Page 116 of The Cruelest Undead

What choice did he have?

This was some serious shit, and they didn’t need to be distracted.

“Then, I want to hit the cemetery. We know that Mathew was there. He raised a Voodoo practitioner withThe Vampyre’s Cross. There’s no doubt that was to slow Rinnon down. That’s the same magick. Apparently.”

Mine is older and more complex.

Let me clap.

Are you a cranky bitch today? I get it. Our girl is angry at us, but take a pill. I feed off your energy.

Yes. It’s been a rough one, and I’m trying.

To get this started, he led them down the stairs, Logan staying back as much as he possibly could. Flynn could tell he was wary, and he should be.

When they arrived in the sitting room, to finish the conversation, his parents were sitting on the couch acclimating themselves.

Flynn knew he needed them to be babysat, and it was a good thing they had plenty of family here.

It was daylight, but all of Jolie’s vamps were marked by Rinnon, so they could stay awake.

They were safe.

Or so he hoped.

If Mathew showed up withThe Vampyre’s Cross, he would have control over the vampyres, and the last thing Flynn needed to do was kill a bunch of Jolie’s kind.

She was already pissy enough.

You are not marking anyone else, Flynn. I don’t think you get that a mark from me has implications. I won’t do it.

Yes, you will.

On this, Vessel, I won’t. That’s my final word. You can’t do it without me being willing, so that’s not happening.

Well, shit.

Only, he’d have to deal with that later.

“Percy, can I leave my parents in your care?” he asked. “I can’t be here and working.”

The guardian nodded.

“Absolutely, Flynn. We’ll watch over them and make sure they are safe.”

Before Flynn could say anything back, his father was up and not happy.

“I want to come,” John Brogan admitted. “You can use my help, Son.”

Oh, hell no.

“Yeah, not happening, Dad. You and Mom are going to stay here and do what parents do. Worry and stay on that couch.”

“I think you’re mistaken, Flynn Xavier,” he said.

Flynn stopped that with a wave of his hand, and the compulsion set in.

“You will stay and listen to Percy. You will sit on that couch, and you will not be a pain in anyone’s ass.”

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