Page 2 of King of Knights

“But Tanri—”

“Silence,” I bark as my fury rises. I’m done with these games. How dare they believe I have not created a loophole when I see all? I’ve created all.

“I am the one true god. You were all formed from my essence. I chose to call each of you my brothers and sisters.

“I am the beginning of it all. The author and creator, the one true god among gods. And my children are kings of this throne as much as they are of that pathetic realm I’ve left them to hide in. Enough, this ends and Güç has given her essence so this can happen.”

She gasps with a look of surprise on her face. “What have you two done?”

“We all have done what we must. The war begins and I will not be stopped.”

The Kings

“Something has changed,” my brother Reilly says as he rushes into the room.

I look up as he and my other brothers enter into the study, where I’m looking over reports from the others of this realm. Our motorcycle club is more than a brotherhood for human bikers looking to get lost in the ride.

Are there humans? Yes. However, if you are a supernatural being, we provide a safe haven and resources for you to coexist with humans. The Immortal Iron Brothers MC has kept the peace and balance between the two worlds.

We have humans who have joined us and they help to keep our identities a secret. However, most of the brothers are werewolves, warlocks, fae, vampires, incubus, gargoyles, demigods, or something we’ve never allowed the human world to gain a whisper of.

“What do you mean?” I ask calmly, now that they have my attention.

I’m not frazzled, although I can see the worry etched in their faces. I’ve seen too much. Things that can never be unseen, things that would taint my soul if it wasn’t already black.

I’ve lived in this world, handling power one could only wish to access. Power so enormous it has to be harnessed and locked away.

Only fools cross the paths of my kind. They think they want ties to us, but being tied to one like me comes with consequences. Consequences that only bring darkness, but it’s those who seek darkness who seek us.

“There has been a shift. Like a barrier has been removed,” Reilly says.

“Come sit. Tell me what you feel,” I say to all three of my brothers.

“That’s just it. It’s not what I feel. It’s what I see. Something has happened. Their time is running out,” he says as he sits.

I lift a brow. “How so?”

“I don’t know yet. I’m still trying to make sense of it.”

I sit back in my chair and get lost in thought. We knew this time was coming. It’s the natural order of the curse.

It seems the Ricci family will soon learn the consequences of looking for me and my brothers. They’ve bound themselves to us for decades. They’ve gained our loyalty, but at what cost?

You can never hold a king forever. Time burns out that bond one way or another. Finally, the Ricci family’s luck has burned out. It’s been four generations. The longest we’ve served any one family. I’ve watched this all come to be. I’ve been waiting for our time of freedom.

“It is that time?” Ardan breaks through my thoughts as I hold up a flame in my palm, staring into its depths, watching the lightning bolts that surround it as I get lost in my musings.

I release an amused breath. “So it seems. Although I have been interested to learn what they’ve been up to,” I reply.

“You believe they had another play to keep us?” Ardan asks.

“They think they’re hiding something from us. They know not that this is a result of the bond,” I reply.

“It is quite amusing. Humans will always think they can outsmart us. It has never worked well for them.” My other brother, Bradan, chuckles.

I look from the flame and lightning to my two younger brothers. They are twins, one light and one dark. Ardan is fair, with blond locks and blue eyes. Bradan has bright-red hair, amber eyes and tanned skin. Their temperaments are just the same. Ardan is slow to anger with a light heart. Bradan burns hot and is rough around the edges.

Other than that, the two look the same. My middle brothers play off each other. They’re fire and ice, literally.

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