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thought of his own mate and the note in his pocket:
     
    Nikolas, I am so sorry to have to leave just when you found me. Yours, Sophia
     
    Nikolas wanted to talk to Julian, but his brother was arguing with the new half-blood, Dane. The maelstrom continued all around him. Rafael roared at Dante to stand down. Gregor walked into the room looking about as low as Nik felt. Kaya let out a loud whistle and chastised them for their behavior. Nik had to grin inwardly at their new Queen. When the mood abated somewhat, Rafael ordered them all outside to continue their meeting.
    The conversation turned to Gregor and Dante’s newly found mates and why the half-bloods were afraid of mating with the Gargoyles. When Gregor spoke to Nik, he raised his head. “ Nikolas, you look like someone kicked your puppy. What’s wrong?”
    Nikolas closed his eyes and sighed. “I have been to the library several times to see Sophia, but she hasn’t been there. Yesterday when I went, someone gave me a note. All it said was she was sorry to leave now that I had found her.”
    “Did you say Sophia?” Gregor and Dante asked at the same time.
    Nikolas straightened up, staring at both his cousins. “Yes.”
    “Hang on a second.” Gregor pulled out his cell phone. He didn’t announce himself, just cut off whoever was speaking on the other end. “Listen, you mentioned someone named Sophia. She wouldn’t happen to be a librarian, would she? Just curious. Gotta go.” He thumbed the phone off and told Nikolas, “I know where your woman is… Egypt.”
    “Egypt? Why the fuck is she in Egypt?” Nikolas couldn’t help but raise his voice.
    Gregor filled him in, “Her parents are missing. From what I gather, Tessa and two others in their family are called watchers. One of those others is Sophia’s father. They look after the half-bloods who haven’t transitioned yet. Sophia’s parents have allegedly been abducted. Tessa planned on going after them, but her mother called and wanted me to intervene.”
    Nikolas didn’t hear the rest of the conversation. His head was spinning with this new information. His mate knew what he was. She knew he was a shifter! Her parents had been abducted, and now she had gone to find them. He had to go after her. Fuck! He looked over at his King.
    Rafael didn’t hesitate when he nodded at Nik and said, “Do what you have to do.”
    Nikolas didn’t need any more permission than that. He took off running toward his car. He had no idea where to look for Sophia in Egypt, but by the gods, he would find her.
    Since Sophia had at least a twenty-four hour head start on him, he didn’t wait on a commercial plane. Instead, Nikolas took the Stone Society jet. He needed all the help he could get finding his mate in such a large country.
    Nik should be furious at Sophia. She fucking knew what he was. He thought back to their conversation at the library.
    “Are you one of those romantics who wishes she would be swept away by a creature of the night?” Nik asked.
    “Creature of the night? Oh my, no! I prefer shifters.” Sophia had blushed. Not because she was shy, but because she was telling him the fucking truth!
    “Shifters huh? So if I told you I was a shifter and wanted to steal you away, you’d be okay with that?” Sophia had given him a sideways glance. Had she known then they were mates? Of course she had. That’s what she meant in her note about him finding her. Godsdamn, woman! When he found Sophia he was going to spank her ass. Then kiss her. Then fuck her senseless. Then he would help her find her parents. He just had to find her first.
    Nikolas checked in at the Sitela West Hotel in Cairo. Before he’d flown blindly across the pond, he hacked into the flight logs at New Atlanta International and found Sophia’s name. Even though she flew into Cairo, she could have landed and driven somewhere else. She could be staying in the same hotel he was. His first order of business was to set up his computer and check