The whole way to the picnic table I'm thinking of a way to tell Chance we can't see each other or call each other again. It's not that I want him. No, the total opposite. I don't want him. I don't think I ever really did. But I have to find a way to tell him that without hurting him. "I'm leaving." Chance blurts out. "Okay. What does that have to do with me?'"I want you to come with me. I know Aiden is your mate. But he still hasn't claimed you. I wouldn't wait to claim you. I want you. I love you. Come with me?" Well shit! How do I get out of this mess?"I'm not leaving. Aiden and I have worked things out. We're trying to figure out this relationship thing. I'm sorry, but I don't feel the way you do. You have been an amazing friend to me, but that's all it has ever been for me."Chance walks around the picnic table and stands close to me. His pleading eyes almost break my heart. I feel bad that he loves someone that can't love him back. He's quiet for too long. I begin to get nerv
Aiden steps aside for me to see my surprise. All I see is a big jacked up black on black four wheel drive four door truck. "Where is it?" I'm confused. My heart pounds as Aiden hands me a set of keys. Skullz, Xavi, Gunner, Blaze and my dad part like the sea. I see the giant messed up looking bow on the front grill of the truck.I can't stop the big ass grin that takes over my face. "What the actual fuck? Really! This is mine! Oh shit! This is really really mine!" I squeal with excitement as I walk around the truck taking it in. Aiden nods his head. They're all smiling at me. I guess it's been a long time since any of them have seen me this happy.I run and jump straight into Aiden's arms raining kisses all over his face. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!""Did you guys know he was doing this?""Nope. We weren't let in on the secret until this morning." My father says."Get in boys. Let's go get some mud on the tires." I tell them. And that is exactly what we spend the day doing.Remi
I keeping getting everything situtated for me to go shower and get ready for work. "Can't a father just miss and want to talk to his only daughter?" "Yeah, but I can tell from the sound of your voice you want something. And it's something I'm not going to like." My father chuckles on the other end of the line. I cringe when I hear Aiden and Gunner tell him not to do it. I can only imagine what my father is going to ask of me. What I'm thinking he's going to ask for is a hard limit for me. It's a hell to the fucking no, no, no. "Well sweetheart, I was wondering if you'd accompany me to the Hybrid Association's auction tonight." There it is. My heart sinks down to my toes and my palms begin to sweat. The Hybrid Association is the group that put together the Hybrid Balls. Finally I find my voice. "That's going to be a hell no. I haven't been to anything they have put together in seven years. That's not going to change now." I wipe the sweat off my palms onto my yoga pants. I close m
How dare this assclown ask me that! "Aiden is my fated. What do you think?" I snap causing Chance to smirk. "I think just because two people are fated doesn't mean you have to love them. I think that just because you're fated doesn't mean you can't reject them." The scent of cinnamon and brimstone reaches me. I scan the crowd looking for my mate. When I spot him in the crowd the on his face says it all. He's witnessed this entire exchange. Aiden is beyond pissed off. "It was nice seeing you, Chance." I turn and walk away choosing to end our conversation before I have to beat his ass. I walk faster trying to put as much space as I can between me and Chance. I run my fingers through my hair and exhale slowly. I'm preparing myself for the argument I know is inevitable. I watch Aiden as he walks past the stairs to the bar. Judging by the way he moves through the crowd I'm in deep shit. Shade watches me with a question in her eyes. The one that asks if I need backup. I shake my head an
"Oh my freaking goodness!" I yell. "I'm done fighting abou this stupid ass shit! I'm done trying to defend myself when all I meant to do was say hello and welcome him back into town. I wasn't expecting him to kiss me! You need to go before this argument becomes more that it already is. Besides, I need to call my father. I'll see you when I get home."Relief washes over Aiden's face. He pulls me into his arms and places the sweetest softest kiss against my lips. "I love you, Remi.""I love you too." I tell him as I watch him walk out my office. I yank my phone off my desk and slap it against my thigh. I go back and forth with whether or not to call my father. I really don't have it in me for another fight. And I just know after our conversation today; there will be an argument. In the end my daughterly duty wins out. I press the call button. My father answers on the first ring as usual. "Hey sweetheart.""Hey. What's up?""First, I'd like to apologize for being an insensitive ass ear
Chance's polo shirt is ripped and stained with blood. Both his and mine. His jeans wear my dirty footprints. Remi is furious. I can't tell who she is more angry at. Me or the preppy fucking dick at my feet. Mine! My hellhound growls as he paces back and forth trying to find a weak spot in the hold I have on him. "Get. The. Fuck. Out!" Remi's dragon roars. A crew of bouncers come running towards us. She follows as the bouncers lead me and Chance out of the bar. Remi stands on the curb as we're deposited on the sidewalk. "Remi...I'm..." There's a million things I need to apologize for. The words won't come out. Gunner and Weston look at me like I've lost my damn mind. Remi stands there with her hands on her hips while squinting in my direction. "Shut the hell up Aiden. Chance don't open your freaking mouth. Both of you listen to me very carefully. Aiden, go home. Calm down. And I'll see you when I get home. Chance, don't come back. There is nothing here for you." Remi is so pissed s
