“You guys ready to go, or do you just want to stand here and admire Thad’swonder?”
Gustavo and the five others with him turned to find Elle standing there with her hands on her hips, her pink hair thrown up in a messy bun, and a relieved smile onherface.
“Never thought I’d say this Adam, but you are a sight for sore eyes,”shesaid.
Adam smiled the biggest smile he had in days. “Back at ya, comrade. And did you say Thad? As in thedjinn?”
“Yes, and let’s not get into it right now. He’s a whole other level of weirdness,” she said with a sigh. “Well, let’s go.” Elle held out her arms. “My mate is getting antsy with me out of hissight.”
“You don’t have to tell us twice,” Heather said as she, Stella, and Kara made their way over to the fae. Gustavo strode over and wrapped a hand around her small arm as his heart pounded in his chest. They were getting out, which meant he could start his search for his mate. Finally. Finally he could do something other than sitting around wishing he could touch her, see her, smell her, and taste her.“I’m coming for you,Criña.”
Chapter13
“Nothing can prepare you for meeting the male Canis lupus who is destined to be your true mate, the other half of your soul. One minute, you’re only half a person, and the next, you’re whole. It’s mind blowing and breathtaking and so incredibly indescribable.” ~Heather
Heather grabbedonto the first arm she could reach for when her feet were once again on solid ground. There was a feral growl that caused her to take a step backward, away from thesound.
“Did you want her to fall on her butt?” Ellesnapped.
More growling ensued. The wind was still whipping around them like it had been in the pixie realm, and thunder still boomed inthesky.
“What’s going on?” Heather asked as she placed a hand over her chest. The pain was gone. “Are you painfree,too?”
“I’m guessing that has something to do with the males that are standing twenty feet away pacing, glaring, and growling,” Stella whispered. “And I must say, the Great Luna dug deep into her hotness bag when she was creating thosespecimens.”
“Have I ever mentioned that being blind sometimes reallyblows?”
“It may blow, but it makes you who you are. If you weren’t blind, who knows, you might have been a boring, insufferable ass. As it is, you are a hilarious,insufferableass.”
“Woo-hoo, go me,” Heather saiddryly.
Stella clapped her on the back. “That’s thespirit.”
“Nick?” Kara’s voice sounded tentative and confused. “Why won’t you speaktome?”
Heather flinched as she heard a massive cracking sound. “What the hellwasthat?”
“Really?” Elle said, sounding very much put out. “You just had to break a treeinhalf?”
“What’s going on?” Stella asked. Heather wasn’t sure who she wasasking.
“Nick just broke a tree,” Kara said in a stunnedvoice.
“Ladies.” Lucian’s voice was gentle, and Heather remembered how she appreciated his calm demeanor when she’d first met him. “We are very glad to see you safe. Gustavo, how are youdoing?”
Heather wanted to say, “About as well as a caged, feral animal,” but she kept her mouth closed and let the man speak forhimself.
“I’ll be better when I have my mate out of the clutches of Volcan,”Gustavosaid.
The growling continued, and Heather got the distinct impression that they were being hunted. Though she couldn’t see the predators, she definitely feltlikeprey.
“Is there a pack of wild dogs around, or is the growling just their normal way of greeting people?” She could hear the movements and breathing of the other group, and for a second she swore she could hear a single heartbeat that didn’t belongtoher.
“I think it would be best if we didn’t have this conversation out in the open,” Lucian said. “Elle, Adam, can you get us back to Farie, then we can discuss thingsfurther.”
Heather allowed Stella to lead her forward and could tell by smell that Adam was standing next to her. Stella guided her hand to the male fae’s arm, and she wrapped her fingers around it. The growlingincreased.
“Enough!” Lucian snarled. “Adam is not touching your mates. He’s doing what I’ve asked. If you cannot pull yourselves together, I will have him take you elsewhere and then I’ll allow my mate to dealwithyou.”
