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ELLE I fell asleep in my mate’s arms just like I did every night. The last thing that I always remembered was being encased in arms that were my home, my safe place. However, this time I did not wake up in his arms. I woke up in Selene’s realm. It was still home for my soul and definitely my soul’s safe place. It was my soul that recognized the bond to this realm, the bond within who I was. Sparks danced along my arms as Kade wrapped his around me, pulling my body firmly against his. “If it is not my favorite mateship, pairing, and family,” Selene’s voice floated along the wind. She looked exactly like she did the last time we were here while at the Blue Crest hospital. The difference was the crimson draped dress that she wore. If we were being honest, she could wear a brown paper bag and still make it look good somehow. “It’s so good to see you,” I told her. “Yes. It definitely is,” Kade added. She chuckled softly before embracing us individually. Her hugs always energized my
KADE I held her hair back while she was sick to her stomach. I hated that this was part of her pregnancy. There was little I could do other than take care of her in other ways. This included daily massages, food craving runs, and whatever else her precious heart desired. I handed her a wet washcloth when she was done. She then brushed her teeth before turning to me. “You don’t have to be in here when I’m sick, baby. It can’t be pleasant for you,” she said, wrinkling her nose in the most adorable way. My arms wrapped around her body and pulled hers into mine. I nuzzled her neck before placing a kiss on my mark. “I appreciate that, but I would rather be nowhere else. You’re going through this because our pups are growing inside of your womb. I’ll be here to support you in every single way that I can because you’re doing an amazing thing for us.” She pressed herself into me, resting her head on my chest. I had never felt as content in my entire life as I did with her in my arms. El
ELLE “It is not an issue per say,” Valis hedged. “It just requires precautionary measures.” I pinched the bridge of my nose in order to keep my head on straight. Valis requested a meeting with us regarding the feeding room fireworks. He had not given us any additional information until he got in front of us. Kade had me sitting on his lap which was the best seat in the house. Our leadership was also here. I had to give props to our Lamias because those three had taken to their roles right away and had the mindsets to help our pack flourish. They also helped take over some of the duties that revolved around ensuring that our pack members were doing good. The three of them even took it upon themselves to help out with the orphans a little bit each day. “Perhaps you could elaborate on that,” I suggested gently. Valis had become very close to our pack. His coven did so many great things for vampires and non-vampires alike. He was an honorable man that we were blessed to know. “Celes
ELLE I got together with Bonnie to ask her some questions about her pregnancy with Mia. Her pregnancy was different because Mia was half vampire. Thus, her development was similar to our pups. Bonnie did warn me that Mia ended up breaking a rib and left her body riddled with bruises from how strong and active she was. She found that Mia settled down when Bonnie sang to her. It was suggested that I search for whatever will soothe the two future ninjas in my womb. My mother mentioned that many unborn pups will calm down when their father’s rub over whatever spot they were fighting against. Kade was ecstatic about that idea. Kade and Tyre were both really taking to their role as fathers to the pups. The true genuine glee that ran through the bond soothed my soul and reminded me how loved these two would be. “Helga sends her regards. I swear you’re her favorite in this entire pack. It used to be me,” Kade pouted. He slid over my white chocolate mocha with whipped cream and caramel dri
KADE I continued sending a steady stream of calm through the bond to my mate because I very clearly understood what this environment did to her and the emotions it evoked. We both understood that this was for the greater good, but it was still a difficult situation for us to be in. “How were you able to accomplish such a feat? I thought they were nearly impossible to capture,” I said with just the right mixture of curiosity and amusement in my voice to fool them. Lady Bitch smirked as she exchanged a smug look with her companion. “It certainly is nearly impossible, but we waited until she was in heat and unable to fight us. Our men easily took out her guards with bullets coated in a poison which is lethal to their kind,” Lord Assfuck explained. An amused chuckle sounded from me even though I wanted to snarl and rip their heads off instead. Elle’s fingertips danced along my neck to keep both of us in check. The constant brush of sparks was that tether for us. “I want to taste her,
ELLE Kade placed a kiss over the healing wound before he knelt in front of me and listened to our pups. They were safe, but he just needed reassurance. He had been worried about something happening to them and me during both of these feeding room rescues. I ran my fingers through his hair and reveled in the fact that this man was mine for the rest of our lives. He placed two kisses on my stomach before kissing my lips too. Then we faced a group of very confused people. “We’ll go get you all some clothes and see when the food will be ready. We know that you’re very confused right now but just know that you’re absolutely safe here. That was the second feeding room that we’ve personally dealt with, but our three friends over there have done many more,” I said, pointing out our three vamps. The pregnant woman approached me while carrying the baby. There were many emotions on her face, but the most prominent one was gratitude. “Thank you. My child will live because of what you all did
