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Traps and Magic

Adbay and Sadmir hold me until my body stops shaking and the tears on my face have dried. They don't push me to speak, and I am grateful to them for that. I am at a loss for what I just saw. Sanjay. The leader of Vipin's private guard is one of my chakra mates. How can this be? How am I even going to be able to get to him? He is the enemy. He will never listen. I knew it could not be this easy. I knew there had to be a c***k in the chain somewhere. By the Spirit, I just never imagine it could be this.

I lift my head, finally feeling like I have myself under control, at least enough to get a few words out. I swallow a few times, trying to wet the back of my throat. My hands begin to shake again, but Adbay holds them steady, giving me his warmth that spreads up my arms and straight to my heart.

"Vipin has a secret guard." I begin but stop short as my heart starts to pick up its pace.

"The leader in Vipin's opinion is the best tracker in the Kingdom. His name is Sanjay and he is my mate."

Tears fall from my eyes again, but I continue on because they need to know they are my mates too.

"He is tortured I think. There was something about his face. He looked empty as if he were not a full man. I think he saw me as well but Vipin came between us. We have to save him. I need him, please say you will help me?"

I must look like a madwoman, but I can't seem to care. My mate needed me. Whatever Vipin had been doing to him must have been killing him slowly or changing him into a lifeless being. I saw him only a few moments, but I had seen enough. He was hollow and empty, and by the Spirit, I could feel it. He needed me to save him. To show him this was not his life.

"Please help me save Sanjay." I whisper, barely keeping myself together. Sadmir grabs my chin and pulls my face towards his, and whispers back against my lips.

"You don't even have to ask Amita, tell us everything and we will gladly help our brother."

Sadmir plants his lips firmly against mine, and I moan into his mouth. He tastes so sweet like a juicy peach, and already my body wants more of him. He pulls away before I have a chance to get greedy, and I can't help the whimper that comes out of me next. He laughs lightly, but then his face turns serious as he makes sure he has my full attention.

"It's not easy for me either Amita and when you whine like that just from my mouth it makes it even harder to not take you under this tree again. To see what other sounds I can draw out of you using other parts of my body."

A violent tremor runs through my body. My eyes shutter close as I bite my lip, trying to hold off the orgasm that is threatening to overtake me just from his words.

Adbay is suddenly behind me, licking and biting my ear.

"I want a taste too." He says, and it sends me over the edge. Adbay grabs two hands full of my breasts, squeezes them, and starts working over my n*****s as I come from just my mate's words alone. These men, oh how they make me feel. My climax is sharp and intense, lasting longer than possible because my c**t has nothing to squeeze around. I whimper and rock my head from side to side as I thrust my hips up into the air, wishing one of my mates was inside me. Sadmir reacts to my thought, and a wicked smile appears on his lips.

"I want you wanting for a little while longer Amita so I wont give you my c**k but I will give you my fingers so that you will have at least something to squeeze." As two thick fingers enter me, I start to work my hips around them. My eyes rolling to the back of my head as Sadmir's thumb starts to work my little bud. Sanjay's face appears in my mind, and I climax again all over Sadmir's fingers as he pounds away at my spot. I scream out my pleasure, not caring at all who might be able to hear or see us because I need this. I need to feel connected to as many of my mates as possible right now.

No matter how far they are from me, I want all my mates to hear my cry of pleasure and somehow know that I am theirs. Adbay and Sadmir start to groan and moan out their pleasure, and all is quiet. I open my eyes. Both men have wet spots on their pants from their own climax. For that moment, we were all connected, and it was glorious. Adbay's hands are still on my breasts, and I arch my back to give him better access.

"What all did you see?" Adbay asks me while he continues to play, keeping me calm under the s****l haze we just created. Sadmir pulls his fingers out of me, and I hiss from how sensitive I am. He places those same two fingers on my bud and starts to rub small slow circles on it. I shiver but then relax and let them do whatever they want to me because it's keeping me calm, and that's what I need most right now. To stay calm so I can tell them what happen so we can figure out what to do. We can't do that if I am freaking out over the situation, but maybe I can moan it out. If I have to scream, I rather them be screams of pleasure.

"Vipin. Vipin was talking to Sanjay telling him to track me down."

"What color was his aura?" Adbay asks while he pinches my n*****s, making me hiss again.

"Indigo," I moan with my eyes closed, picturing Sanjay bathed in his indigo light, but it's muted somehow. Not shining as bright as all the rest of us, and it brings feelings of dread upon me. I need to save him, and I know from who, but I have no idea what he has gone through. I start to lose control again, and Sadmir is there to bring me back with just a touch of his fingers. He rotates them in a circular motion driving me crazy and pulling me deeper into our s****l haze.

