《My Hunted Mate》


 Chapter One

    Chapter One


    Corinna


    The darkness surrounded me as Iy in my bed, my grey eyes wide awake as I stared out the open


    window at the moon that shone brightly with the stars. For the third time in three minutes, I nce at


    the glowing green numbers on the clock sitting on my bedside table. It had officially been my


    eighteenth birthday for three hours and three minutes, and I was too excited to sleep, I had been


    waiting for this day since I first shifted at the early age of twelve. When a wolf reaches the age of


    eighteen, they''re officially ready to find their mate.


    As I stared out the window, I began wonder what my mate would be like and worrying if I''d be epted


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    by them. My thoughts were cut short when I suddenly felt a sharp pain cut through my body, it left after


    a moment and as I was about to shrug it off, another hit, this time more intense andsting longer.


    Muffling a whimper, I crawl from my bed making my way towards my father''s bedroom. I stood in front


    of his door about to knock on it, when another pain cut through me, unable to stop myself I let out a


    loud cry.


    My father was standing at his door in a sh with worried eyes, at this point there were tears falling


    down my face as I hugged my arms around myself, not knowing what was happening to me.


    Another pain hit causing my body to crash to the floor and another loud cry to leave my lips, my father


    instantly lifted me into his arms and began running out of the house in a panic. We barely made it down


    the steps on our porch before we were greeted by my uncle Cain, the alpha of our pack, along with my


    cousin Elliot.


    " What''s going on Thomas? " My uncle asks my father, ncing at my father''s arms where I was


    shaking and sweating.


    " I.. I''m not sure, she.. " my father stutters, obviously as confused as me about this whole thing.


    Another wave of pain hit and with this wave, I began to convulse, falling from my father''s arms onto the


    ground. I could hear my uncle ordering my cousin to go fetch the pack healer as my father called for


    me in a state of panic, but it sounded very far away from me.


    Sudden it was like a wave smashed against me as I felt arge surge of energy hit my body, as if I''d


    been shocked, my back arched from the ground. I felt something building in me so aggressively, all I


    could do was let out a powerful scream.


    Then the pain was gone as if it was never there to begin with, but I felt strange, different. I sat up on the


    ground panting, opening my mouth to tell my family that I was okay now, only to find that my uncle and


    cousin who had returned with one of the pack healers were all on the ground in front of our pack house,


    which was around 50 yards from where I was sat in front of my house.


    I turned to look at my father, he also wasn''t there but my front porch was in ruins. I quickly got up from


    the ground and ran to the porch, tossing random parts of the structure away.


    " Dad?! " I shouted, my voice raspy surely from all the crying and screaming.


    As I tossed away another remain of the porch, I saw a hand. My father''s hand. It didn''t take long before


    I''d revealed the rest of him, he let out a groan as he opened his eyes, they widened as they fell on me.


    He struggled to sit but eventually did, scrambling away from me in the process.


    " Get away from me! " he shouted.


    My eyebrows furrowed and confusion washed over me. " Dad? "


    " No! You are not my daughter. " He growled.


    Automatically, I took a step backward, as if he words themselves had shoved me. " w-wha- Dad... I- "


    " No! I should''ve known, you''d be like her. " he cut me off.


    Immediately I knew who he was referring to, my mother. My mother who had been my father''s mate,


    my mother who lied and told everyone she was human, all the while hiding that she was a witch. When


    my father found out, he felt was a mess, he felt he''d betrayed his pack - who hadn''t been happy about


    him mating with a human to begin with, let alone another supernatural creature.


    They nned to kill my mother, regardless of what it would do to my father''s wolf, but she escaped


    before that could happening, leaving a trail of dead pack members and me behind. I was only ten at the


    time, my father ended up begging my uncle to spare me, at least until I showed signs of what I was. I


    suppose we all thought I could only be one or the other, not both. Two yearster, I shifted for the first


    time and the matter was forgotten about.


    " You''re.. You''re an abomination! " my father screamed.


    Turning around my eyes widened I watched my uncle march towards me, members of the pack had


    started crowding around, all of them staring at me with hateful eyes.


    " I should''ve killed you years ago. " he hissed, ring at me.


    Tears gathered in my eyes rapidly, my breath came out in sharp pants as I began to panic. " Please... "


    I cried, not knowing what to say.


    My feet began backing away from the crowd instinctively, my uncle growled loudly getting ready to shift


    into his wolf. Instantly I spun around on my feet, taking off in a run toward the forest, toward the territory


    line.

 Chapter Two

    Chapter Two


    Corinna


    As the sun rises in the sky, I cautiously walk out of the cave I''d been calling home for the past few


    weeks in my sand blonde wolf form. Sniffing the air, I begin to trot along happily when I find no


    suspicious scents around the area.


    The birds chirp happily in the trees as I wander around the forest, keeping my snout to the ground as I


    attempt to hunt for my breakfast. Ie to a clearing, immediately noticing a deer wandering the


    overgrown field gracefully.


    Lowering myself I creep towards the deer slowly, quietly, only making myself known when I was a few


    feet away, I leap towards the deer which takes off in a sprint, I follow it closely. Within seconds, I''ve


    tackled it to the ground and dug my canines into its neck.


    Once it stops trashing around, I begin to feast, eating as much as my stomach allows before


    abandoning my prey. Wandering back towards my cave, I notice my paws are now covered in blood


    and release a huff, knowing there is nokes or streams in this area to wash in.


    Since I fled from my pack, they''ve been hunting me restlessly. At first they''d find me every couple of


    days, somehow I managed to escape each time, most times with broken bones or deep gashes, which


    by now have turned to scars.


    As more creatures became aware of the existence of a hybrid, the more I was being hunted. Although,


    I had also been offered some help over the years too. Mostly by witches, who were fascinated by


    natures newest creation because of this I quickly began to learn to use and control my gifts, which I


    had been struggling with before that.


    Once my gifts were awakened, I found myself setting fires as I slept, toppling trees without the intention


    to and hurting people when I was scared or panicked, thest of course came in handy when those


    people were the ones hunting me.


    Thankfully now I was in full control of my gifts, which meant I could use them to mask my scent,


    meaning I could stay in ces longer without being found and protect myself when I was. I still wasn''t


    sure how I was being found when hiding myself so well, but because I was walking around with a giant


    target on my back, it made it harder to have any long term connections.


    At first I did try to connect, the problem with making friends, caring for people who care for you in


    return, is that they want to try protect you, I learned my lesson after one too many losses.


    As I reach the entrance of my cave, I shift back, my bones crack loudly, the noise echoes through the


    cave making it louder then usual until I''m back standing on two legs. I stretch myself out as I wander


    deeper into the cave, my eyes are still able to see perfectly regardless of the darkness of my


    surroundings.


    When I find my bag pack sitting in the corner where I sleep, I open it up pulling out a dirty white


    summer dress and pull it over my head, the material stops a few inches above my ankles and does


    nothing to hid the fact my boobs are bare underneath but it''s the only clothes I have, other then the


    outfit I own for when the colder seasons hit.


    Deciding that I need to bathe, I grab my scuffed ck boots, stuffing my feet into them before swinging


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    the small canvas bag pack over my shoulder. I wander out of the cave and begin my journey to look for


    a new shelter near some kind of water supply.


    After about an hour of walking I get bored of this form, removing my boots I tie them to my bag pack


    using theces, then slip off my dress shove it into the bag in a ball.


    When I''m on four legs again, I take the bag into my mouth and take off in a sprint. By time Ie


    across a stream the sun is starting to set, dropping my bag I walk up to the stream leaning my head


    forward to take a drink. I shift back onto two legs, grabbing the familiar steel canteen from the bag and


    filling it before sliding my bare body into the water.


    After I wash away the dirt, blood and sweat that has gathered over the past few weeks, I crawl back


    onto the bank beside the stream knowing that it''s too awkward trying to find a sheltered ce to sleep


    while it''s dark out. Instead I decide to sleep as a wolf on the river bank.


    My eyes snap open from my peaceful rest when a twig snapping echoes through the wooded area near


    me, my ears perk up listening for any other sounds to indicate that what I''m hearing is more than just


    another animal in the woods.


    I receive the opposite information when I hear a woman''s soft cries, I take off toward the sound as fast


    as I can until I''m close enough to see a short tanned woman with long curly red hair struggling against


    a pale man with silver hair who is covered in blood and pinning her to a tree by her neck, her feet


    barely touching the ground.


    A low threatening growl erupts from my chest, gaining the man''s attention, he examines my wolf for a


    moment before he rolls his beady ck eyes.


    " This is none of your concern dog. " He speaks not looking at me anymore, but back at the woman


    who has tears running down her face.


    Taking a few warning steps forward, I growl once again, announcing hisst chance to leave here alive.


    The man, or should I say vampire, before me lets out a huff of annoyance before tossing the woman to


    the ground carelessly. He turns toward me.


    " Are you going to leave so I can enjoy my meal in peace or do I have to kill you? " The man doesn''t


    even make eye contact with me as he speaks, instead he inspects his bloody finger nails.


    As a response, I start to circle his figure growling, making it known I''m prepared to attack at any


    moment. Finally he stops looking at his hands, paying attention to me now. I push off the ground,


    leaping towards him to make the first attack.


    Within seconds I''m on the ground after being tossed against a tree, that no doubt is now cracked


    significantly. I stand up, shaking the pain away beforeunching myself at the vampire once again this


    time, taking a chunk out of his leg.


    As he starts to heal, my bones crack making it known that I am shifting back. A sick smirk takes over


    his mouth as his eyes rake down my naked form, only fuelling my desire to end him.


    " Changed your mind dog? " He questions, his smirk never faltering.


    " Not for a second. " I answer simply, flicking my right hand while quickly muttering one word in Latin.


    I watch as his body collides with a tree, the same way mine did only moments ago. He leaps to his feet


    with inhuman speed, looking at me with shock.


    " That''s impossible. You''re a dog! Dogs can''t do magic! " He cries.


    " Correction I''m a wolf. Only have wolf though. " I inform, flicking my index and middle fingers


    downwards while muttering more Latin.


    Loud cracks echo through the woods along with the groan that escapes his lips as his halls to the


    ground with two broken legs, before he can heal I hold out both of my palms in his direction, chanting


    now.


    He begins to scream loudly. " You feel that? That''s the blood you drained from those innocent people


    and it''s turning to acid, burning away at your insides. "


    Continuing to chant, his screams get louder along with my words until he breaks out into a coughing fit.


    I watch with narrowed eyes as he crawls onto all fours, coughing up the blood of his victims. After a


    minute or so I turn my hands so that my palms face the star covered sky, stopping my chants to speak


    another singr word in Latin.


    His body flips so that he hisying on his back with his arms stuck to his sides, I walk over to him,


    cing my foot on either side of his body before I kneel down to straddle him. I hold my hand out


    above me and spit out another word in Latin. A branch flies into my hand, I snap it in half.


    The vampire''s beady ck eyes widen as he nced at the wood that was now sharp enough for what


    I needed. He opens his mouth to speak but before he can get a word out, I jam the wood directly into


    his heart. His skin slowly fades into a deep grey and the white of his eyes turn as ck as his


    pupil.

 Chapter Three

    Chapter Three


    Corinna


    As I strolled away from the now dead vampire, my eyes searched the area for the woman who had


    been attacked. I found her behind a tree with her knees pulled to her chest and her face buried into her


    legs as she cried.


    As I slowly approach her, I clear my throat softly to make my presence known. Her head snaps up, her


    hazel eyes wide with fear. I hold my hands up as I take another step towards her, but that makes her


    cry harder.


    " Please.. Please don''t hurt me. " She sobs.


    Instead of continuing toward her, I pause a few feet away from her, lowering myself to the ground. " I''m


    not going to hurt you. " I promise her, keeping my voice soft as I speak.


    " My name is Corinna. "


    The woman''s sobs calm slightly. " How do I know you won''t hurt me? You killed him . " she cries


    pointing in the direction of the vampire''s corpse.


    " I wanted to protect you, that''s why I did what I did. " I reply.


    My words seem to slowly register in her mind, when they do she calms down a little more. " He


    murdered my friends... " she whispers.


    A frown forms on my lips. " I''m sorry for your loss. If you don''t mind me asking... Why were you and


    your friends so far out in the woods? "


    " It... It''s my 18th birthday tomorrow and I wanted to go camping and... " She begins to cry again. " My


    friends didn''t really want toe, but they knew how much I wanted to go and... It''s all my fault. "


    Carefully I move closer to her, when I''m close enough I lean over and touch her hand gently. " It''s not


    your fault, you couldn''t have known. " I mumble.


    She flinches slightly at my touch but doesn''t move away like I expect her to. " What''s your name? " I


    question.


    " Giovanna, Just call me Gia, it''s easier. " She gives me a half smile.


    " Okay Gia, let''s get you out of here so you can go home. " I stand to my feet, watching as Gia''s tan


    face goes red.


    At first I''m confused but then I remember that I''mpletely nude, I give her an awkward smile before


    wandering off back to the stream where my bag lies, I grab my dress and toss it over my head before


    making my way back to a very lost looking Gia with my bag on my back, when I reach her I hold out my


    hand for her.


    She takes hold of it, allowing me to help her off the ground. After Gia told me what direction she


    thought her campsite was in, we began walking.


    Thirty minutes of walking passed, I turned my head to once again check on Gia who looked quite pale


    and mmy. As I examined her more, I noticed her breathing was fast and uneven, at first I thought it


    was from our journey but I began to feel concerned from her appearance.


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    I open my mouth to ask her if she is okay but am cut off when she copses to the floor, I immediately


    kneel beside her. Somehow only now I can smell it, the blood. Scanning over her body, I spot the


    darkened material on her leggings.


    " Why didn''t you tell me you were hurt Gia? " I demand, grabbing the bottom of the material on her leg,


    tearing it until I found the injury.


    The top of her left thigh was sliced open, little bits of what appeared to be dirt was stuck in it but I


    couldn''t tell because of the heavy flow of blood. How did this even happen without her leggings being


    torn?


    " I... When he came onto the campsite, I was in my underwear, I''d be changing for the night. I hear


    something to I came out of my tent and seen him killing one of my friends, I was trying to get to her, but


    I.. I fell and cut myself on a rock. " she mutters to me, while she speaks, I''m reaching into my bag,


    grabbing a random item of clothing which I then press to her wound.


    " okay.. I can heal this. It''ll take a couple days without herbs but I can fix this. " I tell her, ripping a part of


    her leggings off then tying it around her thigh above the wound tightly. " do you think you could manage


    to hold onto me if I shift? "


    Gia looks up at me confused. " what do you mean? "


    " If I turn into a wolf, would you be able to get onto my back and hold onto me while I run? " I rify for


    her.


    " I can try. " she nods.


    Pulling my dress over my head, I shove it into my bag which I then ce onto Gia''s back. I shift into my


    wolf, theny down in the dirt on the forest floor with my paws under my head, looking at Gia. She


    slowly crawls toward me and gets onto my back, not without struggle though.


    When she is settled onto my back with a good grip on me, I take off in a sprint on all fours, leaping over


    fallen trees and zig-zagging between trees. It''s not long before we reach the river bank I had started


    the night off at, Gia rolled off of my back and I immediately shift back to tend to her.


    Rolling her onto her back directly beside the stream, I then kneel beside her, by now the cloth she had


    been trying to keep pressed to her leg was long gone from our journey, I don''t bother to remove the


    piece of her legging that was probably the only thing slowing the blood flow. I use the stream to wash


    her wound as much possible, then move my hands to hover over her with my palms facing her leg, I


    close my eye, humming softly before I begin to chant.

 Chapter Four

    Chapter Four


    Corinna


    Over the next few days Gia and I travelled throughout the day, once I''d exined to her that I needed


    to keep moving because the vampire''s body could be traced back to me, she insisted that I go on as


    usual and that she woulde with me until she was well enough to find her way home.


    Healing Gia took longer than it usually would due to not having any herbs or even anything to sew her


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    wound together with, using magic to speed up the healing process while also closing a wound can be


    very painful which is usually what herbs help with, but without them Gia''s body could only take so much


    before we''d have to stop and allow her to rest.


    Sitting up in my wolf form I look around our campsite we''d set up, I''d built a make shift shelter out of


    bark, leaves and other things I could find near by so that Gia would be sheltered from some of the rain


    and wind throughout the night, as a wolf I was naturally warmer and able to keep that warmth so I didn''t


    have to worry, but thest thing we needed was Gia getting sick while still healing.


    Anytime we found somewhere to sleep for the night over the past couple days, I would set up camp,


    hunt to feed myself, then hunt rabbits and cook them to feed Gia, afterward I would use my gifts to heal


    as much of her leg as she could handle and I would clean and dress her wound as best as I could with


    what I had as she slept, I would then shift and settle down with her trying to keep her warm until


    morning and then we would do it all over again.


    When I''m back on two legs, I gently pull the cloth wrapped around Gia''s leg to check on how it was


    doing. It was way better than before, now the deep jagged gash that stretched from the top of her thigh


    and curved down to the side of her knee was nearlypletely closed, it had started to scab over night


    which was a good sign but the skin around it was a deep irritated red that worried me slightly.


    Silently I rewrap her leg, then wander off to a near byke, once I''d filled my canteen with water, I set it


    down onto the shore and began to walk into the water until it was so deep my toes just barely touched


    the floor. I allow my legs to rise up so that I''m floating on my back with my hair in the water, I stay like


    that for an unknown amount of time, enjoying the calmness that washed over me as I looked for


    shapes in the clouds and watched the birds flying above me.


    Eventually I bag to swim back to shore, while doing so I heard footsteps running in the same direction


    where I''d left Gia. Completely forgetting my canteen I begin to run, shifting mid air as I race back


    toward the campsite.


    When I got there Gia was gone and I watched as arge group of about fifteen wolves wandered


    around the area, trying to sniff something out. I took a deep inhale realising that Gia was in fact nearby,


    no doubt hiding herself, I step out from the trees gaining the wolves attention.


    They all stalked towards me growling, I needed to get them away from here, away from Gia. One of the


    wolves, who wasrger than the rest stepped forward, his bones cracked loudly until he stood in front


    of me, his tall muscr bodypletely bare. He quickly ran a hand through his honey blonde hair


    before speaking.


    " Shift. " He demanded his auburn eyes watch me intently, as I took him and his aura in I realised he


    was a Gamma of whatever pack these wolves belonged to.


    Without a second thought I shift back, his raises an eyebrow at me when I show no difort about


    my naked form. My dripping wet hair clings to my skin and ends up covering my breasts perfectly.


    " What is your business here? " The gamma questions, his voice booming throughout the otherwise


    silent woods.


    " Why do you want to know? I am not breaking any rules. I''m not within your territory. " I tilt my head


    and narrow my eyes curiously at him.


    " My alpha does not enjoy rogues lingering at the borders. " He informs me.


    " Very well, I''ll pack up and be on my way. " I tell him simply, but stay where I am.


    " Perhaps you shoulde with us, my alpha has a few questions for you. " He smirks.


    " How about no. " I cross my arms, ring at him. " I haven''t done anything wrong. There is no need for


    me to be questioned. "


    " You will do as your told, Rogue. " He growls.


    " Will I? " I give him a sarcastic grin before waving my right hand and with a mutter of Latin, he''s sent


    flying through the air and crashes into a few of his wolves standing nearby.


    He''s back on his feet within seconds though. " You''re the hybrid. " He snarls with disgust clear in his


    eyes.


    One of the wolvesunches itself toward me, but I hold my palm up and he is frozen mid air. I swing my


    foot out connecting it roughly with the wolves ribs causing them to shatter, I release him and he falls to


    the ground whimpering.


    Another two wolvese running at me but with a wave of my hand they''re send across the woods,


    only stopping when their bodies connect with trees.


    Again one of the wolves tries to attack me, but I catch her by the neck mid air with my left hand, then I


    extend the ws on my right. Perks of being a hybrid is that I can summon parts of my wolf without


    having to fully shift. I jam my fist through her flesh and rip her heart right from her chest, dropping her to


    the ground.


    Throughout all of this what I hadn''t realised was that the Gamma had snuck up behind me, before I


    could react he jammed a needle into my neck making everything go ck and my body to fall to the


    forest floor.

 Chapter Five

    Chapter Five


    Corinna


    Darkest fades in and out as I blink my eyes harshly, trying to fight off the groggy feeling that was


    lingering in me. Lifting my head, I look around to see I''m in a dimly lit dirty cell. My gaze darts to my


    hands that are being held above my head by metal cuffs that are chained and bolted to the stone wall, I


    notice there are two empty shackles bolted to the corner to my right and the corner straight in front of


    me.


    Irritation instantly sparks within me as I realise the situation I''m in. Roughly I begin to pull at my chains,


    I try over and over again but growl loudly ring at the rusty things when they don''t budge.


    My head snaps towards the door when I hear three sets of heavy footsteps approaching, within


    seconds the heavy cell door is swung open. I recognise the Gamma from before standing beside


    anotherrge muscr light brown haired man who I had no doubt was the Beta, another man dressed


    in what seemed like a guards uniform stood beside them, shoving a blonde woman who had her grey


    streaked hair covering her face.


    She had chains on her hands that tied around her malnourished waist, then linked in with the chains on


    her feet. The guard roughly grabbed the woman''s arm and tossed her to the ground, it only took him


    seconds to have the chains on her feet removed and her hands bolted to the wall.


    " So this is the almighty Hybrid then? " The beta speaks, his dark brown almost ck eyes stare at me.


    " Not so mighty is she? " The gammaughs.


    " I ripped your pack members heart out with my bare fucking hand and I''ll do the same to you, you


    fucking prick. " I seethe.


    A series of furious growls echo through the cell, my statement obviously getting to all three men. The


    guard marches over to me and roughly pushes my head into the wall behind me, I bite down onto the


    inside of my cheeks to stop any sound of being in pain cross my lips. I won''t give him the satisfaction.


    " How about we rip your little friend to pieces right in front of your eyes rogue! " The guard shouts


    through his teeth, while taking a handful of my hair into his fist.


    Fire bursts across my scalp but I only re into the guards dark blue eyes. Before I can fully process


    his words screams, pleas and sobs tear through my ears. It doesn''t take long for two other guards to


    appear holding onto either side of a sobbing Gia who tries desperately to fight against their hold. They


    also chain her up to the wall.


    " Gia! " I struggle against the guards hold on me and the chains that have me bound.


    The men surrounding us smirk at me, a threatening growl escapes me. " Don''t you fucking touch her. "


    I''ll be the first to admit that over the years my morals have be extremely messed up and


    confusing, I''ve be vicious, but the one thing I can say is that I never go after innocent people and I


    protect when I can.


    One of the guard ps Gia hard across the face making me roar in anger, that only get my head


    smashed off the wall again. The guards walk outughing along with a smirking Gamma and Beta, my


    adrenaline fades and I now feel the throbbing shooting through the back of my head, I manage to move


    my hand enough in my chains to feel the wetness of blood matted in my hair.


    " Are you okay? " Gia questioned from her corner of the cell.


    " yeah, yeah I''m fine Gia. " I lie. " How did you end up here? "


    " I.. I was hiding in a bush when they came and I seen them passing with you, you were unconscious. I


    wanted to help you, so I followed them you know? I was doing pretty well... but then they caught me. "


    she mumbles.


    A harsh sigh leaves my lips before I can stop it. " You should have ran! How did you think for a second


    this would end up?! You''re human ! "


    A harsh coughes from the older woman, who had been silent since they put her here leading me


    to forget about her existence. She goes back to her quiet state after a short coughing fit, making it


    seem she might be ill from the cold and damp conditions of the cells which leads me to wonder how


    long they''ve had her trapped in here.


    Her thin, underfed body is so pale she looks white causing me to believe she hasn''t seen even a hint of


    sun in years. She''s littered with bruises and irritated red lumps on random parts of her body, most likely


    from injections.


    I turn my attention back to Gia, who looks extremely upset. " I''m sorry " she whispers.


    " No I''m sorry, there''s nothing we can do about any of it now. I''m just worried about you. " I admit.


    After a while Gia falls asleep, the woman in the corner is either asleep too or is just very good at


    keeping quiet, I on the other hand am forcing myself to stay awake due to the head injury that guard so


    nicely inflicted.


    My head hangs heavily and I have to force my eyes open every couple of seconds. My eyes begin to


    close once again, I''m slowly sinking into darkness from pure exhaustion but the sound of footsteps jolts


    me back out of it with a sharp inhale.


    " Gia! " I whisper.


    No response.


    " Gia! " I repeat, this time louder.


    Nothing.


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    " GIA! " I snap harshly.


    I watch intently as her head begins to lift. " what? " she mumbles.


    " wake up. " I demand. " Someone ising, WAKE UP. "


    Panic shes across her face and any sign of sleep disappears, it''s now that I notice the bruise on her


    cheek from where that guard hit her. My chest rumbles with anger but I''m snapped out of it when the


    heavy door of the cell opens once more. A six foot very built man with dark auburn hair and eyes that


    nearly look teal walks into the cell, his aura is strong, demanding respect. Instantly I know he''s the


    alpha.


    " Mate. " He purrs, his teal eyes glowing.

 Chapter Six

    Chapter Six


    Corinna


    The alpha quickly moved across the small cell, ripping the chains from the wall somehow. He lifted Gia


    off the cold floor and into his arms, inhaling her scent deeply while I watched inplete shock. Gia


    gently pushed him away from her.


    " I''m sorry who are you? " She questions, shaking her head in pure confusion.


    " My name is Alpha Jack. " The Alpha speaks softly to her, moving his hand to touch her hand but she


    quickly takes a step backward and turns to me.


    " Corinna what''s going on? " she whispers to me, tears gathering in her eyes.


    " Wolves.. We.. Well.. We have soul mates, the moon goddess.. Think of her kind of like a wolf


    matchmaker, she decides which souls belong together and creates a bond between them that''s


    awakened when they meet and it seems that you''re this guy''s " I exin, nodding my head towards the


    alpha who is ring at me.


    " How do you know my mate?! " He growls, pulling Gia behind him as if to protect her.


    " I highly doubt there''s a point in that, even if I wanted to harm her, which I don''t, I couldn''t. You kind of


    have me chained to your cell. " I remind him, wiggling my fingers at him.


    The alpha ignores me, turning to Gia. " Did she hurt you? "


    " No! She saved my life, Corinna is my friend, she''d never hurt me. " I hear Gia say, I can''t see her


    because of the Alpha who is shielding her from view.


    " Very well. " The alpha nods then begins pulling her from the cell.


    " Wait! What about Corinna? " Gia asks.


    " She is dangerous. She''s staying locked up until Alpha Caines for her. " He tells her, My uncle''s


    name is enough to strike fear into my heart.


    " What? Who? What are you talking about! Let her out! " Gia shouts, the alpha ignores her and ms


    the door shut. " Get off me! Let her out! " I can tell from her voice that she is doing her best to get out of


    her mate''s grip.


    " She used her bare hand to rip out a member of my pack''s heart! She will stay where she is until her


    Alpha for her! " He shouts, I hear Gia whimper at this.


    " Gia he wants me dead! My un- My alpha! Please Gia he''ll kill me for what I am! " I cry out to her,


    begging for help.


    My old pack is probably the one thing that I fear most in the world, they''vee close to killing me too


    many times and frankly even though I desperately want to survive, if I have to die, I don''t want it to be


    by my uncle or father''s hand. I didn''t survive thest three years only to be caught and killed by them in


    the end. Fate cannot be that cruel.


    " Did you say Alpha Cain?.. " The woman in the corner croaks, her head still hanging with her greying


    hair over her face as it has been seen she was brought in here.


    " Yes.. " I respond lowly, unsure of why she''s chosen to stop being mute now.


    " Why does he want you dead? " Her voice seems a little stronger as she speaks again but still not


    normal, I''m assuming that''s the dehydration''s fault.


    " I... " I pause, unsure of what to say but then I realise we''re both locked in a prison and neither of us


    are going anywhere anyway.. Not to mention if I don''t find a way to escape before my uncle gets here


    I''m going to be dead. " I''m a hybrid. "


    " Hybrid? " Her voice perks up slightly at this. " What exactly are you? "


    " Half wolf... Half witch.. " I tell her, confused as to why that matters." Is.. " The woman very slightly lifts


    her head. " The alpha.. Cain.. Is Cain rted to you? "


    My eyebrows furrow. " yes he''s my uncle. " this conversation is getting more confusing by the second.


    That''s when the woman lifts her headpletely, as I look into her widened grey eyes with purple


    specks, my heart skips a beat and I hold my breath. " Rina? " She mutters, staring at me in shock.


    " Mum? "


    " Oh god! You''re alive! " My motherughs happily, tears pool in her eyes. " I thought for sure you... I


    thought they would have killed you. "


    " Trust me they''ve tried. " I huff.


    " Oh Rina.. I''m so happy you- " My mother''s voice starts to royally piss me off.


    " Where the fuck were you? " I grit my teeth.


    My mother''s eyes widen once again but this time at my anger. " I... I.. "


    " You what? " I snarl.


    " After your dad found out that I wasn''t human.. That I was a witch.. He.. Well I''d never seen him show


    that kind of anger before, I''d never seen him act that way. I thought that maybe he''d simmer down,


    ept me and keep it a secret between him and I. Instead he went to your uncle. Cain never liked me,


    I never liked him much either but... I think he was more than happy to have an excuse really.. anyway,


    what I didn''t expect was him to threaten you, your life. I thought... You''re a wolf either way, surely he''d


    protect his pack, protect you regardless of a little magic but after that I knew you wouldn''t stand a


    chance if any of them knew, when you were a child you had already showed signs of your gifts but I


    covered them up, no one ever realised and I worried that without me there to cover it up.. You''d be


    found out too, so I broke out of the prison and I snuck into your room while you slept. I cast a spell to


    make your gifts dormant, apparently it didn''t work if your uncle is hunting you though. But after I''d done


    that I really thought you would be safe, so I took that as a chance to run. " As my mother speaks, her


    eyes be distant as thought she''s being brought back in time to it all.


    " Wait.. You made my gifts dormant? " I ask, to which she just nods. " which would mean what exactly?


    "


    " You wouldn''t be able to do any kind of magic, you wouldn''t even feel the magic in you. It couldn''t be


    sensed by anyone else.. Why? " she now looks confused.


    " I didn''t show any kind of signs of having gifts until my eighteenth birthday. " I inform her.


    A look of realisation washes over her face. " That''s just over three years ago now right? "


    I don''t respond, only nod.


    " Sons of bitches. " She res up at the ceiling for a moment, then her eyes meet mine again. " Three


    years ago to the day, I was captured by this pack. The Beta decided to rub that one in this morning.


    When they captured me, I kept finding ways to escape with my gifts of course. So they decided to start


    experimenting because I could melt their special cuffs that were supposed to prevent magic, I could


    fight off the pills they shoved down my throat, anything they tried didn''t work. We''re from a very


    powerful bloodline Corinna. So a couple of monthster they started to inject me with this... Think of it


    as an anti-magic serum, it makes you ck out and when you wake up you''re just powerless, they


    have to do pump the shit into me everyday to keep it working but.. I don''t know I guess when they cut


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    off my gifts, it reversed my magic on you so there was nothing to keep your gifts dormant anymore. "


    " But... It hurt like hell when it happened, why is that? " I think back to the pain that kepting and


    going that night.


    " They did have to mess around with the doses a bit.. I was able to fight it until they gave me a whole


    syringe of it. The other doses would work for a moment but it would just wear off when I fought it,


    perhaps your gifts would start to awaken and then would be ripped away again. How did your uncle find


    out? " she responds.


    " When my gifts awakened he and dad were there, I screamed and it let out this... Energy? Sent them


    through the air. I think because of you, they knew what he was straight away. " I exin.


    She grimaces. " How did your dad take it? "


    " I''m an abomination apparently. " I purse my lips, whenever the '' hunting parties '' that were sent out for


    me would catch up to me, my dad was always among them, reminding me of that lovely sentiment. At


    first it made my heart ache to know my own father thought of me in that way but when something is


    said so much, it loses its meaning, especially when I figured out not everyone saw me that way.


    " Far from it Rina, You''re powerful. That scares them. " As I look at my mother, I realise for the first time


    in years I have a family member in front of me, who doesn''t want to kill me and I begin tough.


    " what? What''s funny? " my mum smiles.


    Myughter turns hysterical to the point I''m unable to breathe. " Wow, must be some joke. " my mum


    giggles, only to freeze when loud sobs begin to pour out of my mouth as I shake my head.


    Eventually I get to the point of being able to speak again. " My only family who doesn''t want me dead,


    is sitting locked in a cell with me and instead of being able to be happy about being with you, I''m


    thinking how I''ve basically just led the people who want us both dead to you too. "

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    Chapter Seven


    Corinna


    My stomach rumbled loudly through out the dim cell, I had no idea how many days it had been since I


    found myself locked in here but all I knew was, I was thirsty and I was starving. I found myself mostly


    sleeping despite the cold temperature and ufortable position I was in.


    When I wasn''t sleeping mum and I were talking, trying our best to somewhat catch up on the many


    years we missed out on together. It was nice, getting to know her again even though I didn''t know how


    long it would be for. I had been in a constant state of anxiety and paranoia since the mention of my


    uncle, every time I hear footstepsing toward the cell I hold my breath until I see it''s not him


    standing at the metal door.


    Luckily he has been a no show so far.


    My head snaps up when I hear light footsteps running towards the cell door, my eyebrows furrow until


    the door swings open to reveal my humanpanion. Gia rushes into the cell panting heavily with a


    set of keys in her hand, she quickly unchains me.


    "e on, you have to go before Jack notices I''m gone. " she rushes through her words tugging on my


    arm.


    " wait, unlock her too. " I motion to my mum, who is only now waking up.


    " what''s going on Rina? " My mum''s voice cracks as she speaks.


    " Gia is getting us out of here mum. " I grin at her.


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    " Mum? " Gia voices, more to herself sounding awfully confused.


    Silently I grab the keys from her hands to unchain my mum, when she''s free the three of us exit the


    cell, Gia and I stand on either side of mum holding onto her arms to help her walk as quickly as she


    can. We speed walk down a narrow stone hall lined with tonnes of cells just like the one we were kept


    in until we reach a set of stone steps.


