Page 82 of The Demon King's Destiny

Chapter 21

Two weeks later …

“Are you sure you won’t come with us?” Eden asked Evelyn, hugging the side of the giant vampiretowering overher. Nora and Kellan had already departed and Eden was hesitant to leave.

“I’m sure,” Evelyn responded dreamily, having trouble looking away from the pretty male. He really was such a perfect specimen of beauty, like a seven-foot-tall marble statue carved by a master artist.

Eden, just like her sisters, had mismatched eyes. One was the distinct forest green of the elemental people. The other was a beautiful bright emerald, the exact same shade as Viktor’s, the King of Prajna. Of course this masterpiece of a male had beautiful irises. Nothing less could adorn a face of art.

She silently sighed. Evelyn wanted to go with them to Prajna, to be close to Eden, but Theron had warned her she needed to stay. Much was happening very quickly and he insisted the temple was the safest place for her.

Oh, how fast things were happening! The Vampire King, Viktor, had come to the temple shortly after they’d arrived. One look at Eden and he knew she was his sieva—his vampire mate.

Watching them together now, Evelyn doubted he’d ever looked away from Eden for a moment since. It was terribly romantic.

“Okay,” Eden’s motherly voice broke through. “You know how to call for us if you need us.”

“Yes, Hale will deliver my messages.”

Theron had asked Viktor to station a vampire here. Because they could teleport, they could send word to the Eastland quickly. Viktor agreed and immediately assigned Hale to this post. He was a beefy, silent creature and she’d yet to crackhisshield with her antics.

Eden hugged Evelyn and kissed each of her cheeks. “Be safe, Evie.”

“You do the same, sister.”

Viktor looked down at Evelyn. “Hale can get you out of here in a heartbeat, little one, should you need it. I’ll be sending another guard to check in daily, just in case.”

“I can’t hear you all the way up there.”

Eden laughed and one of Viktor’s lips lifted. It was more like a grimace but maybe that was how he smiled. He didn’t look like he really knew how to flash a grin, anyway.

“Behave while we’re gone,” he rumbled and patted her on the head.

“I’m not a puppy.”

He chuckled. “No, you’re worse. I think you might actually have the teeth tobreak skin.”

“I’d never bite my new brother.”

He’d almost tripped over his own two feet when she’d called himbrotherat his arrival today. He was mated to Eden, so of course he was family—he simply didn’t seem to realize it until she’d claimed him as such.

Viktor laughed again. “Very well, little … sister.”

The last word came out a little forced, but Evelyn liked it. After the fiasco with Marrok and the happenings since the solstice, it was nice to have something positive come out of the whole mess.

Evelyn waved, watching as they disappeared and ported back to Prajna. The giant and her sister, wrapped tight in each other’s arms. Evelyn was thankful her sister had found someone so doting. She was also thankful Eden’s male could teleport around in the blink of an eye. It would make visiting so much easier.

Their father had not reacted well to the news Eden was Viktor’s mate. When Edward saw both the vampire and Eden bore the matching birthmarks all fated vampires shared, there was nothing he could say. Viktor teleported Eden away that very day.

Evelyn was without a sister nearby for the first time in her life. The day Eden departed, Evelyn was left with a temple full of males: her father, his men, and a few wolves Kellan had sent to help comb through old prophesies for clues of what was to come. Everyone knew each faction was facing hardships and had been for some time. What they didn’t know was how to stop them.

This was why Edward had picked the Temple of Sanctus Femina. It was not only believed to be safe, it held information that might prove useful. Her mother, Elora, had a number of prophesies here. Thus far, none had been helpful.

Evelyn wished her father had stayed. Unwisely, he’d set out on horseback last week with some others to get to Castle Burghard. Theron had received a letter from Kellan stating they’d been betrayed by those they’d trusted and King Edward rushed to his aide.

She rubbed her forehead. Thinking of it gave her a headache.

“Evelyn?”

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