Mated or fated? (Completed Book #5 of the blood moon saga)

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I ignored Keagen, Lola and James because I new they were on the plane and put my phone away. We arrive at the harbour and mr gonzal is ready and waiting for us. We jump out and I hug him

"Ahh miss Megan it's good to see you. And who is this?"

"This is my fated mate Brian"

"Hey how are you"

Brian shook his hand and mr gonzal smiled

"I am good. Come come, my wife has dinner ready"

We climbed on the boat and took off to the small island.

"Your brother and sisters will arrive in the morning"

I smile and sit back against Brian letting the breeze and the beating of his heart relax me. The boat ride only takes 5 minutes and the place always catches my breath.

It's a small island but not tiny. You could spend all day getting lost in it. There were so many swimming holes and waterfalls and caves to hide in and explore. It was a lot of fun to grow up around here.

"It's amazing. Your family is really minted aren't they?"

I shrug

"Yeah. But we all share the houses that we own. So if we ever buy a place don't think you can keep it to yourself. I'm a hundred percent certain that every holiday one of us goes on somebody ends up crashing it. Like right now james, Lola and Keagen are on there way here and I didn't invite them"

He laughs and hugs me

"I like that there are so many of you. It's refreshing"

"Try growing up with it. Mum and dad took on kids like they ran a home for kids. But they were always amazing. We still do movie nights and game nights but now it's more fun because we can all get drunk. But it gets harder and harder to all be at the same place at the same time. We hardly ever see soph or Noah anymore and lorcan, sammy and Logan live with them so we don't see them much either"

"I only ever had xavier"

He says but I don't feel sadness through the bond. I'm not exactly sure what it is he's feeling so I turn and touch his face

"What is it? Tell me?"

"It's like I know I loved him. I know he was all I had but every relationship I had before you doesn't matter anymore. All from the moment I met you. Like I was pissed that Ronnie called you out and I would have killed her for that and I couldn't understand why Xavier tried to scold you! It still doesn't make sense to me. You came first from the second I laid eyes on you and I don't know why he didn't feel that way to"

"Because he was being an ass"

He chuckled but I shrugged

"I grew up with mum and dad killing people for less, jezz Baylee used to get the wolves to bite anyone that talked to caden and caden just killed people. One day at school a girl tried it on with Noah and Sophie took scissors to her throat. The teacher was screaming at Noah to do something but Noah shrugged and said "she was trying to touch what was Sophie's. She has every right to kill her" James managed to talk her down but the next day a boy tried to kiss Lola when she told him no and James broke every bone in his body then broke his neck. When dad found out what the boy did he slapped James on the back and told him well done so that day when he didn't say anything to her I was pissed"

His eyebrows were in the air

"They are not wrong when they say your family are possessive"

I shrug

"It's the Ailm bond. Doesn't matter what the other does, you can't be mad for more than an hour. And Sophie and Noah are different because soph is primordial like mum so their bond is stronger than a normal one too. It will be the same when Keagen meets her mate. I just hope emmet has a mate out there"

"It's true I can see you kill a city of innocent people and I'd still stand by your side"

We got off the boat and walked towards the beach. The house was huge, enough room for every kid to have their own families stay. We all had our own quarters with a few rooms and a tv room then in between was a huge kitchen with a dining room and a cinema room and a normal living area. Outside was a huge deck with outside furniture and bbq's with more tables.

"This is insane"

I chuckled and nodded when one of my most favourite people in the world came sprinting out of the house. I'm small at around 5ft 4 but Mrs Gonzal is about a foot shorter. She crashes into me

"Miss Megan, it's so good to see you. Oh you have grown. I have missed you"

She kisses each cheek and then pulls away and looks Brian over and adjusts her glasses then circles him and comes back around to me

"And you brought a hunk. Phhh I haven't seen a boy this good looking in a long time. You will have fun with him. He's like a tree"

I snort like a pig as Brian's face turns bright red

"Down girl"

I say to her through giggles

"Mara you watch where those eyes wonder you are still mine"

I grin at them. Both around 60 years old and still possessive of each other

"Ohh hush I can appreciate without touching, now come dinner is ready we are having pasta bake"

We eat dinner and catch up with them both avoiding the topic of Xavier altogether. Brian pulls his phone out and kisses my cheek

"Excuse me I need to ring my dad back"

He leaves and we continue our conversation until he returns and we decide to watch a movie in our room. Brian is amazed at the place but all thoughts of the house go out the window when the door shuts behind us.

