Shadows of Deception: Necromancer Chronicles (Erotic Fantasy) Book 2 Page 7

  It was hard to concentrate on that many things at the same time while running around, dodging, and crossing back and forth from limbo ourselves. Despite the difficulty, I was having a lot of fun and felt a burst of satisfaction each time I got one.

  When we got back to the house, Kristi was showing off her new shield, and since telekinesis and pyrokinesis were so closely related, she had learned that too. It was a mixed blessing in my opinion. She was my best friend and my roommate. She was loyal, kind, and in love with my brother. Now that she was packing two weapons and a defense so to speak, I doubted she would let me leave her behind again.

  I was happy for my best friend, but scared for her at the same time.

  Still, I might have some time. She couldn’t really do more than one thing at a time yet. Hopefully she would understand if she can’t shield and attack, she shouldn’t join us in a fight. I bit my lip. I knew it wouldn’t stop me, it hadn’t stopped me. I’d have to help her when we got back to school, make her practice.

  Saturday and Sunday went quickly. We trained twice each day, a morning and afternoon session. By Sunday afternoon we weren’t too bad. We could be better but we didn’t miss all that much anymore. Kristi had gotten all the basics working at that point too, except for the future and past powers, she hadn’t been able to get those working.

  She still couldn’t do two things at once, but I encouraged her to focus on the shield, that was the first and most important thing to make a reflex reaction. Still, that would take more time than we had, but perhaps multi-tasking two things wouldn’t. It was hard, but doable. Vinnie and I were doing three or four things now, and she was very smart.

  As far as attacks go, there were no more. We figured they were just afraid of our mom and dad, and that something would probably happen back at school. As for the second group, I didn’t really think too much about them, I figured the first group wanting to kill us took precedence on a group that hasn’t done anything yet.

  As far as Rafe goes, I did think about him a lot. I wanted to see him again, ask him what all that was about. He didn’t make me nervous, our weird talk had alarming content perhaps, but I hadn’t felt threatened and he did seem sincere about helping me with his advice. I had the idea that the angels sent him to perhaps review a possible threat, he didn’t give off a stalker vibe at all.

  But then, he could hide his aura, did that mean he could hide his intentions as well? Perhaps even outright lie without detection? Still, I kept that meeting to myself for some reason. It seemed… personal.

  I had to admit Kristi’s powers came in handy. We couldn’t take her to limbo with us for a safe teleport, but early Monday morning she did a remote view of the area surrounding our dorm. She found a clear spot and passed it to our minds, and we teleported on her word. It worked like a charm. We went up to our rooms and got ready for the day.

  I hadn’t given it any thought since Thursday, until now, but I hoped what I did to Mr. Mendez doesn’t come back to bite me. Yes, he deserved it, but I knew better. I should have gotten him in a non-magical way. I was certainly smart enough when I wasn’t busy being stupid.

  I checked my phone, Robbie still hadn’t called or texted…

  I knew one thing though. It had been one hell of a thanksgiving weekend…

  Chapter 6 – Vinnie

  I got out of my one class for Monday right before noon and stalked toward the dining hall. I glanced down one more time at the e-mail Tanya had sent me. A stupid fucking e-mail. I couldn’t believe it. I had gotten it Sunday night and had been growing steadily angrier since.

  I kind of got the idea that the attack freaked her out. She was also three years younger than me, just nineteen, and probably didn’t want to deal with it. But she could have at least told me face to face, instead of breaking up with me through a damn electronic message. It wasn’t four days ago that she had been telling me she loved me and been fucking my brains out against an oak tree.

  I deleted it, thinking that might help, out of sight and all that. The really ironic thing was the human, who had never known about magic until the attack, was closer to me than ever. I took comfort in that, at least I was half good at judging people. It also didn’t hurt that it was all about fear that she broke up with me, nothing to do with me really at all.

  I shook my head, the arguments were all circular, and every time I started them going back in the same circle I’d get madder. I needed to let off some steam. I saw Talia in the hall before I went in and moved in another direction. She had saved my life, yet I was pretty sure she was working for that other group but I couldn’t prove it. I didn’t want to take it out on her if she was innocent, but my brain to mouth filter was completely shot right now. It was just safer to avoid her, anyone really, right now.

  I walked around the back into an alcove and transported home. I didn’t often go home when I was at school, and I wasn’t really running away. I was protecting my fellow students. Yeah, I didn’t believe that either. I went out to the backyard and started summoning boulders, blowing them up, and then clearing the mess. After five or six I lost count but was starting to feel better.

  I sensed them behind me and turned, there were three wolves there looking at me warily. I guessed I had made a spectacle of myself. I was so angry I hadn’t even felt their presence before now. That made me feel stupid again, I needed to be at my best with the danger hanging over us.

  The new wolf, one I had never met, lowered onto its paws and started to growl. My sibs looked at the wolf in astonishment and started to move away. What the hell was going on, the wolf looked like it was about to attack. It was… female I think.

  I had a strange desire to fight her, it had to be my bad attitude today. I started letting out my power, the last thing I needed to do was attack one of Aunt Kim’s pack members. I was covered in my golden magic about to leave when Kim came running out with my parents behind.

