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40 - Unexpected
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Reclaiming His Banished Mate 41 - Plea
‘You know that man?’ Kylar had moved towards me, his actions instinctive, protective. I find myself leaning into that protection. Even if it’s new. I feel safer with Kylar than I did with my own pack. Afterall, they banished me.‘I know him,’ I agree with a voice that’s a shiver. ‘He’s from my old pack,’ I explain, ‘Silver Stream.’Kylar looks down at me, searching my face as if we have all the time in the world. We take a pause together and I already miss our sense of calm and security. With only his presence, Josh has shattered that. The past has intruded on the present. They rejected me. They banished me. How dare he arrive on my doorstep. I can’t breathe.‘We need to have that talk,’ Kylar says for my ears alone before he strides forward towards Josh. Josh is just how I remembered him, dark haired with blue eyes. He has an angular face and high cheekbones. Josh looks between me and Kylar as I step up alongside the future Alpha of Midnight Forest. I always thought Josh was kind o
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 42 - History
‘It’s…’ I look down at my hands. Then I close my eyes. As if I could shut out the memory of that day, and the choices I made. The night I spent with Kylar. I can’t regret my children, and it feels now as though life is turning out the way it was meant to be somehow. But I can’t help but wonder if I could go back in time, what I might have done differently.Kylar tucks a stray strand of hair behind my ear. His fingers warm as they linger on my skin. He wraps an arm around my shoulders, pulling me against his chest. I can hear the steady beat of his heart. I feel the strength of his arm around me and I feel some of the walls that I’ve built to protect myself, come tumbling down. ‘My father is the Alpha of Silver Stream,’ I start slowly, with just the facts. Wrapped in the strength of Kylar’s arms, it’s time I found the courage to share the story of what happened. But it feels like unlocking doors within myself. Big, dark doors that have been shut away and sealed up tight. I’m afraid
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 43 - Healing
KylarI’ll do anything I can to take the pain away from Ava. Objectively, I know that I’m not the one who Banished a young woman from my pack for getting pregnant. That’s not something I would ever do. But I can’t help but feel responsible for what happened to her. I can’t believe her Father did that to her. It’s unimaginably cruel. Now I know why she’s so guarded. Why she’s built all the walls around her heart to protect herself, why she only seems to have one good friend in the Human, Lou. I knew that Ava was hurt, but it was a betrayal of her entire family and pack. I’m clear in my mind that she did nothing wrong. They betrayed her. They made a vulnerable young woman a Rogue and sent her out into the world, alone. I want to tear them all apart. Part of me, the darker part of my Spirit, is sorry her Father has already passed, so I can’t kill him myself. I feel a sickening desire to ruin them all, to bring the Silver Stream to its knees. I understand, completely, why Ava doe
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 44 - Perfect Day
AvaThere is something magical that takes place whenever Kylar and I make love. Something spiritual. I want to put it down to my lack of experience. Other than Ryan, there’s only been Kylar. So maybe this is just good sex. Or sex between adults instead of fumbling teens trying to learn from each other. I know that I’m lying to myself. That I could sleep with twenty men and not feel the same connection. The same movement of Seren against his wolf. He has this way of making me feel safe whilst still challenging my boundaries. When I wake the next morning, my cheeks are red from blushing. I blink, realising that he’s still lying beside me, wrapped up in the blankets. His heavy arm over my waist. My eyes are blurry, and I don’t want to face Josh. I don’t want to face the past and my banishment or hear what he has to say. Although, having shared everything with Kylar, I feel different. As though some part of my heart has healed.He didn’t reject me when I told him my story. He just h
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 45 - Help
Sure enough, by the time Kylar moves away from me, I can see the shadow of Lou at the door. I pull it open and she steps in, giving me a hug. I squeeze her back and she offers up a half-smile. At the moment she has a dark blue pixie cut, she’s gorgeous as always, but having met the Alpha of the Pack, it’s like they’re opposites.‘You going to be okay?’ Lou pats my shoulder, looking up at me with big blue eyes. ‘Yeah,’ I glance at Kylar who’s pulling on his boots behind me, ‘going to be okay.’Lou kisses my cheek before stepping past the pair of us. She waits at the bottom of the stairs till we close the door. I let out the breath that feels like it’s trapped in my body. Taking hold of Kylar’s hand as we walk through the village together. There’s a light breeze and I can feel it pulling my hair out of the simple ponytail I’m wearing. Kylar squeezes my hand and I look at him, reassured. Even if it feels like my heart is sinking into my sneakers. I’m dressed in simple jeans, a tank
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 46 - Running from the past
AvaI can only stare at Josh as I feel my heart breaking all over again. This time, not just for myself but for him. I’m not sure when my Father passed away, but he lost Bella at the start of their marriage, and now he’s lost his kids.‘We’ll ship out tomorrow,’ Kylar leans back in his chair and I look at him, with a pang of regret. He is the leader of the Mercenaries that Josh was talking about. So I guess it’s his decision. I’m going to miss him. How long was he away for last time? I’m being selfish and I look back at Josh who is nodding before he looks at me again.‘Will you come too?’ He asks quietly and Kylar speaks up again,‘No,’ my future Alpha replies and I glance at him. No? I don’t appreciate him answering on my behalf. I let out a breathe and look between the two of them again. Eager to answer on my own terms. I’m tongue tied and find myself staring at my hands. Trying to process everything that happens.‘I’d really like Ava to come back,’ Josh replies and I want to si
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 47 - Compartmentalised
I finish my cocoa and Marie knows that I’m reluctant to leave. So it’s no surprise that Kylar arrives at the door and lets himself in. He’s wearing the same clothes but his dark hair is tousled. Green eyes focused as he carries in a bag and offers it to me with a small smile.‘I asked Lou to pick out some clothes for you,’ he tells me quietly and glances to Marie before sighing. ‘Marie clearly knows that we’re seeing each other,’ he touches his fingertips to his temple and I nod. Marie must be speaking to him telepathically. ‘Will you stay with me tonight?’ He asks, dropping his voice, even though it’s pointless and Marie can definitely hear.I give my nod of agreement and slip behind the screen again. I hear the pair of them return to the kitchen, collecting up the mugs and washing up. Talking quietly as the door closes behind them.Lou picked out a pair of short khaki pants that reach below my knee, and a black tank top. I check the bag, grateful to find a black bra and matching
Reclaiming His Banished Mate 48 - Back to Silver Stream
The next morning is harder than I thought it would be. Our lives have been in so much turmoil since we moved to the village, that I understand why the twins are upset that I’m going away. Lou has agreed to live in the cottage in my absence, so I know they’ll be loved and well looked after. But their tears break my heart. They’re clinging to me, and I can’t help but think about all the changes we’ve been through. We moved out of the city and came here. Then the first week they were staying with Lou when I patched up the medical center. Everything must feel out of place for them.Kayce shows his hurt with anger, being cross with Kylar for taking me away. Kylar’s not even at the house, and it’s a struggle to explain that even Kylar doesn’t want me to go. It’s not something I can easily decode for a four year old and so I hug him tightly and promise I’ll be back as soon as I can. Lou ushers me out the door, but the sound of them crying on the other side is nearly enough to make me go
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