Page 79 of The War is Coming

CHAPTER 33

“Why did you block me from talking to you?” Atticus countered, dropping his mates’ hands and stepping closer to his brother.

More of Atticus’ family stepped forward. Two young men that looked like younger versions of Atticus. An older male, who looked like Atticus, and a stunning woman, who must have been his mother.

“You all blocked me. If you hadn’t, I would have told you I was fine.”

“You missed your call.”

“I was unconscious at the time,” Atticus admitted.

“What the hell, Atty!”

“And that is why we came. We couldn’t reach you,” the older male said.

“Archer,” Atticus ran a hand down his face. “Why bring everyone?”

“We couldn’t reach you, dummy. What were we supposed to do?” Archer demanded.

“Oh, I don’t know, maybe contact King Blake and find out what had happened. Or just come and find out what happened by yourself.”

His mother stepped forward. “Your brother obviously didn’t think about any of those things. Although he assured us that he had checked everywhere. We were all concerned and decided to come and rescue you. The rest of the clan wanted to come, but we left them on standby,” she walked closer and touched his cheek. “It’s only because we care, my darling.”

Atticus pulled her into a hug. “Thank you, Mother.”

He pulled back and got hugs from the rest of his family.

“Let me introduce you to the others,” Atticus said, taking his mother’s hand and leading him to his mates, Blake and Baylan, who had joined them at some point.

He stopped in front of his mates. “Mother, father, brothers, these are my mates. This is his majesty King Puff McDuncan and King Bob, and Mateo Thomas, our guardian, and this is the Alpha King, his majesty King Blake Hayes and his consort Baylan Adams and Zeus, King of the Gods. Gentlemen, this is Andromeda, Antares, Archer, Artimus and Andrew.”

Andromeda stepped forward, looking at Mateo and Puff. “How delightful. Finally, one of my children has mates,” she pulled Puff into a hug first. “You are simply gorgeous, your majesty.”

Puff hugged her back. “Thank you, and please call me Puff.”

“Thank you.” She then pulled Mateo into a hug, as Antares hugged Puff.

“You’re gorgeous as well. My son is so lucky,” she said, pulling back.

“Thanks,” Mateo said, “but we’re the lucky ones.”

They then moved on to shake hands with Blake and Baylan and Zeus, as Atticus’ brothers came and introduced themselves.

Archer stood in front of his brother, arms crossed over his chest. “Why were you unconscious?”

“It wasn’t only me,” Atticus said.

Puff and Mateo walked to their mates’ side.

“It’s a long story, but my brother used black magic to try and strip a family member of their dragon,” Puff explained. “The dragon in question, Silver, used to be my brother’s, and he wanted him back. To save Silver and Brook, your brother, the rest of our dragon family and I used a lot of magic to stop that happening. It exhausted us, and we were unconscious for twelve or more hours.”

“As soon as Atticus woke up, one of his first thoughts was ringing you. He was worried about what you would do,” Mateo told him.

“Black magic, bad business,” Antares said, looking a bit stunned at meeting Zeus.

Zeus looked at Blake. “See, that’s the reaction I used to get - stunned looks.”

“I’ll practice my stunned face for the next time you show up,” Blake replied.