“Yes, my lady wife. Corbin, I think you should make your way back to the house and meet with your brothers.”
He wanted to argue, but there was something in Dad’s tone that broke the moral argument. And he realized he was considered a pregnant omega now. Nobody was going to let him go out and do any of the questioning or interrogating or anything else in the Land of Summer.
That must rankle.Ev smiled at him, holding out a hand for him to take.But he has a point, and so do you. Let’s go back to the house and make sure the children are well.
You’re just trying to calm me down. I know it.Corbin winked at his mate.Still, I want to make sure everyone is well. Then we’ll revisit.
What did they do if there was vampirism running through the Land of Summer? They would destroy everything. The light had to make them weaker, though, because otherwise they would’ve attacked well before now.
This had been an attempt at a sneak attack, and on a fringe area at that. So this was some sort of foray that they were testing.
And they’d failed, but mainly because dragons had been involved. So they needed to know how many of these vamp hybrids there were, and what their plan was so they could stop it.
It was going to be exhausting to have to scour the land with their light.
We’ll think of an easier way, lethean.Evander was so attuned to him, and he sounded worried.
Yes. We’ll have to.He had a baby to grow.
We will.Evander stopped to take him into a warm embrace, kissing him gently.I will not have you harmed.
Now he knew how Cosmo had felt, how Cullen had, knowing they had to let their mates protect them, to withdraw from hunting.
He’d held out the longest, because he’d needed to find his mate. He’d needed to find Evander.
“I’m right here.” Evander’s breath ghosted across his lips. “For good.”
“I want that. Goddess, you were stunning, all in your… what do you call your other form?”
“My hunt form.”
“Yes, that’s perfect.” He nuzzled their noses together. “I have to tell you, there’s something about that form that makes me a little crazy. Makes me drool.”
Evander took his hand and led him toward the house again, laughing, the sound was warm and sensual. “That’s because, in that form, I am sort of an embodiment of the male animal, sweetie. I’m supposed to make you drool.”
“Yes, but you’re my mate.” He squeezed Evander’s hand. “Mine. So I get to be the one who is hot and bothered by you, and you actually like it.”
“I like it more than a little.” He got a sideways look from those bright blue eyes, Evander’s scent changing just enough to tell him his mate was aroused.
“Hold that thought. Once we make sure everyone’s okay and that we’re not needed anywhere, we will probably explore post-disaster sex.”
“Oh, now. I like the idea of that.” Evander’s warm laughter made him smile.
This was exactly what he needed to unwind from the terrible event that had happened out there in that meadow.
They finally reached the house, and he was relieved to note that neither one of them had any trouble getting through the wards in order to get inside. It wasn’t Evander and the weird vampire bite that made him worry about that. He fretted about it every time he went through the doors.
Corbin supposed that if he didn’t, that would make him a candidate to be a bad person, or dragon, or dragon fae?
“Dragon fae is perfect, bro.” That came from Cullen, who sounded a lot less shaky. Honestly, it was Cosmo he was worried about because he’d had a vision and then had to stand up and burn a vampire fae to a crisp.
“You think so?” He winked at Cullen. Then slumped down into a kitchen chair. He didn’t even know whose kitchen he had wandered into. So he looked around. Cullen’s. Figured. Orion had probably been baking while they were gone.
“Is there anything I can do to help right now around the house?” Evander asked. So polite. He was such a good mate.
“Hawk has the little ones with Orion upstairs. We are going to sit and have cookies and hot beverages of whatever choice: tea, coffee, cocoa. Then we’re going to have a war meeting.” Cullen could be super serious when he needed to be.
“Here, put these on the table,” Cosmo said, handing Evander a giant tray of cookies. At Evander’s raised eyebrow, Cosmo shrugged. “The big guys will be back down here soon. The babies will sleep. Orion will make sure of it.”
