The Beast And The Blessed

Fourteen: Killian

Killian’s P.O.V.

“I just heard the most interesting thing,” Joselin said as she entered my office with the collection of crystals and candles that she insisted she needed. I had given her a tower of her own to practice her magic and keep all of her belongings, yet she still insisted on bringing them everywhere else and leaving them all around the castle like a toddler.

“I am really not in the mood, Josie,” I muttered as I focused on the task before me. It seemed like an impossible endeavor. Every few seconds, I would see a flash of Natalie’s hurt expression and all of my focus would go right out the window.

I had almost lost control last night. It wasn’t just my beast who wanted to claim his mate.

I wanted her. Her display of power and strength had me ready to bend her over the bed and *her until she couldn’t walk. Perhaps I would even let her climb on top and show me what it felt like when she took control in the bedroom.

But it wasn’t as mates. I wanted to *her as just a man and a woman.

Knowing she was my mate was the only thing stopping me. If I gave in and had *with her, I had no doubt my beast would come forward and place our mark upon her, claiming the beautiful woman as ours forever. That was the exact thing I wanted to avoid.

Once the mark was placed, the pull I felt to her would multiply and she would have the ability to completely destroy me.

Holding her at night and having that contact with her was the only thing I found that could satisfy my beast to keep him at bay.

annoying you. Really romantic stuff. It’s the talk of the

wrong. According to her vision,

didn’t want to string her along just to have her lay down her life for me, but I also couldn’t let her in. Every time she was near me, it would scare me just how much I actually wanted

even marked her, and she still had a hold

know that. She was just driving me crazy.” The groan that left Joselin was full of frustration as she started to set up around the map,

as the wicks of the candles burst into flames. “This may take a while anyway. If

staring at her with incredulity. “I am the

herself. “When you finally give in and have a happy relationship with

my relationship thus far had already gone too far for my comfort, and I felt my short temper getting the better of me. Ever since Natalie was brought here, my fuse seemed to shorten with

her head in disbelief. “You’re really going to turn. this on me? You’re just trying to pick a fight now! Stop acting like a grumpy baby,

rose to my feet. I couldn’t help thinking about one of my best friends, the only man I trusted to protect my mate except myself, and how long he had been in love with Joselin but could never have her because she wouldn’t settle down. These *women had too much power over the men.” You’ve never been in love in your life. I bet you don’t even know how to

any of your kind because you all have soulmates out there, waiting for you. We both know the claim of a chosen mate is weak compared to a fated mate. If I chose to be with Tobias or anyone else, they could find their fated a year or a decade from now and walk

asked, frustrated that all of the women in my life were

was clear in her tone as she spat

way at the other side of the castle in her private tower,

I shifted into my full beast, landing on all four paws at a sprint. I had too much on my plate and was too tired from not sleeping last night to deal with

edge. I knew he would not calm until we marked Natalie, or at the very least, had her in our arms. Having the beautiful creature mad at us or feeling hurt because

I made my way back home. The halls were empty, and as I followed my mate’s scent back to our bedroom, I finally felt somewhat at peace.