–SEVRIN –
Hearing Triton voice those words ignites pure rage to fill my veins.My arm pulls back and without thinking twice I forcefully plant my fist into the fucker’s face.
“You don’t get to decide about my woman.She’s mine to protect, along with those souls inside her womb.”Anger keeps building inside me with each word.
The sound of the sea is filling my ears, and it’s a soothing sound I welcome, knowing it powers my abilities.
My voice is thick when I snatch Triton by the throat and easily lift him off the floor.“I’ll have your head for your betrayal.”
“He discussed it with me first, Prez.There was no betrayal.We made a split-second decision for the greater good.”I hear my VP, but the anger inside me is still building.
A thin stream of water launches in Karev’s direction.A hellhound might be able to shift damn fast, but he doesn’t have a chance to so much as think before I cut off his air supply.He claws at his throat, which is useless because his fingers glide straight through the water.
“They are my blood,” I roar.“Any decision others make about what’s mine is fucking betrayal unless it comes from me or my old lady.”
Both Karev and Triton don’t have a reply.Mostly due to me strangling them, along with suppressing their powers.Triton might have powerful magic, but Karev is a three-headed hellhound on the verge of shifting.
The rage tearing through me, the struggling men in front of me, pure havoc is suddenly flipped to utter calm.The quiet surrounding me compares to the sea on a sun filled day.
“We all need to take a breath.”Fosca’s voice is as soft as the sunlight bouncing on waves.
The stream I had wrapped around Karev’s neck is gone, and Triton is sitting on his ass while Fosca and I are locked in a dome.
“You stopped me,” I mutter, stunned how she’s able to shift everything with what felt like a snap of her fingers.
No wonder I felt the warmth of the sea, the calm within the storm.It was her.
“Yeah, well...you went a teensy bit overboard with your friends.”I’m about to flip my shit again when she shoves her hand palm up in my face.“I’m not saying your point of view was wrong.What I mean is the fact that we all need to sit down and freaking talk.Then we’ll whip Triton’s ass because the fucker tried to do something without my consent...or yours for that matter.”
I pinch the bridge of my nose and close my eyes for a heartbeat to stay calm when I say, “This goes way past being rattled or getting a little upset, Fosca.He tried to bind the power of our unborn children inside your belly.Who knows about the consequences, and all of this without our knowledge, consent, under false pretenses and shit.”
“All the more reason for us to ask why before you can continue to strangle them,” she snaps.“Because something tells me your biker buddies wouldn’t do such a thing.”
My mind is still stuck on the fact that she’s completely reasonable.Maybe it’s because I indeed am a bit shocked and didn’t expect this from my “biker buddies.”
“Fine,” I grumble.
“Oh, thank fuck,” Karev states with a weird tone to his voice.
My gaze goes over Fosca’s shoulder and I now see why Karev sounds strange.
“Babe?”The corner of my mouth twitches.“You’re an excellent student.”
Fosca snorts.“I’m pretty sure it’s the bond.Ever since we had sex it’s like you uploaded a manual along with your sperm hitting bull’s-eye.”
“Could we cut the shit and start talking?You should really hear Triton out, and this is really uncomfortable,” Karev pleads.
Karev and Triton are both wrapped like a mummy in streams of water continuing to move around them.Their bodies are like a statue, held captive from the shoulders down.
“Oh, we can start talking.”I grin before adding, “But for sure as fuck are you two assholes staying just like this.”
In fact, let’s make this a bit more interesting.I slowly curl my fingers to make the streams holding them tighten.Triton groans while Karev is glaring at me.
“For fuck’s sake, Triton.Tell him what you told me,” Karev grits.
All eyes turn to Triton when the man releases a deep sigh.“Fine.I’ve been researching stuff ever since I touched her thoughts.From old history books to Roman mythology, legends, and everything in between when it comes to Neptune and his wife Salacia.You’re descendants of these Gods.There might not be similarities between you, except for the powers you inherited from their bloodline.Now, the whole twist of Salacia running off and Neptune sending a dolphin to find her and all?”Triton glances at Fosca.“What was your friend again?Was she for, or against the bond?”
“What the fuck, Triton?”I growl.“I didn’t even know this Zara friend of hers until after I met her through Fosca.”