KADE Thirty-seven of the innocent humans that we saved ended up wanting to stay in the pack. Elle’s parents offered to house them once the pack was up and going. It was amazing to see how quickly Gramps’ crews were building up Shadow Falls. It was not just them though. Volunteers, both shifter and human, were also helping out. It started out with a few dozen, but then it became a few hundred volunteers. More people kept turning up to help out. They could have the pack functional in the few months at this rate. “Miss Elle. Alpha Kade,” Denny called out as we approached their new house that was almost completely finished. My wonderful mate insisted that he still called her Miss Elle instead of Luna because he was very special to her. That boy was so giddy after that. “Good afternoon, Denny,” she said. “How’s your day going so far?” I asked him. He was holding a sleeping Angel, and I had never seen the kid happier before. She would definitely have the best older brother anyone coul
ELLE I had asked Daria if she wanted to face Alpha Xavier one last time to speak her peace to him. It took her ten minutes of weighing her options for her to say that she did because there were things that she had always wanted to say to him but never thought she would be able to. Daria was hesitant to ask Jaylon to come along because she did not want to subject him to whatever Alpha Xavier might say about her. However, she knew that she would feel safest with him there. It did not matter that the bastard would be restrained because he had been the monster that haunted her nightmares since the day he forcefully took her. So, that was how we found ourselves at the Coverstone HQ. Celeste had also come along for moral support. Those two had grown close to each other in their very short time together. “Remember that I will break every single bone in his body on your behalf if you tell me to. Okay?” I asked her. She smiled and nodded to me. We had spoken about my past with this bastard
SNEAK PEEK FROM FATED SOUL – FATED LIGHT – DANTE “How did you do it?” I asked Kade as I ran my fingers through my hair for the hundredth time today. He pushed a glass of Bourbon to me. It was gone in one swallow. I was a little on fucking edge. Sue me. “I’m not going to lie to you. It’s fucking difficult. I have no idea how I did it because I wanted nothing more than to rip the last breath from each person that hurt my mate. I wanted to watch as their lifeforce left their bodies. Fucking hell. I wished that I could murder every single bastard that even thought something negative about her. However, I realized that destroying them was also about me. It wasn’t just about what happened to Elle. It was about me feeling like a failure for not protecting my mate even though I didn’t know who she was yet.” Kade placed his hands on my shoulders and gave them a comforting squeeze. I came to Kade because he had been in a similar position to what I was in right now. His mate, my sister, ha
ELLE “You can sit the presents over there,” I said, pointing to the table. Today was the twins’ first birthday. Everyone decided to throw a huge party in celebration. Nightshade, Shadow Falls, Dark Moon, our vamps, our Fae friends, and our fiery dragons all came to spend this special day together. Our boys were little heartbreakers already. They were Alpha pups on steroids when it came to their strength and size. They looked more like they were two instead of one. Then they had the intelligence of years beyond themselves. They were their own species so to speak. It was exciting and scary at the same time. We just wanted them to be carefree pups, but they were destined to be so much more. “Oi,” Denny grunted as Gabriel Reece plowed into him. Our boys began walking at about six months. They were little hellions with how fast they were. Not to mention that they were already befriending the shadows. Oddly, the boys never did anything harmful. It was like they were self-aware. Caiathus
KADE Time had passed by quickly, and life moved on with it. Those bastards involved in Ada’s murder and Anya’s attempted murder, had been tortured until every single detail was spilled. There really had not been much left in them, but we enjoyed exacting justice for what they did. Apparently, Ada had no idea who the bastard was when he got her pregnant. He essentially had roofied her at the library one day when she was studying. It made sense why she had dropped out of school and moved back to the pack after that. She had been drugged, raped, and gotten pregnant from it. It was not until they were torturing her that she learned the truth all along. The bastard took great pleasure in detailing exactly what happened, including using illegal herbs to force becoming pregnant. Elle made sure that I sliced his dick off for that bit. Only my mate could sit in the corner of a torture chamber and eat mint chocolate chip ice cream while giving us suggestions here and there without being aff
