chapter 15

July 28th, Aug 3rd

I turned to Mason as the anger slowly began to burn "How long have you known?" I asked him, he looked at me for a moment as he seemed to be searching for something. With a heavy sigh "Since the first night we met. I knew you were mine, but only my Dragon noticed. So, I stayed quiet for the sake of my wolf, who was very quiet on the matter at first." He finally admitted, and I was livid. The clouds grew dark and appeared to be forming a storm, flickers of electricity could be seen from the ground. "And you?" I turned to Daimen, He took a step towards me, "How long have you known?!" I shouted the question again. He stopped and shortly glanced at Mason, "When I picked you up that night, I saw the two of you talking. After we came home I called him to confirm my thoughts. Anna I" A flash of lightning struck down between us. "Is there anything else either of you forgot to tell me?" I asked calmly, they looked between each other before shaking their head I went to pick up my bag, "Anna." Daimen called out to me, "I need a moment, please." I walked away without looking at either of them and headed back home.

Both me and Rayne pulled up to the house at the same time, "Hey girly." I said, "Hey sweetie, you wanna eat ice cream and watch movies?" She asked, "Yes with a capital yes." We giggled and headed inside. "I'm sorry what? You now have two mates and they both are friends and didn't tell you until now?" She asked surprised, I nodded as I took a spoonful of chocolate-covered ice cream. "Like I understand the fact that Daimen was attacked and couldn't tell me, but he hinted before falling unconscious, and Mason, he said his wolf was unsure so he kept quiet on the matter because of that." She nodded as she took a bite out of hers, "It seems like Mason is cautious, cause if he knew when you literally ran into him then that means he's always in his wolf," "But his Dragon knew." I said, "Exactly, and did you touch him?" She asked, I took a second to think about if I did, "I don't recall."I said, "Yeah, that's why. You could smell him and have been training with him but even your wolf didn't pick up he was your mate until he brought hid Dragon forward." She knew she was right, and so did I. Mason knew all of this, but I am more upset over them keeping it from me. I sighed, "You know I'm right." She smirked, "Yeah, but that doesn't mean I have to like it." I said. Later that night I checked my phone and there were two texts, they were from the boys and they were I'm sorry texts, I thought over everything and forgave them, but I wasn't gonna settle for anything simple.

There was a knock at my bedroom door, "Come in." I called out, Drew entered "Hey, you okay?" I chuckled, "He sent you didn't he?" Drew looked taken aback but I saw right through him. "Yeah." He came in and sat in front of my dresser, "It's just that, Mason." He trailed off, "It's okay, I'm not mad at them, I know why they did it. But I can still be upset you know." He nodded and got up and left. "Tell Amber I said hi," I called out to him.

The next day I called the boys and told them to meet me not too far from the theaters. As I waited outside a man walked up to me, "Hey there sugar," He chuckled as he got closer, pigs, "What's a fine thing like you doing all along out here." He went in to touch my arm when a string of electricity shocked him. "What the hell." He questioned, taking a step back "What was that?" He asked me in an accusing voice. "You were acting like a pig, and the only way you were getting close to me was if you became bacon." My voice was cold, unbothered, and not my own, "Rose." She didn't answer but showed that she indeed was upfront. She took a deep inhale and slowly let it out, and the man kept backing up, not seeing he was now in the busy street. Just then he was almost run over but unfortunately, the car stopped and honked at him. "The poor guy is scared to death love," Mason said as he walked up behind me, I turned up to look at him. "Hi, baby," I exclaimed giving him a big hug, he lifted me off the ground he was so tall. "I don't know what you did to him honey but it's not nice to scare the mortals." He chuckled into my neck, "He was trying to touch me." I put on my little voice and face, hoping it would sway him. But he gave me a stern look, "Fine." I huffed, "Good girl." He put me back down and kissed the top of my head, "Where's Daimen?" I asked, "He's coming baby, I promise." He held my hand and we began to walk. "And again, I am sorry for not telling you, it's just I didn't want to force you into thinking you had to be with me just because my Dragon said to." "I know," I smiled and looked ahead, "What is it baby?" He asked, stopping us from going forward, "It's nothing." "Anna." Was all he said, I looked down at my shoes then back up to meet his eyes, "I don't know why, but I want to call you, Daddy. Is that alright?" I asked him

