SWNOVELS Chapter Seventy - Eight: The Island Part 2
Seventy-Eight: The Island Part 2
Kaleb
Damn, this is super awesome. I mean, seriously, dragons. I mean, the werecats are cool as fuck, but meeting dragons. I never thought that I would meet them. Fuck I thought they were all dead. Leave it to my goddess to secretly hide dragons. I can tell she is still irritated from earlier. I knew these three were going to argue, so I figured a nice hard smack to her sexy ass would stop it. Okay, so maybe I wanted to touch her ass, but she’s my goddess, so I can touch when I want. When she sat by Marcus, I knew she was trying to get a rise out of me. I saw him roll his eyes at her. I almost burst out laughing when Blake picked her up and dropped her into my lap. I instantly wrapped my arms around her, making her stay right here. I know she can get out of my arms if she wants, but she doesn't.
“Don’t worry I will make sure your ass and the rest of his delicious body feel better later,” I whisper into her ear.
I feel her sit up straight in my arms once she registers what I am implying. Then she relaxes into me. I love how she looks when carrying my pups, but I love how horny she is when she is pregnant.
-Stop with the flirting right now. We have more important issues to discuss than you fucking your woman in front of us - Dustin
Seriously did he just mind link me to not fuck her now. I have no intention of fucking her right here. No one else can see her naked but me. He does have a point. I am glad when the werecats decide to come to the packhouse and meet the rest of us. I can tell the others are still cautious. I totally understand why. I keep getting strange looks from Draydon and it's starting to make me nervous. It is also starting to irritate me. I want to ask him what the fuck, but I also don't want a repeat of what happened the first time we met Jason and Marcus. I am not sure what would happen if we got into a standoff. I sure as hell don't need Kylani hurting him to protect me. He is a dragon and probably strong as hell, but let's be real. Kylani can take out anything.
“You remind me of someone,” Draydon says.
I look over at him and he is staring at me. Who the hell could I possibly remind him of? I hear Dimitri laugh. I almost forgot he was here. He has been silent all night. I see Draydon look between Dimitri and me, and his eyes go wide. What the hell is going on.
“No, but he is one of the souls we split to protect this girl. He is a direct descendant of ours. That's why he looks so much like him.” Dimitri explains.
What is he talking about? Who the fuck do I look like. I do look more like mom's side of the family. I have her dark hair and skin tone. I have dad's eyes though. I am also built like my mom's side of the family.
“You look almost identical to Dominick, Dimitri’s late brother,” Bryn says.
Then I remember when Aphrodite visited me in the hospital when we found out Kylani was pregnant with Jordyn.
*You actually look a lot like Dominick. - Aphrodite*
Well, I have no idea what to say about this. I guess it makes sense. I mean, mom is related to them. I still don't fully understand but who am I to argue. Those two did what they did to protect Chris, Kylani, and Mykenzie, and I am thankful for that. I do have to admit that I have always felt different from the rest of the pack. I am also for a beta stronger than normal. I can actually beat Dustin when we spar against each other. That was a big surprise when it first happened. I think everyone thought I might challenge him to be alpha, but I have no desire to be alpha. Being beta is stressful enough. I did ask mom and dad about it, but they couldn't explain it. Dad was beta to Uncle Reece when he was alpha. We all sit up and look around because we can feel a new presence. I look at Kylani and Mykenzie; they don’t seem to be worried about the present, so it must not be dangerous.
“You look identical to him because that moron split his soul to protect my daughter. That is why he didn't survive the fight or want to survive. He knew if he survived then she may not ever find her other half.” Aphrodite explains. "WHAT?" Dimitri yells.
“I take it you didn't know what he did,” Aphrodite says.
“No, all he told me was that it was one of our direct descendants.” He comments.
I hear Kylani and Mykenzie gasp and she turns to look at me. I swear if she starts crying I am going to lose my mind. I hate it when she cries, it tears my heart out. I look at Dustin, and he has the same horrified look on his face. None of us guys like when any of these girls cry.
“I just figured it out two days ago. That fight should have never killed him no matter how bad the wound was. That's when Hecate came to me and told me what he did. I guess when I was pregnant with these three he could feel a weird pull towards me. He couldn't figure out why. Hecate told me he always felt very protective of Kylani but couldn't figure out why. Remember after you two split the souls he always seemed weaker but not. That's because he gave half his soul to protect her. Remember when you found him and Hecate was there with you. Well before you showed up he told her that he realized at that time that Kylani was his mate.” She explained.
“I never felt that way about him. I mean, I loved him in a brother kind of way, but not like that. Kylani admits.
I sit here in complete silence. My goddess had a mate, but he never realized it.
“He knew that and he knew why. It was because he had already given half his soul to soul to you. You wouldn't feel the bond because of that. That's why he wouldn't let Dimitri call you two so you could save him.” Aphrodite explains.
