Here's the auction part one for you!
BELLAMY Kenzie looked towards our group of guys and smiled at them before turning back to me. “You said that we could talk to Jeremy about the projects,” she pointed out smoothly. I was impressed with how well Kenzie improvised. She did not even show Tara animosity although Tara had encroached upon her mate. Most shifters would have made a scene and ripped Tara’s face off. I supposed I should not have expected any less from her. She tended to surprise me at every corner. “Of course, gorgeous. If you would excuse us, Tara,” I said politely. Once we were out of hearing range, I smirked down at her. “Well played, Ki.” She laughed and kissed my cheek as we walked. “You should be happy. I refrained from ripping her throat out when she looked at you with lust in her eyes,” she said, her eyes sparkling with amusement. I leaned down and nipped her neck. “Keep talking like that, and we’ll never make it to the actual auction.” Her eyes flashed lilac, and my smirk reformed. I loved how h
BELLAMY “$900,000 for the entire collection,” a woman hollered. Kenzie looked surprised with the gusto of the bidding. ‘You know damn well what your pieces are worth. Why did you ever let me value them so low?’ ‘Nobody, not even my family, knew about Avalara Key. Mom had been buying pieces for years. I never wanted to share something so personal with them. I know that makes me sound like a horrible daughter, but Avalara was always my escape from feeling so alone,’ she explained. I placed a kiss to her head. Her response tugged at me because it reminded me of how fucked up her life had been. No, she had not been tortured like her mother, but she was still alone and forced into seclusion. ‘It makes you sound human, not horrible. You’re not alone any longer,’ I promised her. ‘I know,’ she smiled and squeezed my hand. “1,000,000,” Tara said smugly as if nobody would bid higher. Good fucking luck. “2,000,000,” I said, raising my paddle. She looked at me, surprised because I rarely
KENZIE I woke up smiling like an idiot. I did not think that anyone had ever seen me the way that Bellamy had. It instilled more confidence in myself that someone such as my mate did. It was not the bond that drove him to those feelings. He actually truly loved me, and I knew that I had fallen in love with him as well. I threw on one of his shirts and padded out of the bedroom. I followed his scent to the kitchen and saw him hovered over his laptop. I had come to realize how much he actually did, and I was determined to help him. I snuck behind him when he was distracted with work and placed my hands on his shoulders. He went to turn around, but I stopped him. “Nope. Keep working and let me be,” I said. “Maybe I don’t want to let you be,” he challenged, but kept working like I asked. I massaged his shoulders and realized how tense he actually was. Luckily, I learned some great techniques from Papa to use on stiff muscles. It was always part of training because aftercare was just
KENZIE “They would use me to find this power,” I finished for him. Panic flashed through his eyes before it disappeared. He nodded and held me a little tighter. I could tell he was truly worried about this possibility. “Hey, we got this,” I assured him and kissed his cheek. “So, does this mean I can’t use my magic in public?” He shook his head and traced his fingers across my lower back to keep himself focused. We were both logical people for the most part. We saw problems and sought solutions. It served us both well so far, and it would serve us well in the future as well. “No, gorgeous. You can still use your magic. However, we can never let on about your heritage. If you must use a name to explain your lineage, use the Felonia line. That’s the bloodline on my father’s side. I have never publicly shared that I was a Felonia, so it should suffice. You too Luca. You share the bloodline as well.” Luca nodded even though I could tell that he still had not processed it yet. Luca was
KENZIE He placed me on the floor and turned to Bellamy. “Thank you for taking care of our daughter. You’ve always been part of this family, but now it solidifies that. We couldn’t imagine a better mate for Kenzie,” he said, pulling Bellamy into a man hug. The rest approached and gave us similar greetings. It felt like a turning point in all this craziness. Mom pulled me aside and held my face in her hands. Princess Emmaline Venscothi could be your biggest ally or your worst fucking nightmare. As a mother, she was absolutely the most amazing one I could have ever been blessed with. “What we did was unforgivable, and I know we can’t take it back. However, we’re here for you in every way possible.” A single tear fell from her eye by the end of her confession. I wiped the tear away and kissed her cheek. “I forgive you. I still disagree with how you went about it, but I now understand why you did it. We have a lot to discuss, and we’re going to need your help. I love you.” We walke
KENZIEI enjoyed dancing with my fathers just like we used to when I was younger. It reminded me that this was my family, and family always had each other’s backs.Bellamy just chuckled and agreed when I asked him to drop me from a portal above Papa. He did not worry or think it was a dumb idea because he knew I would not do anything that was careless. I loved that about him.He let me be me and loved me for it.We had also been so caught up in the moment that we had not realized that my magic levitated us upwards. Bellamy always had that effect on me though. When he was in front of me, it was only him that I saw.I was surprised to see that at least twenty people showed up while we were caught up in each other.“I love you,” I told him, looking up into his mesmerizing hazel eyes.I leaned up to give him a chaste kiss. If I gave anything more, I would forgo this entire meeting and fuck him in my suite until he felt as good as he made me feel the other day with the car.My hunger and n
KENZIE From there, we decided to head to the War Room in the castle. My body was still feeling exhausted, but I did not want to be a whining Princess or anything. Thankfully, Bellamy hid my discomfort by telling me to hop on his back. “Only if you can convince Beatrice to ride on Luca’s back,” I said, crossing my arms. He apparently mindlinked Luca because he whispered something to her, which made her laugh before hopping onto his back. Well, damn. It worked. Bellamy turned around and gave me a pointed look. I jumped on his back and smacked his ass before pointing at the group ahead of us. He laughed and started after them. ‘She likes him but is nervous,’ I explained to Bellamy. ‘He likes her but is nervous. Whatever are we going to do with those two?’ ‘Force them into enough interaction until they fall madly in love with one another,’ I cooed and placed my chin on his head. We were the last ones to arrive, so all eyes were on us when we entered. I just gave a Princess wave to
KENZIEThey were very excited that we agreed, so they said we would meet up in two hours and head over to the pack. I wondered what the pack would be like. I did not really know anything about them, so hopefully they would not take offense to that. I wanted to learn though.I would have to have them give me a run-down on our way over. How far away were they? I also wondered how they even moved here in the first place. That would be a story that I would love to hear.There was a lot about my parents’ pasts that I did not know anything about. I knew they did it to try and protect me in their own way, but I still wanted to learn about them now. I bet there were many stories and juicy gossip to keep me entertained for life.Bellamy used a portal to get us back into my suite before his boner was seen by all. I figured it was more so that we would have plenty of time to take care of said boner before the pack run.He walked us backwards until my legs bumped up against the edge of the bed. H