    My eyes follow up the steps and I find myself squinting at the light at the top of them, we rush up the


    steps until we find ourselves in a stone hut like structure in the woods about a yard away from a huge


    mansion like house.


    " Okay from what I''ve gathered, if you run in that direction it''s the quickest way off Jack''snd. " Gia


    says, pointing to beyond the mansion, that I''m guessing is the pack house.


    The three of us begin to make our way in that direction, not as fast as I was hoping considering mum''s


    current state.


    " So Jack huh? " I send a sly smirk to Gia who blushes.


    " He is really lovely.. Other than keeping you locked up. " she mumbles.


    " As long as your happy Gia but if he puts one paw out of line, I''ll kick his ass. " I smile at her when she


    lets out a snort. " I''m guessing you''ll be staying behind then? "


    She frowns a little. " Yeah.. I''m sorry. Please don''t be mad? "


    " I''m not. Just be careful. " I tell her, grabbing her hand and giving it a light squeeze.


    " He''s good to me, the way a boyfriend should be... Well mate in this case, I''m still getting used to it all.


    " she admits with a small smile.


    As we get closer to the end of the territory, I hear footsteps running from behind us. I curse under my


    breath trying to help my mum speed up, but it''s no use. " I''m going to have to shift, mum you''ll get on


    my back. "


    My mum nods. I quickly lean over and give Gia a hug. " Good luck. "


    " You too. Be safe. " She mumbles.


    We pull away and in instantly shift into my wolf, Gia helps mum onto my back and I start to sprint away,


    from behind me I can hear that Jack has reached his mate.


    " Please Jack! She''s my friend! " Gia pleads.


    " She killed one of my pack members G! " He yells.


    " Please. She may have killed one of your wolves but remember she also saved my life. You wouldn''t


    have a mate if it wasn''t for her. " My friend defends me.


    " G... I don''t... " Alpha Jack trails off.


    " Jack, just give her a chance okay? For me please? " She begs then continues when he doesn''t reply.


    " I won''t forgive you if something happens to her because of you. " she snaps.


    The alpha lets out a sigh. " Fine. I''ll give her a chance. "


    Gia squeals happily thanking him repeatedly, I let out a howl of thanks while I continue to run, now past


    the territory line. After another while of running, I pick up on an awfully familiar scent that makes me


    tense and speed up dramatically.


    " Rina? What''s wrong? " Mum calls from on my back. Only I can''t tell her.


    A whimper escapes me as I hear the thunder of at least twenty wolves running through the forest


    towards us, I push myself to run faster, jumping slightly when I hear a furious snarl from not far behind


    me.


    A wolf attacks me causing me to go rolling across the dirt of the forest floor and my mum to fly off of my


    back andnd on the ground with a loud thud. I force myself off the ground straight away standing in


    front of my mum to attempt to protect her, I look at the dirty blonde wolf immediately recognising him as


    my cousin Elliot.


    It doesn''t take long for my father''srge grey wolf to make an appearance along with multiple wolves


    from my old pack and my uncle''s huge ck wolf whoes stalking right between the group of


    wolves who part for him.


    One of the other wolves leap at me, not waiting for orders, but I easily bite into her neck with my


    canines ripping out a chunk of her flesh, within seconds she has bled out in the dirt. A bunch of the


    other wolves snarl, running at me.


    The first one tries to leap onto my back but I slice my ws through her stomach and she falls to the


    ground whimpering. The second bites down onto my side, I growl loudly snapping my jaws down onto


    his back leg, he eventually lets go of my side which gushes blood as I circle him another wolfes at


    me, biting into my ear as we tumble around. I manage to pin him to the ground and w out his throat.


    Blood drips down my neck from the wound on my ear as I charge for the wolf who bit my side, he


    manages to w the top of my head but while his stomach is exposed I bite into it ripping it open. I


    back away closer to my mum, who climbs onto my back once more and I take off running away from


    my uncle, cousin and dad who at hot on my tail.


    I weave in and out of trees, jumping over rocks and logs. The trees begin to thin and there are less and


    less of them as we get closer to arge cliff. I skid to a top right at the edge looking down to see waves


    crashing up against the rocks, I turn my head back to where my family are closing in on me.


    Gulping I back up a bit, I turn to look back again when I hear my dad''s voice. He has shifted back and


    how had a knife in his hand. As he lifts his arm to throw it, I sprint to the edge of the cliff jumping off of


    it, praying that mum knows how to swim.

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    Chapter Eight


    Corinna


    When wended in the water, mum managed to grab a hold onto me for support while we both swam


    to shore. I copsed onto the sand in pure relief that we had managed to get away, shift back and only


    then notice that I am still bleeding from my injuries, I wince slightly as I press at the bite mark on my left


    hip.


    My mum coughs loudly from behind me, I turn around to see her on her knees in the sand looking at


    her blood covered hands. I call for her, her eyes meet mine and she gives me a sad smile. She looks


    even paler than before which I didn''t even think was possible.


    " Mum? Where did that bloode from? " I whisper as I kneel down in front of her. My mum reaches


    around her back wincing as she does, I move around to see her hand is sitting on top of the de my


    father had just before we jumped.


    " No! " I whisper. " This isn''t happening. This is not happening right now. "


    My mum takes my cheeks in her blood covered hands. " it''s alright Rina, it''s all going to be alright. " she


    tells me. " Listen to me Rina, I need you to take the knife out. "


    " no! You.. No! That''ll make the bleeding faster! It''ll kill you! " I cry.


    " I''m already dying Rina. I don''t want something he touched anywhere on me. Please just take it out. "


    She begs, making me nod.


    Moving around her, I take the handle of the de into my hand. I shut my eyes tightly as I pull it from


    my mum''s flesh, she lets out a scream of pain. I toss the knife onto the sand, my mumys back so her


    head is on myp.


    " No! I can fix this. " I tell her, nodding my head. " I can fix this. "


    " Rina.. It''s toote. " She mumbles.


    " No! I can fix this! " I cry. I stretch my hands out holding them out to hover over her body and I begin to


    chant, a few sobs break through as I do so.


    " Rina... " My mum calls but I ignore her and continue chanting. " Rina.. I''m sorry I left you behind. I


    should have taken you with me, I regret it more than anything. I hate that.. that I missed out on seeing


    you grow up. " she tells me, her breathing bing shallow.


    Tears cover my face as I continue to chant desperately. " I''m so proud of you Rina.. I''m proud... of how


    strong you are, you''ve survived so- so much and you''ve be a wonderful protective and sweet


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    woman. I''m sorry that I won''t be here with you when you find a better life for yourself, a mate, children,


    whatever it may be. Any positives you get in life, you hold onto them. I love you sweetheart. " by now


    she is gasping while trying to speak and I can''t even chant anymore from how much I''m crying.


    " Please don''t leave me again.. I just got you back.. " I sob, running my hands over the wet hair on her


    head. " Mum please, please don''t... "


    " It''s okay.. " she shushes me, holding onto my arm tightly.


    " I love you so much mum, you never have to be sorry okay? Just... I.. " I feel her grip begin to loosen


    on my arm. " Mum?! " I shout, but her grip is now gone and her hand falls onto the sand.


    " Mum?! " I shout again, shaking her. " Mum please! "


    My body shakes roughly as I sob, I wrap my arms around my mum''s head holding her to me as I rock


    back and forth. I let out a loud, powerful scream that sends a burst of energy through the air.


    Hours pass, the sky turns dark and the tidees in but I still sit with my mum holding her and staring


    off at nothing,pletely numb. Eventually I bring myself to look down at her, my fingers brush over


    her face to close her eyes. Not having anything to use to bury her with, I move her body closer to the


    water so the tide will take her.


    Shifting back into my wolf, I let out a sorrow filled howl before turning and slowly walking toward the


    darkness of the trees nearby, I wander through the woods mindlessly until the sun rises in the sky.


    Eventually I stumble upon a small apple orchard, I wander over to a few of the fallen apples eating


    them greedily until waves of nausea tell me I''ve had enough. Completely exhausted, I fall into my


    stomach with my paws tucked under my head. I close my eyes and start to go over the list of things I


    need to somehow gather if I want to survive, thanks to Alpha Jack I''d lost my bag pack with all of my


    things. It''s only then that I notice I can no longer feel the pain from the injuries I got earlier, which


    means they''ve healed, no doubt leaving me behind a few new scars.


    Letting out a huff at the thought of more marks covering my body, I try to remember how many that


    would be now, as I count I lull myself into a much needed dreamless sleep without even meaning to.

 Chapter Nine

    Chapter Nine


    Corinna


    My eyes slowly open, it takes me a couple of seconds to realise I''m still in the apple orchard and that


    the night is now pitch ck. I slept all day. shes of the hours before bring tears to my eyes, I let out


    small whimpers thinking back to my mum''s lifeless face. The grief I''m feeling overwhelms me and I end


    up shifting back without meaning to, I curl my naked form into a ball on the grass at the base of the


    apple tree I''m under, as I sob uncontrobly.


    An unknown amount of time passes before I can slow my breathing enough to calm myself, the


    exhaustion causes me to feel heavy to the point I start to drift off to sleep again but as I do I hear three


    sets of footsteps approaching, instantly I''m on edge and alert. I push myself to sit up, scanning the


    area, allowing my senses to heighten.


    I''m suddenly overwhelmed by the smell of blood, burning flesh and death. I spring to my feet to make a


    run for it but I don''t manage to take even one step before I''m knocked to the ground, my eyes widen in


    shock as I take in the pale raven haired woman on top of me with ck holes where her eyes should


    be, deep veins under her eyes and extended fangs that are still dripping blood from herst kill.


    My heart rate sky rockets as she grabs my throat, turning my head to the side to give herself ess to


    my neck. I''mpletely frozen as she runs her nose up along my neck, inhaling me. It quickly clicks


    for me what is happening and my own panic sends a st of energy from my body, sending the


    vampire flying off of me and onto the ground a few feet away from me.


    Rushing to my feet, I stand preparing for her to attack again but my focus is broken when a sweet scent


    wafts through the air, wrapping around me, I inhale it deeply and find muscles in my body I didn''t even


    know were tense rxing instantly, I close my eyes suddenly feeling like my insides were melting and


    I''d found a new meaning for warmth.


    Shaking my head, I snap my eyes open just in time to see the vampire wasing at me full speed. A


    quick wave of my hand sends her flying backward, barrelling into a tall pale brte woman, no not


    woman, vampire who had juste out of the trees at the other end of the field where the orchard was


    located.


    It only took them seconds to get back to their feet and the woman from before toe sprinting


    towards me, I watched her run across the field, waiting until she was closer, only before anything could


    happen she is tackled to the ground roughly by another figure, a man this time, they roll around,


    fighting each other so fast that I can only see the two blurs.


    Before getting a chance to blink, the man is standing in front of me protectively and I realised he was


    the cause of the addictive, sweet scent that had distracted me. When I look up to take him in, my eyes


    are met with his toned back that is covered by a white dress shirt and I let out a slight huff that I''m only


    able to see the back of his wavy shoulder length brown hair.


    " What the hell Mal?! I found the dog or whatever that thing is first! " The raven haired woman shouts in


    confusion, a low growl rumbles in my chest at her choice of words.


    " If you don''t shut your mouth Josie, I''ll shut it for you. " Mal warns hispanion, giving no signs of


    moving away from me.


    " What''s going on Mal? It''s not like you to interfere with someone feeding. " The brte asks, her


    voice is soft.


    " She... " He trails off and turns to face me. I find myself getting nervous, fumbling to cover myself in


    front of him, my tan cheeks burning red as my eyes attach themselves to the floor. His fingers are


    suddenly cupping my chin gently, indicating he wants me to look at him, I find myself melting into his


    touch and trailing my eyes up his toned pale body to scan his defined jawline, blood stained chin, soft


    pink lips, high cheekbones, dark full eyebrows and finally his deep ocean pool eyes, that looked as


    though I could go swimming in them, by now I have long forgotten about being shy and covering


    myself, instead as I look into his eyes I feelpletely safe,fortable and epted.


    " I''m his mate... " I whisper, but from the shocked noises in the background I don''t doubt I was heard.


    He moves his hand so his palm was resting against my cheek. " My name is Mkai Orion, and you


    are? "


    " Corinna Scott. " I breathe, titling my head into his hand.


    A loud squeales from behind Mkai. " My brother has finally found his beloved! " The brte


    grins happily, showing off her blood stained teeth. " Aren''t you going to introduce us? "


    I nce at him. " Brother? " I ask.


    Mkai smiles, dropping his hand from my face and begins unbuttoning his shirt. I watch him reveal his


    torso as he slowly slips the material from his skin, my lower stomach knots as my eyes wander all the


    way down to the trail of hair disappears under his ck skinny jeans. I''m snapped out of my trance


    when he wraps his shirt around my shoulders, holding it out for me to slip my arms into, I do so quickly


    muttering a soft thank you.


    Mkai gently takes my arm as if he is escorting me somewhere, then guides me over to where the


    two women stands. The raven haired girl now has a deep scowl on her face and is openly ring at me


    with her hate filled hazel eyes, the brte beside her on the other hand is still grinning at me happily,


    her crystal blue eyes shining with happiness.


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    " Corinna, this is my sister Dahlia. " Mkai introduces, I open my mouth to speak but end up whipping


    my head to the left when I hear shouting off in the distance. The two siblings curse her their breath,


    while the other vampire just rolls her eyes.


    " I told you there was more of them. " She sneers at Mkai, I take a small step forward releasing a


    warning growl to which she scoffs.


    " We have to leave, now. " Dahlia says, grabbing the raven haired woman''s arm, dragging her through


    the orchard.


    " Come. " Mkai demands softly, worry shing through his eyes when the shouting starts getting


    closer.


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    Chapter Ten


    Corinna


    I didn''t have any time whatsoever to respond to my mate before he had picked me up into his arms


    bridal style and took off running in a blur through the orchard and out the other side where a hugeke


    stood, I wrapped my arms tightly around Mkai''s neck when he showed no signs of slowing down.


    My eyes screwed shut tightly when he pushed off the ground, leaping through the air and across the


    trees,pletely surrounded by shrubs and bushes with berries and flowers until we reach arge


    ck metal fence, through the gaps in the fence I could see a beautiful stone mansion.


    The mansion seemed to be on a different level to the garden beyond the fence, it had a stone porch


    that had an arch over each set of pirs and on the stories above there were balconies that matched it


    with ss railings. Huge rocks werepletely surrounding the perimeter, some of which had a gap in


    them making little waterfalls, that flowed into a stream that seemed to wrap all the way around the


    house or at least the back of the house.


    So busy taking in the beauty of the home ahead of me, I didn''t even notice that Mkai had opened a


    two door gate and was walking me down a stone path surrounded by flowers, we eventually reached


    the stream that had small t stones that rose just above the water so he could get across easily to the


    stone steps which led onto the porch.


    Mkai opened the ss patio doors, that were apanied by floor to ground windows on either


    side so you could see right into the living room, where multiple people were sitting on a cream n


    shaped sofa, that was bigger than any sofa I''d seen in my life.


    In front of the sofa there was a modern white coffee table, on top of a cream rug that sat on the tan


    hardwood floors, the modern item looked slightly out of ce when youpared it with stone wall the


    sofa faced that had a firece with a fire that was burning bright.


    There was a huge TV bolted above it, on either side of the firece there was white shelves slotted


    into the stone which held an uncountable number of books, the whole scheme of the room seemed to


    be white, cream and beige.


    The only thing that didn''t follow the colour scheme was the pool table behind the sofa, there was one


    small step you had to take before you were standing in the extension where it stood, surrounded by


    more shelves where more books sat, along with CDs, DVDs and a sound system.


    Mkai gently ced me back down, earning the attention of everyone in the room the second my feet


    hit the floor. A huge built guy with dyed blue hair wandered over to us, his light blue eyes take a


    moment to scan me before theynd on Mkai.


    " Who''s this Mal? " He questions, his voice not as deep as I expected it to be.


    " This is my beloved, Corinna. " Mkai introduces. " Cori, this is my older brother Phoenix. "


    As I shake Phoenix''s hand, I can''t help but smile at the nickname given to me by Mkai. A couple


    more of Mkai''s ne to meet me, others seemed far less excited about my presence, The


    raven haired girl who''s name I learned was Josie - short for Josephine, was definitely in that group.


    Before anyone else coulde say hello, Mkai led me out of the room and up four flights of spiral


    stairs until we reached a long hallway with only four sets of doors, we walk to the end of the hall, where


    wee to a set of white double doors on the right side there was an identical set of doors on the left.


    We walk through the ones on the right that held a huge bedroom with grey carpet, a four poster King


    bed with ck sheets to match the curtains on either side of the floor to ceiling window that had ck


    frames and a patio door that led onto a balcony, there was a ck floor to ceiling bookshelf lining one


    of the walls and there was not one space missing a book, the other walls were painted silver.


    " This is my room. " Mkai mumbles.


    I wander over to his bed, running my fingers over his soft sheets. " May I? " I ask him, gesturing to the


    bed, he doesn''t respond, only nods making me take a seat with my legs crossed.


    Now is when I remember I''m only in his white shirt, covered in dirt and dried in blood. I can''t believe I


    met people in this state. I begin to pick at my dirt covered finger nails as I ask what''s been on my mind


    from the moment we left the orchard; " Not that I''m not happy you brought me here with you, but... Why


    did you bring me here with you? Who were you running from? "


    Mkai frowns slightly, he walks in the direction of two white doors that were next to the balcony door


    and disappears into one for a moment, then returns putting on a ck dress shirt, when the buttons are


    done up he sits on his bed beside me.


    " My n, the vampires downstairs.. Lately they have been getting attacked when they go out to feed.


    Some of them made it back and some of them were killed off. " He tells me.


    " By who? " I frown.


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    " Hunters, it seems. Josie''s sister went missingst night, that''s why myself, Dahlia and Josie were out


    there tonight. To try find her, I was expecting to find a body, that''s what happened with the others, only


    we didn''t find her. We found a couple hunters instead, we killed him but one got away. Josie wanted to


    go after him to find the rest, I decided it wasn''t a good idea, hunters usually use herbs so we can''t feed


    on them without their blood tasting like battery acid, something was off. And we don''t know how many


    there are. " I nod at his exnation.


    " Sounds like they may have been trying to lure you guys. Do you think they took Josie''s sister? " I ask.


    Mkai nods. " I think it''s likely. "


    We sit in silence for a few moments, then he stands up holding his hand out to me to take. " Come on,


    let''s get you clean. "


    I blush, slightly embarrassed now that he''s pointed out my rough appearance. He leads me into the


    door next to the one where he got his shirt earlier and it turns out to be a bathroom that seems to be


    madepletely out of ck marble with silver switches, faucets and handles.


    Mkai wanders over to the huge bath that looks like a hot tub rather than a bath, puts the silver


    stopper in and starts running the water. I turn my back to him to unbutton his shirt and then drop it to


    the floor, my hair covers my chest so I ce my hands over my lower half then turn to face him.


    His eyes watch me carefully as he moves toward me, he gently pulls my hands away from my body


    and then brushes my waist length hair over my shoulders. " You don''t ever have to hide from me. " he


    whispers.


    His gaze starts to trail down my body, he frowns for a moment as he reaches out to lightly touch a scar


    from a stab wound on my right shoulder, then his fingers move to brush over the scars left on my chest


    from where my uncle''s ws had punctured me when he got close to ripping my heart out once, he


    then moves to the w marks that stretch from my rib cage down to my hip and around to my lower


    back, then to the very recently bite mark on my other hip, and then to the other two bite marks on my


    upper left leg.


    Gently he turns me so my back is facing him, he carefully takes hold of my hair moving it up so he can


    see the small de marks, bigger w marks that litter my back. By the time he finishes tears are


    rushing down my face and I''m struggling to hold back my cries. Will he be disgusted by me now?


    " Who did this to you? " He seethes.


    Facing him, I take in the rage that is clear in his eyes. " I... " I trail off not knowing what to tell him.


    Other than that time with my mother, I never usually t out tell anyone about myself. People usually


    figure out I''m '' the hybrid '' because I usually use both my wolf and my gifts to defend myself, but it''s not


    very often I''ve admitted it to people. In the past, when I have admitted it and someone wanted to help


    me, it usually blew up in my face... And theirs.


    " Corinna, who did this to you? " Mkai demanded

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    Chapter Eleven


    Corinna


    " I can''t tell you. " I mumble.


    Mkai''s face drops. " You can tell me, I can protect you Cori. "


    " No Kai, you can''t. " I tell him.


    I don''t need him to protect me, I can do that myself. The problem is I always fail at protecting others,


    people have gotten killed because of me and the guilt of that is too overwhelming, if I added my own J


    " I don''t know you! How could I possibly trust you? " I growl, frustrated that he keeps pushing me.


    " I''m your beloved! " He shouts.


    " Well maybe you shouldn''t be. " I turn away from him.


    Even if I told him the truth, I would have to tell him why my own pack, my own family wants me dead.


    Why would he be any different? How could be possibly want me as his mate? The


    thing that unbnces nature. The abomination. He wouldn''t want me if he knew what I was.


    " When you clean up you may use the room across the hall. There will be clothing left out for you. "


    Mkai''s voice is cold and distant when he speaks.


    Not answering him, I keep stay facing the bath which is now full while he leaves the room. I jump


    slightly when he ms the door behind him, I lean over and turn off the water and then slowly get into


    the bath, giving my body time to adjust to the heat. The brief thought that I haven''t locked the door


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    Sighing in relief, I lower myself toy down in the hot water so that only my face is above the surface. I


    close my eyes for a couple of minutes, only opening them when I hear the door click open, when I do I


    see Josephine ring down at me. I go to sit up, but she pushes me back down with her hand wrapped


    around my neck tight enough that I struggle to breathe.


    " I don''t know what the hell you are, but I''m not going to let some mutt stroll in here and steal Mal from


    me. Beloved or not. " She whispers harshly, my eyes widen when she tightens her hold on me.


    " Let.. Go " I wheeze out.


    Her eyes start to turn ck, veins pricking under them. I try to mutter out a spell but she quickly cuts


    me off by shoving me under the water, my body trashes around as I panic, swallowing a mouthful of the


    bath water. I quickly wrap my hands around her wrists, extending my ws and digging them into her


    flesh, blood spills into the bath turning the water crimson.


    She releases me, I immediately sit up in the bath coughing up the water I swallowed and gasping for


    air. " I want you gone. " she hisses, then leaves me alone in the bathroom desperately panting,


    confused and angry about what just happened.


    After rushing to scrub myself, I climb out of the bath and unplug the stopper, letting the bloodced


    water run down the drain. Looking around for a towel, only to find there isn''t one, I walk out into


    Mkai''s room, noticing two towels folded on his bed. I grab one wrapping it around me, running to the


    other room with tears in my eyes to find clothing.


    The room is much more bare but has the sameyout as Mkai''s, only there''s no books on the white


    shelves and a space in the middle where a TV is bolted to the wall, the carpet is white, the walls are


    painted a sky blue and the white bed sheets have small dark blue flowers embroidered on them to


    along with a navy cotton jumper.


    Sniffling, I wipe my tears away before pulling on the underwear and the jumper. I sit myself on the bed


    sliding the socks onto my feet. I stay sitting on the bed staring at the door for a while, my heart still


    racing from the panic I felt. Eventually I grab the bottoms and pull them over my legs, tying them tightly


    around my waist so they won''t fall down.


    On shaking legs I walk over to the door, turning the lock. I pace around the room trying to figure out


    what I''m going to do and what the hell Josephine was talking about. Are she and Mkai in a


    rtionship? Is that what she meant about me stealing him? A pang of disappointment and jealously


    settings in my gut as I think about them together. I can see why he would like her, she is beautiful... On


    the outside at least. She looks like a supermodel, all the while here I am covered in scars, constantly


    filthy, slightly underweight from times when I have to go without eating because I''m either running or


    there''s nothing around for me to hunt.


    Regardless of Josephine''s warning, the right thing for me to do is leave. I can''t stay here, when I stay


    still they find me too easily and I can''t lure them here, to my mate. They''d kill him in front of my eyes


    just to punish me, and to punish him for trying to help me. I can''t destroy the life he has here for


    himself. Besides he''s better off with someone normal, not some half breed and he has that here... With


    Josephine. Another wave of jealousy courses through me.


    Pushing my feelings away, I go to the balcony door, swinging it open. I walk over to the railing, leaning


    over it slightly to look at the drop to the ground, wincing a little when thinking of the possible broken


    ankle I could end up with. I take a deep breath as I carefully climb over the railing, holding onto it for


    support when I''m on the other side.


    Shutting my eyes tightly, I force myself to jump from the balcony, shifting into my wolf mid air, when I


    myself right over the little stream. Once I''m out the gate, I keep running, pushing myself faster and


    faster with each tree I past until everything to either side of me is a blur.

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    Chapter Twelve


    Corinna


    The further away from the house that I got, the more my heart sank, by time I''d reached the apple


    orchard I felt as though it now found a permeant ce in my stomach but I didn''t stop running.


    Dashing through the forest, I swerve in and out of the trees only slowing when I caught a scent. A very


    weird scent, but one that was familiar to me from when I first escaped my pack. A hunter, actually


    hunters, tonnes of them.


    Being cautious, I follow the scents until I find myself hiding in bushes watching as at least fifty hunters


    wander around out the front of a big cabin. It seemed half of them were staying in the cabin while the


    rest camped out in tents on thend in front of it, keeping myself fully aware of my surroundings, I


    begin to move from my spot around the perimeter.


    When I get to the back of the cabin I discover a small storage shed that had two hunters with guns


    standing guard outside it, I think back to Mkai telling me about hunters possibly kidnapping one of


    the vampire''s in his n and realise if they were going to be keeping her anywhere, it would be in


    there.


    Not giving myself a chance to think myself out of it, I silently creep forward toward to two hunters who


    talk between themselves,pletely unaware of my presence. It takes me seconds to tear the two of


    them apart and shift back, I use all my strength to kick open the door to find a ck haired girl, who


    looks like she couldn''t possibly be past her teens and is the spitting image of Josephine.


    My breathing slightly elerates at the thought of her but I ignore the shes of her face I''d gotten


    from under the water earlier in the night and run over to the girl who is hanging from the ceiling on


    chains and has a gag around her mouth that seems to be soaked in something that is burning into her


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    " I''m sorry about that. " I whisper.


    " Who the hell are you? " The girl narrows her green eyes at me, she is definitely rted to Josephine.


    " My name is Corinna. I''m gonna get you out of here okay? " I whisper to her.


    She seems to take a moment to weigh her options then nods. " The chains... They''re like indestructible


    or something. "


    Pursing my lips, I look at the chains carefully before reaching my hand up and touching them, instantly I


    feel the energy humming through them. They''re spelled... I''ve never met a witch who would be willing


    to help hunters, they hate all supernaturals. I take hold of a chain in each hand, chanting quietly as I


    drain the magic from them. When energy stops humming, so do I.


    Looking up at the girl, I nod my head, signalling for her to try free herself. The chains break from the


    bolts on the ceiling as soon as she tugs on them, arge grin crosses her face. " I don''t really know


    what you did, but thank you. I''m Olive. "


    " No problem, now let''s get the hell out of here. " I smile, but it drops the minute we step outside only to


    bump into another two hunters that have just found their dead friends.


    Cursing under my breath, I shift into my wolf running straight for them. This time because there is no


    element of surprise, it''s a little more difficult but I take them down in seconds once more. I drag the four


    bodies into the shed, then shift back stripping them of random articles of clothing until I''m fully dressed


    in the torn, bloody clothes.


    Using the long sleeve from the dark grey sweater I''m wearing to wipe the blood from around my mouth


    until I feel it''s gone, I wander back out to where Olive is waiting for me. She looks at me in confusion


    when she takes in my clothes.


    " Listen, you need to get out of here and back to your n. Your sister is looking for you. " I tell her.


    " My sister? How do you know Josie? Aren''t youing with me? Are you gonna do something? What


    are you gonna do? " She speeds through her questions.


    " I met your sister earlier tonight. I''m noting with you and I''m gonna deal with these hunters. " I


    answer.


    " But.. You- "


    " I need you to go, I''ve got this but I do need a favour before you go. " I cut her off, she frowns at me


    but nods anyway. " I need you to bite me and I need it to be messy. "


    " What? Why in the hell would I do that? " She whispers loudly.


    " I need a distraction, an advantage. " I exin, it seems to click for her then and she nods.


    Olive moves closer to me, cing one hand on my right shoulder and another on the left side of my


    head, she tugs at my hair making me lean my head to the side to give her ess. She leans in.


    " This is gonna hurt, I''m sorry. " She whispers, then bites into my neck.


    My eyes clench shut and my teeth clench as she starts to move her head, ripping into my neck for a


    minute or so before she pulls back, I hold out my arms and she does the same twice on my left arm


    and once on my right wrist.


    " Okay that should be enough, you''re covered in their blood too so it looks like you''ve been bitten way


    more. " She mutters, wiping the blood dripping from her chin.


    " Thank you. Go now, no matter what don''t turn back. " I demand, nodding my head in the direction I


    came from.


    When Olive is out of sight, I run toward the campsite screaming and pretending to cry.


    " Help! " I scream hysterically, holding my bleeding neck for effect while I run out onto the grass in front


    of the cabin where the tents are.


    A bunch of the hunters see me straight away and run to me, asking me what happened. " My friends


    and I... We.. We were " I quickly think back to Gia. " Camping, these creatures they came out of the


    darkness and attacked us! They''re all dead! Please, please you can''t let them get me, Please! " I fake


    sob.


    " What''s going on? " A man calls out while walking out of the cabin, I know instantly he''s the one in


    charge.


    " This girl, she''s been attacked sir. " One of the boys who was standing around me answers him,


    confirming my thoughts by calling him sir and the way he''s avoiding eye contact.


    Before any of them can react, my ws are extended and my hand is in the man''s chest pulling his


    heart from his body, I kill the hunters who circled me easily too. The rest of them are kicked into hunter


    mode now, I hold out my hands chanting quickly and instantly ten of them fall to the ground screaming


    in pain and continue to do so while I fight off and kill another two. I shift into my wolf and begin to


    viciously tear through every hunter in sight, not without getting plenty of cuts and hits.


    As I rip apart thest handful, I feel something sharp hit my back, the pain rushes through me and I


    growl loudly as I finish beheading the hunter beneath me before dropping to the grass, whimpering in


    pain due to the arrow lodged in my flesh. There are only three hunters left, surrounded by their friends


    thanks to me.


    The three of them creep towards me, getting ready to kill me when one of them falls to the floor with


    her heartying beside her, another falls to the floor with a snapped neck and thest one''s body falls


    to the floor right in front of me while his head remains in my mate''s hand while he stands staring down


    at me, I gaze into his lovely blue eyes until I fade into darkness.

 Chapter Thirteen

    Chapter Thirteen


    Corinna


    A loud groan slips past my lips as I stretch out on the softness around me, confusion and panic strikes


    through me when I realise I can''t remember where I am. My eyes fly open and I sit up to find myself


    wrapped in ck bedsheets belonging to my mate, who is sat on the end of the bed watching me with


    an emotionless face.


    " You left. " He states. I don''t open my mouth, just nod. " Why? "


    " I can''t be with you Mkai. " I mutter under my breath, but I know he hears me when a deep scowl


    sets on his face.


    He stands up from his seat on the bed. " Why not? "


    " We''re.. We''re just not meant to be " The bed sheets fall to my waist as I sit up, my hair and arms are


    the only things covering my bare chest from him.


    He scoffs loudly at this. " Actually we are literally meant to be . We are fated. You are mine and I am


    yours. "


    " Are you sure? Are you sure you''re mine and not hers ? " I use not being able to stop the


    possessive and jealous words from tumbling from my lips, which I press together roughly in attempt to


    shut myself up.


    Mkai''s scowl deepens as he moves toward me. " Who are you talking about? "


    " Josephine. " I grit out her name as if it''s bitter on my tongue.


    He sighs, sitting back on the bed, this time closer than before. " Josie and I... We "


    " I really don''t want to know. " I snap, cutting him off. Hating the hearing him use a nickname for her


    and to be suggesting that she was being truthful when she attacked me.


    " It''s over now. " He whispers, reaching over to ce his hand on my nket covered leg.


    " When did it stop? " Again, I can''t seem to stop the question from falling from my mouth.


    " I... " He looks down.


    A pang of jealousy courses through me. " You haven''t actually ended it, have you? "


    " I haven''t had the chance since I found you. " He confesses.


    " You should''ve given yourself the chance to. " I growl, moving away from his touch.


    " You''re changing the subject. " He points out as I crawl to the other side of the bed. " Why did you


    leave? "


    Reaching the edge, I wince at the pain in my shoulder, arms and neck when I climb off of the mattress.


    " Ask your lover. " I sneer, even though I know well that Josephine only yed a very small part in me


    leaving him.


    " The bite marks. Where did theye from? " He demands.


    " Now who''s changing the subject. " I turn to face him, but stay on the opposite side of his huge bed.


    " Where did theye from Corinna. " His narrows his eyes at me.


    " I needed the element of surprise with the hunters, pretend to be hurt in order to get close enough and


    kill as many of them as I could before they got to their weapons. " I exin quietly.


    " So you let Olive feed from you?! " He hisses.


    " I didn''t have to go and rescue her Mkai! " I shout." Then why on earth did you? " He res. " You


    yourself in danger, not only by rescuing her but also by letting her feed from you. I''m surprised she was


    even able to do that without killing you at her age! "


    " You were worried about her and I wasn''t going to leave a child hung from the ceiling like cattle was I?


    " I re right back at him. " Those hunters would have kept killing, attacking and kidnapping your n. I


    did you a favour. "


    He stands in front of me in a sh, caging me on their side of his arms against the ss window where


    the balcony is, ring down at me with angry eyes. " And what if you had gotten yourself killed in the


    process? "


    " Well I didn''t. " I grit my teeth, trying to push him out of my way but he doesn''t budge.


    " Well what if you had Cori! " It is now that I see the panic behind his eyes, he wasn''t angry at me, he


    was panicking that he could have lost me.


    " But I didn''t. " I tell him, my voice much softer now.