Once I have my orders. I put my game face on. I stand in the mirror looking at myself. Sometimes I wish this wasn't my life. I feel like I was meant for so much more. I feel like I could do better. Be better, ya know. Under the circumstances this was how my life came to pass. Imma ghost. A myth. Parents use my name to keep their little ones in line. I appear when Remi summons. Until then I could be anyone you pass on the steet. I can get into your head no matter how strong a shield you have up. I can make you see what I want you to see. I can read every thought you have. I can kill you with the flick of my little pinky. All these powers trapped inside this little body is what makes me the most feared creature. It's not just my powers that has people running scared. It's my need to inflict pain. Or it could be the fact that the beast trapped inside me could destroy the world around us. Imma twisted little bitch. I like to find that one being you love or desire more than anything and
I watch as my claws lengthen. I stab Juan in the thighs and drag my claws down to his knees. My claws emit a poison similar to a flesh eating bacteria. It burns like liquid fire as it eats away at your flesh. Juan bucks and flops as best he can. But there is no getting away from it if you don't have the antidote. "Kieran has a syringe filled with the anitdote to the poison eating away at you. All you have to do is talk." Juan tries, but fails to take a deep breath. At this moment he's finding it harder and harder to breath as the venom runs rapid through his body. Juan nods his head. "Who is Gringo?" I press a claw into one of the wounds on his thigh. Juan squeals like a pig. "What does he do? Where does he do it?""Gringo's name is Tayson Jameson. He's a hybrid, part siren part mortal. He uses is call to seduce the females. It's gets them into the van willingly." "That wasn't so bad; now was it. Tell Kieran wher Talon hunts down his prey." Juan clams up not wanting to admit how c
"I have a question. How do we know Skullz isn't the traitor and you're both helping Chance and Bael?" Gunner asks standing along side Aiden and Xavier who have taken up the position of blocking me from Vlad and Skullz view. "If we were the one's working for Bael and Chance; your sister and the twins would be on their way to hell with Bael. Not sitting in a room specifically designed for her to give birth comfortably. I wouldn't have invited you all here to figure out our next move or even told you we are her mates as well. If I was conspiring against you."Skullz stands there with his head hung low. When he raises his head his eyes lock on mine. I see the questions in his eyes. Do I trust him? Do I care for him as I always have? Can there ever be more between us? The answer is yes, I trust him. Skullz has been a part of my life almost as long as Aiden has. Skullz has proven time and time again he would lay down his own life for mine. I don't have to question his loyalty or devotion.
I shove away from Skullz. Remi yanks me into her side pleading with her eyes for me to calm down. "Talk." I demand staring Skullz down. "The first time I scented my mate was the night Remi was attacked. Her seventeenth birthday. Her scent was strong, but it was mixed in with yours. I was sure I was mistaken. Especially with the way you were acting. And everyone saying that Remi was your fated mate. I mean there was no way she was my mate if she was your fated. So, I thought what I was smelling and feeling wasn't right. The more time I was around Remi, I knew she was my mate. I never said anything or came forward because she never showed any signs of feeling the same. So, again I was confused. Vlad here picked up what was going on with me at 318 for casino night. He was having the same problem. Neither of us wanted to step on your toes. Neither of us wanted to force anything with Remi. Remi and I are so close because of the bond we share. Not just because we're friends. She's my mate
When I walk back into my bedroom, everyone is here. I can't believe that my kidnapper called in my calvary. Tears cloud my eyes as I rush over to Aiden and my babies. I hug them as tightly to me as I can. "I can't believe he called you. He said he would. He did." I mumble into Aiden's chest. The twins begin to stir and whine a little because I'm squishing them. One by One my family passes the twins around. Aiden and I look on with pride. "So, what's their names? Remi refused to tell us until you got here." Kallista asks Aiden bouncing on the balls of her feet. She's dying to take my son away from his father again. "Ashton Romie Ramos and AshLynn Yanessa Ramos." Aiden says finally passing Ashton back around the room."Those are perfect names." My father beams with pride as he holds his first grandchild. AshLynn squirms and we all hear a noise and my father cringes. "I think she left her father a surprise." Kieran says handing my daughter to her father. Aiden looks lost as hell. I b
