“Let’s run this time,” Oaklie said.“The sooner we find your brothers, the safer we’ll both be.”She’d come too close to being captured by her father for her liking.His soul had been as black as the psychotic little girl’s that they’d met at the motel.His companions were just as bad.
Sprinting as fast as they could, they reached the house where they’d left the truck an hour later.Oaklie went inside to grab the map she’d left in the living room while Arkas filled the tank again.They were running short on fuel by now, but he figured it would be enough to get them to their destination.
“Did you find the mountains?”the knight asked when she joined him in the garage.
“Yep,” she confirmed.“We should reach it in about four or five hours, depending on how bad the roads are.”She’d used the facilities while she’d been inside, so she was ready to go.
“I hope it really is Fate guiding us and not Anarchy playing tricks,” Arkas said as he pushed the garage door upwards.
“I’m driving,” Oaklie said and held her hand out for the keys.He tossed them to her, then they climbed inside and she took off.Arkas opened the map and traced a route that would hopefully end up with them finally finding his brothers.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
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“IS EVERYONE READY?”Xanthia asked, turning to scan her family.They’d moved more couches and chairs around the gigantic gaming TV to watch the movie she’d made.
“We’re ready,” Qiana said in anticipation.Koach had filled her in on the drama she’d missed during breakfast.At least she wouldn’t miss out on this.
“Here we go,” Xan said and set the movie rolling on her computer.Semiaza patted the seat beside him.She sank down onto it to snuggle against her knight’s side.
The females had made snacks and coffee for them all.They dug in as they watched the disaster reels Xanthia had compiled.
“Ha, ha!”Grace crowed, pointing at the TV as a human opened a door to an apartment building and was promptly knocked off her feet in a torrent of water.“What an idiot!”the kid exclaimed.“She should have known that was going to happen when she saw water spurting out around the edges of the door higher than her head!”
Even Amaros chuckled at some of the antics they witnessed.Zoe laughed so hard she was crying.Tor kept cackling and letting off sparks that kept zapping Jacquin.The knight eventually pulled his mate onto his lap.He held her hands over the armrest to spare them both from the tiny electrical volts.
“This is way more fun than I’d expected,” Tolas admitted as Wynter laughed hysterically beside him.“Humans can be incredibly stupid at times.”
Xanthia watched her father wade in and turn off the water in some of the worst flooding episodes.It was always amusing to see Xathan’s stoic façade and knowing he was resisting the urge to murder some of his incompetent human allies.
“Wait a minute,” Grace said as the hour-long video came to an end.“Did anyone else notice who was missing?”
“Who?”Vic asked, stomach hurting from laughing so hard.
“The soldiers,” Amaros said.“They don’t appear to be searching Manhattan for their offspring anymore.”
