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Luna of the Menae Chapter 119
Kas looks up at me as if she’s seeing me for the first time. I’m not talking about the scared girl who hid her abuse under a baseball cap, hoping no one would notice her hair turned silver and her eyes bright violet. Not the one who didn’t understand who she was or what her fate was meant to be.This is the woman who’s been going through the motions of life, trying to hide in plain sight. She does it lifetime over lifetime without fail. She’s the one who smiles for the entire world, but doesn’t truly let anyone see behind the facade she’s created for them. This woman’s love is fierce, but you don’t know that until it’s gone. And when it is, not even the strongest liquor can fill the emptiness it leaves in its wake. This woman has literally been to Hell and back. She has endured unthinkable atrocities to protect the ones she loves. The ones who need saved so much more than she ever has. Kas Latmus is the reason the Moon Goddess made me who I am. The reason Selene cut a deal with Perse
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I reach my hand out, but the spot next to me is empty and cold. I open my eyes and look around, but Kas isn’t in bed. Mixed in with the sounds of the apartment, I hear her in her little lab shuffling things around. I fall back and pull her pillow to my face. The fresh rain and lilac scent infused in it makes me sigh. A comforting feeling washes over me as her scent brings back dozens of memories. “My mate is working on the portal.” Saint says. “Go ask her about this whole ‘next life’ thing. I gotta know.”“YOUR mate?” I groan and rub my face. Kas’s scent lingers on me. The thought of the look in her eyes when she was licking my hand makes me grin. “Can I get a shower first? I want to know too, but I can’t walk around smelling like sex, bro.”“Fine. Make it quick.” Saint grumbles. “Stupid human hygiene. And yeah, she is my mate. I’m not the one who broke the mate bond, dummy. If you want her to be your mate, you need to fix it.”“I can’t just fix it, Saint. It’s not that simple.” I si
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“You okay, Baby?” I whisper in Kas’s ear as I trudge through the portal. Her grip on me is getting looser with each step.“There’s no more magic to keep my strength up.” She says with a strained voice. I grip her tighter and keep trudging through the portal toward the tiny speck of light at the other end. Each step feels like walking through thick molasses.“I’ve got you.” I lean in and try to move faster. “We’re almost home.”Falling out of a portal is easy. Protecting your mate as you fall, that’s the hard part. The end of the portal goes from a pinpoint of light to a gaping hole that sucks me in before I can brace myself. As we fall, I twist to land on my back, but there’s no “This Way Up” sign inside a portal. I fall at an awkward angle and land on my side. My shoulder hits the hard ground with a painful snap. I feel my clavicle cave under my weight, making me instantly nauseous. Kas lets go of me, but her leg wrapped around my waist makes a sickly pop when it gets trapped between
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Kas’s POV Maya and Dre are sleeping soundly against me. At some point in the night, I rolled onto my side to snuggle with them. I don’t feel Bronx next to me anymore. I turn my head as far as I can and see him having a quiet conversation on his cell phone while he paces the floor. It sounds like a business call, so I let him be. I turn my attention back to my pups. Dre’s dark hair is getting in his eyes. It’s almost time for a haircut. Maya refuses to let us cut her hair. Most days she fights us to brush it, but Diane and I try our best to distract her to comb through it during bath time. When Bronx sees me awake, he comes over to give me a kiss on the cheek. He puts the phone on mute and smiles at me with the babies. “Sorry, Baby. Talking to lawyers about Santoro Enterprises. When I’m done, we’ll go downstairs so the doctor and Jorge can give you a check-up. Diane and Marybeth are outside waiting outside to watch the twins.” Before he goes back to his call, he takes a picture of th
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“I knew you were smart. I didn’t know you were a kataraménos [damned] genius, Iokaste.” Hephaestus leans back in his chair and chuckles. I look over and see his dark eyes twinkle at my plan.“So you can make it happen?” I smirk at the compliment. “She broke our deal. So now there’s nothing stopping us from going on the offensive.”“Hmm. Yes, is this what you’re thinking?” He pulls a small shiny metal top out of his pocket and spins it on the table. A spotlight emanates from the toy, creating a 3-D screen. We all watch in awe as Heph reaches into the beam of light, creating bright lines with his fingers, bending and manipulating them until he has a sketch of what I described to the team.“Heph, that is exactly what I had in mind.” My eyes light up at the realistic diagram.“I’ll need to go do some… uh… maintenance… to make it happen, but yes.” He muses with his thick Greek accent. “In the meantime, you work on your fighting skills. Do you prefer a long sword or Claymore?”“Arnie? You’r
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“So, Kas, before we get to the fun stuff, do you mind if we discuss some more serious things?” Dolly Driscoll shuffles her notecards, but she and I discussed the questions she was going to ask before the show started.“Of course, Dolly.” I fold my hands on my lap and smile.“When I spoke to you over the phone last year, you opened up and told us you grew up in a pretty dangerous environment and that was a big part of what inspired you to create the Goddess Foundation. Can you tell us a little more about what growing up was like for you?”“So, um, growing up was weird, to say the least. My adoptive parents were verbally and physically abusive. I won’t get into those details, but they forced me to live in an unheated room in the unfinished basement that was the size of a small jail cell. When I was sixteen, they pulled me out of school to become the family cook and housekeeper. So, basically, I was an indentured servant.”“Didn’t you know that was wrong? It’s not normal for people to tr
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“Kas Mason hit up a local fitness center this morning in hot pink leggings and a matching sports bra. It’s so exciting to see her hopping around L.A. on her promotional tour. She fits in really well here.” The blonde gossip reporter gives the camera a big fake smile. “So true, Casey. Everyone who’s encountered her has had nothing but good things to say. According to patrons at the gym, she stayed low key and was no nonsense, getting in a full workout with no fuss. They also claimed that they noticed her limping, but she didn’t use her cane in the gym, and her security guard was also her personal trainer.” The man next to her has an olive skin tone like Bronx, but his teeth are unnaturally white. “Apparently, Kas knows her way around the free weights. She bench pressed almost two hundred pounds with ease. Who knew our beloved Kas was such a powerhouse?” “That’s impressive for such a petite woman, Mark. An inside source tells us Bronx was busy with business meetings and didn’t have ti
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“Kas, we have a few surprises for you today. I hope that’s okay?” Ramona Bright, the celebrity chef turned daytime television host, hops on her toes next to me. Her audience claps and cheers at her excitement.“Um, I guess?” I look at the production man next to the camera. Butterflies rage inside my stomach. We hadn’t discussed what I would do other than helping Ramona make a recipe while we talked about the magazine article and Goddess Foundation. The man motions for me to look at the audience and smile.I force a smile and look for something to calm the anxiety. Bronx is sitting in the front row with Diane and the twins. I can already see Maya getting fussy, but Diane is tempting her with gummy fruit snacks. Dre seems to be content looking around at the clapping people as long as Bronx is holding him.“Only pleasant surprises around here, honey.” She laughs and clears her throat. “So, we all know you’re here to talk about your new charity and the article coming out in the September
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