"Of course he does, he is an old man after all." Daimen said as he walked up to us, "Hey princess." He scooped me up and spun us around, "Hey." I giggled, he kissed my cheek, "Your not mad at us anymore?" He asked, I shook my head "Watch a movie with me and all is forgiven." I said, "Okay baby, what are we watching?" Mason asked I pointed to the poster outside the theaters. "Monster Hunter?" Daimen said, I looked at him and smiled, "The other one was too obvious and I didn't like any others so yeah." I said and pulled both men into the building. Daimen jumped a few times throughout the movie but it was overall really good when we left the movie theaters we walked by an arcade shop. The boys stopped and glanced inside, I turned back to watch them. I giggled at the thought of how almost similar my life is right now to this. "Hey!" They turned to me in unison, "Wanna go in?" I then proceeded to go inside. Once in I noticeably noticed the temperature difference, "Geez, why does it feel different in here?" Daimen asked, "It's for the computers." Mason said, I was shocked that he knew that. "What?" He asked with a chuckle, "Oh, is it because I knew about mortals telecomputers that do to their poor faulty design that every electrical object such as your phones, computers, cars, and every other household item can't regulate the temperature of their electricity so that it doesn't rely on cooling fans or being restricted to cooling homes." He said "Hmm, then you better know how to play. cause I'm challenging you to a playoff." I said as I ran in to find our first game. I challenged them both and we each won a fair number of times.

When we came outside it was already dark, Mason and Daimen walked on either side of me. I slowly began to understand how Amber feels when she walks with others. I felt small, I heard a small branch crack from the buildings on the other side of the street. I turned and saw a small squirrel jump from one branch to another. "Rose." "Yes, it's me." she said, then I had an idea. "How about one more challenge?" I proposed to the two men. They each turned around to face me, raising their eyebrows. "I wanna go for a run." I said as I repositioned myself so they could see the woods behind me. Daimen got it for Mason did, "We haven't covered shifting yet." Daimen said, "Now's a good time to learn. Please, I crave to feel the woodland floor beneath my toes." I made puppy eyes as I walked up to him. "Please." I stood on my tippy toes and brought down his head so that I could give him the softest kiss on the lips. "Daddy." I smirked and started to walk backwards to the woods. Daimen held my challenging gaze and I swear I saw them flash purple before settling on amber. "Catch me if you can." I said before bolting into the woods, it didn't even take them a second to start running after me. A smile grew wide on my face. "Are you out of your mind!? You just challenged two alpha Kings to a chase-off, and they are best known for their hunting skills and did I mention bigger than you?" Rose proclaimed. She didn't sound worried or concerned, more like "Did you really just do that?" "We'll talk later unless you wanna assist and help me shift.?" I said, she huffed and came forward, "You may want to stand back for this." She said, my body soon became hot and It was slowly becoming harder to breathe. She said something under her breath and a dark mist appeared in front of me. We stepped through and it felt like time stood still. I turned to see a really tall bipedal wolf-looking man that had red eyes and gold flecks. It had jackal ears and a wolf face, a main-like fur hung over its shoulders and rippling muscles, and elongated hands and back feet. And next to him was a wolf about the size of a Dinner and it was extremely pitch black, you could only see the pattern of what looked to be a rose on his chest and his golden eyes with purple flecks.

I turned back to see myself shifting, I also felt the heat increase with every break in my bones. from my skull becoming a ball of fire and literally reconstructing from the inside, pulling my skin to tear and reform over the new skeletal form. I felt my ribs, legs, arms hands, toes, feet, and toes do the same thing till I was standing on all fours and covered in silver blue and blonde fur. Once I was able to stand and then walk, I began to run and I ran right out of the mist and back onto the woodland floor. I didn't think, I just ran and the ruffle in my fur due to wind and breeze, the smells of the earth coming up from my paws, the sight of rushing trees, fleeting past me, and the large, medium, and small creatures living and hiding, hunting and running. It was all a rush that I had never known until now. And the sounds of their heavy breathing and heavy footsteps. Knowing they were behind me, so close but could also be very far behind. Excited me. I ran far, and hard wanted to run until either the end of the woods or myself. And then, I ran into an open meadow of flowers and fireflies. And what stood in the center, was a single tree, It was a weeping willow. I kept running when I heard the snap of twigs behind me. My heart began to race and almost burn my chest, I went under the leaves, and then suddenly I was standing on two feet. I heard the rustling leaves and turned just as they each came under. They too also changed back once under, I took a few steps back until I was backed into the tree, and the scratchy bark rubbed coarsely against my skin. Pricking into me, I looked down and both of their large cocks stood to attention. "I beat you, so win." I said, Mason chuckled. "Oh, I think we won little rabbit. You didn't challenge us to a race, you challenged us to a hunt. And you have been caught." He said, his voice was rougher and was like deep gravel. "Now, be a good girl for us." Daimen said deeply and tilted his head as he began stroking his length. I grew a smile as I rounded the tree, Daimen growled, loud, and low. It only made me smile more, I crouched low to the ground, biting my lips. "I haven't been caught yet." I turned to run and made it just out of the branches when Mason grabbed me by the waist, carrying me back under.