    He drops his head, sighing softly before he pushes himself from the window. He takes hold of my arm


    gently, guiding me back to the bed. He sits leaning against the headboard then tugs on my hand. "


    Come here. "


    Hesitating, I stay standing until he leans forward and lifts me with ease to sit between his legs, my back


    against his chest. " You shifted back on your own after you passed out, we got the arrow out of your


    back but I couldn''t heal you until you woke. " He mumbles softly, his lips brushing my ear.


    He pulls his hand behind me, I stay frozen looking ahead of us, my eyes stuck on the countless amount


    of books ahead of us until he presents his wrist to me, it has two bloody gashes from where his fangs


    had ripped into it. He brings it to my lips. " Drink. "


    Unsure of what he''s doing, I decide to trust him and do as I''ve been asked, so I take open my mouth


    immediately tasting his blood but instead of that usual metallic sour taste, his was warm, sweet and


    tangy like honey. My eyes close, as I take hold of his arm with my hands to keep him from moving


    away from me while I gulp down mouthfuls of his blood.


    " That''s it baby. " He pants, his free hand wraps around my torso pulling me as close to him as


    possible. I let out a hum loving the feeling of his body pressed against mine and the taste of him.


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    Realisation hits that I am here gulping down my mates blood and I pull away from his wrist, I can feel


    some of his blood leaking down my chin as I watch the wound heal within seconds. Mkai''s chest


    rises and falls rapidly against my back, confusion and panic courses through me and I try to move


    away from him but the arm wrapped around me keeps me in ce.


    " Trying to leave again? " He questions.


    " What the fuck just happened? " I move to turn around to face him, this he allows.


    " My blood healed you. " He shrugs his shoulders.


    " How? What? Why did I... " I struggle against him again, looking anywhere but his blue eyes that were


    watching me intently.


    " The blood of a vampire can heal any wound once it''s ingested and why did you enjoy it so much? " I


    can hear the enjoyment in his voice at the second statement.


    " I- I didn''t.. " I deny, but I know it''s clear I''m lying.


    " It''s okay that you loved it my darling. Blood sharing between beloveds is a verymon, intimate


    thing. You''re supposed to enjoy tasting me. " He runs his thumb along the blood that had ran from my


    lips, earning my full attention. His eyes shine with lust as he watches me, my lips part slightly as I take


    him in and he takes this opportunity to slip his blood covered thumb into my mouth.


    The taste of his blood bursts across my tongue again and I know my eyes are glowing lc, presenting


    the eye colour belonging to my wolf. Before I had been reunited with my gifts, my grey eyes would


    change to silver in wolf form but now they glow purple announcing my status as an outcast to the world.


    " Beautiful. " He mumbles, removing his finger from my mouth so he can cup my cheek. " I''ve never


    seen a wolf with that eye colour. "


    The statement snaps me from whatever moment we were having, I instantly move from his hold before


    he can cage me in again. " You should probably go to your girlfriend, lover, whatever the hell she is. " I


    tell him, my voice is cold.


    " You are my beloved Cori, there is no one I need to go to because you are here. " He tells me, then I


    can literally see the sh of question in his eyes as he realises something. " Who told you about Josie


    and I? I had made it clear that I was to be the one to tell you. "


    My heart rate elerates and I gulp as I think back to the hateful re in her eyes as she held me


    beneath the water. Obviously not answering him quickly enough, Mkai demands me to tell him but


    his voice is faded as I feel like I''m back under the water.


    " I can''t be in this house, I need to leave. " I croak out when Ie back to reality, only realising now


    that I am on my feet pressed against the wall in a panic.


    " Corinna, what''s wrong? " Mkai steps toward me slowly, his hands held up as if to tell me he will not


    harm me.


    " I need to get out of here Kai! " I scream, shes of all the times I''d been attacked in thest three


    years take over my vision and my breathing startsing out in sharp pants.


    " Just tell me what''s going on.. " I hear his voice in the background.


    Images of all the times I''d harmed or killed someone to protect myselfe tumbling forward, one after


    the other. " PLEASE KAI! " I sob. The next thing I process is him holding me in his arms and the


    coldness of the fresh air hitting me.

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    Chapter Fourteen


    Corinna


    It took me what felt like hours but was only minutes to calm down as I took in deep breaths of the


    summer air and Mkai''s scent. He had dressed me in a dark red knitted jumper belonging to him prior


    to carrying me away from the house, I clung tightly to him with my face in his chest and my bare legs


    over hisp, while held me in his arms now sitting down somewhere.


    When I fully came back to my senses, I lift my head looking around to find we were swinging back and


    forth on a ck metal bench lined with soft white cushions, that was bolted to the ceiling of a rustic


    looking stone gazebo surrounded by apple trees, bushes with multicoloured flowers and small


    strawberry nts. The sky is still dark somehow, the moon is full and shining brightly, apanied by


    the stars.


    " Where are we? And how is it still dark out? " I whisper.


    " We''re still on my grounds, just away from the house. And it''s still dark because you were passed out


    for the entire day. " Mkai mumbles back to me, stroking my hair in a calming manner. " Are you


    going to tell me what happened back there? "


    I bite my lip, knowing I''d have to at least somewhat exin my episode. " I.. I''ve been running from


    some people..I can''t tell you who..and I''ve had to do somethings that I also can''t tell you.. I guess


    thinking about what Josephine did just.. " My mind is fuzzy as I try to exin, but when I mention


    Josephine doing something he freezes.


    " What did she do? " He asks.


    " I.. " I trail off, not knowing what to do.


    " Cori, what did she do to you? " He grounds out.


    Hesitantly, I bring my eyes up to meet his and I begin to recall hering into the bathroom. I watch as


    his blue eyes turn pitch ck throughout my telling of what happened, veins move down his under eyes


    and his fangs make an appearance. Without a word, he gently lifts me off of him to sit me down on the


    cushion beside him, he then stands up and starts stalking off, my guess is back toward the house.


    Jumping to my feet, I rush after him. Within minutes we are back at the house, walking over the stream


    and up onto the porch, where Mkai swings open the door so roughly that the ss shatters into a


    million little pieces, earning every vampire''s attention in the room.


    " Where is she? " He hisses out. " Josephine. WHERE IS SHE?! "


    The vampire''s surrounding us seem either to flinch at Mkai''s anger or take a step back, I on the


    other hand walk towards him and cautiously ce a hand under his shirt and on his back. He rxes


    ever so slightly, until she walks into the roomughing about something with Phoenix.


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    Phoenix notices the shattered ss and furious looking brother first, hisughtering to a halt


    immediately. " What''s going on, Brother? "


    Mkai doesn''t answer, instead he is across the room and pinning Josephine to the wall by her neck


    with such a force that the wall cracks, little bits of dust and stone fall onto the ground, this all happens


    without anyone having a chance to blink. " How fucking dare you! " he shouts.


    Josephine''s eyes are wide as her heel covered feet dangle off the ground. " Mal, put me down. " She


    wheezes out.


    " Why would I after what you''ve done? "


    " I don''t know what you''re talking about. " She tells him.


    " Maybe I should drown you to refresh your memory! " He roars, realisation clicks in her eyes which


    then flicker to me then back to him. " She is my beloved ! How DARE YOU! "


    " Please Mal, I''m sorry. Please stop this! " She begs.


    " You apologise to Corinna and you do it NOW. " He tighten his hold on her neck, forcing her further


    against the wall, making it crack more.


    " I''m sorry! " She chokes out.


    " Look at her! " Mkai roars, seeming like he''s seconds away from snappingpletely.


    Her fear struck eyes meet my shocked ones. " I''m so sorry Corinna. "


    With that Mkai drops her to the floor, pacing back and forth as she coughs in a ball on the floor. " I


    should kill you. " He says, clenching his fists.


    I don''t process myself moving across the room until I''m right in front of him, looking into his ck eyes


    and gripping his face in my hands. " Kai, it''s okay. Just rx. It''s alright. " I whisper to him, moving my


    right hand into his hair, ying with it gently.


    His eyes close and body slowly rxes in my touch, he leans his forehead against mine and wraps his


    arms around my waist, holding me to him tightly. Everything is silent around us, everyone too scared to


    move an inch after the scene that just unfolded before them.


    When his eyes open they''re back to their normal blue, staring at me intensely. " I like when you call me


    Kai. " he sends me a small smile, almost making meugh at how drastically different what he just said


    was inparison to the threats he was making not even five minutes ago.


    " I''ll do it more often then. " I mutter.


    He lifts his head, pressing his lips to my forehead for a few seconds then he moves away from me. His


    eyes fall onto Josephine, turning cold instantly. I reach out, grabbing his hand and intertwine our fingers


    together, he gives my hand a light squeeze.


    " Josephine, you are banished from this n and thisnd. I want you gone . Pack your things and say


    your goodbyes immediately. " He announces.


    Josephine''s head snaps up. " Don''t do this please Mal- "


    " You will not call me by anything other than my given name and you will do what has been asked of


    you. " Kai cuts her off.


    " What about Olive? " Josephine asks, tears forming in her eyes.


    " She has done nothing wrong, she is still a member of this n. As I said before, pack and say your


    goodbyes. You''ll be gone within the hour or I will rip your head from your shoulders. " He warns her.


    He turns his back on her and starts leading me out toward the stairs, as we start to walk them together


    he calls down for anyone to hear him. " Someone fix the patio before the sunes up.

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    Chapter Fifteen


    Corinna


    When we reach the floor where Kai''s bedroom is, he leads me to the room across from his, telling me


    he''ll be across the hall if I need anything then leaves me standing in the room alone and confused.


    Lifting the red jumper over my head, I toss it to the floor as I wander over to two doors beside the


    balcony, switching on the lights in both to find the white marble room I was looking for.


    Padding across the bathroom, I bend over to fill the bath, dumping way more soap into the water than


    necessary. As the giant tub that''s nearly identical to Kai''s in everything but colour fills, I close the


    bathroom door, flicking the lock just in case Josephine wanted to try give me a goodbye.


    After nearly an hour in the bath, the water gets cold so I allow it to drain from the tub while I step out of


    it, humming while wrapping a towel around my body and exiting the bathroom that now smelled just as


    strongly asvender as I did.


    As I enter the room I''d be sleeping in, I pause mid step when I see Olive sitting on my bed with a tear


    stained face. I show no emotion on my face while waiting for her to speak first, not knowing what way


    she would be towards me now after everything with her sister.


    She gives me a sad smile, that rxes me slightly. " I just wanted to came to say how sorry I am about


    my sister, what she did... There are no words for how messed up that was. I also wanted to make sure


    you knew, how grateful I am that you helped me get away from those hunters. "


    " Oh.. I''m sorry about your sister too. " I mumble, unsure what what else to say on the matter.


    " Well how about I try in some way to apologise on her behalf and take you shopping tomorrow evening


    when the sun starts to go down? " she offers kindly.


    " That would be lovely, considering all I have right now to wear are Kai''s clothes. " I give her an


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    awkward smile.


    " Kai? " She furrows her eyebrows for a brief moment before she realises. " Oh Mal, right. " sheughs.


    We both stare at each other awkwardly for a couple of seconds before she stands. " I''ll let you get out


    of that towel, I''ll see you tomorrow. "


    She closes the double doors behind her softly, they shut with a click and when they do I drop my towel


    to the floor grabbing the jumper that I''d tossed on the floor earlier and pull it over my head before


    crawling into the bed and under the sheets, I lean over and switch off the lights over the bed, closing


    my eyes in an attempt to sleep.


    I''m unsure how long tossing and turning passes before I huff,ying on my back staring at the posts on


    the bed frame. I can smell Kai''s scent from in here, making me restless and disappointed that he''s not


    in bed with me. I consider going over to his room but I talk myself out of it realising that he probably


    wouldn''t have given me this room if he wanted me to stay in his.


    Another huff escapes me as I turn onto my side, facing the balcony that was now covered by dark blue


    curtains that matched the little flowers on the bedsheets. I close my eyes, trying again to force myself


    asleep but they flick open when I hear the soft click of the bedroom door opening.


    Mkai''s scent overwhelms my senses as he crawls into the bed, he gets under the nket then


    moves over so the front of his body is perfectly aligned with mine and he snakes his arm around my


    waist. He pushes the fabric of his jumper up so he can rest his palm t on my lower stomach.


    " Can''t sleep? " He whispers into my ear,ying a soft kiss behind it.


    A smile takes over my face. " I''ll be able to now you''re here. " I whisper back.


    " Are you sure about that? " I can feel his smirk against my neck as he pushes his body closer to mine,


    intertwining his bare legs with mine.


    Turning to face him, I ce my arm under my head and my hand on his bare chest, running my fingers


    along his torso softly. " I''m not too sure now. " I hum as I feel his body.


    He ces his hand over mine,ying it t on his chest, gaining my attention. His blue eyes shine with


    worry, making me frown. " Please don''t run away from me again. "


    " I... I don''t want to put anyone in danger by staying. " I admit softly.


    " You''re not putting anyone in danger Cori, I just need you to stay. I''ll protect you, I''ll stand with you and


    you don''t have to tell me anything until you''re ready but I want you to ept being mine and ept


    that I am yours. " He scans my face, begging me with his eyes.


    " Okay. " I agree.


    His beautiful face seems to light up. " Okay, you''ll stay? "


    " I''ll stay. " I reassure him.


    He leans forward nting his lips on my forehead, then my nose, then my cheek. He keeps his face


    close to mine, staring into my eyes making me feel more at home than I had ever felt anywhere. A


    feeling of familiarity, warmth and happiness settles within me. My eyes fall to his full lips then I lean into


    him more.


    " Can I kiss you? " He mumbles, his lips brush mine slightly.


    Instead of answering him, I connect my lips with his. The kiss is soft, tender and I melt into him straight


    away, I trail my hand up his chest, around his neck until my fingers are tangled in his long hair. He


    slides his hand down to sit on my lower back, he pulls me forward making me gasp softly and wrap my


    leg over his thigh.


    He rolls me onto my back so that he is above me, never breaking the kiss. I hook my other leg around


    his waist, pulling his lower half to mine. His hands feel up my hips under his jumper, pulling it up while


    his hands move up my body. He pauses when his hands hold either side of my rib cage.


    " You can touch me. " I tell him, he instantly moves his hands take hold of my breasts, his thumbs rub


    over my nipples and I hum at the sensation. I find myself trailing one of my hands down his spine until it


    settles on his ass cheek, I give it a gentle squeeze, as I press my front against his.


    My breathes out in slow pants as his trails kisses along my jawline, he reaches my earlobe and


    sucks it into his mouth, then continues down my neck nipping at it then leaving wet kisses over the


    stinging flesh.


    He reaches the dip where my neck meets my shoulder, his tongue runs along where I''m supposed to


    bear his mark, a soft moan slips past my mouth. By now I know my eyes are glowing purple, as he


    pulls away to look at me I''m met with pitch ck eyes.


    " We should stop. " His voice is husky as he speaks.


    " You don''t..you''re not... Oh. " I look away from him.


    " I very much want to continue and I''m very much... enjoying myself. " He rids me of my insecure


    thoughts, grabbing my hand and cing it on his hard bulge in his boxers, my lower stomach knots and


    my lower half begins to ache as I feel him.


    "The problem is all I want right now, is to pin you down, im you as mine and mate with you for the


    entire night. " His words only make the ache between my legs grow. He pulses in my hand and buries


    his head in my neck, inhaling deeply. " I can smell how turned on you are for me darling. "


    He pulls his head back, smashing his lips to mine again. This kiss is much more heated, but it''s still


    slow, passionate. He takes my lower lip between his teeth, I feel his fangs trail along it as he releases


    it. I slide my tongue against his mouth a little, making him slide his to meet mine, I moan as I taste him.


    He pulls away again. " I don''t want to rush you into anything Corinna. If you want to stop tell me, just


    tell me what you want to do.

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    Chapter Sixteen


    Corinna


    As I stare up at Kai, his eyes flicker back and forth between blue and ck as he battles with himself


    for control. In my mind I too go back and forth, unsure of what to do, I want him, but I''m unsure if this is


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    too quick, it''s definitely too quick.


    " I don''t want to rush things between us Kai, I want to spend more time with you before I give all of me


    to you. " I admit.


    He nods his head while he goes to move off of me, I snake my hands around his neck to keep him


    where he is. " That doesn''t mean, I don''t want you to im me. I want to bear your mark. " I whisper,


    brushing my lips against his.


    It only takes seconds before his mouth is back on mine, he rolls us over so that I am on top straddling


    his waist. He starts to sit up, bringing me with him, our lips still connected. I tangle my fingers in his


    hair, tugging softly when he guides me to move my hips against him, we both moan into each other''s


    mouths as I get a rhythm grinding against him.


    " Make me yours. " I beg.


    He grips the cor of his jumper, tearing it apart making it off of my body easily. He trails kisses down


    my neck to where my shoulder begins, he pulls back only slightly to look up at me with his ck vein


    covered eyes and extended fangs before he bites into me, iming me, I gasp loudly screwing my


    eyes shut. He hums in pleasure as my blood bursts into his mouth, he feeds from me for a moment


    then pulls back, when he does blood drips down past my cor bone.


    My head falls back at the feeling of his tongue trailing along my skin where my blood has fallen and


    then across my mark, I feel my eyes glowing and my canines elongate as he does. I tug his hair to


    move his head away from my neck and give me ess to his, I don''t hesitate to bite into his flesh.


    His hands wrap around me, he digs his fingertips into my back as he pants in pleasure. I slide my


    tongue across his mark, cleaning any of his sweet blood away. I pull back from his neck and connect


    my lips to his once again, he falls back on the bed. Moving down his body, I stay on top of him with my


    head on his chest and my legs stretched out beside his with my eyes closed. Instantly I find myself


    drifting asleep.


    A cry of paines from beneath me, making my eyes snap open. I look at my mate who''s face looks


    as though someone through a cup of acid on it, I quickly climb off him about to ask him what is wrong


    but before I can he''s across the room shutting a gap in the blind where the sun ising through.


    Then I realise. Vampire''s can''t be out in sunlight. " Oh god, I''m so sorry, I should have shut them


    properly. How badly are you hurt? " I panic, mbering off the bed across the room to him.


    When he turns around his face is quickly healing, he takes my face in his hands. " It''s okay my darling,


    you didn''t know. " he pecks my lips, then leads me back over to the bed. " Come, we should go back to


    sleep. You''ve only gotten roughly three hours. "


    " The sun thing... Does it bother you? " I question when we''re back under the covers, wrapped up in


    each other.


    " If I''m honest, yes. I don''t even know what it''s like to be able to enjoy the sun. " He tells me.


    " Well.. Surely when you were human you knew. " Iment.


    " I was born, not turned. " He corrects me.


    " Born?.. So Phoenix and Dahlia are your biological siblings? " I ask.


    He nods. " Yes, they are. Most vampires they turn people so they have a n, a family. People who


    won''t age and die, leaving them behind. When a vampire finds their beloved, that''s when vampires are


    born not turned. "


    " I didn''t realise vampires could have children. " I confess.


    " Not many other species do. " He informs, trailing his fingers down my arm softly.


    " I''ve met your siblings but where are your parents? " He tenses at my question.


    " My father was killed.. My mother she couldn''t stand the loss of her mate, she''s lost all her humanity,


    gone rogue. "


    This time I''m the one to tense, only at the term rogue, something I''d been called far too often over the


    past years. " What? What''s wrong? "


    " Nothing.. " my voice is sharp when I speak. " I''m sorry I just don''t like the term. A wolf who doesn''t


    have a pack is automatically called rogue, but the titlees withbels that suggest anyone called a


    rogue is a heartless monster who ughters anyone in their way. It''s not always true. "


    " I apologise, I didn''t mean it to offend you. We only use the term rogue when a vampire has shut off


    from their humanity and there''s nothing left. We don''t have a term for someone without a n, that''s


    normal for many vampires. " He exins.


    Wey together learning random facts about each other until we eventually drift back to sleep, only


    waking up when Olive crashes into my room, without knocking might I add, to tell me it''s time to go


    shopping, apologising profusely and running out to let me get ready when sheys eyes on a very


    naked me and half naked Mkai in bed together.


    Kai hands me a pair of boxers, socks, ck sweat pants and a green hoodie that falls down to the


    middle of my thigh. He borrows a pair of trainers from one of the members of his n for me to use


    until I''m back and he hands me a credit card.


    " Get everything you need, don''t worry about prices or anything. " He tells me, nting a his on my


    forehead.


    Olive runs out of patience waiting for us to say goodbye, so she grabs my arm and starts dragging me


    away from my mate and into the garage, I look around to see a countless amount of cars, she walks up


    to one and gets into the driver seat, beeping the horn loudly when I don''t make a move to join her.


    When I''m in the car she drives out of the garage to the front of the house, the ground was covered in


    small pebbles, right in the middle stands a water fountain, around the garden the ck fence makes


    another appearance and trees surround everything outside the fence except a dirt road beyond the


    ck gate that buzzes open as we drive towards it.


    Olive speeds down dirt roads for what feels like hours with the silence we sit in, so I lean over and


    switch on the radio while we continue to make our way into a human town that is apparently near by


    and where the shopping centre his.

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    Chapter Seventeen


    Corinna


    Olive and I had spent hours walking around the massive shopping centre until it was time for it to close,


    buying a whole closet of clothing that I was in huge need of, throughout our shopping trip we''d be


    less awkward and once that happened, we realised her and I got along extremely well.


    Laughing at something Olive had said, I exit the car to find Mkai standing at the front door of his


    mansion, at first patiently waiting for me but when he sees Olive and I struggling to unload the endless


    amounts of shopping bags from the trunk and backseat of the car, hees over to help us.


    The three of us manage to get everything into the room that had been assigned to me in one trip, which


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    was surprising considering Olive and I ended up having to ask for help from two human boys who


    worked in one of the stores.


    After Olive announcing we should hang out again, she gives me a hug and exits the room, leaving my


    mate and I alone together. Mkai strides toward me, pulling me into his arms, he breathes me in then


    " I''ve missed you. " He mumbles.


    " I was only gone a few hours. " I chuckle. " I''ve missed you too though. "


    Pulling away from him, I start making trips back and forth from the closet, unloading all of my new


    things while he sit on the bed watching me. I bite my lip as I set a pair of jeans on one of the shelves.


    " So I was thinking about something. " I call out to him.


    Staying in the closet, I wait for him to rely but when I turn my head he''s leaning against the doorframe.


    He nods his head, urging me to continue, so I do. " Well you can''t go out in the sun right? But what I


    was thinking was... Couldn''t you ask a witch for help? Surely there''s some kind of loophole. "


    He hums, suddenly looking awfully thoughtful. " Interesting. What made you think of that? "


    The truth to that question was that I''d been pondering it since he told me that he''d never once been out


    in the sun before, I wanted to help him, I''m sure I could help him, but then he''d learn about my gifts and


    I''m just not ready for that yet. I shrug my shoulders at him as a response.


    " I''m sure there probably is a loophole, as you''ve called it, but unfortunately my darling I don''t know any


    witches and witches tend to deeply dislike my kind, meaning it''s unlikely I''ll ever know one. " He


    exins. " Thank you though. "


    " For what? " I question, my eyebrows furrowed.


    " For being thoughtful enough to try think of a way for me to walk in the sun. " He smiles, grabbing my


    hand and bringing it to his lips for a moment. " Now let me help you put all theses clothes away. "


    The two of us silently fill the closet with everything I''d bought, my thoughts race as I attempt to figure


    out how I could help my mate. When the two of us are in bed, cuddling I finally decide to continue the


    conversation.


    " You know... I know a witch or two. " I confess, lifting my head from his chest to look up at him.


    Confusion crosses his face. " What? How? "


    " I met a few over the years as a rogue. " I shrug.


    " I doubt they''d do you any favours like that though. " He raises his eyebrows.


    " They might. " I frown.


    " Witches don''t help anyone but their own Cori. " He chuckles a little.


    My frown deepens. " Well they helped me before. "


    Maybe that''s because you technically are one of their own.


    " I just don''t see why they''d agree to give a wolf a way to allow her vampire beloved to walk during the


    daytime. " He shuts me down.


    " I''m only trying to help you. " I grumble.


    He sighs. " Yes, I know that my darling. I''m grateful for it, truly, but I just don''t want to get my hopes up


    for something that has never happened and will never happen. "


    " And what if it does happen? What if I can find a way to help make it happen? " I argue.


    " Then I will be extremely appreciative, but until then..." He trails off.


    Admittedly it was annoying me how negative he was being, sure he didn''t know that his mate was half


    witch, but I thought he might seem a little happier about me trying to find a solution for him. Wey


    together, eventually Kai falls asleep, but I on the other hand can''t shut my brain off long enough to even


    keep my eyes closed.


    Sliding out of bed quietly and carefully, I wander across the hall to Kai''s room. I step inside his dark


    colour schemed room, shutting the door gently behind me, trying my best to make little to no noise as I


    start rummaging through his things. A voice inside the back of my mind was screaming at me to stop,


    that I wouldn''t be happy about this type of thing being done to me but I shove that voice away.


    Scanning along the book shelves, I realise I won''t find anything suitable for what I''m thinking there,


    instead I go into his closet, flicking on the light. I smile when I notice a whole shelf filled with boxes,


    pulling out one that has markings with 1920 on it. When my eyes fall on the stacks of photographs my


    smile widens, picking up one to look at it closer.


    Mkai is standing grinning at the camera, dressed in a smart, expensive looking suit with a waistcoat


    and a bow tied at his neck, his hair is noticeably shorter despite the fedora covering it and sitting on his


    feet are fancy dress shoes. Phoenix is in the onto the too, with a sly smile on his lips, he''s wearing very


    simr attire except instead of a bow around his neck there''s a tie, he doesn''t wear a hat, showing off


    his hair which seems to be a normal colour, parted down the middle and slicked back but it''s hard to tell


    the colour in ck and white. Right in the middle of them is Dahlia wearing a beautiful blue silk gown, a


    long fur coat covers her, a pearl ne hangs around her neck, a pair of white gloves cover her


    hands and a cloche hat with a ribbon around it sits on her short curled hair.


    Flipping the picture around there''s writing scribbled on the back reading " London, Ennd. June 3


    1921. " I bite my lip as I ce the picture back in its box, looking through the things in it I realise that


    there''s nothing in here I could use.


    Stepping back, I scan the numbers scribbled on the boxes. Pulling out one with 1800 on it, I notice a


    bunch of handwritten letters, but don''t touch them, rooting around the box more until I find a little velvet


    box. When I open it and see the silver si ring with a crest on it a grin takes over my face, I quickly


    ce the ring back it the small box which I shove into my pocket before lifting the box of memories


    back onto its ce on the shelf.

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    Chapter Eighteen


    Corinna


    Sneaking around in a house full of vampires was an extremely difficult task, but somehow I''d managed


    to grab a bag pack I''d bought to rece my lost one, gather a change of clothes and the box with


    Mkai''s ring and then leave the house off the balcony, again, without waking or alerting anyone.


    My paws hit the ground at a great speed as I raced to visit a witch who I had met a few months after I''d


    escaped my pack. I had just about managed to get away from one of my uncle''s delightful hunting


    parties but not without being badly injured. It was when I had collected one of my many stab wounds,


    one of them had pinned me down long enough for another to jam a knife into my shoulder, I''d already


    been bleeding profusely from many bite marks and the only reason why I''d gotten away was pure


    chance that my gifts decided toe to the surface.


    The only problem was that I had no control at the time, so on top of setting a couple of my old pack


    members alight, I''d also burned half of the forest down too. That''s what drew Helena to me, she


    brought me to her home and healed me, taught me how to gain control and a few simple spells to get


    me by, the rest I''d learned over time as I bumped into other witches or covens.


    I had absolutely no idea how Helena would be when I showed up at her door after so long, asking for a


    favour of all things. When I''d fully healed two days after she''d saved me, she''d demanded I leave her


    home as she feared it would be putting her unborn child at risk if I stayed.


    She was right to ask me to leave, I didn''t realise how dangerous I would''ve been for her at the time but


    I was naive then. I didn''t put up a fight when she sent me away, but it deepened the rejection I''d


    already been feeling because of my own family and pack.


    By the time I reached her cottage, the sun had already risen in the sky and it was about mid day. I sat


    down on her doorstep, letting out a loud bark, momentster the door opened to reveal the familiar


    pale, white haired woman with purple freckled ck eyes.


    Witches tend to have bright, unusual colours speckled into their natural eye colour. It''s usually purples,


    teals, golden or silver colours, but sometimes their natural eyes only hold one colour and glow, their


    difference to humans always obvious. That''s why my wolf''s eyes became a glowing purple when my


    gifts surfaced but for whatever reason it doesn''t show in my natural grey eyes.


    In her arms she held a pale toddler with white hair and ruby red eyes, something unusual even for a


    witch baby. " Corinna? Is that you? " Helena asks.


    Instantly I shift back. " Hey Helena. How have you been? Cute baby. "


    " I.. Thank you. Her name is Dyna, short for Diana but she seems to dislike thetter. " Helena tells me,


    shifting on her feet awkwardly.


    " oh! " she shouts with wide eyes. " Come in. "


    She steps aside, allowing me to walk inside the cottage. She leads me to the living room that joined to


    the kitchen, the two rooms were packed full of nts, herbs and flowers, bulks ofvender were


    hanging from adder that was attached to the ceiling for an unknown reason, the ck wooden floor


    had a colourful rug on it, the fire was burning intensely in the ck firece, after I was dressed in a


    pair of yoga pants and a long oversized t-shirt, I sat down on a dark grey armchair next to where


    Helena had taken a seat on the matching sofa with Dyna.


    " Listen Corinna, I just wanted to apologise about sending you away. " Helena looks ashamed of herself


    as she refuses to meet my gaze.


    " No hard feelings Helena, you have a little one to be thinking of and you ended up being better off. " I


    admit.


    Helena nods, giving me a small smile. " Well what can I do for you? I don''t think you''ve travelled here


    for no reason. "


    " I was wondering, if there was a way to cast a protection spell on an item so a vampire could walk in


    the sun without burning. " I exin to her, smiling at Dyna and giving her a little wave when I notice her


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    ruby eyes are fixed on me.


    Helena hums. " I suppose there would be no reason why not, but it would have to be a personal item


    belonging to the vampire and they would have to wear it any time they n to be in the sun or always.


    Why are you asking? "


    " I found my mate. He happens to be a vampire and well I''d like to find a way to help him be able to


    walk in the sun. " I tell her. " I also figured as much about the personal item, that''s why I''ve brought this.


    " I reach into my bag pack, pulling out Mkai''s ring.


    She purses her lips for a moment. " I suppose the least I can do is show you how the spell works. "


    She sets Dyna down on the floor then stands up to walk into the kitchen, I grin at her as she does so


    then look around nearly giggling at the amount of half melted candles lying around the room. It only


    takes seconds before Helena is back in front of me with a small bowl used for mixing herbs, she opens


    her hand for the ring which I ce in her palm.


    Dyna has now crawled over to my feet and is trying to use me as a means to stand up, I chuckle lightly


    lifting her onto her tiny feet. I hold her hands, making sure she is bnced and doesn''t fall over while I


    watch Helena ce the ring in the centre of the bowl then draw a circle of salt around it.


    She closes her eyes, holds her hands above the bowl and begins to chant loudly, I take in every word


    she says in Latin very carefully as I study her. Suddenly the bowl erupts in mes, I clench my teeth as


    the thought of the mini campfire in the bowl melting my mate''s ring and me trying to exin it to him but


    I keep my mouth shut.


    Momentster, the fire vanishes and Helena picks the ring from the bowl, handing to me. " The salt is


    what you draw the protection enchantment for, the fire happens because if a vampire is out in the sun


    for too long they burst into mes, it''s a whole thing. " she waves her hand.


    " Thank you Helena. " I reach over and ce a hand on hers gently, only to feel as if someone has


    dipped my hands into a bucket of burning coal.

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    Chapter Neen


    Corinna


    Letting out a pained scream, my eyes fall onto the toddler who still grips one of my hands her eyes are


    now glowing with orange flecks, making them look like mes. Helena cries out her daughters name,


    ripping her away from me, leaving me sitting frozen in shock.


    " Oh Corinna! I''m so sorry! " Helena gasps, she sits her daughter on the floor away from me, running


    into the kitchen, returning with a jar of mushed herbs.


    She kneels in front of me, taking a gentle hold of my burnt hands. She applies the herbs thate out


    like a paste on my skin, she chants quietly under her breath, her words rushed and panicked as she


    heals the burns.


    As she does this, I look over at the little girl who sits on the floor watching us, her eyes have now


    returned to their normal ruby colour. Helena eventually removes the paste on my hands, that were now


    almostpletely healed, they''d heal quicker due to me being half wolf either way but the magic sped


    up the process dramatically.


    " Helena, I think you have some exining to do. " I mumble.


    She nces up at me, giving me a singr nod before taking her seat and picking Dyna up onto her


    " As you know, witches don''t have mates or beloveds, but they can be bonded to another supernatural


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    and feel that bond. " She begins, I nod at this but stay silent allowing her to continue. " One day I was


    out picking some nts I needed, I bumped into a man, he was bare and at first I''d assumed he was a


    wolf who had just shifted back, he imed that I was his mate and I found out that he.. Well he''s a


    dragon. He imed me as his and we - well you know how they process goes, a few weekster I


    discovered I was with child. "


    During this exnation she had pulled her shirt to the side, exposing her neck where her mark was. "


    Dyna is a hybrid, like you, just a different type of hybrid. That''s why when I found you, it didn''t bother


    me that you were one because I knew my child would be like you and that is also why I had to send


    you away. You were being hunted by your own pack, your own


    family, imagine what they''d do to someone they had no connection to if they''d found out? Especially


    someone who''s half dragon . "


    " I understand. " I nod.


    " You''re not upset? About what she just did to you? " Helena looks shocked.


    " Of course not, I know what it''s like to not be able to control your gifts, to control yourself and I was


    much older than her without having any control. " I say.


    A grateful smile graces Helena''s face, but it drops when I ask my next question. " Where is her father?


    Your mate. "


    " Dragons they, they''re much different to us, to any supernatural creature really. Especially male


    dragons, he wouldn''t be able to live in this type of environment. I wasn''t willing to uproot my entire life.


    He doese to visit us, all the time. " She tells me, I can see how upset the situation makes her and


    the sympathy I feel for her washes over me.


    We catch up for another while until I realise it''s gotten prettyte, I pack away Mkai''s ring with my


    clothes into my bag pack and Helena walks me out of her house, I say goodbye to her and Dyna,


    promising I''ll visit again when Helena tells me toe back sometime to meet her mate.


