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“Við bindumst ekki með mönnum.” (We don’t mate with humans.)
“Við erum alin upp við þá trú, en ég þarf að vita, er hún maki þinn?” Kaspar asked again. (That is what we are raised to believe, but I need to know, is she your mate?)
“Já,” Ari admitted.
“Then why didn’t you bind her?”
“Because I thought I was wrong.”
“Were you afraid of what might happen if you bound a human?”
“I suppose. When she reached ár mökunar, I knew she felt what I felt and, God help me, I was going to bind her despite our laws, consequences be damned, but before I could, she was gone.”
“Skít,” Kaspar snapped.
“You’ve really found her?” Ari asked again.
“I have found your daughter. I have yet to see Megan.”
“Is she happy? My beautiful Ása?”
“I believe so, brother.”
“Who does she look like?” Ari asked. “I bet she’s as beautiful as her mama.”
“She actually looks just like you.”
“I wish I could see her. Just one last time.” Ari sighed. “Find Megan, Kaz. Please. I can’t die without knowing she’s safe.”
“You’re not going to die, Ari.”
“You don’t know that, brother. I have no idea what Kade Gunnach is capable of.”
“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” Kaspar said.
“You must promise me you’ll protect her.”
Kaspar pinched the bridge of his nose. “What the hell is going on, Ari? The truth. Why did you not tell me?”
“I don’t know why. I thought I’d lose her if I did, I suppose.”
Kaspar decided to pose a calculated question, knowing he was being recorded, but also aware that Ari didn’t. “Why did you threaten the Gunnach family? Why did you try to hurt them?”
“I had no intention of harming anyone. I knew I would never find Ása without my other girls, but I misjudged their mates’ powers... or how far they’d go to protect them.”
“Which makes you an idiot,” Kaspar snapped.
“Já. This is new territory for us, brother. I have no excuse.”
Kaspar glanced up as the car pulled away from the curb. Jesska must be leaving, and he hoped she’d lead him to her sister. “I have to go. I’ll try to contact you when I know more.”
“Protect her, Kaz. Please.”
“I will,” he promised, and hung up.
The next day, Jesska had planned to have dinner at Cameron’s, something the siblings tried to do a couple of times a month. As she drove further into the city, she glanced into the rearview mirror and then behind her... then in her side mirrors, a strange feeling of being watched covering her again. She didn’t see anyone following her. At least, nothing seemed out of the ordinary to her as she maneuvered the busy Portland streets. “There is something seriously wrong with you, Jess,” she grumbled out loud.
She’d dropped the things off for Megan and Sophia the night before and ended up hanging out at Cameron’s until far later than expected. After the strange run-in with Kaspar, she’d needed her family, and they’d stayed up until the wee hours talking about the strange events that were happening. Unfortunately, none of them had been able to come to any conclusions about what any of them meant.
