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Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 51
BowdenTonight, more than any night in so long I can barely remember the last time this happened, I crave intimacy with my mate. The three mates before Kaiya existed purely for Knox’s wellbeing, and it never progressed as far as sex with any of them.Since Nolene died, I only had a few partners. I never humiliated my mates by taking mistresses. In between mates, I’d find myself women if I needed them. They warmed my bed, and in return, they received special treatment. I made sure they understood our arrangment, and they all accepted it.But it was never the same as being with your mate. It was always empty, meaningless, and after a while joyless. Most of the time, it was just easier to masturbate, but without a mate, my nights could become cold and lonely, which was when I’d go in search of a mistress until Knox started to pine for a mate again.“What is it?” Kaiya asks and contorts her body in a strange knot so she can look me in the eyes.Instead of answering her, I smile and grip h
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 52
Kaiya Bowden wakes me with a soft kiss. I smile before I open my eyes, remembering with a bang that I fell asleep while naked and that I'm on full display with my legs wide open. I blush and grab for the sheat, trying to cover myself. My mate chuckles and grabs my hand. “You do realise I’ve been looking at you the whole night, right?” he asks. With my face on fire, I fold the sheet around myself regardless. “That doesn't mean you can look now.” "Yes dear," he jokes and turns his back on me. "Go wash and get dressed. We leave in fifteen minutes.” I don’t really feel like it. All I want to do is stay here, in this room, alone with my mate. When everyone left, when it was just the two of us, I felt so safe and protected. It felt as if I finally found my home. “You don’t have to come if you don’t want to.” He looks over his shoulder and smiles at me. “Orion would probably prefer it that way too.” “Am I not an Alpha and his equal?” “No, you are not his equal.” I open my mouth to prot
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 53
Bowden Kaiya sits at the table, looking out over the city while I talk to Trevor on the phone. My mate is not in a good place. Confronting Orion did not exactly go as planned, and she's beyond devastated. Her emotions are racing like a runaway train, and every so often, she wipes a tear away. “Have the Alphas left?” I ask my assistant. “Yes, King, for the most part.” I am exhausted and not looking forward to the drive back to the castle with our prisoners. I don't want to talk to the Lycans about what happened here and why. I don't want to tell them about our dead but not dead mates in the catacombs. It's too much. All of it. I need a fucking break. “Who is left?” I ask. “Claxton and Nero won’t leave until they’ve spoken to the queen.” “Why not?” “They want to hear from her own mouth that she’s giving up her claim to Moon Dance.” I sigh and sink to the couch. After what happened last night, I'm confident Kaiya would just as soon burn that entire place to the ground and wipe he
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 54
Bowden Kaiya curls up on my lap like a cat as Elowen softly starts to purr, calling out to me. Knox surges to the surface, so eager to comfort his mate. Our wolves don’t understand Kaiya’s very big and complicated human emotions - all they know is that she’s upset…and both of them expect me to fix it. After hundreds upon hundreds of years on this planet, I thought I’d seen and experienced every Goddess-awful thing this world had to offer, but I was wrong. Likewise, after seven mates, three of which I loved fiercely, I thought I knew everything about being a good mate. I was wrong. None had ever broken my heart in the way Kaiya breaks my heart. None had ever been as complicated as she is. Of course, none of them were the daughters of Deimos fucking Cole. And, I realise with a shock, I’d never loved any of them more than I love her. I will burn this world to the ground to keep her safe and happy. I will skin Orion alive and feed his remains to the dogs if that’s what she asked of me
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 55
Kaiya I don’t even know why I am angry at Bowden. Nothing that happened was his fault. Maybe if he didn't lock himself away and ignored the werewolves unless they went out of their way to contact him, everything could have been avoided, but I can't lay the blame at his feet. Not for this. Or any of it really. The kingdom is vast, he's the last king left, and the Alphas are some of the sneakiest assholes around. My father would still have gotten away with it…and for much longer too, if Bowden didn’t find me along the way and mated with me. Perhaps I’m wrong about everything I thought I believed. I never believed in the Goddess or The Fates. If they existed, why wouldn’t they protect me? Why did they take my family from me? But now, it all seems so unbelievable. It's as if everything happened exactly as it should have, so it would lead us right to this place and time. “Kaiya?” Bowden asks softly. “Can you talk to me? I'm worried about you.” I look up at my mate. He’s been extraor
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 56
KaiyaI have never been so happy to be home.The driver opens the door for me and I get out to stare up at the castle with new appreciation.To think, not so long ago, this placee filled me with dread, but now I already think of it has home and can’t wait to go upstairs and sink away in my soft, familiar bed.“Take the witches to the dungeon,” Bowden orders the warriors that approach us as he gets out of the car. He looks like he’s ready to collapse under the weight of carrying their auras. “Put them in the magic rooms.”“Yes, Sire,” one of the warriors says.Neil and Trevor come running down the steps, both of them looking slightly terrified. “Neil, take Demi and her mother to one of the Omega rooms. Make sure they are comfortable. Put the harem she-wolves in the servant’s quarters. Tell Deacon to take a look at them. They’re not healing well.”“Yes, Sire,” Neil says without any hesitation.The butler summons his Omegas and they immediately start to unload the women from the bus we e
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 57
KaiyaThe guard smiles at me and momentarily drops his stern demeanour. He dusts imaginary dirty off my shoulders, then grabs them between his massive paws and straightens my back. “Take charge. Tell them that Clara…Shannon is ready to go. Ask them if they need anything. End the meeting as quickly as possible and send them on their way. Offer an escort to the werewolf hotel in town.”“They won’t stay here?” I ask.“Castle’s full. You and the king brought back too many strays,” the guard says with a little chuckle.I take a deep breath in and slowly let it out when I open my office door with Oswald right behind me. Two minutes later, the emissaries arrive. Two Omegas and the pack’s new Gamma who looks like he’s not a day over nineteen.They’re a surly looking bunch, a little on the dirty and smelly side, but clean for wolves that live mostly outdoors and only seek shelter when the elements force them into it.The she-wolf resembles Clara, but her face is hard and she looks much older t
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 58
BowdenI slowly come wake from a dead sleep, the sun streaming in through my window stinging my eyes and forcing me to let go of my dreams.Blinking rapidly, I groan and roll over to the other side of the bed to check my phone. The alarm that I’ve never needed went off, but I killed it and went straight back to sleep. It’s already well past eight, and we have the meeting with the two Alphas at nine. “Shit,” I mutter and start to get out of bed.“Kaiya?” I mind link with my mate.“Yeah.”“Are you awake?”“Dressed and everything.”I laugh softly. “We have a meeting in forty-five minutes. Meet me at your door in thirty.”I rush to my bathroom, showering in record time. Today, I don’t bother with my usual suit. I hurriedly dress in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and haphazardly pull a comb through my wet hair before I dash from my apartment to fetch Kaiya.After the meeting with Claxton and Nero, I plan to do absolutely diddly until I have to talk to the Lycans tonight.Kaiya is outside w
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