Bram shrugged. “I have bigger things to worry about. Besides, I trust Kai with not only my life, but my son and Evie’s as well. If the Dragon Knights show up, he’ll take care of them. He’s one of the best Protectors in the world.”
Jane clenched her fingers again. “You have to say that, but it’s not helping.”
Bram opened his mouth to reply, but Evie hung up her phone call and interrupted him. “Arabella wants a video conference.”
Jane asked, “Care to share a little bit more information about why?”
Evie raised an eyebrow. “Someone’s a tad bit testy.” Evie looked to Bram. “There is no doubt, Bram. I now have naming rights to our baby.”
There was a twinkle in Bram’s eyes. “We’ll see, love, we’ll see.”
Jane let out a sigh. “What are you talking about? Is everything all right? What does Arabella know?”
Evie looked back to Jane. “We’ll find out together.”
Jane growled, but nodded. “Fine.”
Bram chuckled. “You’re starting to sound like Kai.” Jane glared and Bram put up his hands. “All right, all right.” He looked toward the Protectors’ IT specialist, Nathan. “Patch Arabella through.”
The young dragonman nodded and Arabella MacLeod’s scarred face appeared on the big screen TV on the wall. Her dark brown eyes darted around the room before going back to Bram’s. “You sure you want the reporter to hear this?”
Jane opened her mouth, but Bram beat her to it. “Jane is one of
us now. I trust her not to leak confidential information.”
Under normal circumstances, Jane would feel grateful and tell Bram thanks. However, her man was out fighting against who knew what kind of weaponry, so Jane barked out, “Just tell us what you know, Arabella.”
Arabella raised her brows, but looked away from Jane to Bram who shrugged. “She’s worried about Kai.”
Arabella nodded. “That I can understand. Normally, I’d tease her about Mr. Talkative, but I’m not sure how much longer I can hold back my news.”
Evie sighed. “Just tell us then, Ara.”
Arabella replied, “Whoever was masking the IP addresses of the Dragon Knights was smart, but me, Ian, and Emma are smarter.”
Bram asked, “So you managed to track them down?”
“Yes,” Arabella answered. “Well, at least most of them. No doubt a few of them realized they were being hacked and went into hiding. But I have the DDA and local police tracking the lower downs.”
Jane jumped in. “So, not all of them are taken care of, then?”
Arabella frowned. “I’d say about 75 percent of them, but the DDA can give a more final number later. It’s still the vast majority of knights.”
Jane took a step toward the TV. “I sense a ‘however.’”
Arabella leaned back in her chair. “If we don’t find the leaders, they can always find more recruits, grow their numbers, and attack again. The next time we go after them, we need to strike the leadership.”
Jane murmured, “Kill the brain and the body dies.”
Arabella nodded. “Right.”
Bram hugged Evie to his side. “Can you convince Finn to allow you, Ian, and Emma to work on tracking the leadership?”
Finn was Arabella’s mate and Lochguard’s clan leader.
Arabella raised a brow. “I don’t need him to ‘allow’ me to do anything. I’ll just do it and make it up to him later.”
Evie jumped in. “Just make sure to keep me in the loop so I can approach the DDA again if we need it.”