I swallowed hard. This man—this giant man whose eyes could freeze you solid—was anything but cold.
“I will. I promise.”
#
Titus’ healer showed up and it didn’t take long to get everyone except Gigi back on their feet. Like Kerry said, only rest would help her.
Speaking of Kerry, he wouldn’t let the healer touch him and insisted he was tired but fine. I decided I’d keep an eye on him to make sure he really was. If he showed any signs of injury, I’d get Josef to call the healer back.
“What do we do about the conference room?” Rome asked.
“I’ll send you a bill.” Mimi smiled without humor, and I wasn’t sure if she was kidding or not.
“Send it to Jax.” Kerry leaned a shoulder against the wall with his eyes half-closed. “’S all his fault.”
“How could I have known?” Jax gave him a speculative look. “You did, though, didn’t you? That’s what you were trying to say when I locked you down.”
“Iguessed.” He rolled one shoulder. “But I found her. I didn’t know what you wanted to ask her, though, so—”
“He brought her along,” Titus interrupted.
Every head swiveled toward Kerry.
“You stole a soul.” Jax’s face was blank, most likely with shock. I know mine was.
“Yup.
“From Hell.”
“Yup.”
“A suicide.”
“Now that’s where it gets interesting.” He looked extremely smug. “Turns out, Argaudmadeher shoot herself when she started to break free of him. She’s a murder victim, not a suicide.”
“How do you know she wasn’t lying to you?” I squinted at him.
“Souls can’t lie,” came from a chorus of voices.
I looked at Rome.
“They can’t.” He shrugged.
“There are a lot of theories, but the truth is, no one knows exactly why,” Mimi added.
“Learn something new every day,” I muttered.
“Well, where is she?” Jax asked.
Kerry came over and asked me for the round box.
“It burns to touch it,” I whined. “Rome, fish it outta my pocket. Back left.”
Rome did, then held it up for everyone to see.
“What did you want to ask her?” Kerry asked Jax.
“Nothing worth dying for.”
