Chapter 309

ZADE "Then we need to pay him a visit," I said, standing and grabbing my jacket from the back of my chair. "Find out what he knows, what he's planning, and make it very clear that threatening my mate is a line he doesn't want to cross." Rivers stood as well, falling into step beside me as we left my office and headed toward the secure wing where the most problematic elders were housed. It wasn't quite prison—we couldn't legally detain council members without formal charges—but it was close. Comfortable rooms with restricted movement and constant supervision, ostensibly for their "protection" after the Amaya scandal had revealed how deep corruption in the elder system ran. The guard at the entrance nodded respectfully as we approached, stepping aside to let us through. The hallway beyond was well-lit and clean, more like a hospital ward than a detention center, but the locks on the doors and the security cameras told the real story. Simon's room was at the end of the hall. I knocked onc