“Me too.” Hearing Bellamy agree with us made our heart beat a thousand times faster. Knowing our mate shared the same desires as us brought warmth to our soul.
We still had no idea how we had another fated mate. A part of us was curious but not that much. As long as we had our mate with us, that was all that mattered… well, that and us completing our mating bond. It didn’t make sense to question certain things if it wasn’t going to change anything. We didn’twant to downplay our mateship with Bellum, but things with Bellamy were a million times different. The way she made us feel couldn’t be compared to anything Bellum ever made us feel. Her touches, kisses, stares were more intense than our connection with Bellum had ever been. All Bellamy had to do was look at us with her pretty green eyes and our dick would be hard as rock. I reflected on the way we acted over Bellum, and knowing the damage we did behind her, I couldn’t imagine the way we’d act behind Bellamy. She was our kryptonite, and there wasn’t a shifter alive or dead who could compare to the connection we had with Bellamy. It really had me believing maybe my bear’s instincts were off when it came to Bellum. Like, there was something there that was kind of like what we felt for Bellamy, but it wasn’t the same.
“You can’t be fucking serious,” I groaned as we came to the bottom of the mountain.
Some shifters had to be touched in the head because there was no way this stupid mutha fucker blocking our pathway could be serious. Naheem stood there with his chest poked out with a frown that was supposed to look menacing, but to me, he looked like an angry poodle.
“Kenzo, I come in peace,” Naheem said with his hands raised. We eyed him suspiciously as we slowly slid Bellamy from our back to the ground.
“The fuck you want?” I grilled Naheem while keeping Bellamy shielded behind me.
“To talk sense into you. We don’t want your family to lose power, but we think it’s best that if you keep this mate around, you step down or maybe even transfer your position to one of your family members.”
Naheem was a bitch, and he thought the slick shit he was tryna pull wouldn fly. He and the bitch-ass shifters he ran with all knew I was an only cub. My father passed and my momshortly after. I had a few cousins, but none of them wanted anything to do with being a council member.
“If we smacked the fuck outta you, would your common sense come back?” we asked while squaring our shoulders and sizing him up. Of course, his bitch ass refused to look us directly in the eyes.
“As I said, there is no need for violence. Just trying to get through to you. No one wants to fight you.”
“Of course you bitches don’t want to fight me ‘cause none of y’all can beat me. What you need to do is take Mateo’s dick outta your mouth and fuck on your mate. It might help you get rid of some bitch ass-ness.” We closed the distance between us and Naheem. I stood inches from him, wanting to see his reaction. His bear was cowering to ours. It was clear his bear wasn’t on the same shit as his human.
“Don’t speak on my mate,” Naheem gritted through clenched teeth while looking as if he was about to cry.
Raising an eyebrow at him curiously, we watched his chest rose and fell rapidly. Naheem was looking and acting like he was about to cry, but we didn’t understand why.
“What the fuck is wrong with you?”
“Are you going to step down?” Naheem asked through labored breaths.
“Is the sky black?”
Naheem’s eyes glossed over. “You’ll regret this, Kenzo. You have more against you than you do for you.” Once he finished talking, Naheem took off running back toward the mountains.
We watched him intently until he was no longer in sight. No matter what the fuck he and those other bitch-ass council members had going on, they needed to leave me the fuck alone.
“That was weird,” Bellamy replied while curiously looking up at me. She looked so innocent and pure. We couldn’t wait until we completed our mating bond with Bellamy.
“No shit,” I replied shortly.
“Don’t get smart with me. I’ll fuck you up,” Bellamy said before putting her hand on her hip and slightly sticking it out.
Looking her up and down hungrily, I licked my lips. “Get fucked is more like it. Now come on. I want to make it there before it gets dark.”
Bellamy made a puppy dog face as she bashfully smiled at me. “Can you carry me again?”
I faked like I had to think about it, knowing I would carry her wherever she wanted me to. “Come on,” I said before wrapping my arms around her waist and picking her up. I stole a kiss from Bellamy then placed her on our back.
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A Couple Hours Later
“This isn’t what I was expecting,” Bellamy said as we approached the center of the Kismet Packlands.
Once we made it all the way down the mountains, Bellamy wanted to walk, and although I didn’t mind carrying her, I wanted to put her down so I could look at her pretty face. Carrying her was cool, but being able to lay eyes on Bellamy made our heart flutter every time she batted her eyelashes.
I kissed the back of her hand that was entangled with our hand as we walked. I peered down at Bellamy lovingly. I wouldn’t have been able to mask my feelings for Bellamy if I tried.
“What were you expecting?”