In an instant I'm in Brian's arms and he rips the T-shirt from my body and drops me on the bed. He takes his off and throws it on the floor. He leans over the bed and pulls me into a kiss but his hands move and pull my trousers of me

I thought I would be nervous because of last time but all the flashbacks of that night had stopped because of mum and things felt so right with Brian.

I knew this is the love I had watched my entire life. I knew this is what it was like to have a partner. Someone to make you feel strong and powerful, to feel sexy and horny as well as confident. To build you up instead of putting you down.

He made me feel all those things and more and I loved it. I loved how my body reacted with his and how he took care when he touched me. This is how my first time was meant to be and I am so ready to take that step with him now.

He kissed down my throat and to my breasts sucking a n****e into his mouth but then replaced it with his hand as he kissed down my stomach. His other hand grabs hold of my v****a and I buck of the bed

He moves onto his knees and pulls my legs down the bed then opens them. And with one hot ass move he licks from my core to my c**t sucking it into his mouth and moans

His finger goes inside me and I groan, his skin reacting to mine and spreading throughout my insides. Before I knew it I was thrusting my hips wanting more of him. He f***s me with his fingers. I grab his hair and hold onto him as he plunges his tongue inside me.

My stomach starts to tighten as he works and a nought builds in my belly. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better he adds another finger and curls them inside of me and I scream as I cream into his mouth

He moans as he cleans me up with his tongue. I'm in a daze watching f*****g unicorns s**t glitter completely gobsmacked that it could feel that good but just as my high starts to fade Brian kisses me again pulling me up the bed and settling between my legs

He pulls away slightly letting his breath fan my face

"You ready baby"

I nod to try to talk

"Words baby"

"Yes"

It was so low I couldn't even class it as a whisper but it was good enough for him because he started to tease my lips with his tip and I already knew this was going to be like the first time all over again because he was huge but I also new it wouldn't hurt for long like the last time.

He pushed the tip in and used his finger to play with my c**t as he pushed in fully making me scream out. He froze and kissed me

"You ok?"

I answered by bucking my hips and kissing him. It was painful but it quickly changed into something better than pleasure. He started slow and the feeling was indescribable. I felt so full but it was amazing. My insides reacted to him and soon he moved faster and I met him pump for pump losing ourselves in the moment and in our kiss

It was the most mind blowing experience and all too soon that nought had formed in my stomach again so I pushed my hips faster. He got the message and grabbed my legs and thrust into me harder. His nails broke the skin only adding to the pressure between my legs.

My canines protruded so I ran them along his neck and as his movements became more erratic I bite down sending him over the edge. He bit down on my neck and I screamed as the unicorn poop blinded me and had little baby unicorn poops.

I was blinded by the pure pleasure of everything. I felt him pull me onto his chest and we both lay there coming down from our high in silence. When the lights in my brain started to work again I turned to look at him. He was smiling down at me.

"You're insanely beautiful, you know that don't you?"

"You're not so bad yourself. That was mind blowing"

"Mind blowing doesn't even cut it. All my dreams came true; you are my everything and now you wear my mark as I wear yours"

I pull myself up his chest to kiss him. He plays with my hand in his and we talk about everything and anything

"Kids?"

I ask

"Yes. And I want a few but don't worry you don't have to birth them all and not for a while"

I smile

"I want to adopt at some point too. My family was crazy but completely amazing. I want our kids to have that, games nights, days at the beach, camping under the stars, all of it"

"That sounds nice, what about marriage?"

He asks

"Marriage yes wedding no, honeymoon yes"

"Proposals?"

"No crowds or audiences, something memorable but not over the top"

We talk for another while then I kiss him already wanting him again. By the time we were done we had done it 4 times. That was more times in one night than I had with Xavier our entire relationship. We fell asleep in each other's arms and I only woke up because my phone refused to shut up

"What!?"

"Well good morning to you to"

"Gran what? it's to early"

"Your mum told me you found your Ailm fated and he isn't a hound or banshee "

"Yeah"

"Don't mark him or not yet"

That got my attention and I sat up

"Why?"

