Chapter 59

Makai didn’t press him, just held him close until he felt ready to talk.

“I fucked up, Makai,” Kaos said finally.

“You need to explain that to me, baby brother.” Makai’s tone was even, his voice deep and calming somehow, like it had always been for Kaos.

He explained about how close they’d gotten now, about the call and the horrors Padraig had been faced with.

“Yeah, we know some of it. Emil’s dad called us, asking to borrow our cat carriers.”

“He was there for twelve hours straight, Makai. He was dead on his feet when he came home.” The sight of Padraig sobbing on the floor with Hestia on his lap made Kaos’s heart hurt like hell. He’d never seen grief like that before, not for animals at least.

“I can understand that.”