Into The Shadows (The Shadows Trilogy Book 1) Page 12

  Lauren thinks I'm stupid, that I don't know she wants Kyran, and she plans on ruining the wedding she's got most of her mind blocked off from me somehow. My mate and the others read her thoughts from me, and Kyran is disappointed in her and confused as to what would make her want to do this, he's such a guy he can't see why. Kicking Lauren out would only alert her that someone has a telepathic power, so Riley and Mollie are beside her ready to jump in at any problems. Kyran was understandably upset that she would betray him and swears nothing ever happened between them that he hasn't felt anything for a girl but lust until he found me and being inside him I know he’s telling the truth.

  I'm walking down the aisle with my father beside me, his arm tucked in with mine, my eyes are locked on to Kyran's. There are tears in his eyes, and his eyes are saying he loves me. He’s handsome in his light red suit, I heard him insisting that he wears to match our wedding theme colors, and black shoes with his hair scraped back into a bun. The Spell is blocking our mind link, but his emotions are ringing loud, and hitting me like a tidal wave, I'm feeling his love for me. Before I'm about to reach Kyran, he puts his hand out ready and eager to take mine. I laugh a little, and he smiles like a kid on Christmas morning who just unwrapped his favorite present, which is so adorable.

  "Who gives this bride to Kyran Lewis?" Gabriel questions upon reaching the altar.

  "I do, her father" my Dad replies. Kyran pulls me into his arms for a quick hug, and we turn to face our officiant.

  "We are here today to watch and witness as Ava James and Kyran Lewis come together in holy matrimony and the mating ceremony. Before bands are exchanged blood is drawn from one another during your vows followed by your rings, once completed you are bound in a mate bond, your souls forever joined by Luna the Moon Goddess and committed in the eyes of God. Do you agree? Together Kyran and I say.

  "I do, we do."

  "Now turn to face each other, as you read your vows please use the mate dagger to prick your finger or palm and smear the blood to your partner's lips for tasting as a token you share your life and love together." Riley steps forwards with dagger giving it to Kyran first.

  "Ava James where do I begin, I first saw a girl walking through these woods she was gorgeous, and she pulled a stray piece of hair back behind her ears. And when I came out of hiding behind that very same tree you were hiding behind today before walking down the aisle to me, you didn't run, you watched me back and allowed me to walk you to work each day after that, and I knew my life was forever changed, and I think you did too". Pricking his palm with the dagger and using his finger he rubs his blood on my lips and continues, "I was in love with you before we met and in the café I sensed you had to be my mate, but it was unclear until you opened your heart completely allowing the bond through, now here we stand getting married and Ava I promise to love you, always."

  Tears are running down my face and not caring anymore about my makeup after that speech I sniffle and lick the blood off my lips and say my vows.

  "Kyran Lewis, you’re right I knew that day everything had changed that my wolf from these woods became a man. I was scared and happy because now I had to confront the reality of life I figured was missing but not knowing what that was till you showed me the answers. And it also meant I could finally have you in my arms and stop dreaming about the man behind the wolf". I take the dagger from Kyran's hand, I too prick my palm using a finger and smear my blood on his lips which he instantly tastes.

  "I love you babe for always" I finish off, and Gabriel asks for the rings, sounding moved. Axel stands on all paws from being sat on his haunches beside me looking up proudly at us, yes a dog can express pride. Kyran bends down and collects my ring taking my left hand he slowly slides it back on my finger before lifting it to his mouth and kissing it. Smiling at him with all the love in my heart, I bend down and take his silver wedding band and slip it on his finger.

  "I now pronounce you husband, wife, and mates, you can now seal your union with Luna and God with your kiss." Before Gabriel can even finish we’re already kissing, laughing and everyone cheers.

  "I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Kyran Lewis." There's more cheering, applauding and cat whistles. We spin around to view our audience and smile at our closest family and friends who witnessed our joining, I'm so happy nothing could bring me down. We begin walking down the aisle, and all the girls are throwing red rose petals over our heads.

