tight. “Neo!” he screamed, pounding on the door again. You’re going to fry yourself before you ever get help for Haig. “ Dammit , stay out of my head,” he scolded his inner voice.
The door opened with a whoosh, and Evelyn, Neo’s housekeeper, pulled him inside. “Neo is at rest. You of all people should know the importance of that,” she scolded.
“I don’t have time for the lecture, Evelyn. I need Neo’s help. Now.”
“What’s happened?” Michael asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
“Haig. Something’s happened to him in Ireland. Kern said he hit a ward, evidently a powerful one. He thinks Spiro is the only one who can help him.”
Michael wasted no time springing into action. “Neo! Wake up!” he yelled as he ran up the staircase.
Evelyn came back into the foyer with a bottle of blood. “How long has it been since you’ve eaten?” she asked.
The thought of stopping long enough to drink the bottle of old blood didn’t appeal to Audric in the slightest. His stomach may be empty, but his heart was full of worry for the man he loved. “No, thank you.”
Within minutes, Neo raced down the stairs fully dressed. “Ramiro’s on his way. Michael’s summoning Spiro. Tell me exactly what happened.”
Audric shook his head. “I don’t really know. I wasn’t with them. All I know is I was asleep when a searing pain moved through my body. I opened my eyes and called Haig’s name. He told me he loved me and then nothing. I tried to reconnect with him but it felt like he was no longer there. When I called his phone and didn’t get an answer, I knew something had happened to him. Kern called me back and told me Haig was down. That he’d run into a strong ward surrounding their old pack lands just outside Galway.”
Neo’s eyes narrowed momentarily before he began to pace between the foyer and the sitting room. “This is about Haig’s sister, right?”
“Yes. Haig, Kern and a cousin of Haig’s, Flick, went to rescue her from her mate and Alpha, Juniper Cavanaugh.”
“Cavanaugh?” Spiro asked, stepping into the room with Michael and Sema at his side. Sema began butting his head against Spiro’s thigh. Spiro absently reached down and settled the black jaguar.
“You know him?” Why would the ruler of The Realm know an Alpha werewolf in Galway?
Spiro nodded. “We’ll discuss it later. Right now I have to get Haig to The Realm if I hope to save him.”
“They should be at the hotel in a few minutes.” Although Neo and Spiro shared duties as leaders of The Realm, Audric didn’t feel the same sense of awe around Neo. There was just something about Spiro that made Audric feel like he should be bowing or something. Maybe it was the man’s unearthly colouring? With pale skin and long hair that actually looked more silver than blond, Spiro truly was one of those men who looked like they had been sculpted from the finest marble.
With a bit of reluctance, Audric stepped towards Spiro and averted his eyes. “May I please accompany Haig to The Realm?”
Before Spiro could answer, Neo cut into the conversation. “ Audric felt Haig’s pain, and before you ask, no, they aren’t mated.”
“But that’s…” Spiro started but stopped before he could finish his sentence.
“What?” Audric prompted. “Do you know why I was able to feel it?” Audric had never heard of a vampire that could feel the pain of another. He knew Neo could, but Neo was the son of Zeus. Audric wouldn’t begin to compare himself to someone of that lineage.
“There will be time to discuss it later. Right now we’ve got to get to Ireland.” Sema stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on Spiro’s shoulders, a soft growl coming from his throat.
“Not now.” Spiro tried to push the big black cat off of him, but Sema wouldn’t budge. He turned his face away from Sema’s licks and snapped his fingers. “Down!” he ordered in a commanding voice.
Sema did as instructed but continued to head butt
The door opened with a whoosh, and Evelyn, Neo’s housekeeper, pulled him inside. “Neo is at rest. You of all people should know the importance of that,” she scolded.
“I don’t have time for the lecture, Evelyn. I need Neo’s help. Now.”
“What’s happened?” Michael asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
“Haig. Something’s happened to him in Ireland. Kern said he hit a ward, evidently a powerful one. He thinks Spiro is the only one who can help him.”
Michael wasted no time springing into action. “Neo! Wake up!” he yelled as he ran up the staircase.
Evelyn came back into the foyer with a bottle of blood. “How long has it been since you’ve eaten?” she asked.
The thought of stopping long enough to drink the bottle of old blood didn’t appeal to Audric in the slightest. His stomach may be empty, but his heart was full of worry for the man he loved. “No, thank you.”
Within minutes, Neo raced down the stairs fully dressed. “Ramiro’s on his way. Michael’s summoning Spiro. Tell me exactly what happened.”
Audric shook his head. “I don’t really know. I wasn’t with them. All I know is I was asleep when a searing pain moved through my body. I opened my eyes and called Haig’s name. He told me he loved me and then nothing. I tried to reconnect with him but it felt like he was no longer there. When I called his phone and didn’t get an answer, I knew something had happened to him. Kern called me back and told me Haig was down. That he’d run into a strong ward surrounding their old pack lands just outside Galway.”
Neo’s eyes narrowed momentarily before he began to pace between the foyer and the sitting room. “This is about Haig’s sister, right?”
“Yes. Haig, Kern and a cousin of Haig’s, Flick, went to rescue her from her mate and Alpha, Juniper Cavanaugh.”
“Cavanaugh?” Spiro asked, stepping into the room with Michael and Sema at his side. Sema began butting his head against Spiro’s thigh. Spiro absently reached down and settled the black jaguar.
“You know him?” Why would the ruler of The Realm know an Alpha werewolf in Galway?
Spiro nodded. “We’ll discuss it later. Right now I have to get Haig to The Realm if I hope to save him.”
“They should be at the hotel in a few minutes.” Although Neo and Spiro shared duties as leaders of The Realm, Audric didn’t feel the same sense of awe around Neo. There was just something about Spiro that made Audric feel like he should be bowing or something. Maybe it was the man’s unearthly colouring? With pale skin and long hair that actually looked more silver than blond, Spiro truly was one of those men who looked like they had been sculpted from the finest marble.
With a bit of reluctance, Audric stepped towards Spiro and averted his eyes. “May I please accompany Haig to The Realm?”
Before Spiro could answer, Neo cut into the conversation. “ Audric felt Haig’s pain, and before you ask, no, they aren’t mated.”
“But that’s…” Spiro started but stopped before he could finish his sentence.
“What?” Audric prompted. “Do you know why I was able to feel it?” Audric had never heard of a vampire that could feel the pain of another. He knew Neo could, but Neo was the son of Zeus. Audric wouldn’t begin to compare himself to someone of that lineage.
“There will be time to discuss it later. Right now we’ve got to get to Ireland.” Sema stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on Spiro’s shoulders, a soft growl coming from his throat.
“Not now.” Spiro tried to push the big black cat off of him, but Sema wouldn’t budge. He turned his face away from Sema’s licks and snapped his fingers. “Down!” he ordered in a commanding voice.
Sema did as instructed but continued to head butt
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