Frost Fae (Dark Fae Kings #2) - Meg Xuemei X Page 0,57
their pointed ears. As for me, I wasn’t brave enough to tell my siblings what I was. It’d devastate them to know that I wasn’t human and that we didn’t share the same bloodline.
I just couldn’t deal with rejection from my family.
No matter what, their world was shattering just by being connected to me. And they were about to lose a lot more, including the stability and their education in the human world, but it was better than losing their lives.
All this inconvenience would be temporary. After I dealt with the crisis and eradicated the threats, I’d make sure my siblings lived a good, safe life under the care of my parents.
As soon as I darted out the front, Drake strode toward me, followed by K, the shifter bouncer from the club, and a few Night knights.
“K, what are you doing here?” I asked.
“Flirting with disaster,” he said, towering over me. “I heard you need extra security.”
“Seriously?” I said. “Isn’t it overkill to have so many people watch me? I’m not even a celebrity. Now it’s just embarrassing. I’ll talk to Rydstrom and Baron about downsizing.”
“I thought you liked to have all the hot guys strut around and pander to your every whim,” K said.
I scowled at him.
“Anyway, why are you up so early? You always whine about the early shift at the club.”
“I never whine,” I said, jogging toward my old family van, but both Drake and K cut in before I reached for the driver side door.
“You can relax today, Lady Evelina,” Drake said. “Boss said you could use some more sleep.”
My face burned. Did all the knights know that their king spent the night with me?
“I’m not going to the club,” I said with a shrug. “I’m meeting a human detective. It’s best I go see him alone.”
“Not a chance,” Drake said. “We’ll accompany you wherever you go.”
There was no point in arguing with the Fae security team since they never backed down, so I shoved him the address Dallas had sent to my phone. It was in Burbank, twelve miles northwest of my house.
Drake rounded up four Night knights within a minute. Before we filed into their black SUV, a leading Summer knight stalked over to us. He and Drake exchanged a few words, and the Summer captain strolled away. The Summer knights and the rest of the Night knights would watch my siblings, who were still slumbering, except for poor Emmett.
K slid into the driver’s seat and Drake rode in front with him after I secured myself in back, surrounded by the rest of the giant knights that made me worry if the vehicle could support them all. However, the SUV rolled smoothly out of the driveway.
“Listen, guys,” I said. “This isn’t like going to the club for fun or a training drill. This is me meeting up with an LAPD cop to discuss my missing parents. So, I’ll go to the meeting alone, and you’ll all wait in the car.”
“No way are we waiting in the car,” Drake said.
“Then you should get out of this SUV,” I said. “The detective won’t tell me shit if he sees all of you big boys pop up. I don’t want him to think I’m with a drug gang or something.”
“We aren’t a drug gang,” K said.
“We’ll secure the location and make sure it’s safe for you to go in,” Drake said. “The human detective won’t see us as we’ve glamoured ourselves. You can conduct your business and pretend we aren’t around.”
“So you can spy on my business for your boss?” I sneered.
“What other business do you have?” K raised an eyebrow and looked at me via the rearview mirror. “We know everything about you after your job interview, including your fake ID and the phony address on your application. You tried to send us on a wild goose chase, didn’t you? I hate to shatter your bubble, Evie, but there isn’t much about you that’s brand new or so intriguing that we’d spy on you.”
My face flushed. “That’s outrageous. I can totally be an interesting person.”
“All we care about is that you’re our charge,” Drake said. “And your safety is everything.”
“I’m so touched. You bunch excel at flattering a lady,” I said.
“Did you mean that, or were you being sarcastic?” K asked.
I rolled my eyes and turned to the window as we sped on and passed by a pond, a junkyard, and a dark forest. The knights stayed alert, watching for any signs of ambush. Even Drake