A Match Made In The Heavens

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Ronin and I excuse ourselves from the kitchen and to the lounge, our bellies stuffed. Jory said he'd clean up and be there when he finished.

"Jory's a good kid and a skilled cook," sighs Ronin while rubbing his stomach. I nod in agreement. Speaking of the devil

Jory comes prancing in with his hands behind his back. Ronin and I both give him questioning looks.

"Shady do you still have my dad's dagger?"

I raise my brow and nod.

"Go get it please."

I shifted to my room and grabbed my dagger, I won it fairly. I pop back in the lounge area and show it to Jory. He takes it and slices his palm.

"I pledge with our blood bond to be forever indebted to both you and your mate King Ronin, and will protect you both with my last dying breath. He hands the dagger to me. I look towards Ronin and he nods. So I slice my palm. Ronin slices his next, and we switch holding hands with Jory to seal the blood pledge. After Jory wraps a towel around his hand to stop the blood. I look at mine, shrug and lick it. Looking up at both mens disgusted faces.

"What," I grunt and hold up my palm, "it's healed."

Jory shakes his head and smirks, "Your so fucking gross Shady."

Ronin had washed the blood off before licking his.

I facepalm, "My bad."

"Ronin can you shift me to your docking area, pretty please, I have something I'd like to get from my ship for this occasion and could use your help," Jory begged.

"Okay," Ronin shrugs. He touches Jory's arm and they both disappear.

When they reappeared a while later they were both laughing like they'd been friends forever, holding two large wooden crates.

I raised my brow in a questioning manner. "I may or may not have gotten your mate a little intoxicated," Jory chuckles.

He then pulls out a bottle of Sirius or Dog Star wine. I instantly shake my head.

"Where in the hell did you get that Jory, it's outlawed everywhere," I stand to get a closer look. I grabbed the bottle from Jory, about a fourth of the contents were gone. Laughing, I point at Ronin, "Don't complain to me about a hangover tomorrow."

"Do you want some Shady," Jory smirks.

I eye Ronin, who was sitting cross legged, propped against the couch, he's blitzed but oddly seems at peace, a grin plastered on his beautiful face.

"A small glass Jory."

I did own a bar, I knew how strong it was, deceiving because it tasted very sweet and went down smoothly. Jory already has a small glass poured and hands it to me.

"I figure with the blood pledge and all, it was cause for a celebration," Jory whispered softly. I nodded, it was a sweet gesture until Jory lifted a pile of pictures from a box and scattered them on the floor before the three of us. Ronin perked up quickly, grabbing a photo from the pile. "Why is there a picture of my Admiral here," he grunts. Jory and I look at each other and burst into laughter.

"Neegan works for you," I smirk.

Ronin nods, "Yeah, he's one of the best there is, he leads my largest fleet of warships." He eyes me strangely.

"How do you know my Admiral's name?"

Jory jumps in before I could utter a sound.

"Neegan is my dad," Jory boasts with a big toothy grin. Ronin looks like he's going to choke. I shrink back, not sure what was going through Ronin's mind. He looks at the picture again then towards me.

"Really, and how do you have his dagger Shady, is it a memento," he questions. Jory beats me again.

"Shady kicked his ass fair and square, she won it as an award," Jory boasts again. I smile at his defense of me. Ronin looked shocked.

"You kicked Neegan's ass, impressive," he nodded and and continued,"Good on you Shady."

"Maybe I should put these back, I didn't want to start a fight between you two," Jory grunts.

"Nonsense Jory, these are yours and Shadow's memories and I will respect that," Ronin asserts firmly. I start to smile, realizing that his jealousy has passed.

"Find me one of Shadow when she was not so rebirthed Jory," Ronin grins slyly.

I hurry and dig through the pictures hoping to grab them before Jory could. I grab one and start laughing. It was me with Neegan and a tiny Jory. I looked similar but my hair was dark and short, I had large blueish green eyes and was more muscular. Neegan was terrifying looking, no wonder Ronin had acted the way he had.

"I found one first," I chuckle. Jory plucks it from my hand and grins when he sees it. It was our little family photo. Ronin leans over towards Jory to look at it, a smile on his face.

"No offense Jory but your dad is scary as fuck," Ronin smirks. Jory laughs.

"I told Shady the same thing about you."

They both started chuckling.

"I need more wine," I wiggle my empty cup in my hand.

We all had more wine, emptying 2 full bottles of the toxic stuff. We all passed out in the lounge area, I was laying on Ronin and Jory was spread eagle on the floor covered in pictures.