His Other Half

Seventeen

Omniscient  

After the incident with Dominic, Ahsha found herself feeling safe and at home when she was with them. Malik and Ahsha had grown closer over the months, however, Ares had retreated from interacting with Ahsha. She didn't know what she did that made him suddenly dislike her. She tried to not let it show that it didn't affect her, but it did. Malik wasn't completely sure why Ares was avoiding Ahsha, but he knew it had to do with his new power. Dominic's power and energy, although it affected them both Ares received the majority of the fallout. Ares felt such power that his emotions were on a hair-trigger. He not only received the majority of Dominic's power but a lot of his hidden quirks as well. His lust for control and power were at times so strong his need to act out his and Malik's darkest thoughts were always in the back of his mind. Ares already had a dark mind that he was able to keep at bay but now he found pieces of his old self starting to make an appearance.

The only time he felt some semblance of peace was when he was around Ahsha. However, being around her did something to him that left him wanting to bury himself inside of her. He craved her in every way possible. For the first time in his life, he was scared that if he didn't get a handle on his new power, he would end up hurting Ahsha, so until he could he would keep his distance.

With the twin's birthday rapidly approaching there was a surge of energy in the air that had the supernatural community buzzing. The people knew something was coming but no one knew what that thing was. With the growing energy circling around it had Malik and Ares on high alert. With Malik now having full control of the family business he found himself away on business more leaving less time for him to be with his mate, so he made sure there were eyes on her at all times. Because their birthday was so close both Ahsha and Isaac found their bodies electrified with energy. They hadn't realized that they were the ones pulling in such immense amounts of energy that was causing the supernatural community from around the world to be lit ablaze. Many could not only sense the power, but they could smell it, and feel it swimming in the air. It was making the secret world antsy of what was to come.   

Ahsha

Malik had been out of town for just under 2 weeks and I was missing him like crazy. We had been officially mated for 4 months now and it was amazing. Malik was so affectionate considering who and what he was. I knew he was probably going above and beyond to give me affection because Ares had cut me off and he felt bad. I sighed as I cleared my mind, Ares and Malik, while I searched for the book, I had been reading the last time I visited Ahmad's home. This had become a common occurrence over the past couple of months. I'd do my homework or just read some of the books that lined the huge family library. During my last visit, I found a couple of journals from one of the Ahmad relatives and it was clear that whoever wrote this struggled greatly with their demon side. I found the journal I was reading again, and I went to my favorite spot in the room and made myself comfortable. I opened the journal to pick up where I left off when Emilia called my name. I looked up to see her and my mom smiling down at me.

I sighed knowing they were going to bother me about this party they were having. After Malik and I mated Emilia told me that we would have to make our formal introduction as a couple into the world. "Hi Emilia. Hi momma." I said. "We don't want to keep you. We just wanted to see if you had time to try on some dresses later this week?" My momma asked. "I—" I froze. "We narrowed it down to a couple of dresses for you," Emilia said. I nodded my head. "I guess I can do it tomorrow," I said. They both smiled.

"Perfect!" They said in unison. "We only have a few short weeks before the party," Emilia said. "Oh!! I'm so excited. My firstborns are turning 18 and they've both found their mates." My momma said as her eyes grew teary.

"Please don't start crying and get yourself worked up." I pleaded making her chuckle. "I'm just so proud to see how you two have grown up." She said kissing my forehead. "We have a few more things to set up but we'll see you tomorrow," Emilia said hugging me before she linked arms with my mom. I shook my head looking at them