The Sovereign Heir

Chapter 12 Premonitions

September 2020

"I love you; I've always loved you. I will wait for you even after death. Nothing will keep us apart. I don't care how long it takes; my soul will always wait for you." I could feel myself crying listening to these words, with a mix of happiness and grief. It woke me up instantly, my cheeks were wet from crying in my sleep. I hated only getting glimpses of my future, but a whole book report for everything else. So fucking frustrating, Yana was still sleeping next to me.

It was about 9 o'clock, my family was still asleep. Everyone slept in pretty much now that I wasn't in realm training. I slowly got up, put on my knee-high joggers, running shoes and my halter hoodie. It was time to stretch my legs and go for a run. I walk instead of orbing to the kitchen, Yana follows me. I place chopped liver in her bowl, filled my camel pack up and head out the back door to take the trail.

Why was I so upset in the vision, what was going on with me to have me so emotional? Why was Prince Nolan so familiar? I heard my aunts voice telling me about souls and soul ties, "Cher, certain souls are tied together throughout lifetimes, some good and some mauvais. There is always one connection that will surpass logic, they are the rest of you. What completes beyond any mate bond, which is the connection I see for you. It will come."

I shouldn't dismiss what everyone tells me, especially Brie, she was beyond any voodoo queen. Maybe she is right, there can be no other explanation for why I felt no attraction to anyone. Except one person, it might just be my hormones acting up. Nolan was past average eye candy; I wonder what he looked like outside of that suit? Stop it, Laina, such a dirty mind. Focus on the abductions, focus on this last semester, nothing else is important. Sex can wait indefinitely, one problem at a time. Nolan will be there whenever I want to go down that road .

I check my apple watch; I had already run 10 miles through the territory. My stomach gowls announcing its protest for being empty.

I orb back to the house directly in the kitchen, washing my hands before getting my ingredients out. Bryant saunters into the kitchen yawning, "How'd it go with Dominic last night?" I looked at him while I'm beating the eggs I had in the bowl, "How was last night with Nicole?" Raising my eyebrow.

Bryant looks like a cat caught with the canary. "It's cool little brother, I won't say anything to anyone." He was relieved, "Thank you, I don't need shit from mom and dad about 'you should wait till you're of age recognizing the mate bond', to be so modern they are still outdated with sex outside of finding your mate." Bryant comes over to wash his hands before separating the thick cut bacon onto the baking sheet. "I get why they say it, but what if your mate rejects you or vice versa? What if you never find them? You can't expect someone to walk around a virgin till death. Hell, I might even get me some at any time now." Bryant purses his lips, "You getting laid is not something I could even imagine you doing, rub one out definitely!" Laughing hard at what he said, our parents walk in.

"Oh shit, they are about to start in on you about the Lycan prince. This is going to be one hell of a morning." Sucking my teeth knowing he was right. "They are never going to let this go, they swear I like him more than the others just because I called him handsome. They were all handsome, Nolan just stood out more." Bryant shrugs before we greet our parents. "Good morning", we said in unison. "What were you two talking about?" We looked at each other before replying, "Nothing!". Our dad looked between us both, "Whenever you two are in unison, it's definitely something."

Clearing my throat, "We are discussing the disappearances and we set up teams to go to each territory to update security measures and assess data breaches. Also I have an operative looking through some channels for the source of funding."

Our mother sips her chai tea and looks directly in my eyes, "Sweetheart, you're amazing and thank you for doing that. I was hesitant to ask you with how tense you were talking to us last night." I know that wasn't all to it and she was about to steamroll in on me with this prince. "Prince Nolan is heading the investigation with the Lycan and werewolf communities. He has been staying in California for a while, since this is one of the areas hardest hit he wants to make this area a priority."