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“Mom, no.” My uncle said, shaking his head.
“What? An old lady can’t have fun.” She said.
“Nana, you can have all the fun you want. We just don’t want to know,” I told her.
“Whatever. Take some pastries when you leave. And I want to meet Mason and your son the next time you visit.” She told me.
“Thanks, nana.” I told her, kissing her forehead.
“Yeah, yeah. Get going before I put you boys to work.” She said, shooing me away. Nana may be more loving than my mother, but she wasn’t affectionate.
“Matt, go with them. Your father can give me a hand here. And I also want to meet your mate.” She told him.
“How did you know?” He asked her, stunned. She just tapped her nose. Nothing gets by nana.
“Right. As soon as everything calms down, I’ll bring her by.” He told her.
“Good. Now go.” She said, and we all left, not waiting for her to put us to work.
“I’ll grab some stuff before we leave.” Matt said, moving behind the counter after we made it upstairs.
“So am I portalling the two of you home?” Nathan asked me.
“I need to check on my father first, and then I’ll go home. But I’ll call Mason to see how everything is going there.” I told him and he nodded. I stepped outside to call Mason.
“Derek, you okay?” He answered.
“Mason, I think we found something,” I told him.
“Derek, before you tell me, do you know what colour Theo’s blood was?” He asked me and the question threw me off. What kind of question is that?
“Red, why?” I asked, confused.
“Just something Ashlyn said. I’ll explain later. Anyway, what did you find?” He asked me.
“We have a name,” I told him.
“Wait, Sage is here. Let me put you on speaker.” Mason said.
“Mason, where is Ashlyn?” I asked him.
“She’s sleeping.” He said, and I sighed.
“I guess we can talk about what happened when I get home. I just wanted to let you know we found out that a guy named Ryan has been going around, trying to manipulate people against the hybrids. Also, he doesn’t have a smell.” I said, and I heard Sage gasp.
“What?” Mason asked Sage.
“This Ryan is a warlock or a Fae.” Sage told him.
“So no vampires?” Mason asked.
“I don’t think it’s vampires. I just need to check on my father and then I’ll be home.”
Now For the Real Work
Derek
After learning that my father was okay, I left Lance and the team with him. Nathan then portaled Matt and me home. It was very early in the morning and all I wanted was a shower and to snuggle with my mates. Walking into the castle, I was thankful that Sage was still up. She was holding James, feeding him.
“What are you doing awake? Where’s Ashlyn and Mason?” I asked her, before kissing James’ forehead.
“I did a sleep spell on Mason so he could sleep, and Ashlyn was already sleeping. I told Mason that I would take James for the night.” She told me.
“Thanks, I appreciate it. I can take him?” I told her and she shook her head.
“You look like shit. You need to go get some sleep.” She said.
“Thanks. Can you at least show me where our wing is?” I asked her, and she nodded.
Walking through the castle reminded me of the dragon castle. There was artwork on every wall, but the colours were purple and white, instead of red and gold. The colours matched Ashlyn perfectly, and this was truly her home.
James was asleep by the time Sage showed me to our room. I offered to take him, but she refused. Sage has been such a great help, and I was so thankful to her.
“So what happened between Ashlyn and Mason?” I asked her before she left.
“Ashlyn wanted to storm into the vampire kingdom, and Mason overheard. He told her he would make her submit if he had to.” She said. I pushed my lips into a line. I probably would have said the same thing.
“And?” I asked her.
“And that’s it. She stormed out of the kitchen and I haven’t spoken to her.” She answered.
“Okay, thanks for the heads up. And thank you for taking James.” I told her, kissing James goodnight.
“Goodnight, Derek.” She said before she left.
I walked into our room and found my mates sleeping on either side of the bed. Even in their sleep, they were still mad at each other.
Rolling my eyes, I went to have a shower before climbing in between them. Both of them rolled into me, chasing my scent. And now I was the mate sandwich. I snuggled into Ashlyn while Mason was my big spoon. Ashlyn still smelled like smoke and I wonder why she didn’t have a shower?
Sleeping never came as I was thinking about what Sage had told me. I understand where Mason is coming from, and I probably would have said the same thing. Ashlyn outpowers us, but she’s not above death. And neither one of us could watch that again. But then Mason and I have been training for this our entire lives. Ashlyn had been doing this for less than a year. And his words clearly affected her or she would have just portaled out of here. Sighing, I pulled her closer, breathing in her neck until sleep finally took me.
I woke up snuggled into Mason. Where Ashlyn was lying was cold now and she must have been up for a while now. My panicked movement shook Mason awake. He groaned, rolling over to face me.
“Derek, what’s wrong?”
“Ashlyn isn’t here,” I said, and he sat up.
I was preparing myself to run out of our room when Mason let out a sigh.
“She’s in the kitchen with James.” He breathed out. Closing my eyes, I tried to reach her.
We haven’t been able to mindlink, but maybe with Freya we could. Finding her, I opened the link.
“Babygirl?” I called to her.
“Derek, I’m in the kitchen with James.” She told me, before closing the link.
“Derek, what’s wrong?” Mason asked, sitting up beside me.
“I can mindlink Ashlyn. But she’s still pissed. What did you say to her?” I asked him and he sighed, flopping back on the bed.
“I told her I would make her submit if I had to. That she can’t just run into the vampire kingdom without a plan.” He breathed out.
“Mason, I get it. But fuck. It’s like we can’t win.” I told him, resting my head in my hands.
“I didn’t mean to be so short with her, but just hearing her say that she wanted to go there without a plan infuriated me. I don’t understand why she can’t see that we can’t lose her.” He sighed.
“I want to sum these feelings up with what happened yesterday. She’s scared. We both were. I even stayed behind to get answers,” I told him.
“I get that, but how does running into danger help?” He asked me.
“She needs someone to blame.” I answered him.
“She needs the right person to blame. You said that you didn’t think it was vampires. Storming in there could cause a war,” Mason said, and I nodded.
“We can explain everything to her today. I also need to call King Jordan. Nathan is investigating on his side. We are looking for a witch or a fae.” I told him.
“Could it be a hybrid?” He asked me.
“How would that happen?” I asked him, and he shrugged.
“Could there have been hybrids that escaped the war? Maybe they feel wronged by the war and they want revenge on us all with Ashlyn by their side.” he said.
“You’ve been doing a lot of thinking,” I told him.
“Others have survived. Maybe there was more in hiding. I don’t know. I’m just trying to think of every likely scenario.” He said, and I flopped back on the bed beside him.
“I don’t think it’s King Jordan. But my Nana said that this could all be over power. The whole hybrid issue is just a distraction from the real problem. But who would chase her powers? And do they want hers or do they want a child with her? James will be incredibly powerful and maybe whoever is doing this wants their child to rule?” I told him.
“If they want her, then we have to protect her. But it also means that they will come after us.” Mason said, and I agree.
“Now we just have to figure out who this is and where we can find them?” I sighed.
“While the others are investigating, we should take some time to spend with Ashlyn and James,” Mason said.
“I think that is best. There’s nothing we can do until we have a plan of action. We can just do all our work from here, but if we need to go anywhere, we should include Ashlyn. We grew up in this, she hasn’t.” I told him and he sighed.
“I should go find her.” He breathed out, sitting up.
“You should. I had to sleep in the middle because you two wouldn’t even touch in your sleep.” I told him.
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