Fifty-Four: Natalie

Natalie's P.O.V.

The sun seemed brighter, and I let my hand run across the stained glass design as I left Killian's empty office. I was disappointed that he wasn't there when I tried to stop by for a quick hello...and other things.

But I was too happy to let it bother me. His mark on my neck made me feel like I could do anything in the world.

I also knew that I couldn't steal all of his time. He did have work he needed to do, especially with the additional stress of the council heading this way.

"Natalie, my favorite sister! I need backup. I need you to talk to your mate!" Charlie exclaimed as she walked down the hallway toward me, disrupting my daydream as I stared at the glass mural.

She looked infuriatingly beautiful for a woman who Killian had informed me was sleeping in the woods with a bear. Her steps were light and quiet as she stopped in front of me, the anger melting away from her face as her eyes landed on my neck.

Her emerald eyes widened as she glanced up at my face and then down to my neck once more.

"Holy Hell! That fucking hypocrite!" She pressed her lips together before looking up and down the hallway to make sure no one heard her. Tobias groaned in annoyance as Charlie grabbed my hand and pulled me down the hall and toward a room I hadn't entered before.

available. He was

in his sitting room, Charlie's was decorated with two bright blue

she had indeed spent the evening in the woods instead of here. My heart hurt for her knowing that she cared that much about the bear shifter and that Killian disapproved

explains all the chaos downstairs. I almost thought I forgot Killian's birthday!" She stopped in front of the couch, and I sat down

wrist. Her fingers moved up to tap against her

"The chaos?"

prepared for your coronation since you got here, just waiting for your marking. This was perfect timing really. The full

mate when he had done nothing unjustly...

don't you tell me what it is I need to talk to my mate about?" I leaned forward, kicking off my shoes before pulling my legs up on the couch. She looked ready to launch into a fit of rage or burst into tears. I hadn't decided which

basically called him a coward and me a whore in front of so many people!" She raised her hands into the air in frustration as she yelled before tilting her head from side to side as she contemplated her words. "Okay, so maybe not a whore, but he compared me to a mistress, which

I know it wouldn't be unusual for Killian to call the bear hiding in the woods a coward, but to speak so disparagingly toward his sister seemed out of

back at me with a knowing look. "Oh, I'm sure he was. If that stubborn ass, of all people, gets to be with his mate,

her eyes closed and her head back as she

me, but it did. I knew mates could be other species. Hell, I wasn't a Lycan, but Killian was still mine. But I never

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