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Winter’s suggestion, they rushed to find Alexis Cunningham. Unlike some of the other members of the Cunningham family, the incubus had remained in the nursery, watching over his son. However, he must have sensed the problem somehow, as he met up with them just as they reached the family wing.
    “Let’s take him to his room,” Alexis said without preamble.
    “Isaac, no matter what happens, don’t let go of him. He needs to feel you to pull through this.”
    Isaac followed their instructions to the letter. He carried his mate to the guest bedroom Chantay occupied. Corbin closed the door behind them while Alexis and Winter followed Isaac to the bed.
    Gently, Isaac placed Chantay on the mattress, careful to never once release his hold on the half fae.
    “Hold his hand and focus on your connection,” Alexis instructed.
    “Emotion feeds incubi, and can heal them, too. I don’t think Chantay is an exception.”
    “I haven’t claimed him yet,” Isaac replied, tasting despair in his mouth. “We don’t have the mind link.”
    Alexis took a deep breath. “Well, Isaac, my advice would be to claim him now. The rush of feelings would be exactly what he needs to heal himself from the attack he suffered, an attack of hatred. But remember that if he is your mate, you already have a bond in place.
    You can attempt to reach out to him like that. I don’t guarantee the result, though.”

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    Hoping that there was another way out, Isaac gave Winter a look.
    The Sidhe prince seemed visibly upset and uncomfortable. “I would try to heal him, but there are certain circumstances that keep me from giving it my all.”
    Isaac wanted to rant and rave, but in his heart, he knew Winter must have a good reason for his choice. He also realized that, if Alexis was right, the best solution would indeed be the claiming bite.
    But he honestly didn’t want to push Chantay into something the half fae wasn’t ready for. He’d told Chantay the truth with regard to his plan. He had, indeed, intended to woo Chantay, to show his beauty just how good a relationship between them could be before they actually jumped into it.
    It would seem, however, that once again, life didn’t give him any choice. He only hoped his mate would understand. Isaac couldn’t in good conscience allow Chantay to suffer when the power to heal the half fae was within his grasp.
    “All right,” he told Alexis. “What do I do?”
    “Just go with what your beast tells you,” Alexis said. “Claim him like you would have if you’d had a choice.” He offered Isaac a weak smile. “Except, you know, without the sex.”
    Alexis’s pathetic attempt for humor fell flat. Isaac didn’t feel like laughing at all, not in the circumstances. Still, he appreciated the man’s guidance. He sought his beast like Alexis had told him to. He might have been concerned because of his dual nature, but both his sides yearned for Chantay and wanted his safety.
    His canines dropped, and Isaac gripped Chantay’s wrist. Slowly, gently, Isaac bit down in the delicate flesh. His mind and soul reached out to Chantay’s, hoping that his growing affection for the half fae would be enough to snap the other man from his trance.
    To his shock, an intense heat reached back, the warm glow of Chantay’s magic and spiritual energy enveloping Isaac in a cocoon of life and light. Isaac actually felt their connection click into place and 62 Scarlet
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    sensed the moment the emotions he fed into that bond began to heal Chantay.
    It was just like Alexis had said. Their souls seemed to meld into one, and Isaac followed his instinct, accepting Chantay’s energy within him.
    He knew that his parents could talk to each other through a mind link, and his brothers shared the same connection with their mates. As such, he reached out to Chantay, testing their fragile bond. “Baby, can you hear me?”
    Slowly, Chantay opened his eyes. “Isaac?” he asked,