Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 192

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Chapter 192

Class ended and I lingered around while Kairos organized some of the materials we’d been using. He shot me a look but continued to pick up his things. It wasn’t until the clearing was empty, only he and I standing there, that he spoke.

“As much as I’d love to pin you to the floor and lick every inch of your skin,” he said, casually like he’d weather. “I take my position seriously. There’s nothing professional about fucking you on the forest

I tried to not let my mind wander into how much I wanted that. I shook my head to clear my thoughts “That’s not why I’m here,”

Kairos raised an eyebrow. “Your running shift was perfect, and you’ll be graded as such. Don’t worry.”

“I need to talk to you about something,” I said. “Something, fated mate–y.”

Kairos froze. He nodded. I sighed. Here I went.

“I’m sure you’ve deduced that I have more than one fated mate,” I said.

“I knew you fucked Wolfham, if that’s what you’re trying to say,” Kairos snapped back.

These damn wolves and their jealousy.

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“No. It’s not,” I threw back. “Well – maybe. I’m fated to both of you. I know the signs. I know what I felt, and I know it’s not unheard of.”

“Not unheard of, no,” Kairos said. “But highly unusual and usually within families of High Alphas? Yes. Did you suddenly become a High Alpha?”

I shifted, uncomfortably. Here I went again with the lies. “Some non–High Alphas have had two fated mates,” I said, quietly. “I read the tomb on wolves with multiple fated mates. It’s not having two fated mates that’s bad, it’s bad when you don’t do anything about them.”

Kairos threw a bag of supplies down and gave me a pointed look. He crossed his arms over his chest. “I thought I was clear when I said I don’t. Share.”

“Crystal,” I hissed. “But you don’t understand. We have to share. If I don’t consummate all my bonds, the ones that we’re completed will get sick and go mad and die.”

“And I’m supposed to give a fuck if Wolfham dies?”

“He was your friend,” I grit out. “So yes. Coupled with the fact that whatever happens to him, will also happen to me.”

Kairos’s face fell. His bitter façade was crumbling in front of me. He crossed his arms back over his chest and pulled his lip between his teeth, deep in thought. He peered back up and me through his eyelashes.

“And the only way to keep you from going insane is to consummate both bonds?” he said.

“Well,” I rubbed at the back of my neck. “You could also break the bond but I figured that was-

“Completely out of the fucking question.”

“Right.”

“So, it’s both or one?” Kairos repeated.

“All or one,” I corrected. “I have three fated mates – well, four. Bu Thorne already broke his bond. I don’t really know what that means.”

“Three?!” Kairos balked. “You have three fated mates?”

I nodded. “You, Maximus and Valentin.”

“Three fated mates and one of them is Lunerly,” Kairos deadpanned. He shook his head. “Who the fuck are you, Zora Smith?”

I gnawed on my own lip then shrugged. “Just a girl.”

Kairos scoffed. “Sure,” he said, all sarcastic. “And you’ve consummated the bond with Lunerly, too?”

I shifted. “No, he’s-”

“So I can have you to myself,” he cut me off. “If Wolfham breaks his bond.”

“Well yes, but-”

“It’s settled,” Kairos cut me off again and went back to packing up the class supplies. “I will fight Wolfham for you. Winn doesn’t have to sever their bond and loser does. Then Lunerly severs his and marries that psycho bitch who graduated and I get you alone.”

My heart strained in my chest. “It’s not that simple,” I said, quickly. “Anyone who severs the bond won’t live as long as a normal wolf. It’s a side effect and I – I want all of you. I need all of you.”

I did need them. For my own selfish reasons and the reasons I’d read in my prophecy. If I was supposed to defeat the vampires, I needed the power that came from all four of them. Not just one wolf.

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