  Holding up my dress as everyone turns for the main marquee with Kyran at my side helping me. My wolf picks up on a strange scent but being to blissfully happy I foolishly ignore it. I'm awed by how amazing the tent is, decorated in all white and red with hints of gold like the bridesmaid dresses. A massive dance floor in the center, five tables with red cloths, white chairs and gold flower pieces, a table is filled with champagne bottles and the wedding cake with finger food wrapped up for later.

  Kyran opens a bottle of champagne and fills glasses for us all.

  "We'll be having dinner served soon along with toasts for now let's have a drink and take some stunning photos for my wife to hang up later," he says chuckling joined by everyone else. We hired a local filmmaker to record the full wedding and some of the reception I can't remember his name, there was so much going on in those two weeks. The next twenty minutes is spent taking various photos and posing with our guests and doing group shots, not wanting to drink much more until dinner feeling a little light headed. I'm not a big drinker and things affect me differently lately after shifting.

  A few hours of mingling with our guests and dinner that smells delicious is served. You had a choice of either vegetable or tomato soup for starters, roast chicken or beef with mash and veg, chocolate cake or cheesecake for dessert followed by tea and coffee. We asked everyone what they wanted to eat a week ago, and all said a Sunday dinner, so we listened and gave our guests what was asked.

  Midway through dinner and just before dessert Gabriel lightly taps his glass with a spoon.

  "I would like to make a toast to my boy and new daughter-in-law, how wonderful to see you two officially mated. As I'm Alpha, I tend to know mate pairings long before they do themselves, and when Kyran was around twenty-one, I knew who Ava would one day be, and I couldn't ask for a better woman for you son. She's kind, loyal, and family means everything to her, and that's when you know you've got a good woman at your side, welcome Ava Lewis". Raising up our glasses we drink to his toast.

  Warning bells that something is very off is persisting from my wolf. Finally, I begin to listen to her and get a strange sense someone here has betrayed us to a group. I don’t know who yet but I’m a bit scared. I only stay confident because the Alpha is here. I'm looking around the room scanning everyone not believing someone in the family would do that, and my eyes fall on Lauren who's shooting me a glare so hateful I snarl in defense. That catches the people at our table’s attention, Mom, Dad, Aaliyah, Avery, Gabriel and Mollie.

  "Ava what's wrong?" Standing up, I say I need to go to the bathroom. Kyran is gentle but firm when he sits me back down knowing something is seriously not right, I guess he’s picking up on it now too, and the spell had worn off considerably now, he’s getting glimpses into my head.

  I tell them what I felt, what I picked up on and how Lauren was looking at me, my eyes are full of apologies for the news that my mate’s best friend may have betrayed him or me in some way.

  "Is there anything else?" Gabriel asks and I'm about to say no when the strange scent comes to mind, so I explain the odd scent.

  About to move Gabriel says he'll check the grounds and see what's happening.

  "No, please don't, let's enjoy the rest of the dinner and toasts first at least," I plead. He looks at me for a long pause, I feel like he can read my plan, but in the end, he nods.

  Chapter Eleven:

  Paranormal Hunters

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  After a few more toasts and dinner finished with, the local house band starts up, and we began dancing the night away. But my she-wolf is restles
s now with only one thing stopping our mating from being unbreakable. It involves sex and biting each other or if I were human, drinking some of his blood to merge entirely. Nothing can separate it once the bond, mate ceremony, and blood bites are completed, no spells can tear it apart, it could at most interfere with our mind connection but can't break it. Now that two of three steps are done, my wolf demands the third and I search for Kyran needing him and turn to find him already watching me. I squeeze my thighs together, and Kyran smirks as he exits. I tell Una, I'm going for fresh air, she winks, "Ok don't forget to howl at the moon" she laughs.

  "You bitch," I respond teasing and leave the tent.

