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KENZIEI could not even begin to wrap my head around everything. My entire life had been one lie after another.Luca was right about the depression and despair. Hell, right before Bellamy came along, I refused the injection because I was done with it all. I was tired of fighting against something that only consumed me more each day. I felt powerless and weak. Those were two things I hated to feel.Not to mention that all of the secrets compounded on top of one another. I knew that Luca never knew the truth, but he was extremely protective of me and believed our parents’ bullshit lies just like I had. They deceived us both without us even realizing it.However, life had taken a wonderful and unexpected turn once Bellamy showed back up. I would have a great life with him. He would help me become the person I was always meant to be as well – the person I always wanted to be. This was a new journey that we were on. It was our beginning, and there was so much adventure to be had.There was
KENZIE “It’s a bit different with me favoring the witch side over the shifter side. Everything in our world has balance. My strong magic makes for a weakened wolf side. It’s more like an instinct in the back of my mind. Both my magic and wolf would try to push me towards you growing up once they both surfaced at the same time. I know why now, but it was different back then. The instinctual side is what is the most different. For example, he always wants to be in your presence. If I were to give that part full control, we would never leave the bedroom. It’s not like another spirit, but just a more primal part of myself. Does that make sense?” he asked. I nodded and took a long drink of coffee. “Will it be that way with me? What if she hates me because she doesn’t know me?” His hand brushed some hair over my shoulder. “I highly doubt that any creature could truly hate you, Ki. I don’t know what it’ll be like since you’re of the Venscothi blood line. Your magic is very strong though, s
BELLAMY I was excited to show Kenzie off. There was absolutely no way that I could be any prouder to have her as my mate. I did not know what I did right in life, but she was mine, and I would cherish her until my dying breath. I would be a shit mate if I did not worry about the target that she would have on her back by being with me. However, she knew the dangers and still chose to stand beside me. I would honor her choice. There were a couple of acquaintances that would be willing to help her hone her magic, depending on her affinity. I could not wait to see what type of magic she had, but I appreciated her patience while she wanted to ensure that I took care of my prior engagements first. That right there showed that she was the right woman to stand beside me. My work really was never ending. My role was easiest thought about in terms of an Alpha of the witches that I worked with. It was my duty to guide and support them. I was also responsible for weeding out and dealing with
BELLAMY “Damn, Ki. You were fantastic. See? You were made for this. You took each situation and offered your promise to them.” Luca cleared his throat. “Well, that was awkward,” he sing-songed. Kenzie was the one that growled this time. “You’re a cockblocker,” she snapped. “Tell me how you really feel, sis.” Luca crossed his arms and smirked, completely unaffected by her irritation. She glared at him for a few more moments before she laughed. Goddess, I loved the sound of her laughter. It always brought a smile to my face. “You’re a dork,” she said, flipping her hair over her shoulder. “We’re heading back to the castle really quick. Want to come?” He agreed to come, so I opened a portal. It really was a convenient way to travel. I wanted to teach Kenzie how to do it because she would need to know how to regardless with how many different places we had to go. Not all witches could do it, but us being mates would allow for her to have access to some of my magic regardless of dista
KENZIE I was fascinated as I watched Bellamy transform into a stunning white wolf. I had never seen a wolf more handsome than him before. He was nearly as tall as I was, and I was not too short. I was about 5’7. Thankfully, I took after Papa a bit more on the height. I loved Mom, but I was thoroughly happy once I surpassed her height. There were black markings around his paws, almost like socks, and black tipped his ears. His eyes, though, were a mesmerizing green, just like when his magic shone through. He stalked towards me like I was his prey, and by heavens, I wanted to be. “You’re amazing,” I breathed out as I took him in from tip to tail. I ran my hands over his incredibly soft fur. It felt like I was petting a cloud. He pushed against my body, catching me off-guard. I fell to the side, but his legs broke my fall, cradling me until I landed softly against the ground. “It’s not nice to knock a helpless mate to the ground,” I said, pouting. He just snorted, not believing me
BELLAMY Luca set the last box down in one of the spare offices. He had just got back from packing up Kenzie’s studio. “Dude, what the hell did she do to them? They looked like they got scolded by the gods themselves,” Luca said with his eyebrows in his hairline. I tossed him a beer and laughed. That was a great way of explaining it. I watched all their faces as Kenzie spoke. She reminded me so much of Aunty in that moment which I believed they all finally saw. What she said made me fall even deeper in love with her. She embraced her place in our world without hesitation. I heard the conviction in her voice, and I knew that she would burn the world down if need be in order to protect our people. “They got scolded by Emma Jr. You know as well as I do the lengths she’d go to if someone disrespected her family or friends.” Luca winced at that because he knew it better than I did. He was her child after all. “What did they disrespect this time?” Luca sighed and ran his fingers throug
