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Here we are at the end of Kaiya and Bowden's story. This one flew by didn't it? I loved working on it, and I'm genuinely sad that it has come to an end. Kaiya is perhaps one of my favourite characters, and I loved exploring her story.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I was once again blown away by your amazing support. I want you to know that I do read your comments, and they do always encourage me to work harder and write better. I love hearing from you. Writers always love hearing from their readers, so please never stop! You have no idea how much it means to us as writers.
Thank you, as always, from the very bottom of my heart for your support, comments, gems and ratings. It means everything to me.
I hope to see you for our next adventure.
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Celice
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Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 1
Kaiya The guards herd me into a small room full of young she-wolves. Before I can even ask what’s going on, one of the guards, a burly male, slaps a collar around my neck, threads a chain through a loop on the collar, and binds my hands in iron cuffs. “You’re really in for it, Rogue.” He giggles like a four year old, and leaves. In for what? I wonder. I know Alpha Dorian’s reputation, and he’s not one to gather breeders or keep a harem, but he can’t stand rogues, although he couldn’t do anything to me as long as I didn’t enter his territory. Tonight, of all nights, I just had to go and blunder onto his lands like a stupid, clueless pup. Dammit, I should have been more careful. I knew taking a shortcut through Alpha Dorian’s territory was a bad idea, but I was cold and hungry and I was in a hurry to get home. His warriors ran me down in minutes. I’m fast, but I’m not faster than a fully-grown and well-trained wolf warrior. For a while, I just stand around, trying to manoeuvre my
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 2
Kaiya “You don’t want to see the other girls, Sire?” Griffin asks “Oh Goddess, no,” King Bowden says. “If I have to speak to one more simpering little airhead I’ll run headfirst into the nearest wall.” The king leaves without another word while Griffin starts to undo my chains. “Am I a simpering airhead?” I ask him. The Beta chuckles softly. “No. If you were, the king would not have chosen you.” “That’s good, I suppose?” Griffin smiles at me. “Yes. That’s very good.” “What will happen to the other girls?” He undoes my collar and lets it fall to the ground. I rub my neck where the collar bit into my skin and wait for Griffin to answer. “Nothing. Why?” “They said the king will kill them.” Griffin laughs again. “No. Why would he do something like that?” “That’s exactly what I asked.” The Beta gives me a lopsided grin. “There are a lot of myths and stories surrounding the king’s mate search. Most of it’s bullshit.” Mate? I thought he was looking for a breeder. “Does he usuall
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 3
Bowden I finish up my work and switch my laptop off just before it runs out of battery. I put it aside and stare at the sleeping girl across from me. At some point, she just lay down, curled up, and went straight to sleep. I’ve been searching for a mate for months now and I haven’t been home in close to a hundred days. Not a single one of the she-wolves that the Alphas presented to me pleased Knox. I couldn’t care less one way or the other. If I want sex, I go out and get it, company is easy to come by if I crave it, but I rarely need or want relationships. They just get in the way. I don’t form bonds with my mates anymore. I haven’t in decades. Time after time, I had to watch my mates die, and I’d be left here alone, trying to glue back the pieces of my broken heart. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I started keeping my mates at arm’s length. Finding a mate is really all about making my wolf happy. It took him longer than usual to get restless this time. He really loved our last mat
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 4
Kaiya Last night, King Bowden was almost human, downright nice even, but today he’s back to his surly self and barely pays me any mind. I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing, but it does make the rest of the drive to his castle feel like an eternity. As the castle looms into view, the reality of the situation finally hits me like a ton of bricks. The king took me from my home and brought me to his without so much as a by your leave. I don’t even know what he’ll expect of me as his mate. ‘I can always run,’ I remind myself. ‘If it becomes unbearable, I can run and disappear again. It’s not that hard.’ The castle is beautiful and well kept, spanning several acres with towers reaching high up into the sky. Green ivy creeps up the yellowish brick adding character and beauty to the old building. The driver opens the door for me and I practically fall out of the car, stretching my numb and aching limbs. King Bowden didn’t lie when he said we’d be in the car most of the day and I’ve
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 5
Bowden I pace past my comfortable old leather couch for the hundredth time while I wait for Kaiya to make her appearance. I've been restless all day, to the point that I'm afraid I'll hurt someone if I can't find a way to calm my nerves and settle my wolf. “Mate,” Knox growls in my head. “Go get our mate.” Knox is behaving completely out of character. Usually after we've found our mate, he'd settle down, content knowing that she was here if he wanted her. There are no female Lycans, and since we have no need to procreate, our wolves merely crave the emotional bond with a mate. They don't care one way or the other about a physical one anymore. The need for a mate bond is woven into our DNA. A holdover from the ancient times when female Lycans still existed. Before we became immortal and we still needed to breed. Knox shouldn't be acting this way now that we've found our next mate. Neither should I, for that matter. I want her here, in my arms where she belongs. I haven't felt this w
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 6
Bowden “My last mate?” I ask and stare at Kaiya’s slender back. “How do you know?" "I just know," Griffin says. "It's in the way Knox behaves...and you, you are more protective than usual. It feels different this time, doesn't it?" Frowning, I nod at my Beta. Am I that obvious? "So after she dies, this ends? The torture of finding and losing mates, it all finally ends?” “No. It doesn’t end, Bowden. It never ends.” I have more questions, but Kaiya turns around to look at us, her big grey eyes questioning. “Should I go so you can talk in private?” she asks with all the grace of a well-trained Alpha's daughter. “No,” I say. “Please-” I indicate to the food on the table -“go ahead and eat.” “I’ll wait for you,” she says and turns her back on us again. She might have lived as a rogue for way too long, but the Luna training she no doubt received from her mother is starting to kick in. Whether she knows that’s she’s falling back on her instincts are unclear, but it's there all the sam
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 7
Kaiya I stare at the closed door, a feeling of utter despair settling over me. It’s not as if I had been mistreated. The king even treats me decently, despite the rumours about how much he abuses his breeders, rumours that turned out to be untrue by the looks of things. Then why do I want to run away from him so badly? Maybe, if I try, I could even be happy here. There’s no happiness to be found in captivity though. A gilded cage is still a cage. I don't want to live like that ever again. Sighing, I turn away from the closed door and fetch the clothes from the bed. I’ll figure it out later. Tomorrow perhaps, when I’ve had a chance to speak to Clara. She's older than I am and she's been on the run for close to ten years now. She'll know what to do. For now, there’s not much I can do. The king is in the apartment with me, and with his super senses on high alert, I won’t be able to fart without him knowing about it. I gasp in surprise when I enter his bathroom. I thought mine was lu
Once Upon a Full Moon Chapter 8
Kaiya “What did you see?” Griffin repeats the question. “Oh,” I say. “You actually want an answer?” “That would be nice.” I consider lying to him, but for whatever reason decide against it. “She didn’t look…quite right. Almost as if-” I feel ridiculous just saying the words aloud -“she was a ghost. Her hair just sort of…floated.” Griffin’s menacing demeanour softens and his amber eyes fill with sadness. “I assure you, she is very real...and that's the hell of it.” “Yeah. I figure maybe…maybe the full moon…” I throw my hands in the air. “I don’t know what I saw, Beta.” “You should call me Griffin. You’ll outrank me soon.” He sighs like an old man carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. “She’s my mate.” “I…yeah, you did kind of look in love.” He chuckles humourlessly in response. “The thing is, Kaiya, she died more than eighty years ago.” “The fuck you say,” the words slip out of my mouth before I can stop them. I’d think the Beta was trying to make a joke, but he lo
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