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him and he couldn’t really blame her. She had waited for him, believed in him, and he had failed. It didn’t

matter why.

“Sherra, what did your people say?” He moved closer to her, trying to control his anger as she backed

away.

“They’ll be here in a matter of hours. Taber and Tanner were already on their way to Dawn. Dayan

slipped away from them.”

He saw her fists clench. She had been enraged when they learned Taber had barely made it to the other

girl in time to save her from the man’s brutal rape.

“Will they stand with him?” Kane questioned her, knowing that the group would make more of an

impact than one man.

“We have always stood behind Callan. Just as he has always protected us.” She shot him a feral look.

Another cut at him. Before she was finished he would be lying in figurative shreds at her feet.

“That’s all I needed to know.” He nodded, rather than trying to spar with her in front of the others. He

turned to Caleb. “Caleb, we have a possible group, not just one. Let’s keep the information sketchy but

impossible to resist.”

Caleb nodded as he made another call.

The Tyler men moved about the room performing their various assignments. Sherra watched it all with a

half snarl on her lips.

“Chill out, baby, we’ll take care of everything,” he told her softly.

Her eyes darkened, her expression tightened with fury.

“I am not your baby,” she sneered. “So stop with the cutesy shit, Kane. I know you and I know what

you are, so stop trying to suck up to me.”

Kane felt his control begin to erode. Eight surprised expressions turned to them, watching the byplay

carefully. His eyes narrowed on her, his fists clenching at the urge to jerk her into the next room and give

her something to fight about.

“Baby, when I start sucking it won’t be an attempt,” he bit out in disgust, turning away from her. “Fuck

it, I’ll deal with you later when I have time.”

“No, you will not deal with me period.” She brushed past him, heading for the door.

“Where the hell do you think you’re going?” He grabbed her arm as she headed for the exit, swinging

her around to face him.

Fury outlined her body as she looked down at the hand gripping her arm, then looked up at him as

though the touch sickened her.





“Take your hands off me.” Her voice vibrated with anger, but he was damned if he didn’t see need

flaring in her eyes as well.

He jerked her across the room, pushing her roughly back into the chair. When she went to push her way

back to her feet, he slammed his hands on the arms of the seat, forcing her back.

“You are not going anywhere,” he bit out furiously, watching her face flush now. “You can sit your ass

here or you can run and hide in the bedroom, but you will not leave this suite. Do you fucking understand

me?”

“Kane.” His father’s sharp voice protested behind him. For the first time in his life, Kane ignored his

father.

“Do you hear me, Sherra?” he bit out again, never breaking their stare.

Her lips thinned, their little pout almost tempting him to possess them with a strength of a desire nearly

tearing him apart.

“Fine,” she literally growled at him, her eyes shooting sparks of fury as she drew back as far as possible

from him. “But your sister is right, you’re an asshole.”

Kane’s eyes widened in surprise, then he frowned in irritation.

“Does she fucking telling everyone I’m an asshole?” He heard his voice rise in incredulity, then turned to

look at his family for an answer.

They were staring at him with a mixture of surprise and disbelief.

“Maybe she likes warning the world of the potential,” Sherra sneered. “It’s not like it’s easy to miss.”

He swung around to her again.

“Kane.” The order in his father’s voice was impossible to deny. “Leave that girl alone, she said she

wouldn’t go anywhere. Get the hell out of here and make sure you’re ready so we can all get some rest

before morning. Which is only a few more hours away.”

John faced him, a scowl on his face as he watched his oldest son with no small amount of confusion.

“Sherra, you leave this room and I swear I’ll hunt you down,” he told her fiercely, staring into her eyes

as they widened in shock. “And I promise you, you won’t like it much when I find you.”

She snarled silently, revealing the longer than normal canines at the side of her mouth.

“Be a good kitty, baby.” He smiled mockingly. He turned and left the room before she had a chance to