"She Gemma's Guardian Angel," I whispered as her gorgeous eyes slowly opened.
"I thought as much," The Kev said.
"Holy fucking shithellbastarddickpussycock, what happened?" Susu sat up and rubbed her head in confusion.
Her use of all the legal swear words in one sentence made me smile. She was going to be fine.
"You almost bit the dust," I told her as I grabbed and trapped her in a tight hug. "What the fuck were you thinking?" I yelled.
Her grin made me laugh and I reluctantly released her. She winked at The Kev and blew him a little kiss. "I hear you're boinking my new charge."
"You would be correct, little Elf," he said as his big body sagged against the wall. He still looked like Hell.
"Do you love her with every fiber of your being and will you treat her right for all eternity?" she asked with her little arms crossed over her chest.
"Yes and yes," The Kev replied and then closed his eyes in exhaustion.
"Okay," she said happily. "I'm good with that."
"How were they able to trap you like this?" I wanted to let him rest but I needed answers.
"They threatened Samuel. They sliced his skin in front of me. I let them bind me so they would stop," he said in a voice so laced with hatred that I moved back.
Wait. What? Those bastards took a knife to a baby? Ethan's baby? A feeling I didn't know I possessed came roaring to the surface. Sparks of every color under the rainbow flew from my fingers and I trembled with rage. Susu darted away from me and The Kev took cover under a broken table. There was no sound guttural and mournful enough to make. I was sickened and felt like part of my soul had been ripped out. What the fuck was happening to me? Nothing could satisfy my rage. I wanted to peel my skin and weep to the Heavens. A lot of somebodies were going to die tonight.
"If they take the life of the child there will be nothing left of Xanthia." I paced the room like a caged animal. I needed to calm down or I would be of no use to anyone.
"They cannot kill him," The Kev said as he risked his life by coming closer to me. "Not without the Sword of Death."
I froze in my tracks. "He's a True Immortal?"
"He is." The Kev nodded. He picked me up and placed me in his hand. "They cannot kill Samuel, but mentally they can scar him."
This information relieved me somewhat, but Fairies were still going to die tonight.
"How many True Immortals are there?" Susu asked as she flew over and sat next to me in The Kev's palm.
"Nine, and Samuel is the most powerful of them all."
"Why doesn't he just kill the shit out of everyone here?" Susu asked what I thought was a pretty good question.
"He's just a baby," The Kev said as he stared at me intently. "He doesn't understand his power yet and he is quite reckless with the power that he has discovered."
"He needs his father," I said quietly.
"And his mother," The Kev added.
God, that statement tore through me. "Yes," I conceded sadly. "He does. I need to kick ass and take no prisoners. I need to save Ethan and his son so we can bring them back to his mother."
The Kev closed his eyes and looked up at the ceiling for a long moment. Slowly his gaze dropped back to me. "Yes, Astrid. That is what we need to do."
"Well, what the fuck are we waiting for?" Susu asked. "I'm hungry."
"I need time to recover," The Kev said.
"We don't have time," I said as I took to the air and flew in agitation around the room.
"We'll go and you will join us when you can," Susu told The Kev as she fluffed her hair and smoothed her dress. "Oh. My. God," she screeched. "This dress is fabu! I look gorgeous!"
Ignoring her, I flew back and got in The Kev's face. "What do we need to know?"
"The American Idol competition will start shortly. Let Martha and Jane sing so they save themselves. Their singing is horrendous, but it is absolutely brilliant compared to what you will hear from the Fairies," he said as he grimaced. "With saving Ethan and Samuel, it will be better if they win their own lives back. Too much could go wrong if we try to save them all."
It made sense, but it didn't make me happy. "What else?"
"Ethan will be with The Corrine," he spat with disgust. "She wants him as her mate."
Now I was really unhappy. "First of all, he already has a mate," I hissed. "And second of all, that will happen over my dead body."
"You are really hung up on that Vamp," Susu stated the unfortunate obvious.
"No, I'm not," I shouted. "I just don't want Samuel to lose his father. Besides, I'm already married to someone and I have at least sixteen or nine-ish kids."
"You're fucking with me," Susu gasped with shock. The Kev was staring at the ceiling again…
"Look, I can't remember, but I know I have someone. Okay?"
"Um, okay," Susu muttered.
"And I don't want to talk about it. Got it?"
"Yep," she said.
"Ever," I stated firmly.
"Roger that," she said.
"I really don't want to talk about the fact that I am obsessed with someone who's married with a kid. I don't want to think about his perfect ass or his full lips or that I tried to ride him like a cowboy and he turned me down. I am clearly a ho-bag with no morals. This is bad and my human husband won't hold a candle to Ethan, but that's just tough shit because he loves his mate and I can't have him. So do not bring this clusterfuck of inappropriate thoughts up. Ever again."