Page 69 of King of Knights

“Tell her I am sorry, but I believe it was destroyed in the fires.”

“Oh no.”

“Damn, I expected more of you, brother,” Bradan says, causing me to look up.

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have something important to share,” Ardan tosses back.

He’s walking toward us with a stunning woman on his arm. She’s a little darker than me and Taylor, but there’s no mistaking she’s our sister.

“Billy?” I say as I stand holding my belly.

“Hi Ray,” she sings.

I pull her into a tight hug. Venus’s emotions rush me and I almost burst into tears. My sister rocks me in her arms as she holds me tight, making it hard not to let them flow.

“She smells the same. This is Zandra. My baby sister,”Venus chokes out.

“Good, we only need to find one more.”

“Sit, brother. What is so important?” Kendrick says.

How It Began

“What are we doing?” Ray asks as we stand in our bedroom. She’s looking up at me with a smile.

She looks adorable. The glow on her face is radiant. Her hair is pulled up into a ponytail and she’s dressed in a cute little dress. I can’t wait to push it over her hips so I can push inside of her.

“You will see once we get there.”

She rolls her eyes and rests her head against my chest as I stand with her in my arms. I hold her as tightly as I can with her growing belly.

“I wish every day could be like this,” she says.

“We will make it so.”

There has been so much going on at the clubhouse in the last month since our mates have started to appear. We have some of our best trackers out looking for the hunters, but they haven’t found anything, even with Reilly’s help.

There’s been a ton of discord among the others and it’s my job to sort them all out. I spend my time mediating rather than getting time to focus on my mate. Then there is Reilly.

As an older brother, I want to do something to help him, but there isn’t much I can do. Ray says the fourth sister’s name is Lee Ann, not Charlie. However, Reilly has come up empty when looking for a thirty-year-old woman named Lee Ann and his mate has yet to call for him.

The four have only communicated online. Lee Ann has never posted a picture of herself. Therefore, none of the sisters could give us many details to go on.

Taylor is the only one to ever see her in person. While the sisters do somewhat look alike, Taylor says Lee Ann has her own vibe—whatever that’s supposed to mean.

We’re lucky to get that much from the shyest of them all. She hides behind her mate most of the time. Bradan loves that. It feeds his possessive side.

Reilly has asked Bradan if he could see Lee Ann in Taylor’s thoughts, but for some reason, Bradan can’t. Not that his bond link isn’t working with his mate, Lee Ann is just a blur to him, as are some of Ray’s memories for me.

I had thought the blockage was because of Venus until Bradan said he was experiencing the same. Every time I steal some time to go check in with Mabruk, she hasn’t been home. I’m growing frustrated.

“Where did you go? You’re grinding your teeth,” Ray says as she reaches to cup the side of my face.

“It’s nothing. Come, our date awaits.”

“So you’re taking me on a date?” she says and smiles.

I curse to myself. This is why I need to steal a moment for us. My head is all over the place. I want to slow down and do something nice for her.

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