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“Thanks, l appreciate it. I can take him?” I told her and she shook her head.
“You look like sh!t. 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 l!ps 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, k!ssing 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?” l 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.
“l 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 fr*k. 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.
“l 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. l 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?” l 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.” l told him.
“l was more scared than angry yesterday. She could do whatever she wanted and we wouldn’t be able to stop her. I don’t think I could even get her to submit.” He breathed out, standing from the bed and heading to the closet. He was right. Nothing was stopping her from doing what she wanted. That she is still here and not in the vampire kingdom means she respects Mason enough to listen to him.
“I think we should be thankful that she respects us enough to listen. There’s nothing stopping her from doing what she wants.” I told him, walking into the closet behind him to get dressed.
“You think as an alpha, I would hate that my mate is stronger than me, but I’m not. I just don’t want her to die. I feel like she thinks we don’t think that she is capable,” he said, pulling on a shirt.
“If it was one of us that possessed her powers, we would have ripped everyone apart by now.” I told him and he sighed.
“Double standards.” He breathed out, and I nodded.
“Breakfast is ready.” Ashlyn said through the link.
“We’ll be right down.” I told her. I could feel how uneasy she was.
“Lets get downstairs and we can figure everything out.” I told him.
Mason led the way as we made our way down to the kitchen. The layout was pretty simple, but I still would have gotten lost if the smell of bacon didn’t hit my nose.
I followed the scent to the kitchen. Sage was standing in front of the stove and Ashlyn was cutting some fruit with her back to us. Mason went up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. He snuggled his face into her neck. I assume they were mindlinking, as l couldn’t hear them talking. I made a coffee before I sat down beside Matt at the table. His mate was sitting beside him, and all the other hybrids were sitting around the table. Liam had James and Gabby was playing with him.
“What’s the plan, boss?” Matt asked me.
“l’m going to call Jordan, and then see if we can track down this Ryan guy.” I told him, sipping my coffee.
Ashlyn placed a tray of fruit on the table while I was talking with Matt.
“Ryan? So you are looking for someone named Ryan?” She asked me, before k!ssing my cheek.
“Yeah, do you know a Ryan?” I asked her, and she nodded.
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