Bound to Them (Completed)

Chapter Eighteen - Bound to Them

POV Cammie
The two men were locked in the old dungeon cellar below the house, a choice they had taken when offered there or the council jail, I can understand why given here at least, their boss can't get at them. 
I know Adam and Ariana were also taking some time to think through what we had been told, someone they had trusted wasn't good and the implications were huge.
I had requested some time to myself to clean up and relax and think, I knew where each of my mates was within the house and how they were feeling through the bond and wondered if they could feel me the same way. I had been shown to a beautiful guest suite and was now wallowing in a deep bath tub, allowing my power to heat and move the water around me, as I relaxed.
I knew once I got out I would need to discuss everything we had learnt and wanted to put it off a little longer.

Nona knocked and called from the bathroom door and I used a gift to unlock it, allowing her to come in whilst I soaked, "how are you doing?" she asked pulling the chair from the corner so she could see me.
"Its a lot to take in but I feel good, my instincts are guiding me and telling me it will be okay. I think my powers understand what I need to do and help me" I tell her.
"Good, I hoped as the Eklectos you would be self aware, there was nothing written as to how you know what to do but it sounds like it will guide you, I'm glad, but there is something else I need to discuss with you in the absence of your parents... your mates and bonding to them"

I blush at her last words "Bonding?" I question.
"Sweetie, much as I want you to get your parents back before this happens, I want to make sure you are as protected as you can be" she pauses and I can see she is searching for the right words.
"Nona, just tell me, after the last couple of days, I doubt anything would shock me too much"
"Umm, yes, well" she starts, making me laugh as she blushes red before continuing "Well, normally it would be a normal courtship after meeting your mate, you date, get to know each other, plan a wedding, meet their parents, then get married and then become intimate with each other... physically, at that point your bond is at its strongest" she finishes and watches my face as I understand her rushed words, "Are you telling me to be intimate with them, without getting married?" I gasp and she nods, her face blushing red as she replies "do the wedding afterwards, when your parents are here, that's the bit they will want to see, but you need to bond with them" I look at her in horror, "all of them?" my voice raises and again she just nods.
"oh!" I breath and feel shocked, sinking back under the water to gather my thoughts.

A loud crash and hands pulling me up out of the water make my heart race until I can hear the angry voices in the room as my mates shout at Nona, "stop" I whisper fighting the hands holding me but the noise continues "STOP!" I scream and they turn to me, worry and fear on all their faces.
I wriggle out of Xaviers hands "What is going on?" I growl, my hands on my hips, staring at them , as they all gaze at the ceiling "look at me" I demand but its Xaviers arms wrapping a towel around me that makes me realise why they are not. "Oh my gods, get out" I groan grabbing the ends of the towel, my body glowing in embarrassment, "Get out, I will get dressed and then we will talk about what just happened" I order and can feel tingles spreading through our emotional link "out" I whisper and sag in relief as i'm left alone in the bathroom.

I rub myself dry and stare at myself in the mirror, "what the hell do I do?" I ask myself and feel a new power within me, I watch myself in the mirror as a ghostly male form first kisses then marks my neck as his hand is on my mate mark and mine on his, I watch as strands of light flow between us and then settle into one thread which pulses softly, I shiver in relief and anticipation, we can bond without having to go all the way.

POV Nona
We moved back downstairs to the sun room to wait for Cammie and I look at the boys now standing sheepishly in front of me "Sorry" Ben says as the others nod, "we felt her emotions and panicked, and then she was under the water and gods, we are sorry".
I laugh at them, "oh boys, don't worry, I get it, I really do and after what i've just said to Cammie" I laugh again as I remember the conversation and they raise their eyebrows at me in question. I'd better fill them in on what I said, I knew Cammie would not know how to repeat my words.
"I told her she needs to bond with you before going after her parents, told her we could do the wedding later" I said and smile as Adam and Ariana join us "We agree, you will be stronger after you are bonded" they tell their sons.