"Looks like he needed more help than you could provide," he says, looking at him with a cock of his head. "At least this way, he's not making power moves and taking over a prison to cause more mayhem."

When there isn't more movement from Nik, Adonis flicks his eyes to his partner and spots him looking at him. He grins but doesn't give him shit. He likes the way Nik stares at him like that.

"So you'll try to kick his ass and then Elijah's? Because I'd like to see that." It was times like this where he both loves and hates that any connection he had to his family was nul and void.