“You are mine; I will never let you go to another man. I will never let you be put in danger again, even if I have to fight you to keep you safe.”
“You don’t understand, I have to go and tell Paul that I’m okay. He must be worried sick about me.” I see his nostrils flair when I mention Paul’s name, his hands fisted. “Burkhart, you need to let me see Paul and my family.” At my words he turns, strides to his jeans and puts them on then he walks to a set of draws and pulls out a black t-shirt.
“Are you going out?” I ask as I see him tie up his boots
“Am going to sort out your family,” he grunts and then he scowls, “and Paul” with that he makes his way to the door.
“How are you going to sort out my family and Paul?” I ask but he’s already out the door, “Burkhart!” I call loudly but he’s gone. What the hell does he mean? I jump off the bed and quickly dress; shuddering when I have to wear the same thing I have been wearing for a couple of days. Maybe soon I can get myself something else to wear.
When I’m ready I hurriedly make my way out of the room and down the corridor until I’m in the courtyard. When I start crossing the courtyard I encounter two women coming out of one of the other corridors, when they see me they stop but then hurriedly make their way towards me.
“Hi” one with short pink tipped hair calls, “I’m Talia” she says as she draws closer to me, these must be the women the men were talking about. I wonder what kind of gifts they have?
“Hi, I’m Saskia”
“This here is Aria, she’s Brandr’s mate” she introduces me to an exquisitely beautiful woman with long straight black hair. I nod at her and see her smile as she looks at me.
“I can read your mind,” Aria says suddenly, “and Talia over her can move stuff with her mind. Thank you by the way, never heard anyone think of me as exquisitely beautiful before.” I know I must look like a fish, but wow, she’s can read my mind.
“Aria, stop showing off” Talia teases as she slaps her playfully on the arm.
“That was incredible?” I state still fascinated at her gift
“So, what can you do?” Aria asks, “All Brandr said was that Burkhart had found his mate.” At her words I tense, they know about Burkhart and me.
“I, um. . .I feel peoples energy” I explain awkwardly, never before have I spoken about my gift openly and especially with people that I don’t even know. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I realize that Aria moved and is now standing directly opposite me.
“Don’t worry, we all the same here. We’ve all been through something or other because of our gifts. You will see, you will love it here and Burkhart is a great guy.” I wish that was true, but I have to leave, and after our conversation I wonder what Burkhart will do?
“What do you mean, you have to leave?” Aria gasps which has me tensing
“You really need to stop doing that,” I mumble,
“You want to leave?” Talia asks with a frown, “but you can’t, don’t you feel the connection with Burkhart?” at her words I nod as I feel the knots in my stomach tightening even more.
“Yes I do, but I live with someone. I have to go talk to him and tell him that I’m okay, also my parents must know by now that I’m missing, they need to be told that I’m okay.” I explain feeling awkward when I see their surprised look. I know it was wrong of me sleeping with Burkhart when technically I’m still with Paul, but when he’s near I can’t think straight.
“They have a tendency to do that.” Aria quips as she winks at me.
“Does Burkhart know about you wanting to leave?” Talia asks with a concerned look on her face
“Yes, I told him earlier”
“Oh man, this isn’t good” Aria states as she pulls out her phone from her back pocket, I frown when I see her dialling someone and then placing the phone to her ear.
“I’m fine.” She says when whomever she phones answers. “Where are you?” she asks, “is Burkhart with you?” at the persons reply she looks at Talia and shakes her head. I see Talia also take out her phone and text. What is going on? Why are they trying to find Burkhart so desperately?
“We talking to Saskia,” Aria explains into her phone, “apparently she told Burkhart that she needs to go back home to her boyfriend.” Now I can hear whom I’m guessing is Brandr swearing on the other side. Talia lifts her phone up and shows Aria the screen where I see a message stating that Burkhart is in the computer room.
“It’s okay, Celmund just confirmed that he’s in the computer room.” Aria says before she disconnects the call.
“Why you so worried looking for Burkhart?” I ask confused
“Did Burkhart tell you about being Elemental?” Talia asks with a raised brow, I nod in answer and see both women look at each other. “Well then you know that you are now bonded,” Talia says
“You telling Burkhart that you want to leave him to go to your boyfriend is going to be a problem” Aria states, “you aren’t going to be able to stay away from him, same as he isn’t going to be able to stay away from you. It’s impossible.”
“But I’m coming back” I state with a frown, do they think that I was going back to live with Paul. Even I can tell that I won’t be able to do that. The thought of being away from Burkhart already feels like a black void in my soul. There is no way I will be able to stay with Paul after being with Burkhart, not only because the sex is phenomenal or that I can feel the connection to him throughout my body and I swear my soul, but because I realize that what I had with Paul was so very shallow compared to what I feel now for Burkhart.