  Kim said, “Don’t leave.”

  When Aunt Kim got about twenty paces away, the wolf turned from me and growled a threat at Kim, who froze.

  I shook my head, more crazy females.

  “What’s going on with her?”

  Kim looked at me seriously and said, “Her name is Alicia and she is challenging you in a mate fight.”

  I shook my head. That was too crazy for even Aunt Kim.

  “No really, today isn’t going well for me, what is going on?”

  Kim shook her head, “That is how it works, the female recognizes her mate. It is instinct with us. Then we fight our mate, forcing the mate to win and claim us. It’s a beautiful moment in the life of a young werewolf.”

  Beautiful moment… right.

  I asked, “I see, so you and dad, you did this the first time you met?”

  Kim blushed and looked down, “Not exactly, the first time we met was in public, but I swore I would find him and make him fight me. But the second time we met I was wounded and Vince saved me. I am afraid I shamed myself, instead of fighting him as I should have I shamelessly rutted with him. It took a third meeting before our battle when your father forced me to submit.”

  Kim had a wild gleam in her eye that grew as she told the story. I on the other hand was extremely sorry I asked. It was way too much information about my father’s sex life.

  “What about Kristi?”

  Kim shrugged, “You are powerful like your father, strong enough to keep more than one female in line.”

  At my reluctance Kim asked, “Don’t you feel it in your blood, the need to fight her, dominate her?”

  Actually I did, “Yes, but I thought that was just my shitty day talking.”

  Kim said, “You are both what the other needs, mate recognition never fails, it is your choice but you will come to regret it if you walk away because you are having a shitty day.”

  I looked at my parents for their input. My father had the nerve to look proud of me, my mother looked, very amused. Apparently the world had gone crazy today. I had no idea what Alicia even looked like, or
had heard the sound of her voice. I’ve known her for three minutes and apparently we are life mates.

  I frowned, “How come I didn’t know about this life mate thing?”

  Kim sighed. “It is a very private thing, the only reason I am telling you all this is so you do not run, or mistake Alicia for a deadly enemy and accidentally kill her.”

  I blew out a breath. “OK, go back inside.”

  I hoped I wouldn’t regret this… I watched my family go back inside, like an idiot, so got tackled by a growling wolf. It served me right for not paying attention again. My shields came up with a desperate thought. Her claw still batted me about five paces through the air before I landed and then rolled and bounced another five. I sighed. At least there was no missing skin from her claws.

  She got her surprise shot in but I wasn’t going to let that happen again. I thought about using magic to just tie her up, werewolves didn’t have shields so it would be easy. Yet, a part of me recoiled from that idea, as if I wouldn’t be giving her the fight my mate deserved.

  It was official, I was crazy now too.

  I popped into limbo, changed direction, popped out and kicked her in the side. She flew sideways and hit the ground, her wolf body tumbling about twenty feet into a bush. Ouch. I moved over cautiously, considering I had two werewolf sibs I knew what they could take in a fight. She came at me and my instinct was to go to limbo, but this strange insanity had me grinning at her with my arms out in a grappling stance.

  She jumped for my throat and I used one hand to push against her neck, the other rose up and struck her belly causing her to flip and spin away in the air. I had done worse to Ray, but he was stronger than most werewolves, so I was holding back a little bit.

  I wondered at the instincts running through me, guiding me through this fight. I wondered if dad had felt the same way, and if we had werewolf blood somewhere in our past. Werewolf females could only get pregnant by their true mate. From what I heard though, werewolf males could and did knock up human females on occasion.

  She looked at me and growled, but didn’t move. I ran over and crouched down, warily.

  I ordered her, “Submit to me, and I will take care of you.”

  She whined and dipped her muzzle before baring her throat to me.

  Good enough, I gathered my magic and healed her. I was worried I had hit her way too hard.

  After a moment she shifted. Alicia had jet black hair down to the small of her back, light golden eyes, and full lips. Her body was amazingly toned, yet still curvy in all the right places. She was gorgeous, and apparently she was my mate.

  She said in dulcet tones, “You are worthy of me, my mate, what are you waiting for, can you not sense my need?”

  I could, wolf or not I could tell she needed me right there right now, right on my back lawn in broad daylight. Considering how rock hard I was, the affliction was shared. I started to strip hoping no one was at the windows watching.

  There was no need for foreplay, the fight and the magic was the foreplay. I pushed her onto her back and then I was poised above her. She was a werewolf, in shape, tough, and powerful. But her body was soft and welcoming as it took me in. I slid all the way into her slick wet heat on the first stroke.

  I leaned down and kissed her, her lips were soft and yielding. I felt her moan into my mouth and I deepened the kiss as I started to saw in and out of her silken pleasure. An odd thought struck me as I broke off the kiss. Our first kiss had happened after I had myself inside of her.