  As I enter his tent we start kissing ravenously and his hands are on my waist but go higher finding my zipper and unzipping it slowly, building the tension pulling away he peels my dress off carefully, I step from it and Kyran hangs it up on a hanger nearby. He walks back in front of me and grabs my hips slamming my body into him, his palms travel up to my breasts squeezing them turning me around he unties my bodice, and I pull it up and off. Kyran uses both his thumbs to lower my panties down my legs, then off, I stare at his hands as he begins raising them back up to my hips before locking eyes with him when he gets on his knees and lowers his head to my center.

  I stumble back into a table as he kisses me there tentatively never looking away from my eyes and his fingers lower to my inner thighs spreading me open. As the table takes my weight he begins feasting on me, no other word for it, my chest rises rapidly moving so fast, and I'm panting. Kyran is staring at me with such intensity if I looked away surely I'd break, he inserts a finger into me and the moan I let out would be so embarrassing if he didn't look so pleased, watching me in pleasure makes him alive. Kyran adds another finger and begins sliding them in gently and with the motion of his finger he squeezes a trigger, yes, blasting off a gun of emotions while never taking his tongue away from my clit.

  My first climax hits me like a freight train, my head flies back letting out a cry so loud I'm sure the tent heard and in this moment I don't care. He licks me back to the present, easing the maddening pressure he had on me while slowing down his finger thrusts to ease me off my high. Kyran stands up with a massive hard on, I'll never fully be used to the size of him. He chuckles obviously reading my thoughts, I growl, and he stops.

  "Babe, do you know cause we’re animals you can take me this way and in our animal form?” He asks smiling cheekily.

  "No I didn't, so are you going to keep talking or will you get around to making love to me? I ask laughing. "Yeah I'm going to fuck you and sink my teeth into you, drink your blood and make you locked eternally to me.” He groans then growls with impatient pleasure, anticipating entering me.

  "I'll try not to be too rough but babe I'm seriously not hanging on here, the scent of you is driving me insane, don't forget to bite me back when I bite you."

  Kyran unbuttons his trousers pulls down his boxes and before I can answer he’s pushing my legs wide apart wrapping them around his waist nudging his shaft at my opening and pushes inside me kissing my forehead whispering in my ear that he loves me. Then his control snaps going in deep, thrusting hard going all the way out and slamming all the way back in, raising my hips for a deeper angle and I moan.

  "Oh god don't stop," My plea making him go faster, harder, speeding up and I cry out louder, he grunts, growls and snarls his pleasure. Never felt such love and happiness during sex before, even though this isn't all hearts and flowers type of sex but the passion is all real.

  Sex with someone you love is so powerful and intense. My body is shaking, he puts his hands on my cheeks and kisses me passionately my heartbeat is going nuts inside my chest we can feel how the other is feeling and how so damn good this is. Beginning to thrust even harder the need to claim each other becomes stronger, and our canines grow longer. I bite down on the left side of his neck matching to where our rings are and in the same moment he sinks his teeth into me and leaving our bite marks that will scar letting all other werewolves acknowledge we're mated, that we've imprinted. Our scents will change allowing everyone who sees me catch Kyran's scent and mine on him. When he drinks from me, I'm even wetter, how the hell that possible, he doesn’t need to seal my wound by licking the bite due to it healing itself. I lick his mark when I'm done, and he heals fast within minutes.

  After drinking and sealing our mating we begin to orgasm together, I tune into him listening to his every thought now that the spell is over.

  ‘I'm going to spill everything into her. I love how tight she is and holds me harder as she cries out. Ava has started to come, and I growl in victory as my seed is thrown from me bringing on an orgasm so hard I can't move. My seed shoots in her and thinking about wanting to have landed a pup in her, my pup, our pup, makes me shoot out, even more, she's clearing me out I never knew this was possible but then again I never exactly asked my pack mates about their sex life. My body is coming down from the release and easing my motion I stop. My eyes are locked on Ava's, and she has the biggest smile on her face a one that says, I just got fucked, and I know it, and it’s making me smug’.

