Chapter 132

“Do you know where Gabriel is?” Nathan tried again, slow and direct.

Sasha shook his head.

“Okay,” Jim said, squeezing Sasha’s knee again. “Do you know what he did to you? Are all these cuts from iron?”

Slowly, Sasha started to nod. “Hurts…” he said like a whimper, “…everywhere. He didn’t…want me to…say I’m Deklin’s son. But I am…aren’t I?” Sasha’s eyes turned imploring and desperate as they looked between the brothers.

“Of course you are,” Jim said, so much better at the comforting tone and assurances than Nathan. “But stay with us. If Gabriel cut you with iron then how are you okay? The poison looks like it’s working through your body differently this time. Is it like before, just an alloy?”

Sasha shook his head again. “Real iron, but…but if we drink the antidote…without putting it on the wound…sometimes it can…slow it down, but still…still hurts. I can…feel it under my skin.”

Killing Gabriel wasn’t good enough anymore. Now Nathan wanted the bastard to suffer.