Page 105 of Within the Veil

I don't think there isn't anything the Hudson can't do,Luca adds.

She doesn't give a fuck. There is a distinct difference,Remi corrects.

I nod because Remi damn sure isn't wrong. Hudson is a law onto herself. Everyone else be damned.

Grayson ushers the children back, and Zane, Remi, Ryder, Jensi, Luca, King, and I make our way to stand at the edge of the mat, arms crossed, a united front to bear witness to a formal, royal challenge. When in reality, we were all just as invested, the blood pumping through our veins in excitement, because other than her little show after the dragon's gift, we have yet to see her in any type of combat training.

My money is on...

Do not finish that statement.Oberon cuts off Jensi and shoots him an icy glare that would make a grown man piss his pants.You have no idea the depths of my depravity whilst training my whisperers... yet. If you say, Hudson, I will bring down a torrent of pain from the heavens. If you say me, I will kill you for not believing in my Mate. Best to stay quiet. There is power in silence.

Jensi gulps and nods. I don't hide the smile that takes over my face. A quiet Jensi is an anomaly. But a chagrined one? Well, that is simply a fucking magic trick. I'm quite 'Oberon' is gibberish for 'magician.' Or dickhead.

I grin at the look of loathing he shoots my way--which falls flat, considering he just declared his deep love for all of us--blow him a kiss. We may have felt his growing affection towards all of us, especially since Hudson fell into her coma, but to hear it verbalized is completely different. Makes it real. I love his dumbass too. More so when I make him bleed, but love, nonetheless.

"I not only accept your challenge, but I relish the fight, my Queen," Oberon bows low.

A playful twinkle dances in her eyes as she stifles a laugh, a smirk teasing the corners of her mouth, "So gracious, my King. Before we begin...a little inspiration." She waves her hand, and music starts to play throughout the arena, 'Invincible,' by Adelita's Way.

She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath to center and ground herself, letting her power build and explode from within her. The room fills with a suffocating weight, and when she flutters her lids open, her irises are shining a deep purple while the rest of her eyes are black, heavy with an unhinged intensity.

I resist the urge to rub my chest because this time, the familiar heart-pounding bloodthirst, the craving, and the hunger for destruction isn't coming from me. It's coming from Hudson...and from the babies.

Fuck, my dreams made reality.

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Grayson

There is something uniquely unsettling to see your mate, so beautifully andheavilypregnant, spinning her spear in her hand, her every nerve ending sending flames of fire down each and every one of us as her mind is consumed by a singular focus... that isn't pizza.

Not to mention the babies are also sending waves of excitement and thrums of power through our bond.

"Are the babies chanting, 'Go mommy go'?"King shakes his head as if trying to clear his mind.

I focus on our bond andfuckhe is absolutely right. There is no fucking way those kids aren't going to be born soon. Especially if they are the uterine version of a bunch of drunk savages sitting ringside to an MMA fight. Only in their case, their drink of choice is going to be clover-flavored breastmilk. After Hudson kicks Oberon's ass we are going to have to implement our plan to get her sister today. Because we will need to leave within the next couple of days; I refuse not to be here for the birth of my children. Nici has taken enough from us, she wasn't fucking taking that from us to.

Pushing away the thoughts of choking Nici out from my mind, I turn my focus to Hudson. I almost wish I didn't, as her voice takes on the same vibration as it did just once, weeks ago, when her magic took over.

A predatory glint shines in her eyes, "I love you too much to kill you, Mate. But, you will bleed, and I will relish the taste of the sweet nectar of the lifeblood that seeps through your veins as it eases the ache of my parched throat, as I use my tongue to soothe your wounds."

Welp, my dick is hard.Hunter pretty much salivates at her words.

Same,I reply.

Yup--Ryder.

My dick hasn't gone soft since I met that girl--Zane

Creepy--Ryder.

As a fucking adult, you piece of shit--Zane.

No meat spear here, but definitely turned on--Remi.

Not sure if we are there yet, but... Same. --King.

We aren't--All of us say at the same time, shooting him a light glare.