"You already did, didn't you?"

"Maybe?"

"Well he's not a banshee or hellhound so you marked him so he will become like you"

"What do you mean? How? Lola didn't?"

"Because she's a banshee and you were made equal so if you're not equal the bond will make him equal. 2 halves of one soul means that soul can't be one sided so when you marked him you evened it out so now you are equal. When did you mark him?"

"Last night"

"He has about 2-3 days to turn and it's going to be painful. But when it starts it will happen fast. His heart will stop for a few seconds and then he will come back. He will be ok, the bond would not have chosen him if he wasn't strong enough"

"Anything else I should do?"

"Just be by his side. Your comfort will help him"

"But I don't understand how? I marked Xavier. How is this any different?"

"Xavier wasn't your Ailm fated Megan. And we had time to prepare him for the change when the marks appeared."

"So if the marks appeared he would have changed?"

"Yes. But he wasn't so he would never change. You do realise that your bond with Brian would have appeared anyway and broke the bond with Xavier"

"Yes I know. In Fact by the end the matebond was already fading. I preferred Brian's company"

"It's interesting isn't it"

"Yeah, but gran what if Brian finds his mate what will happen?"

"Nothing to worry about love. You have a completed fated mate bond, he won't even feel the matebond"

Relief floods me. I didn't realise just how much that worried me.

"Good I better go and break the news to him. Thanks gran, love you"

"Love you to baby girl"

We hung up and I turned to look at my mate. He was so beautiful. His scent was all over the bed and that alone drove me crazy. I pushed my body up against his and kissed him.

He groaned kissing me back and pulling me closer

"Now what do you want?"

He says sleepily. I kissed him again and threw my leg over his waist and bucked my hips to him. He pulled away and chuckled

"You are insatiable baby"

"Come shower with me?"

I answer by nudging my nose with his. He grabs my body and pulls me into his arms and hops out of bed and goes to the bathroom

"I can walk you know?"

He chuckles

"And what would be the point in that when I can carry you"

I wrapped my legs tightly around his waist and kissed down his jaw and over his mark sucking on it, he groaned and grabbed my ass and squeezed it. He uses his other hand to turn on the shower and we step under the stream of warm water. I kiss him and feel his d**k twitch between my legs. I groan needing him inside me.

He slowly lowers me onto his d**k lining me up then drops me making me scream and him growl.

I dig my nails into his shoulder to hold on tight as he lifts me again pulling back slightly and then he drops me again but forces up at the same time sending me straight over the edge. My inside contract around him as my vision dances with unicorn poop.

He didn't stop when I came, prolonging the orgasm making me throw my head back and cry out. He shifted one of my legs and pulled it up his back and when he dropped me this time I realised how much deeper he could go hitting me right in the cervix and this time he roared

He plunged in and out of me a few more times as my orgasm started to build again forming that tight nought in my stomach. Coiling around my insides waiting for it's release. It started to build making me wish for release

"Wait for me baby. Don't c*m until I tell you"

I cried out holding it as the pressure built up. It was painfully good as he slammed my back against the cold tiles and I screamed out trying to hold back.

"Please please"

He continued to f**k me as I held onto him. My nails dug into the hard muscles of his back as he started to swell and tick inside me.

"Now baby"

I let go and the nought in my stomach exploded into teeny tiny balls of pleasure spreading throughout my body and bursting under my skin blinding me with a rainbow of pleasure each one better then the next as my insides clamped around my mate and sucked him dry of his seed as he coated my insides.

When the orgasm finally gave way Brian's head was on my chest heaving heavily. When we caught our breath we washed each other and I loved the feeling of Brian's hands in my hair as he washed it.

"I like your hair better this way. It was nice before but it's even nicer now"

I smiled and kissed him

"Thank you, I have to tell you something. My gran rang"

"Your real gran or fake one"

I furrowed my brows at him confused then realised what he said and chuckled

"I suppose my fake one Caron although don't let her hear you say that she will hit you a slap"

He chuckled

"Go on"

"Well she rang to tell me not to mark you yet. I told her it was to late and she said because you have the Ailm mark we are 2 parts of 1 but that each part needs to be equal so since you wear the Ailm mark and I marked you, your going to evolve so your my equal my DNA becomes yours"

I study his face. He furrows his brows and looks at me

"Evolve how?"

