Siren's Song: The Gray Court, Book 5 by Dana Marie Bell Read Free Book Online Page B

work room? Leo and Ruby are in the kitchen, preparing lunch for all of us.”
    “I think I need to take him over now, Ma.” Shane led the way into the kitchen, briefly running his hand over the shoulder of his pregnant mate. Akane bowed when she saw Oberon, her belly preventing her from bending too deeply. Her strange eyes, the mark of her Seer heritage, lowered in homage to her king. One eye was dark brown with a startling light hazel star in the center. The other eye was a pure light hazel. Black brows were a straight slash above them, giving her a stern expression.
    She was one of Robin’s favorite Blades, a dangerous warrior dedicated to protecting the very man Cassie was going to mate.
    Oberon reached out and ran his hand over her head. Cassie wasn’t certain if anyone else caught sight of his confusion before Oberon controlled his expression. “My Blade.”
    “Sire.” Akane stood, throwing a quick glance toward Shane, who shook his head. Akane grimaced, her hand rubbing her distended stomach. “Jaden has agreed to guard you while you’re here.”
    “Sire.” Jaden bowed, his dark hair hiding his face for a moment. His mates flanked him, one golden, one redheaded. Duncan had his hand on Jaden’s back, while Moira, his red-haired mate, watched with a pleased expression.
    “And you’re not.” Shane’s tone was firm.
    “No, I’m not,” Akane grumbled.
    “Aw, darlin’. Don’t look so down. You can start kickin’ Black Court ass again just as soon as you pop out the kids.” Shane winked. “Of course, I could just keep ya barefoot and preg—oof.” Shane rubbed his stomach. “Ow. Why’d you hit me?”
    Akane shook her head. “Knock it off, Jethro. I swear, I don’t know how you survived to adulthood.”
    Aileen smiled serenely. “He’s cute when he’s sleeping.”
    Aileen’s comment generated a little laughter from everyone except Oberon, who merely smiled. Cassie doubted the High King ever truly laughed. There might have been a time when such came easily to him, but the wound to his soul inflicted by Titannia ran far too deeply.
    “Cassie, wait here. What I have to show the High King is for his eyes only.” Shane’s tone was once again normal, the “Jethro” accent he put on only to make Akane insane completely gone.
    “I guess I’ll have lunch with Leo and Ruby, then.”
    “Cassie. Are you sure about this?” Oberon’s quiet question caused everyone to stare at her in confusion. Everyone except Shane, that was.
    She nodded. “You can trust Shane.”
    Oberon studied her for a moment before nodding slightly. “Very well.” Without another word he turned on his heel and followed Shane out of the house. Jaden murmured something to his mates and followed the two men out the door.
    “Lunch?”
    Cassie allowed Aileen to take her arm and guide her into the kitchen, but her thoughts remained, as always, with her mate.
    “Well?” Raven perched on the edge of the building, his claws digging into the edge of the brick to steady himself. “What have you heard?”
    The sylph shivered not from the cold, but from his gaze. Good. Let the fae know that Robin had a new Blade willing to do what it took to get the job done. If they learned to fear him almost as much as they did Robin, his job would be that much simpler.
    Of course, it also meant he wouldn’t be sent on the easy jobs, or the ones that required him to hide in the shadows. That had never been his strong point. Unlike his father, he kept to only three shapes, his human Seeming, his unkindness of ravens and his true self.
    He still hadn’t shown his father his true self. He wondered briefly what Robin would make of it. He had the feeling his father would understand as no one else could.
    The sylph gulped as Raven smiled. “I…I saw the High King on the road.”
    “And you didn’t think to inform the court?” Raven crooned.
    From the look on the sylph’s face it was all the poor man could do to keep from shitting himself.