    Thanking her for helping me with Mkai''s ring one final time, I turn away shifting into my wolf and


    sprinting back towards the mansion. By time I reach the gate leading up to the back patio, it''s been


    dark for a while. I shift back before entering the gate, getting the ring from my bag,cing it through a


    long silver chain, I hold it in my hand as I step over the pathway across the stream and up to the patio.


    Kai is outside wrapping his navy shirt around me in a sh, covering me from any and all eyes near by.


    He leads me up to his room, stayingpletely silent until we''re in his room and the door is closed


    behind us.


    He wraps me in his arms, hugging me tightly to him. " I thought you left me again. "


    The tone of his voice makes my heart break and guilt course through me. I return his embrace just as


    tightly. " I''m not going anywhere Kai, I''m so sorry. I should have left you a note. " I whisper into his


    cor bone, pressing my lips to his skin.


    " Where were you? " He mumbles, still holding onto me, breathing in my scent.


    " I went to visit my friend. One of the witches I was talking about. " I tell him.


    Kai sighs. " Cori, you don''t have to do that. I know that there isn''t a way for me to walk in the sun. "


    Lifting my head so I can look into his eyes, I give him a grin. " Actually, now there is. "


    His expression changes toplete confusion. I hold up the chain with his ring on the end of it. " Is


    that my family ring from the 1800s? "


    I nibble on my lip. " Okay, don''t be mad but I went through your things. I needed a personal item for it to


    work. "


    " What to work? " He still looks confused.


    " There''s a protection spell bound to this ring, so as long as you''re wearing it you can be out when it''s


    daytime. I needed a personal item for it to work. " I exin.


    He looks at me in shock. " are you serious? "


    I nod.


    " I can walk in the sun? "


    " as long as you''re wearing this, yes. " I confirm.


    He grins at me, pulling me to him and cing a sweet kiss on my lips. " I can''t believe it, thank you. "


    Pulling the chain around his neck, I give him a grin thence my fingers in his hair. " you are more than


    wee.


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    Chapter Twenty


    Corinna


    Humming loudly, I stretch my body out, my arm identally hitting Kai, who is sitting up leaning against


    the headboard. Around his neck his family ring hangs,ying against his bare chest, the curtains are


    open in his room and the sun shines through the balcony window brightly as he reads one of the many


    books from the shelf in his room, a soft summer breeze drifts into the room from the open balcony door.


    " Did you sleep well my darling? " Kai asks, watching me intently with his stunning blue eyes.


    " I think that''s the best sleep I''ve had in years. " I admit smiling up at him.


    It had been a few weeks since I''d given Kai the chain, since then we''d learned a lot about each other


    and our bond had grown stronger. His n had now begun to go out of their way to get to know me


    more and get along with me, as my actions had proven I wasn''t going to run off like I did when I first


    arrived.


    Olive and I had be fairly close, along with myself and Dahlia, thetter seemed to please Kai a lot.


    It made me happy to know that my mates sister enjoyed mypany and considered me a friend.


    " So Dahlia''s birthday ising up. " Kai tells me as he absentmindedly starts to run his fingers


    through my hair.


    " Do vampires celebrate their birthday? " I ask.


    Kai rolls his eyes. " Of course we do Cori. "


    " How old is Dahlia anyway? " I question.


    " I believe this is her nine hundred and second birthday. "


    My eyes widen at this. " Whoa. What do you get for a nine hundred year old vampire on their birthday?


    "


    Kai chuckles. " nine hundred and two, don''t worry too much about that, I''ll get her something from the


    both of us. "


    Sending him a unamused look, I turn on my side to see him better. " I want to get her something Kai. "


    He sighs. " Very well. I''m sure she''ll appreciate anything you get for her, she''s very fond of you. But the


    reason I brought all this up is because we''ll be throwing her a party. "


    " Oh cool! That sounds fun. " I smile at him. I hadn''t been to a birthday party in a long time.


    " I don''t know if I''d call my werewolf beloved being in a room with hundreds of vampires fun. " he


    grumbles.


    " Kai, I''m surrounded by vampires very day of the week. In fact I sleep next to one every night, I think


    I''ll be fine. " I roll my eyes.


    " Corinna, some of these vampires have very little control over their blood lust because of how young


    they are, some of them don''t care to control their blood lust and some of them aren''t the biggest fans of


    wolves. " He says, his face stern. " I need you to be careful at the party okay? To stay beside me,


    Dahlia or Phoenix at all times. "


    Pursing my lips at him, I nod my head. " Okay. When is it? "


    " Tonight. "


    Gasping loudly, I sit up in the bed. " What the hell Kai! I haven''t gotten her a present and her birthday is


    tonight ? Why on earth are you only telling me now?! "


    The two of us bicker back and forth a little before I get out of bed to shower and get ready for the day,


    when I return to the bedroom Mkai is gone. I wander downstairs into the living room looking around


    until my eyes fall on the person I''m looking for.


    " Hey Phoenix! " I greet, making him turn away from what he was doing, which just so happened to be


    pouring a bag of blood he had probably stolen from a nearby hospital into a crystal wine ss.


    " Oh hey Cori. " He smiles.


    " So i was hoping you could do me a huge favour? " I bite my lip.


    " That all depends on what you''re asking of me. " He sighs and continues pouring the blood as he waits


    for me to speak again, tossing the empty bag into the bin when he''s done.


    " I need you to break into your sisters room, find her favourite piece of jewellery and give it to me. " I tell


    him, my tone suggesting it''s simple.


    " And why the hell would I do that? " He raises an eyebrow.


    " I need you to. " I beg him with my eyes.


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    His gaze lingers on me as he lifts the wine ss of blood to his lips, even when his eyes turn pitch


    ck and his fangs extend, he doesn''t break eye contact with me.


    " My sister will literally snap my neck if I do this for you. " He shakes his head.


    After twenty minutes of bugging Phoenix he finally agrees to sneak into his sisters room, we make our


    way through the house until we reach Dahlia''s bedroom door. I stand in the hallway awkwardly waiting


    for him and keeping watch, it only takes him a few minutes to appear holding a gold chain bracelet with


    a Ruby pendant hanging from it.


    " Mal and I got this for her centuries ago, ruby is her birthstone, she rarely takes it off so I guess it''s


    your lucky day. What are you nning exactly? " He looks at me with suspicion.


    " Just trust me okay Phoenix? " I take the bracelet from him and start to walk off, shouting over my


    shoulder. " Oh and keep this between us okay? "


    Dahlia''s bracelet in one hand and salt in another, I wander out to the gazebo that Kai had taken me to


    those weeks ago, looking around to make sure I''mpletely alone. When I know I am, I sit on the


    floor cross legged cing the bracelet down in front of me, I make a circle of salt around it like Helena


    had shown me and copy exactly what she did.


    Within moments a burst of mes erupts and then dies as if they never appeared in the first ce, I


    smile happily and pick up the bracelet, tucking it into my pocket, freezing when I smell a scent from


    behind me.


    " What the fuck? " Kai''s voice echoes through the gazebo.


    With widen eyes I turn to face him. " What did you see? "


    " I- you- what the fuck Corinna?! " He grounds out, moving closer .

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    Chapter Twenty One


    Corinna


    Mkai stands in front of me, watching me carefully with narrowed eyes, anger and confusion are clear


    in them, making me gulp. I chew on my lip trying to figure out if there''s a way to get myself out of this,


    when I realise there''s not I hang my head. This is not the way this was supposed to happen.


    " Okay listen Kai, I can exin- "


    " I sure hope you can Corinna, I''d love to hear your exnation because I have no fucking idea what''s


    going on anymore. What the hell are you?! " He cuts me off.


    " I.. Have you ever heard about the hybrid? " I ask him.


    His eyebrows furrow but he nods his head. " Of course I have, nearly everyone has at this point, I don''t


    know much just like everyone else. What has that got to do with anything? "


    " I''m the hybrid Kai, I''m half witch, half wolf. My father found his mate, my mum, who was a witch but


    she had masked her scent so she didn''t smell like a witch, she just smelt human. They mated and had


    me. When I was a kid she suppressed my gifts after she''d gotten discovered, hoping that it would save


    my life, it did until my gifts were awakened on my eighteenth birthday, I exposed myself straight away


    because when they were awakened my gifts caused me to release arge amount of energy that sent


    my father, and my uncle who is also my alpha flying across the ''Main Street'' as we call it, of ournd.


    I ran from them to save myself, they told me I was an abomination, that they should''ve killed me when I


    was a child. They''ve been hunting me ever since. That''s why I have scars all over my body, that''s why I


    tried to run when we met because they''re one of thergest packs in the country and they''ve ripped


    apart anyone who they knew helped me over the years. " I tell him, an unexpected feeling of relief


    overwhelms me.


    " When were you going to tell me? " Kai frowns. " Were you even going to tell me? "


    " Yes, I just I didn''t know when. " I sigh, running a hand through my hair.


    Kai shakes his head, turning away from me. " Where are you going? " I call, he ignores me walking


    further away.


    " Kai! Where are you going! " I shout, running after him.


    When I take hold of his arm he shrugs me off and whips around. " No! You lied to me Corinna. "


    " I- I didn''t lie Kai, you have to understand it''s hard to trust people in my situation. " I try to make him


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    understand.


    " You lied! You lied to everyone, including your beloved. You could''ve trusted me Cori. " Sadness fills


    his eyes and guilt rises in me.


    " I''m sorry. " I whisper, my eyes begin to tear up. " Can you please forgive me? "


    " I just need time to process this Corinna. " He mumbles, walking away from me again, this time I don''t


    chase after him.


    Instead I go back to the house, wrapping my arms around myself as I walk, not paying anyone any


    attention as I walk through the living room and up to my room. Immediately shutting the door behind


    me, crawling into the bed wrapping myself in the nkets as tears crowd in my eyes.


    Had Ipletely messed everything up? Would Kai not want me now that he knows?


    Sighing, I pull the nket wrapping myself in it as much as I can, so only my eyes and nose are


    peaking out. I turn on my side to stare out the window, as my anxiety takes over all of my thoughts


    speeding through my mind, all of my worries start to seem like reality.


    It takes me hours but eventually I exhaust myself to the point of passing out. When I wake up it''s dark


    out, I can hear crowds people chatting to each other inside and outside of the house. I screw my eyes


    shut, I''d almost forgotten about Dahlia''s party.


    Forcing myself out of bed, I take a quick shower. After blow drying my wet hair, I leave it to fall down to


    my waist in it''s natural blonde waves. I apply a little makeup, then slide on a light blue silk backless


    body-con dress with thin straps. I step into white pump heels, then wander over to my clothes from


    earlier to get Dahlia''s bracelet.


    Once I''ve ced it in a small ck box and wrapped red ribbon around it to make a bow, I sit it down


    on my pillow so I can give it to herter when the sun starts to rise.


    Walking over to the door, I pause when I reach for the handle. Nervous thoughts attack my mind, but I


    push open the door in spite of them and make my way downstairs into the living room, pushing past


    crowds of people when I''m off mine and Mkai''s floor.

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    Chapter Twenty Two


    Corinna


    Muttering ''excuse me'' repeatedly, I continue to have to push my way through the crowds upon crowds


    of vampires surrounding me until I reach the living room.


    The stench of blood overtakes my senses as soon as I step into the room, I take in everything around


    me and my eyes go wide. Vampires areughing and talking amongst themselves with wine sses


    full to the brim with blood, others are refilling their sses fromrge punch bowls or the what is


    supposed to be a chocte foundation but instead of chocte blood flows from it.


    But the worst part wasn''t any of that, it was the fact that some in the corner of the room where the pool


    table sits, a group of fifteen or more vampires were feeding on and ripping apart humans.


    At their feety a pile of bodies, freshly drained bodies with their now soulless eyes staring out at the


    crowds. There was some still alive, but if they weren''t being fed on, they were shackled and standing


    near by to the group with their heads down.


    My eyesnd on a young girl who couldn''t have been any older than seventeen, her light brown hair is


    matted with blood and dirt, her terrified hazel eyes stay glued to the floor with tears rapidly falling from


    them, her pale skin is also covered in blood, dirt , unhealed bite marks and some scars from old bite


    marks.


    A loud growl escapes my chest, I march across the room to them, they now watch me with


    unimpressed looks on their faces instead of feeding on the humans in their hold.


    " Let them go. " I demand.


    The group of vampires in front of me instantly start to howl withughter, as if I''d just told them the


    funniest joke known to man. " How about you go to your kennel mutt. " One of the men tells me.


    " If you don''t let them go, I will rip you all apart. " I threaten, choosing to ignore the foolish insult.


    An oddly familiar, pale woman with long straight silver hair and brown, nearly ck eyes steps out from


    the group, narrowing her eyes on me as she sniffs the air.


    " Why do I recognise that smell.. That scent. " She ponders.


    It takes a couple seconds but realisation shes through her eyes, then misery, then anger and then


    rage and suddenly ckpletely covers her eyes, the veins pulse through her face and her fangs


    extend.


    " You. You killed my brother. " She snaps.


    Memories of the night I saved Gia flick through my mind, my eyes widen.


    " Maria, are you sure? She smells a bit different to the scent. " The man from before pipes up.


    " The mark on her neck is enough to exin that Jared. " The woman, Maria points to my neck.


    Maria and Jared, move toward me but freeze when Phoenix stands in front of me. " Is there a problem?


    "


    " That dog murdered my brother! " Maria seethes.


    A furious growl rumbles past my lips, loud enough to gain the attention of most people in the room. "


    Your brother drained the life out of


    two innocent women and was moving onto a third before I stepped in. I see that all of you are no better.


    "


    Phoenix turns his head to look back at me, giving me a look that could only mean that I now need to


    shut my mouth and keep it shut, until he defuses the situation.


    " This woman behind me, is the beloved of my brother and the creator of this n, Mkai Orion. She


    is imed, as you can see. Now you either settle down and leave it alone as you are on another n''s


    his tone is calm and collect, but deadly.


    Maria huffs, her face returning back to its original state. She turns away from us, as Phoenix starts to


    guide me away from them. " Phoenix, those humans. " I mumble.


    " I know. " When I look up at him is jaw is clenched tightly.


    " They''ve killed so many, please Phoenix, surely you can do something! " I cry, attempting to stop in my


    tracks but his hand on my lower back pushes me forward with enough force that I''ve no choice but to


    keep walking.


    " The only person who can ban anyone from feeding to the point of death on ournd is Mal, so go beg


    your beloved because I have absolutely no say Cori. " He tells me, he looks pained.


    I can tell it''s taking a lot for him to walk away right now. " Phoenix, you care about this. You don''t want


    this to happen, I can see that you like this as much as I do, so please. Help me. " I beg, forcing us to a


    stop and pulling out of his arm.


    Phoenix res down at me. " Corinna even if I wanted to, I can''t okay? I''d be breakingws and


    starting conflict. "


    I re back at him. " Fine, then I''ll do it. I have nows to follow. "


    Growling at Phoenix when he grabs my arm to stop me, I rip away from him, storming toward Maria


    and her vampires. I don''t acknowledge any of them as I break the shackles on each of the humans


    standing off to the side.


    A hand roughly grabs my shoulder but I quickly whip around, using all my strength to throw a punch


    into Jared''s chest, sending him flying back into a wall. " Any of you touch me again and you''ll all burn. "


    The vampires move grabbing the now somewhat free humans, who cry helplessly. I ready myself into


    fighting position. My eyes examine Maria who now stands behind the brte from earlier, gripping her


    neck to the point the petite girl trashes around, struggling to breathe.


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    " Let her go. " I snarl.


    " How about I rip out her throat instead? " Maria smirks at me.


    Her eyes turn ck, her fangs extend. I watch as the smirk never removes itself from her face even as


    she runs her tongue over a fang, someone grabs both of my arms, holding them tightly behind my


    back. My heart rate picks up as I struggle against whoever is holding me and as I watch Maria lowering


    her mouth to the girls neck.


    A loud scream tears through the room as Maria sinks her teeth into the girl''s neck.

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    Chapter Twenty Three


    Corinna


    Within seconds Maria is flungs across the room so hard so that her body goes right through the newly


    repaired panes of ss that look out until the pouch scatterpletely, Dahlia stands protectively


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    clinging to small brte, daring any body toe near her.


    Mariaes sprinting towards her, I m my foot down until the feet of whosoever is holding me back


    at the same time that I throw my head back forcefully, grinnit when I make contact with someone''s face


    and hear bones shatter.


    Launching my body thoughtlessly, I shift mid air, my wolf colliding with maria''s blurry figure in an


    attempt to help Dahlia. My jaws mp down onto Maria''s left hand just before I rip it clean off her body,


    dropping it to the hard wood floor quickly as I go in for another attack only to have her remaining fist


    connect to my ribs.


    A loud whimper follows the sound of my ribs shattering, the silver hair vampire get ready to lodge her


    hand into my chest. "For my brother." She hisses. But before She can do anything she is thrown off of


    me. "Enough!" My mate''s voice thunders through the house. He kneels down beside me on the floor "


    Shift. " Hemanded softly.


    Trying to find his eyes, I huge when he refuse to look at me. Regardless of this, I do as I am asked i


    curl my naked body up, in an attempt to hide from the crowd of vampires around us. Phoenix runs up


    holding a fluffy nket, he tosses it to me Immediately. I send him a weak smile of thanks.


    Mkai doesn''t speak as he bites into his wrist and force it into my lips, I moan as I gulp down his


    blood forgetting about anyone but him until he rips his hand away from me, my face furrow as I look at


    him as he stands, realizing the pain of my ribs is now gone and I can breathe properly, I stand up, also


    keeping the nket to my skin tightly.


    "What is going on here?" Kai questions, seeming calm but ready to snap in a second. "I want to set this


    people fre....." I start immediately cut off.


    "Master Mkai" with all due respect, these are our y things and we are breaking no rule orws,


    this mutt, on the other hand----


    "Do Not..." Kai shout, but stop himself to take a deep breath." Do not refer my beloved as any such


    thing."


    Maria nods, "Very well, my apologies."


    "But you are right, Master Maria, you are breaking no rules orw, so you may ..."


    "Mal! Mal, please. "Dahlia cries" still clinging to the small human in her arms who looks absolute


    perified but somewhat calmer now that Dahlia strokes the back of her head gently.


    "Dahlia keep out of this, Kai warns.


    "Brother please, she ia my beloved. "She whisper, her blue eyes as pleading as her tone of voice.


    Kai freezes at the mention of his sister''s mate. His jaw clenches as he nods. "Very well."


    A rush of relief course through me but it''spletely shattered when my speaks. " Master Maria, you


    can do as you please with all the pets excluding my sister''s beloved.


    A wide sick grin take over Maria''s face as she watches me shake head in disbelief. Mkai begins to


    walk away leaving his siblings standing in shock but I chase after him, grabbing his hand. He stops


    moving but doesn''t turn to face me. "Kai please, you can''t just let this humans die. Did you see how


    many bodies are on the floor right now? " I cry.


    He scoffs, you shouldn''t have gotten involved. I could have done something about it if you didn''t attack


    a n corinna. Now if I save those people, it''s an insult on Maria and her people. My mouth drop open.


    " You are going to let her murder innocent humans in fear of insulting her?"


    He doesn''t respond.


    "I can''t believe you." I whisper. He pulls his hand out of my holds and continue walking through the


    crowd of vampires who parts, making room for him.


    "Coward!" I call after him, but he doesn''t acknowledge me.

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    Chapter Twenty Four


    Corinna


    Anger and disappointment boil through me as I march across the garden to the gazebo, when I reach it


    I plop down onto the swing holding the nket Phoenix gave me up to my chin as Iy on the


    cushions, the wind is strong enough that the bench swings a little without me having to push it. I can''t


    believe him. I can''t believe he would just walk off and allow innocents to be ughtered like cattle.


    What the hell was wrong with him? I grit my teeth as I sit up, too agitated to stayying down. Jumping


    to my feet I begin to pace back and forth in front of the bench that continues to swing and squeak as it


    does. I had to do something. What the hell was I doing? I couldn''t turn my back on those people too.


    Huffing I turn to walk back into the house, but I pause in shock when I find Maria standing in front of me


    with a smirk on her blood covered face. " Hello little mutt. " ? Leave me the hell alone. " I grumble,


    attempting to move past her but she pushes my shoulder back with such a force that I stumble and fall


    onto the bench behind me. Mariaughs at me. " Look at you, so weak. " her smile quickly fades. " and


    yet somehow you managed to jam a branch into my brother''s heart. ? Her eyes turn ck as she


    strides toward me, she takes a handful of my hair dragging me to stand up. " But don''t worry, I''m going


    to make you pay for what you did. ? I bite down roughly on the inside of my cheek when she jams her


    fangs into my neck, not wanting to cry out and give her any kind of satisfaction, this only seems to


    anger her and she shakes her head back and forth, causing her fangs to tear into my neck further a


    deep searing pain splits through me and I cannot control the loud whimper that slips past my lips.


    Screwing my eyes shut tightly, I press my hands against her chest and begin to chant. Maria begins to


    cough and gag on my blood, she pushes me away from her as she begins to cough up any blood she


    consumed that belongs in my body. " This is what I did to your brother. " I tell her, my voice hoarse. ? I


    made the blood he feasted feel like acid, burning through his organs until he all he could do was simply


    puke it back up. " she pushes me away from her as she begins to cough up any blood she consumed


    that belongs in my body. ? This is what I did to your brother. ? I tell her, my voice hoarse. ? I made the


    blood he feasted feel like acid, burning through his organs until he all he could do was simply puke it


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    back up. ? She struggles to breathe as she continues to cough up any blood she consumed tonight. I


    twist my wrist. Immediately her bones begin to snap, her screams fill the night air as I watch her


    emotionless. I rub my fingers together and chant, watching as she falls to her knees and her skin


    begins to wrinkle. ? What-what are you doing to me! ? she screams, looking at her hands in horror. ? I''m


    making you age. The way those humans would have if you didn''t murder them. ? I mumble, not


    breaking eye contact with her. At this moment any type of feeling I had was gone. any emotion was


    gone. I didn''t care. I just felt nothing. I didn''t feel guilty as I watch the pain I was inflicting, I was just


    doing what I wanted to do. I wave both of my hands, chanting once more, chanting louder when her


    body erupts into mes and she screams and begs for me to stop. body erupts into mes and she


    screams and begs for me to stop. " Cori! " Kai''s voice calls out. " Go away. ? I tell him, not looking


    forward him. "Cori, please listen to me. " He tries to reason. " No! " I shout, the mes covering Maria''s


    body rise higher and burn more intensely at my anger. " I will not listen to you because you didn''t listen


    to me! And then she came out here and she attacked me! She was going to kill me! " " Cori.. Look at


    me. " Kai speaks lowly, his tone calm. My head whips to the side and the second my eyes fall on his,


    tears burn in my eyes. " How could you just leave them to die Kai? Like they were nothing? THEY


    WERE PEOPLE. " ? It''s okay my darling, it''s okay. ? He tells me, grabbing hold of me and pulling me to


    his body. By now Mariays on the floor panting, the effects of my magic wearing off quickly as she


    heals. I look away from her, burying my face into Kai''s chest. " What did I do? This isn''t me! ? I cry. Kai


    shushes me. '''' It''s alright my darling, everything is alright. Just breathe. " " Why didn''t you help me?" I


    sob, grasping the material of his shirt, by now the nket I was wearing is on the floor covered in blood


    from the wound on my neck which is healing slowly but surely. " I''m sorry, I''m so sorry. ? Kai mumbles


    into my hair, pressing a kiss to my head. " I was being an ass, I''m sorry. " " People died Kai. " I sniffle. "


    None of the people you tried to save. I stopped them from being harmed after I realised how much of a


    dick I was being " He sighs. A sigh of relief passes my lips. " Thank you. " Maria cries out in anger as


    she sprints towards my mate''s back, in an attempt to catch him off guard. I push him to the side,


    holding my palms out and screaming loudly. Arge burst of energy courses through the air, making the


    trees shake and Maria fly through the air. I fall to the ground, gasping for breath. all I hear is Kai cursing


    as the world around me turns ck.

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    Chapter Twenty Five


    Corinna


    It takes a couple of minutes to peel open my tired eyes, I smack my lips together in response to feel


    how dried out my mouth is. My gaze rakes over the room until it falls on Mkai who sits at the end of


    the bed, leaning against the bed post with a book in his hand. As if sensing my eyes on him, he looks


    up, a small relieved smile graces his face. ? How are you feeling? " ? Thirsty. " I croak, slowly moving


    myself to sit against the headboard. Kai leans down, pulling a bottle of water from off the floor beside


    the bed. He moves closer to me while unscrewing the stic lid, when he''s close enough he brings the


    bottle to my lips. I take a mouthful as I take the bottle into my own hands. Gulping down half of the


    water, I remove it from my mouth, gasping for air. ? What happened with Maria? Are those humans


    okay? What about Dahlia and her mate?" I list off question after question. Kai smiles at me again,


    putting the lid on the bottle and cing it back on the ground. " Maria was punished and banished from


    mynd, along with her entire n. If any of theme back, they''ll be killed on sight. As for the


    humans, they were made forget about all of this, including the existence of supernaturals, given a cover


    story for their disappearances and returned to their homes. Dahlia and her mate are fine, L is still


    settling in, she''s been tortured by our kind for months and well. .. She''s not exactly at ease with us yet.


    " He answers. "I missed a good bit then. How long was I out? 11 I ask. ? Two days. 11 He informs,


    standing up from the bed and holding his hand out to me. 11 Come let''s get you something to eat. 11


    With weak legs, I climb out of bed, grasping onto Kai for support as we walk through the house until we


    reach the kitchen. He sits me down at therge ck marble ind, then moves around the dark


    designed kitchen in silence until he ces a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce and basil in front of me.


    He leans against the ind, his eyes never leaving me as I eat. ? You know, it''s a bit awkward trying to


    eat while you stare at me. " He ducks his head down with his lips press together. 11 My apologises. "


    You could sit down and talk to me instead? ? I suggest. He immediately follows my suggestion,


    propping himself on the stool next to mine. " I was unsure of how you would be with me. " ? What do


    you mean? " I take another fork full of pasta while waiting for his answer. He clears his throat,ting


    his fingers together on hisp. " After the way I acted, I was unsure if you would have forgiven me. ?


    Sighing, I ce my fork Into the bowl, turning my body to face his. ? Mkai, you ended up doing the


    right thing, you apologised and made things right. As long as you''re trying, I am too. We are fated as


    you said. You are mine and I am yours." His blue eyes gaze into mine, my body melts as the feeling


    warmth, safety and admiration course through me. He slides off of his stool, moving closer to me. when


    close enough he spins the stool around, caging me in with his arms as he captures my lips with his. My


    lips follow his movements as I slide my hands around his neck,cing my fingers into his long soft hair.


    One of his hands presses against my lower back, pulling me forward. Spreading my legs, I allow him to


    step in between them and press his body against mine. A light gasp escapes my lips as his tangles his


    other hand in my hair, tugging It softly, he takes this opportunity to slide his tongue into my mouth. We


    battle for control for a few minutes then he pulls away,ying his forehead against mine. Both of our


    breathing has increased, we stay with our eyes closed, holding onto each other trying to regte it. Kai


    moves his hand from my hair to my cheek, brushing his thumb against my face softly when he pulls


    away to look at me. ? I shouldn''t have reacted the way I did to finding out about you. I allowed things


    with Maria to happen, that I shouldn''t have and yet you''re so quick to forgive me, why? " " I''ve acted in


    questionable ways and done questionable things too. Even the way I handled Maria ... Well I could''ve


    went about it better. I won''t hold a grudge against you for being angry, you should''ve found out about


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    me because I told you, not because you caught me using my gifts. I think forgiveness is important, I


    hope you can forgive me too. " I tell him, grazing my naifs lightly against the back of his head while


    ying with his hair. There is nothing to forgive, my darling. " He smiles, leaning forward and pecking


    my lips multiple times causing a giggle to escape me. "Oh¡¤ uh .. sorry guys. ? We both look over to find


    an awkward looking Phoenix, apanied by an upset Dahlia. Pressing my hands against Mkai''s


    chest to move him, I jump off my seat. " Dahlia? What''s wrong?¡¤ " L, her beloved ... She''s having a


    hard time. ? Phoenix mumbles, looking down at his sister with a frown and is aplete copy of the


    one that has settled on Kai''s lips. Clearing my throat I walk over to Dahlia. ? Why don''t you guys give us


    some space?? I nce between the two brothers, who reluctantly nod. ? I''ll be upstairs whenever you''re


    ready. " Kai mumbles, pressing a kiss to my forehead before exiting the room with Phoenix.

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    Chapter Twenty Six


    Corinna


    My lips purse together as I fill a mug up to the brim with blood from a bag kept in the refrigerator, when


    the bag is empty I toss the stic into the trash can and slide the mug over to Dahlia who took the seat


    that Mkai had been sitting in while I ate only moments ago.


    Settling down beside her, I lift my own mug filled with tea to my lips, swallowing the hot liquid mixed


    with honey. " What''s been going on? "


    Dahlia''s sorrowful blue eyes are fixed on the untouched drink in her hands while she speaks. " I don''t


    know what to do Cori, I''ve been alive for over nine hundred years and learned many things, but I don''t


    know how to help her. "


    Tears gather in her eyes, she takes a deep breath then continues. " They have her terrified, I can''t


    stand up without her flinching. Earlier today, she tried to open the curtains and I sped over to her, I


    didn''t mean to move so quickly but you know what happens to vampires in the sun and she balled


    herself up in the corner, It took me so long to convince her that I wasn''t going to hurt her.


    She doesn''t sleep because she''s terrified that someone is going toe into the room, so I have to sit


    at the door all night to reassure her that no one will but she wakes up to make sure I haven''te near


    her every twenty minutes. She''s exhausted and hungry, she''s barely eaten. But there''s these little


    moments, where she lets me get close. I know it''s the bond and she fights it off most of the time


    because she''s so afraid. I just.. I don''t know. "


    " Have you exined anything to her? What you are to each other? " I question.


    She shakes her head. " No, I''m waiting for the right time, for when she''s more settled. "


    " The truth and an exnation might help her you know, right now she has no idea what''s going on,


    she''s just been passed from one group of vampires who hurt her to another group who could potentially


    do the same. " As I speak she bites her lip, nodding a little, finally taking a sip from the mug in her


    hands.


    " Yeah, you''re probably right. " She mumbles. " I never thought my beloved would be human. You live


    for as long as I have without finding your soul mate, I guess it only makes sense that they haven''t been


    around too long. "


    " Oh, I never got to give you your birthday present. " I tell her, she just snorts in response. " Okay, drink


    up, grab your mate and meet me at the gazebo in five minutes "


    " I.. What? " she looks at me confused.


    " Just do it. " I roll my eyes, jumping down off my chair.


    As I make my way upstairs, I''m still a little unsteady on my feet, when I reach my bedroom I take a


    moment leaning against the door to catch my breath. I open the door and walk inside to find the room


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    empty, the familiar ruby bracelet is still sitting where I left it, I grab it, sliding it into the pocket of the


    sweat pants on my legs.


    Back out in the hall Mkai is waiting for me, leaning against his door. " Where are you going? You


    have to rest. "


    " Kai I was resting for two days. " I grumble, walking toward the staircase.


    " No, you were passed out for two days after wiping yourself out by doing a series of powerful spells


    after losing a lot of blood. " He corrects.


    " How would you even know? " I huff.


    "Nearly a thousand years on this earth, you might say I''ve met a few witches along the way. " He grins,


    rushing down a couple of steps at a time, then pausing to wait for me.


    " Yeah well how about you let me give a protection bracelet to your sister, so she can walk in the sun


    with her mate while she exins the ins and outs of the supernatural world and then I''ll do as you want


    and rest? " I raise my eyebrow at him.


    He holds his hands up. " Okay deal. "


    Eventually we find ourselves walking across the garden toward the gazebo hand in hand, when we


    arrive Dahlia is sitting on the bench with her head down, a frown on her face, while the small brte


    from the party is standing as far away from her as possible.


    " Bted Happy Birthday. " I smile, handing the bracelet over to Dahlia who now just looks confused.


    " You''re giving me my own bracelet as a gift? " She snorts.


    " There''s a protection spell cast on it so you can walk in the sun, as long as you''re wearing it you won''t


    burn. " I exin.


    She narrows her eyes sceptically. " I don''t believe you. "


    " It''s the truth Dahlia, she had the same thing done to our family ring I used to wear in the eighteen


    hundreds. " Kai speaks up.


    " I''m still not buying it. " She grumbles, causing her brother to roll his eyes.


    " Well put it on. We can all sit out here until the sunes up and then you won''t have to buy anything.


    " Kai says.


    " Fine. I''m trusting you brother, but if I burn I''ll snap every bone in both of your hands. " She threatens,


    leaning back on the bench and swinging herself lightly.


    L still stands away from the three of us with her arms wrapped around herself, but she has been


    listening intently to our conversation to the point she has lifted her head without even realising it. Kai


    throws himself down on the grass in front of the gazebo, grabbing my hand and pulling me down on top


    of him, making us both giggle quietly. I adjust myself so I''m sitting between his legs, with my back to his


    chest. He wraps his arms around me, pulling me impossibly close to him and burying his face in my


    neck cing a few kisses on my flesh.


    " Don''t hurt her. " A small voice pipes up quietly. " Please. "

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    Chapter Twenty Seven


    Corinna


    The three of us all snap our heads toward L, who''s gaze is directed at Kai. I frown as I process her


    words. " He''s not going to hurt me. " I assure her.


    She looks doubtful. " How do you know? "


    " I am his beloved, I trust him. " I inform.


    " What''s a beloved? " L mumbles, out of the corner of my eye I see Dahlia tense.


    " Dahlia will exin all that. " I tell her.


    She chews on her lip. " You helped me. I remember you. "


    I nod.


    " you were.. you turned into a dog. " She whispers.


    Dahlia chuckles, covering her mouth with her hand.


    " A wolf. " I correct her.


    She shifts on her feet. " How? "


    " I''m a werewolf. Well part werewolf, part witch. " My statement makes Dahlia''s eyes fill with shock, I


    don''t meet her gaze. Kai ces another soft kiss to the side of my head.


