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He smirked. “This is not my fight. I’m only here as a warning. You can’t protect him from all of us. He’s coming for the boy.”
Rafe.
“You’re not touching my son,” I growled.
“Don’t be so sure.”
I lunged again with a rage grounded determination. Anyone trying to harm my son would die. Once again he threw his hand up and hid behind a wall of magic like a coward. “Fucking pussy, put the magic away and let me prove to you just how sure I am.”
He grinned and shook his head. “Again, not my fight. You’ve been warned. He’s coming.”
He turned to leave but paused and circled his finger in the air. “I suppose I’ll clean up your mess. Can’t have the humans fearful thatyourkind is a threat right now. Besides, you have bigger issues.”
The rogues’ bodies disappeared and so did the warlock. I stood with my chest heaving, as I stared into the black space where he had been standing before I headed back to my Jeep, tapping the window. Toyin’s eyes darted around before she hit the lock and I moved to the back to retrieve the duffle I kept with a change of clothes. I yanked on jeans and a t-shirt, bypassing shoes, and moved into the driver’s seat.
“What happened?” Toyin’s eyes were wild as she searched me for injuries. They were minor and already healing.
“Not now.”
“Xander…”
“I said not now,” I growled, peeling out of the parking lot.Rafe, they wanted Rafe and I needed to know why. Until I had some clarity, I couldn’t process any of what had just happened which meant I needed to speak to my brothers.
Meet me at my place. – Me
What happened? – Laz
I’ll explain when I get there. – Me
What the fuck happened, Xan? I feel your concern. Is Rafe okay? – Zion
He’s fine. We just need to ensure he’ll stay that way. My place, now. I’m on my way. – Me
I felt Toyin staring at me as she held Rafe in her lap. She had bypassed his car seat but I couldn’t blame her. She was his mother; she could sense something wasn’t right even if she didn’t know exactly what was looming.
“Is it bad?” she asked when my eyes met hers and I decided not to lie.
“It might be but I’ll give my life for his so you don’t have to worry.”
The look she gave said it all. That wasn’t a tradeoff. She wasn’t prepared to lose either of us, but at the moment the only assurance I had was no one would touch our son because I would put my life on the line for his, so I kept my thoughts to myself.
Chapter7
Toyin.
“They’re here.”
“What?” I looked up from where I’d been sitting with my back against the headboard with Rafe asleep in my arms.
“Iraina Lafayette and Meriden Alden.”
I frowned more and Xander’s pinched brows relaxed some. His focus was on Rafe when he spoke. “Jo reached out to see if they could help us figure this out. Iraina is Izan’s sister…”
“The vampires? How can they help?”
“She’s a hybrid, vampire witch. According to Jo, Meriden is an elder from the Willow Grove coven. You share a very distant lineage with her. They both know about the curse and think they can help.”
I shook my head, looking down at Rafe. “That’s not what this is about, he said you can’t keephimfrom them. He said they’re coming for our son, Xander. No one is angry with us for avoiding the curse. They want Rafe, which doesn’t make sense.”
