Katie's POV “Like I said Dracko, it's fine. Let's focus more on the more delicate matters like not dying.” I pat them both on their shoulders, brushing past them to the pay counter.“Come on guys, we don't have all day. You should be done with what you need by now.” I said without turning back to see if they were trailing behind me.Dracko rushed to my side, his height bending a bit to accommodate our height difference.“One more thing, Katie. Nobody who isn't you, me, or Roman can know about this.” He emphasized. “Sure. Your secret is safe with me.” I assured him in a discreet voice even though the male cashier looked uninterested in whatever we were talking about. I dumped the basket on the counter allowing the cashier to begin processing it. I crossed my fingers that it wouldn't go beyond my budget.I wasn't expecting Dracko to draw me to the side. His eyes dark from the way he backed the light shining behind him.“Katie…” He started, turning around to meet eyes with Roman who nod
Killain's POVThe Lakehouse was gorgeous. I don't know why I never thought about buying a property like this for my own mental state. There were no neighbors, no sound of kids, just birds and the gentle swirling of the lake in the distance.“All I want to do is jump inside and let the lake wash off every tired bone in my body. But I guess we have other things to do.” Melissa said with a hint of sadness in her tone as she turned away from the edge of the deck on the lake and walked back to meet Stephen and Killian who were half way through the deck.“Where are the kids anyway?” Stephen asked. His phone service was off and so was everyone else's. It was much expected since the road that led into the Lakehouse territory had a flash sign warning that spoke about the dangers of entering the zone, and part of it was the poor cellular service.“They should be on their way,” Melissa replied.“They are late.” I reminded her. Everything in the
Killian's POV Now it was my turn to speak up finally.“Do you want that little creature out of you or not?” I shot at her. Her lips hung low, exposing her perfect set of lower teeth. She blinked once, then twice before shutting her mouth. “Exactly, that's what I thought too.” I said, turning to the rest of the group.“You all get some rest. Everybody here has a role to play and it is important that we all embark on this with our full strength. I still can't believe you all are eating that stuff by the way, isn't it supposed to be stale by now…” I looked at Melissa and Stephen munching on the strange snacking they found in the fridge.“I don't know man, I'm just hungry, that's it.” I shrugged it off, there wasn't much to do again aside from all that had been said. I knew no one was actually going to take any rest knowing what was ahead of us was unknown. I walked out of the house onto the front porch and stood there. The sun was even lower now, casting a fresh golden light upon the
Katie's POV“Hey, do you want to swim in the lake?” he suddenly suggested with a child-like excitement in his voice.I turned to look at him, just to see if the man was serious. Did he even know what that sounded like to me?The mere thought of Killian and I alone in the cold lake wasn't something I had envisioned would happen on this trip. The idea on its own had to be born from insanity and negligence because the weather was saying otherwise. “You are kidding right?” I sat up. He shook his head. His face was already pale from the cold but he was kind of smiling, a subtle kind that made so much more impact on his well structured face. He wasn't known for smiling at all so the little did more than lift his entire aura, he felt like a completely different person. It was the only reason I slowly nodded.“Is that a yes?” He asked, jumping on his feet so fast it startled me. The excitement was infectious regardless of how cozy the weather wa
Katie's POV I jumped in with my panties and white shirt on.He lied. The water was colder than at night. It creeped up my skin and iced my nerves till my whole body went still. It took a lot of convincing of my feet by my dying lungs as I yearned for the air above the surface. It felt like it would fix my entire life problems right now, which was surviving.My head broke above the surface and it didn't feel any better. A dash of cool breeze hit me across the face and passed through me like the ghost of the lake. It almost gave me a brain freeze. I dragged in a deep breath, my lungs hurt a bit from the freezing air that was everywhere. It felt like hell. My face muscles trembled as my jaw shook from the insane cold.“Awesome huh??” He yelled from a distance. I could make his shirtless top peeking out of the water as he perfectly stabilized his body.“I don't like it!” I deadpanned, slapping the water, completely pissed that I let him talk me into it. The cold brush movement from the l
Killian's POVThe people lined up in front of me were lives that rested in my hands. It started with Stephen and ended with Katie.Just meeting eyes with her threw me out of balance. My face heated up. Thanks to the night air and dull outside light, I was once again saved from the embarrassment of not being able to make eye contact with Katie. I knew spending time with her would trigger all of these new changes, that was why I kept my distance. Now that the choice was between her life or mine, I would do the sacrifice any day.She also switched the direction of her gaze and it left me wondering, maybe I wasn't the only one who was finding it hard to fight the mate bond.“The pep talk can start any moment from now, Killian…we don't exactly have all the time in the world.” Stephen interrupted my thought train. For a second I totally forgot where I was, I won't even reveal the direction of thoughts that filled my head. I doubted I would ever recover from it.“Fuck you, first of all. Alri
