Little Black Riding Hood

Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Raylen's POV

The side of the bed is empty and I got up immediately to the sound of Jaylen's loud snore. The empty space in between the two of us made me search the whole bedroom in our vacation villa. I got out of the bed and walk towards the main hall to see my mate with her back facing me floating cross-legged with a few books floating around her.

"Akira." I quietly call out to her. She must have heard me when she turned her head slightly but goes back to what she was doing. A large old book floating right in front of her and it flips itself to another page. She's researching that old book again.
[If anyone is interested about this old book and Akira's mission, do check out my previous book My Unfortunate yet Fortunate Life. The name of the chapter is The Guardians.]
I waited and once she's done with that page the books slowly settle themselves onto the ground along with Akira as well. She got up with that old book in her arms. That book holds a lot of secrets to the supernatural world and it can only be read by Akira herself.

"Sorry." She apologises. Ever since she discovered the prophecy about the guardians and the darkness, she's been overworking herself in search of the guardians. I go up to her and gently bring her to my chest.

"Can't sleep again?" I ask. She nods under my chin. The nightmares and visions keep coming to her. The nightmares of my death seem to have come back and haunted her again after all these years. She did fine when she was in university but I guess nobody can escape their past. For all what she did to hold herself together, I'm very proud of her. Every single day Jaylen and I do our very best to give her the happiest time of her life and soon our children will too. And I can't wait for that to happen soon. My body goes down and I plant my ear next to her belly. I hear my sons' heartbeats and I think one of them just kicked my face.

"Well, it seems that they're hyped up in there." Akira giggles. She brushes my hair gently and my wolf just purrs at her touch.

Akira jumps slightly when my brother snores loudly.

"It wasn't the nightmares, Raylen," she grumbles. I chuckle as she got out of my embrace and settle the book on the table. She got out a cloth from the closet and shoves it into Jaylen's mouth. He's still snoring but his snores are muffled by the cloth so I guess my mate can sleep peacefully.

"I'll have to resume my duty after tomorrow." she mumbles and I heard it loud and clear.

"You know very well that you're not allowed into battle with my children in there, right?" I poke her large belly. She rolls her eyes at me. Another pair of hands appear behind me and hugs me from behind.

"I know that which is why I'm going." Akira's duplicate says. She got out of my hold and made her way next to the original Akira. She's been practising on duplicating herself with water and I'll say she did improve a lot. The duplicate looks exactly like her minus the baby bump, though.

"Did you make your duplicate younger with bigger boobs?" I ask and only to be answered with water splashed onto my face.

"You're very rude." her duplicate hisses. "This is how I normally look without the bump!"

Before I could say anything, she disappears into hot vapour.

"That duplicate was just experimental. I'll make sure to tone down my boobs and make myself look like a 60-year-old granny," she growls and goes up to the bed.

"Oh come on. I didn't mean it in that way." I cuddle up to her. Her mood swings are extremely dangerous sometimes so I have to do something to settle her down. She turns her back on me and snuggles closer to Jaylen. I push away her hair exposing the back of her neck in the process. Our marks imprinted on each side. My lips go to her neck at the back. I feel her jump at the sudden touch which made me continue to gently licking it. She's feeling my touch and I love the taste of her skin.