Broken Mate by Norisha May

Broken Mate by Norisha May Chapter 27

-Rain POV

(.... Am I.....am I naked?)

I look under the sheets and yes, I am completely naked.

I take a deep breath. "Kayden?"

"Mmh?"

"Why am I naked?" I ask.

He chuckles. "Because you fell asleep in my arms while...you were naked. I could have put clothes on you, but I liked you like this."

"And... why are you naked?" I ask now noticing his bare member on me.

My face turns all shades of red.

"Because I like how our naked bodies feel against each other." He says and I can feel him smiling.

I take a deep breath. I feel his bare warm body on me and I do like it. He holds me tight and kisses my shoulder and I shiver, making my breath hitch.

"Don't worry, I won't try anything right now." He says resting his nosed on my neck. (Right now? Oh goddess.) "Just let me hold you." He whispers. After a few minutes like that he pulls away and I feel his hands on my back.

"What are you..."I can't finish because my body shivers when I feel him kissing my skin. He runs gentle kisses down and up my back and I don't know what to do with myself.

"Kayden?" I manage to say softly. "I'm trying to kiss all your wounds away." He says and continues to kiss. I think about what he says for a minute and then smile. "You are silly." He chuckles. "Why?"

"You've already healed most of my wounds. The ones I got yesterday are superficial. There's nothing worse than he could have done than taking me away from you." I say.

He stops for a second and then abruptly turns me around to look at him. He stares at me with a serious expression.

I look at him confused. "What."

He covers my mouth with his lips, cutting me off, and kisses me with hunger. And he doesn't stop. He keeps kissing me and it turns heated. He gets on top of me and starts exploring my body with his hands. My body makes no attempt to stop him, in fact, my skin wants more.

His hands graze my waist and my hips all the way to my thighs where I can feel his grip tightens almost in a scratching manner but it doesn't hurt, His hands stop and he stops kissing me and then he lowers his face to my shoulder, I can feel him breathing hard. I feel grateful that he stopped but also a little

disappointed.

"I love you." He whispers.

It makes me happy to hear that. I put my arms around his neck and pull him towards me in a hug crashing our bodies together. He holds me but doesn't move a single inch.

He takes a deep breath. "You are... really making this hard for me, love." He says with his voice muffled as his face is buried in my hug.

(And I know i am but I wanted to hug him.)

the arawers. He is completely naked and i can t scop staring at him.

(... Perfection... and that butt.)

To my disappointment, he puts his pants on and walks over to the door. I remember that I am naked and so I quickly hide in the covers. Kayden speaks to someone outside the door and then walks back over to me.

He lowers the covers from my face. "Baby, I have to go downstairs and take care of some stuff. I'll be back ok?" He says.

Inod. "Ok."

He kisses me and after he gets ready, he leaves. I lie there taking everything in and wondering about Levi.

(Him and Layla were really close. I have to see him.)

Despite everything that happened to me yesterday, I don't feel too bad, just a little tired. I get up and put on jeans, sneakers, and a sweater with my hair in a ponytail.

I start to head down and when I reach the bottom, I hear shouting from Kayden's office. "You want to eavesdrop?" I hear Preston whisper in my ear. I jump feeling startled. "Ah...what?" I ask.

He smiles. "Abraham feels entitled and is angry at Kayden for killing Evan." He says and then looks over to the office door and chuckles. "Kayden is handing his ass to him."

The door flies open and a very angry Abraham rushes out. He goes past me but not without giving me a death glare and he would probably do something if Preston wasn't there with me. I walk over to the office and cautiously open the door. "Kayden?" I ask softly. He looks up from his desk. "Baby, I was about to go to you." He says motioning me over to him. "I was going to go see Levi, he took time off from the kitchen, right?" I ask sitting on his lap. "He's in the hospital." He says. "What? Why?" I ask with panic and concern.

"The pain of losing his mate was too much for him." He says.

I gasp. "So... they were really mates?" "Yea, it would seem so." I bury my face in his neck feeling like I'm about to cry again. "I'm so sorry baby." He says softly. Trub my head on his shoulder. "Her and Levi were all i had growing up." He holds me tight and we stay like that for a bit.

"I'm gonna go see him." I say.

"You want me to come with you?" He asks.

"No, I'll go." I say.

"Ok but... Rain, from now on, don't go into the woods without me and I want you to always have one of the warriors with you at all times, understand?"

I stare at his concerned face. (I know he is worried about me.) I nod and he looks content with that.

the door and 100K DACK at nayoen.

"Kayden, what happened here?" I ask him. He gives me an awkward smile and looks away. "I did." He mumbles.

I want to laugh at his expression. (He looks so cute looking like a guilty little boy.) I smile and keep walking

T head over to Levi and to my surprise, I find Avery there with him watching over him as he sleeps. "Hey, Rain." She says when she sees me. "Hey, how is he?" I ask her. "He's holding up. It won't be easy but I know he'll be fine." She says. (She lost her mate too so she knows how he feels. I'm glad she's here.) She looks at me and smiles. "I'm glad you're ok. Kayden was losing it yesterday." "That bad? Is that why the office is in that state?" I ask her.

She nods vigorously. "If something would have happened to you, I really don't know what he would do. I was a little afraid if I'm honest."

(He can be intense.) "When will the sending ceremony be? Have they said anything?" She asks me.

The sending ceremony is how we pay our respects to the deceased. We burn the bodies and then shift and go for a run in the woods in the middle of the night and howl at the moon. It symbolizes us sending the souls to the goddess.

I shake my head. "No, I haven't heard anything yet." She nods and we both look at Levi. "I'll stay with him." She says. Inod feeling grateful. I head back to the packhouse and go to the office where Kayden is talking with Grant. "Hey, are you busy?" I ask,

He smiles. "No. Actually, we were talking about yesterday." He gets up and sits on the sofa motioning me to sit with him.

I walk over to him and sit. He looks at me with concern. "I know that it's soon but, we need to know what exactly happened when they attacked you."

"Oh....well..." I start but stop and look at the opened door. "Grant, close the door." Kayden says and Grant does that. I take a deep breath.

"Well, Layla wanted to go for a walk. She said that Abraham told her where to find the mated lovers well. He's the one that set us up." I say looking at him but he looks at me with an unreadable expression.

"What happened next?" He asks. "The rogues ambushed us, they surrounded us and.." (I stop remembering Layla's scared face.) Kayden nods understanding. "And in the bunker, did anyone say anything else?" He asks.

I stay silent thinking back. "I heard something about a big boss and Evan said that taking me wasn't his idea but that was it."

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Chapter Twenty Seven

"What?" I ask shocked but he just looks at me waiting for my response. "No... she brought that upon herself. She chose to do what she did." I say still looking at him shocked. He looks at me confused. "Then... why? Why do you keep blaming Abraham?" "Because it's the truth." "How do you know that?" He asks. "I... ... "I look at him and I am so frustrated that tears start coming out. "I can't say it." I say looking down.

"Why can't you tell me?.... Did he.... did he-" Kayden stops and takes a deep breath. "Did he force himself-"

"NO!" I shout cutting him off. "No that's not it.".

He takes a breath of relief.

"Then what? Why won' you tell me?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't"I emphasize the last part and look at him with pleading eyes hoping that by some miracle he would be able to read my mind. "Why can't you? Why wouldn't you be able to te-" He stops abruptly and looks at me with wide eyes. "It can't be."