Dylan squealed then continued shouting, “SHE’S A PEGASUS! THE CREEPY NINJA ASSASSINS ARE GOING TO BE RIDING THEIR WINGED DIVINE HORSES INTO BATTLE AND I WILL LIVE! CPCNA is Hercules!”
Dylan got on his knees in front of Hastein, “I’m retired now Crown Prince of the Ninja Assassins. I TOTALLY have time to show up when you fly on your Pegasus into battle with a bullhorn shouting, “HERCULES! HERCULES! HERCULES!” I MUST have you hire me for this role. I WAS BORN TO DO THIS!”
Dad chimed in, “I actually agree. He was born to do that. In another realm far away from me.” Dylan gasped, “You try to wound me while agreeing with me. It is the zing to our zang. I know you love me.” Hastein rolled his eyes.
Gage urged, “Go, Alexander.” I grabbed Hastein and popped to Melanie’s place in Nashville. My cousin stated the obvious, “They aren’t here.” I snorted, “They are coming. I can hear them outside and now they are in the elevator.” The elevator doors opened and both of us gave them looks.
Melanie pulled her mask off, followed by Kingsley. Kingsley's phone rang and she sighed. Melanie looked at who was calling and started playing water sounds on her phone. It sounded like someone was taking a shower. Kingsley answered, “What? Hello?”
The man on the other end said, “Open your door. I’ve been knocking but your music is turned up so loud you probably can’t hear it.” That guy obviously wanted my cousin to kill him speaking to his mate like that.
Kingsley said, “I’m in the shower. I’m off work tonight, John.” John said, “Well, I need to see you, Karlee.” Kingsley sighed, “Give me five to get out of the dang shower.” John warned, “Anything over five minutes and I’ll break down the door. You’d better be here.” He hung up.
Oden growled, “He’s dead.” I searched out my bond with Hastein and knew that was the case. I linked Uncle Bjourn, “Whoever is outside Kingsley’s place in Missouri is dead. H feels that way and I agree. No one gets to talk to our family like that.” Uncle Bjourn replied, “I’ll look into it.” Good.
Kingsley rolled her eyes. Melanie asked, “Xander, can you snap her hair wet?” I answered, “I can conjure a bucket filled with water.” I snapped my fingers and Kingsley sighed then dumped it over her head.
Melanie put some sort of towel on her that made the top of her shirt invisible, so it looked like she was naked. What the fuck? I glanced at Hastein who shrugged. Kingsley shimmied her pants off then winked at Hastein.
Kingsley asked him, “How about a portal to my bathroom, big boy?” If I was less upset, I’d have laughed. Hastein agreed, “Fine but we are talking about this.” Kingsley snorted, “Hey, I’m not the one jumping out of cars onto…”
Melanie interrupted her, “Hey! I did that to help! I was helping. No, I did help… It was the only logical plan unless you wanted to out yourself… which would be bad.” Kingsley said, “Before I go, because I have a whole two minutes left, how did these two know we were here?”
Melanie answered, “My watch is synced with Xander’s, so he got the same text from Paige that I did.” Kingsley cooed, “Aww,that’s so cute. Have fun with your angry wolf.” My cousin’s mated pointed at me commanding, “Be nice. She doesn’t get it.”
Hastein snorted, “You do.” Kingsley winked at him saying, “I live dangerously. Plus, I was counting on some crazy sex from my Hackura Crown Prince.” Hastein opened a portal, “Get your damn fine ass through that portal and get rid of John in five minutes or I will RIP his head off his body. Then you’ll get what you want after a spanking and half.”
Melanie’s eyes went wide in surprise. Kingsley simply laughed and they went through the portal. Oden said, “Freya is also ready for a punishment. Our mate is very naughty.” The problem was only half of that equation understood. The wolf.
Melanie whispered, “So… hi... you seem... upset.” I growled and pulled her into me and used my healing light. My mate was basically healed already so I pulled back faster than I’d expected to do. I slammed my lips onto hers.
EJ linked me, “Melanie’s family wants to talk to her.” I growled and replied, “Tell them to take a damn number.” I snapped her clothes off and pinned her arms up against the wall. EJ asked, “But you have her, right?” I retorted, “Of course I have her now shut the fuck up and leave me alone!” I bit her ear and Melanie gasped.
I growled, “MINE!” I could feel her lust and confusion. My wife said, “Of course I’m yours.” I snapped myself naked and pushed my tip up against her entrance and felt how ready she was. I asked, “Is it the fight or me that has you so ready?”
Melanie said, “Umm… you… definitely you… there was the whole getting shot twice and the console/gear shift thing that hurt a lot. That’s not really the get you in the mood type of activity…” I covered her lips with mine to cut off that sentence.
I was not going to listen to how she was hurt and slammed into her instead. I thrust deeply into her and brought my hand down on her ass cheek. Melanie moaned loudly. I had to keepreminding myself I was with her, and she was ok. My wife’s nails dug into my back and that just spurred me on. She screamed my name.
I popped us to the bed and spanked my wife again. I pushed her down onto her stomach and entered her again. We destroyed the bed in her place before I roared, “MELANIE, FUCK!” I pounded into her as I came, then collapsed on top of her. My mate was breathing hard, and I was right there with her. I gently pulled out of her, and she rolled onto her back.
I kissed her sides where she had been shot. I told her in my most serious tone, “Stop getting shot.” Melanie frowned, “I mean… that’s probably not going to happen… because it kind of comes with the whole black mask, Resistance thing. I’ve been shot at for a long time now. Gosh, it would be weird to not get shot at every so often at this point.”
I growled. Oden said, “I hate all those words.” I wasn’t a fan either. Melanie frowned, “Logically, you know that’s true. It’s not like the Resistance hangs out with the good guys. We have no reason to fight you; so logically speaking we get shot at. Heck, I’ve saved a significant amount of your family members FROM being shot at. It’s kind of our thing.”
I growled, “I don’t like it.” Melanie shrugged, “I mean I’m not exactly a fan of being shot at, but we did something good and….” I cut her off with a kiss. I put my forehead on hers admitting, “I saw you get shot.” Melanie gasped, “How the hell did you do that?”
I explained, “My Uncle set up surveillance in that area.” Melanie frowned. I said, “You crashed your car into people multiple times and it hurt you.” Melanie admitted, “It did… but I had to help Kingsley. I couldn’t just leave her there to solve it all herself. Like she could… but that would be bad.”
I snorted, “We wouldn’t have left her there had she gotten caught. Which I have serious doubts about. That woman hasbackup plans. Hastein would’ve gotten her had they caught her.” Melanie frowned, “Then it gives away that you guys know people in the Resistance. Then my friends and the pack could get hurt. People would come at us.”
I kissed her before saying, “I don’t like people coming at you. I do not like you going out without me because it’s different if we are together.” Melanie argued, “I’m ok though.” Because she has a fast healing wolf and I healed her the rest of the way.
I looked away asking a question I didn’t know if I wanted the answer to, “How many times have you been seriously hurt with no Freya, or me, to heal you?” Melanie frowned, “I mean…that depends on your definition of seriously hurt… by my definition, once.”
“Cayden and Micah stepped in… and I met your cousin Brody. He teased me about you…. and I talked a lot. I’m sure that’s not surprising… I thought I’d see him… but he’s on a mission…since… ya know, H pulled the family back to talk then Brody went back out… because I’m clearly fine.”
I had a lot of questions about how she knew that but instead I asked, “What would you have qualified your injuries today as?” Melanie answered, “Not too bad. Some bruising definitely… maybe a cracked a rib or two… that’s not really that bad.”
