Eve and Malakai watched as two figures walked out from the shadow, the gun each of them held pointed at the both of them.
These two were the additional presence he'd felt. His brow shot up and he cackled.
"What's funny, Malakai?" Patro questioned, eyes narrowed dangerously.
Malakai grabbed him by the chin with the hand he had wrapped around his throat and tipped his head back to have him look at him.
Patro swallowed.
"What do you think you're doing?"
The man's eyes stretched along with a malicious smile and the tip of his claws dug into the skin of his jaw, drawing blood. "I thought you were clever, Patro. But you can be rather stupid sometimes. Overestimating yourself like an idiot."
"Meaning what?"
Malakai forcefully lowered his head and made him look at his two men. Behind each of the men were Caius and Yuri, their own pistols aimed.
