Malakai (Stone Society #13) - Faith Gibson Page 0,92

is done, why don’t you all come in out of the hall?” Tessa said from the doorway.

Sinclair grinned. “Tessa, I’m surprised you left Gregor to fend for himself.” He entered the room and pretended to shoot Tessa. Sixx followed, and Josie gestured to the room.

“Please, join us.” Her new family entered the room, and Josie made the introductions. She and Kai’s father and brother stood off to the side while Sin and Sixx greeted the others.

“There really is a dog,” Ariki said as Molly growled at the newcomers.

Tessa walked over to where they were standing and knelt beside the Lab. “Molly, friends.” Molly stopped growling and began sniffing the two males. “My brother has an affinity for animals. He convinced Molly some Gargoyles aren’t the enemy.”

“That’s an amazing gift to have.” Pono let Molly sniff his hand, and when she leaned into his palm, he rubbed her head.

“Where are Thane and Gannon?” Tessa asked.

“Thane is guarding the elevator, and Gannon is posted beside the stairway door. Rocky and Desirae send their love, by the way. When we told them where we were going, they were pissed we wouldn’t let them come with us.”

“I’m surprised you left them behind,” Tessa admitted.

“We’re only here until the others arrive, then we’re headed back home. Desi is on a break from touring, so he and Simone are there with Rae. It wasn’t all that hard to convince Rocky to stay behind. She and Simone have gotten close,” Sixx said.

Pono snapped his fingers. “That’s why you look familiar.”

Sixx smiled, looking more like his son. “Guilty as charged.”

Sin looked around. “Where are my two favorite kids?”

The bedroom door flew open, and Amelia ran straight for him. “Uncle Sin!” Sinclair caught the whirlwind as she jumped for him.

“Hello, my littlest love. Where is my little man?”

Amelia pointed to the bedroom. “In there. He’s drawing again.”

Isabelle rushed to check on her son, and Amelia turned to Kai’s family. “I’m Amelia. I don’t know you. Are you my uncles too?”

Josie explained who the two males were, and Amelia told them, “Oh. We’re coming to your island for a wedding, and I get a new tutu to wear, ’cause I’m the flower girl.”

Ariki raised an eyebrow at Josie. “It’s a long story.”

“Well, we have several hours before my son gets here, so let’s hear it.”

Chapter Twenty-Three

Isabelle didn’t say anything as she padded closer to where Connor was concentrating on his drawing. When she saw the object of this particular vision, her breath caught. “Rebekah,” she whispered. Not a day went by where Isabelle didn’t think about Gabriel or his mate. In her task in recreating the antiserum, Isabelle hadn’t visited her brother as often as she would’ve liked. Gabriel was no worse than when he’d been imprisoned, but his recovery wasn’t as improved as she’d hoped. Maybe…

“Connor?”

“Hmm?”

“Do you know who this is?” Connor had never met Gabriel, but he did know of his uncle. Isabelle talked to Dante about her brother often, and she never shied away from doing so in front of her son.

“She’s someone important to Gabriel.”

“Do you know where she is?”

“Somewhere sunny. I need my colored pencils.” In their haste to pack, Isabelle had only grabbed the sketchbook.

“I’ll get you some today.”

“Thank you.” Connor continued filling in the picture with only the lead pencil at his disposal. The woman in the drawing was as beautiful as Isabelle remembered, but there was a deep sadness in her eyes. Isabelle knew in her heart the cause of her pain. Rebekah needed her mate. She needed Gabriel, and Gabriel needed Rebekah. If Isabelle could find the woman, maybe, just maybe, she could heal both their hearts.

Drago sucked in a breath when he saw the text come through. This wasn’t what he had planned. Something this drastic would have the Stone Society coming for him before he was ready. Yes, he had put Kaya in the hospital. Maybe he had intended to kill her, but this? It was too much.

“What’s wrong?” Hagen asked. Drago handed his phone over.

“That’s…” Hagen shook his head. “You never mentioned something of this magnitude.”

“Because I had nothing to do with this. Whoever is on the other end of that message is fucking everything up. He said he had a plan to keep the Stone Society busy. That is not what I imagined.”

“What are we going to do about it? Is there anything we can do?”

Drago appreciated Hagen’s willingness to help, but Drago knew his boy was no match for the sender of the message. There was