ELLE Kade insisted that we get a checkup when we got back to the pack. I could not deny him the reassurance that the twins and I were okay because I knew how terrified he had been about me being on that battlefield in the first place. I had asked Dante if he wanted to come as well since he had not really been present since he was at Dark Moon during everything. It was where he needed to be, but he was back here now. “We’ll be doing your scan. Is there anything new that you’ve experienced, Luna?” Dr. Silva asked as she prepared the machine. I bit my lip, trying to think of how to explain the odd occurrence on the battlefield. I had not even mentioned it to anyone, so I hoped that Kade remembered how much he loved me. “There was an unavoidable situation –” I was cut off by my mate. “She means a battle,” Kade interrupted, giving me a pointed look. Dr. Silva looked at me with widened eyes as if that was the last thing she had expected to hear. I understood how this looked from an ou
ELLE The battle with Bandore really had not been a battle at all. The closest thing that I had experienced were feeding rooms. However, even that did not compare to this right here and now. Adrenaline pulsed throughout my body, reminding me to stay alert at all times. There was no room for our failure here because that would mean the death of all involved as well as the pack behind us. There was no greater honor than to be given the opportunity to save those who needed us. Brynn had an important destiny, one that I was not privy to know the details of other than she was a prophesized and chosen Vessel. My cryptic ass wolf just loved annoying the shit out of me like that. ‘You know me so well,’ she cooed. ‘I couldn’t ask for a better wolfy than you.’ ‘And I couldn’t ask for a better human than you. I’m blessed that Selene chose me to be your wolfy.’ I smiled despite the carnage everywhere. Faye just proved that there was beauty that could be found even in the midst of damaging ch
ELLE Kade and I grabbed a few hours of sleep before making our way down to the Command Center as Apollo so conveniently named it. We had all of our leadership, a conglomeration of our vamp friends, Caiathus’ brothers, the Council, Mystra, Fyst, and Celeste as well. Gabriel and Ansley pushed in coffee carts, and my entire day finally felt right. I eagerly grabbed my specialty drink that was always perfectly made. I sighed as the first sip hit my taste buds. “You still really suck, sis. It’s not fair that you can drink caffeine,” Ansley huffed. “You could always take it up with Selene,” I said coyly, taking another sip. Gabriel vehemently shook his head back and forth behind her. He apparently did not like that idea whatsoever. “Why would you be against your amazing mate asking for such a simple thing? Do you not want her to have caffeine? Perhaps you shouldn’t be having caffeine either then if you’re going to be unfair to my amazing sister,” I told him with mock shame. Her head
KADE I was waiting for our people to finish putting the trash in the cells and join me in the office. Honestly, I needed a bit of time to cool down before I dealt with them unless we wanted to just snap their necks and be done with it all. That seemed too lenient a punishment for them though. The memory of finding Ada’s body would forever haunt me until I drew my last breath. Nobody deserved that type of treatment or death. I sighed, rubbing my eyes, and scrubbing a hand over my face. It was seriously throwing me for a loop that we had traitors in our pack and in our ranks yet again. Would there ever come a day when traitors would no longer exist within Nightshade? It was like an endless cycle that we could never break from. Ada and Anya deserved justice. What would that be though? How much would be enough? Honestly, nothing would ever be enough because they suffered far too much. I grabbed the framed scan of our pups from my desk and smiled at it. They were such a blessing alrea
ELLE His daughter. Anya was his daughter. I tried, and failed, to understand what that claim meant because he willingly murdered his own pup. He did not know she was alive, and he never would. He was a threat that we would eliminate before he could even think about sending any harm her way. “You knew who Ada was to you,” Kade said, coming to the same conclusion that I did. “Of course, I did,” he said nonchalantly. “Ada was a full-blooded witch. I was only half-blooded. However, I knew that a child between the two of us would yield even stronger magic than if I sought someone else out. It was for the greater good.” Kade did not like that at all, so a shadow slid across the bastard’s throat, strangling him. My mate held it for a count of five before the shadow relaxed but did not move from his throat. “You mean it was for your greater good,” I spat coldly. He smirked at me and looked very pleased with himself. I returned the smirk with one of my own because he was about to see a s
KADE I woke up with a start, heart pounding, and not understanding what was going on. It felt like my emotions were drowning me. Elle’s side of the bed was cold, causing me to jump out of bed and find her. We still had no idea who the hell killed Ada, so we had no idea who we could trust outside of our own leadership. We had been down the road of traitors before, but I did not expect us to be back there once again. Was this a cycle we would always face? I threw on some shorts and went to find my mate. It was not hard to find her, but my heart broke when I did. She was in the living room, rocking back and forth on the floor, sobbing her heart out. “I’m here, darling. I’ve got you,” I murmured as sat down and pulled her onto my lap. She buried her face in my chest and continued to cry for Ada and Anya. I was right there with her as tears welled up in my eyes as well for them and for her as well. My mate was the strongest person that I knew. She survived years of being tortured in e