Scythe gets out his phone. “The Devi pack will look after things while we’re gone. However long it takes to find your family, regina.”
I know this is mad. I know we’re going into danger, and yet my heart only swells at the sight of my mates, the other pieces of my soul, willing to risk everything to come with me on this madcap mission. “You’re all mad,” I say, sniffing loudly. “Fucking mad.”
Savage nods enthusiastically. “And we wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Chapter 96
Savage
This is so exciting I think I’m going to pee my pants.
But I won’t, because Lyle is watching me closely so I have to behave at least a little bit,andwe don’t know what monsters we’ll meet in the other world, so I better save it. Lyle wants to pack a bag, so we give him a minute to do that while Scythe and Aurelia talk to the Devi pack to update them. Minnie is desperate to come as well but in the next breath announces herself as the surrogate guardian of the academy while we’re gone.
But if we’re going through the secret door to under the school, then we’re not reallyleavingit, are we? I don’t know how the magic works, but it all makes sense to me.
I prepare myself by warming up with a lap around the academy and some push-ups before explaining things to Eugene. He needs to look after Stacey because I think she needs him most after her mate proved himself an asshole for a second time. Henry is coming with us; I think the more the merrier for this quest.
Once I return to the pack suite, everyone is dressed in simple clothes and ready to go. Lyle and Xander have backpacks withwater, food, and clothes. Everyone has very serious expressions on and I think I’m the only one who’s actually excited, so I decide to lead the way to the library, singing a new song.
We’re off to the portal.
We’re off to the portal.
Everyone cheer!
Everyone cheer!
I ignore Xander’s useless comment about it not rhyming because it doesn’t need to rhyme while I’m dancing. I also need to keep my mind off the new red mark my regina has on her arm. When Lyle asked her about it, she simply said. “I did it. And it means my father will die.” She doesn’t act like it’s sore, but I’ve been wanting to lick it better for ages now. Lyle gave me a deathly look when I said I wanted to, so I have to contain myself.
Minnie waits for us in the library, wringing her hands like a nervous ninny. I want to tell her that she defeated Titus, so she really shouldn’t be nervous about anything after that, but I’m too excited and there are too many thoughts in my mind so all that comes out is, “You’re a badass, Minnie.”
She rolls her eyes at me before grabbing my regina by the arms. “Don’t eat anything no matter how good it looks, and promise you won’t spend too much time there.”
“This is a time-critical mission,” Lia says seriously. “I don’t want to be there any longer than we have to because you can bet your bottom dollar Serpent Court won’t waste any time either.”
“We have eyes on them on the northern roads,” Xander says, nodding to Minnie’s phone. “And they’ll arrive in a convoy, so you’ll get an alert when the guards see them coming from hours away.”
“I’ve got this,” Minnie says, nodding seriously. “I’ll defend this place with my life.”
I skip past the Titus-killer towards where the secret door sits on the wall. The light is dimmed this late in the day, and it makesthe door look like something from an old dragon’s dungeon. Everyone slowly gathers behind me, and the fat gargoyle who sits on top of the door stares down at us all with this old timey look.
“You must be really old,” I say.
He blinks down at me. “Quite.”
I feel my regina take a deep breath, and her exhale tickles the back of my neck. My little chompy is nervous, so I’m going to have to be brave for all of us. I turn around and thrust out my palm, face down. “On three, say Team Boneweaver!”
Xander gives me a pained look that says he’s above team bonding activities, but when Lia smiles shyly and places her hand over mine, everyone else has no choice but to follow.
I beam at the team as Xander puts his hand over Scythe’s. Now I’m really giddy. “One, two, three!”
“Team Boneweaver!” everyone cheers.
Henry chirps his part from Lia’s shoulder.“You always make me feel better,”she says in my mind, just for me. I get to pinch her smiling cheeks before sweeping my arm out to tell her the floor is hers. She steps forward more confidently than before, looking up at the gargoyle.
“My lady,” he says formally, like he knows something’s up.
“We’re ready to go through, Ashfang,” she says. “Let us in, please.”