  She started to rock her body, thrusting her hips up and out meeting each of my thrusts. My whole world was her right now. Her sweet sounding voice was creating ecstatic whimpers as we moved our bodies together in perfect synchronization. This did not seem weird to me, we were made for each other. She seemed just to know where to put her hands, and how to move her hips to give me pleasure.

  I didn’t last long that first time, as our desires and pleasure seemed magnified in some way. Almost as if the magic was driving us to complete consummation and seal our bond. We erupted together on the lawn, gasping out while we joined our bodies roughly one last time. When we came down I collapsed to the side, out of breath, and reached out and took her hand. That made me laugh but it was a happy one. Still, it was all backwards.

  Hand holding, kissing, and then fucking was the correct order. I snorted.

  I stood and picked her up before teleporting directly to my room. I had a fairly large one with a bath in it, and that’s where I was headed. As I drew the bath we talked.

  I said, “You are welcome to stay here, in my bedroom. It might be a bit interesting until I finish college. I can’t really get a house until then, and I won’t be able to make it home every night.”

  Great, mated for ten minutes and I already felt unworthy.

  She kissed me softly. “I know this, your sister and brother talk often of you and Hope. They are very proud of you. There is no shame in this, I am yours and you belong to me. We will be together when we can. I also need to disappear some nights, I am sure you noticed your Aunt Kim is missing often yes? We will have to try and coordinate your visits home.”

  We got in the bath and started washing each other. I took great delight at exploring every inch of her body and she seemed to be just as happy. It was so strange having a mate you know almost nothing about, yet, the magic made me feel sure I would never find anything out that disgusted me, or turned me away.

  She grinned and said, “Oh, and if you want me too, I can come up to the college and set that Kristi girl straight. I’m looking forward to meeting my co mate.”

  I looked at her in horror, what an amazingly bad idea. Although I couldn’t really think of a good way of telling Kristi that I had picked up a werewolf mate in the last four hours since I saw her. Then I saw the side of Alicia’s mouth twitching. Damn it, I totally fell for it. Well, this should be interesting. I pulled her over to me and lifted her enough to spank her ass.

  She broke into laughter, and I followed. Crazy was too mild a term for this day I think. Still, it didn’t turn out bad at all… Alicia was completely different from Kim and my sibs. She had a silly side the others did not, and that did fit me to a tee.

  Alicia and I spent the rest of the afternoon in bed for a more thorough intimacy without our magic driving us to completion. I was strangely reluctant to leave but I needed to meet Kristi and Hope for dinner back at school. I thought it ironic if it wasn’t for Tanya I wouldn’t have met Alicia today. Maybe I should send her a thank you note, in an e-mail of course…

  Still, I had a major problem. I had no idea what Kristi would think of this development, and it would kill me to lose her. She seemed okay being not exclusive a couple of days ago, but that was before I had told her I loved her, and we had experienced that moment of intimacy. I wasn’t sure, but I had wondered if her magic and mine had played a part in that. Regardless, we had grown much closer over the four day weekend.

  I guess I would find out shortly. I went back to the college and made my way to the dining hall. Hope and Kristi were there, so I went over and grabbed some food before joining them. I sat down and there was tension in the air.

  “So, how was your first day back?”

  Kristi glared at me, and I was confused.

  She said bitterly, “Just fine, and how was your day?”

  I cleared my throat, suddenly very nervous. I glanced over at Hope and her face was neutral. Obviously something happened and she was trying to stay out of it.

  “Umm, fine. Something… unexpected did happen. But we should talk about it after dinner.”

  Kristi growled, “Don’t bother.”

  I replied, “What happened?”

  She laughed and it wasn’t a happy sound, “What happened? I looked for you at lunch.”

  I still had a confused expression on my face, not getting it.

  She said in a tight voice, “I missed you and wanted to join you for lunch too. So I looked… for you.”

  My eyes widened in unde
rstanding, lunchtime had been around when I was fucking Alicia in the yard. She had used distance viewing to find me… and had probably seen everything.

  I said quickly, “I can explain…”

  My words were cut off when I felt something punch my stomach.

  She said, “No need,” and stood up and left with tears in her eyes.

  Fuck…

  Chapter 7 – Hope

  I bit my tongue, so not getting involved in this one. I had enough drama of my own today. Besides, he already looked miserable, there was no point in berating him for screwing up.

  Damn it. I couldn’t help myself.

  “So… what happened?”

  He grunted. “Magical werewolf mate.”

  I listened as he told the story in a soft voice, making sure no one overheard. I realized it was more complicated than I thought it would be. He almost didn’t have a choice, not a good one anyway. Still, he was screwed.

  My day wasn’t all that much better. I had slipped into Professor Mendez’s pre-med class and sat in the back. He kept losing his spot in the lecture, and he looked in my direction more than once with a nervous, if not scared, look in his eyes.

  I had screwed up bad. I wasn’t sure how to fix it either, telling him the truth would probably make it even worse. I snorted, I was sure it would be worse. If he was freaking out thinking I was a witch, telling him I’m a necromancer…

  Aunt Amy could probably fix it with a brain whammy, but I knew she wouldn’t. I could hear her telling me now to clean up my own crap. I was supposed to be an adult.