Page 32 of Adding Fuel To The Flames

CHAPTER 14

Marco and Finn were talking to Morgan as Rhys made his way to Twix. "I'm surprised your mates allowed you to be a part of this."

Twix snorted, "Like they could stop me from helping my favorite cousin."

Rhys bumped shoulders with Twix, laughing. "I'm your only cousin."

"Good thing, you are a handful. I don't know if I can take on another one," Twix said with a laugh.

Shrugging, Rhys replied, "Maybe one day my dad will find someone and give me a sibling."

Twix looked at Rhys, confused. "You would be okay with that?"

Letting out a deep breath, Rhys replied, "I think dad deserves a second chance at fatherhood. From what he and my uncle said, Dain was pretty good at it until the shit hit the fan."

Looking at Dain, Rhys said, "It's time to let the anger go and move forward. I understand more now than I did back then. Maybe had he explained things, we could have worked something out, but my dad has always kept shit close to the vest."

"Yes, but being deceived by someone that professes to love you can't be easy," Twix replied.

"You knew about that and didn't tell me?" Rhys gasped.

Shaking his head. "I only learned about it when I kinda went at my dad about how Dain treated you with this stalking shit. When I compared it to how he has always been with you, Dad came clean."

"My dad and I are by no means the perfect father son team, but I think with some time, we can get there," Rhys replied.

"By the way, I love that outfit. You look absolutely stunning," Twix replied.

Rhys swirled around in his black ankle length skirt, with black backless top that fit him like a second skin, smiling wide. "This was a gift from my mates."

Rhys was still posing left then right, when a bright light, that looked like a falling star, came from the sky and straight into Twix's stomach. Twix gasped and dropped to his knees hissing. As Rhys went to kneel, his abdomen was struck by two more flashing lights, causing him to feel as if an electrical shock zapped though his body, bringing a tingling sensation along with a loud ringing in his ears.

Both Twix and Rhys dropped onto the ground, rolling over so they were facing the sky.

Rhys barely made out the sound of his mate, Ethan, screaming, "Rhys! Twix!"

The tingling sensation slowly receded and the loud ringing in his ears began to retreat into a low hum. Ethan and Day were touching him all over his body, causing Rhys's cock to take a huge interest. "You keep doing that and I can't be held accountable for my actions. Now, typically I wouldn't give a shit, but my dad is standing over you and I don't think he would want to see the show."

Still looking worried, Dain, muttered, "You are so right about that. Now, tell me what the hell just happened?"

Turning Rhys saw Twix being helped up by his mates who were cooing all over him. "Twix, are you all right?"

"I think so," Twix said sounding very confused.

Rhys went to stand and Day pushed him back down. "Just take it slow, until we know you're okay."

"For heaven's sake, Day, if a pregnant Twix is all right, then I sure the hell am," Rhys stated pushing Day's hand away and accepting Ethan's hand to help him up.

"That was damn well strange. Have any of you ever seen anything like that before, Destrain?" Illan asked.

Destrain looked a bit uneasy, as he gave Dain an odd look. "Brother, did that not look like a blending?"

Dain became thoughtful. "Kind of, yeah. But we destroyed Salem's dragon and none of us even touched Twix or Rhys."

"Wait. What the hell is a blending?" Day asked.

"That's what we call it when we create a shifter. When we came at Salem, we could have chosen to release his dragon and give it to someone else, or even save it. However, Dain and I were more concerned that his dragon had been connected to Salem too long and therefore, we felt it needed to be destroyed along with Salem. That's why he turned to ash instead of a pure human. We used our powers to strengthen your dragon fire to turn them both to ash," Destrain explained.

"Damn, you can do that? Remind me not to piss you off anytime soon," Jett stated with a snicker.