Who Kills Cayde-6 Novels & Stories

He stared out at the city skyline, its glittering towers reflected in the glass walls around him. On the screen before him, the face of his intelligence officer flickered nervously. “Sir… the Shadow Division has been neutralized.” Kane’s jaw clenched. For a moment, the silence was suffocating. “Neutralized,” Kane repeated, his voice low and cold. “By who?” The officer swallowed hard. “The Cross boy. Ethan Cross. Reports indicate he and his associates defended the safehouse. Vance is confirmed KIA. Eleven others… dead.” The scotch glass cracked in Kane’s grip. He didn’t flinch as shards of crystal dug into his hand, blood trickling down his palm. His gaze, however, remained eerily calm.

"How could you murder your own brother? I know you two were not on good terms, but I never expected you to be this heartless." Phoenix met his father's fiery gaze with a calm expression. "Father, it was Cade who tried to end my life," he stated, his voice steady despite the pain and exhaustion. "He poisoned me with toxikon and ambushed me. I only survived because the kings of the vampire and werewolf kingdoms intervened. He even had snipers ready to take me out if his initial plan failed."

Once he saw the tearful Celia and the injured Renee, there was no chance in hell that he'd let the Kramers live. "Understood!" Cadence immediately walked up to Trent and Kramer. "Don't kill me, Mr. Suther—" Cadence carried out Ashton's instructions himself. Forming blades out of his inner energy, he repeatedly stabbed the two Kramers, killing them in a slow, torturous manner. Once their howls of agony finally faded into silence, Cadence instructed his men, "Clean this up." Turning back to Ashton, he asked with an ingratiating smile, "What else do you need me to do, Mr. Gray? I'll do whatever you ask of me, even at the cost of my life!"

Cassidy, Nathan, Cain, Ivy, Harlan, Eddy, Wyatt, Hunter, Wayne, Dumont, Kevlar, Bradley, Truman, Presley, Vera, Roxanna, Cecelia, Lilia, Christof, Jude, Isla, Ilea, Isaiah, Beck, Isyss, Ronnie, Jethro, and Grant were all there, awaiting them. They were about to start, when Zen and Caiaphas arrived with an extra guest with them. Hunter and Wayne immediately growled at the guest, while he was completely unfazed. Calypso put the dots together in her head. “Stop growling at him,” she instructed the brothers. “Alpha, he’s the man who killed your father,” Hunter growled. “No he isn’t,” Calypso denied. “He isn’t?” Killian, Hunter, Wayne, Zen, Caiaphas, and Nathan asked in shock.

“There was interference the moment they moved in. There were hidden units and a controlled perimeter, it was more like a trap.” My gaze didn’t leave his. “And the target?” “She wasn’t taken down.” Of course she wasn’t when Kael was present. I stayed silent. “Continue,” I urged him. “One of ours was captured.” My expression didn’t change . “And?” A brief hesitation and then he continued, “He didn’t make it.” That pulled my full attention. “How?” “He terminated himself before extraction.” There was silence not out of shock or anger, just stillness.

For a moment, nothing else exists. Not the council. Not the elders. Not the tension that has been hanging over this room since the meeting began. Just her. Then Elder Kai clears his throat. The sound cuts through the haze in my head, and I reluctantly pull my attention away from Laia. "There is a secondary matter," he says. My gaze shifts across the chamber and lands on Cael. Caden has him restrained, one hand clamped firmly on his shoulder, keeping him exactly where he is. "Alpha Maverick's cause of death has been formally confirmed by the Joint Medical Council," Elder Kai continues. "Duskbane poisoning. Administered over several days."

- Report to the CSU from across the line. - Whatever it is. Tell me. - You felt the spine of your back shiver. - The fingerprint of the phone we found at the scene, the information accessed, everything indicates that we have the killer under our eyes, someone who infiltrated without raising suspicion.... - He paused while the commander’s eyes were filled with tears. - I’m very sorry Petter, but John Martinez is Andy’s killer. - concluded.

CHAPTER 73 The moment Cade's skull broke and Cayla saw life fading out of his eyes, something inside of her was shattered. The walls she erected to be able to function crumbled, and a wave of guilt overtook her. She wanted to cry out and scream, but she couldn’t as her neck was grasped tightly by the emperor, who looked to her with a satisfied smile. Her mind was failing to comprehend what she had just witnessed. Her heart was thumping wildly in her chest. Everyone and everything she had ever loved had already died or was now dying before her eyes. They were supposed to be the victors in this battle, not the victims. But now it was like she had led a herd of sheep to their slaughter.

He threatens. Jayden chuckles. “How I would have loved to see that. It's no good now that he's dead.” Kylian snaps his eyes at him, motioning him to shut up. “He’s dead?” Alpha Tate asks, his sliver eyes flickering to his wolf. Kylian sighs, “if it makes you feel better, I killed him. He died a painful death. Not as dreadful as you would have wanted it. Close enough.” A growl rumbling from Alpha Tate, softly as he grips the desk so hard his knuckles turn white.

I howled to the full moon, a mournful cry that echoed through the clearing, signifying not only the death of my brother but also the end of an Alpha. The pain of killing him was immense, and the following task of burying him in the same space he had intended for me added a layer of complexity to the sombre scene. With tears lingering in my eyes, I approached where Kayla and Ray were. It became evident that Kayla had collapsed or blacked out the moment Kyle met his death; his control over her ended along with his life. Gently lifting Kayla into my arms in a bridal style, I walked ahead of Beta Ray, whose injuries bore witness to the dangerous fight.