**Trigger warning - There is disturbing content related to forced captivity and torture.
He was pissed. The priestess had failed. All that work infiltrating the temple and for what? She had messed up and revealed her intentions too early when she kidnapped that woman. The one that was mated to Jay.
Years of placing their people into key temple positions had been ruined. The plan had been to unleash a traya on the compound and allow the two dragon shifters to be killed. She had been next in line to take over the temple if Psymuk had passed away. Harinder would have died protecting his soul tie and Domtessa Ishan would have gotten caught in the crosshair. With them gone, the Cixin Syndicate would have gained control of the temple and the Defenders.