    " Wait hold, how didn''t I know about this? " Dahlia cuts in.


    " I only found out too. " Kai says absentmindedly, Dahlia seems a bit upset by this information but I pay


    her no mind as my mate runs his hands down my arms making me lean into him more.


    He hands stop over mine and he intertwines our fingers, a smile crosses my lips and I squeeze his


    hands gently to show my affection. The sun slowly starts to rise in the sky, the clouds fading out of their


    deep purple and into a burst of reds, oranges, pinks and yellows.


    " Dahlia, if you don''t have that bracelet on already, I''d put it on now. " Kai sings, my eyes close as he


    brings his mouth to my ear, nting a wet open mouth kiss onto my lobe. I untangle myself from him so


    I can turn around to face him, nting a kiss to his lips.


    " Wow, you guys have suddenly be unbearable to be around. " Dahlia announces, seeming to


    forget about the news of my hybrid status while her eyes focused on sping her bracelet on, after a


    couple of moments of her not being able to get it, I stand up to help her.


    Kneeling in front of her, I grab the ps between my fingers linking them together easily. " Thank you


    Doll. " She smiles at me.


    I notice that L now has her eyes glued to the ground, with a light frown on her lips and that she has


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    moved a couple of steps toward her mate. The sun fully rises in the sky, I watch with admiration as Kai


    sunrise, clearly enjoying every moment of it, just as he had over the weeks since I''d given him his ring.


    I really love seeing him like this.


    Walking back over to him, Iy down beside him in the grass making his eyes open as hezily turns


    his head to look at me, grinning. Something clicks deep inside of me, a deep warmth and happiness as


    I gaze at him, everything around us seems to zone out as I take him in.


    " Holy shit! " Dahlia squeals. " I am out in the sun right now! "


    " I told you. " Kai mutters.


    " Mal! We- vampires, are out in the sun and we are not burning! " She shouts in delight.


    Kai chuckles, breaking our gaze to look over at his sister who is now standing up on the swinging


    bench with her arms open wide, a huge grin on her face that''s bathe in sunlight.


    " I can''t believe this. " She whispers.


    She jumps down off of the bench, marching over to me. She pulls me up off of the ground and pulls me


    into her arms, embracing me tightly as she thanks me. I hug her back for a couple of seconds before


    pulling away.


    " Okay maybe we should leave you two to take a walk around the garden and talk about everything. " I


    say, moving my finger between Dahlia and L.


    Kai stands up, throwing an arm over my shoulder. " Bye lil sis, enjoy your stroll. "


    Dahlia waves us off, as she takes a seat on the bench, I see her patting the sit next to her trying to get


    her mate to sit next to her as we walk away. Kai and I make our way back to the house, heading to his


    room.


    " That was really nice of you. " He tells me as we crawl into the bed together.


    " And you said to just share a birthday gift with you. " I snort, making him chuckle.


    " My mistake. " He smiles, pushing me onto my back so he can hover over me.


    Reaching my hands up, I cup his face. " You''re very pretty. "


    He tilts his head. " I''m pretty? "


    " Yes. " I confirm. " Please don''t say some sexistment about that being a feminine describing word,


    because I will have to hit you. "


    Heughs. " I didn''t say anything. "


    " Good. " I mumble, leaning up to peck his lips.


    Not being able to hold myself up, I fall back onto the bed but he closes the space between us quickly. "


    You''re extremely breathtaking, do you know that? " he tells me, his lips brushing against mine.


    " No, I''m most certainly no- "


    He cuts me off by cing his lips on mine, my hands slide down his neck and chest and around onto


    his back as our lips move together in synchronisation, his tongue meets my bottom lip causing me to


    open my mouth and bring my tongue out to meet his.


    My fingertips trail down his back until they reach the hem of his shirt, I slide my hands under the


    material and up to his shoulder des, pressing my fingernails into his skin when his bites my bottom


    lip and sucks it into his mouth.


    " You are jaw dropping, breath taking, stunningly beautiful my darling, don''t ever say otherwise. "

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    Chapter Twenty Eight


    Corinna


    Sighing I snap the book I''m reading closed, turning my head on Kai''s stomach to look up at him but the


    cover of a book is blocking my view. Sitting up, I grab his book tossing it to the side, his eyebrow rise in


    reaction to my actions.


    " Something wrong? " He asks.


    Something was wrong, I hadn''t shifted in just over a week ago at Dahlia''s party and I was getting antsy.


    I never liked being out of touch with my wolf for too long, It made unwee and unhelpful emotions


    bubble within me until they exploded and that was usually very ugly.


    " Let''s go out today. " I demand.


    " Okay. " Kai chuckles. " Where would you like to go? "


    " I don''t know, anywhere, everywhere. Somewhere I can shift because if I haven''t ran around on four


    paws by the end of the day, I think I''ll lose my mind and trust me you don''t wanna deal with me in that


    state. " I rant.


    " So we''ll go out, there''s plenty ofnd around. " He tells me, jumping out of bed.


    My eyes scan his half naked body as he walks over to his closet, he disappears inside for a couple of


    seconds, reappearing with ck skinny jeans covering his legs and an unbuttoned short sleeve navy


    shirt revealing his torso to me.


    He zips the zipper on his pants, buttoning them closed then his eyes meet mine. " Youing? "


    Pulling my bottom lip into my mouth, I nod, awkwardly scurrying out of the bed and into my room where


    I dress myself in a floral off the shoulder sundress that falls just above my knees, leaving my feet bare


    and my hair to freely fall in blonde waves down to my waist.


    Kai meets me in the hallway and we walk downstairs with our hands intertwined. A couple of people


    greet us as we walk by but two people stop us from walking out onto the porch when they call Mkai''s


    name.


    We both turn to find a ck man and woman, both have golden brown eyes and identical features.


    Twins. The man begins to converse with Kai, as he ties his dreads up out of his face. I look over at the


    woman who studies me intently, her auburn hair is in neat braids that fall down just past her full


    breasts, her plump lips have a deep shade of red lipstick coating them, other than that and a small


    amount of mascara, there''s no other trace of any makeup, not that she needed it with her high


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    cheekbones and stunning features. She''s a couple of inches taller than me and sends me a small grin


    showing off her perfect teeth.


    " Hi, I''m Sabine. You''re Mal''s Beloved right? " She greets.


    " Yeah, I''m Corinna. It''s nice to meet you. " I give her an awkward smile, she holds out her hand which I


    quickly shake.


    " Sorry to stop you guys on your way out, my brother Darius insisted he talk business now. " Sabine


    apologises.


    " Oh, it''s no problem. What business if you don''t mind me asking. " My eyes flickering over to my mate


    and Darius who have walked over to the corner of the room beside the pool table.


    " It''s nothing to worry about, just a couple of wolves lingering around the borders of ournd. " She


    informs me.


    My heart rate picks up. " Wolves? How many? "


    She gives me a look of curiosity but answers anyway. " The same group, only about seven or eight of


    them. "


    I nod. " Any idea where they came from? "


    Sabine shakes her head, looking more suspicious of me by the second. " No, no clue. "


    Mkai and Darius walk back over to us, Kai wraps his arm around my waist. " Okay thanks again


    Darius, let me know if there''s anything else. We''ll hold that meeting this week. " He finishes up his


    conversation then turns to me. " You ready? "


    I nod to him then turn back to the twins in front of us. " It was lovely meeting you Sabine. " I tell her,


    with a smile.


    " Yeah, you too. " She says but there''s something in her eyes that screams that she doesn''t trust me


    and makes me think otherwise.


    Mkai says a quick goodbye to them, then leads me out of the house and garden. He sends me a


    grin, watching me intently as I begin to lift my dress over my head. I shove his arm with a blush on my


    face, making himugh.


    " You''ve never been shy before. " he teases.


    " Shut up. " By now my face is bright red. " You''ve never stared at me like this before. It''s creepy "


    He holds his hands up in surrender, averting his gaze. I lift the dress up and over my head, dropping it


    at my feet leaving my bare bodypletely exposed. When I look back up at him, his eyes are hungrily


    taking in my body.


    Biting my lip, I take a couple steps in front of him then shift into my wolf, immediately taking off in a


    sprint. He runs after me, the two of us running so fast that to anyone around his we were just two


    colourful blurs.


    Yipping happily, I slow my pace down to a trot as we approach theke. Kai calls out to me as I


    casually stroll into the water until I''m full submerged under it, I shift back, poking my head out of the


    water to see him standing there with worried eyes than rx when they meet mine.


    " Youing or are you just gonna stand there? " I call out to him with a smirk on my face.

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    Chapter Twenty Nine


    Corinna


    Kai tilts his head sending me a smirk while unbuttoning his shirt, he tosses the material to the ground,


    kicking off his shoes so he can discard his jeans too. A light blush forms on my cheeks as he removes


    his boxers, I look down until I hear him moving around in the water.


    He gracefully swims toward me, grabbing my hips when he reaches me, pulling me against him. My


    heart rate speeds up and I clench my teeth at the feel of his skin on mine under the water, he trails his


    hands down my hips until they''re under my thighs and he lifts me up with ease, wrapping my legs


    around him.


    My arms fly up to grasp his shoulders to keep myself steady in his hold, but soon I find my fingers


    tangled in his hair. He leans forward, gently cing his lips against mine. My eyes immediately close as


    I melt into him, moving my lips to match his movements.


    " You''re so beautiful. " he whispers against my mouth, not giving me time to respond before kissing me


    again.


    His hands slide up the back of my thighs, settling on my ass, he grabs it moving my front against his,


    making me gasp at the contact. He hums, dipping his tongue into my mouth. I don''t bother to fight for


    control, giving into him straight away and following his lead. He groans into my mouth as I tug on his


    hair and begin to move my hips against his. I pull away from him, hiding my face in his neck covering it


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    in wet kisses, letting out soft pants of pleasure.


    His hands guide me in grinding against him, his breathing now uneven too. He leans his head down,


    littering small bites and kisses along my shoulder, I hum at the feeling, tugging at his hair more harshly.


    He bites down on my skin, sucking it into his mouth making me moan. He continues to do this on my


    shoulder, then my cor bone and the top of my left breast, lifting me higher to graze my nipple with his


    teeth, he flicks his tongue before sucking it into his mouth before trailing kisses over to my other breast


    to give the same amount of attention to my right nipple.


    He slowly walks us out of the water without me realising, until the cool air hits my wet skin, all the while


    continuing his attack on my skin. He lowers us down hovering above me as he settles between my


    legs, my backys on the flower covered grass.


    " Let me know if I''m being too much, my darling. " He mumbles, running his hands down my outer


    thighs to cup under my knees.


    " You''re not at all. " I reply, clearing my throat when I hear how husky my wordse out.


    His hands pull at my knees, sliding my body down closer to his. He leans down capturing my lips with


    his again, kissing me passionately as he trails his hand down my leg until his fingers brush against me,


    I release a low whimper as his thumb rubs over my clit.


    " Does that feel good baby? " His whispers into my ear, nipping at my lobe.


    " Yes. " I nod my head erratically.


    He trails his middle finger between my folds, slowly sliding it inside me, a gasp escapes my lips at his


    actions. He pumps his finger inside me while trailing his tongue down my neck, the middle of my


    breasts, over my navel and lower stomach until his mouth his against me.


    His tongue flicks against my clit, my back arches off the ground in response and I unintentionally clench


    my thighs against his head as he eats me out. I moan as he inserts a second finger inside me, never


    slowing the movements of his tongue.


    My eyes screw shut tightly as a hot pressure builds in my lower stomach, my breathinging out in


    heavy pants as my fingers dig into the grass under me. I climb higher and higher, the world around me


    The feeling fades little by little, leaving my body melting into a rxed state. I don''t have time to reopen


    my eyes before his lips are on mine and his tongue brushing against mine, giving me a brief salty taste


    in my mouth. He hesitantly pulls away from me.


    " We should probably stop. " He tells me, his blue eyes watching me carefully.


    " No. " I shake my head.


    " What? " He furrows his eyebrows.


    " I don''t want to stop Kai. " I say.


    " I''m not going to make love to you for the first time outside in the cold Corinna, I''ll make love to you in


    our bed. " He sighs, pecking my lips before pushing himself off of the ground.


    An annoyed huff passes my lips as I examine the hand he''s holding out for me, I take it allowing him to


    pull me up. I watch him in admiration as he covers his bare body with the clothes he left a few steps


    away, shifting back into my wolf as he does up the buttons on his shirt.


    " Come on, my lovely wolf. " He grins at me before running off in a sh, I stretch out my front legs in


    the grass for a moment then take off after him.

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    Chapter Thirty


    Corinna


    My eyes groggily open, adjusting to the darkness of Mkai''s room around me. The covers wrapped


    around my body are damp with sweat, I quickly toss them off my body but the warmth doesn''t go away.


    Careful not to wake Kai who is sound asleep next to me, I crawl out of the bed. The sun dress I had


    been too tired to rece when we got home after hours of happily running through the woods, clung to


    my body like a second skin and I wanted nothing more to tear it to pieces in hopes of cooling myself


    down.


    Instead I find myself wandering through the house until I''m in the kitchen, I swing open a press,


    grabbing a ss and filling it with cold water that seems warm when it hits my lips. Irritated, I open the


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    freezer, taking a handful of ice that melts in my hand before I can toss it into the ss.


    A whimper escapes me as my temperature only seems to climb, gaining the attention of a few


    vampires around me, including Olive who is in front of me in a sh. " Corinna? Are you okay? "


    I shake my head. " I don''t know, I don''t think so. "


    " What''s wrong? You don''t look well, you''re dripping with sweat. " She says, the worry in her eyes is


    clear.


    " I feel too warm. " I whisper, feeling my temperature spike again.


    Olive reaches out, pressing her palm against my forehead but she immediately withdraws it, flinching


    slightly. " That.. " A look of confusion crosses her face. " That burned. "


    I cry out as my temperature once again spikes, Olive quickly moves to lift me but hisses loudly when


    my skin touches hers. Her eyes dart around the room, she mutters something to me that I don''t hear


    before disappearing out of the room.


    She returns momentster with an orange nket in her hands, she tosses it around me and gathers


    me into her arms, taking off through the house until we''re upstairs in the bathroom connected to my


    room.


    The entire time I protest, begging her to take the nket that seemed to be suffocating me away, she


    ignores me until she ces my body into the bathtub. As soon as she puts me down, I rip the nket


    off of me, along with my dress tossing it across the bathroom in a panic.


    " What the hell is wrong with me? " I sob, as Olive leans over to plug the bath.


    She turns the blue tap all the way up, the water gushes out and starts to fill the tub, steam rises from


    my body when the cold water connects with it but it brings me no relief.


    My sobs get louder and louder as the heat in my body continues to boil, the bathroom door flies open


    but I barely register it until Kai''s scent hits me. I breathe in his scent deeply over and over again,


    something inside me snaps and I can feel my canines extending, I''m sure my eyes are turning their


    glowing purple to apany them.


    " What the fuck is going on? " Mki questions.


    Olive says something in reply to him but her voice seems a million miles away, by now the tub is full to


    the brim with water and the tap has been turned off but I''m still burning. The two continue to panic


    between them until I intervene.


    " Kai. " I call out. " I think I know what''s wrong with me. "


    He''s instantly on his knees at the edge of the tub. " Did I get you sick? I shouldn''t have let you stay out


    in the cold wet for so long, I''m so sorry my darling. "


    " No Kai. " I say through clenched teeth. " I''m in heat. "


    " Heat? What the fuck is heat? " Olive cuts in.


    " Olive, I like you, you''re lovely but please get the fuck out. " I snap, feeling myself getting irritated and


    possessive over her being anywhere near my mate.


    " I.. Okay. I''m sorry. " She rushes out before exiting the room.


    " What''s going on baby? " Kai asks softly, reaching over to brush my sweat covered hair from my face.


    A deep sigh of pleasure leaves me as his touch leaves a trail of coolness across my head, I close my


    eyes and lean into his hand, my teeth now return back to their normal state but I can feel that my eyes


    are still glowing.


    " Heat is something a female wolf goes through when she''s been imed but has been left unmated for


    a period of time. " I whisper, humming lightly when I feel Kai''s fingers massaging my head. " My body


    temperature has risen to an unnatural heat, hence the name, it feels like my entire body is being


    burned by fire from the inside out. "


    " When does it leave? " He questions.


    " Itsts for twenty four hours. " I mumble.


    " Fuck. " The upset in his tone is clear and I''m sure if I was looking at him I''d see it just as clearly in his


    eyes. " What can I do? "


    " Just stay close. " I say, reaching out to grab his free hand and link our fingers together. " Completing


    the mating process gets rid of itpletely, but skin on skin contact with a wolf''s mate eases it. "


    Feeling him move closer to me, I open my eyes to look at him, he removes his hand from my head,


    adjusting himself so he is perched on the edge of the tub. He leans forward, pressing his lips to my


    forehead for a couple of seconds and then he pulls awaypletely making me whimper.


    " Just a second, my darling. " He speaks, I watch as he rids his body of his clothes as quickly as


    possible.


    He presses his palm t against my bare back as he climbs into the water, cursing under his breath as


    he does. " Did Olive use hot water? " he asks.


    " No, why? " I turn my head to look at him as he sits behind me with his legs on either side of my body.


    " The heat from your body must have warmed the water because it''s extremely hot. " He mumbles,


    wrapping his arms around my torso and pulling my back right against his front.


    I release a low sigh of relief as Iy back against him. " You have no idea how good that feels. " I


    mutter, closing my eyes once again.


    He shushes me, rubbing his hand over the top of my head repeatedly in a slow, calming manner. " You


    just rx now.

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    Chapter Thirty One


    Corinna


    When I wake up I immediately realise that I am now in bed, with Kai''s very naked body spooning my


    own. I turn my head to look back at him, finding him wide awake.


    " You feel asleep in the bathst night, I brought you in here so you could sleep properly. " He informs


    me.


    " Thank you. " I mumble. " How long as it been? "


    " You''re not finished your heat yet if that''s what you mean, another eight hours, give or take. " He sighs.


    " I slept for... " I pause, calcting in my mind. " sixteen hours?! "


    Kai chuckles. " I would say about fifteen, you''re forgetting the house before I got into the bath with you.


    "


    " How? " I question,pletely horrified that I had been knocked out for so long.


    " Don''t be so surprised, you spent an hour being exhausted from the amount of pain you were in. " He


    scowls. " I''m sorry I didn''te quicker. "


    " You didn''t know. " I sigh, rubbing his arm.


    His arms tighten around me, pushing my back against him more making a moan escape me. I feel my


    eyes instantly start to glow and arousal pool between my legs, Kai freezes for a moment before leaning


    his head down and trailing his nose along my neck.


    " God, you''ve no idea how mouthwatering you smell when you''re turned on. " He mumbles, his lips


    brushing against my skin.


    My teeth skin into my bottom lip to muffle another moan as I feel him getting hard, I press my ass to


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    him causing him to grind against me. " During heat she wolves tend to me more... sensitive. " I tell him.


    " Is that your way of telling me you''re horny and want me to fuck you, my darling? " He runs his tongue


    along my neck.


    " Yes. " I pant.


    " Are you sure about this Cori? " He asks me.


    " Yes. " I confirm.


    " Completely sure? You''re not just agreeing because you''re in heat? " He questions me further.


    " I would''ve let you fuck me by theke Kai, please just take me. " I beg, pushing myself up on the bed


    in an attempt to give him better ess.


    He doesn''t answer me, instead he removes one of his hands from around my waist to push himself


    inside me, both gasping as he fills me. He slides his hand down the back of my thigh, moving it to just


    above my knee before trailing it up between my legs.


    When his fingers reach my clit, he being to rub circles into my flesh while slowly moving in and out of


    me. I hum, closing my eyes as I bathe inplete pleasure, pressing my hips down onto him further


    each time he enters me.


    His free hand moves under my body to take hold of my left breast as he picks up his pace, my eyes roll


    back into my head when he starts to fuck me faster and deeper, his fingers quickening their movement


    on my clit.


    His teeth nip at the back of my shoulder, his tongue darting out each time to soothe the sting on my


    skin. " You''re mine. " He grunts into my skin.


    I moan loudly as I feel that warm pressure building in my lower stomach, rising faster and faster each


    time his thrusts into me and hits the same spot. I throw my hand behind me to grab hold of his ass


    cheek, digging my nails into his skin.


    " Oh, please don''t stop. " I gasp out.


    " You''re mine Cori. " He growls, pounding into me harder. " Say it. "


    " I''m yours! " I cry out, my lips parting as I clench around him tightly, my orgasm hitting me so hard that


    the world turns intoplete darkness until it slowly fades back.


    Kai''s hand that had been touching me, moves to my thigh. He digs his fingers into my skin, continuing


    to pound into me until his grip on my breast and leg tightens and he groans softly, his thrusts bing


    sloppier as he releases, eventuallying to a stop.


    He presses his forehead to my back while he catches his breath. " Fuck, I love you. "


    We both freeze at his words.


    I instantly turn around in his hold to face him, taking his head in my hands and crashing my lips to his.


    After a couple of seconds he rxes into the kiss, our lips move together for a few moments before I


    pull away.


    " Do you really? " I mumble, trying to find his eyes that avoid mine. " look at me. "


    His eyes slowly trail up to mine. " Yes, I do. "


    " Say it again. " I demand.


    His eyebrows furrow. " I love you. "


    " I love you. " I whisper back to him.


    Arge grin takes over his face, his grabs my waist pulling me closer to him. " You do? "


    I nod,ughing at him. " Of course I do. "


    He lets out a sigh of relief, leaning his forehead against mine. " I love you. " He repeats, pecking my


    lips over and over again.


    " I love you too. " I giggle, returning every kiss he gives me with one of my own.


    " Want to go again? " He gives me a cheeky grin.


    " Definitely. " I smile, crashing my lips to his.

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    Chapter Thirty Two


    Corinna


    Mine and Kai''s moans echo through the room as we reach our climax together, screwing my glowing


    eyes shut, I lean into him to bite down on his neck and he does the same to me.


    Panting I roll off of Kai''s body, snuggling into him when I''m next to him on the bed. Wey together in


    silence for a few moments before it''s rudely interrupted by Dahlia crashing into the room, she squeals


    immediately shielding her eyes when they fall upon her brother and I in bed together, very exposed due


    to the nket being tangled in our legs.


    Kai grabs the nket in a sh, covering both of our bare bodies. " What do you want Dahlia? "


    " I- I.. Oh my, I''m officially scarred for life. I am now broken. I- " She starts to ramble, her hand still


    pressed over her eyes.


    " Dahlia. " I cut her off. " We''re covered now, you can look and say what you came in here to say. "


    " I just heard that you had not been well and wanted to check on you, L''s been worried too. " She


    confesses, slowly removing her hand from her face.


    Sending her a soft mine, I reply. " I''m fine now, thank you. How have things been with L? "


    " Better, I told her everything a few days ago, as you know. She''s still notpletelyfortable here,


    but she''s much less wary toward me. It''s a slow process. " She updates us.


    " Just be patient with her, it''ll be worth it- " my words are cut off my Phoenix crashing into the room.


    Kai out of instinct wraps his arms around my body under the covers and pulls me closer to him, dipping


    his head down to nt a kiss on the freshly reopened mark on my neck. " Hey guys - whoa, are we


    interrupting something? " Phoenix wiggles his eyebrows.


    " Phoenix, you''re one of the oldest creatures on the earth and yet still the most immature. " Dahlia tuts.


    I snort loudly, gaining two questioning looks from them. " I mean Dahlia you kind of had a minor melt


    down when you came in here. "


    " I did not! " She screeches.


    " You did Dahlia, now Phoenix what''s going on? " Kai interrupts, getting straight to the point.


    " We have a n meeting in fifteen. " Phoenix announces.


    I turn to Kai. " n meeting? "


    He nods. " Everyone meets to bring up any issues they''ve been having, any threats to the n,


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    sometimes if someone has found their beloved from another n they may want to invite them into this


    n or move to a new n, that''s a process that needs to be approved by both n leaders. There''s a


    lot of reasons for them, but we try to have them at least once a month, sometimes more. "


    " You haven''t had one since I''ve been here though and it''s been well over a month. " I point out,


    confused.


    " Yes, uh, I may have been cking a littletely. " He blushes.


    " More like a lot. " Phoenix scoffs, reminding me that he and Dahlia are both still in the room listening in


    on our conversation.


    " Well we''ll have one every week this month to make sure everyone is heard and to pick up the ck. "


    I demand, holding the covers to me closely as I sit up.


    " we? " Kai questions.


    " Yeah, I want to be there. You''re the n leader and I am your mate, surely I have a right to help you. "


    I tell him.


    " Actually.. Usually a n leader, leads alone. " Kai shifts awkwardly at Phoenix''s words.


    " Why? " I question.


    " Well.. Women are seen to be more of a liability when ites to leading. " He informs, making my


    mate tense beside me.


    " What?! " I gape. " That makes absolutely no sense. "


    " It''s just seen that a woman will be too emotional and unable to make certain choices because of that.


    " Phoenix continues to talk.


    My eyes flick to Dahlia who looks just as unimpressed as I do. " Is this shit for real? "


    " Unfortunately. " She grumbles.


    " Wait but Maria was a n leader? " I argue.


    " She only became leader after her brother''s death, even then she had to prove herself to earn the


    loyalty of her n. " Dahlia exins with a deep scowl.


    " Nope! I''m not having it! " I shake my head, throwing myself off of the bed before Kai can pull me back.


    Marching past the two siblings in the doorway with my head high, I go into my room, grabbing a few


    articles of clothing from the closet. Pulling a pair ofce ck underwear up my legs, I then sp the


    matching bra around my chest. I grumble to myself as I cover my legs with grey acid wash skinny jeans


    with slits in the knees, tossing a loose white tank top over my head.


    When Kai enters the room I''m sitting on the edge of my bed jamming my sock covered feet into a pair


    of ck leatherce up boots. " You know it''s not my choice about not having beloveds lead side by


    side. "


    " Well it''s not like you''ve really done anything about it. " I huff, picking myself off the bed and storming


    into the bathroom, where I pick up my toothbrush and cover the bristles with paste.


    Kai leans against the doorframe watching me. " I''m happy to have you at that meeting Cori, as my


    equal. "


    I don''t respond until I finish brushing my teeth. " And what about leaders are supposed to lead alone? "


    I ask him as I coat myshes in mascara and my lips in balm.


    " That doesn''t apply to us. " He sighs, moving closer to me as I run my fingers through my tangles


    waves.


    He wraps his arms around me, turning me to him. When my eyes meet his a pang of guilt waves


    through me as I realise I''m being moody with him. " I''m sorry. " I apologise. " I just.. What if your n


    don''t agree with us leading together? "


    " Trust me, I think very few of them will have a problem with having a strong, beautiful and powerful


    hybrid standing beside their leader as his equal. If anyone does.. We''ll deal with that if ites to it. "


    He reassures me, cing a kiss to my forehead. " You ready? "


    I nod, mumbling out a yes as he grabs my hand and begins to lead me through the house until we


    reach the bottom floor, which I''ve never been to before. The room that we enter is a huge beige stone


    room with fluorescent lighting and at least a thousand ck chairs on one end of the room but only one


    sitting by itself on the other.


    The room just looks like a giant underground auditorium.


    Kai leaves me standing alone while he walks over to what looks like a small storage room, seconds


    " Now take your seat my darling. " He tells me, settling into one of the chairs as countless amounts of


    vampires begin filing into the room.

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    Chapter Thirty Three


    Corinna


    Awkwardly, I shift in my chair next to Kai as we wait for thest couple of people to enter the room and


    find their seats. A million thoughts rush through my head as I take in therge numbers of vampires in


    front of me, I had seen many in the house but a lot of them were new faces.


    " We have other houses onnd I own. " Kai mutters to me.


    " How do you keep tabs on everyone? " I whisper back to him.


    " I have a handful of people who I trust to watch over each house, theye to me with updates and


    then of course there''s this meeting. " He exins.


    I nod. " So you have like an inner circle? "


    " I suppose you could call it that. " His eyes scan over the crowd in front of us, then with a sharp nod of


    his head he tells me it''s time to start the meeting.


    He stands to address his n. " Okay let''s get to business, can the representatives from each house


    Immediately I recognise two familiar faces walking towards us, Darius and Sabine. I stay silently seated


    as I watch an Asian woman with long ck hair that she had cut into bangs at the front of her perfectly


    structured face, her big brown eyes almost looked golden, she had a small smirk set on her plump lips


    as she approached us.


    " Darius, Sabine, Cleo, it''s nice to see you again. " Kai greets them.


    " And what of me? " A voice calls, gaining my attention.


    An extremely tall Latin man with light brown hair with what look like arrows shaven into the sides, the


    long patch of hair on top of his head he had gelled back neatly. His emerald green eyes stood out


    brightly against his tanned skin, his grin showed off his perfectly straight teeth and dimples.


    " Mateo! It''s been a while my friend. " Kai grins, shaking his hand while patting his arm lightly.


    " I suppose this is your wolf beloved everyone seems to be babbling about? " Another voice interrupts


    just as I think everyone is here.


    My eyes scan the tall slender ck haired woman as she struts over to us, her heels clicking loudly


    against the stone floor. Her hazel eyes watch me through her thickshes, one of her perfectly shaped


    eyebrows arches as she takes me in, her bone structure is strong and defined and I suddenly can''t


    help the feeling of insecurity that takes over me.


    Pushing through it, I stand and hold my hand out to her. " Corinna and you are? " I introduce myself.


    Her plump lips coated in red lipstick purse, she gives me a once over before taking my hand. " Farrah. "


    Kai clears his throat, gaining my attention just in time to see him shift on his feet nervously. Oh god,


    seriously? I narrow my eyes at him usingly, the guilt that shes through his eyes briefly answers


    my thoughts on if he''d also slept with the wless dark haired woman before us.


    " Oh I''m also a witch. " I randomly state, not knowing why I suddenly felt the need to seem powerful.


    " What? " Farrah questions with amused eyes.


    " You said wolf beloved, but it would be correct to say your hybrid beloved. " I inform, noting the


    amusement in her eyes turning to shock.


    A break out of mummers can be heard throughout the room, now making me realise every vampire


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    My gaze falls on Mkai who doesn''t seem too fazed by the announcement of my status, instead he


    moves toward me and wraps his arm around my waist. " Okay any over all issues in any of the houses


    that we should know about? "


    " We are still having issues with that group of wolves lingering around our border. " Darius speaks up,


    his words cause my heart rate to pick up slightly.


    Sabine nods her head. " Us too, they seem to be going back and forth between the borders closest to


    each house. "


    " Any idea as to why? " Kai questions, his eyebrows furrowed.


    " None. " Darius answers.


    " No attacks either yet. " Sabine adds.


    Kai sighs. " Okay, keep a close eye on them and be alert when they''re around, keep me updated.


    Anything else? "


    " There''s a vampire who wants to join the n. " Cleo tells him.


    " And what do you think? " Kai asks.


    Cleo shrugs. " He seems trustworthy to me. "


    " Very well. We''ll organise a meeting for him. " Kai rubs his chin with his free hand.


    " If you don''t mind. " I suddenly find my voice, gaining the small groups attention. " Why does he want


    to join the n? Surely he has a reason? "


    Cleo looks surprised by me joining the conversation but answers me anyway. " He joined a n to be


    with his beloved, but after his beloved died, the n exiled him. He''s gotten used to being with people


    and the loss of his beloved weighs heavily on him. I think he''s lonely. "


    " That seems fair. " I say.


    Kai squeezes my hip lightly as he continues to speak. " Anything else? "


    " Uh yes actually, I would like permission for my beloved to join us. " Mateo blushes, making a small


    smile creep onto my lips.


    The news seems to make everyone in the small group overjoyed, except Farrah who picks at her


    fingernails as though this whole thing is rather boring. I turn my attention back to the group, who are


    now congratting Mateo.


    " Your beloved is more than wee to join us, we can set up a meeting her n leader, if she has


    one that is and start the process right away. " Kai grins, subtly pulling me closed to him.


    " He does have a n, I''ll start to make the preparations. " Mateo grins, his stunning eyes gleaming


    with happiness.


    When wee to the conclusion there isn''t anything else to discuss within our small group, we return


    to our seats to address any other matters for any of the vampires in front of us. A couple of people


    stand, state their business for Kai to then give them an answer or help them problem solve.


    Dahlia stands from her seat in the front row. " I''m looking for permission to turn my beloved, I''m not


    sure when but hopefully in the near future. "


    Kai nods. " Of course. "


    My eyes widen slightly, as I send a smile to Dahlia, I guess things really are improving for her and L.


    Just as we think the meeting hase to an end Farrah stands up.


    " Farrah, I thought you had nothing to discuss. " Kai seems confused.


    " Is the hybrid going to be here every meeting from now on? " She crosses her arms.


    " She is my beloved and- " Kai begins.


    " Yes I will be here, at every meeting from now on. In packs, there is an Alpha and a Luna, they are


    equals and rule the pack side by side. I am Mkai''s equal and I want to look out for and care for this


    n as he does. " I interrupt.


    When I look to Kai he has a proud look in his eyes and a sly smile on his lips until Farrah speaks again.


    " We are not mutts , we are vampires. Our customs are different and I do not ept it. "


    Kai practically jumps from his chair, but I ce my hand on his arm, pulling him lightly to sit back down.


    " You will just have to ept what is. " I tell her. " Now does anyone else have any other business? "


    When no one speaks up, Mkai announces the meeting is over. Everyone begins to file out of the


    room and I don''t miss the dirty look directed at me by Farrah. Kai and I begin to walk out together but a


    hand on my shoulder makes me pause and turn around. Sabine stands before us.


    " Do you mind if I steal your beloved for a moment Mal? " She sends a smile to the two of us.


    Kai looks at me, agreeing when I nod at him. Sabine waits until every person as left the room, then she


    shuts the door behind us. " They''re after you aren''t they. The wolves. " she states what should have


    been questions.

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    Corinna


    " Yes. " I answer Sabine, deciding that lying wouldn''t be the best approach considering she would


    definitely know better.


    " I thought there was something off about you the first time we met, no wonder. You''re being hunted.


    Why? " She paces back and forth with her handsced together behind her back as continues


    questioning me.


    " Because of what I am. " I state simply.


