Free Into the Fae by Quinn Loftis Page B

taunted him. “We don’t need your negative energy in here.”
    “Let me in , Peri,” he snarled.
    “Oh give it a rest,” Peri snapped. “Your mate is right there,” she pointed at a very worried looking Sally. “She’s not in any danger, and she sure as hell doesn’t need your paws distracting her while they cast this spell. So pipe down and I might not turn you into a fantastic coat the next time you phase.”
    “Peri , is that really necessary?” Sally asked.
    “What? The coat? Well I really could use a new fur coat.”
    “No,” Sally huffed interrupting her , “keeping him locked out.”
    “Oh, it will be.”
    “Why?” Sally said with warning in her tone.
    “Well, because most males don’t like to share the mental bond they have with their females.”
    “I’m going to be sharing my mental bond with someone?” Sally’s voice grew a little high with each word while Costin let out an ear ripping growl.
    “No, no,” Peri attempted to sound reassuring but it was ruined with she finished with, “You’re going to be sharing you r mental bond with five someones.”

Chapter 5
    “I’ve had the responsibility of so many lives in my hands for so long. Now I will be adding five more innocents. I will be taking them from their safe homes and bringing them into a world where, more often than not, bloodshed is the norm and darkness lives inside the very mate they will each one day take. How am I to justify that? How am I to tell them that I can offer them nothing other than the promise of the love of a Creator and the wolf she made for them? Is that enough? Or is it too much to ask?” ~Perizada
     
     
    “Can you plea se tell me why the young wolf is cursing you so profusely and give me a very good reason not to cause him harm for disrespecting my mate?” Lucian’s voice rumbled through Peri’s mind as she stood staring indifferently at a snarling Costin. She caught a glimpse of Lucian’s form in the shadows beyond Costin and her heart leapt at the thought of seeing him.
    “I stole his mate,” Peri admitted.
    She heard Lucian clear his throat and saw a slight twitch of his lips. “Why exactly did you steal his mate, love?”
    “Because we need her for the finding spell and when Costin realizes what the consequences’ of said spell are, he is going to be quite unhappy, well unhappier.”
    “What are the consequences, Perizada?” This time Lucian’s voice was out loud.
    Peri grumbled under her breath and let out an exasperated huff before she answered. “In order for us to get a lock on the gypsy healers, Rachel and Sally both will have to open their bonds up to the magic of the other healers. They will create a mental link with them.”
    “Why?” he asked, clearly unhappy about her explanation.
    “If we weren’t mated it wouldn’t work,” Rachel answered. “There has to be a mental bond connection. Because we already have that opening through our mate bonds, we can use it to latch onto the magic that lives inside the minds of the healers.”
    “There is no other way?” Lucian asked.
    Rachel shook her head. “Not that I could find.”
    “How does your mate feel about this?” Costin growled.
    “He isn’t happy but he’s accepted that it is part of the role I play as a healer.”
    “Costin,” Sally’s sweet voice seemed to bring the growing tension down several notches. “They will all be female. And it’s not like they are going to know that there is a mental link open. They aren’t going to hurt me.”
    “It’s sacred , Sally mine,” Costin’s voice lost most of its growl as he talked to his mate. “It’s only supposed to be between a male and his female.”
    “Well, I’m sorry but you aren’t just mated to a female, you’re mated to a healer.”
    Their eyes stayed locked and Peri could tell they were using their bond to speak privately. She turned to look at Rachel and saw that she had was almost finished setting up an assortment of plants and liquids. It looked