Sweeter Tease (Sequel To Sweet Tease)

Chapter Sixteen

{Octavia's Point of View}

It wasn't that Ichure Divine was my half mate.  It didn't bother me that she bore me a son.  It also wasn't that she kept my son from me for 18 years.  No, what was bothering me the most about all of the things going on was that she was hoping that I'd keep the mate bond between us, but knowing I wouldn't, and was still okay with staying with us so that I could see my son.  That wasn't something most people were okay with.  I sighed, rubbing my face as we went over it again.  

"No, I understand that we're breaking the mate bond, but what I don't understand is why you're going to move in here with us.  You and Donovan have been perfectly fine wherever it is that you live, so I'm still a little confused."

I admitted, trying to understand her reasoning.  She smiled softly, taking a sip of her hot tea.

"It's simple, really.  We break the mate bond this evening, and Donovan and I move our things in this weekend.  He wants to be around his sire, and I have a hard time saying no to him.  Besides, it will do him good to know his wolf family, since he's a half-breed."

I sighed, but nodded.  She was right that my daughters would do well to have their half brother here with us.  My only issue with the whole thing was that Josephine had just recently turned twenty-two and moved into her own apartment.  She wanted to do everything herself, and my wives almost convinced me to let her but, when she graduated as number one in her college classes, I showed up to her graduation with the keys to her own apartment.

I had essentially rented the space for life, and I made sure her rent was paid (okay, I pretty much bought the place).  But she made it clear that she would pay the other bills.  She worked in the medical ward of the pack house.  She still needed help sometimes to control her Succubus power, but Winifred made sure to train her as best she could.

Thankfully, she didn't have a wolf form.  Genetically, she took after Winifred, and not her true sire.  I rubbed the crease between my eyebrows and sat down across from Ichure and Donovan.  I smiled softly as Ichure carded her fingers through Donovan's hair, fussing over how he was wearing it that day.  I chuckled when he made some disgruntled pup noises and leaned away from her.  Taking a breath, I interlocked my fingers, placed my forearms on my thighs, and leaned towards them.

"Then we'll do the rejection this evening.  I don't know how witches react to rejections, so I have no idea how your body will react.  With us having not nurtured the mate bond - "

The door opened abruptly, and the three of us stared at the door and the two individuals standing at the open door.  Ichure chirped happily as she recognized the two people at the door.

"Thalia!  Tyson! I'm so glad to see you!  Did you manage to find what I asked you to?"

{Tyson Kingston. Hellhound.}

{Thalia Kingston. Hellhound.}

Thalia and Tyson groaned when Ichure darted from her seat to hug the both of them close.  They didn't dare squirm away because she would just squeeze them tighter.  When she was satisfied, she let them go, but tugged them to stand in front of the trio.  She sat and stared up at the two of them.

"What did you find out, darlings?"

Thalia and Tyson looked at each other before they sighed and looked back at Ichure.

"We found out exactly where the Anuubi base is in Egypt.  They have their own town type build, and hardly ever have to leave the compound.  If they need something that cannot be grown or made on the compound, they will have it flown in, and the leaders will meet the ones making the delivery at an isolated place, making sure that the deliverers leave first before they leave for the compound."

I stared at the pair as they spoke, raising my eyebrow when they looked at me.  I could make out the confusion in their eyes.  Ichure smiled warmly before she indicated to me with her hand.

"This is Donovan's sire, Octavia.  We will be moving here soon."

I could see that they wanted to argue with her, but I sat up straighter, almost as tall as them standing.  

"Ichure and I agreed that once I gave her a son, we would never see each other again.  We had not seen each other since I impregnated her, but once Donovan turned 18, they came to see me.  She has decided that they would move in, even after we break the half mate bond that we share."

Thalia and Tyson glanced at each other for a long while before they looked back at me and nodded.

"Then we're coming too."

I raised an eyebrow and opened my mouth to speak, but Ichure leaned over to place her hand on my knee.  The small spark of tingles surprised me, but I looked at her.

"When Cassandra and I had been... well, stealing infants, the Anuubi leader, Gideon, was going to murder these two.  Their parents had given them to the Anuubi because they were twins.  I found out later that while they're purebred Hellhounds, their father was a human.  The Anuubi do not accept mixed bloods and murder those they don't accept.  I managed to convince him to let me take them, as long as he never saw them again."

I grinned lightly when the pair had the nerve to blush.  I opened my mouth to speak, but the door opened again, and Winifred stumbled in.  She groaned hard and flopped herself onto my lap, her legs on one side of mine.  Her arms went around my neck, and she buried her face in my neck, breathing heavily against my neck, inhaling my scent.  She didn't get like this often, but she did when she had an especially rough day.  She huffed as she pressed her whole body against mine, leaving no space between our bodies.

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{Kinda a filler chapter, but meh.  I don't have any muse lately.  It'll come back, but it's just been rough having two funerals in a month.  I started my last term last week, and work has been busy, busy, busy, plus I got a terrible ear infection (the last time I had an ear infection, it ended up being a double infection and busted my eardrum).  Worry not!  I'll be back and updating often soon.  And, Thalia and Tyson belong to Poseidon_Athena_14

Much love!

CAEON}