Page 80 of King of Inferno

I’m hoping we can try wand play once more. She wasn’t ready for it the first time we tried. The wands and the flames began to react to her anxiety, and I had to stop. Another reason I know my mate will have more control over wielding fire than she thinks.

As images fill my mind of her riding me with that fat ass in my hands while I blow shotgun, I grow harder. I know the moment she taps into my thoughts. Her body melts into mine and she begins to pant.

Suddenly, I stiffen. All the wolves sitting around us freeze and their eyes begin to glow. We can all sense Ace as he comes through the gate to the clubhouse that all the supers have to enter through.

Something is wrong. As soon as I have the thought, Aravos tries to link with me and my brothers. Lifting Taylor and placing her in my seat, I quickly teleport to the gate to meet Ace. He’s injured and on the verge of shifting.

“I need to speak with Kendrick. I had to come to see you both,” Ace forces out.

I grab him by the arm and wrap it around my shoulders, supporting his weight as I take us to Kendrick’s office in a flash. Kendrick is already there as we walk in. I’m concerned by how labored Ace’s breathing is.

“Ace, what happened?” Kendrick asks.

Meanwhile, I’m mind-linking Reilly to come see if he can heal Ace. We have healers, but this is my best friend’s pup. No matter how old Ace is, I will not allow my friend to lose a child on my watch.

However, Ace’s next words grab my attention and send my blood boiling. “The holy land was attacked. I was there alone to pray to the moon goddess. I was hoping to find guidance to find my mate as you all have,” Ace says.

I close my eyes and groan. Dyson still hasn’t told the triplets about the curse. I get it. The guys need their mates.

It’s not just a desire to have them; they need to have their lunas by their sides. They have been suffering without them. The brothers are incomplete.

However, I have questions. Ace is an alpha and one of the strongest wolves I know even with his lycan trapped in slumber. How did someone get by him and why is he in this state?

“I didn’t catch the scent. Not until they were leaving, and the wind shifted. I fought him, but it’s like something was keeping me from shifting,” Ace says, answering my thoughts.

“You should have gone to the pack doctor to heal before you came. You don’t look well,” my brother says.

“Kendrick, the stone is gone. He knew where it was.”

I move to place Ace down in a chair as my anger ignites and my temperature begins to rise. Embers circle my hands. I note that Kendrick’s are sparking with lightning.

Dyson was more than the alpha of the Sapphire Moon pack. When he stepped down, he passed the throne down to his sons. They are now the lycan kings.

It was my relationships with the lycan kings before them that made me choose the werewolves as the guardians of my stone when I had to choose. It should have been safe. Only the king knows of the location of my stone. With each generation, that information is only passed down to the king by myself.

“Bradan, go to the holy land. See what you can find out,” Kendrick says, pulling me from my musing.

“Should we alert the others?” I ask as it dawns on me someone could be targeting our source stones.

“I’m still thinking. I don’t want to lead anyone to them if this was a stroke of luck.”

Kendrick has a point. I nod my agreement. We can’t allow another stone to be taken.

“I feel you, but if they were able to keep Ace from shifting, we don’t know what we’re up against. This could be those hunters.”

“For now, let’s find out what happened on the Sapphire grounds. Go to the holy land and see if you can find out what happened. We will move from there.”

The stones are useless without the one sword, Kendrick is the only one who knows where it’s located. I nor either of my other brothers have this information. We decided it was for the best a long time ago.

“Where is he?” Reilly asks as he appears.

I nod toward the chair Ace is now passed out in. He looks pale, but I have all faith in Reilly. He will bring him back to health. For now, I need to get to the holy land and find out what the fuck is going on.

***

I step onto the holy land right in front of the statue of the moon goddess who holds a shield with my crest. I was honored when the packs wanted to include me in the monuments here.

I’ve met the moon goddess once as a young boy. I remember her smile and kindness. It was then she told me of the wolf kings and the role I would play in their lives. Centuries went by before I met the first one.

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