Cassidy gasped.It’s like she was looking at the eyes of a completely different person, yet it was the same person. She couldn’t explain the feeling to herself, and she sure as hell knew she wouldn’t be able to explain it to anyone else.“Austin?” Calypso, Cain, Zen, and Roxanna asked in confusion. Killian wasn’t paying attention to them, but instead at the rising Prince.“Cass is my mate? How?” Nathan asked when he was fully standing.“Your brother’s spirit allowed you to finally recognize her as your mate,” Killian replied.“Brother?” everyone asked in confusion.“Nathan was born a twin, but his brother was murdered as a baby. Nathan however, wasn’t as easy to kill. No-one really knows why that was. Anyway, when the Higher Powers caught word of the injustice of Austin’s death, they kept his spirit preserved and left it with the Lycans.

“You suck at taking hints!” Killian said as he threw Calypso onto the bed. They were in another one of the free rooms.“And apparently you don’t know how to handle a woman,” she scowled as she sat up.“What woman?” he smirked. She whacked him with the pillow.“What hint were you referring to by the way?” she asked.“Leaving the new mates alone,” he replied, laying down so that his head was resting on her lap.“Oh, my bad,” she blushed as her hand trailed to his hair. When he purred, she giggled.“Really? This?” she laughed.He shrugged, unashamed of it. “It feels so gooood.”“I couldn’t tell,” she teased.“Whatever! You love me and my weirdness!” he said before making himself a lot more comfortable. That caused his t-shirt to ride up, revealing his tattoo.“I can’t believe

“Let me get this straight. The two of you are just going to walk there and free everyone?” Cassidy questioned.Calypso and Killian nodded. “Pretty much.”“I’m in,” Harlan smirked.“Of course you are,” Calypso giggled.“I’m not staying behind,” Nathan spoke up.Killian rolled his eyes. “Of course you’re not.”“So, I can’t come along, but I’ll keep an eye out on things here. Will you guys be back in time for the wedding?” Samantha asked them. She’d moved the wedding to three days later, despite Jordan’s disagreement, giving them five days.“We’ll be back in two days Sam, but we’re bringing guests. Is that ok with you?” Calypso asked.“The more the merrier right? And besides, I need Jordan to be as royally pissed off as they come on the day of the wedding. If we’re going

“Antoinette was the vampire princess, but she wasn’t next in line for the throne. Her older brother James was, and he gave her the freedom to be with whomever she chose, once he was King that was. She fell in love with Julio, who was meant to be the next Werewolf King,” Hunter started.“But I thought Antoinette had already met her mate?” Nathan asked.“You’re right! Antoinette had met her mate, King Odus Blaze, and he and her were crowned the new Royals of the Vampire Kingdom when James died. They had a son, Zen, but Antoinette never loved Odus. Instead, she loved his brother Frazier, but when Odus marked her, she only felt hatred towards the Blaze brothers – at Odus for marking her, and at Frazier for not fighting for her. She ran away with Zen when he was a baby, but she was caught, and Odus took their son from her. She fled a second time, this time leaving Odus to raise Zen, but Odus never loved the boy because he was

*TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO*“ANTOINETTE!”Antoinette froze at the thunderous sound of her mate’s call. She’d just been caught after she’d tried running away from him. She held her son closer to her as he slept away. She was terrified of what Odus would do to them both.She watched the doors fly open before the Blaze brothers walked in. One was her fated mate, while one she had once loved. She felt betrayed by both of them and she wanted nothing to do with them. Unfortunately, she had a duty to her people.“How dare you!” Odus said angrily, eyes blazing.“I had to. You’re a monster Odus,” she replied.“A MONSTER?” he roared.“Brother, calm down. You cannot harm her,” Frazier pleaded with his brother.“Harm her? I would never harm my mate,” Odus said. Relief washed through Antoinette.Odus smirked. “Oh no, I&rs