CHAPTER FIVE
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“What are you talking about?”
“The Elders know that the Immortal is alive, but they don’t know your name. Anyone who knows it’s you is either loyal to me or dead.”
“Except Lucan and Kates.”
“Yeah,” he sighed. “Except those two, but Lucan won’t say anything. He’ll want to keep that information to himself. And Kates is loyal to you, right? She is, right?”
“Yeah.” I gulped. “She’s loyal to me.” And now she’d left for some reason that she wouldn’t tell me. He didn’t need to know that bit.
“You need to stay away from me.”
“What?” I cried out. “You told me to come here tonight. You told me that you wanted to see me and now you’re telling me to stay away?!”
Roane looked resigned. “I have to protect you and one way I can do that is if you have no connection to me. Th