It's been hours since Remi and the others went missing. My phone keeps vibrating in my pocket. When I finially pull it out to check it; it's a number I don't recognize. "This is Aiden. Speak." I growl into the phone not at all worried about how I might come across to the person on the opposite end of the line. "Aiden, it's Vlad. We need to talk. It's about our mate. Remington." "She's mine! Only mine!" I growl into the phone. "No she's not. I've gotten her somewhere safe. The twins are safe. At least for now. There's a traitor walking among you. He has Blaze. I got to the scene just in time to get our mate and the other females to safety. They're all here. I'm sending you the address. Bring just the ones you know beyond a shadow of doubt that you can trust. I'll explain everything once you get here." Vlad hangs up leaving me speachless for a moment. I snap my head up looking at everyone in the room. No one here would dare to double cross me and Remi. Flashes of a soft pale yellow
I'm in the middle of a meeting with a vendor for 318 when a flash of images fills my mind. Gunner and Weston rush into the office shooing the two males from the booze delievery company out of the room. "Blaze and Kane's vehicle was found on the side of the road smashed to pieces. No sign of either one of them. Tianna's car was found a few feet away down the small ravine. We gotta go Aiden." Gunner says helping me out of the chair. "Remi was in labor. Where's Remi, Tianna, and Kallista?" I ask forcing myself to finally move. "They were taken. We think Blaze and Kane are on their trail. We don't have all the answers. Xavier and Skullz are at the scene now. Come on! We're going to catch the fuckers scent and go after them." Weston says. I point over at my truck and throw Gunner my keys. It feels a little awkward to have him here. But since Doc and Waylon got him from under that spell Mace casted; he's been trying to do everything he can to make up for the damage he feels he caused. D
Kallista calls Aiden, but doesn't get an answer. I continue to do breathing exercises. "Where's your go bag?" I point to the bag next to the couch in the little sitting room of our suite. Kallista helps me waddle across the room. I have another stabbing pain in my vag and stop walking. I cross my legs and pray the twins don't fall out. "I know it has to hurt. But we have to move. I called Dr. Williams. She knows we're on our way." I nod my head at Tianna, but the pain is too much. Blaze flashes into the room and picks me up. He carries me down the stairs through the house to the garage and puts me into Tianna's car. He pushes the seat all the way back; then leans the back of the seat as far back as it will go. "Follow me. Kallista, keep calling Aiden and Xavier. One of them has to answer. I'll call Kieran. Remi, keep doing your breathing exercises." We all nod our heads and he closes the door. We follow behind his SUV. We're just past the clubhouse when a huge truck crosses over in
The day after my zombie moment is peaceful. Tianna, Kallista, and Aiden's sister, Trinity all come over to keep me company while Aiden works. I feel horrible about all the time and hours he puts in between the mechanic shop ran by the hellhounds and 318. I try to keep in touch with Shade as much as possible to see how things are running and to help out as much as I can. She's training someone to take over for her because she is also going to have to leave in a few weeks. Aiden tells me he has everything under control, but I still worry about my business going up in smoke. I'm about to fall asleep during movie number three when I hear Aiden's heavy foot steps stomping up the stairs. Instead of turning to come to our room he heads towards the nursery. I realize the banging and racket coming from that side of the house has stopped. When I move to sit up all three of the females laying in my bed jump up. "What's up? What's wrong?" They yawn and stretch their sleeping asses out. "Nothin
The grumpy old fae answers on the first ring. "What now Aiden? You have my ass so busy I had to hire another crew to take on some of my other clients." Amos grumbles. But if I say I'm hiring someone else for a job; he bitches my ass out and insists he's the one doing it. "I need the twins' nursery done. Like yesterday." Amos huffs and puffs. I hear him whistle as he flips through the pages of his daily planner. He grunts acting as if he will be too busy. I know what he's doing. He wants more pay for the perfection and rush job only he can do. "I'll pay you double the agreed upon price. Remi, could have the twins any day now. We need it done and fast. And we both know; only you can do what we want done as fast as we need." I listen to him tapping his fingers on his desk. "You don't have to pay me double. Just the original quote plus half that. I'm fae. We both know I can have that nursery done with the snap of my fingers. Besides you and Remi are good people. I'm only gonna cut yo
"Okay, Remi. Tell me what's going on." Dr. Williams says as she pulls out a few hand held machines, a measuring tape and her stethoscope. She lays them on the bed as I explain what's going on. "I started having pains. They're not contractions because they're sparatic. They don't last long. What hurts the most is; it feels like the twins are about to come falling out my hooha." I pant as I continue to try and breathe through the pain in my vag. Dr. Williams lifts my shirt and tucks it under my tits. She measures me, takes my blood pressure then heads back to her bag. Sitting beside me on the bed she squirts some gel on my stomach and begins using a probe wand looking thing on my stomach. When the sound of my baby's heartbeat fills the air I know what this machine is for. "Ordinarily, I'd do this down at the office. However, since we're doing a house call today. I'm going to have to do it here. Remi, I need you to remove your pants and panties. I'm going to check to see if you're dia