, still at a stalemate.

"Did you ever find Maryam?" Jesse asks, leaning forward towards Rafe even as his hand snatches out, grabbing a piece of Midnight's cake and making her squeak in protest as he quickly pops it in his mouth.

Ben and Elias perk up just as Jacks and I do, all of us turning towards Rafe.

"Yes," Rafe sighs, leaning back against his hands, rolling his eyes up towards the roof of the yurt. "I found her. She's...back."

"How'd you convince her to come back?" I ask, my voice a fascinated whisper. "Um," he says, looking down at his lap, grimacing. "I...kind of didn't."

"Rafe,” Jesse says, laughing and already shaking his head. "What'd you do, carry her?"

I laugh and turn back to Rafe, but when he doesn't answer - his grimace deepening and his cheeks going red - we all burst out into laughter.

I whip a hand across Jackson, smacking my brother hard on the arm. "Rafe!

Seriously!? You carried her back, kicking and screaming!?"

"Well, she didn't kick and scream the whole time," he mutters.

I lose it, falling onto Jackson's side, who likewise laughs and wraps his arms around me, holding me close.

on, what was I supposed to do!" Rafe groans, looking around at all of us for some sign of pity. "She was at the fucking train station with nothing

calls out, laughing. “She's a grown ass woman she can decide where she goes! What, is she like your,

my prisoner,"

locked in a room somewhere?" Jesse

door isn't locked!" Rafe bites out, glaring at

guarded?" I ask, a sneaky

away

starts laughing. "She's my

train!" I say, overly dramatic. "Those death machines, notoriously prowled by gangs of

sounds very bad," Midnight says, nodding slowly. "You were

Rafe says, sighing and not bothering to engage with my critique,

Ben says, laughing a little. "Her home isn't dangerous -

her home that's

Rafe matters.

and lays back on the floor

shaking his

don't rub it

I just...can't let her go until she...doesn't hate me

not sure kidnapping her and dragging her back to your houes is going to

any favors there," Jackson

wonders for us," Midnight says,

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