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“Does she know about Fritz?”

“She knows he’s alive.” She also knew about Fare’s compulsion because the vampire had bragged about it. “The one thing she didn’t understand was why Fare had never asked Fritz for information about me.” As apparently Fare had drilled Kyra for my name.

Yet she’d never given it.

Which was a good thing.

Because if she had, he’d likely be on the run right now. It was best for him to assume I was a regular Alpha. That would give him confidence. Play into his ego. Ensure he stayed put long enough for us to find him and kill him.

Of course, today’s display of power might have served as a warning regarding his competition.

Which made finding him soon all the more imperative.

“Did you explain how the dreams always ended if Fare asked about anything to do with the Sanctuary?”

I nodded. “I told her that was why he couldn’t ask about her—she’s part of the Sanctuary. And it wasn’t like he could implant random ideas about her that would make Fritz talk.”

That seemed to be how Fare had controlled the Omega—via idea stimulation.

Such as his idea to turn off the security feeds.

And his idea to manipulate Quinnlynn.

Although, technically, her parents had been killed by an Alpha after all. Just not a V-Clan Alpha.

Kieran hummed, his focus returning to the map. “She’s almost fully healed.”

“Thank you.”

“No need to thank me. You would do the same for me if you could.” His midnight eyes flicked back to me. “You realize that just because you’re the new Sanctuary Sector Alpha doesn’t mean you’re not still one of my Elites, yes?”

“Forever enslaved to the Blood Sector King.”

“We are blood, after all,” he drawled.

I rolled my eyes but found my lips twitching upward at the sides. “Have you finished repairing the enchantment?” I wondered aloud, aware that he’d finally discovered the problem yesterday.

He inclined his chin. “Yes, now that I’ve finally mastered the magic, I was able to fix it.”

“So the breach was related to the diamonds?”

“It was,” he confirmed. “That was the real reason why the jewelry had to touch the barrier. I finally figured it out when I found the back door.”

“So we don’t have a mole in our midst.”

“Not that I’m aware of, but Jas is still re-vetting everyone. She took your comments seriously.”

“Good.” Just because someone was a certain designation didn’t make him or her automatically innocent. “But about the magical barrier, does that mean the explosion wasn’t just meant to kill Quinnlynn, but to create the back door?”

I wanted to be sure we’d covered all our bases and didn’t have any other potential security concerns on the island.

“Yes. It seemed to be the backup plan, one Myon didn’t know about. The spell he cast was one Fare had given him, not one he concocted from memory. Of course, that makes me wonder how Fare acquired that information.”

True, I thought, frowning. “He’s ancient. It could be any number of old acquaintances.” But whoever it was had to be a V-Clan wolf. Because only V-Clan pack members understood our magic.

“Yes,” Kieran repeated, his palm going to his nape as he stretched his back, the movement telling me he was more exhausted than he was letting on.

It seemed fixing the enchantment had taken a lot out of him. Given that it was a protection spell that hid an entire island, I wasn’t surprised.