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She was so close to reaching him, and we all braced for what was about to transpire.
“STAND DOWN!” The call surprisingly came from our right, and we looked to see five older women in black cloaks. Seeing as they were all elderly, they had to have some sort of importance, though I couldn’t really pinpoint who they were.
The little girl stopped in her tracks and looked at the group of older women.
“E-Elders?!” she shrieked and immediately rushed towards them before she got on one knee in complete respect. “I-I-I’m sorry. I failed you. The man cut my hand off!”
The woman’s expressions darkened but the other witches in the company didn’t seem as hurt by the action done against their apparent own.
“What is the meaning of this?” the woman demanded, and Aurelia managed to tug out of the magic spell that originally held her captive. She got up, literally shaking in anger.
“Are you fucking mad?! You let this cynical robot of a bitch steal my entrance card to kidnap a fae child out of a protective children’s organization ruled by the wolves just to try to get immunity?! Like, are you INSANE?!” Aurelia completely lost it. “You’re ruining MY LIFE! My connections! Every single person I love! You’re tainting my reputation with them all so you can throw me under the fucking bus when you force me to pledge my loyalty?!”
The woman didn’t seem very concerned by Aurelia’s rant. I couldn’t figure out who this was. “You knew the rules that would come with compliance,” the woman announced, and she literally dismissed Aurelia with an eye roll before her wise orbs landed on William. “You.”
All eyes went on William as he simply arched an eyebrow at her.
“How dare you damage one of our prodigies? Do you know the consequences you’re about to face?!” She was actually getting angry over this child who was clearly in the wrong. “Come over here and beg for mercy, or there will be hell to pay.”
“Excuse me?” Dimitris growled, and I swear to God, the bridge fucking shook.
Dimitris took four fucking steps which landed him in the path between the two of them.
“My mate will not bow down to anyone.” His menacing rumble made the sky suddenly boom with thunder. The wise woman’s eyes narrowed, the glimmering orbs of emerald with hints of gold focused on Dimitris’s fierce eyes that only further narrowed in authority. “I won’t repeat myself.”
“And neither will I,” the woman countered. “You’re an abomination that shouldn’t be allowed to exist.”
That made Dimitris actually laugh, and the sound of mockery triggered shivers that ran down my spine. “I’m an abomination and yet you steal the youth of the young and orphaned just to keep surviving way past your expiration date.”
That had to be a secret we weren’t supposed to know about because she gritted her teeth and menacingly glared back at him, but our Alpha clearly didn’t give a flying shit.
“If you want to fight fire with fire, we can do exactly that,” Dimitris warned, the air growing thick with enough power that it was hard to take a single breath in the statically charged atmosphere. “Just don’t complain when you get burned.”
“This is not your battle to fight,” she snarled.
"He’s my mate,” Dimitris repeated as he tugged his tie loose until it came undone then tugged the top buttons of his shirt just to reveal the very obvious royal mark on his chest. “I don’t let bullies walk over what’s mine.”
“That’s not possible,” she hissed.
“Is it?” Dimitris pondered. “Like a lot of things that revolve around our mate. Guess we should be referring to him as a prodigy instead of a child living off of borrowed time.”
“Silence!” the woman exclaimed. “You have no right to say anything.”
“And you have no right to kidnap an innocent fae princess to try to blackmail an entire race for immunity!” Dimitris snapped back, and his words boomed with power.
“You’re wasting our time.”
“Just like you’re wasting ours,” Dimitris argued back, and I knew this was going to get ugly by the way their auras spiked and yearned to clash with one another’s. I caught onto William’s movement, and everyone’s attention moved to him as he reached Dimitris's side.
“Willi-” Dimitris began, clearly wanting him to back down and let him handle this confrontation, but he was cut off as William caught onto the ends of his buttoned shirt and pulled him in for a scorching kiss.
My jaw dropped just like the others. Suddenly, there was a little giggle.
“Daddy, look! Kiss!” Malika beamed like this was some sort of celebratory moment.
Which was kind of cute.
William released him and smirked.“You’re hot when you get all defensive.”
