Mated & Blooded, A Blood Ties Novel, Book 1 by Kalalea George Page A

night, when I heard my beloveds’ soul
calling out to me I was ecstatic. I have waited for my beloved for
nearly three hundred years. Over the years I had dreamed of what
she would be like. I had hoped that my beloved would be young
enough when I found her to have a blooded couple turn her so that
she could be immortal and we could spend eternity together.
    This however is very rare, more likely when I
found her she would have already lived too many years as a human
and no longer be capable being turned. That was okay with me; Many
blooded couples consisted of a vampire and human. We simply shared
our immortal blood with our beloved and it expanded their life
three to five times a normal human. I would gladly spend the next
three hundred plus years loving my blooded human. When my beloveds’
time was up, I would join her.
    What I never expected and could not accept
was that my beloved was a wolf. I would have less than a normal
lifetime with a wolf. She is mortal, her life can’t be extended by
drinking my blood, and I can never drink hers. I could never blood
her. Having a beloved that was unblooded was unheard of. The truth
is, even when we found our beloved as infants we immediately
blooded with them. Blooding is the essence of our race. When we mix
our blood our souls dance with each other and we become one.
    Without blooding, I would continue to decay,
my heart would not beat, and our souls would never dance together.
Being near me would cause her such pain. Her soul would call out
day and night and mine would not be able to answer. It would
eventually drive her insane. It would feel like constant rejection.
I felt blood tears leak from my eyes. I had found my beloved but
would never be able to be with her.
    It been so hard to leave her last night. She
was standing there with her soul shouting for mine to dance with
her. I wanted to so badly. It would have been so easy if she’d been
human. I caught the scent of her wolf just moments before I touched
her. Then, the second wolf appeared and I realized it was her pack
mate. He looked so protective and clearly felt strongly enough
about her to sacrifice himself since he couldn’t possibly win a
fight against me.
    I sniffed again hoping that my nose had been
wrong the first time. It wasn’t. She was definitely wolf; I took
one more look at her, then her protector and made my decision. I
would have to leave her in the male wolves care perhaps he could
keep her safe and happy.
    I turned and ran as fast as I could from by
beloved. I felt like my heart was being severed in half. I could
only pray that she had a good life. I could not be part of her life
without driving her insane.
    Knowing that I was losing my beloved before I
had even had a chance to love her left me weary of this world.
Without the prospect of a life with my beloved, I no longer wanted
to walk this earth. I would watch her from a distance for a short
while to make sure she had all the good things in life, and then I
would seek the sun and my final rest.

Chapter 11
(Kalli POV)
    I was kind of melancholy as we got back into
Lucas’s mustang to head back to the pack. I couldn’t help but feel
like bad things were coming our way. Over the past few days Lucas
shared with me all the things that I already knew but was afraid to
say out loud. Turns out his head wasn’t in the clouds. He knew just
how bad mating with me could be. He knew that his father would
demand he reject me. He knew he might have to challenge for Alpha.
He knew his friends might denounce him. He knew the pack might not
accept him as Alpha even if he won the challenge.
    Worse, he convinced me that no matter what
the pack decided, no matter what obstacles were put in our way
Lucas was not willing give me up. He would fight his father to be
Alpha. He would fight the pack if they dared to exile him. He would
leave them all behind to suffer without a true Alpha, and move with
me to BlueRidge if necessary. Lucas was never going to give me up.
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