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~Rowan’s Point of View~“How the hell did this happen,” I roar, banging my fist on the table. Councilor Quinn quite literally jumps as my desk snaps under my hand. “We were betrayed by one of ours, Godfrey’s own assistant. Nobody saw it coming,” he says, running his hand through his hair. I raise my eyebrow at that, and for a moment consider calling Jeeves myself. Of course I’d always known him to be a traitor, but not like this. Being a Shadow is his obsession and being so close to Godfrey is what he’s worked centuries to accomplish. HE craves chaos and all that comes with it, and you can’t get any more out there than being right beside the oldest vampire in known existence. That level of access is unheard of. This betrayal is on a different level. Maybe I call him like usual for intel, and play dumb.But he’d just trick me, lure me somewhere. He’d see right through it. Harlow is already hysterical, there’s no way I can leave her and risk her losing all her mates.“My grandson is i
~Luc’s Point of View~*Behind, behind,* I shout over mind-link as I dodge a vampire and slice another’s head clean off with the machete I stole from our weapons storage at headquarters. It was in one of the rooms that was supposed to be off limits. But it reminded me too much of a sword I once had, that was highly effective.I spin and catch the one who’d just lunged at me, and swipe my mighty sword right up his torso. He cries out in pain as he falls, and I land on him, stabbing the sharp point of my machete into his heart. For good measure, I twist the blade.“He’s here! I make about twenty guards with him, but it’s Caden,” someone shouts. My head jerks up and I quickly jump off the corpse. *Incoming, enemy witches,* Shane shouts, over mind-link. Suddenly, fireballs start dropping from all over, and I dodge one that nearly hits me.Dante surges through me, but he knows he can’t fight this battle on four legs. I try to focus on where the attacks are coming from, but between the smok
~Harlow’s Point of View~“What does this mean,” I ask, hating that I sound like a silly, weak little female. Tate holds a sleeping Reha as we watch dozens of people buzz around the estate like worker bees. I turn to face him, enjoying the feeling of the sun on my face, even though it's pretty damn cold out. Still, I enjoyed bundling Reha in a little baby snow suit I’d gotten on one of my shopping trips. Tate shakes his head and we move to sit on a bench, then I take my baby and nuzzle her as much as I can since she’s pretty well covered.Hope coos in my mind, convinced that Reha can hear her, and it only makes me smile. “It means shit is about to get a bit crazy. I overheard one of the guards say Mrs. McGrath is like comatose. I’m guessing because of the loss of her mate? That whole thing you hear about how when one goes the other can’t live without them,” he says, rubbing my thigh. I blush. The cold bench nearly sends a shiver up my spine but Tate’s touch warms me just enough.I d
~Rowan’s Point of View~“Fuck,” I mutter, running my fingers through my hair. While Luc’s in the shower I really should go, I need to get home to my mate. And my daughter.Shit, shit shit!How the hell could I cheat on Harlow??Is this cheating? If he’s in our threesome? Foursome? Goddess I don’t even know anymore. I have to talk to her.“Don’t do that,” Luc says, breaking me out of my inner turmoil.In a blink, he’s next to me, stroking my neck where he’d just bitten and fed from me. It was an impossible gamble, foolishly tempting fate. He could have killed me, he could have absolutely lost himself to his frenzy and drained me.But it was the hottest sex of my life, the hardest I’d ever came and already I’m desperate for more. More of him. I lick my lips still feeling the taste of his blood there, from where I've bitten him too. I’d never even thought about biting someone during sex, but then again I was always with females who would have ripped off my head for doing it. A fairy’s fa
~Godfrey’s Point of View~“What… what is this place,” Harlow says, clearly nervous. No, already scared shitless. Her poor human heart is nearly beating out of her chest. It makes my black little heart almost flutter.The strong waft of an infant is practically oozing off of her, and if I didn’t have so much practice at denying my temptation it might be impossible. Could Luc resist it? I’m not entirely sure. It would be quite the gamble. All I need is to put him on trial for draining a teenager.“Tombs of the imprisoned, some dead,” I say, casually. Who knows by now, technically they’re all really dead.“Wha… why would you bring me here,” she questions, holding a plate with a candle. We finally stop at the wall which had held Luc Payne’s secrets. It’s still broken, nobody’s bothered to fix it.“This one,” I say, holding up a few fingers in thought.She lifts up her light and wiggles her nose at the stench of … death. Dust, decay and who knows what.“This was Luc’s home for eight hundred
~Tate’s Point of View~“She deserves the full truth while we’re at it,” I say, holding my mate as she sobs in my arms. Luc’s letter now sits on the floor, she’s unable to look at it or even hold it another second. She’d started to try and read it, but I had to finish it for her.Harlow pulls back, and gapes me with her face drenched in tears.“What the fuck else is there? Everyone just knows everything and thinks I don’t need to hear it,” she practically shouts, then closes her mouth as we all hold our breath. We still absolutely still, paying she didn’t wake Reha. After a beat, when it’s still quiet, she lets out a long exhale. Colt tells me he can hear Reha’s little heartbeat and barely her breathing, but she’s still peacefully asleep. “Luc is a Shadow. Works directly for our head vampire Godfrey,” I say, throwing protocol out the window. If he’s also her mate, if I’m about to be saddled with him for the rest of my days too… fuck it.Her jaw falls, and she narrows her eyes at me. I