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“They are just jealous,” Liam whispered. l could hear lan’s chest grumbling at Liam. I rested my free hand on lan’s knee.
It would be hard for me to see him with someone else, especially if they had a baby together. It’s bad enough I had to see him balls-deep in someone else. We may have a weird relationship, but I still care about him.
Liam sat down beside me again. Everyone was cooing over James, and I don’t blame them. He’s beyond adorable. James fussed, sol moved him to lower down my chest so he could latch. I looked down the front of my shirt and made sure he was all good before I turned my attention back to the others.
“When do you have to portal to the airstrip? And where is Nathan?” I asked Sage. She was snuggled into Brandon and it was so sweet to watch them together.
“Nathan is napping before we have to go. We should hopefully leave within the hour.” Sage answered.
“You should take a few warriors with you, just in case,” I told her.
“Someone sounds like her mates.” She smirked, and I pushed my l!ps in a line.
“I would come with you, but I promised I would stay at the camp.” I told her.
“And you have James to take care of. It’s not like you can just go running into danger with him attached to your boob.” She said, and I glared at her.
“Really?” I rolled my eyes at her.
“What? You know I’m right. Now you have to think before you act.” She said.
“And what the fvck is that supposed to mean?” I asked her, getting defensive. Yeah, I’ve made some mistakes, but it was to protect them. I thought I was doing the right thing.
“I mean, now you can take a backseat and just be a mother,” she clarified.
“l still have three people to kill, then maybe I’ll take a backseat. But I will not change who l am because I’m a mother.” I told her.
“We have already stormed the pack house. The three you are looking for are gone.” Alex told me and I noticed that lan, Liam and Brandon growled.
“What she deserves to know what is going on. She risked her life.” He told them.
“Brandon and Liam, what the fvck is he talking about?” I growled out. And they both sighed.
“We already went to the pack house. Susan, Grace and the former vampire king weren’t there. We found more of their warriors and we brought them back.” Brandon explained. And Liam leaned his head on my shoulder.
“We didn’t want you to worry. And you have James to take care of now, beautiful.” Liam told me.
“That’s why you needed more blood, because there were more vampires?” I asked, and I felt him nod on my shoulder.
“Then what is the plan now?” l asked them.
“When the plane lands, we will portal the vampires and then we will start cleaning up here. Also, take James home. You both need to get checked out. We saw the bathroom.” Brandon said, and I sighed.
“Not that bad. I’ve watched women give birth before, working at the hospital.” I told them.
“It looked like a murder scene,” lan said.
“Yeah, well, it’s not like I had much to work with. And I also had a four-year-old princess to protect.” I sighed.
“I know you feel you need to be on the front lines, but we are all here for you. You have our prince to take care of. We will get them, but we need you to be safe.” Liam said, k!ssing my cheek, and I sighed.
“Fine. What else did you guys find?” I asked them.
“Nothing of importance. King Theo is going to launch an investigation into what happened, and he is also looking for his grandfather.” Brandon explained, and I nodded.
“And we are expecting his plane soon?” I asked, and Brandon nodded.
“So, what else needs to be done?” I asked them.
“Nothing. As soon as the vampires leave, we are going to transport the rogues back to Silver Moon, and we will investigate why they became rogues.” Brandon told me.
“So we are just waiting for King Theo and then are we going home?” And both Sage and Brandon nodded.
“And what’s your plan, lan?”I asked him, turning my head to look at me. I found he was already looking at me.
“Alex and I will head back later today. We came out here because they found one of the pack murdered.” Lan said.
“l have to go to Blue Moon to clean out the house and to plan.” My voice cracked, and l could feel the tears. I felt awful that I couldn’t protect Brad or Donny. Lan wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into a side hug.
“I can have everything arranged.” He said, but I shook my head.
“l owe it to Brad and to Donny. This should never have happened to them,” I told lan. Tears were running down my cheeks and I was quick to wipe them away. It’s hard for me to imagine that they will never call me buttercup again or meet James.
Brad was a great person and mate. And I can’t believe Grace would just kill him. How could someone so heartless be mated to someone so wonderful?
“Have you heard if they located Brad’s body?”1 asked lan.
“We are still looking,” he answered. My head was resting on his shoulder. I could feel that James was no longer nursing. I peaked inside my shirt to see his sleeping face. Brad and Donny would have loved him.
“I’ll come look as well. There are places in the territory we would go for me to shift. Have you notified his parents?” I asked, and Alex nodded.
“You know you are always welcome, whenever you are ready,” lan said, and I nodded on his shoulder.
“I’ll go home first to get checked out and then I’ll portal in after. I need to go shopping for things for James. And I need to let Mason and Derek know” I told him.
Before anything else could be said, Delta Dylan came rushing into the tent.
“My Queen, the Vampire King has arrived.” He announced, out of breath. I looked over at Brandon and he even looked confused.
“Brandon, why is King Theo here?” l asked him.
“I don’t know.” He shrugged.
“Sage, can you take James? He’s sleeping. And Liam go wake up my mates,” I asked them.
“On it.” Liam said before getting up. He leaned down and k!ssed my cheek before he walked away from the table.
“Liam, be nice to Derek,” I called after him. He didn’t look back, but waved his hand in the air. Sage came around the table to take James. We had to play musical arms to get him out of my hoodie safely and to not expose myself, either. I’m sure my mates wouldn’t be too happy with everyone getting a good view of my breasts.
I k!ssed his little head before Sage stood up with him. My arms felt empty without him and I wanted to take him with me, but I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t want him to get hurt.
“He’s fine, I got him.” Sage reassured me and I gave her a nod.
I stood up and k!ssed James again before I followed Dylan out of the tent. lan and Brandon followed us.
“Alex isn’t coming?” I asked lan when he moved up beside me.
“l asked him to stay with Sage,” lan said, and Brandon let out a growl.
“Congrats, Brandon.” I told him, lacing my arm around his. lan looked at me, confused.
“We are officially inlaws,” I said, and lan looked at me, stunned.
“Him and Sage?” lan asked, confused, and I nodded.
“Brandon, I asked Alex to stay to watch over James and Sage. Nothing more,” lan clarified.
“It’s okay, lan. Brandon is just being protective. He probably didn’t mean to let the growl out.” I looked at Brandon and he shrugged. I rolled my eyes.
We walked in silence until we reached King Theo and his men. He looked stressed and upset.
“King Theo, we weren’t expecting you.”
“My Queen, Ashlyn, I need your help.” He rushed out. And now l am worried.
