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XXVII: Caterina
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Not My Alpha: Fated Mistake XXVIII: Mate
-Kira-I’ve never been this worried before. What could my mother possibly want to speak with Arkyn and me for? We follow her to the back garden, sitting down at a stone bench and table. She looks at Arkyn with an odd glint in her eyes, then she turns to me and takes both of our hands in hers. “I want to apologize to you both for my error and inability to see someone had tampered with your Mate Bond,” she says with her eyes shining with unshed tears. Wait, did she just say our Mate Bond?!Arkyn looks at me with a knowing grin, while I narrow my eyes, confused. “Our Mate Bond, Mamma? Are you saying-”“Yes, Arkyn is your True Mate, baby; but I think deep down you’ve always known that,” she chuckles, then her expression turns serious again. “I didn’t want to admit that my Goddess could have been wrong, but little did I know Marle desecrated her work. She needed Helseth as a pawn to capture us all and even sent Kaia as Arkyn’s Luna Bride. All planned, down to the last second. What she d
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-Kira-We’re all in the living room, waiting with bated breath as Andreas pulls up outside the mansion with Kaia in the back seat. Anxiety ripples through each of us when we hear the door closing and the amount of pounding heartbeats nearly renders me dizzy.Uncle Kon, aunt Lily, and Luka are standing closer to the door, aunt Lily has one hand clasped against her chest while my uncle has his arm around her waist. My father and mother are looking at each other intently, while my other aunts and uncles wait just as anxiously. Creed is standing off to the side next to Arkyn; they’re chatting in low voices, but I can tell by the look in Creed’s eyes that he’s actually listening to Arkyn. The night before, we walked in on him brushing my parents off, and Arkyn took him to the forest for a run; they seemed to have bonded after that.I sigh, then walk towards the door to open it for them. Kaia sees me and smiles, then she rushes towards me, capturing me in an embrace.“I’m scared,” she whis
Last Updated : 2022-11-15Not My Alpha: Fated Mistake XXX: Morning
-Kira- Kaia’s welcome home banquet goes on well into the early morning hours. The pack gave her a welcome to remember and my father gave her his bite to make her a BloodCrest pack member formally. Before her induction, my mother discovered several parasites planted within Kaia and her wolf. She promptly banished them and implanted a tungsten stone underneath her skin; tungsten repels magic of any kind. My mother did this to all the members of our pack to stop the parasite problem during the war. Luka and Alexei had theirs removed by Marle in order to imbed the parasites, so she had to redo the tungsten implantation on the two of them. During the banquet, Arkyn was quiet, and it made me wonder what his father spoke to him about. He’s adamant that it’s nothing, but I know Arkyn better than that. We’re walking alone through the forest after the party has died down; he’s holding my hand and looking ahead, still not saying a thing. I decide that I’ve had enough and stop abruptly, pulli
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-Kaia-I was too scared to go to sleep last night, terrified that if I woke up again, then I’d be back in my bed in Las Vegas. Because this must be a dream, there’s no way my name is really Kaia Volkova. There’s no way that I actually have a family who has been looking for me, there’s no way they didn't abandon me at birth.All my life, I felt like the only person who loved me was Alpha Azura. Her daughter always saw me as a threat because I was stronger than her; as if an orphan could ruin her plans to become Alpha. The Beta's hated me as well; they all thought I didn't belong with them - little did they know I didn't.Now, as I sit in the backseat of the SUV Alpha Kai is driving, I know this is no dream. This man is not only my Alpha but my uncle! His wife, Luna Caterina, is the sweetest woman I’ve ever met; she’s so timid and soft-spoken, but so strong. How can any woman in this pack not look up to her?“We’re close,” she says, turning her head slightly. “She’s still in town and kn