He faced me to Daimen and placed me on the ground so that I was kneeling. He crouched down behind me and whispered in my ears, while Daimen remained holding eye contact with me. "It seems that we have a bad little bunny on our hands, Dee." Daimen chuckled out a breath "Does the little bunny want to be tied up?" He asked me, "Speak Anna." "Yes." I said, I felt the harsh twine rub and squeeze my naked flesh, It felt more like a hug than anything. Daimen walked closer to me, pressing his tip to my lips, "Open." I did as told and he pushed his length over my tongue, he tasted like sin and sugar. "Wider baby, so warm." He grabbed the back of my head as he slowly inched more of himself down my throat. Mason was pinching my nipples and kissing the crook of my neck. "You like having Daimen's cock in your throat princess?" He asked, Daimen pushed further, I was almost to the base of him when Mason made the tips of his fingers cold, trailing them down my warm stomach reaching my pussy. "Anna." He said, I nodded. Making his cock throb and move in my throat, causing me to moan. Daimen followed, pushing himself all the way down. "Such a good girl." Mason chuckled, "I wonder if she likes her other holes being filled." He said just before he pinched my clitoris, making me cry out, and causing a swell in my lower belly. "Right babygirl?" He asked, I nodded and wiggled from stimulation. Mason grabbed my throat causing us both to moan, "No one said to move yet." He then circled and rubbed my clit, "Tell daddy what you want baby." He said as he kissed my shoulder, I rubbed my bound hands on his chest and found his thick cock. I began stroking it in my hands, I could feel him smile.

He growled in my ear and stuck two fingers into my pussy, causing me to grip them and close on Daimen's cock. Daimen started to fuck my throat and Mason fingered me deeper, faster and kept his hand on my throat. "I want you to swallow every last drop princess. And don't come, I want to taste you coating my tongue." I looked Daimen in the eyes, swirling my tongue around his cock as I bobbed with most of his length in my throat. He held my head without even blinking as he pour his seed directly into my belly, filling me up. And Mason didn't stop fingering me but started going faster again. Daimen pulled out just as I was about to tip over, Mason picked me up and put me against the tree, sitting me on his shoulder so that he could eat me out, and what I wanted most was for him to be in me. I came on his tongue, hard, and was almost becoming lightheaded. "Please Daddy, I want your cock." I pleaded with his tongue deep inside me, digging for buried treasure. He growled and the vibrations almost made me come again. "If my Queen commands." He took me off his shoulders and wrapped my legs around his waist I held don't his shoulders as he aligned himself with me. He looked up and into my eyes and then pushed every last inch into me in one swift movement. Holding us there as the wave came and crashed. I squeezed his hips with my thighs, "By all the heavens and accursed damned. How the fuck did you not fuck her very god damn night?!" He said to Daimen, He chuckled "Trust me, I want to fuck her right now." I clenched at the thought of both of them in me. But the question is where? "Are you thinking of greedy thoughts baby bunny?" Mason asked thrusting into me, he would pull until just the tip was inside and then slam deep into me, slow at first and as my body began to tense up with anticipated high he went faster. "Relax baby, don't tense up your body. Relax your muscles for me." He said, I was having a hard time at first but as soon as I fully relaxed it was like I was seeing stars and I came hard on his cock. He moaned loudly and kept pumping into me. "That's it, baby. Daddy got you. Fucking God you feel so good, all wet and juicy for me." "Practically dripping." Daimen said, I turned to him "I want your cock too Daddy." I said to him and his eyes darkened, he walked over to us and kissed me deeply. He broke our kiss first and took a step back. Mason lifted me off from the tree and faced my back to him Daimen then aligned himself, the feel of him sliding into my pussy, stretching me open made me come right there. I cried out in bliss using Mason to bounce on their cocks, I could really get addicted to this. Daimen held onto my hips and controlled his thrusts and Mason did so as well. I came again and again, and they each came inside me, keeping me warm. Daimen and Mason kissed either side of my neck at the same time and I felt the sharp pinch on my flesh from their teeth. 6They were marking me, and I came once more, with them coming in me again.

