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CHAPTER 134
~Jade's POV~
"Xavier," Xade's voice cut across the clearing.
He was already moving to flank, his own eyes burning with a contained fury that was somehow colder than his brother's open rage.
He stopped just to fake Isadora's left, close enough that she would have to account for both of them at once, and when he spoke again his voice had dropped into the quiet, measured register that he used when he wanted an answer and intended to get one.
"Who sent you?"
Her eyes slid from Xavier's face to Xade's. Then she smiled, and the blood on her lips made it look horrible.
"How cute," her hoarse voice rang out despite the hand around her throat. "The mates come running."
"Who sent you?" Xade repeated. Not a question this time. A statement of what was going to happen next regardless of her preference.
She held his gaze for exactly two seconds.
Then she lifted her free hand almost lazily and snapped it once.