    She nods her head. " The hybrid. You know the make it out that the hybrid is a man, why do you think


    that is? "


    " Because too many people underestimate women, to the point that they think something as powerful


    as a hybrid couldn''t possibly be a woman. " I answer, causing Sabine to pause and turn to me.


    " I''m liking you more by the second, Hybrid. " She sends me a grin, but it quickly faded from her lips. "


    Now, who exactly is hunting you? "


    " My old pack. " I shift on my feet.


    " But they''re more than your pack.. Aren''t they? " She narrows her eyes on my feet.


    I nod. " My uncle is the alpha, my cousin is next in line to be alpha and my.. my father is his Beta. "


    " Your family are the ones hunting you? " She looks slightly surprised by this, but I know a huge part of


    her knew it was going to be people close to me, I don''t answer just nod. " I apologise for my questions,


    I was easing my suspicion of you. I''ll let you get back now. "


    Without another word she leaves me standing in the room alone thinking of my family, how much they


    hated me and all of the pain they had caused me. I could never understand why running me off was


    never enough for them, why they felt the need to chase me down. I had many questions that they could


    only answer and I would probably never get those answers.


    Sighing, I begin to wander back up through the house to find Kai. When I find him he''s sitting on the


    sofa, reading in the living room with Phoenix who is ying on a game console with eyes eyes glued to


    the TV bolted to the wall, Dahlia sits beside them running her fingers along the back of an anxious


    looking L, who''s seated practically on herp.


    As if sensing me, Kai looks up from his book, his eyes instantly finding mine. A smile graces his face as


    he closes and ces the book on the coffee table in front of him, I stride over to him settling myself


    down on hisp.


    " You did wonderfully in the meeting my darling. " He kisses my cheek.


    " Oh please, I didn''t do anything. " I scoff, wrapping my arm around his shoulders and tangling my free


    hand in his.


    " Actually, I think you gained the respect of a lot of the n by standing up to Farrah. " He mumbles,


    continuing to ce kisses on my cheek, then my neck and shoulder.


    " Speaking of Farrah, you seem to have a type. " I grumble.


    He chuckles. " What do you mean? "


    " ck hair, big boobs, bitchy attitude. The three b''s if you will. " I sass him.


    He lets out a burst ofughter against my shoulder. " Is someone jealous? "


    " Maybe. " I huff.


    " There is no need to be my darling, I promise you. " He goes back to kissing my shoulder.I frown,


    removing my hands from him to pick at my finger nails. " I don''t know Kai.. I''m.. " I sigh, lowering my


    voice so only he can hear me. " She''s like a goddess and the two women I''ve met that you''ve had


    some kind of rtionship are both pr opposites to what I look like.. "


    " It''s alright to be jealous, to feel insecure, to feel any kind of way but my darling we are made for each


    other, my past is just that the past, I''ve only seen you since the moment you walked into my life and it


    will continue to be that way. You have beauty, brains, such a big heart and so much bravery. The four


    B''s if you will. " He whispers against my shoulder, taking both my hands in his. " Most importantly, I love


    you and only you. "


    I lean into him, resting my head on his chest. " I love you. "


    " Mal! " I jump as Olive bursts into the room, looking panicked.


    Everyone in the room is suddenly on full alert, waiting for Olive to speak again. Kai and I both stand up,


    moving over to her. " What''s going on Olive? " I ask.


    " The wolves, there''s a bigger group of them across theke. They''re demanding you bothe out to


    them. " She rushes her words.


    " What makes them think we''ll go to them? " Kai shakes his head.


    " They have Farrah. "


    Kai and I both take off running out of the house, Phoenix and Mateo who had been ying pool with


    another n member follow closely behind us, it only takes minutes for us to exit the garden and race


    to the edge of theke.


    On the other side a group of at least twenty or more wolves stand behind my uncle who has Farrah


    pinned against his front with a hand wrapped around her neck and a stake directed toward her heart,


    my cousin stands beside him with a mischievous grin on his face, but when my eyes fall on my father


    my heart drops.


    Helena is on her knees in front of my father with shackles on her hands and a rope tied around her


    neck like a leash, he stares across theke with emotionless eyes, lookingpletely indifferent as he


    holds a de against Helena''s neck under the robe that seems to be restricting her air flow.


    Without realising I had started to move towards them but Kai''s hand flies out, gripping my arm to stop


    me. " What do you want? " Kai speaks, not needing to raise his voice due to everyone here except


    Helena having supernatural hearing.


    " To warn my dear niece. " My uncle sends a fake smile toward me, making my stomach churn.


    " Let them go Cain. " I demand.


    My words are only met with a chorus ofughs from my uncle and cousin, my father stays emotionless.


    " Why would we do that? " My cousin Elliot chuckles.


    " I wasn''t speaking to you runt. " I snarl.


    Elliot lets out a growl. " I will rip OUT YOUR HEART! " He screams.


    " Did I touch a nerve? " I smirk at him.


    " Enough! " My father barks. " Do what we came here to do Cain. "


    " That''s Alpha to you. " My uncle hisses. " You may be my brother Thomas, I make the demands, not


    you. "


    " If you''re done, state your business. " Kai interrupts their arguing.


    " We''re just here to remind our dearest Corinna of what happens to the people she seeks help from. "


    My uncle narrows his eyes with a sick grin on his face, exposing his yellow teeth to us.


    My heart begins to race at his words. I try to move forward but Kai holds me back again. " Kai, please


    you don''t understa- " I begin to plea but I cut myself off with a scream as my father slides the knife


    across Helena''s throat.


    My sobs echo loudly through the woods as I watch my friend''s body hit the floor, I call out for her as


    she bleeds out, thest words that pass her lips are a name. I scream and cry while struggling against


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    Kai''s hold, who does his best to console me.


    " We wille back and we will cut down every soul who hase to your aid, just as we have many


    times before, but this time Corinna we will make you watch us end your bloodsucker mate and every


    member of his n and then we will end you. " My father growls.


    He then turns his back to us, walking away the wolves parting to let him through. I drop to my knees,


    my sobbing bes uncontroble as I stare across theke into my friend''s lifeless eyes, unable to


    look away. I barely notice that Farrah has managed to get free and leap across theke, I also barely


    notice as my uncle and his wolves turn and follow my father back into the woods.

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    Chapter Thirty Five


    Corinna


    My eyes stare out the balcony window in Mkai''s room at the burst of orange, pinks and purples in


    the sky as the sun sets. Iy unmoving on my side, my body continues to feel like it''s sinking into the


    mattress, my eyelids feel heavy but I''m unable to close them without seeing her lifeless eyes staring


    back at me. Everything surrounding me is fuzzy and disconnected.


    " Has she still not moved? " Olive''s voice asks but it seems so far away.


    " No. She''s barely eaten anything, only bowls of soup when Mal has practically forced her to. " Dahlia


    answers.


    " It''s been two weeks. " Olive speaks again.


    " Her friend died in front of her Olive. " Dahlia hisses.


    " Please stop speaking about my beloved as if she isn''t right there on the bed, now get out the two of


    you. " Kai snarls, I know he is sitting on the space on the bed behind me, just as he has any chance


    he''s gotten since Helena died. I know that he is staring at the back of my head just as is intently as I


    am staring out the window.


    The door clicking shut barely processes for me, I feel Kai move closer to me until he''s spooning me. "


    Do you want to go get some fresh air my darling? " He whispers into my ear.


    " No. " I force myself to mumble out.


    " I can''t stand to see you like this any longer Cori. " He breaths out, then climbs off of the bed.


    Just as I think he is going to leave me alone, the covers are ripped off of me and he picks me up into


    his arms, carrying me into the bathroom. When we were inside, he kicks the door closed and ces


    me on to the countertop next to the sink. He gently removes his t-shirt off of my body, then ces me


    on the ground so he can remove the sweat pants covering my legs.


    Kai then lifts me into the bathtub, he turns on the taps and water quickly begins the fill the tub. The


    entire time he washes my body and hair, we both stay silent until I find myself muttering a soft thank


    you to him as he carries me back into the room wrapped in a towel.


    He sets me down on to the edge of the bed, grabbing a spare towel he then kneels in front of me and


    starts to dry my body. " I''m sorry. " I whisper.


    " What? For what? " He pauses his actions.


    " For being like this. " I mumble, not knowing what else to say.


    " You''re grieving my darling, that''s okay but you can''t let yourself waste away like this. " He sighs. " I''m


    going to need you to eat something that isn''t soup, I''m surprised you haven''t lost any weight from how


    little you''ve been eating. "


    I nod. " yeah okay. "


    Taking the towel from him, I finish drying myself off while he disappears into the closet, he returns


    secondster holding out one of his grey sweaters and a pair of ck boxers. I dress myself, then take


    Kai''s hand allowing him to lead me down to the kitchen. When we walk inside Olive, Dahlia, L,


    Phoenix and Sabine all pause their actions to look over to me, I shift on my feet feeling extremely


    ufortable under their gazes.


    " For the love of- stop staring at her! " Kai snaps, they all instantly go back to what they were doing and


    talking about.


    " We could do with a ce of our own. " He whispers so only I can hear as I take a seat on a stool at


    the ind.


    " I like the sound of that. " I give him a small smile.


    He returns my smile before he wanders over to the fridge. " What you feel like eating? "


    " Honestly I could go for a steak and some pepper sauce. " I admit as my stomach growls suddenly


    craving food.


    " As you wish. " He winks, gathering a couple of things and moving to the stove. " How do you want


    your steak? "


    " uh.. I usually eat it done, but how about medium rare? " I ask, my eyes following him around the


    kitchen in admiration.


    " How are you? " L''s voice snaps me out of my trance.


    " I''m.. " I trail off. " I don''t really know how I am, how''ve you been doing L? "


    " Better. " she smiles. " Dahlia and I... We''re getting close. "


    I notice from the corner of my eye that dahlia picks up at her answer. " Good. Do you think you might


    consider.. turning for her? "


    Her eye widen at the question and a light blush forms on her cheeks. " I... Maybe. " she whispers,


    obviously trying to avoid Dahlia or anyone else hearing this, but not realising that a human whisper is


    pretty much useless when ites to our hearing.


    " Here you go my darling. " Kai grins, setting a te with two steaks and a small bowl of pepper sauce


    in front of me alone with a big bowl of fries.


    Everyone seems to clear out of the kitchen as I pick away at my food, eating as much of it as I can,


    only leaving a handful of fries to go to waste. Kai clears away the dishes after me, turning to me when I


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    call his name.


    " Do you think we could maybe go for a run? " I ask him.


    His face lights up. " we most definitely can. "


    We exit the house hand in hand, wandering through the garden until we reach the gate where I freeze,


    realising that our usual route was down at theke. " Don''t worry, we can go around it. It just takes


    longer. " Kai tells me, squeezing my hand gently.


    I nod, we exit the gardenpletely and I stop to remove my clothing. Kai waits for me patiently, I don''t


    miss the quick nces he takes down at my body as he does. When my body is bare, I toss his


    clothing I was wearing to the floor in a bundle, getting ready to shift. Only when I try to, I can''t.

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    Chapter Thirty Six


    Corinna


    Panic floods me as I try to shift again, my bones begin to break and reshape momentarily before


    snapping back into ce, I let out a whimper of pain, followed by a growl of frustration.


    Kai''s eyes are filled with worry as he watches me trying to shift for the sixth time, but again I''m unable


    to. " Cori? What''s going on? " he asks, his brows furrowed.


    " I.. I don''t know. " I mumble. " I can''t shift, why can''t I shift? This has never happened before. "


    " Maybe it''s the grief? " He suggests.


    I shake my head. " No, it.. It couldn''t be, I''ve lost a lot of people, felt unimaginable grief and this has


    never happened to me. "


    The frustration getting to me, I rake my fingers through my hair, giving it a tug. Kai moves toward me,


    taking a gentle hold of my wrist to pull my hand away from my head. He then cups my cheeks, my eyes


    snap to his.


    " Hey.. It''s alright, we''ll figure this out. What can I do? " He questions.


    " I.. " I pause for a moment, letting out a sigh. " I don''t know, but I think I''m going to have to visit a


    friend. "


    " Who? " He starts to gather the clothing I''d tossed to the ground.


    " Her name is Gia, she''s human but mated to an alpha from a park nearby. " I inform him, taking the


    clothes from his hands to cover my body.


    When I am dressed, we start making our way back to the house hand in hand. Eventually Kai speaks


    again. " If you have to visit a pack, I''ll make the arrangements. I have agreements with any


    neighbouring packs, covens and ns to keep the peace, but I can''t enter theirnds unless they give


    permission. "


    " I can go alone. " I tell him.


    " No. I''m not letting you go when you can''t turn into a wolf to protect yourself. " He argues.


    Stopping in my track, I remove my hand from his waving it towards one of the many trees surrounding


    us. The tree''s bark begins to crack until it breaks in half, leaving the tree to copse to the forest floor,


    shaking the earth around us as it does.


    " I''m far from defenceless Kai. " I raise an eyebrow at him, biting down on my lip to stop fromughing


    at his shocked expression.


    He sighs. " Okay, you can protect yourself. Can you drive? "


    " I- No. " I stare down at the ground beneath my bare feet.


    When I look back up at him his shock is reced with amusement and his head is tilted slightly to the


    right. " How long is this journey? "


    " It took me three days.. " I mumble.


    " I''m guessing it took you three days when you were running, as a wolf? " His words sound more of a


    statement than a question, but a correct statement nheless. When I don''t answer he nods slowly. "


    So are you going to walk, or will you let me drive you? "


    I sigh, turning to continue walking to the house. " Fine, you cane. " I grumble out as I push the


    ck gate to the garden grounds open.


    " I''ll make the calls, in the mean time I want you to grab at least four people to join us on our trip and


    pack your bag. " He tells me, when I shoot him a re he adds. " Please. " with a soft smile.


    Storming through the porch doors, I see a couple of people sitting around in the living room. " Phoenix,


    Mateo, Sabine and Olive, pack your bags were taking a trip to a nearby pack. " I call out, my irritation


    causing me to sound quite rude, but I don''t look back as I continue to wander out of the room and up


    the stair case.


    Kai follows closely behind me. " Good choice. Now, what''s the name of the Alpha who''s pack we''ll be


    visiting? "


    " Alpha Jack Rivera. " I answer as we approach our floor.


    " Rivera? " He huffs out in distaste.


    Raising an eyebrow, I turn to look back at him. " Not a fan? "


    His sucks his lower lip into his mouth. " You could say that. "


    " I''m not either, considering he was nning to hand me over to Cain. " I grumble.


    His eyes narrow. " He was going to have you killed? "


    " Pretty much, Gia is the only reason I''m here right now. " I sigh.


    " Then why the hell are we going to his pack? " Kai hisses, taking hold of my hand.


    " Because he''s my only option, wolves aren''t exactly a huge fan of me. Actually they''re usually the most


    likely to try to kill me for being an abomination. " I try toce my tone with humour, but instead ites


    out bitter.


    Kai''s jaw noticeably flexes, but instead of replying to me, he leads me down the hall to thest door on


    this floor, a door I''ve never been through. When he opens it, he pulls me inside a home office.


    The floor beneath us is covered in ck carpet, to the left arge cherry wood desk with a ck office


    chair is ced in front of a ceiling to floor window, two ck chairs sit on the other side of the desk, to


    the left tall cherry wood cabs stand with multiple drawers, arge bookcase lines the right wall of


    the office, beside that a ck two seater sofa sits.


    Kai wanders over to the cabs, pulling open a draw to retrieve a file. He then takes a seat in the


    chair behind the desk, he pulls the typical office phone that is ced on the desk closer to him. He lifts


    the phone to his ear, motioning me toe to him as he dials a number into the phone, ncing at the


    open file as he does.


    When I walk over to sit in one of the two chairs across from him, he chuckles and shakes his head,


    leaning the phone between his ear and shoulder so he can hold his arms out to me. I move around the


    desk into his open arms, he drags me down until I''m perched on hisp, one of his hands takes the


    phone again while the other takes a hold of my inner thigh, squeezing it.


    I''m about to open my mouth to speak when I hear the line stop ringing and a voice on the other end.


    Alpha Jack.So let me get this straight. " Olive''s voice echoes through Kai''s car from the back seat,


    where she sits with Mateo. " You''ve decided that we''re all going to visit this Alpha Jack''s pack, even


    though he could possibly just make a call your uncle and let him know where you are? "


    " Yes. " I answer with a shrug of my shoulder.


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    " And we''re relying on his human beloved to keep him from making said call? " Olive continues, now


    leaning through the gap between mine and Kai''s seats.


    " Yes. " I reply again, smiling as Kai takes his hand off the wheel to intertwine his fingers with mine on


    myp.


    " And you''re walking into all of this with the word of this alpha, which could mean nothing and only five


    of us to help protect you? " She presses.


    " Yes. Olive, I''m fully aware of the risk. " I sigh.


    " Then why the hell are we doing this?! " She cries out, throwing herself back into her seat with a loud


    huff.


    " We''re doing this because we need to make sure that nothing is wrong with her wolf Olive, now


    please, shut up and let the brave girl be. " Mateo groans out, obviously sick of Olive''s dramatic teenage


    ways after being stuck in the car with her for ten hours straight.


    " I just don''t get why we''ve to go to this pack for the answer to that. " She grumbles, crossing her arms.


    " The only person who can give me that answer, is a pack healer, that''s why. " I tell her, for the third


    time since the beginning of this journey.


    " I''m starting to think maybe we should have out Olive in Phoenix''s car. " Kai mumbles.


    " Hey! " Olive cries.


    " I''ve been thinking that since we pulled out of the grounds of the house. " Mateo announces.


    " Okay well I''m going to need to pull over soon, I''m starving and I need to pee, so you guys can argue


    about travelling arrangements while I''m doing that. " I lean over to turn on the radio before they can


    start to bicker.


    Within ten minutes Kai has pulled over to a gas station so I can use the restroom, Phoenix''s truck, that


    had been following behind us, pulls in next to us. " What food do you want? " Kai asks me as we climb


    out of the car.


    " Uh, a sandwich is good. Oh maybe some snacks too? " I answer, sending him a smile as I look for a


    sign for the bathroom.


    " I''ll grab some more water too, we''re almost out. " He informs me, giving me a swift kiss on the lips


    before wandering off.


    After I use the bathroom, I wander back to the car where Phoenix and Mateo seem to be bickering


    back and forth about who is driving with who. " How about all of you ride together and Kai and I will ride


    alone? " I suggest.


    " That sounds like a good idea to me. " Kai says as he climbs back into his car.


    Not giving anyone time to argue, I slide into the passenger seat and we continue our journey. As the


    hours pass, my eyes begin to feel heavy and eventually I fall into a deep sleep, waking up to Kai


    brushing the hair out of my face and saying something to me.


    " What? " I groan out through my sleepily state.


    " We''re here my darling, well just outside the territory. The alpha, beta and a couple of warriors will be


    Awkwardly, I stretch out in the small space of the car before unbuckling my seat belt and climbing out


    into familiar surroundings, feeling a stab at my heart when I remember this was one of thest ces I


    seen my mother alive.


    A hand on my lower back snaps me back to reality. " Hey, are you okay? " Kai questions, moving his


    hand beneath my shirt to rub my skin soothingly.


    " Yeah. " I mumble, my voice breaking.


    He doesn''t have time to say anything else due to the group of people who have now joined us, I


    instantly recognise Alpha Jack and his Gamma, behind them are two men and a woman, all are


    dressed in ck army pants,bat boots and tank tops, looking like soldiers.


    Alpha Jack''s face remains emotionless as his teal eyes stare me and Kai down, he takes a quick


    nce toward the rest our group before moving toward us. He holds out his hand to Kai.


    " Master Mkai, pleased to meet you again. " Jack grits out, it''s not hard to tell that he''s not at all


    pleased by our presence.


    " Alpha Jack. " Kai nods, taking his hand and giving it a stern shake.


    " You remember my Gamma Garrett? " Jack says, nodding toward the familiar blonde, who can''t seem


    to remove his ring eyes from me.


    " Yes, and it seems he remembers my beloved. He would do well to put his personal feelings aside,


    because right now he seems to have zero professionalism. " Kai sends a sarcastic smile toward


    Garrett.


    Alpha Jack clenches his fists but ignores the remark. " Let''s get you all settled into the guest wing of


    the pack house, my Luna is looking forward to meet you. My warriors will take your cars back, we will


    run. "


    " Actually. " I interject. " We can take our own cars. "


    Jack''s jaw flexes but he nods regardless, Gia obviously warned him to be on his best behaviour. " Very


    well, we will lead the way. "


    He and his people shift into their wolves, not waiting for us as they take off sprinting through the woods.


    With a deep sigh, I turn to climb back into the car, unable to stop myself from snorting loudly when I


    hear Olive giggling loudly while she jumps into the passenger seat of Phoenix''s truck.


    " Garrett the Gamma, you''ve got to be kidding me. That''s pure gold. "


    I send Kai an amused look.


    " At least she kept it to herself until they left. " He shrugs. " See? Professionalism. "

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    Chapter Thirty Seven


    Corinna


    Alpha Jack left his warriors to show us to our rooms when we arrive at the pack house, When kai and I


    were left alone, he began to unpack our things while I went for a shower to wash away our long journey


    here.


    Walking out of the bathroom joined to the bedroom, I don''t bother to cover my bare body instead I rub


    the towel against my hair to remove some of the wetness. Kaiys on the double bed with a book


    propped on his chest, he continues to read as I make my way over to the closet.


    Dropping the towel on the floor,Jack.SoI open one of the doors routing around to find clothes to wear, I


    jump slightly as I feel Kai wrap his arms around my waist from behind me. " Have I told you how


    absolutely breath taking you are? "


    I chuckle. " I''m most definitely not. "


    He spins me around to face him. " You most definitely are, my darling. "


    He leans forward capturing my lips with his, my eyes snap shut as I move my lips against his, following


    his lead. I snake my hands up his arms, until one is grasping the back of his head and the other is


    tangled in his hair.


    His tongue slides across my bottom lip, making me open my mouth to give him ess, our tongues


    move together passionately while his hands move to grasp my ass, lifting me up.


    Instantly I wrap my legs around his waist tightly, pushing my body as close as possible to his. Kai walks


    us over to the bed, he lowers my back onto the mattress, only pulling away from me when I tub roughly


    on his shirt, ripping the fabric right down the middle.


    He tosses the remains of his shirt to the side with a smirk, unbuckling his belt and sliding it out of the


    belt loops on his jeans. Leaning up, I unbutton his jeans, sliding them down past his knees, before


    moving onto my own in front of him.


    cing kisses along his abdomen until I reach the hair below his navel, I flick my tongue out running it


    beside the trail until it hits the hem of his boxers. I pull them down, reaching up to take a hold of him,


    moving my hand up and down slowly.


    Kai lets out a sigh, watching me intently as I swipe my thumb across his tip, gathering the pre cum off


    of him and onto my thumb before sucking it into my mouth. I don''t get a chance to take hold of him


    again before he grabs me and tosses me down onto the bed.


    A mix of a squeal and a giggle escapes me as my body bounces against the mattress, Kai is on top of


    me in a sh, pinning my hands above my head and smashing his lips to mine.


    Our lips move together as I tangle my legs around him, digging the heels of my feet into his ass cheeks


    in an attempt to move him closer to me. He chuckles softly, as he starts trailing wet kisses along my


    jawline, down my neck and nipping at the skin in between kisses.


    " Can I? " He mumbles, I don''t answer just nod my head.


    He lines himself up, then slides into me in one quick movement. I let out a loud gasp as he fills me, he


    thrusts into me hard and fast causing my eyes to roll back into my head and my breathing toe out


    in sharp pants.


    He releases my hands, which immediately grip onto him. He groans when I dig my finger nails into his


    flesh, dragging them down the length of his back, his thrusts getting quicker as his hand slides down


    between my legs, so his fingers can y with my bundle of nerves.


    My back arches off the bed as I cry out in pleasure when he hits the right spot over and over again, Kai


    drops his head to my shoulder, groaning against my skin as my orgasm makes me tighten around him,


    triggering his release too.


    My fingers tangle in his hair, I scratch his scalp in a soothing manner as we both attempt to catch our


    breaths. He stays with his head on my chest, rubbing his hand up and down my outer thigh, even after


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    we''ve regained our breathing.


    " We should probably go do what we came here to do. " I whisper.


    " I know, but I don''t want to be away from you. " He mumbles back.


    " I''ll find you right after yeah? " I tell him, brushing his hair away from his face and lifting my head to try


    find his stunning blue eyes.


    He rolls so that he isying on his side, looking at me. He reaches out trailing his fingers down my


    torso. " Are you sure you don''t want to stay here, in bed, with me? "


    I let out a small giggle, moving so that I''m sitting up. " Of course I want to, but I need to find out what''s


    going on with me and you need to try see if Jack is the untrustworthy bastard we think he is. "


    He nods, flopping onto his back and running a hand down his face. " You''re right. Go, get dressed and


    go make sure you''re well my darling. "


    I quickly grab a pair of underwear, a bra, ck skinny jeans and one of Kai''s sweaters from the closet,


    covering my body with them, by now my hair is nearly dry so I brush it out and leave it as it is.


    After shoving my feet into a pair of low cut converse, I give Kai a quick kiss and mumble an I love you


    to him, then I exit the room, wandering down a couple of flights of stairs until I find myself in the living


    room, I immediately spot the red haired woman I''d been looking for and when her eyes fall on me she


    lets out a happyugh, running over to embrace me.

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    Chapter Thirty Eight


    Corinna


    " Gia! It''s so good to see you, how have you been getting on? " I greet her, returning her tight embrace


    with one to match hers.


    " I''ve been good, I''ve been getting settled in, getting to know the pack, changing a few things. " she


    giggles, pulling away from me to send me a sly wink. " And you? I heard you''ve found your mate! When


    can I meet him? "


    " Uh Mkai is going to be attending a meeting with your mate in the morning, it''s toote to be getting


    into all of that right now. " I inform her. " Is Jack treating you right? "


    " Yes, he is. I know you two don''t exactly see eye to eye, but he''s a wonderful man. " She grins at me.


    Instead of keeping the conversation on Jack, I muster up a smile and change the subject, not wanting


    to get into '' not seeing eye to eye '' being an understatement and a cover up for the fact he tried to get


    me murdered.


    Gia leads me into the kitchen, a couple of warriors who were swapping with night guards pass by us,


    bowing their head in a respectful manner toward their Luna. " It''s good that they have epted you so


    well. " I smile at her, but she frowns at me.


    " What''s that supposed to mean? " She crosses her arms over her chest, leaning back against the


    counter top while water boils for our cups of tea.


    Furrowing my eyebrows, I hold my hands up in mock surrender. " It doesn''t mean anything Gia, I''m just


    d that no one is treating you differently because you''re human. I''m happy for you. "


    She sighs, turning her back to me to grab two mugs from the cab above her head, setting them


    down onto the counter top, she tosses two tea bags into a pot nearby. " I''m sorry, It''s a touchy subject. "


    she mumbles, pouring boiling hot water into the pot.


    " Why''s that? " I ask her curiously, leaning against the wall next to the doorway.


    She pulls a small spoon from a drawer next to her to stir the tea bags in the water, letting out a loud


    huff. " I.. No one has a problem with it really, there''s just been a few concerns from some of the pack


    warriors and honestly, there''s been someing from me too. I''m their Luna, I''m supposed to be


    strong, to help lead them, protect them, but our weakest omega has more of a chance of doing that


    than I do. "


    " You don''t have to be supernatural to be a strong leader Gia. " I tell her, watching as she pours the tea


    into the mugs, then dumps three spoons of sugar into hers.


    " Sugar? " She mutters, I quickly decline and move over to her to take my cup into my hands as she


    continues to speak. " But I could be. "


    " You could be what? " I question, very nervous about where she''s going with this.


    " Supernatural. If Jack bites me, I could be a wolf too. I could be strong and a good Luna to this pack- "


    she starts to ramble, but I quickly cut her off.


    " Gia, do you know how dangerous that is? Humans rarely survive the bite, not to mention how painful


    the bite is, let alone the actual shift. " I argue.


    " I am his mate Corinna, you know the chances of survival go up when you''re mated. " She protests,


    angrily throwing the spoon that was sitting in her cup into the sink, it tters loudly on impact.


    Tilting my head, I narrow my eyes at her. " Your chances go up, but it''s not guaranteed, what does Jack


    have to say about all of this? Was this his idea? "


    " No, it was mine and he''s just shut me down every time I''ve brought it up, he doesn''t want to risk my


    life. " She grumbles, suddenly I have a slight amount of respect for Jack that I didn''t have before.


    " Good. He''s right. " I say, calmly taking a sip from my mug when she res at me.


    " It''ste, I should go to bed. I booked an appointment with the healer for you tomorrow afternoon. "


    She huffs out, tossing her untouched tea into the sink before leaving me standing alone in the kitchen,


    staring at the door she''d just stormed through.


    Running a hand through my hair, I wander over to the back door, swinging it open. I notice a patio table


    and chairs on the decking in their back yard, so I take a seat, admiring the clear ck sky and the


    moon that was shining brightly, bathing the grass and trees in it''s silver glow.


    When I''ve drank the tea Gia made for me, I re-enter the kitchen, sitting the empty mug into the sink


    silently then make my way upstairs, crawling into bed where Kai is already fast asleep, but as


    exhausted as I am, all I can do isy awake staring at the ceiling, unable to shut off my anxious


    thoughts about Gia''s want for the bite and if there''s something truly wrong with me and that''s why I


    can''t shift, my thoughts consume me that I barely notice the sun rising and peaking through the


    curtains into the room.


    It''s only when Kai is up and moving around the room, getting ready for his meeting with Jack, that I find


    myself drifting asleep. He sets an rm on my phone so I can sleep until my doctor''s appointment,


    nting a kiss on my forehead before wandering out of the room after a soft deration of his love for


    me.


    After only two hours of sleep, my rm whisks me away from my dreams. Crawling from the bed, I go


    to the closet dressing myself in a simple light blue thin strap sun dress with a oversized knitted


    cardigan and my usual pair of ck docs. I apply a couple of quick brushes of mascara and coat my


    lips in balm then braid my hair into a messy side braid, leaving small pieces of hair to frame my face.


    Once I''m ready, I exit the bedroom, bumping into Phoenix and Sabine on my way downstairs. " Hey,


    how did the meeting go? " I ask them, d I had made them jewellery to protect them from the sun


    before we left for this trip so that Kai didn''t have to be in that meeting alone while I slept.


    " It went as well as it could. Your friend his keeping her wolf in check. " Sabine informs me at the same


    time that Phoenix''s eyebrows shoot up as he takes in my appearance.


    " You look like hell. " Hements, making me send him a deadpan expression.


    " Gee, thank you Phoenix, that makes me feel so good about myself. " I say, my tone t and sarcastic.


    Sabine quickly jumps to his rescue. " He just means you look tired. " She shrugs.


    I nod. " Yeah, I barely slept. "


    " You''ve got your appointment with the wolf healer thingy now right? " Phoenix asks.


    " Yeah she does and the correct term is pack healer or pack doctor. " Gia cuts in, seeming to still be in


    foul humour, my thoughts are proven to be correct when she sends me a stern look. " Are you ready or


    what? "


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    Corinna


    Gia and I wait together in the healers examination room, while the doctor gets a few things. I''m now


    dressed in a typical blue hospital gown, sitting on top of an examination table.


    After a couple of minutes Gia decides to break the awkward silence that has settled between us. " Why


    do you need to see the healer anyway? " she asks me, her tone much lighter than it had been


    originally.


    " When I tried to shift into my wolf I couldn''t. " I admit, looking down at my hands as I pick away at my


    finger nails.


    " Oh.. Why couldn''t you see a healer on your mate''s territory? " she speaks again, my eyebrows furrow


    in confusion and my eyes snap to hers.


    " My mate is a vampire, they don''t have healers in their ns, they don''t need them. " I tell her, my


    eyebrow raises when her facial expression changes from mildly curious, to shocked.


    " Your mate is a vampire? " By time she gets her words out, there''s a look of nervousness and fear in


    her eyes, which nce to the door.


    " He''s not like the one who attacked you, he wouldn''t hurt anyone. He''s a kind, loving man. " I assure


    her with no doubt a love sick smile, but it only seems to calm her very slightly.


    We don''t get to discuss the topic any further because the door opens and a middle aged woman with a


    blonde bob, dark brown eyes enters the room, dressed in a jeans, a ck blouse and a whiteb coat.


    Attached to the pocket of her coat is a card with a picture of her along with her first andst name


    printed on it, Jennifer Peters. Jennifer wanders over to the end of the examination table I''m perched on,


    to grab a flip chart sitting on the end, she removes a pen from her pocket, clicking it and sending me a


    warm smile.


    " Hi, you must be Corinna. I''m Jennifer, you can call me Jen, I''ll be your doctor today. I''m going to ask


    you a couple of questions if that''s okay with you? " Her voice is sweet and chirpy as she speaks,


    making me wonder if it will change when she finds out I''m a hybrid.


    Giving her a nod to begin asking her questions, she opens her mouth and then shuts it again when she


    notices Gia in the room. " Luna, would you mind taking a step outside of the room? I''ll call you back in


    when the examination is over. "


    Gia raises her eyebrow, but doesn''t say anything, instead she sends me a half smile and leaves me


    alone in the room with Jennifer who then proceeds to ask me her questions, writing down all of my


    answers onto the chart in her hands, surprising me when she remains her kind and chirpy self even


    after finding out about my hybrid status.


    She asks me to go over exactly what happened when I tried, and failed, to shift and thenys me down


    on the table to give me an examination with a knowing look in her eyes. Throughout this she nods her


    head, humming and requests for me to do a couple of things, she disappears out of the room for a few


    minutes thenes back.


    I find myself going intoplete shock as Jen exins why my body refuses to shift, the appointment


    goes on for a little longer then I change back into my clothes, she hands me a couple of papers which I


    shove into my cardigan pocket, as she leads me out of the room and into the waiting room where Gia is


    glued to her phone.


    Gia''s eyes snap up to mine when she hears Jen bidding me a farewell, Immediately I pace out of the


    building where the healers are located, barely registering any of the questions Gia asks me as she


    chases after me.


    " Corinna! What the hell? What''s going on? " She cries, grabbing my arm to stop my fast pace back to


    the pack house.


