Ascension Saga (Interstellar Brides): Book 6

“Are you in Mytikas?” Faith asked.

One tap. Holy shit, it was working.

“Are you with the clerics?”

Two.

Fuck. She was in the traitor’s den. And not in the city. Where the fuck was she?

Nix leaned forward. “Are you in danger?”

Silence greeted his question, so he asked again.

“Are you in danger, Princess?” His voice had gentled, but not much, and I looked sideways at him, trying to assess his odd behavior. Laser focus, riled and agitated. Unsettled, as if a part of him was missing. If I didn’t know better, I’d think Destiny was his mate.

Two taps this time and a shudder passed through Faith. Trinity raised her hand to her forehead and rubbed the skin there as if it were in pain. “Where the hell is she?” she asked the room at large.

Leo’s father stepped forward. “The clerical order’s main fortress is in the mountains just south of the city. Just beyond the city walls.”

Two excited taps—if taps could be excited.

Nix’s shoulders rolled back then and he stepped over a dead body. “I am coming.” Nix was already walking toward the door when the single tap sounded in the quiet room.

Nix didn’t stop, the door to the transport room silently sliding open and he stormed out. He had a mission, it seemed. Get Destiny. He knew she was in danger, knew where she was.

“Too late, Des,” Trinity said. “He’s coming.”

Destiny sighed and we could all hear a rustle of movement. “They’re moving prisoners,” she whispered. “Love you both. I’m close. Gotta go now. Don’t worry about me, I’m fine!”

And just like that, she was gone.

“Fine?” I said, voice loud. “She just tapped that she was in danger and now she’s fine?”

Trinity slammed her hand down on the control panel and Faith leaned into me as if she couldn’t support her own weight.

“Why does she always do this?” Trinity asked. “Mom never should have put her in karate when she was a kid.”

“Right. Or Tae Kwon Do. Or boxing. Wilderness survival. She’s the badass in the family, remember?” Faith smiled and there was a shimmer of pride in her eyes. She loved her sisters, that was obvious. But talk of Destiny had her straightening her spine and lifting her chin. There was pride in her voice when she spoke of her twin. Pride and love.

“Nix is going after her. He will find her, keep her safe. Drag her ass out of there if need be,” Leo added.

“He can try.” My mate was grinning, which was a huge improvement from moments ago.

That made me smile in return thinking about what I might do if I was determined to protect Faith, and she was determined not to cooperate. A male could only take so much. “I might actually pity Nix a bit.”

“You’re not wrong.” Trinity looked to me, eyes narrowed in annoyance. “She’s a pain in my ass, that’s what she is.”

“That?

??s no way to talk about my twin,” Faith countered.

“You had a secret code and never even told me.” Trinity pointed to the blaster indent on the wall where Nix’s shot had missed the male that Faith, herself, had been fighting. “You’re no better these days. What’s with all the karate? I mean, Destiny’s the one with all the self-defense training and now you pull out moves like you’re Jean Claude Van Damme.”

Faith shrugged. “I went into the citadel normal and came out with Jackie Chan moves. I don’t understand it myself, but it’s good stuff.”

Trinity opened her mouth, looked at me, closed it.

Faith hadn’t always been an impressive fighter? It was something she’d acquired inside the sacred building? How?