Not Your Mate Anymore novel Chapter 49

Cayden's POV

To just simply call her beautiful would not be enough. Looking in to her eyes was not enough, I want her near me, in my arms. She has taken up space in my head, consuming my thoughts.

For so many years I had given up on love or even the sick idea of it but here I am, welcoming it back in to my life. This sneaky little fire cracker, came in to my life for her own selfish reasons and I should be consumed with anger that someone would try con their way in to my kingdom but I couldn't be more intrigued.

That same curiosity led me to a whole new world, meeting the very woman that led to my mother's curse, to my curse and only to have her daughter steal my cold heart. Risking my rule, my kingdom just to have her in my life, to have her with me as my queen.

I didn't want to manipulate her in to coming here but I had no other choice. I will not force her in to bed with me, I'm not that desperate. Maybe I am desperate but I'm not the monster everyone thinks I am. I will not violate her like that, I just need her to feel what I feel or at the very least, give me the chance to show her how I feel inside amd hopefully the vampire side of her will fall for me.

For what I have done, she will forgive me eventually. I just need her vampire to recognize me as her king and to recognize herself as much queen.

"So, where did our people go?" Josey asks me and I smile.

I loved hearing her voice and when she said our people, well...

"They are here." I say pointing at the castle, the castle ruins.

"So they all burned to death?" Josey asks me and I chuckle.

"No, they are underground. I have an underground lair, built for when I meet gorgeous women who trick me in to letting them be queen only to spy on my kingdom." I say and Josey smiles.

She quickly looks away from me and looks at what is in front of us.

I walk past her and she follows. We walk all the way around the castle and a few feet ahead, was a small cottage. I open the door, letting Josey walk in first.

"Well, this is not underground." Josey points out and I nod my head yes.

"I agree with you there." I say before walking to a bookshelf, moving the shelf to the side, revealing stairs that lead underground. I look up to a smiling Josey and I return the smile.

I walk in first, leading the way until we get to a door. I bang on it three times then two times and lastly just once. After a few seconds, it opens.

A few men stand by door, bowing their heads in respect at me and making way for us to get in.

Josey looks around, seeming impressed by the layout of the place. I gently grab her hand and lead her away from the commoners who looked on with interest. Women start making their way to me but I ignore their advances, shocking them.

"This is like a castle underneath a whole castle. It is amazing!" Josey compliments.

"That was the plan I was going with when I was advised to build this. Who knew it would actually come in handy, stopping your people from making vampires an extinct species like dinosaurs." I say and Josey growls.

"Don't forget you kidnapped newborn pups." Josey reminds me.

"Touchè.." I say in response.

I open the door for Josey, letting her walk in to my private room first. I close the door behind me as she looks around.

There was not much to the room except for a king size bed and two couches with a coffee table. The room had a small bar fridge which had blood bags in them, I take two out and throw one to Josey.

The whole room was brightened up by the white sheets and white leather couches, by the lamps around the room and now, Josey. Who was standing in the middle of the room and even in this small room, she looked beautiful.

"We should be out there, trying to find a new castle for you and your people.." Josey says and I lift my eyebrow at her.

"The castle is ruined so where to from here? We can't stay here forever you know. Also, don't tell your people about your time up there." Josey says to me.

"Won't even mention it. Rest up, we leave by nightfall to our new home. They were just waiting for me." I say as Josey plops herself on my bed.

"Where is Thomas?" Josey asks and I shrug.

"Somewhere out there." I say as I sit on the couch, opening up my blood bag before I drink it all up in one go.

Josey was still looking at the blood bag when I got my second bag out. They didn't give me any blood in that prison and I was slowly losing my mind.

I fed a little on Josey's mates but she didn't need to know that.

"Are you going to drink? At least we didn't have to kill anyone for the blood." I say and Josey shakes her head no.

"No. You didn't kill a weak defenseless human for it and I'm glad. I just think it's cold so I'll wait until it warms up." Josey tells me but I knew she wouldn't touch it.

She still had her human side, no thanks to her wolf. That damn wolf kept her in check, being her subconscious and reprimanding her when necessary. I wish I had that to be honest but after my first taste of blood from a warm body, I was a goner.

My sister could not feed on a human too, she preferred the bags. The blood was donated and nobody had to die in the process but we take donated blood, taking from the ones that will need it at some stage so in the end, we do kill them... but what do I know?

"I came here to give you the chance to show that you love me. You don't have much time unless your plan was to just drink blood with me and bond with my vampire?" Josey asks and I smile.

"You're right. The plan is to win you over but I say you take the time to rest. I promise once we get up there, there will be no stopping me." I say as I make myself comfortable on the couch.

Waiting for the time to come where Josey accepts her place by my side.

Soon my love. Soon.

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Sabrina's POV

"Anthony, I don't trust the way Josey was so eager to go back with Cayden. After what he did to her mates, I mean hours ago she hated him and almost killed his sister but now she was more than happy to go back and finish her mission." I say looking at Anthony who was still smiling from hearing me call Hunter something else.

"So? Maybe she just wants to finish her mission." Anthony says and I shrug.

"Maybe. Maybe that's the reason but I can't shake the feeling that we are wrong so I need you to to follow them." I say.

"You want me to spy?" Anthony asks and I smile sheepishly.

"I need you to spy. Make sure Josey is still alive and well too. I can keep an eye on them here but I need someone on the ground too." I say and Anthony let's out a sigh.

"I better not get caught. I still have to meet my true mate and here you are sending me off to be vampire breakfast." Anthony jokes and I roll my eyes.

"Is it not nightfall soon there?" Mother asks.

"Yes. The time that they wake up.. oh how hungry they will be." Anthony says before disappearing.

"Mother, I need you to go back and check on father. Make things right with him and his wolf, I will try find a way to reverse your fake mate bond and maybe give my father another chance at love. True love but until then, you go say your sorry." I say looking at my mother.

"And Hunter, I need you to arrange my school attendance. I'm ready to be the moon goddess, the time for playing is over. I need to grow up and take my rightful place." I say and Hunter smiles.

"I'm on it." He says before walking out.

I nod my head at mother, who then disappears off.

I walk out of my office and straight for the recovery room to pay Cherisse a visit.

She was awake but I'm sure it will take sometime for her to heal and for the bone to reattach itself. Josey man.

"Hello Cherisse." I say as I sit down on a chair next to her bed. She looks at me then looks away.

"Where is my brother? And I need blood." Cherisse says in a bratty voice.

"Your brother is back on earth." I say and Cherisse looks at me.

"He left me here?" She shouts out and I nod my head yes.

"What is his obsession with that damn wolf?! He is barely thinking straight." Cherisse thinks out loud.

"I was hoping you would give me answers to that." I say

"Cayden is obsessed with having a child, needing an heir so if he believes that Josey is capable of providing him with what he needs then he will go as far as compelling her to do what he wants." Cherisse tells me.

"I thought a vampire couldn't do that to another vampire..." I say. I am shocked at this revelation, I thought Josey was safe from compulsion.