BELLAMY Kenzie moaned as her arousal perfumed around us. I inhaled deeply and let out a growl at the delicious aroma. I dropped to my knees in front of her and trailed kisses from her stomach to her waist. I wanted to show her exactly what she meant to me. Kenzie was beginning to love me, so I did not want to pressure her by telling her too soon that I loved her. That I had loved her for years. However, I could show her, and that was something I would certainly do. I waved my hand towards the elevator and a wall appeared in front of it. I did not want Luca to interrupt this because he tended to seriously cockblock us. Nothing would stop this until her body was thoroughly sated. My teeth grabbed the top front of her panties and pulled them down without breaking eye contact with her. “That’s hot,” she stated. Oh, little mate, you had not begun to know just how hot I planned to make things. She stepped out of her panties, and I flung them into the open window of my car. Yes, I want
BELLAMY Tonight, I would be officially introducing Kenzie as my mate. The auction was a big to-do every year. It was always staggered so that those who were part of our world would be there at six while the humans would arrive at eight. Integrating within the human world was important, but we also wanted to have something for just us as well. There were always some items to auction off that were magical, so we needed to keep it away from the humans. Some humans knew about us. It allowed us to place our people among the community at large. Other than that, the rest were fairly ignorant just like we needed them to be. The way that Kenzie stood up to her entire family solidified even further that she belonged next to me. It saddened me that she was raised like a prisoner, and I had never seen it. I simply thought she was just reclusive. She thrived in the little bit of the world that she had seen of the past few days. I wanted to show her the freedom that she deserved, and tonight w
BELLAMY “You and Kenzie are great. There’s nothing we wouldn’t do for you. We have all thought of you as a brother since we met you and began working with you. We wouldn’t be anywhere if it hadn’t been for your involvement. Yes, I flirted with Kenzie, but I didn’t mean anything by it. Your mate is beautiful inside and out. We will stand with you both until the end,” Derek said. I gave them all an appreciative smile and nodded my head. I had not anticipated such sentimentality from Derek, but it made me proud of the young man he has become. He was only seventeen, but he had faced so much adversity growing up that it was hard for him to connect with people. His father was an abusive asshole who used him for his magic. Derek had the ability of suggestibility. It was not like Markov’s power. When he tapped into his magic, he could sway someone into doing something, but it was not compulsion. It was just a suggestion. Those with weak minds would fall easily into his traps, but those who
BELLAMY “If our guys are going to be a part of this, it’s not fair to keep everything from them. They need to know what’s at stake with Markov and us,” I told my gorgeous mate. We had just finished a shower. Well, and shower sex. Sex with Kenzie was better than I ever could have imagined that it would be. The fact that she truly wanted to try things with me made me love her even more. I could not wait to return the favor and let her try out one of her fantasies on me. It would be very pleasurable for both of us if I knew her at all. “I agree. They need to know about the kidnappings, the Council, and our marks. How do we go about this? You know my fathers will want to ensure they’re up to the challenge and scare the shit out of them. Plus, they need to also know about the prophecy.” Hmm. They could be like our very own Squad One. I liked that idea. It served Blood Moon very well since the pack had over 155,000 pack members. It was divided up into eight sectors which were essentially
KENZIE“Mom, it’s good to see you. What’s up?” I asked, answering the door to her.Mom smiled and gave me a hug. She asked if we could talk for a moment. Bellamy excused himself with a kiss to both our cheeks. I loved the fact that those two had always been so close.I doubted that I would ever get used to him being mine. No matter how many times he kissed me, I still wondered if it was a dream. Understanding that we were mates made me understand why I always thought about him growing up and especially once he was gone. We would never be able to make up for the time we lost together, but we had now and forever to make the most of.“Nae told me about this party you will be attending and will be right here. I asked Luca to send us Beatrice as well. We really like her, by the way.”The other two showed up, and I was not entirely certain what they were going to say. Mom said that she and Aunt Nae knew about the party. Would she try and talk me out of it?“So, you know about the party?” I