"What else do you remember?"

"Just that he is looking for us now. Tracking me. I'm not sure how but he is the best."

"We could possibly set a trap." Sadmir suggests, and I am happy to hear it.

"We could," Adbay interjects, "We could try to create a power surge and maybe Sanjay will be able to pinpoint where the magic is coming from. If it is powerful enough. The only person that has more power than you right now is Vipin, it should be easy for him to find the power surge that we create."

Both men's hands stop moving on my body as a thought crosses my mind. Would he not be able to track us when my chakras or unlock? I give off powerful magic then too. Won't he be able to find us every time I find a mate?

"Yes, but it could be weeks before we find another mate and he could track us by then. Our best bet is the eliminate of surprise. You said that he may have seen you in your meditative state? Do you think you could reach him again? Speak to him and get him to believe in who he is?"

"I will certainly try, I am not sure if he saw me for sure. He looked at me and before anything could be done or said Vipin was there breaking our connection. Drawing his attention away from me."

"Its ok Amita if he is really your mate and our brother we will get him."

"His aura was so faint and dull so hard to see but I saw the glow and color. What do you think that could mean?"

"I'm not sure, you will have to ask Spirit for guidance." Adbay says with defeat in his voice. He is the one that knows most about what is happening, and if he is not sure about something, then we have no choice but to go to Spirit.

I come to a comfortable seated position and take long deep breaths to relax my body and mind. Every thought possible crosses my mind, and it makes the process take even longer. I have to remind myself to stay focus and to find gratitude in my meditation practice. Getting frustrated will do nothing but stop me from reaching Spirit, and we need answers.

I focus on my breathing, making sure I am taking a full inhale, and a full exhale. I feel my shoulders start to drop, and my breathing deepens. My fingers no longer hold tension, and my legs have now grown comfortable in the crossed-legged position I hold. My thoughts are starting to slow the more I relax as I reach a higher consciousness state.

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.

It happens so fast. So quickly that I don't have time to jump before a Queen is in front of me, making sure I am steady. The room around us is dark. The only lights are coming off the queens that stand around me. I see only them and nothing else.

"We know why you have come child, nothing is by chance."

"How can he be my mate? He is the enemy."

"He is not one of them. He too is a lost child. Kidnapped in the night. Raised by others who only showed him pain."

"His arua is muted."

"He is not just missing you from his life but himself as well. He needs to know who he is."

"How can I reach him? How do I make him listen?"

"You are his mate child, you would know better than us."

"I don't know him how am I suppose to know how to make him not kill at the first chance?"

My frustration rises, and the queens before me start to flicker in and out of focus. I close my eyes and try to calm myself before losing the connection with them completely, but it's hard to focus when I know they won't give me the answers I need.

"Show him another way of life. Show him who he truly is."

I am slammed back into my mind with a sharp pain that lingers before it turns into a throbbing drum that beats steady. It takes me five whole breathes before I can crack my eyes open and greet my mates.

"He is my mate. Spirit was very vague but I was told that he is my mate. He was kidnapped at a young age and taken away. He has had a hard life that has made him even harder and I must make him see somehow?"

"See what?" Adbay asks as he squeezes my hand.

"I have to make him see who he truly is. Who he was meant to be. With us. With me."

"Alright then. We come up with a plan to trap him long enough to put a seed of doubt into him mind." Sadmir suggests.

"How long would that take?" I ask because if we need to place a seed of doubt in his mind, it might take a while due to his life.

"Should not take long at all. When I first saw you something happened to me. My heart slowed and I could not take my eyes off of you. I felt who you were I just didn't know what it meant until you told me."

"The same happened to me when I found out you were my mate Amita." There is no way he won't feel it too. Once he has stopped, once he has faltered, that is when you can speak to him."Adbay proposes, and before I can stop it, I yawn long and hard.

"You must be drained, you should rest now and when you wake I will show you how to meditate to give you energy and balance your chakras."

Adbay gathers me into his arms, and I am asleep before we reach Sadmir's home.

The smell of meat cooking jars me awake, and my stomach grumbles. I get out of bed and follow the delicious smell all the way to the kitchen, where everyone seems to be gathered. I walk in and clear my throat to announce myself and give a small wave. The room grows quiet, and for a moment, no one moves or speaks. A man I do not recognize and who is far older than my mates sits at the head of the table. He is a stocky man with black hair and brown eyes that are strangely familiar. While Sadmir has the same color eyes as his mother, the shape clearly comes from his father, and I am transfixed.

