“No, you can’t be. My father was a human who left my mother for another woman,” I splutter, stunned beyond belief at his claim as my guys all make exclamations of surprise.
“Impossible.” Liam shakes his head. “Colbie’s mother is most definitely human, and supes can’t procreate with humans unless they have been changed.”
“Why don’t we let the king explain?” Titus interrupts. This is obviously not the first time he’s hearing this information, because he doesn’t sound surprised in the least.
“Thank you, Titus,” the king says fondly before frowning at his assassin. “Why are you still covering yourself? You don’t need to hide yourself from these people here.”
Titus rolls his eyes and strips off the hooded cowl and cloak, tossing it over the back of a chair. He shakes his shoulders slightly, and large green and silver wings appear against his back, and I stare in surprise. He’s beautiful, with long pale green hair, sharp, elegant features, and plump lips, but he also radiates a cool, lethal aura.
“You’re fae?” I ask, and he gives a casual shrug.
“Part of me is,” he says before heading over to a drink cart and pouring a glass of wine before taking a seat.
“So polite,” King Loki mutters with annoyance. “Would anyone else like a drink?” he asks, and I turn my attention back to him, focusing once more on what he just announced.
“No, you can’t just drop a comment like that and not elaborate,” I hiss at him, and he sighs before nodding and gesturing to a sofa.
“Why don’t you take a seat? I will explain everything,” he encourages, but I cross my arms and stubbornly shake my head.
“I’ll stand,” I snap, my body vibrating with emotion. Who does this man think he is, telling me lies like that?
Again, he sighs like I’m a troublesome toddler having a tantrum, and I grit my teeth so I don’t say anything to the Chaos Kingdom king that I can’t come back from.
He opens his mouth to start talking, but there is a flash of light, and a woman appears in the center of the room—a very familiar, albeit slightly annoying woman.
“Aramis!” I exclaim as the gorgeous blonde woman gives me a wink and a wave before looking around the room and frowning.
“Hmm, I see you are still missing a mate or two,” she says absently.
Loki doesn’t even blink, like he’s used to deities dropping in for visits, and neither does Titus, but my guys all gape at the goddess with wide-mouthed awe.
“Close your mouths, boys, that’s how you swallow flies,” she says with a giggle before taking a seat and patting the space next to her. “Come on, Colbie, give Loki a chance to explain.”
“Why are you here?” I ask.
She shrugs. “I thought maybe I could help with this conversation.”
“Oh thank God,” Loki mutters before he collapses on one of the sofas.
“It’s goddess, actually, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to tell the whole thing.” She arches an eyebrow at him, and he nods his acceptance.
“Almost thirty years ago, my sisters and I came to Loki and gave him a task,” she starts.
“Some freaking task. More like a fucking journey from hell,” he mutters, and she glares at him, and he mimes zipping his lips. I smother the grin that wants to cross my lips. He is sassy, even if he is a liar.
“We knew a change was needed, and because we decreed that we wouldn’t interfere, we had to circumnavigate the rules.”
“Circumnavigate? I would say you blasted them to smithereens.” I guess the man can’t take a hint, but she just ignores him.
“We had to put a plan of action into place, and we had been watching Loki for years. We knew we needed him to implement the change. Unlike his grandfather, he had no prejudice against any species, including humans. He was open-minded and basically a good person.”
“Grandfather was an asshole, he held a grudge against the shifters who rejected him in the first place for falling in love with my grandmother a vampire. Which is why they appealed to both of their goddesses to help them create the Chaos Kingdom,” Loki explains joining the narrative.
“Your grandfather was the first king of the Chaos Kingdom?” Gem asks and Loki nods his head.
“Yes and unlike the rest of the kingdoms he wanted this monarchy to be for life and hereditary. He and my grandmother had my father who is half shifter half vampire. He married my mother who was a half fae witch. They were estranged from my grandfather but agreed for him to name me as his heir because my father did not want the position. They live in the city and I still have dinner with them weekly.”
“And you and Eryx approved this?” Gryffin asks the goddess who inclines her head.
