Page 46 of Inheritance
Now though?Now I sure as fuck did.
My Hellhound let out a low growl of appreciation as Ama landed next to me, her wings snapping in as sounds of battle filled the space behind us. Of course, the moment we were within the capital walls, we had been met by small groups of militia from the House of Runes and House of Sin, but nothing like what we had faced outside on the battlefield.
Our forces were surrounding the Summit building as additional soldiers came out to meet us. Ama, the other princes, and I had slightly different plans on how we were going to handle this.
Plans that included finding the pieces of shit who’d caused this entire problem in the first place.
Our mate is perfect.
No shit.
I nearly rolled my eyes at my Hellhound's mental tangent, one that he had been pretty much continuously repeating since I’d let my shift take over. I didn’t disagree with him at all—Ama was fucking glorious—but he was so devildamned distracted. He and I were both on the same page in regards to keeping her safe, but instead of paying attention to making sure we didn’t get injured, which he was supremely confident wouldn’t happen, he was focused on her mate marks.
They looked devildamned amazing on her skin, the small twin flames echoed by Jace’s marks on the other side. That didn’t bother me nearly as much as they bothered my Hellhound. Although he wasn’t really pissed either, he was just an asshole.
You let another mark our mate.
I nearly rolled my eyes at that.Hate to tell you buddy, but she has multiple mates.
But that’s another Hellhound!
Can we please fucking focus?
Just then, as we broke through the door of the Summit palace, we were bombarded from all sides by Dark Elf magic. Luckily, Finias was back to full power, and the sonic blast of wind he seemed to call on from his runes threw half of them back against the walls, knocking them out.
I would give the Dark Elves this, they were a tenacious bunch, and I would have to remember that in the future because I could tell you for certain that the House of Hellfire had never considered them so.
Not that they weren’t a threat, but I was seeing from fighting with the others that it was possible that my house had a bias about how superior we were when it came to military tactics. While someone like Adrien fought differently from me, it wasn’t any less deadly.
I let out a growl and lunged at someone who went for Ama, but Jace intercepted them before I could. Relief rushed through me, but my Hellhound let out a vicious growl that had the hybrid prince turning towards me, his Hellhound responding with a dangerous sound to match.
Cut it out.
My Hellhound snarled in my head.
He shouldn’t try to protect our mate. That’s our job.
Did he even hear how dumb he sounded?
Plus, Ama very clearly didn’t need our protection, despite the fact that I would continue to provide it. It was quite clear how natural battle was to Ama, and my Hellhound and I were fucking thrilled to see how vicious she was, cutting down her enemies with an ease and grace that was almost hypnotizing.
I was distracted enough that when a soldier lunged at me with a dagger, I barely moved out of the way in time. I turned sharply, and my teeth bit down on his leg as I pulled him off his feet and relished in his blood curdling scream.Good.
I hoped that it would hurt.
You’re sounding more like me.
Shit, he was right.
That wasn’t a good thing, despite him probably viewing it as so. It meant he was close to taking over and me blacking out, giving him complete control. I could not afford to lose control right now in the middle of this war. There was no telling how he would act, especially seeing as he didn’t understand it was a good thing that Ama had more mates who would protect her right now.
We moved ahead once we realized all of the enemy combatants around us were dead or injured. Finias took the lead, and it was very clear he had a feeling where his parents were because he didn’t hesitate as he turned down several corridors towards where the ballroom had been before.
The doors were closed, but Finias easily used a rune to blow them open, and all of us came to a dead stop hearing a sharp inhale from Ama as Adrien went stock still.
Now, I wasn’t surprised by a lot of what Queen Ava and King Roarke had done. Hell, most of it had been smart when it came to strategy...but this? This was a low fucking blow, and almost every code of combat specifically clarified that when it came to children, you left them the hell out of it.
Clearly, they hadn’t gotten that devildamned message, because on the ground between Ava and Roarke, both unsurprised to see us, was Adrien’s little sister.
