I head over to the bar to help Shade with the asshat that won't pay his tab at the bar. He's swearing his tab can't be that high. That we got his tab mixed up with someone else's. I call security over to help us with the issue. I'm handed a drink and I chug it back, as the guy finally hands over his credit card to pay the tab. I'm walking across the floor headed back to Aiden at the craps table. All of a sudden a sharp pain hits me in the back of the head. My head is pounding and it feels like someone has stabbed me with an ice pick. I feel around the back of my skull then pull my hands in front of me to make sure there is no blood. Then my breathing changes. It's as if the air can't make it into my lungs. I forget about walking over to Aiden. I need to get out of here. I need fresh air. Then I stumble. Aiden's eyes shoot up in my direction. I begin to sway, and he starts shoving and moving people out of his way. Blaze is running across the room. My knees buckle, but before they hi

I feel my father's heavy hand on my shoulder. "I'm headed back to the clubhouse. Gonna get some ears to the ground. See what we can find out about who did this. Maybe find the fucker and get them to reverse this. Son, if anything changes; call me. No matter how minor it may seem. Don't hesitate to call me. I'll come right back here." Axel squeezes my shoulder then starts to walk away."Thanks, father." I say listening to his heavy foot falls against the floor. They suddenly stop. "Aiden, how many people know you and Remi have sealed the bond? How many know Payne is Remi's dragon?""Only the people in this room know that we have sealed the bond. Oh, and Chance Masters. It wasn't a secret. Tonigth Remi wore her mating mark like a badge of honor. Only the people here know Payne is her dragon."Kieran clears his throat. "Actually, the members of the Council know that Remi and Payne are one and the same. Do you think someone on the Council could be behind this?" He runs his hand over her

"We have to get her out as soon as possible. Purgatory is another route demons take to get from hell to earth. With the war to take over the throne; she's fair game in there. Waylong, does she have access to her dragon or any of her powers?" Lucifer is panicking, which is making all of us start to panic. "Not that I can tell. Part of the spell was to trap her dragon. The poison was meant to render her helpless. I feel her dragon, but she's not stirring or fighting this off. Meanwhile Remi's mind and body are fighting tooth and nail. If her dragon was available to her; I have no doubt they could fight this off.""I don't know about anyone else. But from where I'm sitting my sister isn't fighting shit. She came to hours ago, and nothing since Doc injected her with that shit." Gunner is restless and worried. Others may think it's just concern, but I feel the fear radiating off of him. The fear he will loose his sister. "Remi's body is fighting off the poison like a mortal would a sickn

The sound of a little boy's voice slips past Remi's lips. "Hurry daddy. I can't stay with Remi much longer." Kieran's eyes fill with tears as his hands lightly hold Remi's face. "Romeo. Son is that you. Oh my beautiful boy!" Kieran rains kisses down on Remi's face."Daddy, sissy fell asleep twice. You're not supposed to do that here. If she falls asleep in the room again she might get stuck. I don't know how much longer I can keep her awake. Sissy, is so tired. So, sleepy. The room is taking her strength and energy. It kept her in the dark and sleeping when she was first put in it. She slept too long. She loves you so much Aiden. I can feel it. It's so beautiful and strong. It's warmth flows keeping some of the cold from this place at bay. Promis me; you'll always protect her and love her.""With everything in me, Romeo." In that moment in front of everyone in that room; I pledge to protect and love the one that meant everything to him. The one he gave his own life for. His twin sis

Blaze lifts Kallista onto a chair so that she is eye level with me. Her tiny hands grab onto my face and latch on. A wealth of knowledge floods my brain short circuiting my body. My eyes roll into the back of my head and my knees start to buckle. Someone grabs me under the arms holding me up until Kallista lets me go. In two minutes everything Kallista knows about shields is lodged inside my brain. I know the different ways they're erected and taken down. How they can be labeled or color coded. I can now open my mind and hear every thought in a room and funnel through the information to find what I'm looking for quickly. I can hide my presence inside someone else's mind or let myself be known. I can also tell when someone is trying to get inside my head before they do it. I can mind fuck a person by planting thoughts, images, and memories. I can also erase a memory. And I can do all this while digging around in their brain. I can plant something subconsciously inside someone's brain;