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offering some encouraging words to her but decided against it. Male elves were weird about other men getting near their Chosen females. Though he had known Trik a long time and didn’t think he’d be offended by him, people act differently in stressful situations. Having to rescue your mate’s parents from the clutches of an evil dark elf was about as stressful as it got.
    He’d been surprised when Trik told him that he would be staying with the elf king. Tony would have thought that since he knew Vegas, and he knew Iniquity, that he’d be an asset for the other group. But Tony knew that Trik had been a spy and an assassin for decades. Obviously the elf knew his stuff, so Tony wouldn’t question his decisions.
    “What made you change your mind?” Rin asked, breaking the stifling silence.
    Tony looked up from the unfocused spot on the floor that he’d been staring at for nearly twenty minutes. His eyes met those of the warrior’s and he didn’t see mistrust in them, just curiosity.
    “What do you mean?” He was pretty sure he understood the question, but when in doubt, get clarification or risk looking like a dumb ass. Words his father always said to live by.
    “Your family has been in service to Lorsan for generations, correct?”
    Tony nodded.
    “And you have obviously been working for them up until now. So what made you change your mind and switch teams?” Rin leaned forward and laid his forearms on his knees. It was a pose that said I’m listening, I’m interested.
    Tony didn’t answer right away though he thought the answer should be obvious. He would have to be a truly sick, twisted bastard to have continued to work for Lorsan knowing what he was planning. Then again, he had worked for him knowing about other crimes he’d committed, and instead of speaking up or stepping out, Tony had turned a blind eye and a deaf ear. As far as he had been concerned, all of his life he knew nothing about dark elves. At least that was always his answer when the wrong people came asking questions. Finally, he spoke. “Knowing that something is going on but not really seeing it is very different from having the evidence right in front of your face. I didn’t see much of Lorsan’s doings before Rapture. I’m not saying it’s right or okay, but it was easier for me to ignore. But Rapture was in my house so to speak. It was destroying the people who entered it and I was watching it happen. I don’t know about you, but for me, if something is keeping me up at night, it’s a big clue that something needs to change. I wasted so many years doing the wrong thing.” Tony paused as he rubbed his eyes. He was tired—tired of hiding, tired of lying, and just plain tired of dark elves. “I needed to do something right for a change.”
    The warrior stared at him as if Tony was an interesting, new bug that had never before been discovered. It was disconcerting to have someone examining him so closely. Tony wasn’t sure if Rin was trying to measure the honesty of his words or if he flat out didn’t believe them.
    After a few more awkward seconds, Rin nodded his head and sat back in his seat. “Glad to see that you came to your senses. I would have hated to kill someone with so much life ahead of them.”
    Tony wasn’t shocked by the warrior’s words. He knew they were true. Rin would have killed him without pause if he had stayed and continued to support Lorsan and his plans, and he would have deserved to die. Hell, he thought, I probably deserve to die anyway.
    C assie followed Trik and Tamsin into the living room where Rin and Tony waited. Most of the destroyed furniture had been put in the garage so that the room looked more like the one she’d grown up with. There were still a few pieces of evidence of the violence that had taken place there―scratches on the wall, a broken railing on the banister of the stairs, and a coffee table with chips taken out of the corners. Cassie tried to look past those things because