Chapter 73 #2
Reiya smiled as Lee cradled her at his side.
Her premonition that she’d had before was no longer valid.
The dragons were here. She had done her part to change the future.
Mason and Ruby strolled up to her side and looked ahead toward where her parents and brother were standing.
Brody jogged up to them, along with Xander and Lila.
“That is my twin brother over there.” Brody grinned, pointing at Chasen.
“Another bear with a voracious appetite?” Weston teased as he strolled closer.
“I don’t even want to hear that from you, Wes. You can eat more than me.” Brody laughed, and Weston chuckled and shrugged.
“That makes sense. I am a dragon, after all.”
“Come on. I want to introduce you all,” Reiya said as she dragged Lee along.
They might be getting ready for war, but Reiya was still her excited self.
It was better this way. Why worry about it?
She was going to have faith in the army they’d gathered and prepared.
And she was ready to do her part in the war.
She would believe in Lee, because she had to.
He was their only hope against Mephisto.
She wasn’t under the illusion that this would be an easy fight …
quite the contrary. All the more reason to make these last moments as precious as possible.
“Chasen! Where’s Hunter?” Reiya asked.
“He’s over there, greeting the vampires.” Chasen nodded toward the distance behind them.
“Mom, Dad, Uncle Grayson. I wanted to introduce you to the other dragon kings. Of course, you already know Xander and Lila,” Reiya said as she turned to look at the others.
“That is Dex, the King of the North, and by his side is Ciana, his mate. Then this is Mason, the King of the East, and his mate, Ruby. Then, last and possibly least, is Weston, the King of the South.”
“Hey. I resent that,” Weston said as he clicked his tongue.
Reiya giggled. “You were meant to.”
“Chelsie should be with Jin now,” Brody said as he looked at Chasen.
Their matching chocolate eyes met, and he nodded in understanding.
Both of their mates were pregnant and carrying their future.
Lita and Asher began talking with the other kings, and Brody took this moment to walk up to Chasen and hug him, whispering to him, “If something happens to me … take care of them for me.” He had died once.
This was a real reality for him. And he was worried about leaving Chelsie and their future child.
“I will, Brody. And you do the same for me,” Chasen said in a whisper only Brody could hear.
The two brothers were both in agreement.
And they were both bound by their duties.
They were the guardians of the fairy prince and princess.
They would fight to protect them and secure the future for the fairies.
Of course, their quiet whispers couldn’t be missed by the deity’s ears. Levi slowly made his way over to them, while Reiya poked fun at Weston some more. He looked at Brody and Chasen with a smile on his face.
“You two are going to make it through this. You know how sad my fairy would be if you didn’t? I already saw her like that once. I won’t have her going through something like that again.” Levi winked at the two guys. “No Chain family members are dying on my watch.”
“You just worry about keeping yourself alive. We won’t have another fairy princess without you, right?” Brody winked and Levi laughed quietly.
“Unless there’s already one in there cooking,” Chasen said with a wink.
“Ha, if that was the case, Levi would have locked her up!” Brody chuckled.
“She’s lucky I’m not locking her up as it is,” Levi said with an angry scowl.
Reiya giggled and slid her arms around Lee’s waist. She tilted her head to see around him, beaming. “He knows better than to lock me up, don’t you, my Lee?”
“Doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about it.”
“That’s bedroom talk,” Reiya said in a sultry tone.
Lee chuckled, grabbing onto her wrist and pulling her around to his chest. “I’m letting you know this.
You are my number one priority. Over everything.
Let the world burn down, but I will always save you first. If I have to choose between the world or you, it’s you, so don’t put yourself in a lethal situation. ”
“Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine. You just worry about destroying Mephisto.”
“Yeah, don’t worry about Reiya. Besides, I’ll be by her side the whole time.” Xander slapped Levi’s shoulder as he walked in front of him. “Reiya and I are going to put our awesome Gemini powers to the test. Maybe it’ll be like getting the star off of Mario or something equally cool.”
“Are you comparing our powers to a video game?” Reiya giggled and Xander beamed widely at her.
“If you haven’t noticed, princess, our lives are like a real-life video game.” Xander chuckled. “I mean, Brody even got a continue after his game over!”
The others chuckled and nodded their heads. Their lives were like a video game. Except to their knowledge, there wasn’t a star that made them invincible.
Reiya looked up and noticed her mother’s green eyes staring at her. She smiled at Lee. “I’ll be right back.” She headed toward her mother, who probably wanted to give her one last pep talk while they still had time.