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-Kira- It’s been nearly four hours since my parents left with Kaia in tow. After four hours of not hearing anything from them, and now my anxiety has kicked into overdrive. “They should have been back already,” I grumble, pacing the floor. “Why aren’t they back yet?!” Arkyn sighs again and pinches the bridge of his nose. “For the tenth time, calm down, Blue. I know you’re worried, but have some faith in your parents, okay?” My head snaps toward him, and I shoot him a glare. “Easy for you to say-!” “The gate’s opened,” Uncle Nikolai says and gets to his feet. “It’s them.” My heart comes to a literal standstill at my uncle’s words and I rush forward, looking down the paved road while holding my breath. If they’re here, that means they eliminated the threat. If they’re here, it means Marle is dead. Right? Their black SUV rolls into view and I see my parents wearing wide grins on their faces. Kaia peeks through the middle and smiles, while next to her I see the profile of someone
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-Arkyn-“Do you need to go?” “Blue…” I shoot another warning glance at her pout and stifle a growl. Why does she have to look at me like that? “Yes, you know I need to go; Vega Corp isn’t going to run itself.”She releases a little sigh that makes me want to kiss her just so she can shut up and stop her bratty behavior. My father called me back home since he cannot reschedule any more business meetings and everything here seems sorted out, there’s no need for me to keep Kira safe. “I know. I just got used to being around you so much, that’s all…” she trails off, then she takes my hand and gives me a mischievous little smile. “But I think it’s good for us to be separated until the next full moon.”I raise an eyebrow. “Oh? And why is that?”A slight blush covers her cheeks, and she bites her bottom lip. “You’ll see after being away from me for a while,” she says cryptically, then stands on her tiptoes to kiss me. “I’ll miss you.”“I’ll miss you too,” I respond, then I pull her closer
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-Arkyn- I can hear the blood rushing in my ears and take a step back from my mother; if she said anything else, it’s lost on me because I’m halfway to my father’s study. I throw open the door and stalk inside with a shattered heart, looking at the man who has always been my rock. He looks up from his laptop when I barge in, then he frowns. “Arkyn?” “Pappa, I…” I start off with my heart in my throat, not knowing what else to say. My mother just said his beast is dying and that, in turn, it is spreading to my father. My father is dying. My mother rushes in behind me and I see his eyes flicker to her, then back to me and he breathes out. He gets to his feet and walks over to his entertainment area. Gesturing to the leather sofas, he starts pouring us each a glass of bourbon, then he looks up at my mother. “Can you please give us some privacy, min elskling?” He asks her, and she nods, but before leaving the office, she gives both of us a kiss on the cheek. After she leaves, he pi
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-Kira-I haven’t really felt comfortable since the last time Arkyn called - my stomach is constantly coiled tight with anxiety and stress. There’s something wrong. I can hear it in his voice when he calls me and as usual, he won’t tell me what it is. When is he going to realize that I know him better than he knows himself? Okay, I know I can’t push this with him because he won’t tell me if I push, so I’ll just pretend to be dumb. You can’t really force a man to tell you something, especially not a man like Arkyn.It’s been nearly three weeks since I last saw him. My mother has me on constant Luna training while she has aunt Nova and five other witches training under her. Since she’s been back, she’s fortified the pack even more and decided to take on more witches. Under her guidance, of course.During her training, she discovered a witch can remove the tungsten, like with Luka and Alexei before; so she’s figured out a way to attach it straight onto our wolves. However, a Mate Bond is
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-Kaia-Elijah holds my hand as we walk into Autumn’s office for my final check-up, kissing the ring on my left ring finger and smiling. My pregnancy has been normal for a Pureblood, even if I am nothing of the sort. I’ve also finally come into my full demonic powers, well my succubus side anyway.My mother has been helping me control that side of me. It’s so weird what it entails, but it’s so fascinating to learn about something I knew nothing about. Autumn has also been giving me pointers since she has dealt with succubi before.“Why are you always so worried when we walk in here?” Elijah asks me as he opens the door for me. “You know everything will be fine, right?”“It’s a mother thing,” I say, brushing him off. “I’ll always worry.”I never used to get why Alpha Azura faffed over her daughter so much, but now I understand completely. Even if this child gets older than me, I’ll always worry about him or her. I just hope they don’t resent me for being over protective.When I had my f
