Ferris Braden [Beyond the Marius Brothers 6] Read Online Free Page B

I’m not acting like it but I’m so happy you found me, Rylan. I think I’m in shock actually.”
I nodded like I had a clue as to what he was talking about, but I didn’t. But then it hit me why he would have that reaction. “How long have you been looking for your mate?”
“Since I was five,” he chuckled. “As soon as I heard the term and my mother explained it. The idea of someone just for me, that would always be there for me, love me, I was hooked.”
“I’m glad,” I said, giving him a wink. “But how long ago were you five?”
“Oh, I’m a thousand years old.” Bingo! He’d probably given up hope of ever finding his mate.
“You into younger men?” The moment it was out of my mouth I wanted to smack myself in the head. Wow, was that heartless after what I’d learned about Jalen’s crush. “I didn’t mean it like that, Ferris. I meant me.”
“I know,” he said quietly as he took my free hand and raised it to his lips. “Age is just a number to me. It’s maturity really that matters. How old are you?”
“Thirty-five.”
“Yeah, you’re an adult so no problems there,” he chuckled nervously as if not sure it was the right thing to say. We pulled up to the driveway we needed and I turned in to it.
“I can’t get over how big your coven is. I mean all those estates we passed by, they belong to your coven, right?”
“Yeah. This is the founding coven of the East Coast so when the vampires settled here, long, long before it was ‘discovered’ in the history books, they spread out. When humans started coming over from Europe, everyone just pretended we only beat them by a decade or something.”
“And you’re—oh shit!”
“What’s wrong?” he asked as his head whipped around to look for trouble.
“Can you guys have two mates?” I quickly pulled up to the house and threw my car in park, barely remembering to shut it off before getting out. Ferris was right behind me, sniffing the air.
“No, but the fae can,” he answered as we both focused on the man standing on the front porch.
“Yes we can,” the man said slowly as he eyed us both over. “I’m sorry to bother you and just show up. I knocked but no one was home.”
“Can we help you with something?” Ferris asked calmly. I had another idea of how to handle the situation though. I raced over to the man and jumped him.
“Mine!” I snarled as my teeth extended. I sank them into his neck and drank down his sweet blood.
“Oh fate,” the fae moaned as he held me to him. “Am I your mate?”
“Both of ours,” Ferris answered as I moaned and humped against the large man.
“Hello, hotness,” I purred as I licked his bite closed. “I’m yours. My name is Rylan Zeev and this is Ferris.” I frowned and glanced at Ferris. “I didn’t get your last name yet.”
“Braden. I’m Ferris Braden.” He extended his hand to the massive fae, his tongue licking his fangs. “And you are?”
“Onah.” He shook Ferris’s hand, his eyes glazing over with lust.
I shivered at how deep his voice was. I mean hell it was a whole new level of baritone. “I didn’t even know the fae were real.”
“We just came over from our plane a few months ago. Sorry I didn’t know we were mates. We can’t tell by scent like you guys can.”
“No worries.” I shrugged and slid down his body.
“Why are you letting me go?” he growled and wrapped both arms around me. “You said you were mine.”
“I am but I don’t think I can live the rest of my life mashed to the front of your body.”
“I don’t see why not,” Onah teased. “I must remember to thank the Queen.”
“You guys have a Queen?” He nodded and I felt like everything I’d known about supernatural beings was going right out the window. There were fae, they had a Queen, and I was mated to one. Go figure.
“Why do you need to thank her?” Ferris asked curiously.
“She found me reading a bit ago and demanded I shower and dress in a pleasing manner. Then she had one of her