“You probably did love him in that way but because of this, you wouldn't have recognized it. Kaleb, you are basically the reincarnation of Dominick. That is also the reason you have more strength than a normal beta. Dominick was an alpha as was/is Dimitri. They are my two original creations there for, they have the strongest alpha blood running through them.” She says.
All eyes turn to me, and I feel very weird right now. Kylani is still looking at me like I am some sort of weirdo. What if she doesn’t want me anymore now? She didn't love him like that. Fuck, what if she realizes she doesn't love me like that. If she leaves me, I will fucking die. My mind is racing with all these thoughts.
-Stop with those fucking idiotic thoughts. Mom is right. I probably did have feelings for him, but I never felt them. I love you more than life. I will never go anywhere.- Kylani
OK, so I forget she can read minds. She lets me know that she will be going through my mind later to figure all this shit out. I tell her ok if that’s what it takes. I am just glad I will not lose my goddess. I ask her if she has read my mind before. She tells me, no, and I wonder why. She says that we will talk about everything later. I tell her, ok.
“Well, that explains why you look so much like him. Sorry if I weirded you out.” Draydon says.
“It's cool,” I tell him.
There is all of a sudden a very low deep growl heard. We all look around, searching for one of the animals. That's when I realize it's coming from Kylani and Mykenzie. I grab Kylani's hips to hold her in my lap. I see Mykenzie stand up and walk over to where Nate is sitting by Payton. She walks in between them and into the darkness. OK, I still get freaked out when they can just disappear into the darkness. I hear a growl and at least four different screams. She comes back out, dragging four teenagers. Who in the fuck are these kids? Two look familiar, but the other two don’t.
“Satyira and Myca? What the hell are you two doing here?” Rye asks.
“Vincent and Gianya? Seriously you two.” Xion sighs.
“You guys know these kids?" I ask.
“Yeah, Satyira is my younger sister and Myca is Daniylla’s younger brother.” Rye answers.
“Vincent is my younger brother and Gianya is Mitchell's younger sister,” Xion says.
The girls give the kids a look. I slap Kylani's ass and tell her to stop scaring these four. I feel her squirm in my lap, and I know what she is doing. I hold her still. If she keeps doing that, something else will take notice and I will be very uncomfortable the rest of the time. I see her smirk from the corner of my eye. Oh, this goddess of mine is naughty. I will have to teach her a lesson later.
“Sorry, we just really wanted to see a dragon.” Satyira whispers.
“We really wanted to see a werebear.” Gianya squeaks.
I see Marcus raise an eyebrow at her admission. Oh, these kids.
“How old are you four?” Marcus asks.
“l am 17 and Myca is 15.” Satyira answers.
“l am 14 and Gianya is 12.” Vincent answers.
Myca explains that they went to the packhouse and heard Natalya talking about the meeting. He says that they never mentioned the island. They ran into the other two outside the packhouse and figured out we might be here. So they decided to come here to see what they had never seen. As much as I wished I had a sibling, this makes me glad I don’t. I would have killed them if they had done something this dangerous. At least Kylani and Mykenzie didn't mistake them as a threat. That could have turned out much worse. They do explain that these are the youngest of either group.
“Well, we have five younger ones back in the pack that will be glad to have more kids to have around. They are younger than you four. Two of them are 10, three are 12.” Nate says.
These five seem excited to have more kids around to get to know. I hope Bree and Araya won't be too intimidated with these four being so much older. Especially Bree and the fact that she is very insecure about her wings just like Kylani and Mykenzie. That's when I realize that they are not hiding their wings. It is obvious that these guys know about them. It makes sense that they would.
“Hey, how old are all of you?" I ask
“Draydon and I are 2500 years old and Xion is 2000 years old.” Blake answers.
“Mitchell and I are 300 years old, and Payton is 200 years old,” Tye says.
WOW, I was expecting them to be older, but not that old. I am guessing that the dragons are probably immortal. I bet when Kylani and Mykenzie shared their blood with the werecats, it either made them age very slowly or become immortal.
“We age very slowly but we are not immortal.” Payton states.
Ok, then that makes sense. We continue with the meeting for two more hours. Rye takes the kids back to the packhouse to have them stay with Imyra. He was also checking to make sure nothing had happened. I was sure nothing had or the girls would have disappeared by now and we would have known about it. I can tell Kylani is getting tired. I notice that she has been very still for a while. I see Xion staring at us. He is smiling. What the fuck? “Take her home, Kaleb.” I hear Dimitri say.
I look down and she has fallen asleep. That's why she is so still. I stand up with her in my arms and we all decide to call it a night. I hear Alexis whine when Jason picks her up that she is fine and that we don’t need to leave. We all laugh at the girls. We all head back to our lands, and I take Kylani to our room. I change her into her pyjamas and cover her with the comforter. I change and slip into bed beside her. I wrap my arms around her and place my hand on her belly. I feel a very small movement and I smile as I fall asleep.