Chapter 440


    Chapter 440


    Gabri


    My son and his mates, along with Ste, had left two days ago, and I could no longer hide their


    absence from Mchi. The Ancient vampire finally showed up at the door to our quarters, and he’d


    brought Braden with him.


    “They’re not here,” I said.


    Mchi scowled. “I know that. I came to make you tell me where they went. I can’t have my


    granddaughter floating around out there, unsafe and unprotected.”


    “She’s hardly unprotected, Mchi. She’s with her mates and her daughter. I shouldn’t have to


    remind you what Ste is capable of.”


    In seconds, faster than I could blink or take a breath, he’d crossed the room to grab me. His fangs


    descended as he bent me back, aiming for my throat. My wolf was on the surface in an instant,


    snarling.


    “Mchi!” Braden snapped. “Back the fuck off of her.”


    We were seconds away from going to battle.


    “The children,” Braden reminded us. “Both of you. Stand down.”


    I was caught in Mchi’s grip of Ancient vampire strength. His fangs, scant inches from my throat. It


    would take so little for him to tear out my jugr vein. I’d bleed out in moments.


    “The children,” I told him as I forced my wolf to retreat.


    With a snarl that sounded almost wolflike, Mchi let me go and turned his back on me. He moved


    like a sh, back and forth, beforeing to a halt. His eyes shone crimson.


    “You are more of a fool than I ever thought you could be,” he said. “Do you know your son is


    certainly on his way to certain death?”


    I lifted my chin. “My son is an adult, and an Alpha. He is doing what he feels is right to protect his


    family. I’m here to do the same for my grandpups.”


    “Where did they go? Don’t make me rip it out of your mind, Gabri. It will leave you worse off than


    you already are.”


    “What does that mean?"


    “Never mind,” Braden said, stepping between us. “Where did they go?”


    “Fallen Crest,” I said.


    Mchi staggered back. Actually staggered, like I’d hit him. I wish I had.


    “The one ce you can’t go,” I told him with a thin grin.


    Not because it was forbidden. Somehow, I doubted Mchi would honor any injunction, even if he’d


    made it himself. Mchi could not go to Fallen Crest, because the residents of the dead city would


    be desperate to consume his vampire energy as one of the few ways they could experience what it


    felt like to be alive again. Even an Ancient wouldn’t be able to stand against them.


    Without a word, Mchi spun away out of the room. Braden paused in the doorway. “Sorry about


    that. I’ll see if I can talk some sense into him.”


    Then he left, too. I followed, scanning the hallway. But then, something stopped me from looking at


    anything.


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    I couldn’t see.


    Nothing, not even darkness. I blinked and blinked, but I couldn’t clear my vision. I could hear the


    twins babbling to themselves in their room, so I held back my cry of rm.


    “I won’t show you,” I muttered, not sure where the words wereing from. “I won’t. Show. I won’t


    show you.”


    A sharp pain stabbed me between the eyes, hard enough to force a yelp out of me. I mped my


    lips closed against another rising moan. I didn’t want the pups to hear me. They would worry. They


    were my responsibility. I had to protect them.


    I fumbled with my pocket, feeling for my phone. This time, my soft cry was of relief as I found it and


    pulled it out. I couldn’t see the screen to dial the number, but I was able to swipe it. I heard a click


    as the facial recognition kicked in.


    “Call Dr. Alonius,” I ordered it, praying the voice recognition would also work.


    Hot tears sprang from my eyes at the sound of the phone ringing. Then, the brisk male tones in a


    voice I shouldn’t find so familiar yet somehow, did. Like I’d known him my entire life and any lives I’d


    lived before this one. Maybe all the ones I’d have when this one ended.


    I heard my own voice describing the problems in shaky, broken tones. I was barely finished when he


    broke in to interrupt.


    “I’ll be there right away.”


    And he was. Not ten minutes passed before the knock came at the door. I’d been standing frozen,


    scared to move in case I stumbled into something and hurt myself or alerted the twins to my


    problem.


    “Come in!” I called, hoping it was him and not Mchi or someone else.


    “Gabri.” The doctor’s warm tones greeted me only moments before his hand rested on my


    shoulder. “Tell me what’s going on.”


    I fumbled the words, keeping my voice low. Not really sure what to say.


    “I don’t know what’s wrong,” I said.


    I felt myself enfolded in a strong, warm embrace. Instantfort flooded me. I wasn’t sure if my


    eyes were open or closed as I pressed my face against a strong, broad chest.


    “I’ve got you,” he said. “I’m here. You’re safe with me.”