“I actually agree with you,” my older brother added, getting glared at by everyone else. “But, unless you want me to fight withyou hand-to-hand, my power can’t help you,” he explained to her apologetically.
“I already know hand-to-hand combat, Gustav,” Natalia protested.
“Yeah, but my husband can take away your wolfandyour Vampiress essence with a touch, so it’s best not to tempt the devil,” Zelin warned.
“Wait. What?” Natalia gawked at him, shocked. “You can do that?”
My older brother nodded. “I can take away the supernatural nature of anyone who doesn’t deserve it anymore. I can also give shifter power to someone I deem worthy… Aside from my normal Moon Prince powers of course.”
“He’s the Wolf Overlord.” Zelin shrugged as though it was self-explanatory.
“I know it sounds like he’s a villain, but it’s actually pretty cool. The Moon Goddess chose him to wield that power.” Alyce grinned with pride.
“Holy shit. This family is something else…”Starlight whistled, impressed.
“Sorry. Wish we could help more,” Zelin sincerely offered.
“I understand. Thanks for indulging me with your time.” Natalia sighed, sharing a brief hug with them before they headed back into the castle. “Anyone else feel like leaving me high and dry?”
Seeing it brought a smile to my lips.
“Natalia…” Dante grunted.
“Don’t youNataliame. We are doing this.” Her narrowed eyes shifted, pinning André in place. “You all know my fire acts like my venom. It will protect me from your attacks too. I just need you to be willing so we can test it.”
“Any of our powers could kill you.”
“You don’t have to shoot to kill, André. Just give me enough of your sun force so that my fire can feel me vulnerable and learn how to protect me from your light force, light weapons, or whatever. You said the venom learns and evolves to protect, right? Then it stands to reason that my fire?—”
“We don’t know to what length your fire will act like Vampire venom,” Dante tried to reason.
“Well, there is only one way to find out. Isn’t there?” She crossed both arms over her chest, signaling the discussion was over.
“Caralho!”André cursed through our shadow link, knowing she had a good point.
“She’s right and she knows it too,”Dante sighed, defeated.
“We will try,” I spoke, finally feeling in control once more, although I still hadn’t shifted back into a man. Everyone glared at me like I was a traitor. “Thiswillbe an ambush, and now they know about her fire…”
“Which means they might throw every power they have access to at her.”
“We need to prepare her.”
André and Dante dejectedly agreed, seeing no other way, like I had.
A gloriously triumphant smile curved our mate’s lips.
“But first—” I interrupted. “We’ll work on the ambush. Hand-to-hand against all of us at once. If you beat us like this, you can fight against our other abilities.”
“We’ve been sparring with each other for the last five years…” Dante added as a warning.
“Good luck getting past us. We fight as one.” André grinned crookedly at her.
Natalia’s eyes dangerously narrowed while she glanced at each of us, settling on me.
My wolfish smile returned just as Alyce shifted into her wolf, swiftly standing on all fours.
“Damn, you are gorgeous even as a she-wolf—wait, I don’t get to meet your Beast?” Confusion creased Natasha’s expression.
