His Cursed Mate!

Mates pt 2 Jazabell and Thierry

~Jazabell~

I stiffened as the scent of apples with a slight hint of cinnamon hits my nose. The same scent from my last outdoor sparring session and the very same one that I could smell even in my dreams.

Vera was stick straight beside me, her eyes glowing in their electric violet shade. I got up and pulled her towards the stairs, making our way down to the field below. I stood next to Jace, who was also stiff and the pools of gold-flooding his eyes told me all I needed to know.

He could smell his mate.

I was happy for him and Vera too. Amira made her way towards us and her green eyes were blazing into their electric green shade. As we waited to meet our fates.

My eyes scanned the entire perimeter of the training grounds, but it felt like everything was going on in slow motion. Jace pulled away and gave our bodies a safe distance, moving down my left side. I felt Stark take his place behind me and that alone gave me some comfort. Vera pulled herself a little way to the right and I could see Amira inching her way to Vera's side, leaving me wide open right smack in the middle of my pack.

Our mates were Vampires, that much I was sure of, but they weren't just any ordinary Vampire though.

I couldn't even hear their feet touch the ground.

My wolf was excited.

Yelling Mate over and over again.

Would he accept me? Or would he reject me because I was a hybrid mutt littered with scars?

'Don't say that, human. Mate has waited a long time for us.'

'Right.' I said mockingly.

Suddenly I was afraid to find out. There's so much I didn't know. My wolf doesn't like to share anything with me. I was going through this blindly, but they should have already been within our line of vision. Maybe they stopped dead in their tracks because they hated the idea of being mated to a bunch of werewolves, a witch and a Fae.

'Wrong,' the wolf in my head growls, pacing back and forth anxiously. 'They're scared too,' she adds.

I was about to say something, nothing of sustenance, when the gorgeous Vampires stopped 50 meters in front of us.

I felt more stiffening, growls and hissing and sharp intakes of breath as we all came face to face with our mates.

The man from my dreams was here and he was my mate.

Something in the pit of my stomach said so. Other than the wolf that paced back and forth in my head. I knew him. Even the most intimate parts of him. It felt as if we had already done this before. A million times over.

Nobody moved and nobody said a damned thing as we all took it all in.

Our hearts suddenly became whole and, at the same time, they broke. We'd all lose someone we'd come to deeply care about and love, but all of us felt the snap of the bond tether together to our Mates.

But I had to say something. We all had to say Goodbye to someone. I knew they weren't going to like what they heard, but this was something we all had to do. We had to have closure. We had to end on a good note. We were still friends, but more importantly, we were still a family and Pack.

I don't know how I knew, but I knew he would hear it.

So I shut my eyes. 'We have to say Goodbye. We all have someone we have to let go of. Please.' trying, but failing to keep the emotion out of my voice. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. I suddenly felt protective of them as well as him.

I looked into his beautiful, gorgeous blue eyes and I could see the small glint of pain in them as I let a single tear fall from mine. I turned my body to face Jace, I could see his fists clenched and his jaw was set tight. I walked slowly to him, his eyes never leaving the beautiful Vampire in front of him.

"Jace," I murmur.

He pulls his eyes away from his mate while I cup his cheek. Two growls can be heard from their direction. I had no doubt were coming from both our mates.

"It's okay Jace, be happy. You have a mate." I smiled. "I told you, you would." trying to bite back the sob that wanted to escape my lips.

"I love you Jace, I'll always love you and I want you to know that. That I will always be here for you. No matter what. Thank you for everything. Thank you for being what I needed when I needed it." I pulled him and hugged him tightly.

Jace gives me a nod and I kiss his cheek. I smile one last time at him and, for the first time in a long time, he beams. 'I'm happy for you, Now go get your Mate.' I say as he pulls away from me and rushes to her.

She smiles and kisses him right on the lips. I smile from the joy I feel from Jace in our Pack link. I see Amira already in the arms of her mate, his hands cupping her face as he looks into her burning green eyes. I see love, instantaneous love from both of them. I secretly wondered how the Fae Queen and King would feel once they realize their daughters are both mated to Vampires.

Vera hasn't made a single movement and I feel the edginess in Stark. This was where they had to say Goodbye as well.

He wouldn't have his mate today, but I had no doubt that he would someday.