Roman's POV I pronounced the spell and activated mine, turning into Katie. The process was discomforting as hell. It felt like I was being folded into a carriage box, while the outside kept flipping itself up until there I felt my height significantly reduce to her height.I made sure to do this in front of everyone according to Killian's instructions. Jessica's eyes widened in fear as she stumbled backwards repeatedly until she was solid against a tree.Katie was struck into silence. Her eyes were latched on me like a hungry leech and they wouldn't move.“Keep staring hard enough and they might just pop off.” I said no one is specific since everyone was ogling me.So yeah, maybe I might have told a lie when I said you couldn't transform into the opposite gender. With the right spells and the mud as an aid, it was pretty much possible to not only look exactly like the person but also talk in their voice.“This is so fucking…I can't even wrap my head around it man…” She came closer,
Katie's POV The drive across the lake was filled with silence and night noise. Everyone listened closely for anything that sounded remotely suspicious majorly because no one knew what was to be expected. Before we got far Killain ordered the boat to be stopped out of the blue.With me seated beside Shedrack and Roman, who was opposite Ryan and Stephen. It was easy to see where comfort was found. Killian all had our attention before he had to command it. “Okay, so I have one more thing out of my heart. Because we all have different faces, I would like to find something uniform we could all wear, to make sure we can identify each other by something else.” He dragged out a black duffle bag from beneath the seat.“Sorry but I do not wear strange clothes.” Jessica said.“You do not wear strange clothes? But you get your clothes from the freaking mall?! Be for real!” Ryan immediately spoke up, the clear disgust in his tone as he drew closer to the edge
Killian's POV “I actually like her.”I blurted out. The car went silent, only the sound of a live engine and the dull voice of the radio presenter filling the air. The rest of it was pure silence and awkwardness.“Fuck…” I said out loud. Not to the fact I just confessed my feelings for Katie but because It felt good. It felt good to admit it out loud for once that I found every moment with her thrilling.“I don't think you know this but you weren't exactly subtle about it on the trip, you know that, right?” Stephen asked, looking at me through the front mirror. The same mirror I used to flip him my middle finger.“Well you try having a mate you are destined to be with where you can't control how you feel, what you feel and when you feel it. And when your other comes as close as ten inches from you, you can smell their soul. It's that deep.” I said defensively. I hated how it seemed as if I lacked self control when that was like my greatest fort.“Killian, are you saying Katie is you
Katie's POV I exited the room since that wasn't where my bag and toiletries were. My face was flushed and the memory I had closed the door on, burned alive in my head. I wouldn't stop playing. The moist feeling between my legs told me what to do to make it all feel better. I almost pressed down on the door handle out of a last minute decision, only to decide against it. Self control, self control, self control… I reminded myself as I walked into the next door. Jessica looked better. Her skin wasn't as pale and she was in another hoodie and sweatpant. The only difference between what I wore usually and what she was wearing now was that she had sweatpants on. I gave her a weird look through the mirror as she took care of her hair while she just stared back awkwardly.I was ready to give her some hate till I remembered that she had gone through an operation just the previous day.“This is probably a good time to ask how you are feeling?” I broke the silence. “Less pregnant and in pai
Katie's POV How did we get here…Killian was asleep beside me on the bed and the time was reading 4:03 PM. Honestly, I had thought I would sleep longer considering how much of it I knew I needed. I turned to look at him again, his thicc carved eyebrows were more relaxed now, his face appeared more calm without those stress lines popping out. His lips were parted but not too wide enough to slip a finger pass. I thought I had the whole thing figured out.I had decided that I was going to continue whatever game this was—generally, he has been super nice to me. And In return, I was also going to be super nice back to him. I wasn't going to put as much energy he was putting in, I would only mirror back whatever he gave to me because I wasn't still sure why he picked so much interest in my life even before we knew we were mates.This morning changed everything I knew and felt towards him—In a good way also.I never thought I would need to say it out loud but I think I have unconsciously f
