“Of course,son”, I say with a smirk. The three Demons stand shoulder to shoulder and then disappear with a smile at me and a longing look at Creed. A few sparks and ice chips hit the floor, but thankfully, they didn’t do any damage.
“You missed a few bits out,Daughter, but later, we need to deal with Jameson, now! Does he speak Russian?” Dad asks while finishing his drink.
“No, he can only speak English. He’s tried charms in the past, but they are always limited-time, and he never knows when he will need them. And he trusts only a few to give him charms, so he gave up,” I inform him, and he nods, looking pleased.
“Declan, Bastille, Brayden, you come with us. Ember, one of your mates, can come, and whichever does. Needs to behave,” I look at him with disbelief,
“But Declan’s going to be there”, I say, and the others chuckle. Ren grabs my hand. I hear a scoff from Dec, and a few chuckles from the others.
“Babygirl, if I have to behave, so do Ren and your brothers. Now let's see how your grandpa is behaving” Everyone laughs at Mika’s words.
Bastille
“Ren, you take that braid out my hair, and I will Kick your ass; Bas put it there, and you will just have to deal with it”, I hear mysisterscold her mate, I smile when I see her stroke the braid I put in her hair, Bou was adamant she needed something, Brayden named my bear when he was three, I wonder if it would have been different if Ember had been around, thankfully she isn’t a princess so it wouldn’t have been something like fluffy, or teddy, my bear snorts at my inner thoughts as I focus back on my sister,
“Sorry, baby, you know I love your hair when it’s loose and wild, always have” He kisses her softly as she whispers something in Japanese, which he repeats: he then steps back and heads to the office, giving Bray a nod as he passes him.
Dad, Ren, and Declan walk in and out of view. Brayden holds his hand out to Ember, which she slowly takes. It hurts that she is always nervous to accept affection and kindness from us, but at the same time, I understand her hesitation.
“We won’t let anyone retake you, and you will never be hurt again if it’s in our power to prevent it,little sister.”When they both look at me, I startle at the similarity, I quickly snap a photo of the two of them and smirk, then take another as they go from a matching look of awe to frowns, Ember looks nothing like me and Dec, whereas there are parts of Brayden that do, but their eyes match, eyes that shine like a nights sky, dark blue with flecks of white.
My twin siblings enter the office side by side with me behind them. She will soon learn that she’s no longer alone! Yes, our father and uncles will protect her, but Dec, Bray and I will be fighting alongside her, like we always should have been.
Brayden
I enter at Ember’s side, and I feel my wolves stir as I catch sight of the piece of shit that’s kept her from us all these years. He looks like a ferret; his hair is dyed, but it seems like an odd color, a little like it’s nicotine-stained, but I can't smell cigarettes.
He doesn’t even look at my sister, but I get an attempt at a death glare. Yeah, that isn’t going to work on me; ourgrandfatheris what most that don’t know him think is a poster boy for the Russian Mafia. After seeing him rage at Dec, Saint and Pax when they drank his limited-edition bottle of bourbon, nothing will scare me. He turns to Uncle Nic, ignoring Uncle Mickey, who’s talking to him.
“The day after I collected Brayden from the hospital, I called you and asked about the baby you collected from the firehouse. You told me that it was a girl, but she was human, and you found the parents, that, they were just scared teenagers who then changed their minds.” Uncle Mickey has been kicking himself that he didn’t just detour and grab Ember on his way to me. The ferret just ignores him and talks to Uncle Nic.
“This meeting has gone on long enough; you have no authorisation over a worthless human other than having her scrub toilets or feeding the vampires. I doubt the incubi or succubae will be interested in a fat human,” he's sneering by the end; he’s not disgusted by the idea, just at Embers 'human’ status. Ren has a growl vibrating his chest. Dad and Declan aren’t far off, and Grumps looks like he's going through a list of torture techniques in his head. The dickhead turns his back on the Alphas to look in Ember’s direction, but not at her face.
“If your done whoring yourself, get in the car now, that Beta will never want you for more than a wet hole” I see Uncle Mickey go a funny color and step back against the wall; Bas steps closer to our backs and grabs the back of Ember shirt ready to pull her out the way, Ember flinches at his words, but I think I’m the only one that notices because I felt it rather than saw it.
Grumps and Uncle Luc have a hand each on Dec, stilling his actions. Uncle Nic is holding a shaking Dad, but no one thought to restrain Ren, who gets up in Jameson’s face.
“Do you know who I am?” Ren snarls, his Alpha dominance full-on pulsing out of him
“Some wannabe baby Alpha that needs to learn his place and let the grown-ups do the talking!” Jameson scoffs, but I can see his hand shaking. At his words, Ember burst out laughing.
“Let me do introductions, Sammy; let me introduce you to Alpha Ren Firefall, Heir to the BloodWolf pack”, she states and pulls the shirt collar to the side. Ren might not want that pack, but technically, it’s his if he chooses to; it was never legally switched from his name.
“And my mate, you never had me checked for marks after my sixteenth birthday” With her last words and a glance at a smirking Ren, Jameson looks like he is about to shit himself. Ren follows her statement with.
“And while introductions are open, let me introduce Alpha Maykal Ivanova, Ember's biological father; Alpha Nikoli Ivanova, her grandfather; Alpha Dominic Ivanova, her uncle; Beta Lucian Ivanova, her uncle; Declan Ivanova, Bastille Ivanova, her older half-brothers and Brayden Ivanova her Twin brother” Ren directs each person with a wave of his hand, the door slams open.
“Are we announcing ourselves? It’s been a while...... well I’m.... His Royal Highness Prince Liam Gideonson, and this is Ember's Godfather, Sir Nathaniel Prince, My Royal Guard” Liam copies Ren's movements. Lily enters the room and switches to her Russian Heiress accent and demeanour.
“Scum like you don’t deserve my name and title” She struts straight to Dad, kissing his Jaw, then turns with a disapproving raised eyebrow.
“Daughter,” Jameson croaks out.
“Yeah, Daughter, stop trying to take my sister away; how long have you known? She’s told us that she’s had DNA tests donebefore and that when the family was contacted, they didn’t want her!” I state, he doesn’t seem shocked at the revelation, which means he knows and has still been keeping her from us. Ren walks over, grabs Ember's other hand, and tugs her to the door.
As the three of us leave, Uncle Trunk arrives with an older Gentleman; he’s unassuming and makes me think of a teacher.
“Emily, are you ok? What’s Jameson done now?” Ember smiles at the man