My beautiful mate had a look of understanding. I wanted to tell him that she too had a Goodbye, but maybe he knew, which was why he was holding the Male closest to him back.

'Stark,'

I murmur through our link. 'I know,' he whispers as he walks to Vera.

Her eyes are purple embers burning in her sockets, silent tears rolled down her cheeks. 'I'm not worthy,' she whispers.

Stark touches his forehead against hers."Don't say that." I heard my brother tell her.

"Stark, I....I...we..." she could hardly speak and it was heartbreaking.

"V, I know. He's going to love you."

I looked at the two Vampires holding it together.

"I'm sorry," she whispers.

And I'm not sure who she meant it for? Was it for her mate? Or herself and Stark? Or was it for all of us? I was sure as hell sorry too. I got lost in Jace because I felt unworthy of a Mate! I mean look at him and then theirs broke me. He's tall and breathtakingly gorgeous.

I'm a pathetic hybrid with no connection to her wolf and a million different scars.

Hell I've dreamed about him and so did my wolf.

My brother shakes his head, holding hers still. "Don't ever be sorry. I'm so happy for you. Be happy. Be loved because you deserve it and so much more." he places the sweetest kiss on the top of her head and pulls away.

Then, with a violent pain in his heart, he lets her go. I could feel the pain in his heart and it just about broke me too. My Alpha's heart was breaking and I felt all of it. Someday he'll heal.

~Thierry~

The moving interaction between the younglings proved that they were wiser beyond their years. I've had a thousand years and I don't think I could have done what they did just now. I'd throw caution to the wind and lose myself in my Mate. They all needed closure and they deserved to have it. Putting the bond aside. I had to respect that. We needed to give them that. They are young, but wise.

I wanted to charge at the blonde boy with my mate, but I held myself back. What kind of king would I be if I couldn't keep my s**t together? This was new to me. She's never had a relationship before, but then again, I knew this life would be different from the moment I laid eyes on her.

She loved that boy. I couldn't blame her. Our love was damned anyway.

I'd let her go if she wanted me to. I'd let her go even if it broke me, but I'd do it for her.

I couldn't save her, I could never save her and each time she died in my arms a piece of me died right along with her. This time will be no different. I would end myself and not repeat this endless cycle of pain and loss. I don't know how many more times I can watch her die. This will be the last time.

I promised myself.

They let go of each other and Jace, the blonde boy, runs to Ezra. They hug and she crashes her lips into his and I inwardly chuckle. They would be okay. Kade already had his mate in his arms. A Fae that looked oddly familiar. Come to think of it, so did the young Witch, whom was frozen in her spot.

I don't take my eyes off my mate and I see her communicating with the young Alpha. He steps in front of the witch and speaks lowly. For her ears only, but my hearing and senses are as superior as theirs and Dante and I heard their private conversation.

Dante feels dejected as I restrain him back. The visceral need to pull his mate away from the boy was strong, but they had to close that chapter of their lives. Soon he'd have his mate and this would all be forgotten and forgiven. Clearly, none of us would be rejecting our mates. How could we? When they were all we wished and prayed for, but they were so much more.

They were kind, brave and courageous for saying Goodbye. We would never keep them from each other because clearly they had a bond of their own. Made of friendship and duty.

The Alpha lets go of the Witch and steps away from her, her eyes blazing once more as her eyes seek out Dante. I let him go and slowly they walked towards each other. I don't know what to do with myself?

Do I go up to her? Did she not want me in return?

I scolded myself because that couldn't be right. We'd naturally always gravitate towards each other. No matter how much I tried fighting it. We could never keep away from each other. The bond made sure of it. Her wolf made sure of it, but as her friends were held by their mates she made her way towards me.

And when she was in front of me her eyes blazed like liquid gold. She's beautiful. Silky dark hair that's pulled up in a high ponytail, eyes of stormy clouds, perfect skin and a body that I couldn't wait to hold. It's been an eternity since I last held her. She looked reluctant.

Slowly, I pulled my palm out of my pocket and held it out to her. Reluctant myself because I didn't know what to expect. Every time we do this, the situation is different. Her stormy eyes look at my hand and my thumb twitches, but she steps closer. Her scent of forest and melon filled my lungs.

Then she places her delicate hand in mine and rasps. "Mate,"

I can't fight the smile that splits my face and, with a relieved sigh, I confirmed her words. "Mate,"