Chapter 5- Tired of the Wait

Jamari’s POV

‘Do you think I ruined our chances of having him for a mate when I…’ Rieka cut off her thought with an exasperated sigh. ‘I was just so tired of waiting around on him.’ She tells me softly. 

‘I know Rieka.’, was all I was able to say as my mind drifted back to the incident Rieka spoke of from a month ago. 

*Flashback to 1 Month Ago*

“He is never going to agree to be my mate.” I cry out as I plop myself on the luxurious bed I’ve been staying in for the last month here in the Vampire Realm. “Everytime he sees me he runs in the other direction.” A pout forms on my lips as I lift myself up in bed and cross my arms under my aching breasts. 

Being pregnant is no fun like those lying mothers like to tell me. My feet and back aches, my boobs feel like someone is constantly grabbing them, and I pee like a hundred times a day. What could possibly be magical about this? The pout on my face deepens as my thoughts drift away from Lucern and onto my pregnancy. 

My hand unconsciously moves down to cup the roundness of my stomach lovingly as I resign myself to three more months of discomfort before I can finally hold my little bundle in my arms. A smile begins to spread across my face at that thought. Okay, so maybe pregnancy is magical, even if it is an awful experience. 

With the thoughts of my current uncomfortable state eased in my mind, my thoughts begin to drift back to Lucern and the troubles of trying to get him to notice me. A whimper moves past my lips before I can catch it. “What if he never agrees to be my mate.” I ask, sad eyes turning towards Kenji.

Despair flashes across his beautiful features before he clears those feelings away, feelings I’m sure he is picking up from my hormonal self. Another downside of being pregnant. The hormones have me all over the place and extremely emotional. 

Why does anyone do this to themselves? 

My hand once again reaches for my rounded stomach, soothing those feelings at once. Most women would go through anything to be blessed with the gift of a child, even the hell that is pregnancy. 

In my distraction, Kenji moved closer to me, kneeling on the floor at my feet, his hand coming up to join mine on my bely. “We will not give up on him Jamari.” He tells me softly. “Eventually being away from you will hurt too much and he won’t have a choice but to seek you out.”

My eyes pop up to look at him in disbelief, but the honesty written on his face causes me to pause. “How do you know that?” I ask hesitantly, reluctant to believe his words. 

“Because I met you and had to stay away for over two years and everyday was a torture worse than anthing Levi and his team could come up with for the damned souls.” His brows crinkle at that thought. “And Levi has insisted on sharing a few of those tortures with me.” His eyes get a faraway look as a shiver moves through him. 

After a moment, his eyes refocus on me and a loving smile brightens his expression. “He will not be able to resist you forever Okami, trust me.” After placing a quick kiss to my forehead, Kenji rises from his kneel and extends down a hand to help me up. 

“Now no more sulking.” He says, pulling me from the bed. “We have an appointment with the midwife and Levi will have my head if we miss another appointment.” His brows rise in accusation as he looks at my innocent face. 

We were supposed to meet with the midwife yesterday afternoon but I..convinced Kenji that we should stay in bed instead of making the appointment. Levi was less than pleased when he returned from the Demon Realm and found out we never went to the appointment. 

“When did I become the responsible one?” He had asked as he stared down at our naked forms lying in bed, his hands thrown up in exasperation. My responding giggle to his antics didn’t help cool his ire with me I’m sure. 

So this morning before he left he threatened to withhold sex from me until I had my visit with the midwife, and told Kenji he'd make his penis too small for sex if he didn’t make sure that he got me there today. Neither of us are sure if he has the power, or control, to do either of those things, but we aren’t too keen on finding out either.

So now, here I am, being forced to go to that wretched old woman whom I loathe. Okay, so calling Morgana wretched and old isn’t really accurate or fair, well maybe the old part because she is really old. But my reluctance to visit with her has nothing to do with her, and everything to do with the man she sleeps with every night. 

Despite Morgana being kind and professional during our visits, I find myself unable to contain my jealousy and possessiveness when I am around her. This of course only makes me feel worse because she is able to control herself while I am not. 

Letting out a heavy sigh, I move to follow Kenji out of the room with my shoulders slumped, my thoughts racing on how I can get Lucern to agree to be my mate. Those thoughts bounce around my mind as I allow Kenji to lead the way to Morgana’s clinic. 

After a few minutes, I feel the hold on my arm from Kenji loosen before disappearing. Still lost in my thoughts, my brain doesn’t register that Kenji’s body was no longer beside me as I continued moving up the hall towards Morgana. 

Suddenly, I crash into a hard wall, causing me to bounce backwards, nearly falling on my ass. Strong arms reach out to grab me, preventing me from falling to the floor as they pull me in close to a muscular chest. 

My eyes struggle to focus on the man standing before me with his arms wrapped around me as they move up towards his face, taking in the beautiful chocolate skin that could only belong to Lucern. 

When my eyes reach his face, I am struck by the beauty of his eyes. The deepest color of black stares back at me, surrounded by long, dark lashes. His almond shaped eyes reminds me of an Egyptian’s and was breathtaking in its beauty. As I watch, red begins to flood his iris, transforming the black to a bright red.

Lucern suddenly pushes me away from him, nearly knocking me over in his haste to stop touching me. Anger flares within me. Lucern is my mate and it is time that he accepts his role as such. My eyes flash blue as Rieka pulls herself to the surface, facing Lucern’s uneasy gaze. 

“You are my mate Lucern.” Rieka tells him, causing his body to stiffen in his spot in front of me. Before he is able to respond to Rieka’s statement or walk away, Rieka launches herself at him. 

I watch from the back recesses of my mind as Rieka wraps her legs around Lucern’s stomach, wrapping her left arm around his head to tangle in his hair to pull his head to the left. In the blink of an eye my canines elongate before sinking into the mating spot on the collar of Lucern’s neck. The sound of his bones crunching beneath my bite resonating up and down the halls around us.

His body goes rigid beneath me as his blood gushes into my mouth, sweeter than anything I have ever tasted before, encouraging me to continue drinking in its sweetness. My hips begin to rock of their own accord, a moan leaves my lips as I continue to drink in Lucern’s blood. 

His hands reach up, to push me away I’m sure, but ends up tangling in my curls, pushing my head closer to his neck as a moan leaves his lips. His left hand breaks free, moving down my body until it grips my ass, pushing me closer to the erection I feel growing between us. 

Footsteps echo around us in the hall moments before a woman’s gasp breaks the spell we have found ourselves in. 

“Lucern.”

Lucern stiffens beneath me, his hands dropping away as the realization of what we were doing sinks into our muddled brain. Rieka retreats back to the back of my mind, giving me back control of my body as my canines retract from Lucern’s collar. With one final lick of his wound, I disentangle myself from his hold, taking a step back to think about what just happened. 

Tortured eyes look down on me before moving as Lucern turns away and walks to where Morgana stands a few feet away, her hands over her mouth with horror. I barely notice as Kenji comes up beside me and picks me up to cradle me in his arms. 

What have I just done? My final thought before darkness claims me. 

*End of Flashback*

Levi was not happy that we didn’t make our appointment that day, but thankfully he didn’t punish either of us considering the circumstances. We started seeing another midwife after that, my guilt and shame making it impossible to be around Morgana without her look of horror flooding my mind. 

Unfortunately, under the circumstances and how quickly my child is growing within me has necessitated that I have no choice but to see Morgana again. Something that I am not looking forward to.