DAMON
Kade needed to leave that room.
I told Rika straight. “Go down there, take over, stay close. Ronan was unpredictable even half-dead, and now that Athena was down there with him, the whole situation needed eyes on it. Kade had done his part. More than his part. But leaving him alone with Ronan any longer was asking for something we couldn't come back from.”
"Keep them both contained," I said. "I'll get the rest handled from here."
Rika nodded, already pulling his jacket off the back of the chair. He was still in grey sweatpants and a black shirt from earlier, his hair loose, that calm settled look he carried even when everything around him was burning. "Understood."
I was turning to leave when my phone rang.
York's name on the screen. I picked up before the second ring.
"Riley
