Wicked Love - Michelle Dare Page 0,238

in her voice. “I couldn’t feel you, Sol, even with the help of Robin and Kylest.”

“I was able to annoy the female until she brought me back here. I’m going to add it to my list of superpowers. Severe irritation.”

“How can you joke at a time like this?”

“It’s like you don’t even know me. I can joke at any time. Why? Because I’m alive, you’re alive, I’m assuming Jupiter is fine since you’re in here and not hunting someone down. The only one I’m iffy on at the moment is Ford, but he’s a Verascue, so I have no doubt he’ll be okay, too.”

“She took him?”

“Yeah, that’s why she took me initially. She thought I was him. I really should win the costume contest. If I could fool a kidnapper, I’m pretty sure I nailed the look I was going for.”

Lilah steps forward and slaps her hand over my mouth. Without missing a beat, I part my lips and lick her palm. “Ewwww!” She pulls her hand away. “Do you think you could be serious for one second so we can find your brother?”

I roll my eyes. “Fine. If I must. We need to find Mother first because apparently this new enemy of ours was brought to us via her. Not that it’s shocking or anything. Mother has four thousand years of hatred following her.” I sigh wistfully. “I can only hope to have that kind of legacy. Though I’d like more admirers than enemies, but I’ll take what I can get.”

“You’re truly unbelievable.”

“It’s about time you caught on to that fact. We’ve been together long enough; my fabulousness has to have had an impact on you by now.”

“There are days when I wonder how I refrain from killing you in your sleep.”

Turning, I lift the back of the leather coat and wiggle my butt at her. “That’s why. You can’t get enough of this.”

Lilah shakes her head and blinks a few times. “No matter what I say, you’ll find a way to make it a compliment. So let’s just find Eloise then search for your brother before whoever this paranormal is kills him.”

Sienna comes into the room. The petite female is nothing but a live wire waiting to electrocute the one who took her mate. “Ford’s not dead, but he’s very, very angry.”

“You can feel him?” Lilah asks.

“Yes, but I can’t locate him. No worries. I’ll burn down the world to get my mate back.” I love a female with good looks, loyalty, and a heart edged in black. Sienna has come into her own since she and my brother mated. It’s been fantastic to witness.

“Onward, sister-in-law,” I state. “First stop is Eloise Verascue. She’ll hopefully have some answers for us.”

“Figures she’s involved somehow.”

“I know you don’t love me, Sienna,” my mom says as she walks into the room. “But I thought we were making progress.” There was a time when my mom didn’t think Sienna was good enough for Ford. That tune changed when Sienna stood up to her a while back.

“Zip it, Eloise. You know where we stand. I like you. You don’t hate me. Can we save your son now?”

“As if he needs saving. But I would like to find this female and rip her arms off, then shove them down her throat before I gut her.” If there were any doubt where my vicious side comes from, that pretty much summed it up. “Solomon, take down the block in your mind. I’m not in the mood to use a sledgehammer to get through it.”

I pause and let my block down. I must have put it up when I was in front of the villain of this night. It usually slips into place without me actively doing it. Like a vault door on a bank but with four reinforced walls, barbed wire, and a healthy dose of electricity.

“Anlyn,” my mother hisses. Thank fate she knows who the female is. Now we can get filled in on the background of this nutjob and find my brother.

9

Ford

Being kidnapped sucks... except when it’s me. I grin evilly from under the cloth that’s been draped over my head.

My fingers and hands are bound and so are my legs. The chair I’m tethered to is unforgiving. Thankfully, I’ll heal from any injuries she gives me. Unless she tries to decapitate me. That won’t work well in my favor.

I hear her moving around the room, not even bothering to try and silence her steps. She’s a paranormal, so I have no doubt