The Guardian's Bond(4)

Livi took a deep breath and smiled at him as she stepped away, tossing her hair like a diva over her shoulder as she turned her back to him and walked away. There’d only been one man she’d been with and she wasn’t telling Tommy it was him—yet. It was about five months ago when she went into season and her mating instinct kicked up. She was drawn back here to Alston during the full moon and she did something she’d never done before. Olivia had transformed to Fae instead of her Lyken wolf form. Tommy had no idea it was her and she’d never told him, she’d just shown up every full moon to mate with him since then.

Livi gasped when Tommy flash-stepped in front of her, grabbed her aggressively and planted his mouth on hers hard.

“I’ll wipe him from your mind,” he snarled before letting her go and taking off.

Livi stumbled, stunned. Her fingers lifted to her lips as a soft smile appeared.

* * * *

Livi entered the chamber halls in ceremonial robes and took a deep breath as she stopped right outside the Elder Council door. She remembered coming here when she was eight and had to sit on the wooden bench for what seemed like hours before being called in only to find out that her father’s family lived in Alston and sat before her on the council. She glanced up as two of Alston’s security force members came her way.

“They’re ready to receive you. Are you ready?” Tommy asked.

Livi nodded. “Yeah.” She knew Tommy was here because he was second in charge to security, right under his father Galen who ran the department as her father had before he took over as Alpha of the Roven Clan. Looking over she smiled at Peter, a friend from school and from the Beven Vampire Coven. “Hey, Peter.”

“Livi, don’t be so nervous, half your family is up there.” Peter smiled.

“Yeah I know, but it’s still nerve wracking to go in front of the entire council.”

“You’ve known them since you came here,” Tommy said as he lifted her hand, squeezing gently. “You’ll do great.”

Her nostrils flared with a deep breath. “Okay then, let’s get going before I puke.”

“Oh, you’re a good Guardian,” Peter chuckled as he motioned for the door attendant to open the door.

“Has nothing to do with public speaking.” Livi noticed Tommy let her hand slide out of his slowly as he moved away to take his post slightly behind her as they stepped toward the opening door. Her stomach churned as his presence fell behind her and she knew he was standing just inside the door as it closed and she made her way to the center. Not only Pappy sat on the Fae side, but also her father as Alpha and her Grandfather Gwil sat on the Lyken side, as well as her Uncle Rhys as he was the leader of the Beven Coven of Vampires.

“Go ahead, dear.” Noela of the Elves smiled.

Livi smiled back. “I’ve asked for an Elder Council to discuss what Triton and I learned while training in Greenland. Alston is going to be infiltrated, not by Other Kin, but by Dragon Hunters. They are targeting Mari and her unborn kit. Due to no fault of Mari’s, someone leaked about a Dragon on our land. This person went far to cover their tracks, having no idea that loyal Alstonians were in the area.”

“Who was it?” Drake Roven asked.

Livi breathed deeply. “Someone Alston will never have to worry about again.”

Drake’s brows furrowed. “Are you telling me you killed the traitor to Alston?”

Livi cleared her throat. “Yes, after we secured the information we needed from him in order to find this tribe of Hunters.”

Drake slammed his fist on the council table. “Damn it, Livi, you know the law is to bring them back.”

“I apologize for breaking the law, Father, and will take any consequences the council demands, but this needed to be handled quickly to keep from being noticed by the Hunters.”

“So you’re telling me Triton, who I entrusted you to, let you kill someone?”

“I’m twenty-eight years old Dad, hardly the naive child I was when I left, and I had no choice. The idiot rushed me and I took what measures I needed to, in order to make sure he never opened his mouth again.”

When her father went to say something again, her Uncle Rhys put his hand on Drake’s arm.

“Livi,” Rhys said. “Where was Triton while this was happening?”

“Fighting a Dragon Hunter who showed up to meet our traitor. We had no choice but to silence the situation immediately.”

“And the bodies?” Elder Morgan of the Druids asked.

“We gave them to the Hafgufa sea monster of Greenland as food. Triton has kept the beast peaceful and hiding for centuries by bringing the bodies of fresh humans or Other Kin who die at sea so it doesn’t go on the hunt.”