Once My Mate, Always My Mate

"Hello beautiful.” Cayden says to a shocked Josey, who came barrelling in to my room after bringing Cayden back to life.

Cayden, the vampire king who she happened to fall for and deeply. I had tasked Evan to find his remains and bring them together, in the hopes of giving my sister another chance at love but now, Cayden has taken over my true mate's body.

From the voice, to the eyes and the hair. To his stance and the way he throws his words around, my mate in every way....

I know Josey never intended on him taking over Aiden’s body but here we are, Cayden alive and well inside my true mate who lay somewhere fighting off his own bad spirits... there was also no need to debate this because ain't now way I am allowing this new host to take over a body that belongs to me.

"Well this is weird and almost to the point of disgust.” Xander points out as he checks Aiden out, looking for something different in him but I could see it... It was in his eyes

These were the eyes of an evil I fought long and hard before allowing it to return, only for my sister's happiness. Clearly, coming at a very high cost and I am now beginning to worry if bringing him back was not reckless...

"Oh you mean this body? I am going to have to disagree with you there pal, this is a work of art. The things I will get to do with this body that I could not even do with mine, I can already feel the surge of energy within me and I am so ready to take him for a ride.” Cayden says excitedly.

"What you are not going to do is stay in there. That body belongs to me and if you want to see another day, I suggest you heed my warning and find someone else.” I say.

"Oh come on, there was nobody in here. You would have done the same thing!" Cayden shouts out in frustration.

"Yes but I am the moon goddess and you are in my world now, taking over a body that exclusively belongs to me. A body that has a host returning to it very soon and I can't let you do as you please. I have grown to adore those eyes, enjoy those lips and much much more..leaving you be inside Aiden would be a crime far worse than killing him in person. Besides, Josey and I will not be sleeping with the same guy, fuck no!" I say in disgust to the last part as I imagine my sister locking lips with Aiden...

"Technically, it would not be the same person..." Xander points out and I growl, making him raise his arms in surrender.

"Don't worry, I am sure the things I will be doing to Josey will not be the same. There is jsut no way that the little boy matches my experience.” He says, rolling my eyes I turn to my sister.

"Josey, I can't allow this so you can either find a new body for your host or I kill him for good and there is no way to spin this. You can't find enough reason to convince me otherwise. That is Aiden’s body which bares my mark... that body belongs to me and I won't allow another woman, not even my sister to touch it." I say, not feeling my power release itself and shaking the room.

Cayden smiles, clearly enjoying my inner turmoil from witnessing his corruption on the very temple I worshipped daily...

"I don't know how to fix this..." Josey says, looking a little helpless. "Fine. I can fix this... One, I will make you weak because there is no way you are using the strength gifted to a god for your own benefit and since you were not born a wolf, I can't allow your version of hybrid Cayden. The pain is excruciating, just removing the wolf from you will take a lot out of you and then I will send you to a place where lost wolves go until Josey finds you a suitable body. You can either race to find a dead body right now or have it my way but what we are not going to do is waste another second debating this. You all know what I am capable of, I really don't want to act out.” I say to a now groaning Josey.

"Where will I go?" Cayden asks and I smile.

"I am so glad you asked. You will have to find a human body to take over, not one of mine dead or alive. You are a vampire, the product of bad magic and even though my sister shares in your dna, I can't gift the vampire king a wolf... you have immense strength as it is. I can't allow you to one up my kind... that would require me to babysit you and I have too much to deal with as it is." I say, nodding to Evan to go find a human for Cayden.

We all stay quiet as Evan leaves, watching Josey and making sure she keeps her distance from my Aiden...

“Just knock him out then.. won't that make things easier?” Xander asks me, Josey hears this, she shakes her head no. Not wanting to be apart from Cayden any longer.

"Can I say that this is really unfair. I don't understand why I can't just use his body for the time being... This might take Evan some time to acquire what is needed and I could have taken the time to get to know my love once again." Cayden says, looking at a blushing Josey.

