WARD I had to excuse myself when the Queen mentioned that the bond between Keena and I could be stronger than the mate bond. I haven't told anyone about the vision that I had before I awoke in the hospital. It doesn't feel like it is my place to tell Keena that it will be up to her to choose her second chance mate. I don't want to persuade her in any way to think that she has to choose me. It is true that there is a bond between us. My lycan had awoken just before I heard the disturbance coming from Keena's room. I shouldn't have been able to hear through the walls but I did. It sounded like a tornado in her room and I heard Keena yelling over the gusts of wind. I ran to her room as quickly as I could and tried to break down the door but the wind that was swirling in the room kept me from being able to get in. Then as suddenly as it started, the wind stopped and everything in her room came crashing down. I honestly thought that maybe I had imagined the whole thing. Then t
KEENAThe sound of crunching breaks through my peaceful sleep. I reach out and look for Bear Bear but instead I find a hard body laying next to me. My eyes fly open when my hands run along the hard surface. As my hazy vision comes into focus I see Ward sleeping soundly next to me. At some point during the night he has lost his t-shirt and is now only sleeping in a pair of gray sweatpants. The sweatpants hang low on his hips and my eyes travel down his muscular chest to the V that disappears beneath the waistband of his sweats. More crunching pulls my attention away from Ward's magnificent body. Sitting up in the bed I see Kayla sitting crisscrossed on the edge of the bed with a bowl of dry cereal in her lap and a smirk on her face. "Good morning," she says smugly. "Kayla," I hiss at her. "What the fuck are you doing in here?" "Just enjoying the show," she laughs. Ward's eyes slowly flutter open and he almost falls off the bed when he sees that Kayla is sitting on the
WARD Leaning up against my bathroom sink with my arms crossed over my chest, I listen for Keena to ask Kayla to leave but she doesn't. Peeking through the little crack I left in the bathroom door, I see Keena leaving with Kayla and my heart drops slightly. I was hoping to talk to her this morning about the vision I had before I woke up in the hospital. While I was watching her fall asleep last night I came to the decision that I would tell her what the Moon Goddess said to me. Hell, she may not even believe that it is true. She will probably think that it was just my drug induced imagination cooking up something crazy. Only I hope that it wasn't. I hope that what I saw was real. I want Keena to choose me. I want to be her mate. Fated or not we belong together. The bond between us is too strong to deny that. Now if I can get my parents back out of Lycan City without them trying to hook me up with some random girl they met on some archeological dig that would make my l
KEENAListening through my bathroom door I try to make out what Kayla and Ward are arguing over but it all sounds muffled. Sometimes I hate not having an inner wolf to heighten my senses for times like this. I need to know what is being said but I am also not ready to see Ward. I was positive that he was my person. No matter who comes into my life, I already know that they will not be able to compare to Ward. He is so kind and heartwarming. Whenever I am around him he makes me feel all fuzzy inside. When I rejected Jarek I was sure that I would miss the feeling of the mate bond tingles that spread throughout my body whenever he accidently touched me. But with Ward by my side I don't miss them at all. In fact, I am glad that the tingles are gone. They were just a sour reminder of a bond that was never meant to be. Just as more tears are about to flow from my eyes, the voices coming from the other room are raised. I can hear Kayla snarling through the bathroom door and I kn
KEENAI can hear the sound of wolves clashing against one another outside of the mansion. Every time I venture over to the window to look at the carnage that is happening below, Ward pulls me away. "You don't want to see that," Ward says as he pulls me away from the window for the thousandth time. "I need to know what is going on," I plead with Ward. "I need to know what is happening."Ward scoffs a little at my words. "A group of rogues doesn't stand a chance against the Royal Guard." "I know that," I grumble. "But my family is out there." Ward wraps his arms around me and he squeezes me tightly. "Your family has been trained for situations like this." My eyes focus on the ground in front of me. "Yeah. Everyone but me." "It wasn't safe for you to train without a wolf or a lycan," Ward tries to comfort me. I roll my eyes and pull myself away from Ward. "That doesn't mean that I shouldn't know how to defend myself." Ward rubs the beard on his chin and he looks a
KEENAAs I hold Ward in my arms I look at my mother with confusion in my eyes. "I don't understand," I whisper as I stroke my fingers along his brow. "Why haven't I felt the effects of the mate bond before?" My mother walks over to me with a concerned look in her eyes. "I think this may have something to do with what Ward was trying to explain to us before he was interrupted by the rogue attack." I look down at the man that is laying in my arms and I let out a sigh. This is exactly what I wanted from the moment I laid eyes on Ward. I wanted him to be my mate but I don't understand why I didn't feel the pull of the mate bond sooner. With Jarek the tingles made me feel uncomfortable and in danger. I worried that if I found my second chase mate that I would react the same way to the tingles of the bond. But that isn't the case. I feel happy and content with him in my arms. Ward breathes lightly while he lays in my arms. I know that he will be okay. I run my fingers over
WARDTingles are spreading throughout my body and the feeling is incredible. I have never felt anything like this before in my whole life. But the sound of arguing is ruining the euphoria of the mate bond. Opening my eyes slowly I look around the room. Keena is lying beside me. Her body is pressed up against my own and she has a very concerned look on her face. Looking in the direction of her stare I can see why she looks so concerned. It would appear that my mother and the Queen are having a standoff in my doorway. I shake my head and groan loudly. It catches everyone's attention. Keena looks down at me with a bright smile on her face. "Oh thank the Goddess," she squeals as she wraps her arms around my neck. Tingles and sparks spread through our bodies as we hug and I smile. Keena chose me without even knowing that she could choose her second chance mate. Finally, Keena lets go of me and I sit up in the bed and look at my parents with an annoyed look on my face. "W
KEENAWhen Ward said that he wanted to train me to fight I didn't expect us to start the next day. I feel silly standing in front of my mother, Sister Edith, and Ward. I cross my arms over my chest because I am unsure of what to do first. "Okay Princess," Ward says with a hint of a smile on his lips. “I am going to attack you and I want you to deflect me.” "But how?" I whine a little. "I don't know what I am doing." "This is what we call baptism by fire," Ward chuckles a little bit. "I have faith that your body will know what to do." My mother has a hopeful look on her face but Sister Edith is shaking her head back and forth in disapproval. She doesn't seem to agree with Ward's method of training. Before I have a chance to breathe Ward is barreling towards me at what I am sure is full speed. I can only imagine how bad it is going to hurt if I let him hit me. Without knowing what I was doing I imagine myself on the other side of the gym. I feel myself being ripped thr