"Become like me. I swear I didn't know and if I had I would have never marked you, I'm so sorry, but now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense"

"Ssssh love it's ok. So what do I become a hellhound to? How come Xavier didn't when you marked him?"

"Gran said because he didn't wear the mark it didn't matter. But if the mark appeared on him then he would have changed to but he obviously wasn't my Ailm fated so it didn't matter."

He give me a peek on the lips and turned the water off and handed me a towel

"Ok so when will I evolve then?"

"She thinks in around 2 days time that it's going to hurt, really really badly, but it will be fast"

"Ok cool"

I freeze and look up at him

"Cool? I tell you you're about to turn into a hellhound and you say cool?"

He chuckles and shrugs

"I don't care and it would be nice to actually be able to protect you the way I should be able to so yeah it's cool. I love you"

He kisses me again and walks back into the bedroom to our clothes.

"I love you too"

I pull out the black bathing suit and push my hair into a messy bun and throw on my sunglasses. I wear a pair of sliders and throw on my knitted beach dress on top. Brian has a pair of shorts on with some Adidas sneakers. He holds out his hand for mine and I take it. We make our way downstairs and are greeted by James

"Sis I missed you"

James runs to me and lifts me into the air and hugs me, swinging me around making me chuckle. He sets me back down and looks me over holding my hands

"You ok?"

"Never better"

I smile back at him. He grins and nods then greets Brian as I say hey to my sisters. Food is piled up on the table so I sit down only to be lifted and placed on Brian's knee.

He kisses my cheek and I relax into his touch. Everyone is staring at us but I ignore them and fill our plates with food until Keagen clears her throat

"So what it's like Xavier didn't exist?"

Everyone froze. I dropped my fork as guilt hit me right in the chest as a terrifying growl erupted around us. I fell back into brains arms where he hugged me protectively

"How f*****g dare you say that to her! We are Ailm fated and thankfuly we are because if it didn't break the bond your sister would be dead so no it's not that he didn't exist but more so he shouldn't have had what was mine in the first f*****g place. Plus why miss a bastard that raped you"

Brian's words were deadly calm as tears slipped down my cheek. Everyone gasped at his words and looked from on to the other. Obviously the cat was out of the bag now. They must not have known. I wasn't feeling this way because I missed him. Not because I loved him but because of shame. Shame that I didn't love him. Shame that I don't miss him. Shame because I'd rather be with Brian instead of Xavier and shame because I should feel those things when I don't but also shame because I had a mate who was a f*****g psychopath.

"What the f**k keagen! Why would you say such a thing!"

Lola shouts at her as James bangs the table

"What f*****g right have you got to upset her you should be happy she's alive and ok! What do you want her to be screaming in pain!! He's lucky he lived as long as he did after what he did to her"

Brian lifted my face to his and wiped a tear from my face

"You don't feel guilty. You have NOTHING to feel guilty for"

"I'm sorry Megan I didn't mean it the way it sounded"

My face snapped to hers and I watched her look guilty

"Well what f*****g way should it have sounded!"

I snapped at her. I could feel Brian's anger through the bond fuelling my own. But it wasn't because of what she said to me that I was pissed about. it's how it made Brian feel and I hated that more than me getting hurt.

"I just meant, I didn't mean it in a bad way, I'm just genuinely wondering how you felt. If the Ailm bond completely broke the mate bond. I didn't mean it the way it sounded. I'm so thankful that the Ailm bond broke the mate bond and you're not in pain anymore. I love you and I want to see you happy. I promise you that's not how I meant it. I love you and I don't want you to die and Brian's right the pain you were in that night. That would have been forever if the bond didn't break so I know he saved you. Please forgive me I really didn't mean it that way and Brian I'm sorry I really am, I didn't mean to upset her"

I could feel Brian relax a little under me so I nodded and smiled at Keagen

"It's ok I forgive you but please think before you speak next time"

"I will, I promise but I do need to say one thing that mum asked me to tell you and I'm asking you both not to shoot the messenger"

She looks at Brian worried and I chuckle

"He won't, will you babe?"