"I can't even be jealous about it. We wolves are possessive, something Josey should understand. Aiden is Sabrina's mate and there is no way her wolf will allow it. It's bad enough he's gone off to do some soul searching after all the mess that he put us in, now you come here and take over his body right after Sabrina granted you a second chance because her sister seems to still be pining after you.. don't be ungrateful. Not so long ago, you were haunting these walls and driving Josey crazy. Girl was barely eating and you're gonna come here with what's unfair. What's unfair is that you jumped in to the first body that pleased you without asking for permission... What's also unfair is expecting Sabrina to be understanding after going against her father, the ruler on bringing you back and seeming to hold zero gratitude. What is also unfair is that Josey is not out there trying to find a suitable host for you, she instead can actually see a life with you in the body of the man that is fated to be with her sister for ever and before you show your teeth Josey, am I wrong? We all know you have missed the guy but you can't honestly be thinking of kissing those lips, sleeping with him after that same body was twisting and turning in a bed with your sister to the point where they created a child together.. How would Aiden feel? I can tell you how I would feel.... " Xander says.

Cayden lets out a sigh, getting annoyed by the righteous man standing before all of us.

"I would feel violated and not just the rapey kind, like boundaries. I would still be alive, coming back to the very same body only to have to look at you every day after what you did to me or what is my body. It is the same brain, same lips and I really have to say this so it's graphic in all of our heads, the same fucken penis! What if you fall pregnant? Are you and Sabrina going to have cousins or siblings? Will they not look like Aiden because well, I am not sure vampire's can procreate and prove me wrong but I highly doubt they will come out looking like the vampire king.. Will you kill them then? Because I would not want them.. who would? Or will this be the vampire king's way of taking over Sabrina's place in this realm? Unseating her children because yours would probably be born first with Aiden away? This gets messier the more I talk..." Xander runs his hand through his hair.

Josey looks at me in alarm, not wanting me to actually think she would do that to me and I know she wouldn't but I can't trust that Cayden would not betray me like that..

"I will go help Evan in the search.” Josey runs out with her vampire speed. Cayden tries to go out after her but I intercept him quickly by grabbing his legs and throwing him in the opposite side of the room. "Don't make me fight you. You may be inside my mate and but trust me when I say that he has done some foul things to me and I would love more than anything to beat him around like a sack of potatoes."l warn Cayden, having landed on his buttocks, remains seated.

"Look, I don't want to start any trouble. I just want to be with Josey, away from here. This is no place for a vampire. I am better suited near humans, where I can create my own with my woman by my side. If choosing another body will allow that, then I am all for it. You just can't blame me for hopping in to this one, I mean anyone would given the chance but I want to be with Josey more than anything..." Cayden opens up.

"Then they should be back any second, so don't waste any more time. I am about tired hearing about this Aiden, he's gone and I want this time to fix things with my chosen mate. Your need to be with Josey is the same one I have for Sabrina, if not more. I want to build a life with her as soon as possible and give her the little bit of happiness I can afford her. I can't imagine the loneliness you or Josey felt during your time apart but I can tell you that it has killed me to be in the same room as her, knowing I can't be with her." Xander has a heart to heart with Cayden.

"I feel you." Cayden says in return.

I look around the room, the emotions coming off the two boys was beginning to overwhelm me, shocking me the most was Cayden. At first, he seemed cold and aloof but right now, the man is on his ass and pouring out his heart. If this was not awkward for me, listening to him talk about my sister in the same voice that said the famous three words to me, I'd actually shed a tear but there is a jealous rage growing inside of me and I wonder if, I had taken taken Xander and Aiden's offer at first, we would not be in this room, in this fucken position. They would both be singing my praises and I'd probably have two men looking to pleasure me right now...

Evan and Josey come rushing in, Evan carrying a man that looked to be in his twenties and out of it.

"We found him, he's dying so this should do." Josey says, lookin at Cayden who gets on his feet and approaches the body that Evan lays on the floor.

Cayden looks a little disappointed and I can't really blame him. After being inside Aiden, I don't know why he would want to be anyone else... but he has got to get out of my mate.

"Come on, you said you want to be with Josey... jump in there!" Xander taps Cayden on the shoulder.

"It is not as easy as it looks. He needs to kind of die... to give me some room in there." Cayden says and I kneel down to snap his neck, eager to get him the hell out of Aiden.

They all look at me with their mouth's on the floor from my action and I just shrug.

"Well then?" I ask before Aiden's body drops to the ground. Releasing a sigh of relief, I watch the life returnon the human's skin as life goes out in Aiden'’s, to going pale once again and Cayden's icy blue eyes making a return.

His power coming through in waves, the room going cold as he stands up and stretches his limbs before smiling at us. He scoops Josey up and spins her around before they run out of the room and we are left to pick up our bearings.

Cayden was back. The Cayden we all know and Aiden’s body was left alone, ready to be cleansed before his return...