Mackenzie's POVI lay awake, stoned half to sleep and feeling really good. I'm tripping the fuck out. I got back in about thirty minutes ago and my dumbass didn't think to get some snacks. My body is too weak to go downstairs but my stomach is screaming for food. So now I'm here, in my room, contemplating whether or not I should pull a prank tomorrow. The alpha said I should draw but he didn't say anything about pranks. Right.I turn on my side and grab my phone. I dial BerryPop, the dude I get my weed from and tell him that I will be picking up tomorrow. "I need some for a hundred." I say slowly amd he laughs. "Bet. You stoned right now?" He asks and I laugh. "You're fucking gone dude." He says making me laugh harder."Aight lil sis, I need to go do some stuff but come by at 5." He says and I smile at the thought of seeing his dog again. "Bet." I say and hang up.I sit up and rub my face before getting up and walking out of the room. Walking down the stairs, I try to not fall whil
Mackenzie's POVI wake up to somebody knocking on my door. "Kenzie. Can I come in." I hear Luna Alex say through the door. I sit up and look toward Derek who is laying on his stomach, shirtless. I get up and run a hand through my hair. "Yeah." I say and she comes in. "Mornin'." I mumble and she smiles as she sees Derek. "Good afternoon." She smirks and I blush. "It's not that late. Is it?" I ask grabbing my phone. "It's 2 pm, Kenz." She says raising her brow with a small smile. I laugh sheepishly and shakes her head. "I just came to tell you that Aiden will be home earlier. Tonight. I want everybody to be there to welcome him. Is that okay?" She says and I try my best to seem unfazed by it. "Okay. We'll be there. What time?" I ask and she holds up four fingers. I nod and she looks at the unopened bag of sour worms that Derek brought last night. "You can have them." I tell her and she lights up like a Christmas tree. I hand them to her and she kisses my cheek before leaving.I l
Aiden's POV"Yes mom. I miss you too." I say smiling. I really miss my family, my pack. I have been gone for seven months and my mom is close to giving birth. I hope that when she sees what I've done, she won't go into labour early."But you're coming home on Monday, right?" She asks sounding excited. "No." I say and she whines. "Why not. You said you would, Aiden." She says and I can hear her sniffling. "I'm coming home today mom." I say and gasps. "Really! Oh my goodness. Mason!" She screams and I have to hold my phone away from my ear. I hear dad ask what's wrong and she tells him."He's coming home today." She says and I hear him laugh. "Are you playing with my pregnant wife's feelings, boy?" He asks and I chuckle. "No dad. I finished all my needed training earlier then the rest, so I can go home earlier." I say picking the bag up and setting it by the bedroom door. "Spoken like a true King. I'm proud of you, bud." He says and I feel good about making him proud. "Thanks dad.
Kenzie's POV"I'm telling you, Derek. He's my mate." I whisper yell, running my hands through my hair. "Dude..." Derek says looking stunned. "This is good, right. It's a good thing." He asks looking clueless. "Well it's not a bad thing but how am I his mate bro. He is the fucking future alpha king and if you haven't fucking noticed, I don't fucking like rules." I yell and he stands up putting his hands on my shoulders. "Okay. Just calm down. We can figure this out." He says and pulls me into a hug. "How." I whisper into his neck. "I don't know yet." He says and I laugh. "Fucking dumbass." I say and he chuckles as well. "You just gotta go down there, make small talk and get it over with." Derek tells me and I sigh."What if he doesn't want me?" I asks him wringing my fingers. "What are you even talking about. Of course he'll want you. You're beautiful, funny, a good person. Even if you do prank old dudes like Deeds, you're still a good person. You're hella smart when you want to be
Aiden's POV"That was uncalled for, Dad! She is my mate and you can't speak to her like that. You can't speak to anybody like that." I yell as he sits in his chair with his head in his hands. "I have told her countless times to not go out by herself at night. To not go around school vandalizing the building, not to be a bad example but she doesn't listen." He says and this only makes me madder."What it sounds like to me is that you want her to roll over every time you say something. News flash, Dad. She is a teenagers. She's going to break rules. She's not always going to listen. For goddess sake, she lost her whole family. Did you not think that she was going to rebel at some point?" I ask and he sighs. "I know I was hard on her but I just want her to be safe. I don't want her to get hurt or worse." He say and mom sighs pushing his hair back."And you just couldn't have done that without embarrassing her in front of everybody or making her cry?" I ask and mom steps up. "Both of y
Kenzie's POVI'm busy packing my stuff up to move to Alpha and Luna's house. I don't want to move. The only upside to this is that I will be closer to my mate and I will spend more time with the twins. I zip up my suitcase just as a knock sounds on the door. "Come in I say." The person does and their scent makes me tense up. "Good morning, Kenzie." He says and I slowly turn around, not making eye contact. "Good morning, Alpha." I say bowing slightly. I feel the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I feel like pissing myself right now, that's how much this guys scares me. "Kenzie. I came to apologize about last night. I was way too harsh on you. You don't need to move in with us if you don't want to. I was just worried about you." He says and I look up at him before looking back down. "I can stay here?" I ask and he nods. "Yes." He says and I smile slightly. "Thank you, Alpha." I say and he chuckles. "Call me Mason. You are my daughter-in-law." He says and my cheeks heat up at t
