Total pages in book: 104
Estimated words: 98082 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 490(@200wpm)___ 392(@250wpm)___ 327(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98082 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 490(@200wpm)___ 392(@250wpm)___ 327(@300wpm)
“Training isn’t exactly romantic.”
“You’ve never trained with me. I will give you romance and more, baby girl.”
“I have to see this.”
He gives my butt a squeeze. “Are you challenging me?”
“Never, My King.”
“Not challenging, but definitely mocking. You’re playing with fire, Taylor. You feel me?”
“I know. Sort of hoping to get burned.”
He chuckles and shakes his head as we make it to his bike down in the garage. I give him a smile as he grabs the helmet to place on my head. I grab his wrist before he can place it on my head.
“Will you teach me how to ride one day?”
He gives a snort. “I thought I already did.”
“You know that’s not what I’m talking about.”
“In that case. Yes, I will.”
He places my helmet on and climbs onto the bike. Holding out his hand, he helps me to climb on behind him. Once settled, I wrap my arms around him and hold on tight.
In no time, we’re racing out of the garage. However, we don’t surface on the street level. We remain underground. The walls around us seem to pulse with magic. The ground beneath us is extra smooth, allowing the bike to glide effortlessly.
I have so many questions. We’ve always ridden through the tunnel and come out on the street. Usually, Bradan rides through much faster than this.
“We are not going to the main street. When the humans started to build the sewer systems, we decided to build our tunnels about twenty feet below theirs.
“That way, they would never find them during their construction. We didn’t want them to disturb the magic we used to glamour our world or the protection barriers we set up to block out unwanted supers.”
“That makes sense,” I say back through our bond link.
“I’m taking you to my secret place. Sometimes, I need someplace to cool off. My brothers and I need to lock our power away so it doesn’t draw certain others to us.”
“How do you lock it away?”
“Have you ever wondered why I have so many piercings?”
“Well, to be honest, not really. I think they’re hot on you.”
He laughs in my head. “Well, they’re not just for decoration. The iron in the piercings locks our powers in. In my anger, it’s best if I release some steam. Kendrick has always been overly cautious.
“He would prefer I not release my powers and risk being discovered. My hot nature isn’t built for that. If I don’t release, then it causes a meltdown. So I built a place just for me. Someplace I can stretch to my full strength.”
“Bradan, are you telling me you’re more powerful than I’ve seen and felt?”
“A whole lot, baby. A whole fucking lot.”
Bradan
I have a smile on my face as I ride with Taylor on the back of my bike. I’m taking her someplace special. My little one thinks I can’t be romantic.
I’m going to prove to her she’s wrong. This will be a first date she will never forget. I’m more than capable of the romance I see she longs for.
I’ve just never had anyone I wanted to prove this fact to. At first, I had wanted to get away from the clubhouse before I started killing shit. Cole almost caused me to take his life.
He has always followed Seraphina around like a little puppy. I’ve known for quite some time that he’s in love with her. However, she would never entertain him because, like Dagger, Cole is a half-breed.
Just not a half-breed with as high a pedigree as Dagger. While Dagger is of noble blood, Cole’s parents are lower-level fairies—one of which is half-human. No one would dare challenge Dagger’s status in the fairy community, demon blood or not.
The fairy king put his foot down from his son’s birth. Though the fairy realm is broken up into fairy types and classes—each having its own king, all fairies bow to King Nigel, the fairy king of all kings.
We’ve known Nigel since the beginning of the fairy realm’s creation. It’s why Dagger is the fae captain. We don’t have to worry about the light fae, dark fae wars of old. Dagger has made sure to keep the peace—in the earth realm, at least.
They all know better than to bring that drama here. This is neutral ground. The politics of the fae stays within their realm.
This is the reason I didn’t spoil Cole’s blood. He didn’t attack my mate and I can’t prove that was his intention. Which is the only reason I allowed Dagger to take him away to deal with him.
“I apologize for this, brother. I have punished him, and he will remain in the dungeon for two months. Can we call this just?” Dagger says through our mind link.
“I want his patch. If I didn’t know he was a lovesick puppy, I would exile him.”
To take his patch means taking away his access. He won’t be able to roam freely around my mate. We will take his memory of the brotherhood and the club as well. To exile him would be him being banished back to the fairy realm, never to return as well as taking his memory.