I realized two things in that moment. Lora was way more powerful than I thought, and now so was I.
Silas sucked in a deep, audible breath, and then my cuffs glowed blue. His dark, uncontrolled laughter filled the room, and I knew he now felt the power that was flowing throughmyveins.
“How do you feel, my love?” Lora purred to him.
“Like a king,” he replied.
I growled. At the same time, all of Brayden’s brothers and sisters-in-law did as well. They were frozen to the spot, controlled under Lora’s power but angry as hell.
Brayden was the only king. Silas would never be. I didn’t care what kind of necklace he wore.
Lora looked at me. “Not a word of this to the other Fae Lords,” she warned.
I found it interesting that she didn’t want the others knowing she’d restored my power and given it to Silas, something I didn’t even know she was capable of. In a flash of green light, we were sucked up into the main ballroom.
My senses were immediately flooded with the sights and sounds of hundreds of people. It was the same place as last year, the huge ballroom with white marble and gold veining running through it. Hundreds of Ether magical creatures filled the space, all wearing expensive dresses and drinking fancy drinks. It was sickening how they looked forward to this.
But this year was going to be different.
Lora gave Silas a conspiratorial grin and then stepped away from him, approaching the stage, which the other Fae Lords stood upon.
I was just about to step forward when metal bars grew under my feet, lifting me and Maddy up into the air. I was thrown off balance as the cage materialized out of nowhere and suspended us only a mere foot above ground.
Dammit.
Silas smirked and then walked away.
“Do you feel the Greywolf power? Are you okay?” Maddy immediately tucked into my side, her blue eyes pinched with concern.
I nodded. “I feel it and I’m okay.”
Maddy was forever the elder doting sister. Even if my soul was older then hers, she had a maternal instinct to protect me. Suddenly I wanted and needed her to know that no matter what happened tonight, I wouldn’t have been able to survive this past year without her.
Turning to her, my throat pinched with emotion. “No matter what happens tonight, you need to run to safety and save yourself.”
A lopsided grin pulled at her face. “Not a chance in hell, kid. I’m with you to the end.”
I had to blink back tears as my throat tightened more. “Maddy, this past year…” I swallowed a sob, unable speak.
She rushed forward, pulling me into a hug. “I know. I love you too.” She wrapped her arms tightly around me.
‘Can you hear me?’Natalie’s voice suddenly boomed in my mind and I went rigid with surprise.
Pulling back, I looked at Maddy, who peered down at me with concern. “What’s wrong?”
I tapped my temple. “Natalie,”I mouthed, and Maddy’s eyebrows raised in surprise. I gathered that it wasn’t normal that she was able to contact me so far away. In fact, I didn’t really even know where the Greywolf prison was. In the basement of this very building? Or miles away?
‘I’m here,’I said back to her.‘The fight hasn’t started yet.’
‘Any sign of Brayden?’she asked.
I told her no.
‘Keep us informed,’she said, and then went radio silent.
Brayden. My heart still ached from the memory that I’d gotten of Lena and his wedding just from looking at the photo in Castiel’s room.
Kiss your wife.
