Immoral - G. Bailey Page 0,23

we are and led to this moment right now. This war that will forever be remembered as a war where the tales, demons and vampires fought side by side to stop the angels once and for all.

“Agreed,” Lexi replies.

“I hope it is a story we can tell our grandchildren,” Madi adds in.

“We will prepare for war, and in two days we will meet at the ruins of The Demon Academy. The area is still being rebuilt, and it will be a good place to fight,” Lexi suggests. “It’s not far from the angels.”

“Good luck to us all and may peace prevail,” I say. The words are repeated by every single person here until the portal disappears, and poor Warren can get out of the river. He looks grumpy as he stomps out of the water and tries to hug Madi, who runs from him with a laugh. Watching them be playful, how it effortlessly works between her and all her mates, is so sweet. They co-exist, and it gives me hope it could work for me somehow.

“Can I talk to you?” Myles asks, stepping in front of me, and I smile up at him.

“What about, wolf?” Ren asks before I can answer, his tone curt and forced into some degree of nice as he is still not quite on board the Myles train. Thallon and Henry seem to really get along with him, but Ren pretty much only likes Henry out of my guys. At some point, we all need to talk about how I’m mated with three of them, and I have feelings for Myles that won’t simply go away. Myles smiles at him, not remotely thrown by Ren’s hostility, or at least he doesn’t show it.

“I could do with some time away from the cabin and the vampires all staring at us,” I gently tell Ren. “Plus, this dimension is spectacular, and we have hardly looked around.”

Ren nods once, his eyes fixed on Myles, but before he lets me go, he steps right into Myles’s face.

“If you hurt my queen, I will rip you to pieces,” Ren warns him in a voice that scares me a little bit. I want to step in the middle of them, but it feels like it’s their moment and they need to sort whatever this is out. “If you allow anyone to hurt her, the same thing will happen to you that does to her. Being in Kaitlyn’s life, having her trust, is worth more than anything in any world. I am trusting you with my soul. With my everything. With Kaitlyn.”

They stare each other down, and I start to worry a little bit. I don’t think I could cope with seeing them rip each other apart.

“You hurt Katy once, and I should kill you for that, but clearly Kaitlyn is a better person than I am. I give you the same warning, but know I would never hurt her,” Myles replies. “I have looked for my mate my entire life and never expected to find her in the sky. I have a feeling we have that in common. We have searched a long time for Katy.”

They stare each other down for another long pause before Ren steps back and offers Myles his hand. Thank the gods. Myles takes his upper arm in a tight grip, and Ren does the same, both of them doing a strange handshake before letting go. Ren kisses the side of my head, the tension still thick in the air before he walks into the forest where Henry and Thallon wait for us. They watched, and I have no doubt they would have stepped in if it went bad. Waving them all goodbye, Myles takes my hand and links our fingers as we follow the river downstream.

“How are you?” Myles softly asks me when we are completely alone.

The question is simple enough, but the answer, not so much. “Angry. Happy...most of all, nervous of what is to come.”

“The angels are known for being incredible fighters, and we have no time to train. I thought maybe we should practice some basic combat moves together?” he asks me. “I always find working out takes your mind off the bigger picture.”

Knowing he is just trying to settle my mind, to help me find comfort wherever I can, I rest my head on his shoulder. I couldn’t imagine my life without Myles in it. He never demands anything, he just is there, at my side, being exactly who I need. I