Page 10 of Caught By Her Guardian
He had the best mouth.
And it was, hands down, the best kiss in her life, and she was going to remember this moment forever.
The first time she kissed her truemate and he stole her breath away.
“Hunter,” she whispered when the kiss was finished far too soon.
“Let’s pack a bag and go north, sweetheart.I think I need to cool down or I’m going to combust.”
“Wouldn’t want that to happen,” she said, and led him into her home so she could pack a bag and see what happened when they got to the North Pole.
Jack Frost returned from his trip around the world, spreading misery and winter wherever he felt like it, and this year he was particularly proud of himself for the problems he was causing right this moment in Northernmost.It had taken a lot of magic to do what he did, but damn, he’d had a blast.
It wasn’t often that Jack was tickled by an idea, but he’d been grinning the entire time.And the best part was that no one in Northernmost realized what he was doing until it was too late to stop him.
After a quick stop in Russia to steal the magic from some witches so he could get back to his lair, he finished replenishing his magic with the good magic users he’d captured over the last few months and then replenished the magic of his evil followers.Since they couldn’t replenish their magic at the Well because they were evil, Jack had to do it himself.And while it was tedious, he needed minions to do his bidding after all.
Now that he was back to full power, it was time to create the weapon he’d discovered while perusing an ancient warlock burial site in Iceland.Among the tombs and decaying gravestones, he’d found a library and a tome, which gave him everything he needed to carry out his plan.
Azure walked into his office with a crystal jar.“I found it.”
“Good.Let’s go down to the cells.I need iron.”
“Iron?”
“Yes, the weapon that will take out my brother needs frozen iron that has been exposed to an eternity of winter.”
“But the cells have only been here for a few decades.”
“An eternity in magic is different than in the physical realm,” he pointed out.He took the crystal jar and looked through the cut glass to the swirling darkness inside.The heart of a dying star.No easy feat to get, but Azure was resourceful and Jack was powerful and the two were a potent combination.
As they headed down to the cells, which were now empty after Jack had utilized every creature for his own purposes, he smiled to himself.
This was his year, he was sure of it.
With his newfound knowledge and a powerful weapon, he was going to take out his brother and secure the Well of Magic for himself.Once he had control of the Well, the world would turn to darkness and he’d be the leader, the most powerful warlock in the world.
Taking out his brother wouldn’t bring back all Jack had lost, but it sure as hell would go a long way to righting the wrongs done to him by his brother.
Count your days, brother.They’ll be your last.
* * *
Hunter walked with Pixie back to her parents’ home, where Winter was waiting with her brothers.She’d packed an overnight bag, but neither of them was sure what Santa would say about her need to do her job and leave Northernmost every night for her shift.
While she said goodbye to her family, he used his cell to call the security room and let them know she was going to open a portal to Northernmost for them from the island instead of needing pickup in Arctic Springs.
“It’s not going to work,” Sebastian, one of the wolf shifters, said.
“What’s not going to work?”
“The portal.Early this morning, Jack Frost focused his magic on the Portal and froze it.”
“Like literally?”
“Yep.His magic was powerful enough to actually freeze the bones of the Portal and seep underground.It’s unusable for the time being.We’re trying to thaw it.”
“Is Emberlin using her fire magic?”Sebastian’s mate was a phoenix witch with both healing and fire magic.