KENZIE “You knew,” Luca accused, pointing at me with an arm around Beatrice. I had never seen my brother happier than he was the moment that the mate-bond clicked into place. On the outside, Luca showed that he did not care much about finding his mate, but it was an entirely different truth on the inside. My brother longed for his completion, but I knew that he was worried about leaving me alone. We understood things about each other that others never would because of the bond that we shared. “Who do you think told Nonno we had to throw an impromptu coronation? I sure as hell didn’t need it. Marnie clued Bel and I in when we went to jailbreak her. She said it was the only way to save you two. No idea why knowing the mate thing matters, but we like her too much to let her die,” I told him. He stared me down for a whole thirty seconds before he nodded and pulled her closer. “Thank you. I like her too much for her to die as well.” She stared at him like he was crazy. Ah, yeah. Well,
LUCABeatrice was the most gorgeous woman I had ever seen before. I stupidly thought that I beheld true beauty before, but it was a cheap imitation.“Are you ready for this, Lu?” she asked, looking at me with those doe eyes that always pulled me in.“As long as you’re on up there with me. You’ll stand with my parents,” I told her, placing a chaste kiss on her lips.“I’ll be there to cheer you on.” She gave me one last hug and went to stand in line.Nonno and Leonidas were first. Then my parents. Kenzie and I were behind them, and the rest of our people were behind us.I was fairly nervous which was hilarious because I did not really do nervous. I was always a more go-with-the-flow type. It drove Kenzie absolutely insane which was one reason why it became part of me. I absolutely loved my wombmate, but I was sworn to a lifetime of tormenting her.“Welcome! Thank you for joining us this morning for this impromptu coronation of our Alpha heirs. Alpha Prince heir Luca Venscothi and Alpha
LUCAThis was a very impromptu coronation, so I knew it would not be a huge fanfare which was perfect for me. Many people would want the attention of the adoring crowd, but that was not how we were raised.Our parents and Nonno ensured that we understood it was a gift to be in the position that we were. It was not our right but our privilege. Our duty was to always be the leaders that our people needed.It took a while for our people to heal after what Selene had done. It was still hard to hear about what she did and the hand she had in Mom’s torment, but like the badass that Mom was, Selene got her ass handed to her on a silver fucking platter.My fathers clasped a hand on both shoulders and smiled at me. They were the best fathers that I could have ever been blessed with. They always put Mom, Kenzie, and me first. They hurt Kenzie, but she moved past it, and so did I. They fucked up, but they owned up to that and were trying to right their wrong with her.“Son, we’re incredibly prou
LUCAI woke up before Beatrice did, and I was happy for a little time to observe her beauty. She was the most gorgeous woman I had ever seen before. Yes, there was a little age gap, but we both looked to be about the same age anyways. The numbers truly did not matter to me. Hopefully they meant the same to her.I felt like my heart had stopped when she showed up to the auction. I could not take my eyes off her and even called my fathers for advice. I knew I liked her, but I was not certain if it was reciprocated because she was sexy, intelligent, and was a powerful witch. What was I? Yeah, exactly. None of those things. Well, I was smart but not intelligent like Kenz. They told me to ask her to tell me about herself, so I did.She told me about her family. Her brother had died, but she did not want to elaborate, so I did not push. Then she told me about her daughter who mated with a guard here in Aedrul. That was cool. I offered to take her on a tour while she was there, which she eag
BELLAMYKenzie led me back to her suite. I knew that she had something on her mind, but it was something that she was trying to work out as well.Her fingers kept going to my mark before biting her lip. I could use Marnie’s power to dive into her mind, but I would not break that level of trust with her. It was something that I would never do.She pulled me into the bathroom and hopped up on the counter. I slid in between her thighs.“What’s on your mind, gorgeous?”I pulled her hair back over her shoulder and kissed it before kissing my mark. I smiled as a shiver overcame her.“Why do our marks look different than other people’s marks? I thought it was just the magic, but I’ve seen marks between shifters and witches, shifters and shifters, and so on and so forth. Why are ours unique?”My brows furrowed as I worked through what she said. It was something that I had not really paid attention to either. Take Aunty’s and Uncle’s marks for example. They were matching silver rings. It was t
BELLAMY Kenzie was truly my equal in all things. She just kept surprising me left and right about her desires and her needs. I would always give her anything she asked for. For her to say that my darker side is alluring would have ended in another round entirely. How did nobody make the connection between the orphans and Aedrul like Kenzie did in no time? I had no doubt that she was right about it all. If we could prove that this was a habit and regular occurrence, then it would be one further nail in Markov’s coffin. I was trying to figure out why he would take kingdom children but soon realized a possibility. If he could separate them from their homes and families, he could mold them into whatever he wanted them to be. He could release an army into Aedrul that nobody would suspect with his compulsion. I shared my thoughts with Kenzie, and she agreed while punching a wall. Wrong time to be aroused, but that was hot. I loved the fire that was inside of my mate. “Well, we can figur