“Still, does he know you want to leave the compound? How did he take it?” Aria asks with a frown
“He wasn’t too happy about it, but I don’t know. He left, saying that he was going to sort Paul and my family out.” I say angrily as I look around, I really need to go and ask him what he meant with that. “Where is the computer room, I want to ask him what he meant with that.”
“Burkhart is a little hot tempered if you haven’t noticed; it wasn’t a good idea to tell him that you in a relationship. These men have a tendency to be possessive, and they definitely don’t share.” Both women nod at Talia’s statement, just then we hear footsteps and see Brandr and another man that I haven’t met walk into the courtyard. I see the tense look on their faces as they look at us and then turn into the corridor to their left.
“Maybe let Brandr and Caelius calm him down before talking to him again.” Talia suggests which has me frowning. I saw fragments of Burkhart’s anger and I have no doubt that it can be fears, but I somehow know deep in my heart that he would never do anything to hurt me. I’m not afraid of his anger, what is interesting is that I find myself wanting to appease it. How is it possible to be so connected to a man in such a short space of time.
“If you’ll excuse me,” I call as I make my way to where I saw the men disappear. I hear footsteps hurrying behind me and I realize that the two women are following close behind, instead of stopping I continue until I hear a commotion to my right. I see a door open and what sounds like fighting, stepping inside I see Brandr, Caelius and another man trying to hold Burkhart down. The image of him being overpowered by three men fills me with such fury that I hurry towards them. Jumping onto the back of the one man that I don’t know I try pulling him away.
“Stop it” I scream which has all the men instantly stopping, a surprised looks on their faces. I see Burkhart’s eyes widen when he sees me on the mans’ back.
“Darling. . .” he mutters breathlessly as he still has the two men holding him down, “why are you on Celmund’s back?” at his question I realize that Celmund has stepped away from the other men and is standing absolutely still. Hurriedly I slide down his back which has my cheeks flaming in embarrassment when Celmund turns slowly around, a wide grin on his face as he looks over at me.
“Get the fuck off me, or I will hurt you.” I hear Burkhart threaten which has my eyes snap back to the three men. Even though he’s talking to
the men, his eyes are trained on me. I see the two men reluctantly letting him go and taking a step back, which has him shrugging his shoulders before he takes a step towards me. “You didn’t answer me, why were you on Celmunds back? Were you trying to help me?”
I can feel my cheeks deepen with colour as I realize that the three men and the two women that have followed me into the room are all looking at us and paying attention to every word we say. “Yes” I mutter, and to my surprise hear the one man chuckle.
“Perfect match.” Celmund comments as he grins at us.
“You could have got hurt.” Burkhart snaps as he approaches me until we a mere step away from each other. “I can take care of myself, I don’t want you to place yourself in danger again for me.” He states, and then before I can snap back at his ungrateful attitude he has his hand behind my neck and is pulling me towards him as his head lowers and he’s kissing the living day lights out of me.
All thoughts leave me at his attention, my arms lift around his neck and I’m kissing him back with all the passion bubbling inside of me until I hear a clearing of someone’s throat. “Maybe we should lock them inside here and leave.” Talia suggests
“And have them all over my computers? No way,” Celmund grunts, which has Burkhart lifting his head and turning it slightly towards Celmund as he pulls his hand away from my neck and shows him the finger. As he steps away all thoughts of the show we were putting on for our audience flashes into my mind, he really has my mind in a spin. As soon as he touches me every thought leaves me except to feel, and man, can he make me feel.
“Saskia,” Talia calls, “that lug that you were trying to strangle earlier on is Celmund my mate, I still have a use for him, therefor thank you for letting him continue breathing.” She teases as she elbows Aria playfully. I see the grin light up Celmunds face at her words and then he winks at her playfully. I also realize that Brandr has moved away from where he was standing and is now besides Aria, an arm around her waist.
It’s strange how comfortable I feel among these people that I have never met before, It feels like I have known them my whole life. I feel Burkhart place his hand around my waist, as I look up at him he pulls me against him, his eyes are trained on the others but I can tell that his fully aware of me.
“Saskia, I’m guessing you have met Talia and Aria” Burkhart says, “This here is Caelius and Celumund.”
“I’m sorry about jumping on your back” I apologise which has Celmund grinning again as he nods at me.
“Don’t worry about it” he states
“Does that happen a lot?” I ask, because it seems like these men aren’t perturbed that just a moment ago they were fighting Burkhart.