Killian's POV“You guys think I joined this willingly?!” Esther cried. Katie stared down at her with disgust before bending down to her eye level.“Ma’am, asides the fact I do not give any fuck about what you think…I also plan on finding out myself every single detail from you even if it takes my last breath.” Katie said with so much hate that left me appalled. If I didn't know better, I would say she sounded just like me. It was exactly something I knew I could say.I felt Melissa's harsh gaze on my side profile but I refused to look her back in the eye. There was no way I was giving her the satisfaction of being right about not allowing Katie to get attached with the whole revenge scheme.This was until she came to my side by the window.“Are you seeing what I am saying or do you want her burning down the whole pack before you believe me when I say you cannot let her anger supercede her. You think I didn't know what I was talking about?! Look back, look at her!!” She forced me to t
Ryan's POV “Ryan…he was the only one who wasn't healed and still managed to escape without getting killed by the poison…” Katie revealed.“And you just thought of telling me about it now?!” I heard Killian yell.Fuck…I have been caughtSlowly, I tried retracing my steps back up the stairs. I barely stepped on the last one when I heard my name being called.“Hello Ryan…didn't know you fancied snooping around, I would have also had you tied down.” The look in Killian's eyes was far from friendly. I didn't even make it back behind the door of the room I was sleeping in when he swept me off my feet.“Got you.”~~~~Katie's POV I could tell I needed a good sleep when I saw Killian dragging Ryan by the collar down the stairs like a thief. My body didn't react, my mouth wasn't agape nor did I feel any emotion. I was completely numb. I think using my ability came at a cost. I felt numb on the inside like I was a plain white sheet floating across the river to Florida. The way I made sense
Katie's POV And she did just that. Her groaned out so loud, my attention immediately went to Jessica and Melissa who stood by the corridor watching the ordeal take place.“Are you ready to answer the question?”She nodded her head eagerly. Her face contorted to show how much pain she was in and it only made me smile. Images of myself sleeping off in the waiting room two months ago as I waited and pleaded for a meeting with her but was instead awarded with some petty excuse from her secretary. I refused to feel bad for what I did to her.“So answer it.” She struggled to sit right since her hands were tied behind her. There was not much space or freedom to move with Killian behind her and myself in front of her. “Your mother…Hannah. She was the best in everything. I was second best. No matter what I did, she was just…better. I didn't know how she got away with barely surviving on her little finances and still managing to Ace all the classes. She quickly became the professor’s pet. I
Killian's POV “HELP!!!”She screamed so loud my ears felt the need to bleed. I had the heavy urge to punch her to sleep again but that in itself wasn't time effective which meant I needed to design another device to make her shut up.“You didn't have to scream so loud like you are that innocent.” I continued to drag her towards the center of the living area. The look on their faces, especially that on Melissa. She didn't look like she was happy to be seated in our midst. I rolled the roller chair out and placed it in the center, putting her before it and sitting on the chair.“You don't need to cry now. Damage has been done.” I said while trying to catch my breath. Pulling her body across the room with my strength at its reserve phase, proved to definitely be a lot more difficult a job than I thought it would be.“You pulled me by the fucking hair, down a polished wooden floor. Do the math why my skull hurts and I need to cry!” She screamed at me. Her voice cracked like that of the i
Melissa's POV“So…how long has it been—” I checked my time, “ten minutes…wow.” We have been sitting around for the last ten minutes waiting for the both of them to return since they went to make sure that Katie’s abilities worked. I could see that it was going to take more than just some finding out when the time started running past 5 AM.“I didn't want to seem like I was bringing the impatient one but thank God someone said something. How long does it exactly take to ask a question?” Shedrack asked, standing up on his feet and going to turn on the TV that had been turned off since I arrived here.“Guys just give them some time. I am sure they have other things to sort out asides Just knowing if her powers worked alright.” Stephen muttered over his laptop screen that was seated between his legs.“There has been a functioning TV all this while and no one thought to turn it on?” I asked, looking at the smart TV displaying Netflix.“Because no one asked. And besides we were all busy tr
Killain's POV “Okay…just one more time.” She agreed. I could hear her heart beating like a fair maiden soft drum, but the intervals were so short, it made me worried why. I took a brave step forward. Yes, that's what it was, a brave step. No one was so confident in someone else with this kind of ability but there was a huge part of me that trusted her. Cade trusted her and that just happened to push me into whatever madness this may turn out to be. I cleared my throat and it happened to get her attention as she raised her eyes to mine. She blinked, going down to look at my hand and then my eyes again. I see her swallow hard. “You can ask any question, as deep as you want. Nothing is off book. Just don't ask me to kill myself because I would find a way to kill you instead.” “Killian!” Cade yells at me but I ignore him. It was something that wouldn't leave my head. I just felt the need to say it out just to put it out there. “I figured…” She chuckled nervously. See?! You made t