  He pulls out lifting his boxes back up followed by his pants zipping himself up. Only now remembering my outfit to wear for the wedding after party is back in the other tent, I need to borrow a shirt.

  "No you don't, I got Avery to bring it over earlier" he winks pointing to the corner where my gown is waiting, a sleeveless heart shaped red dress stopping at my knees, and fresh clean underwear attached inside the bag. I dress and slip back on my white pumps.

  Dazed after mind blowing sex I sit down on the couch getting my thoughts organized, Kyran asks if I'm ok, and a golden thread appears joining mine and his mind together permanently, and it is beautiful, singing with life and with love. I eye him in wonder.

  "Do you see that?" Kyran is nodding as he answers.

  "Yeah this is supposed to happen, sorry babe I forgot about this part of the bond. No mated pair talk about it often, it's sacred, and so I forgot. The golden link joins us now we have solidified our union but never knew it would give me completeness," he says surprised still standing by the table but a little faint by the thread.

  We've been gone a while and should go back to our wedding so I say this to Kyran.

  "Come on, but everyone will be happy to find out our bond is er, completed," I say to him, and he coughs uncomfortable by that thought.

  "Your head is an interesting place I tell him laughing, a pup eh?", Kyran grins looking smug that I was listening to his thoughts during sex and still looking handsome even more so after sex in his light red suit, he’s so cute.

  "Yeah, why not, besides it takes some time and it is in our wolf's instinct to breed for the lack of a better word, and hard to ignore especially doing what we just did." he smirks.

  "Come on you," I mutter. Deciding to go now I quickly add. "I'm going to my tent first just need to check on something I'll meet you inside won't be long," and kiss him.

  "Well ok if you're sure I don't like you being out here on your own not now with…" he pauses.

  "…with Lauren." I assure him I'll be fine and give him one last kiss and head for my tent.

  I walk in and seeing it is empty but knowing Lauren will be here if my intuition is right, I pour a glass of champagne from the same bottle Grandma Abby opened earlier. I'm taking big gulps to help with courage because I haven't confronted someone before, the tent's flap door is pulled aside and Lauren strolls in.

  "Finished fucking my boyfriend?" She sneers at me, and I move a little closer to her near the flap in case a quick exit is needed, this bitch is crazy.

  "He isn't yours, but he is my husband and mate so why don't you just tell me who you betrayed him to?" She scoffs.

  "I didn't betray him. I saved him from you so he wouldn't be forced to be with you keeping us apart. He told me he’s in love with me ten minutes ago". I start laughing, "So entertaining aren't you? He was inside me ten minutes ago plus with the mate bond, I would
know honey if he wanted you" I say getting angry now. Lauren goes pale to finding out about this and she stares at my new neck scar with scorn, the mark is designed to let people understand what we share is real, only a true destined mate pairing bite mark leaves a scar.

  "I was gone for a few weeks to LA to visit family and come back to find he’s getting married, you stole him from me," she says raising her voice and stamping her foot.

  "He was following me as a wolf for months before coming to me in human form, so that's rubbish. He trusted you, Lauren, how could you do whatever it is you did to him and you'll lose his friendship forever if you do it, so I'm asking for him, not for me, don't do it please, he does love you but as a sister only". She rushes to me, and too late I spot the needle she's holding in her hand and rams it into my neck on my right side away from my scar which is surprising considering, and the last thought I have before losing consciousness.

  Drowsy and groggy I wake to the motion of movement and blink my eyes opening them stiffly and look around to find I'm alone in a blacked out vehicle moving fast, my guess is a van. I'm trying to move but discover my hands and feet are tied in ropes, the bonds are too tight like this so I try to shift, but can't I become nauseous just from attempting.

  Lauren either didn't give me enough of whatever she gave me or didn't calculate the distance she needed.