Page 61 of King of Knights

“I just want one taste,” he says as he grabs my face and tries to kiss me.

I panic and begin to scream in my head.“No, get away from me.”

Before I get a chance to fight him off, Venus pushes through. I gasp in surprise as I feel my power come to life and run through me. It feels so intense.

“She said no,” Venus roars, freeing my arms and tossing Angelo back with the motion and force of my power.

She lifts my hand for me and a spark of magic lights my palm. My heart is racing. I don’t want to kill him, but this anger filling me and the energy coursing through my veins tells me that’s exactly what I will do.

Before Venus can release the surge of magic I feel building, Kendrick appears. His face is clouded over with rage, making his features almost unrecognizable. His hair is blowing as if there’s wind whipping through the room.

It dawns on me that he’s the wind. I stare in awe as what seems like a tornado picks Angelo up off the floor. The swirling wind disappears. Angelo looks at Kendrick with wide eyes.

He tries to speak, but no words come out. He reaches for his throat. The struggle to breathe is written all over his face. He claws at his neck frantically.

Then, suddenly, his body is engulfed in electricity. It zaps and rolls through his body. His limbs stretch out as his eyes roll back in his head. He’s convulsing right before my eyes. After a few seconds, he slumps lifelessly.

“Did he hurt you?” Kendrick asks as he cups my face and looks down at me.

“No, I didn’t give him a chance. Take her home. She’s in shock,” Venus answers for me.

He closes his eyes as if in pain. “Thank you.”

“She’s carrying our son. I will always protect him.”

Kendrick’s eyes fly open. “Is he harmed?”

“No, he is well.”

With a nod, he dips to lift me into his arms. Venus recedes and I sag into his embrace. We’re not out of the room before I pass out.

Enraged

I’ve watched what happened through Ray’s memories while she’s been sleeping. Each time I see it through her eyes and hear his words through her thoughts, I want to burn that house down with all the guests still inside.

If I could kill that motherfucker again, I would. I stare down at her as she sits in my lap in the back of the car. I haven’t been able to bring myself to release her from my embrace.

“I will never allow you to come to harm again, my little one. Forgive me,” I say quietly.

She whimpers and snuggles closer to me. I palm the back of her head, holding her to my chest and dip to kiss the top of her thick locks.

The car stops, bringing me to the present. Claw opens the door for me to step out with Ray still in my arms. I nod to him once I’m out and head for the stairs to get to the elevator to go up to our bedroom.

As I step off the elevator on the sleeping-quarters level, I run into Bradan. His face is clouded over. He looks as if he’s ready to explode.

“What has happened?”

“I believe I’ve found one of the others.” He holds up an ID.

Glancing at the picture. My jaw tightens. She looks a bit like Ray with shorter, wavy hair. The name on the ID reads Taylor Ann Ducato.

“Where is she?”

“In my room. Kendrick, I think she’s my mate. What does this mean?”

“Mabruk said you all would find your mates. As I told you, these hunters are after them. They will continue to force them to us.

“Whatever changed is revealing them to us before they can get to them. We should be grateful for that.”

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