Micah’s POV
I nodded, “I remember Dune, but that was in kindergarten.” Zach shook his head, “No. He has been trying to get him to go out with her for the past ten years. Alex and I have been trying to fight him off, but his magic is pretty powerful.” Uncle Nico asked, “Any idea where this guy lives?” Alex shook his head, “No clue. We haven’t been able to follow him anywhere because he teleports away from us.” I asked, “So why haven’t the two of you told me about this? I had a feeling back then that we were going to see him again. That’s why I have spent my entire life concentrating on my warlock side. I have been strengthening my magic all this time too.” Alex asked, “Can you teleport?” I shrugged, “I’ve never been shown how. Dad has been the one training me. Maybe I should get King Billy.” Zach and Alex laughed, “That doesn’t matter now. Dune was really powerful the last time we saw him. The only reason he got away then was because Adele kicked his ass. As soon as he was down, we got her away from him. He tried to pull her back with magic, but Adele was able to use wind to get him to lose his concentration and we took off.” I sighed, “Okay. Well, I guess we need to start at her rock.”
I started to go out to the car when I thought, “DUH! I really should shift and run her route.” My brothers and I went behind the tree line, shifted and took off. All three of us are princes, so our wolves are larger than most, so we got to her rock much faster than most would have. When we got there, we sniffed around the ground and I linked them, “I can smell her on the rock, and to the tree line. Then her scent changed a little until she got just outside the tree line. Then magic was used right here.” Alex asked, “How can you tell magic was used?” I shook my head, “Really? You are part warlock too. You can’t feel the electrical energy in this particular spot?” Alex stood in that spot and could feel the hair raise on his neck, “It’s dark magic too.” I nodded in agreement. Zach added, “It feels like he walked alone. I can feel his magic trail. Can you?” I took a few steps in a few different directions and I found it. I found his magic trail. I mind linked Uncle Nico, “We found his magic trail. His scent trail is gone.” Uncle Nico asked, “How far can you detect it?” I replied, “Zach is following it now.” Uncle Nico growled, “I’ll be there in a few minutes. Don’t go too far.”
I linked Zach, “Stop right there. Uncle Nico wants to come with us. He’ll be here in a few minutes.” Zach sighed in frustration, “Dude! We’re wasting time! We need to explore this while we can feel it.” I growled, “Just wait a few minutes. It’s not going to kill us.” We only had to wait five minutes until Uncle Nico, grandpa, grandma, and around twenty warriors showed up. I chuckled, “So much for keeping a low profile. Zach is already on the trail. We can just follow him.” We watched as Zach followed the trail to an old house that was close to the waterfall. I linked him, “Be careful, Zach. This feels like a trap.” Zach sighed, “I know. I’m not going in the house. The trail goes around to the back of the house.” We walked around the house and into the forest behind it. As we continued on, I started feeling massive amounts of dark energy. I linked everyone, “The dark magic is getting very strong. I think we should call dad and then get the alliance involved. This is expanding to more than one dark warlock. In the meantime, I need to meet with Billy. I really need to learn how to teleport.” Grandpa linked, “I think he’s right. It’s starting to get dark now too. We aren’t going to find much in the way of evidence now.” Uncle Nico gave the command to go home and we all headed that way.
