My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

"We have a problem." My dad grumbles, "And it can't wait." "Someone had better be dying!" Dakota almost yells at him.

"Possibly. We don't know what's happening, but we think Skylar, Gentry and Elena should go together. Which means all eight of us are going to need to move. Now." My dad says.

"Eight?" I question doing the mental math. "What happened that we need to go and our mates need to be present?"

"You act like we would let you go anywhere near something so magically bad that all three of you would be needed without us." Dakota grumbles in my ear.

I roll my eyes and ignore him. “We have done magic so many times together, what's changed?"

I try to move, but Dakota won't let me go. I turn awkwardly in his arms, hold his face between my hands and look him in the eyes.

"Dakota, I know that you want to protect me, but I need to stand next to you, on my own two feet. I promise, I won't be more than a couple feet from any of you and I will hear you if you tell me your instincts say it isn't safe. I need you to treat me like an equal right now, okay."

in front of him. I'm sure if he opened his mouth a whole string of profanities would come out. But, he's

my

"Mike is glowing."

Cam steps up next to me, lacing our fingers. "What

whatever magic was being controlled." Oliver

tells me this is a ploy to get to you, but Elena and Gentry have insisted. As a Beta, my instinct is to protect the Alphas but let them do their jobs, as a father I have two kids at risk

over being interrupted again. I actually agree with them this time, and regret needing to train right at this moment. Once we get to the bunker where Mike is being held, our team converges and is standing guard outside while Cam, Kota, Oliver, Nickolas, my dad, Elena, Gentry and I head inside. The

but the vibe is off somehow too. Elena and Gentry step close behind us and says, "He's been glowing like

he done anything else? Spoken? Moved?

liquids we have been giving him. This has to be the work of Adrielle, but we don't know how she's doing it or why."

I move to take a step forward when a hand grabs each of