Page 163 of Wicked Heirs

Even touching it and feeling the sticky warmth on his bare skin, he kept it together.

Yeah, something strange was definitely going on with him.

Fortunately, it suited our immediate situation.

“Ready?” I asked him. “This is gonna take a lot of magic and focus.”

“I’ve got it,” he assured me, giving my hand a squeeze.

“Thank you, X.”

“Of course. It’s your father. You’d do the same for me.”

I smiled.

And then I looked to Alena. “Prepared, little angel?”

She nuzzled my cheek. “Good to go, Dark Prince.”

A chuckle escaped me.

Even somehow despite everything she was able to bring that out in me.

The boys caught my eye and grinned.

The effect she had on us… it was unbelievable.

Magnificent.

We began the spell and I felt the strain of it instantly until the two of them joined me, pooling our power together as one, using my blood both as a conduit to do so and also to search out my father using my familial blood link to him.

We were searching such a vast area that it took a lot of juice.

I watched a thread of blue, purple, and gold start moving across the map, getting a lock on my father when he’d left the DFR, then tracking his movements from that point onward.

It started moving all over, back and forth, around and around.

Fuck.He’d been all over searching for the acolytes and theVitalium.

“Shit, this looks like days’ worth of movements,” Talon spoke.

“It is,” I confirmed.

“This is going to take forever,” X pointed out.

“Let go,” Alena said.

“What?” I asked.

“Both of you let go. I have an idea.”

In the next moment, X’s hand left me and as I went to do the same with Alena, she grabbed my hand, then licked my palm, lapping up my blood.

“Hell,” Xavier choked.

“Instantly hard, huh?” Tal said.

“He’s not the only one. Fuck me, woman.”

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