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“That’s my sire,” I smirked over my shoulder at Odell. “He doesn’t take kindly to people trapping his kids places or fighting them. He might really force a camera up someone’s ass before the day is over.”
“I don’t want to watch that,” Odell said and leaned his head against my shoulder.
“You don’t have to,” I shook my head and unlocked the door.
Stepping forward, I peeked out to see journalists and would-be paparazzi shuffling out of the store, clutching their cameras or what was left of them to their chests. My brothers and Uncle Nicky all wore sheepish expressions, and the clerk was making a point to stay out of arm’s reach of my father.
“Cobalt?” Dad called out. “Are you and Odell okay to come out of there or do you need a minute?”
I glanced over my shoulder at my mate who nodded.
“I don’t want to spend all day in the loo,” he whispered.
I pushed the door open and held it for him. The store was empty now except for the clerk and my family.
“Where’s Ambry?” Odell asked.
“Right here!” he called, walking up from the back of the store with an arm full of those little ice cream pints. “Sorry, I think I have a craving. What?” he blinked at Indigo and the others. “Cade was here. They were leaving. The fight was over.”
“Pregnant people fighting,” Dad said, narrowing his eyes on Uncle Nicky.
“We tried to stop them outside but they went right in,” Uncle Nicky shrugged. “I told them not to. I told them that I spoke with the authority of a lot of magic users and that you were around. I told them Medwin was expecting his grandchildren and they still went in.”
“Who broke the one guy’s nose?” Dad asked.
“I did,” Indigo lied but Dad let it go.
Teal was up to enough without being in the spotlight for breaking noses. Everyone would forgive levelheaded Indigo for punching someone while his mate was pregnant for the first time.
“Everyone into the limo,” Dad said.
“I gotta pay for the ice cream,” Ambry said.
“He can put it on the tab and be grateful that I’m not putting him on the tab,” Dad said. “Limo now, please!”
“What about the truck?” Teal asked.
“One of the guards can drive it back,” Dad said. “Can we please go before I break my promise to your carrier and actually punch someone?”
“Where’s Guardie?” Odell asked.
He looked at me and his eyes went huge. Then we were both out the door with my brothers on our heels. Dad and Uncle Nicky groaned but I shoved everyone back inside as soon as the first stream of fire shot into the air. While everyone still called such establishments as Moon Rocks ‘petrol stations’ we hadn’t used petrol in a long time to run our cars. They were all charged by magic now. That minimized not only pollution but also explosions because dragon fire and petrol were star crossed lovers that always came together in the worst ways.
“What the hell?” Uncle Nicky tried to push through us to see outside, but I pushed him back toward Teal who dragged him even further back as the next explosion went off. I pulled Odell along with me, away from the building’s front wall and down onto the floor. Soon, the only person still standing upright was Dad as he watched in bemused horror at the charging tanks shooting sky high. Someone had really pissed off Guardie. Someone had gotten themselves blown up.
“What about the driver and guards?” Odell hissed in my ear.
“I’m not sure, babe,” I said.
If this was as bad as it looked it was past time to cleanse and release Guardie.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Ambry
“Cade Moonscale! I told you not to break my territory! How difficult is it to bring those boys home without exploding Moon Rocks?”an angry voice I only heard on the television shouted over the family link and I covered my ears reflexively.
“I didn’t do it. I’m not sure who did. I’m not sure---”Cade tried to explain the situation to his sire, but I did my best not to pay attention. The world was on fire again. It was happening all over again. Was this another attack? Maybe Guardie hadn’t done it at all. Maybe one of the journalists planned to blow up the building and my father-in-law chased them off just in time.
