The Mark of the Leopard

Loved Ones

~~~~~Birayn's P.O.V.~~~~~

"Hello. How may I help you?" The man behind the counter smiles. "We'd like a marriage certificate." I state. He blinks then shakes his head. "Right. Um..." He rummages under the counter and pulls out some papers. "Do you have your witnesses?" I bite my lip and look up at Kazi. "I have Patty, but Jed's not here." He smiles. "I have Nala." He nuzzles my neck. "Yes, we have our witnesses."

The man smiles and has everyone sign the paper. An older male comes out with a bible, blesses our marriage and congratulates us before disappearing again. "That was qui-" I get cut off by Kazi's lips smashing on mine. I kiss him back and he picks me up. "Kazi! Put me down! I can walk!" I squirm around.

He takes my mouth again, I stop wiggling and grip his shoulders, wanting closer. He breaks away to see where he's going while I move to his chin, seeing as he's not going to let me walk. I nibble, grazing my teeth along his jaw, working my way to his ear and to his chin again. His purring comes back and I laugh lightly, hugging his neck.

Suddenly I'm thrown on a bed and Kazi attacks my face with butterfly kisses, pinning me down. He lands on my lips, scorching them with a hot, passionate, demanding kiss. I moan, wrapping my legs around his hips and he takes off his shirt.

* * *Use your imagination.* * *

"Hey, how was it?" Patty nudges my ribs with his elbow, wiggling his eyebrows. Heat rises to my cheeks and I bury my face in Kazi's shirt. Kazi chuckles kissing my hair, I pinch him. He hisses. "Watch it." Closer to my ear he whispers. "Or you'll be really sore." I bite my lip to stop a moan as my muscles tighten in anticipation. Kazi nips my ear and I gasp, making him chuckle again.

"I'll take it that everything was good." Patty raises a brow at me. I nod. "Everything was fantastic." I peck Kazi's cheek and run ahead of the guy's, looping my arm in Nala's.

~~~Kazi's P.O.V.~~~

I watch my sexy mate run and link arms with my sister. My gaze falls to her cute little butt and someone snaps their fingers in my face. Shaking away the image of Birayn under me, I smack the hand away from my face. "What?" I ask Pattrick not taking my eyes off her.

We are currently walking down the street to find a nice restaurant for lunch. And the only thing I want to eat, is walking six feet ahead of me.

"I was asking what you want to eat." Pattrick repeats. Birayn. My lower body jerks at the thought and I clear my throat. "I don't care." I notice him nod from the corner of my eye. "I think we'll let the girls choose, 'cause the only thing I'm hungry for I haven't had for fourteen years." His gaze lands on the blonde girl walking on the other side of Nala.

"Is that your mate?" I indicate the blonde. "Mhm." He smiles. "I finally found her again." I raise a brow. "Again?" He stumbles a step. "Cr*p. I didn't mean to let that out." He mutters. He straightens and clears his throat. "I first met Jenna when I was seven. Her father was the strongest wood nymph to ever rule the biggest gathering of nymphs. Most don't like each other, but he pulled them all together and made a kingdom. On my eighth birthday I went looking for her and my father told me that her father took her away.

The reason being that we could never finish the mating process. She was royalty and I was an average person. I shifted for the first time after hearing that. Rainy stayed by my side through my whole change, it was nice having someone there, even considering we had never talked to one another before then, it was still a blessing she was there." One of the girls scream and our heads snap in their direction to see Birayn covering Nala's mouth with her hand. She catches my gaze and gives me a sheepish smile.

I chuckle and we turn a corner as Pattrick continues. "I was ecstatic when y'all told me Rainy is the next High Alpha. It meant that when I found Jenna again that we can stay together, be a couple. I found her when you were passed out, she was there when you woke up, though I'm not surprised you didn't notice her." He smirks and I stumble this time.

There's laughing behind us and I look back. All I find is the man that told Nala she isn't a witch with a face of stone. "Did you just laugh?" Pattrick questions like the guy's never even smiled. He shakes his head, staring past us. I follow his gaze to my sister. "Don't touch her." I hiss at him. "King Jelani. Your sister is a very special girl. I'm not just talking about the fact she has angel blood."

