Frost Fae (Dark Fae Kings #2) - Meg Xuemei X Page 0,59

waiting for you,” he said in a strained, exhausted voice. “Please… just hurry up.” He hung up abruptly.

It was super weird that he came to this remote, eerie place alone and found my parents’ stuff. If he weren’t the detective whom I’d met in person several times, I’d totally think he was up to no good. But I was a bit of a daredevil and I had an armed escort, so I eased back on the soft leather seat and mulled over the coming meeting.

The van bumped along, and then the road suddenly broadened and a ramshackle warehouse loomed ahead.

“We’re here,” K announced in glee.

“I’m going into that warehouse alone,” I said. “There’s only the detective inside and I met him before. He isn’t a threat.”

“Here’s how we run,” Drake said, gesturing a Night knight to my right. “Lean and I will accompany you. We’re not taking any chances. Boss will do worse to us than take our heads if a hair on your head is harmed.”

“My hair will be just fine,” I muttered.

K parked the SUV some distance away from the warehouse. The Summer Fae’s SUV pulled in next to us.

I followed Lean outside and stretched my legs. The rest of the knights started fanning out around the perimeter. I shrugged and strode toward the warehouse, but then I stopped cold when a sense of foreboding slammed into my face.

I’d been too relaxed and confident with a group of armed elite knights escorting me. I hadn’t put any effort into scouting and probing this unknown territory with my hyper senses as I’d usually done. I quickly expanded my senses around the clearing and warehouse.

A cluster of malicious magical signatures popped into the map of my consciousness. Their hostility and intent to kill burned like hot tar on my skin.

A realization hit me like icy hail. This was a setup. Dallas was bait.

My enemies had used a human pawn to get to me, knowing I would never turn down a chance of finding my parents. And who better to lure me to the trap than the detective who handled my parents’ missing case?

“It’s an ambush!” I screamed.

Chapter 19

The SUVs exploded. The impact sent us airborne. K and Drake bellowed, reaching for me, but they were a tad late. Crushing pain blinded me as my head hit a boulder. When I blinked back from the blackout, Drake’s panicked face hovered above me, his arm cradling my upper body. He was still screaming my name and pleaded for me not to die on him.

I grimaced. “Must you be so loud, man? It hurts.”

A wave of relief, worry, annoyance, and rage flitted by his dark eyes.

“You hit your head bad, Evie, and I was afraid of moving you,” he said. “But we need to get the hell out of here.”

“Did anyone else get hurt?” I asked in a shortened breath. The surreal image of the vans being blown into the air a nanosecond before we’d also gone airborne still flashed in my mind.

As I struggled to sit up, assisted by Drake, splitting pain pierced my skull again. I groaned. Had my head split open when I fell? I raised a weak hand to touch the back of my head. It felt slick and wet. I withdrew my fingers and stared at the thick redness on them.

“That’s not good, right?” I complained.

“We’ll get you out of here,” Drake said, helping me to my feet.

The cacophony of battle chose that moment to ring in my ears. I grimaced as my hearing returned.

Two Night Fae near us clamored furiously as they thrust their swords toward a blur of shapes, pushing back the enemy line. Drake ripped the hem of my T-shirt and wrapped the shreds around my bleeding head.

K had shifted to his warrior bear form and slashed into half a dozen demonca. The Night and Summer knights who had survived the explosions pressed their backs against each other in a loose formation, endeavoring to cut through the siege.

The enemy force was a mixed army of Dawn Fae soldiers, demonca horde, dark mages, and the troll we’d fought before. There were too many. All of them seemed to bear a single purpose—kill me.

Our knights fought bravely, but they were weakened in the world of iron, steel, and radio waves that interfered with their magic.

I knew in my bones that we wouldn’t survive without reinforcements, and no one could reach us in this remote area in time. Fear for my family’s safety also speared me.

“K, Lean, to