《Her Three Wicked Mates》全部章節：第 111 章 - 第 120 章

Elara POVThe song came to an end, and everyone cheered. AYA and NALANIE were at my side in a heartbeat, all bright and chipper. MRS. HOLT stepped away to join the guys. The girls didn’t waste any time; they pulled me over to a table where a massive cake was scrawled with Happy Birthday Elara across the top.“Hurry up and cut your cake so I can devour that fucking awesome icing.”AYA handed me the knife.NALANIE playfully elbowed her.“Get in line, bitch.”“Feeling better?” I arched my brow at AYA.She gave me a toothy grin.“Much.”I chuckled, sliced out a chunk of cake, and set it on a small plate.“How did you guys know today’s my birthday?”“Well,” AYA said, “the lords knew and were going to keep you all to themselves, but then ASH slipped out with it. Words spread like wildfire and ta-da, birthday celebration. Life’s too fucking short. I say celebrate every chance you get.”“Hell yeah,” NALANIE said.JACE swooped in and took the knife from my hand.“I’ll serve the cake if that’s

Elara POVAs soon as I reached inside my purse, the magical Fae string attached to my wand wrapped itself securely around my wrist. I pulled out the smooth piece of malachite and constructed a shield that encased us and our security. Immediately, the sound dampened, and I could hear myself think.KEVIN and AYA were the first to stand.“Back exit’s this way,” the bear shifter rumbled.AYA took the lead with one other guard, guns in hand, and we followed.I focused on keeping the shield solid as we made our way down a flight of stairs with a glowing red exit sign over the door at the bottom. Those in front pushed through. My shield was hit with two bullets almost simultaneously. I felt the impact like a blow to my stomach.“Shooter,” I said on an exhale.Gasping, I followed the others outside where we found ourselves in a wide alley.“No shit.”AYA had her gun raised and pointed at the lone figure blocking the mouth of the alley—our only way out. My magic pulsed around us, thick, blocki

Elara POV“We’re on lockdown,” Xavier said. “No one is allowed in or out without my express permission. Is that clear?”The household staff and guards had all been called together for a meeting after the subdued wake we’d had for the vampire who’d been killed last night.JACE cleared his throat. “What about my niece, sir? She goes to high school in the city.”Right, ANALYSSA was the young vampire who’d joined me, AYA, and NALANIE for a couple of movie nights.I spoke quietly to Xavier. “She would be safest here. I think JACE is the only family she has.”He nodded once. “She can do her schooling from here. Bring her home and place her under our protection.”The butler’s features relaxed with his relief. “Thank you, sir.”He might be happy about having his niece close, but I imagined being under house arrest was a teenager’s nightmare. Hopefully, she wouldn’t get into too much trouble before all of this was over. I made a mental note to make sure us girls had a constant eye on ANALYSSA.

Elara POVSweaty, sore, and tired, I closed my eyes and concentrated again on shifting to my evasive half-form. My inner wolf poked her head up, but she wanted to come all the way out. There was no in-between. I was either fully in human form or wolf form.“Maybe it was a childhood fluke,” I said, giving up and opening my eyes.Lysander and Kaelen gazed back at me from the workout bench. They were dressed in gym shorts, a sheen of moisture on their skin from sparring, and damn, I’d never grow tired of this sight.“I doubt that,” Lysander said, wiping a towel across the back of his neck. “Keep trying and you’ll find it. I promise. In the meantime, we won’t have you be so defenseless without your wand. You’re going to learn how to take down both me and Kaelen, in human form. Are you ready?”They both stood, and I gazed at one and then the other, feeling small without my wand in hand. Which proved their point, didn’t it? How was I supposed to defend myself against two large men without m

Lysander POVFuck, summer solstice seemed like a lifetime away. It was the beginning of March. We hadn’t even hit the spring equinox yet, and there were about twelve weeks between the equinox and solstice. Forever. I paced the office and did my best to ignore Xavier’S and Kaelen’S eyes boring into my skin.“We could take them out now,” I mumbled. Of course, we’d need to find VEXX and his cronies first.In my periphery, I saw Xavier shake his head.“No, we can’t. We need to wait until all the head families are gathered in one place. Solstice is our chance. We’re not going to screw it up by plucking them off one at a fucking time.”“But you know they’re spending this time gathering forces just like we did to defeat ECLIPSE.” I shoved my hand through my hair. “The longer we wait to strike, the stronger and more prepared they’re going to be. Where are we going to get the people to fight an army of dark witches?”“Something will turn up.” Xavier sighed. Mr. Planner didn’t have a goddamn pl