Kenzie's POVI wake up from the best sleep that I've ever had to my alarm sounding next to me. A small moan escapes me and I squeeze the pillow tighter. I stop when I feel the pillow's heartbeat."Pillows don't have heart beats, dummy. That's our mate." Aria says excitedly and I slowly open my eyes. Sure enough, Aiden is laying next to me with his arm under my neck and my arm and leg over him. I smile slightly and take him in. His face is turned away from me so I can't admire him fully like a total psycho. I try to get up but he only pulls me in tighter, taking a deep breath in. "Morning." He says and I melt at his deep voice. "Good morning." I say in a small voice. "We have school." I say and he hums. "Let's skip." He mumbles and pulls me onto of him. "I can't skip school. Your dad will have my ass." I say laying my head against his chest. "No he won't. Go back to sleep." He says and I sigh. I won't be able to. I just lay there for a few more minutes, tracing the patterns on h
Kenzie's POVThe week flew by fast and it's already Saturday. My nervous are everywhere and I don't know why.I fix the pesky string of hair that just won't cooperate. "Damnit!" I shout and stomp my foot. First I burn my shirt, then I stub my pinky toe and now the fucking hair won't go were I want it to. "Are you okay?" The very familiar voice asks and I breath in his intoxicating scent. I instantly relax and turn around with around to look at my handsome mate. "Hi. Yeah. I'm fine." I tell him and he smiles. He walks further into the room and hands me a single pink rose. A blush rises on my cheeks as I take the rose from him. We--I have been making progress this week. I've gotten comfortable with holding hands at school and kissing in my room--not that we kissed alot this week, only twice. I'm still learning though and he understands. "I got it from my mom's garden. She threw a shoe at me." He says and I laugh. "Already risking your life for me." I state and he nods. "Are you re
*7 years later.*Kenzie's POVAiden pulls my chair out next to his at the head of the table. I sit down and thank him. He takes his seat and instantly grabs my hand. I smile at him and lightly squeeze. "Wanna watch a movie after dinner?" He asks and I nod. "Yeah. I have to help your mom with something first though." I tell him and he furrows his brows. "And what's that?" He asks and I raise a brow with a small smirk. "Nosey much." He raises his hands in surrender and I laugh. "You look beautiful." He compliments me and a blush rises on my cheeks. Years later and he still gives me butterflies. "Thank you, baby. You look so handsome." I say and he has a proud smile on his face. "Thank you, my love." "Can you guys stop flirting so we can eat. We're freaking starving." Dree says as she rubs her pregnant belly. 6 months pregnant and ready to pop, that's what she is. "The food isn't even at the table yet, Dree." I say and she pouts. "Here, have some cheese." Aiden quickly offers as he
Kenzie's POV(Three weeks later)It is the day of the fight and for some odd reason I am very calm.I have spent these three weeks getting used to the fact that I would not need to take care of Aiden anymore whilst training for the fight. The stress and annoyance of not having his attention has been taking the focus away from everything else.He has been very distant, constantly hiding away in the library with his nose in a book which is weird but expected since he literally just came out of a coma. I have a feeling that he wants to do things that he would not have done before and I totally get it. ...but I need attention. And this behaviour could also be because of what happened last week..."Hey." I hear from behind me and turn around. "You're back." I say and he walks further into the room. "What are you up to?" He asks sitting down next to me. "I'm getting the last of the pack work done. I can't seem to find the medical records of one pack member and it's stressing me out." I t
Aiden's POVI wake up in a dark room with my sleeping mate cuddled up to me. My heart rate spikes at the sight of her and a beeping noise draws my attention to the side. I look at the heart rate monitor that is hooked up and I furrow my brows. There is a needle from an IV in my arm. What the hell is going on?I slowly pull the needle out and remove the peg from my finger. My body screams in pain with every move I make and I lowly groan. Kenzie sturrs next to me and I stay still not wanting her to wake up. She turns over and grabs her pillow like she alway does. A soft chuckle escapes me as I move the hair behind her ear. After watching her for a couple more minutes, I slowly get off the bed and stand up with much difficulty. My body aches from head to toe but I ignore it and grab her phone to look at the time. 05:39 am.I set it back down and walk to the bathroom. Turning the light on, I look at myself to see something I didn't expect. A thin, pale face, dark circles under my ey
Kenzie's POVI take the towel out of the cool water and wring it out before pressing it against Aiden's burning body.It has been four days since we got him back and he has yet to wake up. The doctor said that he has silver poisoning and that the wolfsbane was slowly shutting down his body. His organs might start shutting down if he doesn't start showing signs of recovery. The poison is slowly killing him. If we had waited 30 minutes or more to get him to the doctor, he would've died. That thought alone makes me sick to my stomach. I have tried to shake it off but it bothers me. It had been so easy for that Hellhound to find us, who says other threats are not lurking. Well of course they are but how did they know where to find us. I've started becoming so paranoid that I wouldn't let anybody but Aiden's parents and our friends come near him. Even then, I'm still second guessing their intentions. It doesn't matter what relationship thwy have with him, everybody puts me on edge when
Aiden's POVI don't know how long I've been here but I know that it has been days. They have given me food twice which is hardly enough for me to keep my strength up but they know that. They are being supposedly smart about this and I have to give it to them. All I'm waiting for is the moment one of them slips up. I've tried finding a way out but the most room is lined with silver and wolfsbane which makes it impossible to hear or touch anything near the door or windows. Zeus is weak from the silver and lack of food but he still responds now and then. The door opens loudly but I don't look up as the repulsive smell hits my nostrils. "Wake up, dick brain." Beji's annoying voice rings in my ear and I growl at him. "You'd be wise to have a little more respect then that, mutt, for you'd be sorry when I get my hands on you." I say looking up slowly just in time to see the fear in his eyes before he tries to cover it."You're not getting out alive so you can only dream of killing me."