He locks eyes with me. "I mean she's special to me." I clench my jaw and slam him into the wall. "Don't, touch, her." I grind out, glaring at him. He returns the glare. "Kazi?" A musical voice reaches my ears and her soft hand touches my arm, calming me slightly. "What's wrong?" Birayn asks. "Nothing." I release him and wrap her in my arms, breathing in her scent. Her fingers loop in my pants and she kisses me.

"Why are you so tense?" Her head tilts to the side and I take the opportunity to kiss her neck. "Don't worry about it." She pushes me back. I look in her hazel orbs and my gut retches at seeing hurt eyes staring back at me. "Okay. I won't worry about it." She turns and walks back to the girls, leaving me standing alone, aching for her touch.

"Yeah, word of advice." Pattrick's hand lands on my shoulder. "Don't try to keep anything from a she-wolf, especially if you just fully mated that she-wolf." We start walking again. "Sean, my brother in-law, tried to throw a surprise party for Trina, my sister, she found out he was keeping something from her a little while before the party and wouldn't let him kiss her for two weeks. Of course he was allowed to touch her, she would die if he didn't. But there was two weeks of no kissing and a month of no sex." I freeze.

A month of no sex. How can someone live that long after they've already mated?

Another scream comes from the girls, sounding real and we run to them. "Jenna!" Pattrick yells and collapses next to her. "What's wrong? Jen talk to me." He pleads holding her face. She blinks, focuses on him and a sob comes out as she throws her arms around his neck. "What happened?" He looks at my mate. "We were talking about you then she screamed and fell." Birayn shakes her head not understanding what just happened.

Pattrick picks Jenna up and carries her into the coffee shop we're in front of. After a second, everyone else follows and the smell of fresh ground coffee beans invades my nose. We spot Pattrick sitting in a chair with Jenna on his lap, wiping her tears. "It's okay. Her body just went into shock from being too far away from me again. After such a long time of staying apart, then only being together for a short period, her body's confused on what's going and staying." He explains, standing up while rubbing her back.

"Well, as long as we're here, let's get some food." Nala whines, then an earthquake rumbles in her stomach and we all laugh. "Jerks." She grumbles crossing her arms and walks over to the food. "I'm gonna use the restroom." Birayn says, pecking the corner of my mouth and winking at me before disappearing behind the wall. I almost go after her, but the prick steps in my way. "We need to talk. And it's not about your sister." He grabs my arm, hauls me out the door and into an ally.

"Name's Samael, The Grim Reaper." He releases my arm, scanning the area. "You have some crazy people on your tail, you know that." He shakes his head. "That's beside the point. Look, I lied in there. This is about Nala, but not my attraction to her. It's her blood. What was your mothers maidan name?" He looks around the corner.

"Gabriel. Why?" I dig my hands in my pockets.

Samael's head whips to me. "Briann Gabriel?" (Brianna without an 'a') I nod, confirming his assumption. "Kazi, your mom is a horror story in the underworld. The only fallen to come close enough to return to heaven. The godliest person to walk the earth. It's said, she gave it all up because she fell in love with a cat, who I'm guessing is your father." He grins. "My father is going to disown me for falling for Nala."

My hand wraps around his neck. "I don't give a dang if you're Deaths son. You touch her, I will kill you." I hiss in his face. With that, I shove him away and walk back into the coffee shop, only to see Nala talking to a guy. I can smell what he wants from here, he's not getting it. I take a step to tell this idiot to bug off, when Samael appears and wraps his arms around my sister's waist. The other guy turns pale, gulps, then runs away like he*l's on his heels. I laugh at the thought. I head over to pumble Samael, when soft arms wrap around my waist from behind and poke my abs, making my lower regain jump in excitement.

"What's so funny?" Birayn asks, kissing my shoulder blade.

"Nala." I turn and press my lips to hers. "Let's get some food." I wrap my arm about her shoulders.

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Once everyone got food, Nala's bottomless black hole was finally full, we made our way to the meeting place Amanda and Birayn set up. "This the place?" I stop next to a mansion.

Birayn looks around. "Yep. There's Amanda and Axel's car." We pile out and cross the street. Birayn peeks in the car window and quickly turns away, face red. My brows crease. She gesture for me to look, not knowing how to explain. I peer in and chuckle, then bangs on the window.

"We're here! Stop with the lip lock!" I shout. A second later the couple get out of the car, the fact that they're not ashamed of being caught coming off them in waves and Amanda smiles at us. Birayn explains who the new people are, Axel points out where R's house is, and we get to work on our attack plan.

~~~~End of Chapter~~~~