When we got home, we all shifted and changed, then we walked into the house. I took a shower and went to the kitchen and grabbed a glass of sweet tea. I sat at the table and waited for everyone else. Almost on cue, as soon as everyone, including Uncle Nico, was around the table, my phone rang. It was my dad. Shit. This is not going to be fun. I sat the phone on the table and I answered on the third ring, “Hey dad. What’s up? How’s mom?” I put the phone on speaker as Dad answered, “Your mom is okay. We are both worried about Adele. She hasn’t called your mom for a couple days and she isn’t answering her phone. Do you guys know what’s going on?” I sighed, “I don’t know, dad. Maybe she is just engrossed in her studies.” Dad argued, “You know she would take a few minutes to call your mom. What the hell are you boys trying to hide from us?” I answered after taking a deep breath, “Dad, she’s missing. We found her motorcycle, but she’s nowhere to be found.” Dad immediately started yelling, “Why didn’t you call us sooner? What happened?” I sighed, “Dad, I have you on speaker. I have Alex, Zach, grandma, grandpa, and Uncle Nico here. Grandpa can explain what happened.” Grandpa explained, “Yesterday evening, Adele went for a run. I had two warriors protecting her, but she outran them. They were the same warriors who always accompany her, so they knew where she was headed. When they got to her rock, she was gone. Her scent ended just outside the tree line closest to her rock.” I added, “We rescheduled our last finals and hers then came home and followed her trail. Zach found a dark magic trail.” Dad immediately growled, “Dune!” I gasped, “Dad! How is it possible that everyone knew about him continuing to bother her except me?!” Alex put his hand on my shoulder, “We all knew that you would go after him by yourself. Our family has never done that. We will always handle the tough stuff as a team.” Dad asked, “I thought I heard her try to mind link me earlier.” I replied, “She tried to mind link me too, but it sounded like she was on a bad cell signal. Uncle Nico and Alex say she’s been given wolfsbane.” Dad growled, “I can’t take this. We are teleporting down there.” I asked, “If you are calling Queen Winnie, can you ask her to bring Billy? I need to learn how to teleport. Apparently, this is how he is moving around.” Dad sighed, “Okay. We may be bringing in the alliance too. We need to find out where she is.”
In a matter of minutes, mom, dad, Queen Winnie and King Billy were standing in the living room. We all moved from the table to the living room and dad approached me, “What gave you the idea that keeping this from us was a good idea?” I held up my hands in surrender, “Dad, we were trying to give her a chance to fight her way out and come back. You know how she is. You know she would rely on us to rescue her last. She’s a trained fighter and she knows how to use her omega waves well.” Mom agreed, “Luke, that’s exactly how she is. They were right to wait, but I wonder how long they were going to wait.” I sighed, “We were sitting around the table so that I could call you.” Mom winked at me, “That’s the right answer.”
I laughed, “That’s the truth. When we followed the magic trail, we started feeling the dark magic get stronger as we went. We followed as far as we could without being discovered. We knew that if we could feel them, they can feel our presence.” Billy nodded, “You were right about that. I have a feeling Dune took her to the main house. It’s highly fortified with a lot of Dark Warlocks.” I asked, “How are we going to get in there to get her out?” Billy sighed, “I think I might know, but we need to figure out what’s going on first.” Zack asked, “How are you going to find out what’s going on?” Billy replied, “We need to follow the trail first. I think I have an idea, but I need to know what we’re dealing with first.”
I asked Billy, “While we are trying to get to the trail, would you mind showing me how to teleport? I really need to know in case the asshole tries to teleport away from me. He’s already done it with these two.” I pointed at my brothers and growled at the idea of them keeping everything from me. Billy smiled, “That’s easy. Just picture where you want to go and concentrate all of your magic into that spot. We will meet you there.” I stood up and imagined the rock at the foot of the waterfall. I closed my eyes and concentrated on that area until all of the sounds of the house disappeared and they were replaced with the sounds of the waterfall. I opened my eyes and I was there! Sweet!
I turned around and saw everyone else. Billy chuckled, “It’s about time you made it.”