Kenzie's POV"What are you doing dumbass. You have to catch it not run from it." Aiden yells from across the soccer field. "Well forgive me for wanting to keep my head on my shoulders. You kick like a freaking...like a freaking... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT!" I yell in frustration and he starts laughing. "Stop it." I whine with a pout on my lips. I cross my arms over my chest and he stops laughing. "Aww baby, come on now. You're going to learn... eventually. I'm just trying to prepare you for what's to come when you have to play an actual game. I kick harder to give you an advantage." He explains and I look up at him with an annoyed look. "I don't even like soccer. Or any sport for that matter." I say and he chuckles. "Then let's find something you do like." He says and I look up at him with a smile causing him to roll his eyes. "Sleeping is not a sport, Kenzie." He says and I huff."Come on. Let's go cool off in the lake." He suggests with a mischievous look and I giggle. Jumping int
Kenzie's POVI wake up to people talking around me and a numbing pain all over my body. A whimper leaves me due to the the pain I feel when I try to move my legs. "Hey, hey. You have to be still, honey. Relax." I hear a voice familiar to Alex's speak. I feel her rubbing my hair but I can't actually see her. Blurry figures is all I can see. "Aiden?" I call softly and my heart starts racing once I feel a dull ache in my chest. "Aiden!?" I yell out to him but nobody answers. "Where is Aiden!? Where is my mate!?" I scream as I blindly look around the room. Not being able to see anything only adds on to the frustration and anger. Ignoring the pain I lift my heavy arms and legs only to be held down. "Let go of me! I want Aiden!" I keep yelling."Doctor, can we give her something to calm her down." I hear somebody ask with urgency in their voice. I soon feel a sharp sting in my arm and a loud howl leaves me. "FUCKING LET GO!" I yell in pure rage and pain as the ache in my chest grows.
Kenzie's POV"Stop." I say giggling as he keeps on kissing up my neck. We just got out the shower and Aiden is in a great mood. He suggested that we watch a movie but he is distracting me more then we're actually focused on the T.V."No." He whines into my neck as he throws his leg over me, clinging onto me like a koala bear. "My little baby." I say kissing his forehead and I can feel him smile against my skin. "We should do something fun today." I suggest and he lifts his head from my neck. "Like what?" He asks and I shrug."We could go for a run and swim in the stream behind the house." He says and I squeal. "Oh my gosh yes! I have been dying to get into some water other then the shower." I say and he chuckles. "You are so random." He says before getting up and pulling me with him. We walk into the closet and he pulls our bags out. I get out my royal blue bikini that I didn't know that I packed and he put on some blue and yellow swim trunks."How does this look?" I ask him and he
Kenzie's POVWe are on our way to Alpha and Luna's cabin and the tension in the car is overwhelming. The party ended at eleven o'clock and now we are on our way to our 'alpha and luna honeymoon'. Luna suggested that we go last minute and I thinking that she caught onto the bad vibes between Aiden and I. We have not spoken since we left and I really don't care anymore. If he wants to act like a child and pout or sulk the whole time then fine. I'm not going to force communication with a grown ass man. He pulls into the drive way and shuts the car off before getting out. Slamming the door shut he goes to the back and gets the bags out. I get out and go towards the back as he walks to the front door with only one bag in his hand. That little prick."We don't need your fucking help anyway, asshole!" Aria rages and I can tell that she's really affected by Aiden and Zeus shutting us out. "Relax, Ari. He just as a bruise ego." I tell her and she huffs. I get my bags out and shut the trunk