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“Hello?” Kismet said. “He’s a berserker. They’re the most loyal, fierce bodyguards a leader can have. No one fucks with a berserker’s charge.”
Doc ducked under her wing and placed his hand on her forearm. With a whisper, he said, “This isn’t really your concern. You should probably go before you open up another can of worms in my pack.”
She looked at the couple surrounded by wolves, and then glanced over her shoulder to the berserker and his mate. Doc was right. It wasn’t her concern, but she really hated to see people not getting a fair shake. Deciding to send the alpha something to think about before she left, she pulled a memory from her mind of the berserker oathing ceremony she’d read about, and a scene from her childhood where she’d witnessed the berserker protecting the king and his family, and sent them directly into the alpha’s brain. For fun, she sent them into the berserker’s brain, too, since that male seemed entirely clueless about what he really was.
Then she winked at Doc and opened a portal, stepping into it and heading home. She had a date with daytime TV and a big bowl of butter pecan ice cream, thank you very much.
* * *
Lucian had never seen a fae before, but the female standing in front of the steps like a guardian angel in leggings and a heavy metal t-shirt was as fierce as she was beautiful. She didn’t hold a candle to his Mia, but a male could appreciate a pretty woman. Especially when she seemed to be telling Acksel that berserkers were useful as guards. He didn’t understand what Kismet had meant when she mentioned a berserker oath, and he’d certainly never heard about it being a possibility. Not that he’d been tapped into some kind of berserker message board or anything.
The fae had done something with her hands, and her fingers glowed an odd yellow as if she were holding something precious. Then the glow was gone and suddenly his mind was assaulted with images. Pages of an old book with details of a ceremony to oath a berserker to someone, and then several scenes that appeared like a movie.
A large male stood in front of a king on a throne. A beautiful female sat next to the king, and at the large male’s feet played a little girl with small wings and golden curls. The male looked down at the little girl with a look that was all benevolent, and Lucian knew that male would die for her. Would die for the king and queen, too. When the male lifted his head, Lucian saw sharp teeth and the bulk of muscles as he changed into a berserker, but no one was screaming in fright or grabbing the child.
“Luc?” Mia said, her voice reaching through the depths of his mind. “Luc?”
He blinked several times and found himself on Doc’s front porch. Kismet was gone and Doc was grumbling about ‘crazy sisters.’
“That was…holy shit,” Lucian said, shaking his head. He looked at Acksel, and the alpha met his gaze.
“Damn,” Acksel said. “Did you just see that?”
“See what? Dang it, Acksel!” Brynn said, her voice demanding. Lucian was surprised she didn’t stamp her foot in annoyance.
Acksel looked at Doc. “She’s a fairy?”
“They go by the term ‘fae,’ but yes.”
Mia said, “But Noah isn’t fae, right? Aren’t they twins?”
“Fraternal twins,” Doc said. “Kismet takes after her father, who is a fae warrior, and Noah takes after his mother, who is a witch. She showed you some memories, I take it?”
Lucian nodded. “First it was some pages of a book about an oath ceremony, and then it was like watching a movie with a berserker and a fae king and queen and their child.”
Doc smiled. “She sent memories to me once, and I had a migraine for two days afterward. I guess she’s getting better at it. Not all fae can do that, but it’s part of her power. She can read a person’s aura and tell what they’re feeling, and also can share her memories. It’s pretty spectacular.”
“I didn’t know that fae could do that,” Mia said. “But what does it mean?”
“It means that I found a way to keep you here,” Brynn said, stepping to Acksel’s side and grinning broadly.
Acksel’s brow rose. “What? How didyoudo anything?”
“Hel-lo,” she said. “If I hadn’t had an appointment today, we wouldn’t have been here when Kismet showed up. So it’s entirely my doing.”
“You’re incredible,” Acksel said, shaking his head with a bemused smile.
“You know it. I told you, bestie,” she said to Mia with a wink. “Itoldyou that I’d take care of everything.”
“I don’t think it’s a good sign that she’s taking credit for fate,” Mia said, wrapping her arms around Lucian’s waist. “But I’ll take it if it means that you can be with me on the full moon.”
“We need to research,” Acksel said. “I want to know more about the ceremony, but if it’s what we saw, then yeah, there’s a way for you to be part of our pack.”
“I’ll send a message to Kismet and tell her you need to see whatever book has the oath in it,” Doc said. “In the meantime, if the alphas don’t mind, there’s an ultrasound with Brynn’s name on it.”
“Stay, Mia? I want to be able to talk to you when this is over. You can be the first person we tell what we’re having.”
“I thought we weren’t going to find out,” Acksel said.
