I let my woman have her moment and she lifted them from the tomb and set them at the tomb’s entrance. “Let’s burn these bitches.”
Hope burned higher and hotter on her bond.
Apprehension leaked into mine that this might be the last time she looked at me with love and adoration in her eyes.
Zethan grabbed her hand. “Can we get another fifty feet away?”
Smart. Couldn’t be too cautious when dealing with Colton.
Aaliyah let him drag her backward, tugging me with her until we were a safe distance away.
“Time to destroy these fuckers.” I charged my palms with a stronger dose of dark magick. “You take the left, Sorceress, and I’ll do the right.”
She smiled at me. “Yes, Daddy.”
That was my girl. I loved that she obeyed me. Loved that she enjoyed my domination. My mind. My faults. Hopefully once this was over, she’d still love me and the others. I tightened my grip on her, holding onto her, refusing to let her go even when the spell wore off.
Nerves stamped on Aaliyah’s face as we both released golden blasts, setting the jars on fire. Clay cracked and smashed from the heat and power, fragments tinkling on the stone, spilling dried organs everywhere. We added more magick to the mess, and the flesh caught fire, burning slowly, the dark magick spell bleeding from organs.
I shifted to face my woman. “Do you feel any different?”
She rubbed at her arms, then her chest. “It feels like chains have been removed from my torso.” She squeezed her waist. “I can breathe easier.”
“Baby?” Zethan rested his hands on the sides of her biceps.
Aaliyah flew into his arms, and he caught her, wrapping her legs around him. “I think it worked.”
Launching into my scientific mode, I scanned my woman’s body, searching for cramping muscles. “Any symptoms?”
“Nothing anymore!” Aaliyah excitedly pecked Zethan’s face with kisses. “The cramps just vanished.”
“Mine too.” Zethan crushed her in his arms, kissing her like he would die if he didn’t taste her lips.
Fuck, I think we did it. After all this time and heartache. Musing on the win, I rubbed my palms together. Arousal, relief, and victory on the bond showed our active connection. Still mates. Still hers. Something that might change when we killed Colton and broke the curse binding the five of us through the mate bond.
Feeling like the third wheel while those two fucked each other’s mouths, I went to leave them and give them their space. A portal slashed open at my command.
“Where the hell are you going, Daddy?” Aaliyah called out like a true queen who didn’t give her servant permission to leave.
“Giving you privacy," I replied, taking another step toward the waiting portal back to the club.
Magick clicked the portal closed. “Oh, no, you don’t, Daddy. Come here and get the thanking of a lifetime.”
Desire shot straight to my dick, and it stirred.
I spun around and cupped my ear. “What was that, Sorceress? Think I misheard you?”
Aaliyah smiled as if she knew what I was about to say.
I crept closer like a lion stalking a gazelle. “Come here and get the spanking of a lifetime for not thanking Daddy for all his hard work.”
My woman grinned so bright and deliriously happy. “Someone’s ass deserves a spanking reckoning and I offer myself as tribute!”
CHAPTER19
Alaric
I foundher at Aaliyah’s doorway, shrouded in darkness and awake at 2AM. Hand on the knob, twisting back and forth, the lock refusing to budge. Free hand swiping at her cheek as if she had something on it.
