I couldn't do a double chapter, but I did make this a longer one for you all. It was definitely time for Chris to find his happiness.
ZIYAH Sunlight shone through the open curtains. I wiped the sleep from my eyes. The clock said it was 10:00 A.M., and my body jolted upright in bed. Shit. I did not mean to oversleep one bit, but I must have been more exhausted than I thought. Honestly, I did not even remember making it to bed. There was a note lying on the nightstand. ‘I didn’t want to wake you up because you needed to sleep after the amount of magic you used between the coven, healing some of the wolves, as well as healing both Brynn and Jackson. I’ll be in my office whenever you’re up and around. Love you, babe.’ A smile stretched across my face because I had absolutely the best mates a person could ever ask for. They had always been so incredibly patient and sweet to me. Never had they made me feel fragile, but they did treat me like I was precious. What female would not swoon over that behavior? I got dressed and ready for the day before making some coffee to bring to Dante. I added just a little bit of hone
DANTE We quickly got dressed so that we could head out to Dark Moon. My mind was reeling with the fact that my mate met the Goddess. Not only that, but she gave her the ability to not only disarm the devices but also gave her a gift. I could not fucking wait to find out what gift she had because it would most likely be pretty fucking badass if it was meant to help with the Darkies. ‘Our Little Fae is part Little Wolf,’ Byron mused. ‘That she is. The most important part of that entire statement is that she’s OURS,’ I said, raking my eyes over her delectable form. Our girl was currently bent over to put her shoes on. It gave me the perfect view of her ass. She was bound and fucking determined to kill me today with her outfit. It was a dress that stopped a couple of inches above her knees with bell sleeves and a minimal plunging neckline. Light blue with a floral pattern. It cinched at her curves to show the killer figure that she has. My girl had been working each day to rebuild her
ZIYAH I had never imagined seeing anyone from the Dygani clan ever again. The last thing that I had heard was that they had been eradicated because of how powerful they were. Energy manipulation was an extremely impressive feat because it could be used to alter something’s temperature or even be used as telekinesis. On top of that, manipulating the elements was something nearly unheard of, which was what made it such a powerful weapon. As far as I knew, only one element could be manipulated. Their element was chosen and bound to them from the moment their magic manifested. I would explain of all this to Dante later on because I did not want to these women to think that we cared about their abilities and coveted them. We certainly did not. I cared about these women as people first and foremost. “I’m Ziyah Trelinin. That’s how I know of your clan. Grandmother Ayla had helped train some of your warriors many years ago. I had no idea that any of your clan were still alive,” I told them
DANTE “A person’s gift resides in a well within their body. That’s why Elle has a well for Moon Fire and why you have a well that holds the collective souls. So, sit down cross-legged and try to actively relax your muscles,” Ziyah advised. This was our first lesson on truly training my gift to become the weapon that it was created for. Weapons could be destructive in the wrong hands, but I would never misuse my gift. No, I would only use it to protect what was ours and those who were innocent. Ziyah had me close my eyes and hold onto my hands. Her thumbs rubbed soothing circles on the backs of them. “There’s a second part of my gift that only my father knows about because it’s very dangerous for that knowledge to get out. It was what I used on Marcia to get the information on the explosives. My consciousness can connect with another person’s, allowing me to infiltrate their memories and mind. However, if their consciousness is stronger than mine then I would be stuck in their mind,
ZIYAH I was really looking forward to our night. It would be a brand-new experience for the both of us, but I had no doubt in my mind that we would thoroughly enjoy it. Dante was a curious creature by nature. He loved to know the ins and outs of everything. Perfectionistic to a degree that I had only seen in one other person – myself. There was burning curiosity about my surprise, but he had been unable to persuade me to give up any clues. Anticipation would make it even better. It was getting dark by the time that we finished dinner. We made our way outside and shifted. Byron and I raced to the falls. There was no wonder why wolves loved running. The exhilaration it caused flooded one’s body with a boost of adrenaline. Running this way was the same way that it felt like when I flew in the sky. Byron was a very fast wolf, but I was able to keep pace with him fairly easily. His body whipped around once we hit the finish line, growling at me because he won. I would beat him one of th
ZIYAH Elle, Pylorna, and I would be getting ready together at Nightshade while the guys got ready together as well for tonight. She had told me yesterday that Ansley and Vienna would love to hang out while we got ready if it was okay with me. I appreciated the fact that she gave me a choice. I knew that they were technically Dante’s cousins, but Ansley was raised as a sister. They were both important to him, so I wanted to at least try to develop a relationship and connection with them. We had just made it onto the Alpha floor, but Dante was unwilling to let me go. His arms were wrapped around me, nose teasing the side of my neck. “They’re probably waiting on me, havathi,” I tried for the third time. “Your point,” he drawled. Fine. I would have to find a way to motivate him, and I knew the perfect one. I sent him a bit of my memory from what it felt like for him to make love to me while flying. A deep growl tore from his throat as he gripped my ass. Then he took a step backwards
DANTE Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. My mate knew how to play her role perfectly. She was desire personified. Not to mention that she was able to somehow pull in every single person’s attention without even trying. Only I could feel her struggles, so that was why I had been sending her steady streams of positive emotions. This was an environment that I would rather she not be forced into, but we both knew the importance of it. She would never allow Haleen or others suffer from this fate if it was possible to save them from it. ‘I’m going to be taking you in this dress when we get home. Fuck, babe. You’ve got me so hard,’ I whispered through our private link. It was true, but it was also to help keep her focus on something other than what we were about to witness as the bidding was about to open up. Ziyah turned to me and licked the corner of my mouth before turning her attention to the front again as if she had not just licked me. Such a tease. My arm draped over her arm, my thumb caressing h
ZIYAH The portal closed behind us, and I nearly fell to my knees with relief. Thankfully, Dante caught me and pulled me into his arms where I felt safe. After a couple of minutes, I pulled away because I would break down crying if I let myself feel the emotions within me right now. It was not the time nor the place. We had others to take care of first. Then I could fall apart later when I was alone. Jarin came running up to me, wrapping his arms around me. I knelt down so that we were closer to the same height and hugged him tightly. He cried into my shoulder, and I felt waves of relief, sadness, and hope coming from him. It was necessary for him to be able to process everything right now, so I gave him all the time that he needed wrapped up in my arms right now. There was no telling what types of hell he had been through that led him to that feeding room. It was a horror that I wished he had never had to experience, but I was thankful that we had been able to get him out of there.