I woke to the bright sun hitting my eyes and I turned over to find I wasn't in mine or Daimen's bed. I looked around the room, Finding a simple tv mounted on the wall, with a dresser beneath it and nightstands on either side of the bed. He had a mirror and chair in here and an ensuite bathroom. I got out of bed a bit sore and walked outside the bedroom. I was wearing Mason's shirt and boxers. I could smell eyes and pancakes and bacon and followed the smell to the kitchen where I found the boys sitting. "Hey pretty bunny," Mason called me as I entered. "Good morning." I went to sit on the stool next to Daimen but my ass hurt. They chuckled and Daimen picked me up and sat me on his lap, "I. Don't remember what happened after you both marked me." I said, "Well, you came so hard on our cocks that you passed out. we brought you here and the Doc came by to give you fluids." Daimen said, he then traced circles on my neck where one of the marks was. The sensitivity of my flesh went straight down to my pussy, They both started growling, "Anna. You are still healing from last night." Mason said with pitch black eyes, I bite my lip and leaned into Daimen's chest. "I know." I grabbed a plate and started fixing mine and the boys. "Do you have syrup?" I asked, Mason raised his eyebrow as he went to grab it. I giggled, "I'm being good." I said. "Uh huh." He said, we all ate breakfast and spent the weekend at Mason's.

A week goes by and the boys have been working together to increase my training both in physical and magick. But work was starting to become more and more annoying and stressful. And my boss has been making me stay until past closing more often than what I ask for. "I can't stay late again this evening, I have somebody picking me up and every time I stay later people think we're still opened and don't want to listen and half the time think you or another manager is still here and never believe me when I say there are none." I said to my manager for the fifth time today. "Then don't tell them, how about that. And I'm not really asking you. Since you are one of the only adults here and really don't have anything or anyone at home that is dependent on you." He said, I went to correct him but he cut me off "And furthermore, I'm pretty sure the Elders and the police would very much love to find out what you and your friends did here those nights back. With a human minor to witness the use of magic, and the murder of five men. Even if they were beasts themselves, murder is murder." he said coldly, I froze as the words sunk in, "Oh, you forgot about the security camera? Hmm, well I didn't and I have that file saved and one click away from sending it to them both." he said quietly, I wanted to throw up. "Fine." I said before walking away, shit shit shit shit shit shit shit. Shit! What the hell Frank!? I was pissed off but I was more pissed off that I didn't even think to remember the damn thing before we left that night. I wanted to punch something and just then I got a phone call. Mason, I excused myself outside and answered the phone. "Hey, baby what's up?" He was silent for a moment, "Baby, you are panicking right now, I need you to breathe and calm down for me. Came you do that for me, baby." I covered my mouth as the tears and the physical wave of it all crashed down on me, I shook my head but kept silent. "I know baby, I know, But I need you to breathe for me come on baby, one deep breath in, come on baby, do it for me please." I slowly put down my hand and let out a breath. "That's it baby, now a deep breath in please." I followed his instructions until was calm again, "That's my girl. No more private panic attacks baby, okay." He said "Yes." I sniffled, "Okay babygirl, call me later okay?" "I will." And I hung up and went back inside, Fuck this shit. I closed the Dinner like Frank asked and searched for the file and made sure I deleted it from the main frame and check the history of what all he did with it so that there wasn't a trace of it left. I then returned everything to the Dinner with my letter of resignation right on top. I locked up and began to walk home, I know I told Daimen he didn't have to come and get me since I called Mason, but I just needed some time to myself. I came across this park and went to sit in the swing. I cried, and I didn't hold anything back.

