Page 250 of Gift from the Source
My lips land gently to her forehead.
As the two of us hand her off, Corentin, Tillman, Caspian, and Draken give me grateful looks. Gone are the personalities that usually burn so bright. In front of me are a group of brothers thanking me and accepting the most precious thing in our lives.
I bow to them.
From babies to men, I’ve watched them grow.
They all deserve this more than any I’ve ever known.
I don’t wipe away or fret about the waterworks flowing into my long beard. They are the happiest of tears.
There have been many, many times in my life since the fall of my line that I’ve asked Elementra why she took them all but me.
That is no longer a question in my mind as I gaze at myGuardriaand her Nexus.
I am right where I need to be.
Thirty-One
Lyker
Three months after that
Orphan. E.F. member. Nexus brother. Alpha. Brother to the Awaiting Matriarch. Royal court member. Headmaster.
What in the fucking realm could be next?
“Are you ready?”
I peer down at my sister as she stands beside me, rubbing her hands together. Just as I escorted her a couple months back, today, she will be escorting me out the doors of the new academy.
“Me? Yeah, are you?” I ask.
“I’m nervous as shit.”
I groan and hang my head. She can never just lie for the sake of making me feel better. “Fuck, don’t say that. You’re gonna make me feel worse.”
Her little snicker causes my lip to twitch and I bump her with my elbow to hush her up so I can hear Corentin’s speech.
He, the rest of her Nexus, and our brothers are circled around the podium now, and my gaze scans across them through the windows inthe doors.
My chest rumbles as I watch the infuriating little omega scoot closer to Kyan.
She is going to be the death of me.
My wolf claws at my skin anytime she’s near us. Which is all the time seeing as she lives with us and my brothers follow her around like lost fucking puppies.
“All that growling isn’t going to do you any good,” Willow snorts.
“Yeah, pray tell, fortune teller.”
“I have nothing to say, but no girl likes to be growled atlike that.”
“Firstly, I don’t know what you mean bylike that. Secondly, I hear you and your dragon growl at each other all the time.”
She snorts and shakes her head at me. “Then you aren’t listening close enough if you think we sound like that.”
Fucking disgusting.
