Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
“That’s what she thinks. Her fear called to me. When I arrived, I could smell them.
“The one she calls Ferg is one of them. The others were close by. They were going to take her,” Bradan says as he links me and my brothers.
“Did you get a look at them?” I ask.
“Only the one. He took off. Something other than I spooked him. There was a light of some sort in the trees across from the lot.”
“I want a crew to head back and see if there’s anything to be tracked.”
“Already on it,” Reilly says.
“So the attacks are the triggers,” Ardan says.
“I hate it,” Reilly mutters. “Although I don’t believe one of the sisters will be mine. I have sensed my mate before.
“She would be too old to be their sister. I don’t know what she was, so she may no longer exist without our bond. I have long given up on the idea of finding her.”
I go to ask him when this encounter was, but my words are cut off as the door bursts open. In storms Seraphina, one of the fire fairies. I roll my eyes. I should’ve known this drama was coming.
“Which one is she?” Seraphina hisses.
“That does not matter. I will put you to ground if you touch either of them. Reel that shit in, Seraphina,” Bradan rumbles.
“I am gone for a week and return to hear you have claimed a mate. You said you would warn me, that you would give me time,” Seraphina growls.
“I did not know the pull would be so great. I couldn’t deny her. I didn’t want to. Reel it in, Sera. I am sorry your feelings are hurt, but it is done.”
“It’s done? It’s done,” she screams.
“I said reel that shit the fuck in, now,” Bradan barks.
“Fine, it is done and it will be undone,” Seraphina seethes as her hands begin to glow with flames.
I stand and block Ray and Taylor. Fire fairies can be unpredictable. I warned Bradan about this one. I know we get lonely at times, but Seraphina would have been my very last choice. There would’ve had to have been no other options.
She tossed one of her flames despite me blocking the way. Bradan roars and flashes to shield his mate. However, mine is the one to the rescue.
As Seraphina’s flame speeds forth and splits in two to circle around me to get to Ray and Taylor, Ray blocks the flames with a shield and returns them back to their sender.
The flames rejoin and wrap around Seraphina like a lasso, restraining her in its flaming embrace. She squirms to get free, but the flaming restraint only tightens. Rage fills me and I go to end this fairy’s sorry life.
“Don’t kill her,” Ray says through our bond, halting me.
“She needs to be punished.”
“For being in love? Would you want that for Venus?”
“If she tried to hurt you.”
“I wouldn’t want that. This can’t be easy to learn. It’s been what, maybe a few minutes or hours for her?
“She’s still in the heat of her passion and love. Don’t, babe. Please.”
I sigh. Feeling my brother about to do it instead, quickly, I banish Seraphina to the cells. She disappears from the room and Bradan whips around on me.
I turn to look him in his eyes with my own. I’ve been watching this unfold from above it all. Something I tend to do in situations like this.
Now, looking my brother in his eyes, I take a calming breath. I know what he’s thinking. I reach to place a hand on his shoulder. He shrugs it off in his anger.
“Where is she? Why did you spare her? She attacked my mate,” he growls.
“She attacked our mates and my child. Trust me, I wanted to put her to ground. However, Ray has a point.
“Is she to die for being in love? She hasn’t had time to process and think rationally. Fire fairies already naturally have tempers. You, of all, can relate.
“Are all fairies to fear their deaths because they were once our bedmates? We have more important things to handle and discuss. We can deal with Seraphina later,” I say calmly.
“He is right, brother,” Ardan says.
“I agree,” Reilly adds.
“Taylor, come. We’re leaving,” Bradan says tightly.
“No,” Ardan breathes. Right away, it’s clear he’s not speaking to us. His eyes begin to glow. “You are my mate?”
With that, he vanishes. All tension leaves the room as we all stand silently. Trying to tap into whether or not our brother needs our help.
“And then, there was one,” Reilly murmurs.
My heart tugs for him. He makes it sound as if he’s resigned to his lonely fate, but I know it isn’t true. If my instincts and memories serve me right, he will be wrong in the end. He shall not be alone.
One More
“So you’re pregnant with the baby of our brother’s old lover? The one who disrupted our sleep and our temple,” Bradan says.