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“The Witches’ Council knows we’re mated, they fucking had her over for tea yesterday!” Caiden shouted.
“Maybe the enforcer guys don’t know that,” Meryn suggested. She met his eyes. “This is probably the best time to go in swinging a big dick. Make a lasting impression, because you’ll be excused nearly everything due to your mate being taken.”
“Caiden, you have to hurry. Mr. Compton said he heard on the wind that they are planning on doing a mind wipe,” Troy said.
Thane spun him around, both hands on his shoulders.
“You answer to no one. You stop for no one. You have us behind you,” Thane said, his magic crackling around him.
Meryn crossed her arms over her chest. “Hurry up and bring her back, she owes me cookies.”
Caiden saw the worry in her eyes and nodded. Letting every bit of his magic loose, he took to the sky.
Chapter Fourteen
Caiden landed outside the building the Witches’ Council built for their enforcers. He had hated watching it be built and he loathed it now. As his mother was an air witch, he and all five of his brothers inherited air as an elemental power. When he landed, he wasn’t alone, his brothers and Kendrick were with him.
His unit brothers would be a few minutes behind them, as they had to take the ATVs. He was determined to have his mate in his arms well before they arrived.
When he saw the lead enforcer walk out, a smirk on his face, he felt his power flare.
“Thax Monkshood, you have two seconds to bring me my mate or I’m tearing this building apart!” he yelled.
“You have no jurisdiction here Ironwood. This isn’t a unit warrior issue,” Thax said, as his men flanked him on either side.
“Not my jurisdiction? You have my mate unlawfully detained!”
Behind him, out of the corner of his eye, he could see people watching from dark windows or from around buildings.
Thax held up a hand. “We’re just doing our jobs. She had no papers, and no announcement was made that you were mated.”
“That law went into effect last night. How and when was I supposed to make an announcement when no one knew that law existed?” he demanded.
“Not my problem,” Thax replied. “Now, you and your thugs need to leave the area before I get the Council involved.”
“The Council? The judiciary ruling body of the city? You mean my father as Elder?” Caiden asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
Thax sneered. “No, the true ruling body in the city, the Witches’ Council.”
Caiden took a deep breath. That sentiment was danced around for years, no one had ever said it out loud, until today. “By denying the Elder Council, you are guilty of treason against the city,” he said, rolling up his sleeves. “I am honor bound to bring you before the Elder Council for a Tribunal.”
“Move against me and you act against the Witches’ Council,” Thax said.
Caiden stared at him, letting the man see exactly how much he didn’t care.
Behind him he heard the throttle of engines and he smiled. His unit brothers had caught up with them.
“Caiden, why don’t I see your mate beside you?” Aiden asked, swinging his leg off the ATV.
“His mate was taken?” Mikel asked, climbing off his bike. He nodded at Thane and stood with the unit warriors. “I felt your magic and decided I wanted to come and play as well.”
“I was told it wasn’t under my jurisdiction,” Caiden answered through clenched teeth. His hands literally ached to hold his mate.
“Is that so?” Aiden turned to the line of enforcers blocking the entrance of the building. “I am mated to a human and have not announced our mating in Storm Keep, would she be taken for questioning?” he asked, his tone level.
“Yes…” Thax began.
Aiden’s form shimmered and he moved faster than Caiden thought possible for a shifter. Aiden lifted Thax by the throat, causing the man’s eyes to bulge. On either side of his commander, the enforcers lifted their weapons.
