Iris:
Chaos had erupted in my mind. Whatever my children told left deeply disturbed.
As they stord away to wave at the airplane, I turned to look at Kash.
"It makes sense," I muttered, feeling utterly defeated.
"He leaves for the woods right after he receives calls from my mother," I said as I opened the file again, pointing to the record of every ti she called and he cut the line.
"I rember so of those tis," I added quietly.
"He is ntioned in this file during the tis I saw him sneaking out of the mansion," I continued, pointing at the tistamps.
Kash listened carefully, but I could tell he was ready to pounce on Luca at any mont. He already hated him.
This only gave him more reason to go after him, and I would not bla him for it. Luca had brought this upon himself.
"I guess it was a signal. The call was a signal," I said, stressing the call that asked him to co to the woods.
"That is where he was holding etings with whoever ca to abduct us," I explained, keeping my eyes on the file.
"That is how they knew everything," I mumbled, running my hands through my hair as realization finally dawned on .
I rembered the last ti I was in the East, when I was being forced to marry Luca. I had thought he might be a victim like , but now everything was making sense, and it hit hard.
It was not easy to accept that another person I had trusted had been lying to all this ti.
"We have enough evidence to fucking get him arrested," Kash stated firmly, making it clear that he was only sitting with because he wanted to know first before he went to arrest him.
"You’re the alpha king, Kash," I said steadily.
"I will not stop you from making the right decision," I added, letting him know that I had truly lost it.
I had lost the ga of friendship with Luca. I had put too much faith in soone who had been hired to deceive from the beginning.
After getting a thumbs up from , Kash stood up abruptly, fixed his coat, and gestured to Walkin with two fingers.
"Bring in the warriors. We are making an arrest," Kash ordered as he strode toward the mansion, heading for the guesthouse.
I rose and straightened my posture. My eyes landed on Walkin, who looked at sadly because he realized I was hurt once again.
"Co on, kids. We have to go inside," I told my children, motioning with my hand.
Kash slowed his pace to let my kids walk ahead of us.
Once we entered the living room, I noticed that breakfast was being served.
"Thank goodness you guys are back. Breakfast is served," Zoe said with a smile before her attention shifted to Amy and Colin.
"Let’s get you two cleaned up. Why are you so dirty again?" she asked playfully.
They laughed with her, but when she straightened her back, she noticed the serious look on our faces.
"Zoe, please keep them inside the room with you for a while," I said firmly.
As soon as I spoke, she understood it was serious.
I noticed Lady Vivian, still seated in the sa coffee chair with a magazine in her hand, lowered the magazine and stared at us.
Everyone sensed that sothing was wrong.
Zoe took my children into her room and locked the door behind them.
Lara and Lady Vivian exchanged glances, trying to anticipate what was coming next.
I turned to Kash and anxiously rubbed my palms together.
"I want to tell Jas and my father first," I uttered, making the request because I still respected Jas deeply. I did not want to arrest his son without telling him.
Kash gave a slight nod and let walk to the kitchen, where Jas and my father were preparing breakfast for everyone.
They looked happy as I stood in the doorway, tears beginning to form in my eyes.
"Oh, Iris is here. Co help us," Jas called, motioning for to join him.
"She will not cook. She stopped cooking a long ti ago," my father joked, sticking his tongue out as he flipped the pancake, until his eyes landed on again and he noticed how serious I looked.
"Look, you made her cry," Jas complained, gently slapping my father’s chest with the back of his hand.
The two had been best friends for a very long ti. It did not even seem as if one of them was the Lycan King and the other his right-hand man.
"Father, Uncle Jas, I have to tell you sothing," I whispered, rubbing my palms so hard that my hands had started to turn red.
"What is it? Is everything okay? Are you okay?" Jas asked as he walked around the island to approach .
"We have figured out who caused my mother’s n to co into the mansion and abduct us," I began, avoiding eye contact with both of them.
"Who was it?" Jas asked, placing his hand on my shoulder to give support and strength.
I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, then opened them again and looked him straight in the eye.
"It was Luca," The mont I said that, he pulled his hand back, and we heard commotion outside.
I stepped out of their way as the two rushed outside.
After a few seconds, I followed them into the living room.
"Wait, what is going on? Why am I getting arrested?" Luca shouted as they forced his hands behind his back and secured the handcuffs.
Kash stood facing him with his jaw clenched.
"You crossed every line when you helped them co in and abduct my wife and my children," Kash declared.
As he made that statent, Luca’s head snapped toward , and the sheer confusion and hurt on his face made clench my fists tightly.
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