-Elijah-“Pregnant? You know Purebloods can only impregnate their Fated, right?” I say, then I hold up my left hand. “There’s no Red Thread linking me to you and you have a mate already.”She steps away from me and starts perfuming her scent again while biting her bottom lip; telltale signs that she’s not telling me everything. “Kaia-”“I know!” she exclaims, covering her face with her hands. “Just…just give me a sec so I can get my bearings and tell you!”I watch as she paces the floor; her arms crossed and her bottom lip raw between her teeth. Whatever she’s about to tell me is major, something she obviously never intended on telling me in the first place. Having had enough of this, I take her hand, pull her towards the entertainment section and sit her down on the leather couch. She places her hands in her lap and takes a deep breath before looking at me.“For the last five years I’ve been struggling to fall pregnant; I know, weird right?” she says, shaking her head. “After anothe
-Kaia-I’m still reeling from the fact that I am Elijah’s true Fated when my cell phone rings and gives me the shock of my life. Spotting Kira’s name, I excuse myself and answer her call with an apology prepared.“Hey-”“Kaia, where the heck are you?!” she exclaims before I can tell her and I sigh. “I have to speak with you, can I come over to your place?”“It’s literally after midnight, Kira, and no, I’m not at home right now,” I explain.“Where are you?” I can hear the frown in her voice, and I pinch the bridge of my nose before speaking.“I took your advice and was honest with Elijah. Now I’m at his parent’s estate and they’ve just told me I’m indeed Fated to their son - Thread and everything,” I say, sighing. The Pureblood Vampire King confirmed it. That’s as much confirmation as anything.“Oh… oh, it makes sense now,” she groans and I perk up at her tone - what is she not telling me?“What’s going on, Kira?”I don’t think anything can surprise me at this moment. I thought I was
-Kaia- The entire household is asleep by the time I get up the next day, but I notice the guards are actually werewolves and not vampires. Wow, the kind of pull you must have to get wolf bodyguards when you’re a vampire. Gabriel Priest is a fucking legend. After showering and changing into the clothes Elijah’s mother provided, I head downstairs to grab some breakfast. While I’m fixing myself some toast and scrambled eggs, my thoughts go to the possible vampire baby growing in my belly. Does this mean I have to drink blood to keep them fed? Am I going to have to Bella it up and drink out of a sippy cup? Oh, my Goddess, I don’t want to think about it right now. I might just hurl. “You’re up early considering we went to bed so late,” Elijah says as he walks into the kitchen and immediately heads toward the coffee machine. “It’s ingrained in me to be up at sparrows' fart to get myself ready; blame Alpha Azura for that,” I say and walk to the kitchen island. “And you? Get any sleep?”
-Kaia-After grabbing my car from the office, I’m on my way to Vega estate with a plan in mind. I have decided to speak to Luna Caterina and ask her how I can reject Bjorn without waiting for the bond to sever. I know that once you anchored the bond, you won’t be able to reject the other person, but Bjorn’s bite didn’t anchor our bond, right? The only way I’ll find out is to speak to the Goddess herself.After parking my car, I run into the mansion and make my way to Kira’s office. She said she would be home after I explained what I wanted to do and agreed with me her mother would indeed be helpful.I’m about to open the door when someone runs into me, knocking me on my ass and sending everything flying.“Watch where you’re - oh, Kaia,” comes the bratty little voice of Yukihime, Arkyn’s little sister. “Sorry about that.” She says while helping me get to my feet. She’s a head taller than I am, with the athletic build of a ballerina… but Yukihime is different. Instead of conforming to
-Elijah- I walk into the rented villa and breathe out a nervous sigh; I’ve been dreading this all day but I have to do it now. After getting back from my parent’s, I drowned in paperwork, but now I have to fucking do what I’ve been putting off the entire fucking day. My mother pulled me aside before she went to bed, and told me the complete story behind her marriage to my father, how uncle Valentine met aunt Autumn and the mind-fuck of a tale behind uncle Church and aunt Xenia. All three couples thrown together in the weirdest way, all three couples who found each other when they shouldn’t have. Uncle Valentine’s history is the best out of all of them; he gave up his Fated to keep her safe, only for her to die…then he met his Chosen, aunt Autumn. A Chosen is different to a Fated; a Chosen is someone you fall in love with, where the bond is so strong that it creates a Golden Thread similar to a wedding ring. How fucking amazing is that? It spurred me on to do this, to end what
-Kaia- I’m on my way to New York and I am a nervous wreck. I’ve been anxious all day and it seems to trigger my nausea in the worst way possible. I have no reason to be nervous, so what the fuck is going on? “You don’t have to do this, Kaia,” Kira reminds me again and places a hand over mine. “I can always ask my mother to come to Las Vegas after they name Creed as the new Alpha.” I look at her as if she’s gone mad. “You want me to postpone a meeting with the Moon Goddess and ask her to visit ME instead?” I scoff, unable to believe what she’s just suggested, but she sighs and shakes her head. “No, but my mother will understand if you’re too ill to see her and it helps if you think of her as your family member and not the Moon Goddess,” she says while chuckling. “She seems less intimidating that way.” I lean back in my chair and breathe out a sigh. “I think I’m gonna sleep for a little while; I didn’t get much sleep last night.” “Do what you have to do,” she says and plants a k
-Kaia- “What does that mean? Absolute nothingness?” I ask my aunt after she drops a bombshell on me. If she doesn’t see me living happily with Elijah and our child, the only other thing is death. “I think you know what it means, Kaia and for the last few days I’ve been wracking my brain over what leads to it, but I cannot see a thing. Bjorn prays to and worships a different God altogether, so I am not privy to his present or future.” She sounds so frustrated by this that it nearly makes me cry and I have no idea how to comfort her. She wants to help, but if these are my futures, isn’t it up to me to stick to an outcome? I wrap my arms around her and breathe out a sigh. “Thank you for telling me this, aunty Cat, even if you cannot see much. I’ll do my best to keep my future clear and at this moment all I see and feel is a future with Elijah.” A week ago, I would never have admitted it to myself, but here I am, pregnant because I couldn’t stay away from the one the Goddess intende
-Elijah- My father walks into my office with a grin on his face, and I can’t help but scoff. “What the hell are you doing here, Pappa? Didn’t we just see each other?” I say, embracing him before I gesture to the leather couches in my entertainment section. He shrugs and sits down on the chair opposite me. “Your mother wanted to be in charge of the mansion renovation to get everything ready for you and Kaia when you move in,” he says, as if I should know what he’s talking about. “Mansion?” My father nods. “You two are moving into the family mansion, right?” he asks with narrowed eyes. Oh, shit. I was so caught up in everything that I didn’t even spare a thought as to where we would live once we were together! “Ah. I didn’t even think about that, to be honest,” I say, shaking my head. “But thank you, that would be amazing, Pappa; I’m sure Kaia will love it out there, too.” He looks proud and puffs out his chest when I compliment him and, once again, I am thankful for my parents.