If Sadmir is anything like his father, he will age well, and his eyes will stay beautiful. I smile at the man, and he returns it, and all eyes are on us. This is the first time I am meeting Samir's father since we arrived, and for the first time, nervousness is not the first emotion I feel. It's contentment. Samir's father looks at me as though I am a long-lost daughter, and I can tell he has already been filled in on what is happening, who I am, and he has accepted me.

At that moment, my own father's face flashes into my mind, and my smile drops as the memory of my parent's death rebounds in my heart. My chest starts to heave, and I look at Samir's father before I run to him, and he stands up quickly to gather me into his arms. I feel too much, and it's almost like I am breaking apart again but not in the beautiful way my mates do but in a forced brutal ripping of skin that is clearly not ready to let go.

I scream into his chest, and I feel my power rise once more, but it is different this time. Instead of building at the base of my spine, it starts at the center of my chest. My power shoots out of me, and I feel it touch every person in the room. I hear gasps as my power reaches my mates and Samir's family and fills them up. I scream harder, not realizing I never had time to mourn them, and I miss them with every fiber within me.

"Amita!"

Adbay rushes over to me and pulls me away from Samir's father, and kisses me hard on the mouth. My world stops, and so does my breathing. Everything is silent, and my skin no longer feels like it's being torn from my body. Adbay pulls away and rests his forehead on mine.

"Breathe."

He says to me, and I take the biggest inhale that is audible throughout the entire room. After a moment, I open my eyes and wet my lips before I push away from Adbay, too embarrassed to look at anyone.

"What was that? Why do I feel different."

A girl still in her teens asks. I assume she must be one of Samir's younger sisters, although I have not met her yet.

"Girls the adults need a moment to speak alone please."

Samir's mother says without looking away from her husband. The girls shuffle their feet and leave the kitchen without protest, and it is just my mates and Samir's parents left in the room.

"I'm so sorry." I whisper.

It's the only thing I can think to say that won't cause more damage.

"Its alright Amita your power is still raw and strong but it is growing. We need to keep training." Adbay says, and I am ashamed that I have been letting my hormones take the lead over what I need to be doing.

"You gave us magic." Sadmir mother whispers a cry, waves her hand in the air, and fire erupts from her palm. Samir's father does the same, and true to form, the fire appears in his palm, proving they are fire users. They burst with laugher, hugging and kissing each other in disbelief.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Samir's father says before running over to me, picking me up and spinning me around.

When he puts me down, Samir's mother does the same, and I can't help the laughter that falls from my lips.

"You gave us magic again. For however long we have it you gave it to us. Its like a big piece of our souls have been missing and you found it and put it back. We have not been introduced yet but my name is Jarl and this is my wife Defnae."

Things have been moving very quickly, and my main focus when I came here was Sadmir. Most of my time here has been spent with him and Adbay while the rest of the household kept up appearances.

They had shops to run after all, and they were awake and gone long before I awoke in the mornings and went to bed as soon as the sun went down if they did not have other plans. The one time I tried to introduce myself, Defnae cut me off, not feeling the need for it, and I didn't want to push her.

"Father this is my mate Amita and the future queen." Sadmir says proudly, and I feel heat rush to my face. Jarl and Dafnae both have big smiles on their faces when I look at them, and my shoulders relax.

After a moment when no one has said anything, I figure now is a good time to ask some questions.

"How did I give away magic Adbay?"

"Its simple really. Your power is growing it is not ment to be yours alone. You are the vessel which powers our people. Your magic is tied to your emotions and you have the power to give it away. What upset you and made you break down like that?"

"It was Jarl. I saw him and then my own parents came to my mind and I havn't had time to mourn them and it all just become too much. I felt my power rise but it came from my chest this time."

Adbay smiles big and squeezes my hands before turning to Sadmir.

"I know how we can bring Sanjay to us."

"How?" Sadmir asks

"We get Amita to open her heart and give power to all of Manipura or as much of it as possible to stir up trouble. Get people talking. Sanjay will have no choice but to come here and investigate and when he does we will be waiting for him."

My eyes widen in shock. It's a great plan, and once I am balanced, it won't leave me this drained after. I have the power to bring Sanjay to me. We have the first part of the plan, but we need a way to trap him to get him alone, and convince him that he belongs with us.

"How will we trap him once he is here?" Sadmir speaks my concerns.

"Maybe we don't need to trap him maybe we just need to get him alone. All we need is for him to see Amita and a small connection will be made. Maybe it will be enough for him to get curious and seek her out himself. He is still a man after all and thats when Amita will have her chance. That will be your one shot to get to him to put a seed of doubt inside his mind."

I'm scared I will fail but failing really isn't an option. I have to do this. For Sanjay. For my people. Life is not supposed to be like this, and it won't be for long. Not while I live and breathe. I know who I am, and I was born to set my people free. Sanjay will be the first of many.