    " I''ll talk to youter Gia, thanks for your help but I really need to go. " I rush out before taking off again.


    Marching through the pack house, I continue ignoring everyone I encounter along the way including


    Olive, Mateo, Phoenix and Sabine, who all shoot me either curious, worried or suspicious nces as I


    bolt through the house and up to my temporary room.


    mming the door shut when inside the room, panic settles over my body and my breathing turns to


    short pants of breath as I stumble over to the bed, I grab the crumpled up papers from my pocket,


    straightening them out, trying to level my breathing but I fail when I look at the picture in my hands.


    " Congrattions Corinna, you''re pregnant. " Jen grins. " I''m going to do an ultra sound, make sure


    baby is all okay. "


    " I''m what? " I cough out.


    " Pregnant,ing up on three weeks along. Our bodies work a lot faster than humans, so we''ll be


    able to see your little one on the screen about now. When wolves conceive they''re no longer able to


    shift because the way our bodies break and reshape during transformation can cause issues with the


    foetus, you''ll be able to shift as normal a day or two after giving birth. " She exins, setting up the


    equipment for an ultra sound.


    My eyes continue to stare at the tiny ball of cells in the picture in my hands for a couple minutes before


    I toss the picture aside, looking down where I am now cupping my stomach with my hands.


    " Oh god. " I whisper out, squeezing my eyes shut.


    How the hell could I let this happen?


    The sound of footsteps approaching the room snaps me out of my moment, I quickly grab the scan and


    paper with information on pregnancy in werewolves, shoving them back into my pocket just in time as


    the door swings open.


    " Hello my darling. " Kai grins, moving across the room to nt a swift kiss on my forehead. " How did


    your appointment go? "


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    " Fine. " I mumble, giving him a weak smile.


    " So did you find out why you can''t shift? " He questions, sitting on the bed to remove his shoes.


    I clear my throat, fisting the papers in my pocket. " No, uh, she''s going to run some tests and have


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    Corinna


    Intertwining my hands together, I lean forward in my seat cing them on top of the long oak table, on


    the opposite end of the carved table Gia, Alpha Jack, His Beta Cameron and Gamma Garrett along


    with two pack warriors are seated, all with faces equally as serious as my own. Kai sits next to me with


    Olive and Mateo on his right, Sabine stands directly behind me while Phoenix sits on my left.


    We have been sitting in a meeting for hours, trying to discuss a new peace treaty, equally fair and


    beneficial to both the pack and Kai''s n. We have now been staying with the pack for almost a week,


    trying to finalise our agreement but still we find ourselves unable to.


    The issues is the pack is overly cautious when ites to me, unsure whether they can trust not only a


    n of vampires but also the hybrid they''ve heard tales of horror about, things my own pack has


    spread to influence this exact distrust and disgust toward me.


    Probably their way to lessen the numbers of peopleing to my aid over the years and adding to the


    numbers of people to alert them when theye across me, I would assume that was their aim,


    considering that was exactly what they got.


    " Why don''t we take a break and regroup in fifteen minutes? " I suggest with a loud sigh. " We''ve been


    at this for hours, everyone needs to eat, feed and then we cane back with fresh heads. "


    Alpha Jack purses his lips together for a second, then turns and nods toward his people. " That seems


    like a good idea. "


    " Thank God! I''ve needed to pee for at least ten minutes! " Gia exims, jumping to her feet and


    rushing out of the room, Jack nces her now empty chair with an amused smile on his lip as he


    shakes his head.


    We all exit the room in silence, Kai wraps his arm around my waist, leading me through the house.


    When the wolves have gone their separate ways, Phoenix, Sabine, Mateo and Olive follow us to mine


    and Kai''s room to stock up on bottled blood we brought with us.


    The five of them don''t wait to unscrew the bottles, they have been feeding a lot less while staying with


    the pack, trying to save as much of the blood as possible considering our trip got extended already.


    While watching them gulping down the blood, I notice that the smell of it is now oddly appealing to me,


    my mouth watering at the strong scent of it wafting through the room. When I quickly piece together


    what the reason for my sudden craving is, I bite down on my bottom lip, my eyes drifting to my mate


    who runs his tongue over his lips as he finishes feeding.


    Subconsciously my hand raises to rest on my lower stomach, I know I need to tell him, and I need to


    tell him soon before it starts to get far to obvious and he finds out himself. I can''t let this be a repeat of


    when he found out about my hybrid status, but every time I open my mouth to attempt to tell him, all of


    my fears overwhelm me to the point I find myself speechless.


    When I notice Sabine''s curious eyes on me, I drop my hand from my slowly growing stomach. I force


    myself to look away from her, swallowing nervously as I wander over to Kai, leaning into him.


    He instantly wraps his arm around me, pressing his lips to my forehead. " Are you alright my darling? "


    He sends me a smile, tossing the now empty bottle into a small trash can in the corner of the room.


    " Yeah, I just need to talk to you about something tonight, if you have the time? " I whisper to him,


    wrapping my arms around his middle.


    He looks down at me with a look of interest. " I always have time for you, you know that. What do you


    need to talk about? Is everything okay? "


    I slowly nod. " Yeah. Everything''s... Fine, we''ll talkter okay? Let''s just sort this treaty first. "


    Once everyone is fed, we make our way downstairs to the kitchen so I can grab some food before we


    have to return to the conference room. I quickly put together a peanut butter and Nute sandwich,


    while the water boils for me to make myself some lemon tea.


    cing my freshly made sandwich onto the coffee table in the living room, I walk back into the kitchen


    to make my tea, only to find Kai pulling out a mug from the cab. " Coffee? " He questions.


    " Uh, no, lemon tea. " I correct him.


    He sends me a strange look but drops the tea bag into the mug, along with a slice of lemon. " You


    always drink coffee with your peanut butter chocte sandwiches, making a change? " He asks,


    pouring the water into the mug and holding it out to me.


    Clenching my teeth, I move toward him, gently taking the tea from his hands. " Uh no, I just haven''t


    been sleeping great this week, I figure caffeine will only worsen that. " I half lie, to which he nods.


    We go into the living room, settling onto the sofa together while I eat, but I only get to eat half of my


    sandwich when a loud scream echoes from the distance. The people around us instantly start to rush


    to their feet, shifting into their wolves and taking off out of the house, automatically I find myself doing


    the same, sprinting after them.


    Forcing myself to run as fast as two legs can carry me, I speed through the woods following the group


    of wolves who run a couple of feet ahead of me. Kai is hot on my trail as wee across a group of


    nearly thirty rogue wolves, edging towards us and getting ready to attack.


    On the ground, covered in her own blood lies Gia, whimpering softly and clutching her shoulder. Her


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    eyes are wide and panicked as they search for someone, that someone being Alpha Jack who


    thunders toward her on four legs, standing over her protectively, his growls are loud and daring,


    sending a promise of death to any who try to hurt his mate.


    One of the rogues attempts to leap at him, anger surges through me as I whip my hand out sending not


    only the rogue who attacked, but all of them barrelling through the air. The wolves from Jack''s pack


    turn to me in shock, but Kai immediately jumps into action, using his speed to sh over to one of the


    closer by rogues and snapping it''s neck without any issue.


    Jack''s wolves recover from their shock, getting ready to attack their enemies who have harmed their


    Luna. Holding out my hands toward five of the rogues who are surrounding two of the warriors, I begin


    to chant loudly. The five of them copse to the ground, whimpering and howling as they try to curl into


    themselves to fight the pain I''m inflicting on them, they don''t get any relief, only death as the two


    warriors rip them apart.


    When I nce over to my mate, I see two wolves jumping on top of him, but before I can do anything to


    help him, he shoves the bodies to the side, leaping to his feet with their hearts in his hands.


    Gia lets out a cry of pain that encourages me to end this and quickly, I eye up the remainder of the


    rogues, muttering an enchantment in a hurry, my voice only gets louder as I swipe my hands upwards.


    At my movements mes erupt onto the rogues, who all desperately run around, howling in pain as


    their coast of fur burn to nothing, until finally all that is left of them is piles of ash, everything falls quiet


    other than Gia''s cries and I rush over to where Alpha Jack has now shifted and is holding her body on


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    Corinna


    " How badly is she hurt? " I ask Jack, dropping to my knees on the ground at Gia''s feet.


    " One of them bit her. " He says darkly, his voice breaking. His eyes never lift from his mate, who is


    breathing heavily and starting to pass out. " Gia, please stay awake. " He begs her, shaking her gently,


    her eyes snap back open.


    " I''m okay. " She whispers weakly.


    " It''s fine, I''ll give her my blood it will heal her. " Kai calls from behind me, he is on the ground by my


    side in a sh.


    " No, you don''t understand! " Jack growls loudly.


    " Tonight is a full moon Kai, She''s human and she was bitten. " I mumble.


    " I don''t get it. " He shakes his head.


    " Even if you were to try to heal her, it wouldn''t take. When a human is bitten on a full moon, it''s to turn


    them, I don''t know if that was actually the intention of the rogues or if it was just to get Gia to scream so


    we would alle out here. Regardless, when the moon rises tonight, she will either shift or she''ll.. " I


    trail off, closing my eyes as I take a deep breath, trying to control my emotions.


    " Or she''ll die. " Kai whispers, finishing what I couldn''t say making me nod.


    " It''s fine, Jack, it''s fine. I''m your mate so my chances are higher, I''ll be fine. " Gia insists, her skin is


    mmy and pale, not making her words seem like they have any truth to them at all.


    " Gia you don''t get it, I wasn''t the one who bit you. Your chances only go up if I was the one who bit


    you. " He cries, smoothing back her blood and sweat matted hair from her face.


    Lifting my head, I look around to see the warriors have now all shifted back and are standing around


    with worried, sorrowful expressions as they watch their Alpha cradling their Luna.


    Taking a breath, I push myself up off the ground. " Someone go and inform the pack healers what''s


    happened and that your Luna is on her way. " I demand, looking around at them, they all just stare at


    me for a couple of seconds, wondering if they should be taking orders from anyone who isn''t their


    Alpha, but a woman among the group shifts into her wolf, taking off through the woods.


    " Jack. " I call out, gaining his attention. " Pick your mate up and bring her to get treatment so she has


    the best possible chance of getting through this. "


    He nods, his face instantly turning to one of determination as picks his mate up into his arms and


    marches in the same direction the female warrior went just moments ago. Kai and I follow behind him


    and his warriors until we reach the hospital, where Jen is running around with a couple of nurses and


    other healers, setting up everything they can to help their Luna.


    As we walk toward the hospital, Kai stops me right as I feel a warm liquid running over my lips. Lifting


    my hand, I brush my fingers over face, when I pull my hand back, it''s coated in blood.


    " Are you okay my darling? " He asks, his eyes brimming with worry.


    " Yeah, yeah I''m fine. " I shrug it off and try to continue walking, only for him to stop me again.


    " No, you''re not Cori, You''re bleeding profusely from your nose. " He argues.


    " I''m fine. " I scoff, only to regret it when I burst into a coughing fit that results in me vomiting up blood.


    " You''re fine? You think that this is fine? " Kai fumes, pointing toward the blood sttered across my


    hand, arm and the ground.


    " Look, I just took down a bunch of rogues by fire. Some spells can take their toll, right now I just need


    to make sure Gia survives this alright? " I huff, marching off in the direction that Jack and his warriors


    went.


    Kai sighs but follows anyway. " Please just get checked by the doctorter on? Please? " He begs, I


    mumble an agreement just as we reach the hospital.


    Gia is immediately rushed through a pair of double doors to be looked after and it only takes a few


    minutes for Jack to be kicked out into the waiting room with Kai, the warriors and I for snapping at the


    doctors.


    Eventually the warriors leave to tend to their duties, but I stay nted on my seat across from Jack.


    Who as the hours pass by gets more and more anxious, shaking his leg rapidly when he is seated,


    pacing the room when he gets fed up of being seated and consistently running his hand either down his


    face or through his hair.


    The entire time, I don''t say anything to him, knowing there is nothing I could say to ease his panic. Kai


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    makes trips to and from the house to check on me, or bring us water and snacks and at one point my


    oversized knitted cardigan when he went to hold my hand and realised I was cold.


    The double doors to the reception area swing open revealing a very tired but pleased looking Jen, Jack


    and I both jump to our feet, rushing over to her. " Okay so we stopped the wound from bleeding, got her


    stabilised, reced the blood she lost and got plenty of fluids into her, she seems to be in much better


    shape and hopefully that will mean she''s strong enough to survive the bite. Throughout the time of the


    moon rising and it fully reaching it''s apex, her body will start attempting to shift, as you know, but it


    would help if there''s a calm environment and something there to talk her through it. " Jen exins to


    the two of us, we both nod along as she does.


    " Can I see her? " Jack breathes, ncing through the ss on the double doors.


    " Of course Alpha, right this way. " Jen smiles, pushing open the doors and leading us toward Gia''s


    room, which Jack barges into straight away but Jen stops me in the hallway.


    Turning my head to look at her, I furrow my eyebrows. " What? "


    " Do you really think battling rogues is the best idea in your condition? " She asks, raising an eyebrow. "


    Come on, I''m going to check on you and baby before you go into see the Luna. "

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    Corinna


    Once Jen ispletely satisfied that the baby and I are doing fine, she reminds me to check in with her


    again before I leave the pack so she can organise some way to see me throughout my pregnancy and


    then finally allows me to go see Gia.


    When I enter the room, Jack is sitting in a chair next to her bed, grasping her hand while she sits in the


    bed looking like she has more energy and colour back in her face, she''s mumbling away to Jack,


    seemingly reassuring him that she''ll make it through all of this and be okay.


    " How are you feeling? " I ask, bringing her reassurances to a halt as her eyes meet mine.


    " Better, thank you. " She sends me a quick smile, before turning to Jack. " Could you give us a


    minute? " She mumbles to him.


    Jack looks between us, nodding his head once. After cing a kiss onto Gia''s cheek, he leaves us


    alone in the room. I look over at her, my curiosity clear on my face. She looks down at her hands as


    she fiddles with the yellow nket draped over her, after a few seconds her eyes fall on mine.


    " Listen Corinna.. I.. Well.. I wanted to say sorry for how I''ve been acting toward you, I''ve been a right


    bitch and after what you did today, helping to defend the pack, I couldn''t not apologise and tell you how


    thankful I am to you, you know, just in case I don''t.. " she says, looking back down at the nket as she


    trails off at the end.


    I quickly move across the room, cing myself on the edge of her bed to take her hand. " All that


    doesn''t matter, what matters is that you rest for tonight. I''ll be there with you every step of the way, I''ll


    help you get through this. " I promise her, squeezing her hand.


    " I''m terrified. " She whispers, she watches me through tearful eyes.


    I nod my head, running my thumb across the back of her hand, in ame attempt to soothe her. " I


    know but you''re strong Gia, you just need to believe that you can do this. Now I''m going to let you rest


    and spend time with Jack, I''ll see youter tonight. "


    After sending her a reassuring smile, I exit the room, letting Jack know he can go back into her now. As


    he''s about to re enter the room, he pauses and calls out to me. " Thank you, for helping us. Perhaps, I


    was too quick to judge you. "


    He leaves me alone in the hallway not giving me an opportunity to reply, when I get outside the hospital


    I spot Kai making his way over to me, I update him on how Gia is doing and reassure him that I got


    checked by the doctor and am fine as we head back to the pack house.


    We go straight to our room when we arrive, my nerves bubble in my stomach at the realisation this is


    probably the only chance I''ll get before everything turns to chaos again, to tell him.


    While Kai shuts the bedroom door behind himself, I drop down onto the edge of the bed, he wanders


    over to the closet to change into morefortable clothes, my hand slides into the pocket of my


    cardigan, where the folded and now very crumpled photo from my scan is still tucked away.


    " Kai? " I call, causing him to pause before he can remove his jeans. " We should probably have that


    talk now, considering we won''t have the chanceter and I think if I leave it much longer I''ll work myself


    up again and fail to do it. "


    My rambling makes a concerned look cross his face, he sits down beside me. " Yeah, what did you


    want to talk about? "


    Clearing my throat, I shift awkwardly unsure of how to start. " I don''t know how to really.. I guess I just


    have to say it, don''t I? " I chuckle.


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    " Cori, what''s going on? " He whispers, grabbing my hands in his.


    Feeling too nervous to look him in the eye, my gaze is directed at his bare chest. " You know how I told


    you we were waiting for test results that would exin why I''m not able to shifttely? " I mumble.


    " Yeah of course, did you ask the doctor when they''d be ready? It''s been a while now. " He says,


    making me chew on the inside of my lip anxiously.


    " I already know why I can''t shift. " I whisper. " I''ve known since the appointment. "


    Taking a quick nce at his face, I can''t help but feel awful when I see the deep frown on his perfect


    lips, he doesn''t speak so I continue. " I''ve been really really scared and nervous to tell you because


    with everything going on with Cain and my father, I just, I don''t know how this is going to work. "


    " How what''s going to work Corinna? " By now, I know he''s confused as hell and starting to get irritated


    with me.


    " I''m pregnant. " I breathe. " I.. I know I should''ve told you sooner, but I''m just so.. "


    I don''t dare to look at him or his reaction to this news. " You are pregnant, you''re sure? " He asks, his


    tone unreadable.


    I nod my head, pulling my hand from his to slide the picture of scan from my pocket. He gently takes


    the paper from me, unfolding it very slowly and delicately. When he lets out a small chuckle, I look up at


    him to see him admiring the little bundle of cells.


    " We are having a baby. " he whispers, a grin forming on his lips but when he looks back at me the grin


    fades. " Corinna... "


    " I know. " I cut him off. " I know, I should''ve just told you, but I''m scared Kai and- "


    " Corinna, you should never be scared toe to me, with anything. I understand that you''re scared, I


    understand that there has been a lot going on, I understand that your sadistic family are a threat, but


    whatever is going on, you can alwayse to me. That way we can figure it all out together. I would be


    more than thrilled to have this child with you, but regardless of what you chose, I will stand by you. I


    know the timing is... Inconvenient to say the least, but I love you and I want this with you. " He stares at


    me with such love, that it takes my breath away along, much like his words have already done.


    " I want this with you too. " I whisper, leaning over to capture his lips with mine. " We''ll figure it all out


    together? "


    " Together. " He promises, pressing his lips to mine again.

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    Chapter Fourty Three


    Corinna


    The clouds in the sky that burst with colour, fade much too quickly into darkness for the liking of anyone


    here before I knew it, I find myself standing out in the back of the pack house with Alpha Jack, Gia,


    Cameron, Garrett, Kai and our group from the n.


    We all stand around in silence, waiting for what''s about to happen to Gia, the only sounds around us


    are crickets chirping, owls hooting and the wind rustling the leaves on the tall trees beyond the clearing.


    Everyone flinches when Gia lets out a loud pitched scream, falling to the ground on her hands and


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    knees with a thud, staying as calm as possible, I kneel down in front of her, whispering to her,


    reminding her that she has support around her and the strength to get through this.


    As the minutes pass Gia''s body temperature starts to go up, showing through the sweat marking her


    shirt and lining her forehead. She lets out another scream of pain, unable to hold herself up as she falls


    onto her side, the panic rolls off of Jack in waves in response to this.


    " Jack, you need to remain calm. " I remind him, grabbing a cloth from a bowl of ice water we have


    brought outside with a couple of other supplies, dabbing it across Gia''s flushed face. " She doesn''t


    need to be feeling any strong emotions that aren''t hers as her senses heighten. "


    Again, another ear numbing scream is released from Gia as she begins to twist around on the ground,


    trying to fight the pain. I hear Jack let out a curse as his mate, starts to cry, begging for someone to


    make the pain stop.


    " Jack, listen to me, you need to go inside and get your shit together. " I say, although my words are


    harsh, my tone remains level and calm. The entire time, I keep my eyes only on Gia, but I hear the


    struggle between Phoenix, Mateo and Garrett to get Jack inside until he''s calm enough to be here.


    " It''s too much Rina. " Gia cries, hugging her arms around herself as she begins to shake. " I''m too hot,


    everything hurts. "


    " You''re okay, just breathe. " I mumble, grabbing a bottle of cold water and unscrewing the lid.


    Lifting the bottle over Gia''s head, I shield her eyes with my free hand, pouring the water onto her


    forehead and allow it to fall over her hair, wetting it in hopes the cool air and water will help with her


    temperature.


    I bring the bottle to her lips afterward, letting her take a huge gulp from it before I put the lid back on. A


    loud crack cuts through the air, followed by Gia screaming once again, her voice breaks as she does.


    She screws her eyes shut taking deep pants of breath, when she reopens her eyes the flick from a


    glowing pastel green, to her normal hazel colour and continue to do so as more of her bones break.


    " I''m too hot! " She screams, I frantically turn to the others who are all standing around watching with


    either pained or freaked out expressions.


    Realising they won''t be much help, I lean over, gripping the hem of Gia''s shirt and yoga pants, tearing


    them off of her body. Moving as quickly as I can, I grab the bowl of ice water throwing it over her half


    naked form.


    She lets out a brief gasp of relief but it''s cut off by another scream and snap of her bones. " Go get


    more bowls of ice water. " I demand, not to anyone in particr from the group behind me, I''m relieved


    when I hear footsteps taking off immediately.


    " Fuck! This is too much! " Gia roars as multiple snaps of bone follow one another the other.


    " You''re doing really well, you just have to keep breathing through it. " I inform her, lifting the bottle of


    water to her lips again, she gulps down some of it, but most ends up dribbling around her face and the


    " I can''t! " She sobs, desperately grabbing at the dirt beneath her and repeated the words over and


    over again.


    " Okay, uh, fuck. " I curse under my breath, just as Sabine runs up with more ice water, I nod my head


    toward Gia and she instantly tosses the water over her body.


    Pushing down my panic, I look up at Cameron. " I need you to go get your Alpha. " I tell him.


    Worry floods his eyes as he takes off running to the house, returning with Jack, who seems a little


    calmer but extremely pained by the situation. " There''s a spell I can do, to ease her pain, I think that''s


    how she''ll get through this. " I tell him.


    " Then do it! " Jack growls, making me narrow my eyes at him.


    " The issue is, is that for me to take her pain, I need to transfer it into someone else. I assume you''ll be


    willing to do that? " I ask, he nods straight away, dropping down beside me.


    " Alpha, are you sure about this? " Garrett questions, looking wary of me.


    " Garrett, shut the fuck up. " Jack snarls, before turning to me. " What do I have to do? "


    " Move on to her other side and give me your hands. " I order, he quickly does as he''s asked.


    Taking Jack''s hands in mine, I close my eyes and begin to chant. The wind picks up, howling around


    us, as Gia pants harshly mumbling that it''s not as painful at the same time Jack tenses up and he


    groans in pain.


    Keeping my eyes closed, I zone out from everything around me and into the harsh wind, continuing to


    chant for hours until I feel a hand on my shoulder and a voice calling to me, when I open my eyes a


    golden wolf with red paws and glowing pastel green eyes is picking itself off of the ground and Jack


    lookspletely exhausted butpletely overjoyed as he watches his newly transformed mate,


    growl at him yfully.


    My eyes begin to feel heavy as I see Jack shift into his wolf to run with his mate, I try to stand but end


    up falling back into Kai, who catches me with ease and picks me up into his arms, carrying me toward


    the house, asking if someone could get a doctor for me.

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    Chapter Fourty Four


    Corinna


    A faint beeping reaches my ears as the darkness engulfing me slowly begins to fade, blinking my eyes


    a few times before I finally force them to open regardless of the blinding fluorescent lightening.


    After seconds of soft shuffling, Kai picks himself off his seat next to my hospital bed to help me sit up.


    When he readjusts the pillows behind me, he walks to the portable table as the foot of the bed to pour


    me a cup of water from the stic jug that has left a ring of condensation on the light wood.


    " Is the baby okay? " I whisper, my voice cracks as I do.


    Handing me the small cup of water, Kai ces himself on the edge of the bed beside me. " Jen said


    the baby is fine, heart beat is strong but she also said that you can''t do anymore spells that wipe you


    out like that. " He informs me.


    Nodding my head, I gulp down half of the water in my hand. " I.. How long was I out? " I mumble.


    " Coming up on three days. " He sighs, it''s only now that I notice how exhausted he looks. Deep bags


    weigh under his slightly bloodshot blue eyes, his skin is paler than usual, his shoulder length hair is


    gathered into a lose and messy bun at the back of his head.


    " You haven''t slept at all? " I ask him, to which he just shakes his head, confirming my thoughts. " Have


    you fed? "


    " We ran out of our blood supply yesterday, I was going to send Olive and Phoenix to collect some if


    you didn''t wake up by tonight. " He tells me, gripping my free hand.


    " I''m sorry. " I mutter, looking down at our hands.


    " Don''t scare me like that again. " He whispers, squeezing my hand affectionately.


    " I won''t. Are we going home soon? " I question, making a small smile grace his face. " What? "


    He shrugs. " Nothing, I just like hearing you call my house your home, my darling. "


    Rolling my eyes, I raise an eyebrow at him. " Well? Can we go home? Or do we still have to sit in


    meeting rooms for hours on end arguing with the wolves of this pack? "


    " Actually, after what you did for their Luna, this pack - for the most part, havepletely changed their


    feelings toward you. Alpha Jack and Gia came to visit once we knew you and the baby we''re all good,


    we came to an agreement to be allied with one another. If they need our help, we''ll be there and visa


    versa, we''re all wee on each other''snds and everything in between, it''s not just about peace, it''s


    about friendship. " He exins, giving me a warm smile.


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    " That''s a relief, now take me home? " I start moving to get off of the bed, but he stops me.


    " I''ll go get Jen, she has to double check you and organise a date for her toe to our house to do


    your next scan. " He says, as he walks across the room to open the door, he mumbles an I love you


    before exiting the room.


    Jenes to do her check up, then when I''m finally cleared to go home, she hands me an


    appointment slip with information on when she''ll be travelling to the house and she also scribbled her


    work number on the slip in case I need anything in the weeks before my scan.


    It takes longer than I wanted it to pack, for us to say goodbye to everyone and finally start our journey


    home. Kai remains in the back seat of his car with me, gripping my hand in his the entire time. Sabine


    is in the front seat, driving in silence, the only noise filling the air is the low melodies on the radio and


    soft snores of exhaustioning from my mate.


    We do end up stopping a couple of times throughout our journey so that the group can feed, the idea of


    them feeding from innocent people puts me on edge, but once Kai promises me that they don''t feed to


    kill, only erase the memory of the encounter so their kind remains a secret, I''m only slightly


    ufortable.


    When he refuses to leave my side to feed, I end up allowing Kai to take small drinks from my wrist, just


    to keep him going until we''re home. He wasn''t exactly thrilled with the idea, but when I agreed to let


    him feed me his blood each time so I was puncture free, we gave in.


    After what feels like a lifetime we finally reach the house, Dahlia immediatelyes to greet us and


    help us with our luggage, asking about my well being. Kai and I decided that we would tell everyone


    about my pregnant status over a family feast, as he called it.


    Dahlia didn''t appreciate being left in the dark, so she grabbed my luggage as an excuse to follow me to


    my room and try to pry the information out of me. " Come on! We''re pretty much sisters now that you


    and my brother are beloveds! Just tell me. " She whines, as I push open my bedroom doors.


    " I told you, you''ll know everything soon, I''m just too tired right now. " I half lie, tossing myself onto my


    bed, sighing happily at the feeling, forgetting all about my n for a shower.


    She lets out a gasp, making me look at her but her eyes are fixed on my lower stomach. " I wanted to


    catch you lying about being too tired.. So I was listening to your heart but.. I got


    two heartbeats. "


    " Are you telling me this whole time someone could have used vamp hearing to tell me I have a bun in


    the oven? " I growl in annoyance.


    " You''re pregnant! " Dahlia squeals happily. " I''m an aunt! "


    " We''re not telling people yet, we''re waiting until I''m a bit further along and then we''ll tell everyone. " I


    inform her, but from the corner of my eye I catch a glimpse of Olive standing in the door.


    " You''re pregnant? " Her eyes are wide in shock.


    " Yes, but people aren''t supposed to know yet, Kai and I are gonna have a family dinner to tell


    everyone the news. " I ground out, narrowing my eyes at the two of them. " So no one says a word.


    "

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    Chapter Fourty Five


    Corinn


    The moon even though only half full, glows brightly through the slightly opened curtains in Kai''s room. It


    had only been a few weeks since we returned from Jack and Gia''s pack, but my stomach had already


    formed a cute round bump, which I was able to keep hidden with baggy hoodies and shirts.


    Although there wasn''t much of a point in trying to hide it, not only because my scent had changed and


    could anyone hear the baby''s heartbeat if they listened for it but also because Olive and Dahlia couldn''t


    keep their mouths shut long enough for us to begin to make ns for a family dinner, let alone make


    our announcement at one.


    Dahlia couldn''t help but tell a newly turned L, who was struggling with her transition into a vampire


    and the bloodlust that came with it and needed some good news, and of course she just had to tell


    Phoenix that he was a soon to be uncle.


    It was very cute and awfully amusing seeing the giant man that is Phoenix, light up and call himself ''


    Uncle Phoe '' at the news of the baby, but it was the volume of his voice while doing so that earned the


    attention of a couple of nearby vampires and a death re from me.


    Olive on the other hand, literally just couldn''t help herself when it came to gossip and apparently me


    being with child was a tea pot she couldn''t wait to spill. Scoffing at the thought, I crawl out of bed pulling


    on a deep blue t-shirt that was three sizes too big for me along with a pair of leggings.


    " Everything okay my darling? " Kai calls from the bed, his eyes are still closed but I know he''s fully


    awake by his voice.


    " Yeah I''m going to start gathering personal items from everyone today so I can make them protection


    jewellery. " I announce, making him immediately sit up in the bed.


    " You can not do that much magic without exhausting yourself Cori, I thought you agreed to take it easy


    for the baby''s sake? " He frowns, worry flooding his stunning blue eyes.


    " You heard the threat that my pack made, they are going toe and we need to be ready for when


    they do. If you were nning on attacking a n of vampires, when would be the best time to do that?


    " I say, raising my eyebrow.


    " When they''re all in one ce, with nowhere else to go because the sun is out. " He sighs, nodding his


    head, then adds. " But the baby. "


    " The baby is safer with a whole n of vampires to protect her in-utero, Kai. Besides, I''m not nning


    on doing them all today, just as many as I can before I start to feel even the slightest bit drained. " I


    exin.


    " Her? You think it''s a girl? " He grins, reaching over to pull me back down onto the bed with him gently.


    Giggling, I straddle hisp carefully. " I don''t know, a girl would be cute though right? " I shrug with a


    smile, ying with the chain hanging down onto his bare chest.


    " Very cute. " He grins. " Maybe after she''s born we can give her a little brother forpany? " His


    hands settle on my thighs as he speaks, running up and down until he snaking them to softly take hold


    of my ass.


    I let out a loud snort, pushing at his chest lightly. " Slow your roll, I haven''t even pushed this one out


    yet. "


    " When''s your appointment with Jen? " He asks.


    " Not for another couple of weeks, she said something about supernaturals not needing to check in as


    much as humans would, because everything about our bodies is stronger and our children are too,


    even when they''re unborn. " I mumble, moving my hands into his hair.


    " Do you.. Do you think the baby is gonna be like you? " He asks, pulling me closer to him.


    " You mean a hybrid? " I rify, chewing my bottom lip when he nods. " She probably will be, yeah. "


    As I finish speaking I think back to Helena''s baby Dyna, my heart clenches, thinking about my friend


    and worrying about her child. Kai reaches up, using his thumb to smooth out the deep worry lines


    between my eyebrows and on my forehead.


    " What''s wrong? " He whispers.


    " Well.. " I sigh, looking him dead in the eyes. " I was just thinking about Helena''s daughter. "


    " She had a child? " He questions with a frown.


    " Yeah, I don''t know what happened to her after Helena... " I trail off, forcing myself to brush away the


    images pushing to the front of my brain.


    " I can send someone out to her home, if you''d like? " He mumbles, rubbing my sides soothingly.


    I nod. " Send Phoenix and Sabine? Please? "


    Kai sucks in a breath. " I think I need to ask Dahlia instead of Sabine, my sister was pretty annoyed she


    was left out when we went to visit the pack. "


    " Okay well I trust both Dahlia and Sabine, so either of them can go, you know Dahlia might not want to


    leave L right now. " I point out, to which he nods.


    " I have to ask either way. " He informs. " I''ll go talk to them while you''re doing your witch things. " He


    grins, lifting me up and carrying me out of the bed with him.


    He sets me down, wandering off to get ready, while I exit the room. As I make my way through the


    house, I get many stares, people obviously listening for another heartbeat to see if the rumours are


    true, but some others send me smiles while congratting me.


    Entering the living room, I notice Sabine, her brother Darius, Olive and Mateo standing around the pool


    table, I walk over to them.


    " Hey everyone. " I greet. " Do you guys mind doing me a favour? "


    " What is it? " Sabine nces at me, before leaning over the pool table to line up her next shot.


    " Excuse my sisters bluntness, she means yes of course, what can we do for you? " Darius interrupts,


    shooting his sister a look.


    " Don''t worry, I''m used to it. " I smile between the two siblings. " I was wondering if you could gather


    personal items from everyone in the n so I can make protection talismans, so that everyone can


    walk in the sun. "


    Darius'' eyebrows shoot up at this. " You''re going to make them for every vampire in the n? "


    " Yeah, pretty much. " I reply simply, shrugging my shoulders.


    " So there''s no need for you to be jealous anymore, brother. " Sabine calls out, a small smirk on her


    lips. " We will do this for you Corinna. "


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    " Thank you, the quicker you can get them, the better. " I say, raising my eyebrows in surprise when


    they all immediately stop what they''re doing and wander off to gather what I need.


    " Hey uh, Cori? " Olive speaks before I can walk away to get myself some food. " I may have kind of


    lost my bracelet, could you make me a new one while you''re doing everyone else''s? "


    " You lost your protection bracelet? " I question, tilting my head.


    " Yeah it was stupid of me, I went out to feed and it got messy and I lost it somewhere in the woods. "


    She exins.


    " Okay, well don''t lose this new one I make. " I frown, she thanks me then runs off to the others.

