"Why do we need an office at home? You will have access to my office at 318 and you will still be able to go to the garage to manage it. Once the twins are here I don't want to bring work home. I want to focus solely on them. Hence, the no nanny rule." Remi says as I lead her through the rest of the first floor. "I was trying to wait for a better time to tell you this, but I guess now is as good a time as any. After the mating ceremony, my mother and father are stepping down. They're handing the reigns over to us. That was the aggreement my father made when he decided to take the position of ruling the hellhounds. Once the oldest heir took a mate; he and my mother would get to step down. Axel is taking over the garage. My mother has been talking about nothing, but spoiling these two." I tell Remi pulling her close. Her shock and hesitancy play out on her face. "I made it clear that you wouldn't be taking on any unnecessary responsibilies until you were ready. The only time you will
I wish I could say the next few days are filled with peace and quiet. However, moving into a new home is anything, but peace and quiet when you have a motorcycle club of hellhounds moving your stuff. The days are filled with me and Aiden barking orders of where things will go. The evenings are filled with the drunken stupidity and laughter of friends relaxing after a long work filled day. I'm standing in the kitchen talking to Shade about the mating ceremony and the fight night that are quickly approaching us when the doorbell rings. One of the riders' female bring in a bouquet of flowers. "They're beautiful, Remi. Read the card. See who they're from." Kallista says as she takes a seat on the barstool at the island in the middle of the kitchen. I pull out the card, but there's no name. "It just says, congratulations on your lovely home." I tell the females that have gathered around to see the giant bouquet. Aiden and the guys come in through the sliding glass doors laughing. Aiden
Lucifer, Illianna, Kieran and Gunner all enter the room by portal. Lucifer kisses me and Kallista on the forehead then teleports out of the room. Illianna pulls me and Kallista into her arms. Kieran and Gunner look at me with sad smiles as they partially shift then head for the front of the clubhouse. There's another howl and hellhounds pour out of the rear of the clubhouse. I work overtime trying to get into Blaze and Aiden's heads. Not to dig around or distract, but to see what is going on. Eerie howls fill the air. Gnashing teeth and snarls sound like they are just outside the front door. I hear a yelp and I struggle to break free of Cera's hold. I scan everyone's mind until......"Oh God no! Xavi!" I scream all the fight has left my body as Cera holds me up. "Xavi! Xavi, no! No no no no! Let me go! Please let me go! Xavi is hurt!" I yank and pull until I almost fall. Cera's hot tears fall on my face and shoulders as she clutches me to her chest. There's another yelp and a growl
"Aiden! Aiden! No! No! No! Find someone to get him out of there! Now!" I scream at the only hellhounds left. The ones sworn to protect me. I'm a snotty crying mess. I'm in so much pain. Physical and emotional.I don't know where the strength and will to fight comes from. But I thank all that's holy for it. "Tianna call Doc and Waylon. Get them here yesterday. Kallista your about to get a crash course in using your mind and eyes at the same time. I won't lie. It's a little painful, but it's bearable. We're the only weapons they have left the others don't have. Trust me this ain't a fair fight. But with me and you; we can even out the odds." Kallista nods her head and settles onto the floor with her legs crossed. "Open your mind. Listen to everyone's thoughts. Focus let their eyes become yours. You're going to have to move fast. Looking through one's eyes and talking to another." Kallista nods her head. "I'm in. Let's do this." She says closing her eyes. I take up my position on the
"I'm going to open a portal for me and Bonez. We'll take down the shooters on the left. Reaper you take the two on the right. Me and Bonez will meet up, and I'll open another portal for us to take down the two in the middle."I blink and Reaper is gone. I form a circle with my hands and pull them apart as if expanding the circle. Just like Kallista had been teaching me. Luckily a portal opens and Bonez jumps through. The second portal opens just behind my shooter. I snap his neck. He's not dead. Just incapacitated. The angelblade that I keep at my side appears in my hand. I swing the blade down and watch as his head seperates from his body. I use the gun propped on the hood of the SUV and take down as many foes as I can. I look to my left and see that Bonez has shifted and is doing the same thing. I whistle to get his attention and motion for him to meet me. I open him a portal for the next shooter. I repeat the process for myself again. When I reach my shooter; I know the jig is up.
When I hear the pain inflected roar of my brother time stands still for a moment. The flames of hell erupt from my mouth and hands as I scream out my anger and hatred of the wretched fools that decided to attack us. Blaze teleports away from me in the nick of time. My brother, father, Lucifer, and the hellhounds are the only ones immune to hells fire. I'm heade towards Gunner. Flames flowing freely from one hand as my blade swings in the other. Reaper rips and tears into anyone dumb enough to approach me. I stow my blade away and form a small ball of hellfire in my hands. Then make it grow until I feel its big enough. I send it flying in the direction of my father; in order to protect him. Lucifer's arms spread out and raise skyward. Hellfire rains from the clouds. A familiar sensation ripples down my back. Someone is watching me as I fight off another hybrid. I scan the crowd and stumble when my eyes meet the eyes of the male watching me. Chills erupt on my skin as the male stands
I groan in agony as Kieran carries my dying body back into the clubhouse. I'm laid next to my baby brother who is also dying; because I couldn't get to him fast enough. "I'm so fucking sorry." I manage to whisper in his mind. Xavier smiles as he places his hand on top of my head. My body always runs hot, but now I'm ice cold. Colder than a vampire. My eyes grow heavy. My body is lifted at the same time as Xavier's. My breathing is ragged and coming slower. It's getting harder and harder to breathe. Sunlight hits my face as the world goes black. I smell smoke and the rancid smell of burning flesh. My eyes won't open. My body hurts all over. My hound is quiet and dormant. The cold seeps into my veins. I pry my eyes open just a crack and the room is pitch black. It almost feels as though I'm back in Purgatory. Between the cold and pain; I'm too weak to fight. It's the same feeling that Remi described having. Pain shoots through my chest, shoulder and stomach as I try to move. I groan.
When I reach the sitting room the screaming and yelling is not what I expected to hear. How did us all coming together to protect Remi and the twins turn into this? What could have caused everyone to be at each other's throats? I stand just outside the room listening."You're pregnant, Remi! You shouldn't have placed yourself or the twins in harms way! Do you know how Aiden would've felt if you would've gotten hurt or killed?" My mother shouts. "Heaven forbid you had lost the twins! Do you know what that would've done to you and Aiden? Do you care how it would've affected the rest of us?" My mother rants some more. She's so angry you can hear the angry tears that females get in her voice. "I didn't forget that I'm fucking pregnant! And I didn't loose the twins! My mate was dying! My best friend was dying! Do you not give a shit that both of your sons were dying? Do you have any idea how I was feeling at being able to see it all unfold and being helpless to stop it? I did what the he