Page 65 of My Salvation

“Good hunting,” he waved to the others and left.

A collective sigh echoed around the room.

“Lordy be,” Brie said, shaking her head.

Cas chuckled. “His aura is nearly pure white. He does not have a devious bone in his body.”

Meryn nodded. “He is a good peep.”

Nigel pointed to Pip. “Is he nearly white too?”

Cas eyed the young vampire and shook her head. “He is mostly white, but Master Pip has a mischievous streak in him a mile wide. He is actually a bit more devious than you would think.”

“Badass!” Pip said, sounding like Meryn.

Meryn walked over to the boys and patted Pip on the head. “I’m so proud of you.”

Cas looked around the room. “The next closest in innocence is that one,” she said, winking at Kincaid.

The witch blushed. “I’m not all that innocent. I can be badass too.”

Kendrick stood and stretched. “Cas, your ability, can it detect lies?”

She nodded. “Absolutely. Not all who see auras can, but it is something I honed in on, living with humans.”

“Could you come with us to interrogate our prisoners?” Kendrick asked.

Cas looked to Priest who was thrumming with excitement. He nodded. “Our afternoon activity isn’t until later, we have time to see how amazing my brother is.”

Kincaid swallowed hard, looking sick. “I think I know how to open the box, but I can’t make any promises.”

“Box?” she asked.

Priest pointed to Kincaid who was being manhandled by Nigel and Neil. “In one of our raids, he created that box I told you about. The super temperature one. He created it around two of the ferals who kidnapped the fae. He was the only one to catch them alive.”

“No time like the present,” Kendrick pointed to the door. “The sooner we can track down the rest of the missing fae, the sooner we can concentrate our efforts on eliminating the ‘foul ones’.” He looked around the room. “Who’s in?”

Gage turned to Priest who nodded. “I got him.”

Gage smiled. “I’ll have to bow out on this one. I have plans with the boys.”

Ari and Brie looked at each other then, both sighed. Brie eyed the queen. “We got more names last night from Vivi in Noctem Falls. We’re going to arrange the meetings with the families and update that damned bulletin board.”

The queen nodded solemnly.

Darian looked down at his mate, then over to his brother.

Oron grinned. “Are you asking if I will stay here and eat cake and drink coffee with both our mates all afternoon? Then yes, yes I will.”

Darian chuckled. “Asshole.”

“Darian! Do not call your brother an asshole,” the queen chided.

“Of course, mother,” Darian said agreeably. Then turned slightly so that his back was to the queen and mouthed the word, ‘asshole’ to Oron, causing the warrior to laugh.

The queen shook her head and turned to her mate. “That is your influence.”

Brennus shrugged. “I know.”