Kane's Mate (Armageddon Mates)(4)

Then when she was sixteen, he came home for Halloween weekend, bringing  along one of the she-wolfs he was seeing at the time. He saw Faith  dressed as Rapunzel, and she was everything he ever imagined she could  be and more. She was in a princess's dress that went perfect with her  long hair. The costume fit like a glove, showing every curve. She was  the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and when the crown on her head  sparkled from the sun to her laughing face as one of the visiting young  werewolves chatted her up, he remembered growling, thinking of all the  ways he could get her away from the other wolves. He imagined seducing  her, stripping her, and making her want no one but him. At the thought,  Kane had gotten harder than he had ever been in his life. He'd been  appalled with himself for thinking of a sixteen-year-old that way and  went to find his then she-wolf, terrified of the thoughts he was having  of Faith, as she was way too young for him.

Now that he thought of it, after that day was when Faith stopped talking  to him, started avoiding him. He thought his wolf saw her as a sister  and was punishing him for thinking that way about her by not talking to  him and only coming out during emergencies when he needed his  supernatural strength, speed, hearing, sight, or healing abilities.  Shit, he should have figured it out just from that. Faith had always  made him feel good and happy, and she always smelled heavenly to him no  matter what she had been doing.

Kane remembered how much fun it was to be around Faith when she was  little because you never knew what would come out of her mouth. He  smiled, thinking of a time when she was six and they were doing  activities to help her control her gifts, and she suddenly come out with  "Don't worry, Kane. You won't always be the calm, collected one. You'll  become a very powerful, important alpha. You will also find your true  mate. Wow, so will a lot of people, all your family. But be careful,  because this will be a rocky road, especially where your brothers are  concerned."

He had stared in shocked awe at what had just come out of a six-year-old's mouth.

Faith had then smiled, showing her missing front teeth. "What's a true mate?"                       
       
           



       

He had explained as best he could to a little child. "Um, it's when a mommy and daddy wolf live together. Like being married."

She had replied saying, "Oohhh, okay. Can I be Jamie or Devlin's mate?"

He had growled at that and she had laughed as he walked her to his house for dinner.

That thought brought him back to his brother. Everyone knew Jamie had  been in love with Faith for years. Devlin had always thought she was  great, but had fallen hard for her when he was in Afghanistan and she  wrote to him every day, often sending pictures. Fuck, now that Kane  thought on it, even Griffen had fallen under her spell, saying he always  tried to concentrate on her feelings because she was always bright and  positive.

Shit, she hadn't been kidding, this was going to be a rocky road, and not just with his brothers.

Kane slowly untangled himself from Faith and started pacing, thinking of  everything he had to do. First, he needed to call work and see if he  could free up some time. He knew he'd have to ask for some favors so  patients could be looked after. Then he needed to check with his parents  and see what the damage was so far.

Kane found his pants on the floor, got out his mobile, and was about to  call the hospital when he saw his phone flashing with twenty-one missed  messages. Fuck.

Your phone message inbox is full.

Message one, at 7:05 PM: "Don't you dare fucking mate her against her  will or I will find a way to kill you." Jamie. Message erased.

Message two, at 7:08 PM: "Don't you dare mate her, Kane. She hates you  for Christ's sake. She hasn't spoken to you in over four years." Devlin.  Message deleted.

Message three, at 7:10 PM: "What the fuck is going on? Her feelings and  emotions are everywhere." Shit. Griffen. Message deleted.

Message four, at 7:15 PM: "Hi, honey, it's your mother. Just a warning,  your father and I will hold off the boys for as long as we can, but by  the sound and look I don't know how much longer that will be."

Frustrated, Kane pressed the delete all button on his phone.

Are you sure you want to delete all your messages?

He knew all the messages were from his family. He gazed at Faith lying on the bed, and his lips curved up into a grin.

Hell yes. He pressed the button and then climbed back in bed so he could  hold Faith. He pulled her on top of him, and she snuggled into his body  mumbling, "Just give me a minute."

Kane chuckled and put the phone to his ear as he called his work.





Chapter 2



Slowly coming awake to the sound of banging, yelling, and a long,  drawn-out "fuuuucck," Faith sat up, forgetting her naked state and  momentarily where she was. She looked around the room, and all the  events of last night came back to her. She jumped out of bed, grabbing  at the bedding to wrap it around herself.

Kane chuckled at her. "Princess, after last night there is no reason to  cover up, I have seen every delicious inch of you." He licked his lips.

Faith blushed. Kane chuckled again as he got out of bed and placed one  of his shirts on her, which was huge and like a baggy dress. "Come on,  my princess. The cavalry is here to rescue you."

She heard more yelling. Kane growled, his teeth lengthening in an angry  half-change. He grew to a height of more than nine and a half feet. His  bulk muscle doubled, and longer hair grew over all his body. She sighed;  she had it bad when she even found him attractive in half-change.

He growled again, and through clenched teeth, he muttered, "They're going too far."

Faith grabbed his clawed hand gently. "Just remember they're protecting  me, which is what they have done most of my life. They love me, so  please be nice, I love all of them."

With that Faith let go of his hand and walked out of the room, heading  to the front door which burst open as she reached the lounge room and a  half-changed Griffen, Devlin, and Jamie charged in followed by an amused  Rane, Arden, and Kane's parents Della and Jack. Faith blushed as three  huge, half-changed wolves surrounded her.

"Did he hurt you?" Jamie asked as he gently touched her neck and back.

"I'm gonna fucking kill him. Your emotions were all over the place," Griffen growled as he pressed a kiss to her forehead.

"I don't see any bruises," Devlin added as he looked her up and down.

Kane came in on a loud growl. "I would never hurt her. Get your fucking hands off her."

Kane reached for her, and with all their hands touching her, Faith started to have a vision.



Faith was surrounded by thousands of demons and minions, destruction as  far as the eye could see. She was in some huge park in the city. Humans  lay dead everywhere she looked. Werewolves and other creatures were  fighting demons, minions, zombies, and creatures she hadn't seen before.  Faith ran fighting and saving people. She saw her friends fighting,  using their paranormal skills, but it wasn't enough. Everywhere she  looked people she loved and knew she would come to love were fighting.  Faith had a feeling hundreds of people that were major players were  missing because she hadn't found them.                       
       
           



       





She ran to the center of the park where she found Rane, Kane, Della, and  Jack fighting demons. She noticed vast amounts of witches and elements  with chains around them connecting them to demons, forcing them to use  their powers on people. She looked up and saw the largest demon she had  ever seen, at least twenty-five feet in height, come out of nowhere and  give a killing blow to Jack. Faith and Della screamed as he fell to the  ground. She ran forward only to be grabbed by Kane. The largest demon,  which had just killed Jack, laughed, a scratchy sound.





"Come here now, Faith. I always wanted my own soothsayer, especially one  as talented and beautiful as you." He laughed again. "They're so hard  to find. Ah, but I've been watching you. You have so much potential. It  is foretold you'll be one of the greatest if you apply yourself. Pity  you wanted to be normal, but don't worry, we'll work on it, and we will  make this Armageddon on your world look like child's play. The other  worlds won't know what hit them. You will be my greatest treasure, a  reward for my patience." He cackled again. "Come to me, and I will let  the wolves live. Well, maybe for a day or two." He laughed again as a  helicopter blew up.





"Fools, they only give us more energy," one of the smaller demons said.  "We've been planning this for centuries. Australia is one of the best  places for an underground operation to go unnoticed since the country is  so young and not as populated as others are. It helps that it has the  smallest werewolf population. Because of all that we have gone unnoticed  for hundreds of years."