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Adele’s POV I watched as the techs came in and took down all of the cameras and listening devices. Then I pulled one tech aside to hand him the smashed camera that I had pulled from the bathroom, “Is this the one you were looking for in the bathroom?” He nodded, “I’m sorry, princess. It was Dune’s orders.” I laughed, “I knew it was his idea. Not yours. Thanks for taking them down. I need to know; are there any more cameras?” He nodded and turned his back to the remaining camera, “There is one on the dresser, aimed at the bed. It’s in the bear statue. If you smashed that, you could make it look like you found it. If you got close to the TV, you would see it. That show you gave him this morning really pissed him off.” I smiled, “That’s what I was hoping for.” Then I walked away from him and sat on the bed, “Thanks for getting all of them out.” As the tech walked out, I locked the door and slid my foot across the floor, slightly, causing a sheet of ice to form in front of the door. Afte
Micah’s POV I felt a lot better after hearing from Adele. It energized my efforts to find her and rescue her. Judging by the looks on my brothers’ faces, it did the same to them, after I told them about our conversation. We all went to the pack house and used Uncle Nico’s conference room after mom finished mind linking with Adele. I could tell she felt better after hearing her voice. When this is all over, I know my mom will collapse for a couple days. She is running on pure anger and fear combined right now. She will until Adele is home, where she belongs. I don’t blame her. I will be surprised if my brothers and I sleep at all tonight. I came out of my own thoughts to hear King Billy suggest, “I have a spy in the Dark Warrior Coven. I would be willing to bet that he has her in the main house.” I asked, “You’ve been able do that without risking your warlock?” He replied, “I’ve been doing it a lot lately. They’ve been growing in numbers over the last ten years, so I have a few warloc
Adele’s POV When mom mind linked me to tell me that Gabe was actually a white warlock, acting as a dark warlock, I was really happy about that. I’m glad there is at least one person here who is on my side. I had finally gone back to sleep when I heard, “Adele! Are you awake?” I answered, “Huh? Micah! What’s up?” He asked, “We are just worried about you, sis. Are you really as okay as you are telling mom?” I could tell he was relieved to hear my voice when I answered, “My face is a little sore from the hit, but it’s not that bad. I can still sleep through it. Was I dreaming when mom said a warlock named Gabriel would be helping me?” He chuckled, “You were not dreaming, sis. It’s true. We are hoping to do it tomorrow. As long as Dune doesn’t start some shit, it should go okay. In the meantime, you should probably not try to provoke him.” I laughed, “What’s the fun in that? He looks hilarious when he gets red-faced mad.” He warned, “But he could also open up a whole new can of whoop ass
It had been three days since I got back. My external wounds were healed, but my mind was a mess. My emotions went from one extreme to another. One minute I was beyond pissed and I was ready to kick someone’s ass. The next minute I was scared to death and I was hiding in my room with my hands over my ears. It honestly felt like Dune was trying to get into my head. I kept hearing him tell me that I can’t escape him and that he will mark me. I needed to get his voice out of my head. I hadn’t been to my rock since I had been back. I didn’t know if I wanted to go there. Dune had ruined that for me. He had taken so much from me and I didn’t know if I would ever be able to get it back. I wanted my peace back. I wanted my happiness back. I wanted my life back. Right now, I’m studying for my last final exam… Psychology. My brothers had been able to get it rescheduled, and I needed to be able to pass it if I wanted to be able to finish my degrees online. As I read all of my chapters, I came to
After a brief explanation of what I went through while waiting for Alex to come out of the classroom, we relaxed into the seats of dad’s van while we rode to our grandparents’ house. I suggested, “We should go see grandma and grandpa before we leave. I mean Grandma Gabi’s parents.” Mom nodded, “I think that’s an excellent idea.” Mom took out her phone and called them. When she got off the phone, she turned to me, “We will go for supper this evening. We leave for Colorado tomorrow.” Zach moaned, “Aw, man! Why supper? I’ll be miserably full all night.” We all laughed as I poked my brother in the ribs, “Go for a run after you eat. Run some of it off.” Zach replied, “Who can do that? Who can stuff themselves until it’s painful then go on a run. It’s impossible to move, much less run.” I laughed, “You just don’t know how to discipline yourself.” Mom added, “You need to learn to control how much food you put in your mouth.” Micah laughed, “I’ve tried telling him how to do that a lot, but he
