Queens and Monsters Destiny (The Blood Falls Book 3) by India Amare

Author:India Amare [Amare, India]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

They set up the empty barn to hold everyone. Each House came with at least a handful of representatives—well everyone except the Heida—and some came with many more.

“Do you know everyone?” I asked Dray. We stood in the shadows watching them mingle.

“Most. We’re not like humans. We live longer and we only have a few children. Our population remains small.”

“Except your parents.”

He pulled me against him and stroked my hair. “Except my parents.”

Would we one day have nine boisterous kids running around this land? It was hard to imagine when I barely knew who I was, when so much of the future seemed to be in danger. I hoped that one day we’d get to find out.

“How will this work?”

“I’ll explain the situation even though everyone should already know. I think it’s best to start with everyone on an even playing field. Then we’ll discuss options and make a decision.”

“But there’s really only two options, right? Let the House of Axl take control of all the Houses or force them to back down?”

He stroked my hair some more. “Antyne’s thirst for power is unquenchable.”

“He thinks he’s doing the right thing.” I snuggled deeper into his sweater.

“That’s what they always think. They know best. They have some sort of secret knowledge of destiny, and that power has been thrust upon them and only them.”

“Who is they?” I peered up at him. The shadows made it so I could only see half his face. Mostly his eyes and lips.

“Bad guys. Adolf Hitler. That purple guy in the Avengers movies.”

I laughed. “That purple guy? You are old.”

“Shut up.” He hugged me tighter. “It’s true though, isn’t it? He decided what the fate of everyone in the universe should be.”

“True. But the good guys defeated him.”

He fingered one of my curls. “And we’re the good guys.”

Leena walked by with the three giants in tow. I learned that their names were Atsila, Klah, and Kuruk. “Why do they follow her around like that?”

Dray dropped my curl and sighed. “The Heida don’t exactly get out much. Being around this many of us is overwhelming. Even back home I’ve heard they tend to be fairly solitary.”

“What’s their, you know, thing?” Would I ever not stumble over samhain words?

“They’re shifters like us, but they all shift into the same animal. Bears.”

Made sense given how huge these guys were.

“They’re powerful, emotional samhain. Very driven by their instincts. Brilliant fighters, from what I’ve been told. And they respond completely to their women.”

Interesting. I tried to picture an over-the-top-man's man chopping wood and ripping the heads off deer, tamed by the women in their lives. “So...Leena is their woman?”

Dray stiffened. “Not like that. She’s been entrusted to help them while they’re here. Like a tour guide, so to speak. They respect her authority.”

So this wasn’t a sex thing. “She looks super uncomfortable.” They found seats across the room from where we stood. She sat stiffly with one on each side of her and one behind. Aside from the fact that they made her look like a doll, I think it was the attention that threw her for a loop.

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