KAYDEN'S POV Has she gone mad? "The French are our allies. Our oldest allies at that. What you're asking for is impossible.""If they learned of your true nature, they would turn on you faster than you could blink and you know that to be true. That's why you haven't told them who you are, isn't it?" She runs her hand over my left arm. Her touch made every hair on my body stand. "You're more demigod than human. Why do you treasure humans so much?"Lisa's hands lock around Kira's wrist on my skin, removing it and tugging me back. "Get your hands off my hand. The Council would never side with you on that. Earth is not your home, go where you came from."Kira shakes off Lisa's hold on her wrist and she lets go. Isabel steps forward, and that forces Jonas and Tiffany to step out from behind the car."I will give you one chance to think about my offer, Prime Alpha Blackwater. Do you think your fiancee would

LISA'S POV We make our way back to the house in Jonas' car. When we get there, I give Kayden a tour of the house before we take a shower today. I show him where we'll be sleeping. Jonas took one of the rooms, while Klaus and Tiffany beat us to the other one, so we would be sleeping in the living room. I explained to him how the bedrooms were shared. "We're going to have to sleep on the padded floor.""That sounds nice.""It can be. You'll be surprised at how comfortable sleeping on several pillows and blankets can be.""Hmm." He places his hands on my shoulder and digs his fingers into my tense muscles. I sigh and lean my head back and close my eyes, welcoming his massage."Do not forget to remind me to return the favor when we wake up in the morning. I'm sure you'll wake up with a stiff neck."He places a kiss on the spot just below my neck. "As my lady wishes."When he's done with the

KLAUS' POV Morning came fast and we barely had enough sleep to go around but we couldn't afford to take extra hours. We were all seated at the dining table about to have breakfast. Jonas scoops a couple of pancakes from the tray Lisa drops on the table."Where's Kayden? I haven't seen him this morning." I say, taking the seat next to Tiffany."He's on the phone with Genevieve. They've been talking for an hour now." Lisa says, sounding worried.It's been a while since I talked to Genevieve. I was supposed to give her regular reports about how we were dealing with the rogues but I have been too busy to do anything else.Lisa drops the other tray in front of Tiffany, who smiles at her in gratitude. "Thank you. Isn't it too early for Genevieve to make calls? It should be five o'clock back home." Lisa asks.Lisa nods solemnly. "The call surprised us too but Kayden figured she wouldn't have called if

KLAUS' POV A door creaks. It's not one of the doors leading to the bedrooms, I'm facing them. Tiffany hears the sound also and she pulls away from me. It's one of the doors leading outside. Jonas shouldn't be coming inside by this time. We had an agreement.We both scamper off the couch and I retrieve the handguns on the table, just as two shadows spread on the stone floor. Maybe it was Kayden and Lisa, but why would they be moving like a ghost? If they were the ones, I was going to have to have to smack them in the head for getting me worked up. I hear footsteps around the corner before they appear in the living room, dressed in black clothes from head to toe, each wearing heavy protective gear and helmets. My eyes were drawn to their weapons, it looks like a gun but it isn't like any I've ever seen before.Tiffany fires first, the bullet hitting the first intruder in the chest without any harm. There's no way Jonas didn't hear th

LISA'S POV   After we put our bags away in our different rooms, we gather around the dining table, and several printed copies of the map were spread out before us. They were a lot better than the previous ones we had, the new ones were well detailed and several missing parts of the previous one were included in this one. Tiffany hovers over one of the maps, taking a sip from her cup of coffee as she stares intently at one of the maps. Jonas lets out a long sigh. "I can't shake off this feeling but I can almost see something." "Is it something like a pattern?" I ask hopefully. Klaus stops what he's doing and joins Jonas to study his map. He shakes his head. "Maybe it's not a pattern. What if it's a symbol of some sort?" Klaus takes the map off the table, raising it towards the light, ruining whatever Jonas was doing. "If we can manage to figure out the pattern, we can put an end to