Prince of Demons 3: The Order of the Black Swan by Victoria Danann
Authors: Victoria Danann
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make it work.”
“They’ll deliver you home and I’ll give them the serum.”
“No. They’ll deliver me to Loti Dimension, where Lana is, and you’ll give them the serum.”
“It’s like that, is it?” Brave nodded. “We just got you home.”
“She’s home to me now. Just like you and that boisterous female upstairs.”
“That boisterous female happens to be your mother.” Roanald’s face softened with a ghost of a smile. “And I’m a hundred percent positive that the part of you that got nicknamed ‘Brave’ came from her.”
When Brave spelled it out for Lana, she wasn’t pleased.
“NO!” Lana stormed off past the row of philodendrons toward the house.
Brave rushed after. “Lana, calm down.”
“Brave, for the son of a brilliant scientist, you can be incredibly stupid. Didn’t I already tell you once that the worst thing you can possibly do is to tell an angry woman to ‘Calm down.’?”
Brave hid a smile. “I think you might have mentioned it, but I was so distracted by your beauty that…”
Lana rolled her eyes. “You’re not going.”
“I’m going.”
“Not.”
“Lana… It’s less than a week. Then we’ll have the rest of our lives to look for romantic adventures.”
She sniffed and looked up at him through her lashes. “The rest of our lives?”
“What did you think?” he laughed. “That I went to all this trouble to get you only to let you go? We’re in it together, better, worse, mediocre. Although I just don’t see mediocre in our future.”
She sat down on a garden bench and stared at a crocus-like bloom like she thought it held the meaning of life. “When?”
“Tomorrow.”
He took her hand and pulled her up and into his body. She relaxed and let him put his arms around her. “We’ve got now. Let’s make a memory.”
She looked up to ask what he meant, but words left her when she saw the heat in his eyes and took his meaning. “Where? Here?” She looked around the garden like she was trying to imagine it.
He laughed and tugged gently on her hand. “My room.”
She let him lead her through the back of the house, up the stairs and down the hallway to the last door on the right.
He opened it and stepped in behind her thinking not much had changed except for the fact that everything was smaller than he remembered. Everything from parents to room sizes.
There was a single bed with a bright coverlet featuring star maps. It seemed to say that it had stood steadfast like a silent sentry for over two decades waiting for the boy to return. Overhead there was a large mobile of the solar system and one entire wall was full of toys and sports equipment for a little boy.
“Still the same,” he tried to be nonchalant, but she could hear the strain.
He saw that Lana’s eyes were brimming with tears. “Lana. What is it?”
Her voice broke a little when she tried to speak. “They took you, Brave. The demons. You were just a little boy and they took you.”
“Hey.”
He cupped her face in his hand and wiped at the tears with his thumbs. He’d watched the woman through all sorts of trials and hardships and she’d never hinted that she might cry. Not once. But she was crying over a lost childhood, time he would have spent growing in a loving nurturing home, and he loved her more than ever for the empathy she showed him. He knew he’d never get enough of Atalanta Ravin if they had a hundred lifetimes together.
“It wasn’t all bad, you know.”
He bent at the knees so he’d be at her eye level and smiled. “But you can make it up to me if you want.” He pulled her into his body for a graphic demonstration of the fact that he had something in mind.
CHAPTER 5
The Reinlitegen agreed to Brave’s terms. They would release all demon hostages if Brave turned himself over voluntarily. They would hold Brave until he could be exchanged for their custom designed serum. They would also pledge that the Reinlitegen, no matter how
“They’ll deliver you home and I’ll give them the serum.”
“No. They’ll deliver me to Loti Dimension, where Lana is, and you’ll give them the serum.”
“It’s like that, is it?” Brave nodded. “We just got you home.”
“She’s home to me now. Just like you and that boisterous female upstairs.”
“That boisterous female happens to be your mother.” Roanald’s face softened with a ghost of a smile. “And I’m a hundred percent positive that the part of you that got nicknamed ‘Brave’ came from her.”
When Brave spelled it out for Lana, she wasn’t pleased.
“NO!” Lana stormed off past the row of philodendrons toward the house.
Brave rushed after. “Lana, calm down.”
“Brave, for the son of a brilliant scientist, you can be incredibly stupid. Didn’t I already tell you once that the worst thing you can possibly do is to tell an angry woman to ‘Calm down.’?”
Brave hid a smile. “I think you might have mentioned it, but I was so distracted by your beauty that…”
Lana rolled her eyes. “You’re not going.”
“I’m going.”
“Not.”
“Lana… It’s less than a week. Then we’ll have the rest of our lives to look for romantic adventures.”
She sniffed and looked up at him through her lashes. “The rest of our lives?”
“What did you think?” he laughed. “That I went to all this trouble to get you only to let you go? We’re in it together, better, worse, mediocre. Although I just don’t see mediocre in our future.”
She sat down on a garden bench and stared at a crocus-like bloom like she thought it held the meaning of life. “When?”
“Tomorrow.”
He took her hand and pulled her up and into his body. She relaxed and let him put his arms around her. “We’ve got now. Let’s make a memory.”
She looked up to ask what he meant, but words left her when she saw the heat in his eyes and took his meaning. “Where? Here?” She looked around the garden like she was trying to imagine it.
He laughed and tugged gently on her hand. “My room.”
She let him lead her through the back of the house, up the stairs and down the hallway to the last door on the right.
He opened it and stepped in behind her thinking not much had changed except for the fact that everything was smaller than he remembered. Everything from parents to room sizes.
There was a single bed with a bright coverlet featuring star maps. It seemed to say that it had stood steadfast like a silent sentry for over two decades waiting for the boy to return. Overhead there was a large mobile of the solar system and one entire wall was full of toys and sports equipment for a little boy.
“Still the same,” he tried to be nonchalant, but she could hear the strain.
He saw that Lana’s eyes were brimming with tears. “Lana. What is it?”
Her voice broke a little when she tried to speak. “They took you, Brave. The demons. You were just a little boy and they took you.”
“Hey.”
He cupped her face in his hand and wiped at the tears with his thumbs. He’d watched the woman through all sorts of trials and hardships and she’d never hinted that she might cry. Not once. But she was crying over a lost childhood, time he would have spent growing in a loving nurturing home, and he loved her more than ever for the empathy she showed him. He knew he’d never get enough of Atalanta Ravin if they had a hundred lifetimes together.
“It wasn’t all bad, you know.”
He bent at the knees so he’d be at her eye level and smiled. “But you can make it up to me if you want.” He pulled her into his body for a graphic demonstration of the fact that he had something in mind.
CHAPTER 5
The Reinlitegen agreed to Brave’s terms. They would release all demon hostages if Brave turned himself over voluntarily. They would hold Brave until he could be exchanged for their custom designed serum. They would also pledge that the Reinlitegen, no matter how
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