Chapter 24

D ominic

"Where is she?"

"She disappeared right here." Clark blinked, like he couldn't believe the words coming out of his mouth. "I was following the target—Trixie—after Buddy radioed down that she was leaving the apartment. She wasn't out of my sight for a second. She was just here one minute, and then the next, she wasn't."

"A portal," I said. "Dammit. My brother's working with someone powerful."

That was when it hit me, the unbelievability of what was happening.

My brother working with a partner? Hardly. Sebastian Kent was a solo artist if I'd ever seen one.

But maybe, just maybe, for the right price, he could be bought.

Sebastian was no stranger to The Veil. If he'd been working with Levian, it could've affected Levian's magic—giving the elf an oddly tinted aura. The exact aura Trixie had identified in her apartment. Levian and Sebastian joining forces? I supposed it was possible with the right end goal. A goal to ruin me.

I picked up my phone so quickly the ringtone hadn't even begun to sing.

"Yes?" I barked.

"I've got Levian," Vix said. "What do you want me to do with the elf? "

Levian, idiot that he was, hadn't even halted his campaign trail tonight. He'd figured himself invincible. The bravado was impressive, even to me. The nerve of that man.

Yet the one thing Levian hadn't accounted for was Trixie's newfound magical prowess. He'd thought he was safe, protected by his deal with the devil—my brother.

Well, he'd been wrong, and Trixie had identified him at the scene of her apartment. Vix had scooped him out of a rally tonight quite easily. He'd be lucky to survive, though I did plan to keep my word to Trixie. Reluctantly, I would keep him alive for her.

"Try to keep him alive," I barked to Vix. "Tell Levian he might be able to breathe tomorrow if he cooperates. Get Belinda to open the portal."

"You got it, Boss. Give me five minutes."

"Two."

Vix hung up, and I impatiently waited. The second call came one minute and twenty seconds later.

"Didn't need the two minutes," Vix announced proudly. "Belinda said she's already on it. It'll open in a moment."

I couldn't imagine where Trixie had been taken, but I was pretty sure she was with my brother now. And two minutes with my brother was one minute too long.

If Trixie wasn't alive when that portal opened...

Fates save us all.