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    Chapter Fourty Six


    Corinna


    Kai sits at his desk, scribbling things with his pen whole he talks on the phone, I barely register his


    voice as I chant softly from the office floor, where I sit surrounded by mountains of jewellery belonging


    to the members of the n.


    To keep things organised, each item has a small tag attached to it with the owners name on it. As the


    mes fade in the bowl in front of me, I pick out the ring inside and ce it into a tub filled to the brim


    with already spelled jewellery.


    " You need anything my darling? Food, water? Rest? Help? " Kai speaks, after cing the phone back


    down.


    " Well if you could get someone to collect those tubs and give people back their belongings that would


    be great. " I tell him, gesturing to the three tubs I''ve filled with protection talismans.


    He nods, dialling a number into the phone while I continue what I was doing. Over thest week, this is


    what our days have looked like. Kai handles any business to do with the n, while I sit making


    protection talismans.


    After the first day, we realised it was too messy for me to do all of this in the bedroom and we both


    couldn''t focus being away from each other for that many hours. So I moved to his office so we could be


    in each other''spany while we did what we have to do.


    " Oh my darling, we''re going to have that family feast after all. " Kai informs me after he asks someone


    to report to his office.


    " What? Why? Everyone already knows I''m pregnant. " I pout, looking down at my bump that keeps


    getting bigger every week. Supernatural pregnancies tend to go much quicker than a human


    pregnancy, we only end up being pregnant for six months instead of nine.


    " Think of it as a celebratory dinner for the baby than an announcement dinner. " He smiles, moving


    away from his desk to sit in front of me on the floor.


    " So it''s like a baby shower dinner thingy? " I mumble, awkwardly picking myself off of the floor toy


    across the sofa.


    Kai picks up my legs, setting himself down on the sofa before allowing me to throw my feet onto hisp


    as his ces a hand on my stomach, rubbing my bump affectionately. " Yeah, a baby shower dinner


    thing, I''ll tell people to bring gifts, we can get dressed up and have a nice dinner. "


    " Dressed up? " I question with a scowl, eyeing the light grey sweat pants that belonged to him,


    covering my bottom half.


    " You don''t have anything to wear, do you? " he asks, noticing my gaze.


    My eyes start to tear up without my contest. " Nothing fits me anymore. " I sniffle.


    " It''s okay baby, I''ll get someone to bring you shopping for maternity clothes. " He whispers, brining my


    hand up to his lips.


    " Thanks, my love. " I breathe.


    " What was that? " He grins, wrapping his arms around me.


    A deep blush settles on my face. " nothing. " I mumble, unsure of where the pet name came from.


    " I like it, my love. " He leans over pecking my lips.


    Before he can move away, I wrap my hands around his neck, pulling him back to me. My lips move with


    his slowly, I let out a sigh of pleasure at the feeling of him being so close, how he smells, how he


    tastes.


    He opens his mouth slightly and I dip my tongue in to meet his, just as we begin to get lost in each


    other, a sharp knock on the door parts us, causing me to let out a huff. " Later. " He promises in a


    whisper against my lips, pecking them once again.


    " I love you. " I tell him, rubbing my nose against his.


    " I love you too, my darling. " He pulls away from me, lifting my legs so he can stand, as he walks over


    to the door, he bends over to press a quick peck to the top of my nose then goes to open the door.


    Olive and Darius stand in the door way, only entering the office when they are given permission to do


    so. Darius grabs two out of the three tubs, exiting the room straight after, Olive on the other hand only


    gets to the door before my mate calls for her.


    " Why don''t you bring Cori to get some maternity clothester today? " He speaks.


    Olive nods, sending me a smile. " I''d love to, what time do you think you''ll be ready to go? "


    I nce down at the piles of jewellery with a sigh. " I think I''ve done enough for today, I''ll go get my


    shoes and we can go? " I suggest.


    " Sure, I''ll drop these into the auditorium and then I''ll meet you in the car. " She tells me, then leaves


    the room.


    Once I''ve tidied up the office a little bit, I leave the office and head into my bedroom, after sliding on a


    pair of ankle socks, I slip my feet into a pair of white trainers and then go into Kai''s room in search of


    one of his hoodies, knowing I''ll be too cold in just a white camisole.


    A smile crosses my face when I find his light blue throw over hoodie that''s extra baggy on me, after


    While I''m in the middle of throwing up the contents of my lunch, Kai enters the room, kneeling beside


    me to rub my back, in an attempt tofort me. " If you feel too unwell, you can always go shopping


    tomorrow, I could take you then because I won''t be as busy. "


    " No, no, it''s alright. I can go. " I tell him, spitting into the toilet a little.


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    He nods, handing me some tissue to wipe my mouth, after flushing the toilet, I give my teeth a quick


    brush. Kai leads me out of the house and into the front garden where Olive is already waiting in the car,


    as promised, she has her phone to her ear but when her eyesnd on us, she hangs up.


    Kai opens my door for me, waiting until I''ve settled into my seat and clipped my seat belt to give me a


    short goodbye and a quick kiss. He stands at the front door with his hands stuffed into the pockets of


    his cks, until we drive out past the gate.


    Olive is unusually quiet as we drive onto the main road, which is empty except two cars that are driving


    in the direction that we just came. Turning to ask olive something, I pause when I notice a familiar


    looking bracelet on her wrist.


    " I thought you lost that. " I speak, pointing at the ck rope bracelet with a small charm hanging from


    it.


    " I, uh, I did but I found it. " Her eyes dart from me, to the bracelet, then back to me and then to rest on


    the road.


    Suddenly something feels very wrong. I think back to a couple of days ago when I handed her a newly


    enchanted ring to rece the bracelet on her wrist.


    " What happened to the other one I made for you then? " I ask, watching her carefully, wishing I had


    taken Kai up on his offer to buy me a phone a couple of weeks back, so I could tell him my suspicions.


    Olive opens and closes her mouth, then turns to me with a hateful re. " You ruined everything. " she


    hisses.


    Out of the corner of my eye, I see a truck speeding down the other side of the road, at thest second it


    swerves and hits into the car with such force, that it flips and continues to do so. A scream escapes my


    lips as I wrap my arms around my bump protectively, my head violently bounces off the car window and


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    Chapter Fourty Seven


    Corinna


    As I begin to gain consciousness, I can''t help but flinch at the sharp and heavy pounding in my head.


    Why the hell am I always either being knocked or falling unconscious?


    When I eventually manage to force my eyes open, I scan them around the cold basement with chipped


    brick walls, wooden beams, the grey floor is full of old water stains near a washer and dry is sitting in


    the corner, and an old, torn orange sofa sits under the wooden stairs.


    A light bulb hangs from one of the wooden beams on the ceiling but it''s off, the only light ising from


    a door with chipped light green paint at the top of the staircase. The smell of stale cigarette smoke


    hangs heavy in the air, my eyes dart back over to the sofa and when I notice a few cigarette burns, I


    know that''s where the source of the smell is.


    I look down at my wrists that are cuffed onto either side of the radiator against my back, I''m suddenly


    extremely grateful for the hoodie that is giving me some protection from the heat, I cringe heavily when


    I notice my body is on top of a dirty old mattress, that probably used to be white but is now grey and


    covered in stains and also has one too many cigarette burns.


    Eyeballing the handcuffs again, I can''t help but snort before ripping my hands free. " Seriously? That


    was easy. " I mumble, scrambling off the mattress and onto the cold floor.


    After very awkwardly pushing myself to my feet, I look around and realise that this was easy, too easy.


    Why was it so easy? Clenching my teeth, I decide that I need to just go for it and attempt to make my


    escape, I need to get myself and my baby out of this.


    Rushing over to the stairs, I take them as quickly and as quietly as possible, when I reach the top, I


    push the unlocked door open. Confusion and suspicion hits me heavier than before and I note the


    silence in the house but I brush it off, bolting straight down the hallway and to the front door, that is also


    unlocked and swings open with ease.


    My foot doesn''t even get through the threshold, before I''m knocked back by an force of energy, Ind


    on the ground with a soft whimper, immediately cupping my stomach in worry.


    " I''m sorry baby, please be okay. " I whisper to my bump, running my hands over it affectionately.


    " Aw, how cute. But you didn''t think it was going to be that easy did you? " A familiar voice calls.


    " I should have known you''de back and bite me in the ass. " I grumble, looking up to find


    Josephine leaning against the staircase leading to the upstairs of the house.


    " You probably should have known not to trust Olive too, she is my sister after all. I mean how stupid


    can you get? " Josephineughs, picking at her finger nails, amusement clear in her eyes.


    " She''s awake? " Olive walks in from what seems to be the living room, she avoids making eye contact


    with me, instead her eyes are fixed on her sister who pushes herself off the staircase with a sigh.


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    Hurrying to get myself off of my ce on the hard wood floor, I swipe my hand in the direction of the


    two sisters, muttering a chant, until they both go flying across the air in opposite directions, crashing


    roughly against the walls of the house.


    Not wasting a second, I bolt for the door, but same as before I get knocked back andnd on the floor. I


    growl in frustration and confusion as I realise that there''s a magic border that I can''t cross around the


    house. How would they ever get a witch to help them?Suddenly a hand is in my hair, sending sharp,


    burning sensations through my scalp. I cry out as Josephine begins dragging me across the room, past


    a ring Olive and toward the basement.


    Just as I go to use my gifts, a tall, slim, pale man with a shaved head which is decorated in colourful


    tattoos, enters the room chanting loudly. His gold eyes, never break away from my figure. In his hand


    he is holding out a piece of crystal toward me, I let out a loud scream as I feel as though something is


    being ripped from me.


    My gifts, he''s taking my gifts from me. Once the man has finished, an empty feeling courses through


    me and I swear for a moment I see a sh of pity in his eyes, but it vanishes again within seconds and


    is reced with a hard look, as he turns and walks up the stairs.


    Josephine continues to drag me back into the basement and down the steps without a care, she


    roughly throws me down onto the dirty mattress. Olive follows her into the room secondster, almost


    hesitantly, in her hand she''s holding a needle full of blue liquid.


    " You only give her it in quarters or it could harm the baby. " Olive mumbles to her sister, who grabs the


    needle from her.


    " I don''t give a shit about their hybrid spawn. " Josephine hisses, moving toward me.


    Olive''s eyes widen. "You said you weren''t gonna harm the baby, that you''d kill her when the kid was


    born! You promised me! "


    " Wow, at least you kind of have morals? " I snort, ring at her.


    Josephine shrugs carelessly at her sister, then she jams the needle full of wolfsbane into my neck. "


    Now that I''ve seen her, I realise I might not be able to put up with her that long. "


    My eyes begin to get heavy as I watch the sisters argue, my hearing bes distorted and everything


    begins to melt, my body begins to sweat and my stomach churns repeatedly as nausea washes over


    me intensely.


    Trying desperately to fight the feeling the wolfsbane is forcing over me, but I end up falling ck on the


    mattress. I find I''m unable to move or think, the world around me fades in and out aggressively, making


    me blink my eyes with force to try and focus myself.


    Again, I fail in doing so. My breathing bes shallow and I barely process the two sisters marching


    back up the stairs, mming the door behind them and leaving me alone in the darkness until they''re


    already gone.

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    Corinna


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    As Iy on the dirty mattress, fading in and out of the world around me due to the wolfsbane being


    pumped into my system in a regr basis, I find myself losing track of the hours and days that go by.


    Each time that the wolfsbane starts to wear off, Olive appears bringing me water and small amount of


    bread and fruit before Josephine barges in to stick another needle in my neck.


    Groggily, I push myself into a sitting position on the mattress. My entire body feels weak, too weak to


    fight back or attempt another escape, not that my mind has been clear enough to n one.


    Tears begin to rush out of my eyes as I ce a hand on my bump. " It''s okay baby, I''ll get you out of


    here somehow. " I whisper.


    A hopeless sob escapes my lips, as I peal my sweat covered hoodie from my body, folding it and


    cing it beside me. The side of my neck feels swollen and bruised from the constant injections, my


    mind begins to wander as I think about the moments of my life that have led up to this.


    From being a happy, naive child, to finding out my mother was a witch, watching her ughter


    members of my pack to escape my uncle and father and judging her for it, even though yearster, I


    would find myself also killing for my survival.


    Being isted within my pack for something I had no control over, never being able to properly learn


    things about my own kind, being hated and only findingfort in my father until the day his love for


    his own blood, turned to hate.


    The pain and guilt I felt for each person I harmed or killed to protect myself, the happiness and safety I


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    found in the friends I made along the way, only to feel the deep never ending grief of them being torn


    away from the world because I had put them in harms way.


    As I think of all the horrible things I''ve done and had to endure in my life, the anxiety and fear of my


    child having to go through the same thing haunts me. I can''t let that happen.


    My thoughts are cut off as the door of the basement opens, as I clear a set of footsteps walking down


    the wooden stairs, I lift my head up to see Olive making her way over to me with a bowl, ss of water


    and an orange all set on top of a tray.


    Without a word, she kneels down on the floor beside the mattress and ces the tray in front of me. As


    I struggle to drink the soup in the bowl, she peels the skin from the orange for me.


    " I don''t understand why you''re bringing me food, if you want me dead. " I say, my voice croaky and


    weak.


    She doesn''t respond to me, she just hands me the ss of water which I gulp down straight away.


    When the empty bowl and ss are back on the tray, she ces the orange into my hand and leaves


    me alone to eat it.


    Josephine walks into the room before I even swallow thest piece of fruit, her eyes are hard and


    hateful as they fall on me, but when I flinch at the sight of the needle in her hand, a small satisfied


    smirk crosses her lips.


    " I didn''t do anything to you, you know. I just found my mate. " I remind her, the smirk on her face drops


    and is reced with a look of disgust.


    " Your mate made promises to me that he couldn''t keep, then he chose you, someone he knew for a


    handful of hours over me, the person who stood beside him for centuries! You''re the reason I can''t see


    my family without sneaking around to do it, you''re the reason my friends turned their back on me and


    you''re the reason I don''t have a home. " She seethes.


    " I never intended to take your home from you, or your family and friends. But Josephine, you didn''t just


    act petty and jealous, you tried to drown me while I was bathing. I didn''t do anything to you. " I scowl.


    " Shut the fuck up. " She hisses,ing at me with the needle.


    " No more! Please! I can''t go anywhere, just please- " I beg, pushing myself as close to the wall and


    away from her as possible.


    She raises her hand to me, automatically I flinch and wrap my arms around my stomach. Her eyes fall


    on my bump, they immediately fill with rage, disgust and hatred. Something about how she looks at my


    unborn child with such loathing, makes me snap a little and I let out a loud protective growl.


    That only seems to anger her more.


    " I''m going to go get a second needle and hopefully that''ll kill that thing inside you off. " She res at


    me, spinning on her heels and exiting the room.


    Secondster I hear her and Olive arguing behind the basement door. " The child didn''t do anything,


    Josie! Stop this! " Olive shouts as the door swings open, I watch as she chases her sister down the


    stairs in a panic, trying to grab onto her arm.


    Josephine roughly shoves her sister away. " Get with the n or get out Olive, right now I meant it. "


    " This is wrong and you know it is. " Olive cries, trying once again to change her sisters mind.


    But instead she ignores Olive and storms toward me jamming a needle into my neck without remorse


    or a second thought, the effects of the wolfsbane start to take over as soon as it enters my


    bloodstream, but I vaguely register another being jammed into my skin and then another until finally


    ck sshes cover my blurred vision, theye and go for a couple of moments before darkness


    <ppletely takes hold of me and drags me into unconsciousness.

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    As I slowly begin to gain back some consciousness, a sharp ringing noise pierces my ears causing me


    to cup them with weak hands, trying some how to protect myself against the noise, but I quickly realise


    the ringing is due to the effects of the wolfsbane, not a genuine noise from around me.


    My senses are dulled and hazy as I take in my surroundings, making everything spin, blur and distort.


    My hair feels damp from the sweat that pumps from my body, that is doing it''s very best to fight off the


    poison in my system.


    An uncontroble cough escapes past my lips, a stter of deep red, almost ck bloodnds on the


    mattress under me, adding to the endless amounts of stains that already coat the material.


    Trying my best to force myself into a sitting position, everything once again begins to spin but I can


    barely pay attention to that as my eyes fall on the blood seeping through the grey sweatpants covering


    my legs, my heart clenches with pain and anxiety.


    This is not happening.


    This cannot be happening.


    My own loud, heart broken sobs are far away to my ears as I desperately crawl off of the mattress and


    toward the staircase. When I reach the bottom of the stairs, my weak arms copse from under me and


    I pant heavily but still continue to try and shake off the exhaustion.


    Darting my hand out in front of me, I clench my fingers around the banister as tightly as I can for


    support and start to pull myself up the stairs. After what feels like hours, I finally make it to the top.


    Pushing myself to sit up, I lean against the door as I reach for the handle to swing the door open, once


    I do, I copse again but this time onto the dark hardwood floor in the hallway of the house.


    My breathing by now is uncontroble and my clothes cling to my body ufortably due to the


    amount of sweat my body is producing. My eyes start to feel heavy as Iy on the cool wood of the


    floor, but I blink roughly trying to force them to stay open.


    Another loud sob escapes my lips, as I hear the echo of footstepsing toward me. I lift my eyes just


    as the witch who took my gifts stops in front of me, he sends me a mocking grin as he squats down


    beside me.


    As he opens his mouth to speak, a stickes flying through the air and impales him right through his


    throat. Blood gushes from the wound and his mouth, his eyes are wide and looking behind me where


    the front door is.


    His hands fly up to touch the stick of wood that is embedded in his neck, in a matter of seconds, the life


    drains from his face and eyes and he falls to the floor. Half of his bodynds on top of mine and I use


    what little strength I have to push him off of me and turn my head in the direction of the front door.


    Kai''s bright blue eyesnd on mine and he rushes into the house, heading straight for me. I exhale


    huge breath of relief as I take him in. Just beyond the threshold Dahlia stands with a sick smile on her


    face and a stick in her hand, which she drops to the floor when Kai turns and says something back to


    her.


    When he turns back to me, he ces a hand on my cheek softly. " I''ve got you, my darling. Are you


    okay? " His voice sounds very far away but thankfully I manage to make out his words, I just nod in


    response to his question.


    In a matter of seconds, Kai has scooped me up into his arms and is starting to carry me out of the


    house. " Wait. " I call to him, my voice is low and weak.


    " What''s wrong? " He asks, his voice again sounds a million miles away but I hear him nheless.


    " The.. The witch he took my gifts, che-check his body for a crystal. " I say, my breathing is uneven and


    my words are forced.


    Kai rys my request to Sabine who is standing outside the house along with Phoenix, L, Darius,


    Mateo, an unknown tall, tanned, tattooed, muscr man with bright golden brown eyes, deep stubble


    on his sharp jawline and thick red dreadlocks.


    Sabine instantly marches off into the house, Phoenix, Darius and the unknown man follow her in. In


    under a minute Sabine returns, with the familiar crystal in one hand, while her other hand is tightly


    secured around Olive''s throat, who is kicking and screaming in an attempt to get away. It also doesn''t


    take long for the three men toe back with a struggling Josephine.


    Kai gently ces me down into the back seat of his car, nting a kiss on my head. " I called Jen when


    you went missing, she''s at the house, I wanted a doctor there for when we found you, just in case. " He


    informs me as he straps my seat beat, briefly pausing his movements when he notices the blood on my


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    pants.


    " The doctor was definitely the right call. " I mumble to him.


    He flexes his jaw, his eyes never breaking away from the blood between my legs until he is storming off


    toward the two sisters, in the blink of an eye he has snapped both of their necks and is telling Phoenix


    to bring them back to the house for questioning.


    After that is done, he slides into the back seat of the car beside me and we are joined by Dahlia and


    L momentster. Dahlia turns in her seat to ce a hand on my knee, giving it aforting squeeze.


    " It''s good to have you back. " She whispers, giving me a brief smile before turning back to start the


    engine.

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    During the car ride home, Dahlia and L remain quietly holding hands in the front while Kai exins to


    me that eight days have passed since I was taken, he searched for me nonstop, even tried tracking my


    scent but had no luck, until he received a random text message from an unknown number saying


    where he could find me.


    I did have a mind to voice the possibility that Olive could have been the one behind the message but


    instead I stay quiet, as silence falls over us, I can''t help but ce a hand on my bump and think the


    worst.


    The entire drive I''ve attempted to keep my mind off of it and my eyes off the blood stains on my pants,


    but the anxiety I''m feeling is causing me extreme nausea and my heart is aching at the thought of the


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    worst case scenario, that I can''t seem to block out.


    After what feels like forever, we finally pull up to the house, the second Kai opens the car door Jen is


    running out of the house in scrubs and ab coat, followed by a man and a woman, both in scrubs, who


    I assume are nurses. Another a man in ab coat also follows. Instead of trying to walk in my state, I


    allow Kai to carry me into the house without argument.


    Jen leads the way up to my bedroom, where she has set up all sorts of hospital equipment. As soon as


    I''m ced down onto my bed, I''m being hooked up to an ECG and having vials of my blood taken and


    being asked endless amounts of questions.


    Starting to get irritated, I grab hold of one of the nurses arms, pulling him back. " Is my baby okay? " I


    question.


    The nurse flinches in pain at my tight grip, making me remove my hold and apologise. " It''s alright


    Corinna, we''re going to do an ultrasound right now and check on baby. " Jen interrupts, nodding her


    head to the nurse and then tilting it away from us.


    The nurse immediately takes the hint and leaves the room. Jen sets up the ultrasound machine, while I


    pull my shirt up to reveal my bump, she squirts the cold gel onto my stomach and presses the wand to


    my stomach, moving it around a couple of times.


    Kai moves around until he is in the bed beside me, gripping onto my hand, his eyes never leaving the


    screen in front of us. Jen''s eyebrows furrow but then she cracks a wide grin just as the sound of a loud,


    fast and strong heartbeat fills the room.


    " Your baby is perfectly fine.. I- it''s pretty remarkable actually. " Jen says. " I think because of your


    baby''s only part wolf, it''s witch and vampire side was able to fight off the wolfsbane. "


    " But the blood? " I question, confusion taking over me.


    " Would have been from the wolfsbane weakening your bodies, but baby is all healed up and doing


    great now, we''ll keep a monitor on the two of you, just to be on the safe side though. " She exins,


    sending us both a smile.


    My body instantly rxes against the bed from the relief that fills me. " You need plenty of rest, we''re


    going to start a drip to wash the wolfsbane from your systempletely and it should be gone within


    the next couple of hours. "


    True to her word, Jen starts a line in my hand to clear the wolfsbane from my system, I sleep for most


    of the time, only being woken up when the nurses were checking my blood pressure and taking more


    blood to see if they were getting the results they wanted from the drip.


    Kai stays beside me the entire time, refusing to leave my side incase anything changed with mine or


    the baby''s health. By time the next day rolls around, I''m being taken off of the ECG and drip and Jen is


    doing another ultrasound, this time giving us pictures of the scan.


    " I probably won''t be seeing you again until the week you''re due, so keep taking it easy and make sure


    you call me if there''s anything you need. " Jen tells me, as her nurses pack up all of the hospital


    equipment they brought with them.


    As Kai and I walk Jen and her coworkers out of the house, I thank them all profusely, along with


    apologising to the nurse for grabbing his arm. We wait until they''ve all gotten into their cars and driven


    out of the grounds to go back into the house.


    Once the front door is shut behind us, Kai turns to me. " Are you sure that you''re feeling up to this? "


    He questions, rubbing my arms in a soothing manner.


    " I''m more than ready, Kai. Where are they? " I growl.


    He nods his head and gestures for me to follow him, we wander through the house until we''re on the


    bottom floor where the auditorium is located, but instead of going through that door, Kai pushes open


    one of the heavy grey doors across from it.


    We enter a cold, dimly lit room with no windows. The walls are all painted a dark grey but the paint is


    old and chipped, the cement floors are covered in stic, with pools of blood gathered on top of the


    stic and right in the centre of the room, a metal chair is bolted to the ground.


    Sitting in the chair is Olive, paler than usual, with her head hanging low, her legs are bolted and


    chained to the legs of the chair and her arms are also chained to the arms of the chair.


    Her arms have deep cuts on either side, all the way up her arms, with paper clips lodged in the cuts,


    Kai exined to me that this is to stop her from healing and to continue to bleed out, keeping her weak


    enough so she is unable to break the chains binding her in ce.


    When we exit the room holding Olive, we wander to the identical room right next to it, where the only


    difference is, instead of Olive being the one bound in the chair, Josephine is recing her.


    " Shut the door. " I demand.

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    Corinna


    My fist connects with Josephine''s face again, another loud crack echoes through the room as more


    blood stters onto the stic covering the ground. By now she is nearly unrecognisable, due to her


    healing being slowed down dramatically from how weak she is.


    She lets out a lowugh, spitting the blood gathered in her mouth in my direction. " That baby inside


    you dead yet? "


    Wrapping my hand around her neck roughly, cutting off herughter along with her air supply, I allow


    my ws to extend and pierce into her skin before ripping apart her flesh, leaving her unable to speak.


    " My baby is just fine, you evil bitch. " I growl. " You on the other hand, won''t be leaving this room alive.


    "


    I watch her eyes fill with terror as I plunge my hand into her chest, wrapping my fist around her rapidly


    beating heart. Her body tenses up as I tighten my grip, before it finally goes ck as I remove her heart


    from her body.


    With a shaky breath, I turn and exit the room, heading straight into the room where Olive is being held.


    Her head lifts as I m the door shut, before she can open her mouth to say a word, I toss Josephine''s


    heart onto the floor, watching as it rolls across the stic, stopping at her sister''s feet.


    Olive lets out a sob, as her gaze falls on the organ. " I don''t know who is worse, your sister for pumping


    me full of wolfsbane in an attempt to kill my unborn child, or you, for standing by and not doing a thing


    to stop her, regardless of you knowing how wrong it was. " I say, my voice cold.


    " You- you killed her. " She cries, struggling against her restraints.


    " I wasn''t going to give her another chance to kill my baby or me. And I won''t give you a chance to


    betray us again. " I tell her.


    " I tried to help you! " She sobs. " I told him where you were! I sent Mal your location! "


    Clenching my fists, I turn away and walk out the door, leaning against it with my eyes closed when I''m


    out of the room. Kai who was standing in the hallway, waiting for me, immediately walks up to me,


    taking my blood stained hands in his.


    " I can''t do it Kai, I need to get out of here. " I mumble.


    He nods his head. " Go clean yourself up, I''ll finish it. " He tells me, nting a kiss to my cheek.


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    Doing as I''m told, I push myself off of the door and speed walk back through the house until I''m in Kai''s


    room. I go straight into the bathroom, turning on the shower to allow the water to heat while I undress.


    Once I''ve scrubbed myself clean, I wrap a towel around my body, going back into the bedroom and


    taking a seat on the bed. Momentster, Kaies in, he sends me a weak smile as he wanders into


    the bathroom to wash the blood from his hands, then he joins me on the bed.


    " I know what they did, but I hated that. " I whisper to him.


    " I think there would be a bigger issue if you enjoyed it. " He says, kicking the shoes from his feet and


    moving further onto the bed.


    " I really don''t want this life for our kid, I don''t want her to have to constantly fight for survival or kill for


    it, I don''t want her to be hunted for something she can''t control. " I confess, staring down at my hands.


    " I know. " He sighs. " Come here. "


    " Just give me a minute. " I mumble, standing up from the bed and heading into the closet to grab one


    of his shirts.


    When the material is on my body, I make my way back into him and crawl onto the bed and straight into


    his arms, which he wraps around me tightly. We stay curled up together for an unknown amount of


    time, every so often he whispers how everything will be okay and that we''ll figure it out together, until


    eventually I start to believe his words.


    " I was thinking. " I start. " There''s not much point in me having my own room, I sleep in here every


    night and I mainly go to that room to change clothes. "


    He hums in acknowledgement, but stays silent letting me continue. " Well I guess I was just thinking,


    we could turn that room into the a nursery for the baby? "


    " That sounds like a great idea. " He mumbles, pressing a kiss to the side of my head.


    " Did you ever send people to Helena''s ce? " I question.


    " Yes, I did. When they went there was no sign of anyone, but the house was still full of the baby''s


    things, they also noticed there was items belonging to a man, not many but a few things. " He informs


    me.


    " Helena''s mate. " I mutter. " I want to go there soon, I need to make sure they''re okay and that they


    know what happened to her. "


    " We can go together. " He nods.


    Wey together making a n to visit Helena''s home, that eventually leads into us starting to n how


    we''d like to decorate the baby''s room, which then turns into us arguing about baby names.


    " No I hate that! " Iin.


    " Okay, okay. " Heughs. " What about June for a girl? "


    I hum. " June.. June is cute, but I don''t know naming our baby that. Evangeline? "


    " That''s kind of a mouthful. " He purses his lips.


    " Oh what and Mkai isn''t? " I snort, raising an eyebrow at him.


    " Yeah it is! That''s why everyone calls me Mal. " He argues.


    " Fair point. " I sigh.


    We continue to bicker together, until I eventually get too tired to keep my eyes open, let alone reply to


    him. He leans over to turn the lights off in the room, then wraps his arm around my body again, he uses


    his free hand to brush his fingers back and forth against my scalp soothingly until I fall into a dreamless


    sleep

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    Fifty Two


    Corinna


    Another loud growl of frustration erupts from my chest, following me ring at the stupid rock that holds


    my gifts. The cold air whips my hair straight into my face, only making my annoyance grow as I brush it


    away from my eyes and tuck it behind my ear.


    " You still can''t get it? " Dahlia questions, walking through the grass with two mugs in her hands. I


    watch as she takes her seat under the gazebo with L, handing her one of the mugs.


    " No, and Kai is being weird about me go to Helena''s if I''m not able to protect myself. " I tell her.


    " Pretty understandable, you were just kidnapped. " L points out, making me huff.


    " I know that. " I mumble.


    " And you''re with child. " Dahlia adds, making me re at her.


    " Trust me, I know that. " I say, gesturing toward my huge bump.


    Dahlia holds her hands up in surrender, then she throws her arm around L''s waist, pulling her closer.


    Turning back to the colourful piece of rock, I enclose it in my palms, shutting my eyes and trying to


    chant again, breathing out harshly when I don''t feel anything happening.


    " Uh.. Cori? " L calls, her voice low. I hum in response, letting her know I am listening. " Aren''t your..


    powers stuck in the rock thingy? "


    I nce over at her, noticing the slight blush on her cheeks. " Yeah, why? " I ask.


    " Well I was just thinking, you''re trying to use magic that you don''t have to get the magic out of the rock


    and I guess, i don''t know, I was just... " She trails off, the blush on her face deepening.


    Even though L isfortable here now and has grown into herself as a vampire, I still somehow


    manage to get thrown off by her shyness. Dahlia watches her withpletely admiration as she


    stumbles over her words, rubbing her hand up and down L''s side in a way offorting her.


    When she gathers herself, she continues. " I was just thinking, why don''t you like, break it? "


    My eyebrows shoot up as I consider what she is suggesting, it crosses my mind that it could be risky to


    destroy the thing that is holding my gifts, but at the same time, what if it''s just that easy?


    With a deep sigh, I shrug my shoulders, then awkwardly and very ungracefully start to try pick myself


    up from my seat on the grass, when I find myself unable to get up, I let out another growl of frustration.


    Dahlia and L both burst outughing at my struggle, until I shoot them a death re, shutting them


    both up. Dahlia hands her mug to L, then moves over to me and helps me up off the ground, I


    mumble a thank you to her, as she wanders back over to her mate.


    Examining the rock in my hand for another moment, I decide to just bite the bullet and I toss it with all


    my force directing at the bricks surrounding the gazebo, both the brick and the rock crack down the


    middle.


    A sudden rush of pain cuts through me and I copse to my knees with an agonising scream, that gives


    off a burst of energy just like the first time I was reunited with my gifts.


    The pain quickly fades, leaving me on my hands and knees, panting heavily. When I look up, I find both


    Dahlia and L, picking themselves up off the ground a few feet away from me, in front of them the


    grass is all torn up revealing the earth under it, it takes me a couple of seconds to realise it''s from them


    trying to stop the impact of the energy hitting them.


    " Wow a little warning would have been nice, Doll. " Dahlia grunts, brushing the dirt from her denim


    skinny jeans.


    " Sorry, I forgot that would happen. " I apologise, with a sheepish smile.


    " Well let''s hope your gifts don''t get swiped again, because I''m not down for a part two of whatever that


    was. " She grumbles.


    " I''m going to cast a type protection spell so no one can do anything like that to me again, don''t worry. "


    I sigh.


    " Why didn''t you have that before? " L asks softly.


    " I don''t know, I never thought of it, I guess. " I shrug. " I''m going to go find Kai, let him know that we''re


    good to go to Helena''s. "


    After giving Dahlia and L hugs goodbye, I leave them to drink their tea under the gazebo together


    and wander through the house until I''m outside Kai''s office. As I am about to knock, the door swings


    open revealing Kai and the red haired man who helped rescue me from Olive and Josephine.


    " Oh I''m sorry, I was about to knock. " I tell them awkwardly.


    Kai sends me a smile. " Corinna, this is Rhys, Mateo''s beloved. We were just going over thest couple


    of things to make him an official member of our n. "


    " It''s nice to meet you. " I give Rhys a smile, extending my hand to him.


    He takes my hand into his, raising it to ce a kiss to my knuckles. " It''s a pleasure to officially meet


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    you. "


    Pulling my hand back to my side, I shuffle ufortably on my feet, unsure of how to respond for a


    few seconds. " Uh, thank you for helping the other day. " I say.


    " I''m d to see you are doing better. " He nods. " Well I should be going, my beloved is waiting for me


    to beat him at a game of pool downstairs. "


    We say our goodbyes, then he turns and stalks off down the hallway, leaving Kai and I alone, we walk


    inside the office, settling onto the sofa together. " He''s.. Friendly. " Iment, making Kaiugh.


    " Yes he is, a little too friendly at times. But he''s a good man, Mateo is happy and that''s what matters. "


    He grins, taking my hand and intertwining our fingers together. " How did today go? "


    " I have my gifts back, if that''s what you mean. " I inform him.


    " That''s good news. " He mumbles, running his thumb along the back of my hand.


    " Yeah, so you better get packing because we have a baby dragon to find. " I announce.


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