Royal Rebel (Book 2 of

Chapter 16 The Green Eyed Monster

Kassy’s POV

After our little episode, Wade and I had kind of started again. We decided to try and be friends first. I knew for him, being Royal and Alpha, this would be a harder road as he was naturally possessive. The other elephant in the room was Cilla.

I had noticed, now that Wade and I were consciously spending more time together, Cilla had grown a little distant from me and I was not about to let that happen.

I had not expected her to display this kind of cold behaviour. After all, she was his chosen mate. I can’t help that the moon Goddess had decided Wade and I were to be soul mates.

Cilla walked into the garden where Wade and I were talking s**t, laughing about my brothers and his antics back in the day and just getting to know each other all over again.

She glared at us, which made me c**k my eyebrow at her. What could possibly be going on in that little mind of hers?

I could no longer ignore it.

“Cilla, why don’t you come and join us” I suggested.

She walked over and sat on Wade's lap. Oh dear Miss Cilla was staking her claim. Wade was a little surprised by her actions and all I could do was smirk.

“Babe, are you feeling OK?” Wade asked.

“I just miss you” she replied as she ran her fingers through his hair.

“Umm, I had breakfast with you this morning, it’s only been 2 hours since we were together” Wade replied, a little confused.

“Well, you haven’t been spending as much time with me and that’s why I miss you” she replied as she glared at me.

I couldn’t help myself but laugh. Sweet innocent Cilla was trying to be a b***h. How cute I thought.

“Kass, why are you laughing” Wade asked, smiling at me, amused. At this point I just couldn’t help myself but to state the obvious.

“Baby boy, Miss Cilla here is flexing her possessive b***h muscles and I find it funny” I replied, still chuckling.

“ I am doing no such thing” Cilla replied, raising her voice, trying to be offended.

“Look Cilla, just own it or you will end up a horrible manipulative b***h. We all know I won’t put up with that s**t.

 I am no threat to your relationship with Wade. I respect his decision to choose you, but you need to remember, ‘he chose you’. You are here because you are his chosen mate, I am here because the Moon Goddess chose me for him and vice versa. I am a part of his soul. I will always respect his choice, but you will accept and respect the Moon Goddess’s choice. I won’t allow you, not even for a minute, to try and weaken or separate what she has brought together,

So deal with yourself princess, from now on it is not going to be all about you” I explained, still smirking at her, finally feeling comfortable enough with Wade to stake a claim of my own.

Cilla looked shocked and Wade sat quietly.

“I..I..I am not that type of person” she replied with bullshit tears in her eyes.

“Well, well, well, look at you playing the whole self-pity card, I am a little surprised and somewhat disappointed in you” I replied.

“Cilla, I know spending time with Kass is making you feel a little insecure, but my relationship with Kass is just as important to me as my relationship with you, and now that Kass and I have found some common ground and are getting closer to each other I am going to do all I can to continue in a hope she falls in love me, so please find a way to cope that is not toxic to us” Wade replied shocking me as well as making my heart beat a little faster.

“Why am I not enough anymore” she replied, looking at Wade.

“and why do you want him now? He was fine just having you around to calm his wolf, he was fine not spending any real time with you.

He never had any serious thoughts about ever having any kind of relationship with you, and you seemed to be the same, so I’ll ask you again, why do you want him now” She screamed at me, anger burning in her eyes.

“Oh dear, I guess I understand now, but I never said I didn’t want him. Was I disappointed when I found out he was my mate? Yes, but that was because I grew up with him and judged him according to the way he conducted himself with my brothers, but it’s actually thanks to you Cilla that I got to view who he was and could be as a mate.

So to just confirm and make it clear, I want him wholeheartedly, but in order for me to have that happen, you and I Cilla have to fix this, because a big part of his heart belongs to you, so I must embrace you also, I just hope one day you can sort it out with yourself so you can find space for me as well” I replied standing up kissing Wade on the cheek and leaving the two of them to talk.

I walked into the middle of the palace maze needing to clear my head a little, I stood in front of the magnificent fountain at the centre of it caught up in my thoughts.

Without warning, I felt arms wrap around my waist from behind and gentle kisses being left on my neck. My eyes closed and my body responded in a most delicious way. Then it occurred to me I had no idea who the hell was embracing me and making me feel this kind of deliciousness. I sniffed the air discretely, I tensed up as I turned frowning at the now smirking fate.

“Dude, what the hell, I thought we decided to be friends and that you would announce yourself” I asked, feeling a little embarrassed.

“Oh my, kitten, I did announce myself and you seemed to like the way I did, and as for being friends, I think we should add, as you supernatural’s put it ‘with benefits’, I would very much enjoy the benefits, as would you” Fate replied, still with his arms around me smirking.

“Down boy”, I said, trying to move out of his hold. Unfortunately, my casting skills or strength had no effect on celestial beings. With Fate, I was literally human.

“Those benefits you are talking about, Fate are reserved for my mate or mates and, because you are not my mate, our relationship status will remain ‘Friends’ without benefits Comprende? I replied, shaking my head and giggling at this very smug god.

“Well, if that is the case, I will speak to Selene. I am sure she will give you to me. I am ok with sharing” he replied making me laugh at his ridiculous notion, like the Moon Goddess would ever allow him to have me.

As I looked into his cosmic eyes, I realised he was serious and now, for the first time, I stopped laughing and my resolve began to crumble a little with the thought of ‘What if she does give me to him.’ OMG fate would be my mate or something like that…….