Page 42 of Justice
Fuck if we knew. But Justice only dipped his head slightly in acknowledgment before his eyes turned to me. “To unite all the supernatural. Peacefully.”
His mom scoffed at that. “It can’t be done.”
“It will be,” he said confidently. “I haven’t got to read up as much as I would like since being back in my human form, but even so, before I left, the world was a mess. Crumbling slowly into destruction. Is it so awful to think that there could be a bridge that unites all the divisions? Look at us here. We have a vampire at our table. Four. Did you ever think that would happen? I don’t want to harm them.” I read between the lines on his words and heardmostly. “Who’s to say others can’t unite together if the fates so demand?”
“But do the fates demand?”
“Libby has my mark on her, doesn’t she? A vampire. Does that not look like fates at work?”
“She’s also human; it’s not unheard of for our people to mate with humans. In fact, the dragons seem to prefer it.”
“But I’m not a dragon, and regardless of her human aspects, she’s a vampire. Have you ever seen a hybrid? I haven’t.” I was beginning to feel like an exhibit, and the chatter in the room started to dwindle, and everyone turned to watch me. “Just because something wasn’t done before doesn’t make it impossible.”
Ha. I wanted to be the biggest advocate for the statement. A few weeks ago, I never thought vampires existed. Then BAM! Then I thought witches weren’t a thing. POOF! Okay, that had me believing – somewhat. But suddenly, I was the mate to a shifter, and I could contest that just because we think something hasn’t been done or doesn’t exist doesn’t mean it's an impossibility.
Mona sighed dramatically. “Your generation was always so rebellious.” I snorted, and they both looked at me. I was dying to find out which generation that was because I could promise it was nothing like today’s generation. “Something to add, dear?”
I bit my lip, an action not missed by Justice, and he smirked. “Yes, something to add, Libby?”
Shit. I didn’t know what to say. “No, ma’am. I um –”
“I’ve noticed that sometimes when Libby breathes, she makes a swine noise. When this is over, maybe we will get that checked out.”
Yeah. That. Bastard.
“Very well. And please, I’ve told you already, call me Mona, not ma’am.” She forked a piece of meat in her mouth and chewed slowly. When she swallowed, she spoke again, “So, about the location. Where are you five running off to?”
“We don’t know yet,” I confessed.
“But you are leaving.” Her eyes narrowed.
“We are. We need to check on our home and hopefully find a clue in the old library of what we need to do next. I’ve got the necklace and uh, the guys.” I felt a blush rise as I admitted that. “I apparently have a mate, too. I don’t know what’s next or the purpose of all this if I’m honest, but that’s what I’ve been trying to find out.”
“And when you do find out, what are you going to do with this information?”
Yeah. Well, isn’t that the real question here? “We go for it.”
“What’s theitthat you are referring to?”
God, why did she look so smug? I shot Justice a look of annoyance, and he only smiled before knitting his fingers together and leaning back in the chair. Amazing orgasm be damned, I had internal hate for that damn wolf.
“Whatever it is we discover. We can’t just sit around and wait for the next attack because, honestly, they keep coming. We need to stop Greta while we can before more harm comes to people.” I tried not to fidget as I spoke, but the weight of her stare was heavy.
“And you think putting my son in danger is worth this adventure? You realize now that he is back, well, and alive, I’ve been demoted, right? Now you wish to take the King of the shifters away from his reunited people, all to chase adventure?”
Okay, when she put it that way, it didn't sound right. “I didn’t ask him to come.”
“But you are his mate; he needs to be near you. It’s ingrained in him. If you were to separate for long, the longing and need would become physically painful.” Well, shit, he failed to mention that.Naturally.
“I- I was unaware.”
“I’m not shocked; you are a vampire after all,” she replied, her voice oozing with disdain.
Justice leaned forward. “And a human, mother. She’s also human. And I’m going.”
Mona didn’t look happy, but she was resigned. “Fine. Have you consulted the paranormal network?”
Oak chimed in, “We have. We still need to look further, but so far, I’ve only found people telling us to seek truth. We have this book, and we are trying to find the maker.”