had happened to Vern where his gentleman like manner had once again resurfaced.
“What did my brother want?” Carn’reau snapped this time, obviously knowing this was the case.
“Aye, real charmer that one!” Trice commented and I didn’t miss his brother’s reaction when Gryph shook his head a little at him, telling him not to go there. But it was too fucking late for that, as I was missing nothing when it came to my girl! This was the reason I gritted out,
“And what the fuck does that mean?!” My knuckles cracked again from my fists, as now I was thinking all manner of things and each and every one of them including a fucking Fae King trying to bed my woman!
“We made it thro' th' portal, 'n' all three o' us shifted th' moment th' Raiders turned up.” At this I closed my eyes and held the bridge of my nose with a taloned finger ready to rip the fucker off if only to alleviated the pressure in the panic I felt mounting. A panic from trying to picture my girl surrounded by fucking Raiders!
“I take it you dispatched these men,” I said as calmly as I could manage in that moment, but at this Trice and Gryph exchanged a look before the biggest of the two said,
“We made it thro' th' portal, 'n' all three o' us shifted th' moment th' Raiders turned up.”
“Just get to the fucking point!” my brother snapped beating me to it this time.
“Yer brother’s army turned up 'n' killed th' Raiders, surroondit us 'n' told us that we hud a common enemy 'n' assured us that by going wi' them thay wid help us,” Trice said nodding to the only Fae being in the room.
“Ah, my cunning little brother,” Carn’reau commented with a curl of his lip,
“Explain!” I ordered this time directed at my commander.
“Let me speed this up for you, brother, this Fae king gained your trust and took the girl as leverage,” Dariush said folding his arms, that were now completely healed and were back to being his usual dark golden skin tone.
“Aye, that be pretty much th' wey o' things,” Gryph agreed, making me rake a hand through my hair before slashing that same hand down and gritting out through teeth that felt close to cracking,
“So, let me get this straight, you are telling me that the King of a Fae realm now has my Chosen One, kidnapped and held to FUCKING RANSOM?!” I bellowed this last part allowing my demon his say on the matter. I was also very much on the edge of destroying yet another room, one that had barely been fixed since the last it was left in near pieces.
“I will kill him!” I vowed, after a moment of silence had passed between the brothers, telling me exactly that this was the way of things. Then I turned to my commander and told him,
“I am going to kill your brother!” Carn’reau nodded and with a fold of his arms said,
“Well, if you don’t then I will. Now what does my brother want other than an obvious death wish?” Carn’reau asked the shifters and I had to say, their response surprised us all, my commander most of all.
“He wants ye.”
“Me?”
“Why, what does this Fae King hope to achieve with the return of his brother?” I asked in place of my commander, who was obviously still trying to process this information.
“That he wid nae say, only that ye wur a King 'n' rightful heir tae th' Dark Fae Lands, 'n' wi' him wanting ye back, well mah guess wid be tae rule once more,” Trice said.
“Fine, then we will leave at once.” And just like that my commander was willing to forfeit the life he had made here in order to get my Chosen One back. He was willing to go back and face whatever fate awaited him and considering I knew he had been banished, then I didn’t expect that it was for a happy fucking reunion! But that was how deep his loyalty to me ran, for it didn’t even take him a moment to think about it.
“If that be case, they said they'd be waiting at th' portal tae escort ye back tae th' Castle,” Gryph informed us.
“And Amelia?” I asked and they knew what I was asking. I wanted to know how my girl was holding up.
“She wis as feisty as ever,” Gryph told me and I finally let out a breath of relief, one that