The Awakening
1043 Words
The room seemed to hold its breath.
Three bonds pulsed between them.
Three wolves waited.
Three women had made their choices.
And there was no fear left.
Only certainty.
Remi looked into Will’s eyes.
“I choose you.”
Will’s hand came up to her cheek.
“You’re sure?”
Remi nodded.
“I’m sure.”
He pulled her closer.
The moment their lips met, the bond between them exploded.
Heat rushed through Remi.
Will’s wolf roared.
Mate.
Remi wrapped her arms around him, surrendering to the pull that had haunted them both for nine years.
Across the room, Rae and Trey finally stopped fighting their own bond.
Trey cupped her face.
“Still think I’m an i***t?”
Rae smiled against his lips.
“Definitely.”
He laughed softly before kissing her again.
The connection between them surged.
Rae felt magic race through her veins.
Trey’s wolf practically celebrated.
Our beautiful chaos.
And Rae laughed against Trey’s lips.
“I heard that.”
“I know.”
Nearby, Elijah and Del stood forehead to forehead.
“You’re sure?” Elijah whispered.
Del smiled.
“I’ve never been more sure of anything.”
He pulled her into his arms.
Their kiss was slower.
Deeper.
Full of everything neither had been able to explain since they first met.
Del’s phoenix fire responded immediately.
Golden light shimmered across her skin.
The three bonds grew stronger.
Closer.
Hotter.
And finally, the three couples surrendered completely to their mates.
The world disappeared.
There was only love.
Trust.
Passion.
And the supernatural bonds that had been pulling them together from the beginning.
Then—
Everything changed.
A powerful surge of energy ripped through the room.
Rae cried out.
Magic exploded from her fingertips.
Trey pulled back just enough to look at her.
“Rae?”
Her eyes flashed.
“I can feel it.”
The magic raced through her body.
Her witch nature wasn’t waking anymore.
It was fully awake.
Energy crackled around her.
The lights flickered.
The air hummed.
Trey stared at his mate in awe.
“My beautiful chaos.”
Rae looked down at her glowing hands.
“I think I’m a witch.”
Trey smiled.
“I think you are.”
Across the room, Del gasped.
Golden fire erupted around her.
Elijah immediately reached for her.
“Del!”
She looked at him.
The flames didn’t hurt.
They danced across her skin like they belonged there.
Then the fire vanished beneath her skin.
Del stared at her hands.
“I know what I am.”
Elijah’s eyes widened.
“What?”
“A Phoenix.”
A slow smile spread across his face.
“My mate is a Phoenix.”
Del laughed.
“Apparently.”
Then Remi cried out.
Will turned toward her.
Her entire body trembled.
A howl echoed through the room.
Not from outside.
From within her.
Remi’s eyes flashed.
Her breathing changed.
She felt something enormous awaken inside her.
A wolf.
Her wolf.
Fully awake.
She looked at Will in disbelief.
“I can hear her.”
Will’s eyes softened.
“You’re a wolf.”
Remi laughed through tears.
“I was never human.”
Will touched her face.
“You were always one of us.”
Remi looked down.
And then she felt it.
A new sensation at the side of her neck.
Warm.
Tingling.
Permanent.
She touched the spot.
“What is that?”
Will’s eyes immediately dropped to the mark.
His breath caught.
The completed mating bond had left its unmistakable mark.
His mark.
On his mate.
Will stared at it for several seconds.
His wolf was completely satisfied.
Ours.
Will gently traced the edge of the mark with one finger.
His expression was filled with wonder.
“My mate.”
Remi smiled.
“Your mate.”
Across the room, Trey noticed Rae’s mark.
It rested against her skin like a permanent symbol of their bond.
He stared at it.
Then looked into her eyes.
His grin slowly appeared.
“Beautiful.”
Rae touched it.
“You like it?”
Trey’s wolf answered before he could.
Perfect.
Rae giggled.
“Your wolf likes it.”
“He has excellent taste.”
Rae rolled her eyes.
“Of course he does.”
But she couldn’t stop smiling.
Elijah was having a similar reaction.
His eyes were fixed on the mark now glowing faintly against Del’s skin.
His fingers carefully brushed beside it.
Not wanting to disturb it.
Not wanting to believe something so powerful was finally real.
Del caught his hand.
“You’re staring.”
Elijah smiled.
“I can’t help it.”
“You like it?”
His gaze met hers.
“I love it.”
Del smiled.
“So do I.”
The three Alpha brothers stood beside their mates.
Will admiring Remi’s mark.
Trey admiring Rae’s.
Elijah admiring Del’s.
Three marks.
Three bonds.
Three mates.
And the marks weren’t merely symbols.
They were proof that the women had awakened.
Remi’s wolf stirred beneath her skin.
Rae’s magic hummed around her.
Del’s phoenix fire flickered in her eyes.
The three women who had spent their lives believing they were human were finally seeing the truth.
They were powerful.
They were supernatural.
And they were bonded to three Alpha brothers who had no intention of ever letting them face the darkness alone.
Rae looked at the other two women.
“Well…”
She glanced at her glowing hands.
“This escalated quickly.”
Del laughed.
Remi smiled.
“That’s one way to put it.”
Trey wrapped an arm around Rae.
Elijah pulled Del closer.
Will held Remi against him.
Then—
A distant howl echoed through the Bayou.
Every wolf in the room went still.
Remi’s newly awakened wolf lifted her head.
Rae’s magic sparked.
Del’s phoenix fire flickered.
Will’s expression hardened.
“That wasn’t one of ours.”
Trey’s smile disappeared.
Elijah turned toward the window.
Another howl answered from somewhere deep in the darkness.
Nightshade had felt the awakening.
And now it knew.
The Bayou had three new supernatural powers.
Three Alpha mates.
Three completed bonds.
The enemy had been hunting the wrong prey.
Because the women they thought were vulnerable…
Had just become something else entirely.
The Wolf.
The Witch.
The Phoenix.
And they were awake.
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