Not Your Mate Anymore

Josey's eyes turn red, revealing her vampire. Cayden looks at her in fascination and maybe something even softer?

"Let's get this over with.” Hunter says as he enters Cayden's cell and places Clayton on Cayden's bed.

Cayden inspects Clayton's wounds, touching them before his fangs pierce through his skin, right on his shoulder.

The process doesn't even take a minute. I get a flashback of when Hunter was in this position, my heart stopping for a second.

The idea of not getting to know him and then him being killed by a vampire, I was hurt. I didn't tell him how watching him fall to the ground made me feel, I never told anyone but my heart broke.

I just don't know how to start this relationship as father and daughter with him.

Cayden steps away from Clayton, nods his head at me to signal that his job was done. Josey walks out of the cell carrying a very weak Cherisse. Cayden kisses his sister's forehead before Josey walks out with her.

Hunter carries Clayton out of the cells too, leaving me with the vampire king.

"Look, I'm sorry. I'm definitely out of my league here with everyone having magical powers and insane strength but Josey is my only hope. Humans do artificial insemination all the time and it works, I just need her eggs and her body to carry my child. I need an heir, I need someone to live for." Cayden says to me before dropping on the bed.

"The amulet, I needed the amulet back when my wife agreed to carry my children but I was not so lucky. I was born like this, I grew up like this. Why do I need to be punished any further?” Cayden asks and I sit by him on the bed.

think Josey is in any state to make such a decision and now that her mates are about to become vampires, she has to stick by them." I say

arrives back

says

heal your sister.” I say looking in to his eyes. Cayden sinks his

heal Cherisse. Depleting it's magic completely and preventing anyone from

with an unconscious Chase and

when I say, I'm also paying for her choices in life. I will ask

make my way to my mother. It was time to get the full story so I can

and she nods her

tell me everything. About you being a halfling, about Shadow. About tricking dad and why nana was cast out from the heavenly realm. Why did Ethia lie and say her name was luna? How was she able to yield moon goddess power? Scare you and Hunter into hiding and most importantly, the real story between you and my real father.” I say looking straight

mother nods her head, agreeing to tell me the full

to talk with you too." I say as I walk out of the recovery room and

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Josey's POV

I say to Cayden,

all over my face, more especially my mouth confirming I fed on a human. I allowed my vampire to take the lead in saving my pack, her feeding on the humans caught me by surprise but they needed to die one way

them.” I