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This temptation to look at Cullen and say, “see” was huge, but he wouldn’t, because the last thing he needed was for Cullen to get stubborn.

“Wait,” Corbin snapped. “Shouldn’t it be me and Hawk? Orion can’t fly.”

“No, I can do one better. I’ll just, I’ll get us there and get us back.” It was exhausting, and the worst part was that he had to teleport in his actual form, which meant taking the chance of being sighted and also periodically walking into someone’s home as a unicorn was problematic.

But it was a thing.

Hawk nodded. “So you can teleport?”

“I need a place to go. We have to know where we’re going.”

“It won’t work.”

“What?” He stared at Corbin.

“You have to be with one of us. I don’t think it works with Hawk. If you can really teleport us, and we can do it late at night. I’ll just wear a hoodie. Gloves. We’ll just stay in the dark.” Like it was just that easy.

Hawk shook his head. “No, that’s when the vampires are going to be the most active.”

Orion nodded. The last thing they needed was to drop into a nest of vampires and get eaten alive. They used their sheer numbers against their prey. “Then we’ll have to do it during the day when they’re sleeping.”

“Makeup. All anyone would see is my face.” Corbin helped Cosmo up off the floor. “If they see me, I’ll wear makeup. The three of us will go. We’ll get the—Do we have a name?”

Hawk nodded. “Evander.”

“We’ll go get Evander, and then we’ll come back. Quick. Easy. The last thing we need is for Orion to be bringing Hawk somewhere and then discover that he can’t go through, and then Hawk is stuck out in the middle of Oregon being attacked by vampires and a possibly infected fae.”

I don’t like any of this.He hated the fear pouring from his mate, but not as much as he hated the idea of Cullen being in danger.

Neither do I, but I can’t take a chance of you or the baby becoming infected by vampires.

And it’s okay to take Corbin?

Love. Please.

He glanced at Hawk, who had lifted Cosmo into his arms. “Come on, love,” Hawk said. “Let’s find you some chocolate.” Hawk nodded at them. “I’ll be right back. I need to help him lie down.”

“Of course.” He stared at Cullen, who watched him with a worried gaze. Not petulant or angry. Just worried. It broke his heart.

“Cullen, you know Orion is right. He can cloak himself with an illusion, and I can wear a hoodie and some makeup. It’s not like we expect to hang out.”

“But you’ve never gone on a mission without me!” Cullen cut his hand through the air. “And I promised to protect him.” Now Cullen flung that hand at Orion.

“Yes, well now that you carry the universe’s first faedragicorn, you need to be more careful.” Orion tried to lighten the mood.

It didn’t work. Cullen heaved a sigh. “I love you. Both of you.”

“We love you too, bro, but your mate has a point. And he can’t leave without one of us, so I got elected.”

“What about Hawk?” Cullen asked.

“I doubt it.” Hawk returned, striding into the room. “It has always been one of you who is needed.”

“Dammit.” Cullen slapped a hand on the couch. “I don’t like it.”

“I know, baby, but we have to do this.” They couldn’t leave someone out there with a vampire nest. They had to go get him. It was part of their deal as guardians. “Okay, Hawk. Give us the rest of the deets.”

There was really no time to waste. They needed to get a move on.