Page 90 of King of Knights

“And do what? To who? We don’t even know if all of this is connected.”

He sighs and rubs his temples. “I know. You are right.”

“I wish I weren’t, but we need more information. I will not send our brothers on a wild-goose chase.”

“There’s something else.”

“Gods help me. What the fuck more could there be?”

“The fire fairies are becoming a problem. They’re angry about Seraphina. You need to decide on her punishment and deliver it so they’ll pipe down.”

“I will punish her when I decide. Not a moment sooner, you feel me?”

“I thought you would say that,” Reilly says with a smile in his voice.

“Keep on the hunters and the source stone. Have Dagger deal with the fairies. Seraphina was wrong. Bradan and I are well within our rights to put her down if we choose.

“As for the blessed iron, see if the mind fairies can learn more. I don’t want to give away that a source stone is missing, but I’d like to know if they come up in connection to this weapon,” I finish.

“They’re getting stronger,” Reilly says, turning my attention back to our mates sparring below.

Taylor flips backward to dodge a blow from Lee Ann and quickly forms a chakram. They’ve been practicing forming weapons midattack without the need for incantations. For Lee, this has been all a walk in the park.

Taylor and Billy have mastered it, but Ray seems to be struggling a bit. It will come. She’s dealing with more than she realizes. There’s Venus and now our son. I’ll give her a few more days to notice she’s pregnant withourfirst child.

She has thought a few times to herself that it didn’t take that night. Probably because she was just carrying Knox. She’s wrong.

My seed took. Our son is growing strong and healthy. He is the reason her emotions are so high, making these tasks more difficult than they should be for her. I can’t help but wonder if this would be the case if Venus were not invading her body.

“She’s amazing,” Reilly breathes.

I grin as I hear the awe in my brother’s voice for his mate. Lee Ann fights like a true warrior. She leaps into the air and flips forward.

When she lands in a crouch, she has twin blades held out at her sides. The blades spark and glow with magic before she fuses them together as one and stands to spin the new weapon above her head.

“That she is. It would be wise to trust her. She isn’t a mere human. Her power is great and her skills greater.”

Reilly makes a thoughtful grunt. Then he sighs. I understand his feelings, but at some point, he’s going to have to let go.

“I’m not ready to go there.”

“I know. I thought I’d say it anyway. You feel me?”

“I have work to do.”

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Ray

I wipemy sweaty forehead with the back of my arm. My stomach rolls and my mouth waters a bit. Shaking my head, I move to grab my water bottle.

“Are you okay?” Lee Ann asks as she walks over to me.

I give her a frustrated frown. I didn’t think this would be so hard for me. However, I’m struggling when my sisters are out here looking like the freaking Avengers.

“I might be too old to learn all this,” I mumble.

Lee Ann laughs so hard tears come to her eyes. I frown harder and fold my arms over my chest. I don’t see what’s so funny. I’m working my ass off.

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