Chapter 84: Shadow Operations
ARIA POV
"He’s not dead," I screamed, lunging forward. Lucien caught me around the waist, dragging me back into the dark.
"You’ll get yourself killed," he hissed in my ear.
I fought against his grip, tears running down my face. Jaxon couldn’t be dead. I refused to believe it. Even though I couldn’t feel our bond anymore, something deeper told me he was still living.
"We need to get Kael first," Lucien whispered. "Then we can save Jaxon—if he can be saved."
The fake queen and her human guards were busy doing something with the stone wolf statue. They had left Kael in his cage, barely aware, while Jaxon’s body lay forgotten on the ground.
"Cover me," I whispered, slipping from Lucien’s grasp before he could stop me.
Using every bit of stealth I’d learned as an ignored omega, I moved through the shadows toward Kael’s cage. The humans were distracted, arguing among themselves about how to open the stone wolf’s secret compartment.
I reached the cage and pressed my fingers against the cold metal. "Kael," I whispered.
His eyes fluttered open, surprise flashing across his face. "Aria? Get out of here," he rasped.
"Not without you and Jaxon," I said, studying the lock on his cage. It was electronic—no key to steal.