Chapter 87 #2
“These companies have always belonged to the elders?” Reiya asked, and the older men in the front nodded their heads.
“We just needed help running them.”
“Are you willing to give the businesses back to the elders?” Reiya turned her head to look at the couple sitting in the front.
“We built them up. They were nothing when we took over,” the man said indignantly. “We’re not just going to hand over all of that hard work.”
Reiya gripped Lee’s hand and shook her head slightly.
She could feel his frustration at this couple.
“Very well then. By the power I am granted, I separate your lineage from the druid clans. You will bear the mark of the exiled.” The couple in the front gasped, and Noah cried unbecomingly in disgusting sobs.
“Why don’t you come to Elysia? Bring all of your people there to live. Everything you need is already there, and your people will be safe.” Reiya watched the four elders looking back and forth at each other. Then they slowly nodded their heads in agreement.
“Thank you. We will make preparations to move to the fairy kingdom.”
Alexa released her ice from Noah, who fell to the ground sobbing. He crawled over to his parents, who helped him to his feet.
“Don’t worry, my son. The Warden family will be just fine. We will continue to grow our businesses. We don’t need this backward group,” the man said as he helped lead his son away from everyone.
The people began chatting quietly among themselves.
Reiya and Levi were now talking with Alexa and Ken, filling them in on everything that was happening in Elysia.
Levi was going to come back and check the druids for nembrant glass and give them a nullifying scale.
This way they would all be clear when they entered Elysia.
Mikah quietly held Brandy and buried his nose in her hair, breathing in her scent. “I missed you,” he whispered.
“Now what? You aren’t planning to take a mate, right?” Brandy licked her lips, feeling a bit uncertain about what she should expect. She didn’t want to hope for what she couldn’t have.
“Brandy,” Mikah breathed out. “You’re mine and I’m yours. I couldn’t stay away from you even if I wanted to.”
She looked up at him as he pulled away. “How are we mates? Why didn’t we feel it before?”
Mikah shrugged his shoulders as he rubbed her cheek with his thumb. “I don’t know.” He glanced up at where Levi and Reiya were. They were still talking with Alexa and Ken. “Come with me. I’d like to introduce you to some people.”
Mikah escorted Brandy toward the group, nodding at Alexa and Ken. “Of course you’ve already met them.” He then turned to look at Reiya and Levi. “And these people …” He smiled as he gazed at them. “This is my mom and dad.”
Levi and Reiya’s eyes watered as they smiled back at their son and his new mate.
“Welcome to the family.” Reiya pulled Brandy into her embrace.
Levi grabbed onto Mikah and wrapped his arms around him. “I love you, my son.” He’d been waiting and waiting for Mikah to one day call him dad. Even though he hadn’t until just now, it was obvious that was how he viewed them.
“Why don’t you tell me a bit about what is going on with you?” Reiya asked as she looked the druid over. “It’s hard to believe that you’re losing your fertility window already.”
Brandy looked up at Reiya and chewed on her inner lip. She shook her head slowly and looked down at the ground.
“Brandy, it’s okay. I don’t mind. I just want you.
” Mikah wrapped his arm around her. He didn’t want her to feel bad about not giving him children.
He’d never planned on taking a mate to begin with.
Children would have just been the icing on the cake.
But that didn’t matter to him as long as he had her.
“Um … I didn’t lose my fertility window.
” Brandy felt her stomach turn as she tried to figure out how to say what was on her mind.
She looked up at Mikah and swallowed. “Look, I was going to tell you. But you weren’t here.
I wasn’t going to keep it a secret, though.
And I wasn’t going to expect anything either.
I just thought you had the right to know.
I don’t expect anything now either.” She could see the confusion in his blue eyes as he looked down at her.
“We’re adults and we both knew what could happen.
We didn’t take any precautions and we were together …
a lot.” It was obvious that he still hadn’t caught on to what she was saying.
“I’m pregnant, Mikah.” Brandy’s eyes were glued onto the blue ones in front of her.
She heard Reiya and Alexa squeal in the background, but their sounds seemed muffled.
It was like she was in a bubble with Mikah right now.
She watched as the realization finally reached his face.
He brought his hands out to cup both of her cheeks.
“We’re … having a baby?” Mikah smiled as she nodded slowly. “Well then … I better mark you and make all of this official.”
“I know this isn’t what you wanted—”
Mikah’s lips found Brandy’s, stopping her words. He held her tenderly and slowly moved his lips against hers.
“This isn’t what I wanted.” Mikah smiled as he stared into her green eyes. “This is what I dreamed of. You’re giving me everything I never let myself ask for.” He embraced her tightly. He had a family, he had love … he had a mate.
“How does Mikah have a mate?” Reiya asked.
“I’m going to talk with Gaia about that, but I have my suspicions.
” Levi looked down to see Reiya looking up at him expectantly.
“Well, my fairy, they didn’t seem to feel the mate pull right away.
I’m guessing it has something to do with her being pregnant.
But I don’t know. Gaia might know a bit more on this. ”
“Are we ready to go home?” Ken asked, looking down at Alexa.
“Your father and I have a few more things to finish up here, but you guys go on. After everything is settled, come to Elysia. Everyone will want to meet Brandy.” Reiya felt Lee’s arm resting on her shoulder and she smiled up at him.
“We will come and visit in a few days.” Alexa waved to her parents until they vanished from her sight. The air shifted, and they were now in the inner room of Ken’s house.
Alexa watched as Mikah lifted Brandy and carried her up the stairs.
She was so happy for Mikah. And she couldn’t wait to see how his child turned out.
A titan guardian werebear that is half druid.
She wondered if the child would end up like Justice, Destiny, and Raine, where they could wield a magical sword to harness their powers.
She felt Ken’s arms snake around her waist and she leaned her back into him.
“Do you want one of those too?” he drawled in her ear.
“Someday. We’re both immortal, so there isn’t any rush. Unless you want to rush?” She smiled as she looked up at him. She already knew his thoughts and watched the grin spread across his face.
“Well, you are right. Practice does make perfect.” Alexa smiled, biting her bottom lip.
Ken scooped her up in his arms and teleported to their room where he laid siege to her lips. He pulled her down on top of him as they collapsed on the bed.
“I’m so glad you’re well rested.” Ken smirked as he ran his hands over her sides.
“Why? So, you can exhaust me again?” Alexa pulled her shirt over her head.
“Mm-hmm. Over and over again.”
Alexa smiled as she traced her finger over his chest below her. “Why don’t you show me what you’ve got?”
Ken chuckled as she leaned in, crashing her lips into his. Their emotions and hearts intertwined, beating as one. It was incredible. He loved her so much.
Sometimes it was hard to believe she was his.
He worried that this was just a dream, and he would wake up trapped in the ocean again.
He never thought that one person could change his life so much, but she did.
She was the reason he finally felt alive.
She was his everything, his treasure, his soulmate. For all eternity.