Page 98 of King of Knights

Between learning, adjusting to my new life, being pregnant and not being pregnant to being pregnant again, and everything else going on, I’ve been too distracted to think about the past. Now, as it hits me and my sisters are all gone, I feel hollow.

“You will never be alone again. I will be with you and they will return. No one will lock you up to spend your days alone. Anytime you need me, call. Open your mind to me and I’ll be there,” Kendrick breathes against my lips.

“And I will be here until we find my son. You are never alone, Ray. I promise,”Venus says.

I swallow down my abandonment and isolation issues and suck it up. I’m stronger than this. I haven’t been that scared little girl in a long time. I’m not going back there now.

“I’m sorry,” I whisper.

“There’s nothing to be sorry about. Forget all of this. Come with me. I want to show you something,” Kendrick says.

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Kendrick

I wantto do this while I have a free moment. I could stand some time to get away from it all myself. When I felt Ray’s emotions, I rushed right to her.

Hearing her thoughts tugged at my heart. I wish I could bring all my brothers’ mates back home to be with her, but they are where they’re needed. I don’t know how long Reilly will be gone.

Another stone has been taken. That’s a problem, as Reilly’s stone wasn’t just hidden. It was used to hold closed the prison of a very powerful vampire. A vampire with a grudge against Reilly and the vampire lord, Damian.

It took decades to lock Faustus away. The chaos that ensued after almost collapsed the hierarchy of the vampire world. We did, after all, lock away their king.

If Faustus has escaped now that the stone is gone, we have much bigger problems on our hands. There are those who still pledge their allegiance to the old vampire king. Reilly needs to get this situation under control before we end up with a war on our hands.

It’s not like we fear the vampires. Still, this would be highly annoying, and we hate to wipe out any form of others. Although my temper is growing short, I may be inclined to do just that.

“Okay, Blossom and Manisha were able to get Avionne to sleep so I could get away,” Ray says.

“A light, mind, and time fairy with the essence of a god,” I say and shake my head.

I’m still trying to wrap my mind around what the gods are up to. Fairies normally don’t display their gifts until they turn two or three. Avionne is barely three months.

“She’s a fairy. Blessed iron would burn. I wonder if there’s another way,” I muse aloud.

“Another way for what?” Ray asks.

“To lock her powers in. She’s so young and powerful already. That could be dangerous in our world. It would be best to conceal her powers for now.”

“I’d kill anyone who tried to harm her,” Ray seethes.

I lift a brow as her eyes glow and her hands spark with purple light. My interest is piqued. This is her, not Venus. I’ve never seen her tap into her power like this.

“Reel it in, my little one. I’m just thinking.”

She shakes her head as if to clear it. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s going on with me today.”

I pull her into my embrace and kiss the top of her head. She relaxes into my hold and wraps her arms around my waist. I sway her as I continue to think of ways to conceal Avionne’s power.

“Will we need to pierce our children?” Ray whispers after a few moments.

I sigh. I’ve thought about this. The world is so different from when I was a child.

“The chains our birth tags hang from were my mother and father’s way of harnessing our powers when we were children. To keep us hidden. We would need to see how powerful they are and then we can decide what’s right. We were teens before we reached a level where piercing would be needed, and back then, we didn’t need to hide as we do now.”

“Who are you hiding from? Are they more powerful than you? Will our baby be in danger?”

I release a heavy breath. I don’t talk about this often. It’s a bitter pill to swallow.

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