"Fine, but I can't promise I'm not going to get mad if it hurts you"

I smile and nod. I can't promise that either but I look to Keagen.

"Ok well after you claimed Brian as your own in public some people seem to have opinions about it all. Basically they think you planned the attack so Xavier would die and you both could take over the pack. Not everyone feels like it. Maybe just 2 or 3 but please don't kill me"

She jumped from the seat and hid behind James as Brian's cup shattered in his hands. I turned around and straddled him and held his face in mine.

"It's ok baby. It doesn't matter what they think. Anyone who knows us or loves us knows the truth. Hell if they didn't see that the night he died they never will. Don't worry about them"

"They need to leave. They need to be gone before I get home or I will kill them myself"

His voice was calm but deadly again and I had to swallow the lump in my throat as the anger burned through the bond and hit me right in the chest. I refused to let it in and take over. Not when he was like this, so I did the only thing I could do and I kissed him.

He didn't respond for a second then he melted into my touch and kissed me back. I let him take control of the kiss and I could feel his anger dissolve and disappear. After a few moments I pulled away and smiled at him. He grinned back at me and his entire face lit up like a Christmas tree and my heart did a little flip in joy.

I turned back around and smiled at my siblings. They all seem to relax and I pointed to the chair in front of me

"You can sit down Keagen nobody is going to hurt you"

She relaxed and smiled taking her seat again

"Does your parents know who feels like that?"

Brian's tone was back to casual as he pushed the broken pieces of cup to the side and continued to eat his food his mood doing a whole 180

"Yes and she's checking the people closest to them to check their thoughts. Anyone who believes that is being asked to leave and join another pack. But none of them are welcome in any of our packs. They either join another if they will have them or go rogue"

"Good"

Is all Brian says digging into his food

"Anything else I need to know about home?"

James and Lola started to laugh I looked at them

"Well Baylee is going to town with mum redecorating the house for when you return. They have plans for a huge cave for the wolves and I'm almost certain mum and dad are going to live with you both for a while if not forever"

I rolled my eyes

"They are a disaster. Why such a big inclosure I don't have that many wolves"

"Well Ross and Rachel are having pups so she wants them to have a safe space to grow"

"Oh really. Oh I love pups they are so much fun and so unruly"

Brian smiles and kisses my cheek

"So I want Brian to take the alpha position. I don't want it"

"Well duh. We all knew that when we found out he was your fated. You hate everything proper"

I giggled with Lola. She was right, I was too laid back to be alpha. I wasn't hungry for more land or pack. I was happy with our small pack.

"Cadens also sent some of the best warriors over to start training your warriors. He's worried you will be attacked again and they won't be smart enough to hold them off"

I shook my head at him. Of Course he did the overprotective tit

"Have they not got their own pack to annoy?"

Brian chuckled

"It won't do them any harm to have extra training and it's to keep you safe as well as the kids so it's good we have them. And as for the house? It's outdated and boring anyway I'm sure it will be fine. And a cave is better for the wolves"

I rolled my eyes and sighed stabbing a sausage with my fork and taking a bite

"Fine. What are we doing today"

"Don't know, but tonight is movie night and thankfully we have no chickens so we can watch some horrors. I bought tequila on the way"

James grinned. We all mirrored his grin because we all loved a good horror movie.

"Well I have a surprise for you at lunch but we can chill on the beach until then?"

Brian winked at me so I nodded wondering what he had planned.

Harper

Don't know but harden won't tell me

Me

Ugh why so secretive

Harper

Who cares just enjoy it

I got up from my seat and decided I'd check some work emails and check my i********:, I was shocked to see my followers had almost doubled. I looked through the pictures and nothing special stood out looking at the comments.

After I finished I handed the phone to Brian

"What the f**k! Your really blowing up"

"I know I don't understand why"

He shrugged and took a photo of our Ailm marks on our hands and handed the phone back. The photo was cute so I adjusted the lighting a little to make the tattoo-like design stand out and then I posted it and smiled when the notification started to pour in. As usual I ignored the hate and liked some of the nice comments then turned my phone off.

I stood up and threw the phone to Lola.

"Wanna be a photographer when you're here? i'll pay you double the usual"