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-Elijah-Out of all the reactions in the world, this one was not what I expected.I watch as Kaia runs out of the restaurant, that wild, uncertain look in her eyes will forever haunt me. Tonight didn’t go as planned; I should have known something was wrong because she’s been acting odd all evening.My father rushes over to me with a look of disbelief and concern. “What happened? Is she okay?” “I don’t know, but I have to find out,” I say and run after her. I hope I’m not too fucking late, I hope I can still fucking fix this. I run out of the place and as soon as I get outside; I spot her standing by my car. She has her arms wrapped around her and I catch the sadness in her scent. Why did I not notice this before? How did I think everything was okay after last night?“Kaia,” I call out her name and watch as her shoulders slump at the sound of my voice. I stride over to her, but she doesn’t turn around, so I wrap my arms around her and kiss her neck gently. “What’s wrong, kitten?”She
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Not My Alpha: Fated Mistake XIX: Passing Out
-Kaia-Aunty Cat mentioned my bond to Bjorn would sever over the next few days, I just didn’t expect it to be Elijah who would sever it. How the hell did we get here and how am I supposed to feel about this?“Name it and it’s yours, kitten,”Elijah should not have said that because common sense left my body at those words. I wanted to just take a long bath and go to bed, but now my body might have other things planned. How the hell can I be thinking about sex when Elijah just ripped out Bjorn’s heart?Goddess, does this make me cruel?We’re both quiet as Elijah drives us to one of Arkyn’s hotels because no way am I going back to my house and I still think Elijah shares a place with Avanah. I don’t want to ask.“You still haven’t told me what you want, kitten,” he suddenly says just as we enter the strip. “I told you that you can have anything you want.”“Right now I just want a hot bath to wash this entire day away, not to mention the jetlag and stress of the entire weekend,” I say as
Not My Alpha: Fated Mistake XVIII: Severed Bond
-Elijah-The shock has all but dissipated; now silent fury stood in its place. Someone dared to touch what was mine, for that they will die.I pace the floor of Kaia’s shared home with Bjorn; my arms are in the pockets of my jeans as I try to make sense of this. Arkyn dispatches some of his warriors to look for Kaia and see if they can catch her scent, while we stay here to look for any clues left behind.“How did he get into the estate without anyone knowing? If he was innocent in everything, then he wouldn’t need to sneak in, right?” I say mostly to myself, trying to figure something out.“And why would he take Kaia against her will? From everything she told me, he treated her extremely well, so why resort to this?” I gesture to the blood splatter on the walls. “Why harm his mate?”Arkyn gives me an odd look, then he crosses his arms and sighs. “I think I know why he took her,” he says, looking down at his feet. “Freyja told me something that happened before I arrived in Norway, som
Not My Alpha: Fated Mistake XVII: The Truth
-Kaia-I don’t remember much after Bjorn punched the side of my face, but I recall him throwing me over his shoulder and putting me in the trunk of his car. He hasn't mentioned a word to me the entire time. How did he get onto the estate and where is he taking me?I try to contact Arkyn or Kira over the mind link, but I find I can’t reach them clearly. Then I bang on the inside of the trunk, only for my hands to burn as I punch it. Fucking silver; no wonder I can’t reach them.“Bjorn!” I call out. “Bjorn, I know you’re out there. What are you doing? Why am I in here?!”The car gradually comes to a stop, and I hear him getting out and slamming the car door. If I’m not too far from the estate, then I can still contact Arkyn or Kira over the mind link. But if not and Bjorn is aggressive, then I’ll have a harder time getting out of this.He pops open the trunk and drags me out; I can still smell the dry air of the desert, so I know we’re not far off from the estate. It’s still dark, too,
