Chapter 3

Moon

"Knock knock, I'm coming in! Put your clothes on if you're indecent!" I hear my Grams say, as she bangs her fist to the front door of her own house.

I'm lying on a body, probably Lust, wrapped in blankets.

It's warm and cozy. I don't want to move. Not even to make myself decent.

"You've got five seconds!" Grams hollers, and her words click, jumping me into gear. On second thought, I do not want her to see my naked ass or Lust's dick. Mostly the dick.

"Oh shit!" I yelp, attempting to leap off of Lust while I wrap the blanket around myself. He grunts, not sitting up, or even blinking an eye open. "Lust!" I nudge his thigh with my foot, making him grumble. "My Gram is about to see your dick if you don't get up!" I hiss, and thankfully this gets his attention. He pulls his sweats on, truly a crime, and looks around the room at the other guys, who all smirk.

Grams walks in on the count of five, chuckling.

"My Coven is waiting. Get dressed, grab what you need, and let's go." Grams doesn't even seem phased that I'm half naked. Well, technically, I'm completely naked under this blanket. Thankfully, I wasn't in a more compromising situation like lingerie…or, Goddess forbid, wearing a strap-on. I wonder if one of my mates would let me?

In less time than it took to visualize that scenario, I find myself clutching a crop and wearing said strap-on. Fucking chaos. The lustful gazes trailing across my skin tell me I may have more than one volunteer.

As soon as Grams steps back outside, we all jump into action. I run to my room here and rummage through my drawers until I find clothes I can wear to go beat a Fae Queen's ass.

Once I'm dressed in black jeans, a black v-neck short-sleeved shirt, and black boots, I run out the door and meet up with everyone. Grams is standing with a couple of guys I recognize from her Coven. Thank fuck, these men are some of the more powerful members.

Love walks around the corner of the house, looking reserved, but…there's a fire in her eyes. She's as determined to do this as the rest of us to bring this bitch of a Fae Queen to justice.

I shake off how weird the entire situation with her is and roll my shoulders. With so much happening around me, from the clone to my wayward mother, and the eleven mates I have collected like mana cards, I am past my threshold of fucks to give or chaos to manage. Once I have taken down the Fae Queen, I can focus on everything else.

"We sent word to Evie. She'll be ready to send Elven Knights to aid us if need be," Crow says, as he walks over, checking on me. I take a moment to admire his brown eyes and shoulder-length blond hair. He's regal and handsome beyond words, my Elven Champion.

"The Queen will die quickly, Mistress." Kili grins, and I can't help my smile back. Where Crow is regal, Kili is dangerous. His beauty is just as obvious, but there's an edge to him that suggests madness. His black-to-silver hair and blue eyes make me melt. Kili presses a kiss to my cheek that has me blushing.

"My father and his clan will also be at the ready," Arlo says, as he leans down to press a kiss to my cheek as well. "We'll need all the help we can get to hold off her guards if it comes to a fight."

"Most of the guards will not be on my mother's side. Some of them will be too scared to stand against her at first, but she won't be able to overpower all of us on her own. The army will be our biggest worry if she manages to convince them to fight. We just need to get in quietly before she can order their attack," Fen says, as he walks over to me and Grams.

"We'll need to split up," Silas adds. I swallow thickly when I meet his eyes. My light one. With white hair and silver eyes. He's alluring and terrifying. I know I'm safe with him, though. I'm safe with all of them.

"I'm going straight to the dungeons. I have to free my…friend first," Love says as she crosses her arms over her chest like she's daring me to argue. I nod.

"I understand. Fen, do you think you can distract your mom? I'll have Warrior, Silas, and Tristan stay with you. Lust, you can go with Grams and her two coven members to free my mother. Crow and Kili, you two stick close to Love to help her free her friend. Daire, Arlo, Cato, and Odas, you four come with me to free the King. If we can break him out of his mental prison, maybe he can stop the Queen before she does something stupid," I say, and everyone agrees.

"We'll enter through the back. She won't know we're there until I enter the throne room," Fen adds.

"Then, let's go, kids," Grams says, clapping her hands and rubbing them together. "We've got a bitch to exterminate,"

"Grams!" I scold, chuckling. She's feisty for a grandma.