Total pages in book: 162
Estimated words: 165618 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 828(@200wpm)___ 662(@250wpm)___ 552(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 165618 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 828(@200wpm)___ 662(@250wpm)___ 552(@300wpm)
I decided not to comm any of them, since they’d be there soon and I could ask them directly what in all the hells was going on.
We had dinner.
And Tanyn, Nayden, Uly, four warriors and I were standing outside on the edge of the landing bay when Gayle’s craft landed.
The RS agents with her spirited her out and to us. Then, since another craft—obviously Cormac’s—was hovering, waiting to land, with Uly in the lead, surrounded by the other four warriors, we whisked her inside and up to her room.
Along the way, I introduced, “Gayle, honey, this is Uly, one of Tanyn’s best friends and, not incidentally, a total badass.”
“Totally like you,” Uly said under his breath.
Gayle didn’t say anything.
Not a surprise, she was visibly freaked.
I’d arranged for Gayle, Aleece, Laura and Aleksei to have rooms in Tanyn’s wing of the castle, and Cormac and Bainon would be on the opposite side.
This wouldn’t keep a fae and a sorcerer at bay should they want to get to their females, but it was all I could do.
Gayle’s room was a study of silvers and grays.
Like she did as we hurried through the castle, she didn’t even glance at it.
She drifted to her ass at the edge of the bed and stared at the floor.
The level of my concern elevated alarmingly, and I shot a look to Uly, when he said, “We’ll be stationed in the hall.”
I nodded.
He walked out and closed the door behind him.
I sat on the bed beside Gayle and put my arm around her.
“You’re good here. I’ve got you,” I murmured.
“Why does he keep doing this?” she asked the floor.
I had no idea.
Though, I was pretty damned pleased the male was going to be in yelling distance from me, because I was going to bloody well find out.
“Have you eaten?” I asked.
She shook her head.
“Are you hungry?” I went on.
She shook her head again.
“Do you want me to get you one of my nightgowns and a sleeping draft so you can get some sleep?”
“Laura commed and told me she packed some things for me before she and Aleksei took off. They’re bringing them.” She finally turned her head and gave me a wan smile. “Anyway, I couldn’t sleep in one of your slinky numbers.”
I faked being offended. “Why not?”
“I’m not a sexpot like you.”
She didn’t give herself enough credit.
Then again, her sexy was a different brand than mine.
I was about to make a quip, when we heard a male’s roar outside.
She jumped, her eyes flew to the door, her face filled with pain and longing…
And…
I lost my temper, because I knew that roar came from Cormac.
“Stay here,” I ordered, taking my feet.
“What are you going to do?” she asked.
“Calm that asshole down,” I answered, swept out and said to the guard outside her door, “Don’t let her leave that room.”
“Yes, Ms. Truelock.”
I strode swiftly down the hall, turned the corner and did a stutter step at what I saw.
Nayden, Tanyn, Uly and two other guards were holding Cormac back.
They looked like they were failing.
To say the princes of all the realms were quite something was an understatement.
There was a reason their gene pool rose to their respective thrones.
Tanyn’s power was lean and lethal. The sheer, quiet, calm force of his confidence was what gave you the clue that you did not mess around with him.
Bainon was much like that, except giving off a more easygoing manner.
Aleksei and Cormac were of different sorts.
Their builds were as powerful as their magnetism.
In other words, they were huge, built males, and in Aleksei’s case, it would come as no surprise his shifter creature was a massive, terrifying dragon.
Cormac was even bigger than Aleksei when Aleksei was in human form.
He was simply terrifying.
Gorgeous. With brown and gold hair and bright green eyes.
But terrifying.
I did not have a mind to his terrifying.
I marched right up to them and snapped, “Calm the farg down.”
Perhaps mostly out of surprise, Cormac stopped pushing against the males’ hold and stared at me.
If it was surprise, he came out of it quickly and stated, “I will see Gayliliel.”
“She’s fine,” I assured.
“I will see her.”
“You need to chill,” I ordered him. “You’re harming her.”
His head jerked. “Harming her?”
“Are you seriously that obtuse?” I demanded.
“I’m her mate. I must see to her safety,” he said through his teeth.
I had a lot to say to that, but I wasn’t going to get into it right then.
“Well, you’re here, she’s here, she’s safe, and for now, you need to settle down,” I said instead. “We can all sit down and talk tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?” he asked like I was daft. “She’s in danger.” He paused to glower at Tanyn. “And you lot brought her directly to the eye of the storm.”
It sucked, but this was true.
“She’ll be safe here,” Tanyn asserted.
Cormac scoffed.
I was insulted on Tanyn’s behalf.