Page 100 of The Gods Order

It’s…normal.

Shocker.

Despite my men hollering and telling me to wait, I take the few steps up to the door without them. I don’t knock, though. I do wait for them to press themselves against my back.

“Are you all done with your hissy fits?” I ask with a saucy smile on my lips.

Creed, Kyzen, and Riven grumble under their breath. Amick’s purely over it. I suppose the walk gave him time to work through his reservations and now he’s just ready to get this over with.

My knock echoes through the house and I rock on my feet while we wait.

“He’s going to think we’re under attack,” Kyzen murmurs as Gladian’s loud-ass footsteps can be heard through the thick wood.

His assumption is definitely right.

The door swings open so fast, I’m surprised the ol’ God of Strength didn’t rip the thing off its hinges.

“What?” he barks, then his eyes flare for a millisecond. “What happened?”

“Nothing,” I say, peering around his big ass. “Where’s Mara?”

His forehead scrunches in confusion.

“Her room. What’s going on, Godrun?”

“I just said nothing. I’d like to speak with her if you’d be so kind to go and get her for me.”

“Speak to her about what?” he asks and I huff.

“I simply do not have the patience for this,” Amick says. Before I can tell him to ease into it, he carries on. “Thayla has decided it’s time you both know the truth about everything. She wants to take the approach of divide and conquer. Mara will be going with her to have a girls’ day while we are stuck telling you the truth and finding your Valtrue members. So, allow us in or bring Mara out here. Those are the options.”

Gladian blinks countlessly and bounces his gaze between Amick and me. I lift my shoulder in a shrug when he finally decides to focus on me entirely.

“Middle door on the back wall,” he says, pivoting out of the way and holding his arm out.

Damn, I was kind of hoping he’d go get her.

I didn’t really want to walk into his house.

The house that was once Mellcom’s and Jeremiah’s.

My steps falter a bit once I reach the end of their short entrance hall. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it most certainly wasn’t for their living room to be homey and airy. The calm colors and massive windows that provide an ample amount of natural light are quite a surprise.

“Apparently, one of our Valtrue members is a ray of fucking sunshine,” Gladian grunts as he stomps through the living room.

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“It didn’t use to be so bright in here.”

Ah, I see. There have been some changes.

I don’t respond. Instead, I point toward the middle door on the back wall just to confirm that’s Mara’s room. He nods.

“Can’t promise she’s going to answer. She’s been ignoring me since we got home for lunch.”

His gaze jerks over to the untouched sandwich and glass of water sitting on their table. He cleans it up, grunting for my men and the others to take a seat. Each of them begs me with their eyes not to leave them. I give them a wink as I reach Mara’s door.

My first few knocks are gentle and they go completely ignored. I don’t even hear rustling on the other side. I really don’t want to announce myself. This whole plan was supposed to be a surprise.