Five mate pairs. I thought long and hard about Bonnie and Mia. She deserved a good mate who would help her heal from everything she was forced to endure. Drop a shiny blue gem if you enjoyed the chapter. I love hearing what you think!
KADE We still had thirty minutes before we had to wake up which gave me thirty minutes to worship my goddess of a mate. Faye removed the block three days ago, and all I could think about was my mate’s stomach swollen with our pup. I knew it was something she wanted too. There had been a deep longing and need every time she encountered babies and young pups. At least we were on the same page. We had taken to sleeping without clothes per her request, but you definitely would not see me complaining one bit. The sheet had fallen off her while she slept on her back, so I carefully maneuvered until I was eye-level with her delicious pussy. My hands gently spread her thighs outwards, opening her up to me. She was still asleep, so there was no better wakeup call than this. My thumbs spread her lips, and I marveled at how one person could be so fucking perfect. I dove into my favorite breakfast as if I had never eaten before in my entire life. My tongue lapped at her arousal before suckin
ELLE They brought us into a small auditorium since we had so many people with us. This looked like it was one used for learning because the seats had little writing surfaces on them. Others used it for their coffees, but I had a different purpose. I set my coffee on the floor and pulled out a notebook and pen. I wanted to make sure I jotted down anything that was important. Dante chuckled, and I looked next to me and saw that he did the same. We smirked at each other. “It’s hilarious how similar you two are and were barely raised around each other,” Kade said. He was not kidding either. There were many quirks and preferences that we both had. Take reading for example. We dogeared the page on the bottom corner instead of top. Always put our left sock on first. Only just enough milk to wet cereal but not drench it. Preferred white chocolate over any other kind. “Greatness calls to greatness, Kade. Learn it. Live it. Believe it. They fucking called us twins for a reason,” Dante said
ELLE Three days were devoted to getting a plan of action together. Four of the six Alphas came from Nightshade and two from Shadow Creek. All six either had Alpha blood or Beta blood. It was not a disqualifier if someone did not have them, but these were the six that we felt were the best fit. We assigned which pack the Alphas went to based on experience and skills because some of the packs would be more challenging than others. Two of the Betas came from Nightshade and four came from Shadow Creek. We let the Alphas and Betas decide which pack the Betas would be assigned to. Each Alpha and Beta team seemed to be great fits for each other. Gammas and Deltas all came from Nightshade, and they all got a say in which pack they would prefer. The Dalestone pack, because of its size, were assigned two Gammas and two Deltas. The Council would provided two hundred warriors for us to distribute amongst the six packs. Nightshade would supply an additional hundred. There was also twenty-three
KADE It infuriated me every time that I heard about the things that my mate and her people had been forced to endure in that disgusting pack. I was glad that she had taken the time to document what occurred. I doubted that she ever thought that it would come in handy, but she did it because it was one of the only things she could do. They were all helpless and at the mercy of their abusers. Documenting everything was also her way of showing how strong her people were. There were a few hundred people standing around when we made our way back from the car. It drew my attention away from the fact that her prize would be another round of fun like we had at the lake, which was something I would always crave. It was amazing how much pleasure the shadows could elicit from her. There was a large area cleared for the fight. Alpha Aziel was standing to one side. His pack was not allowed anywhere near him per the Council’s order. Caiathus had already ensured that he would not be able to mindli
ELLE Dahlia’s sister was a bright ball of sunshine that radiated happiness. That would not have been true had Cadence’s sister not protected her in the only way that she could. She was more than excited to leave the pack and come back with us. Cadence was left to start packing her things up while Dahlia came to the office with me so that she could help us figure out who we could trust in this pack. She was more than happy to help out. We left Gabriel and Ansley to watch over her. They would not let any harm come to her, and I could tell that it lifted an ever-present weight off Dahlia’s shoulders. Our people followed behind us as she led us to the dead Alpha’s office. It smelled like a brothel in here, making me nearly gag. I went to open the window, but Caiathus snapped his fingers, and the room was immediately aired out and smelled like the forest after a rainstorm. “You’re my hero, Caiathus. That was a horrid smell. You just saved my life,” I told him. “I could never let you di
ELLE Alpha Denver had his work cut out for him. The Dalestone pack had plenty of corruption running through its veins, but there was even more hope to overshadow that. Dahlia and her sister offered to stay and help the new leadership get their footing in the pack before she came back with the others who chose to relocate to Nightshade. I was very proud of her for making such an offer because it showed her resilience, determination, and strength. “We need to get a suite in the packhouse with two rooms ready when we get home,” I told my mate who was driving us back to where we got the cars in the first place. “Why would we need to do that, darling?” he asked me curiously. I would admit that he had taken well all the crazy shit that came with being mated to me. He embraced every part of me and loved them all. I thanked Selene every day for gifting me the best mate that I could have ever hoped for. “Alpha Theo and his currently rejected mate will be coming to us for the weekend,” I s
ELLE “Your mate is perfectly safe in here without you,” I told Diego. We were about to open the portal, and I did not to overwhelm and ambush the two coming through. “I know that she is. I just like irritating you,” he cooed. Kade used the shadows to open the door and pushed him outside before slamming the door shut. “Not cool, Kade,” he shouted from the other side of the door. I leaned up and rewarded my mate with a kiss. He placed a kiss on my forehead before pulling me to his side. The portal opened to show the inside of a white room, but the two people in the center with very confused looks on their faces were my focus. “You can just walk right through. She’ll close it when you’re on this side,” I said, waving them in. She went to grab a bag on the floor, but he beat her to it and rolled his eyes at her when she stuck him with the same look that I gave Kade all the time. Brynn was gorgeous with her auburn hair, high cheekbones, and beautiful expressive amber eyes. I could
ELLE We reconvened at dinner time. We had food brought into the conference room so that we could discuss things privately. Tinsley offered to get our guests, so we were just waiting for them to join us. Kade said that he talked to Alpha Theo, so I hoped it helped. It seemed to have when they walked through the door with his hand on her lower back. “How are you two doing?” I asked, as they sat down. Brynn looked at him before looking at me. I could immediately see that something was off. She opened her mouth to speak but closed it and looked back at him. “She had rough nightmare when she took a nap,” Alpha Theo supplied, his lips tipping down as if to say that rough was an understatement. Dante was looking at her carefully, obviously seeing something that we could not. He stood up and knelt down next to her. “I’m far more fucking talented than my sister,” he said, side-eying me, “part of my gift allows me to see snippets, impressions, and such. Can I try to take a closer look at
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