I slowly felt the temperature drop around me. And soon I could even see my breath in front of me in a white fog. Then I saw the shadow of an entity appear before me on the ground, I wanted to run, but just then I felt something none physical pierced into my back shoulder blade. I became more and more susceptible to the cold around me and was falling more asleep by the second. I saw a flash of light appear behind me, making the cold and shadow disappear. "Don't look up yet, there are more." A man said. More lights flashed and more shadows came, "Sunlight." I said strenuously, a burst of light came from within me and spread around me in and ever-growing ring of light. Killing all of those cold shadows. The chill left a damp residue against my skin. I lifted my head to see a bear of a man. Tall and strong with a lot of tattoos. He turned. With a shaved head and bearded mustache. And eyes of chocolate honey, thick and rich. He smelt of whiskey and forest. "Are you alright little mate?" He asked outstretched his hand. I took it and the night sky was over casted with bright white light. "What was that just now? And who are you?" I asked. "Those are shadow stealers and I am Clayton, King of the bears, and your mate." He bowed to me, I giggled on how I guessed he was a bear. "Shadow steelers?" I said, "yes, creatures created my light and darkness and consumes magick and only live in the darkness." "But why were they here?" "The Elders are really looking for the Dragon King but doesn't know where to look. So any magick welder gets caught in the Elders plains." He said, I was shocked, "The King of Dragons?" I asked, "Yes, do you know him?" I looked away from him, they are looking for Mason, "What do they want with him?" I asked, "He is the Crowned prince for the Dragon Elder position, as well as the King of Dragons. Little one, if you don't want to involve yourself with him. Or his family." The words hit me like a cold storm, and I didn't know how to handle that, "He is my mate." I said, Clayton took a step back and assessed my body, that's when he saw my marks. "And do you love him?" He asked me, "I, " I trailed off, did I love him? Either of them? Butterflies filled my belly and I was suddenly no longer cold anymore. I looked back up at the man "Yes. I love them both." He smiled and nodded to me, "Then you truly are a strong woman, what do the stars call you?" He asked, "The stars?" I asked, "Yes. Your eyes tell you are child of the moon and stars." "Well my name is Anastasia but you can call me Anna." I said, "but I have no idea what you are talking about since I'm adopted." He looked puzzled for a moment then stuck out his hand. "I want to show you something, maybe it will help you in your jounery." I took his hand and he teleported us to the woods, he guided me through thicket of leaves into a beautiful garden.

I knew not where he had taken me, but it strangely felt familiar. The trees were no longer their usual summer green, these purple Wisteria plants made this meadow look like a dream. "Where are we?" I asked not really paying attention to him, I was looking around and the pretty woodland creatures that were wolf-foxes and elks. As I looked some more I noticed this small waterfall that you could sit in, and river that pooled at the bottom and there were these trees that at the right spots with the moon would shape out to be an arch. Clayton pulled me towards the trees and said a strange language that made the earth open up and reveal this globe size opaque pearl. "What's this?" I looked at him and he had the prettiest pearlescent eyes. "Whoa, your eyes." He smiled, and gently caressed my cheek before saying, "this is the Wisteria Falls garden. This is one of many portals between are realms. Depending on which gate and what moon you go through takes you to a different realm. There are 12 and counting realms. But this," he gestured to the pearl while moving us closer, "this is why we are here." I looked at it a bit more in detail. "And what does it do?" I asked again. "This is a magic reader, it will tell us how your past and possiblyyour future. And you will be able to see your magick and all you can do little one."

He had me place my hand on the Orb and a lot of light and magic swirled out and around us.

I touch the Orb and light mists out around us. The mist grew blue and purple colors, shifting from the garden to space. Showing in the stars a Grand white wolf paired with the daughter of Warlock. Thus presenting a child shape figure in the water. The child's shadow climbs over the water and onto the grass. Her back facing us. She played with fire and floated in the air surroundedby electricity. A child of a wolf and magic. The name Anastasia Ambrosia Firethorn lay across the stars. Elemental sigils appeared and music and magic appeared everywhere. But I didn't notice the beam of light projecting to me.

I quickly removed my hand from the Orb, it felt like I had touched fire. I looked up at Clayton and found both Daimen and Mason there as well. 'When did they get here?' I thought. I clutched my hand by the wrist close to my chest, I wasn't in pain but it still strangely hurt. I watched the boys as they all stood there watching me with wide eyes, Mason and Daimen looked at Clayton with a confused and furious look. That's when I saw their mouths moving but I couldn't hear a single sound. I tried but nothing came to me. The first thing that came to me after a while was their voices, but they weren't speaking English. And I knew they weren't speaking normal human languages because whatever they were saying began to float above them like subtitles, in both their language and mine.

"Ποιος είσαι και γιατί είσαι με τον σύντροφό μας;"

"Poios eísai kai giatí eísai me ton sýntrofó mas?"

"Who are you, and why are you with our mate?" Mason asked Clayton, "Do charaid? A thaobh nan rìoghachdan, chan eil càirdean agad, agus cha ghabh thu aon." "Your mate? as far as the kingdoms are concerned, you have no mates nor will take one." Clayton said calmly, they went back and forth for a while and Daimen just watches them bicker. Daimen then turn to me with a small smile. He slowly walked towards me and without thinking I stepped away from him. He stopped and with a look of pain he tried again, even slower this time. "Flosculus, suus 'okay infans." "little flower, it's okay baby." He said to me, I looked back at the two boys bickering and they were now focused and watching us, me.