“Thanks,” Kris said, managing a smile. “You’re about as effective at pep talks as Rhyn.”
“Don’t get me started,” Kiki said. “Go see Hannah and take a nap. This will all blow over soon, and things will go back to normal.” He slapped Kris on the arm. “Ok?”
“Thanks,” Kris said again. His response was enough to satisfy Kiki, who left the tent.
Kris lingered, deep in thought, until Hannah sought him out. She still looked pale. He smiled at her, understanding what it was to mourn the loss of a sibling. As much as he missed Jade, he was glad he at least had Hannah to fall back on. She had Katie’s beauty – without the abrasive personality.
“How’re you feeling?” he asked, holding out a hand to her.
“Better.” She took it and squeezed. “Was that Kiki I saw leaving?”
“Yeah. Apparently Rhyn has gone on some rampage to kill Death. Kiki wants us to go to the underworld and stop him.”
“Oh, no, Kris, you can’t!”
“It’s against Immortal Code,” he said. “But if he pisses off Death, we’ll have her and the Dark One after us. One deity for an enemy is bad enough.”
“She’s too powerful for him to kill. She’d probably laugh at him and he’ll come crawling back to you,” Hannah said.
Kris let out a surprised laugh at the image in his mind of Rhyn being sent packing like a misbehaving puppy.
“Really, Kris, I don’t think you should go without me,” Hannah pressed. “If Darkyn is serious about killing us, he’ll come back. I’m safer with you.”
“I won’t be gone long. You’re safe here,” he assured his beautiful mate. “Kiki thinks this is the only way we’ll get Toby back, too.”
“What did Rhyn do to Toby?”
“Let him get snatched by Darkyn. I guess Toby is in Hell. Kiki thinks we can break him out, if Rhyn will take us there.”
Hannah’s pretty eyes grew dark. Kris kissed her on the forehead, not wanting his mate to worry, even if he didn’t know what would happen once he and Kiki left for the underworld.