“Yes, Viken. Yes, three. They are here because I needed…couldn’t leave until I talked to you.” I wasn’t going to tell her that I refused the match. Not with them beside me and especially with Warden Egara in the room, who’d been right all along. I’d have really missed out. I glanced at the woman, but while she was looking my way, she didn’t have an I told you so expression at all. She just seemed pleased. “But now I’m going to Viken, as soon as we’re done talking.”
“So you’ve been claimed!” Mindy clapped her hands together gleefully.
I shook my head. I wasn’t going to say it involved fucking all three of them at the same time. It would be too embarrassing.
“She has thirty days to make a formal decision,” Zed said. “In that time, she will learn about her mates and her new planet.”
“That is the law, my brothers.” Goran nodded in approval and Mindy settled back into his embrace like she’d been with him for years. “As she is now my sister, you should know that she is formally under my protection.”
I frowned. What? Five minutes ago, he didn’t even know I existed.
Calder’s hand clamped on my shoulder. “I assure you, General Goran, she will be well cared for. We will keep her safe. We have thirty days and will use it wisely.”
“We will be with her at all times,” Zed added.
“We will be in her at all times,” Axon clarified, which made Goran laugh and Mindy blush. Her gaze met mine and the Holy Shit, Big Sister look she gave me was full of happiness for me and contentment for herself.
I flushed so hotly I thought I might combust. Their possessive words were embarrassing, but also made me ridiculously hot. What Earth guy could be so blatantly bold and…interested?
Mindy just smiled and waggled her eyebrows.
“Very good. We leave in a few hours for the High Council meeting at Outpost Two where I will introduce my new mate to the others. Do not worry about your sister, Violet, I will keep her safe. And when the meeting is done, I will hunt those who threatened her.” Goran leaned in, nuzzled Mindy’s neck. “And we welcome you to our home. Warriors, please come to Trion for a visit when my sister-kin is claimed and completely yours. You will be welcomed with open arms.”
Goran spoke to all three of my mates, not me. But I knew nothing about space, had no idea how to even get to Trion, so it made sense. I had a feeling since I was leaving Earth, I’d have to get used to dominant males guiding me.
“Come visit us, Violet,” Mindy all but begged. “Please, come.”
“She will,” Zed replied, his voice dark like it had been in my apartment when he was deep inside me. “I guarantee it.”
I looked up at him, stunned by his double entendre.
“Or we can come visit you. Can we, Master? I’d love to visit my sister.”
Goran looked down at her and I saw the one thing that made me relax completely. Love. Devotion. Complete and total possession.
I’d only ever seen that look on a man’s face in a movie. “I must hunt the rebels first. Destroy those who threaten you. When they are taken care of, we will check in with your sister, gara.”
Zed tensed next to me and I slid my hand into his in an
automatic response. “What rebels? I will not bring my mate to Trion if she will be in danger.”
Goran looked up from my sister’s face and his gaze hardened instantly. “They threatened my mate. They will be dealt with.”
The words made my heart race. Next to me Zed actually relaxed, which I didn’t understand at all. Someone threatened Mindy? And that made Zed calmer? What was I missing? “Understood, brother. Good hunting.”
The Trion nodded his head as some kind of silent understanding passed between them.
I looked up at Zed to figure out what the hell had just happened, but he wasn’t looking at me. He nodded at Warden Egara. “Say goodbye, Violet.”
“Bye, Mindy. See you soon.”
“Bye, Violet. I love—”
The transmission ended.
I stepped away from Calder, from all three of them, and spun on my heel, my arms crossed. “I don’t understand what just happened. Mindy is in danger. We need to go to Trion.”
Zed raised a brow, but his eyes were ice cold. “She is in no danger, Violet.”