I woke up the next morning to Micah hovering over me, “Time to get up, sis. We need to get going. I have to teleport you and your motorcycle home, then everyone else with all the rest of your shit.” I sighed, “You know good and well that mom will be calling Queen Winnie to help you with us. She can use her magic to move my shit before you teleport us.” Micah jerked my blankets off of me and I groaned, as he sighed, “Mom needs to get home early. She has to go to the doctor this afternoon and she is out of her medication. She’s hurting. So, hurry up. You can even take a shower at home. Just brush your teeth and your hair. We can eat when we get home too. I already have a cup of coffee ready for you. It will tide you over until a fresh pot is made at home.” I sighed, “Okay. Just give me five minutes to pack my toiletries and I will be ready. And give me my coffee.” Ok… so it took me ten minutes. That’s what he gets for waking me up the way he did… downright rude. I am so ready to get int
I asked, “What do you mean?” He replied, “That message was from Dune. You don’t need to know what it contained. Just know that it was a photo and we started a conversation about it, acting as if we were you. We are setting up a meeting with him and I want you heavily guarded inside your room and out. You will have female warriors in your room while male warriors are outside your door and throughout our wing. You will be heavily guarded wherever you go. Inside the castle and outside.” I nodded, “I understand, dad. I would like a weapon to carry also. Just in case he uses magic to get in my room and knocks out my guards. We both know that is possible.” Dad replied, “Queen Winnie is going to put a magic resistant dome over the castle. She is also putting a protection spell on you.” I sighed, “Okay. But I still want a weapon.” Dad responded, “If that’s what you need to feel safer, we will get you something.” I insisted, “A want a silver dipped whip.” Dad looked at me in surprise, “Are you
I smiled, “Thank you. My little sisters are definitely the best. I am supposed to have my four female warriors with me in the office. They are under the king’s order to keep everything I tell you confidential.” She smiled, “I am under the same order too. It’s good to know all this. Shall we get down to why you are here?” I nodded and my mom smiled, “You go ahead. I will be here with the girls when you get out.” I nodded, “Thank you. I’ll be back as soon as possible” I walked into the office and it didn’t look anything like what I had imagined. As soon as I walked in, I saw a desk with a chair across from it. I turned to the right and found a huge, puffy sectional couch with tons of throw pillows scattered all around it. I looked to the left and there were several of the giant bean bag chairs for adults. Those looked like fun. I made a note to look for one of those for my room as Carrie Roberts asked, “Is it not what you expected?” I laughed, “Not really. I was just expecting a couple o
My quadruplets are five years old now and we have added five more children to the family since then. We had a set of triplets when the quad was two, and then a set of twins last year. To say I have been busy would be an understatement. My triplets, Eddie, Cade and Damien are quite the handful. I’ve tried to get Sebastian to intervene, but he just says, “They’re just boys.” My twins, Allie, short for Allison, and Emma turned one today. We had a huge playground installed at the castle and our kids just love it. We are giving all the kids in our children’s age groups the day off from training so we can celebrate the twins’ birthday. As we watched all the kids play, Joshua asked, “Mom, does the quad have to be here?” I laughed because all the kids in our quad are way more intelligent and mature than they should be. By the time they were three all four of them knew how to read and were highly skilled on the computer. I sighed, “But don’t you want to wish the twins a happy birthday?” He ga
Sebastian and I have been officially on the throne for three months and I am now miserably pregnant. My belly is absolutely huge and Sebastian loves watching me waddle everywhere I walk. I, on the other hand, seem to be nesting. I got all of the blankets for our little ones crocheted and I have been doing a lot of extra cleaning lately. I was cleaning the bathroom when Sebastian reminded me, “Babe, we have staff that do that. You don’t need to. If you want to do something for the babies, why don’t you crochet some more stuff. You could make little booties or hats for them. I smiled, “I think you’re right. Thank you.” I grabbed some yarn and a hook and sat down on the couch. I got up almost immediately and started walking away. Sebastian asked, “What’s wrong?” I sighed, “I have to pee… again.” He chuckled, “It’s almost over, babe.” I smiled, “I know.” I got to the bathroom and felt a gush of water. I knew I hadn’t peed, then looked down at the puddle under my feet. I walked back to the
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