“Not often, but it does happen,” Caelius replies as he leans against the table
“What’s going on here? Is there a party and no one invited me?” I can hear the woman’s voice but I can’t see her until Talia steps to her left and I see a woman standing in the doorway. Not only are the men hot, but I’m beginning to realize that the woman are just as beautiful. This woman has long blonde hair with piercing blue eyes that seem to see everything.
“Nova” Aria calls as she looks over her shoulder, “come and meet Burkhart’s mate”
“Really” she says excitedly as she claps her hands and steps forward, “did your grumpy ass get a woman?” she quips playfully as she approaches Burkhart and me. “Hi, I’m Nova, is there anything special going on here or can I take you away to meet the others?” she asks with a raised brow, I look over at Burkhart hoping that I can get a chance to ask him about what he meant when he left the room, but I don’t want to ask with everyone listening to our every word.
“Nova, what are you up to?” Burkhart grunts with a frown
“Why do you always think that I’m up to something, can’t I just want to get to know your woman?” even I that don’t know this woman can see the mischief in her eyes. “Look” she says as she crosses her heart like a child would do, “cross my heart, I’m not up to something.” I see Burkhart shake his head from the corner of my eye but I don’t say anything waiting for his reply.
“Fine,” he mutters, and then his finger is under my chin and he’s turning my head towards him. “I will see you later,” he states before he lowers his head and kisses my lips lightly. A few minutes later I find myself being guided out of the computer room by all three women without having had the chance to speak to Burkhart.
BURKHART 7
Now that you calmer, shall we go through what information you want, without you destroying my stuff when it’s not quick enough for you. My eyes are still trained on the door where Saskia was just a minute ago before going with the other women. I know Nova, and that look of hers tells me that she’s up to something.
Turning my head I look at Celmund and then Brandr, “Don’t you guys worry about what Nova is up to?” I ask when I see their faces.
“Nope, my woman has a right to make her own decisions. She knows how Nova is and if it’s dangerous they will tell us.” Celmund says with a shrug
“Yeah, but Saskia doesn’t know.” I grunt wanting to follow the women to make sure that they will stay safe and at the same time wanting to resolve this issue of Saskia wanting to leave. Just the thought of what she told me has my fury rising again, how can she want to leave just after we bonded? I know that she feels the same as me; I can feel the passion in her touch, in her kiss and I know that there is no way that she can have felt the same with anyone especially someone called Paul. My hands fist when I think of the man she’s in a romantic relationship with, I’m going to kill the fucker.
“Burkhart” at Brandr calling my name I realize that they must have been talking to me but I didn’t hear a word.
“What?”
“What’s going on?” he asks with a raised brow as he comes to stand before me.
“She fucking wants to leave says she’s in a fucking relationship with a guy called Paul.” I reveal angrily. “You know I’m not going to let her leave don’t you.” I see Brandr nod and then look over his head and Celmund.
“What do you need?” Celmund asks
“I want to know who this Paul is, she also wants to contact her family to let them know that she’s fine.” I state, turning I look at Celmund “Will you find the info?” I know that Celmund can uncover any information he wants given enough data and time, but at the moment I don’t have time or any more data on Paul or her family.
He is quiet for a few seconds as he looks at me pensively and then he nods, “I will find out what I can” he states as he turns towards his main computer and starts typing away.
“How are you doing brother?” Caelius asks from where he’s leaning against the table, his arms folded over his chest his eyes intense as he looks at me. Caelius has always been someone that all of us can talk to, he doesn’t talk much but when he does we listen.
“She’s perfect,” I state, knowing that my brothers are worried about my mating. “Did you see how she jumped onto Celmund’s back to protect me, she’s fearless,” I brag feeling proud of her. “The only thing that has my back up is fucking Paul.” I growl
“Don’t worry about it Burkhart, you know that she won’t want anyone else now that she’s bonded with you.” Caelius states
“Then why the fuck does she want to go to him?”
“Did you ask her?” Brandr asks with a raised brow, “You have a tendency not to listen and explode before you know all the facts.”
“My woman fucking told me she wants to go to another man, you want me to smile.” I mutter angrily, the more I talk about it the angrier I get.
“No, of course not but we all know that it’s impossible for her to want another man after bonding with you unless she’s not your mate.” Brandr states as he places his hands low on his waist
“She’s mine” I state, I know that what he’s saying is true but she told me she needed to go to Paul, well no matter what that’s not going to happen.
“I will need some
information from her, but I will be discreet so that she doesn’t suspect.” Celmund states as he continues to type
“What are you planning on doing with the information?” Caelius asks
“Kill him” I state as I punch the air
“You can’t fucking do that Burkhart,” Brandr says angrily, “Not only will your woman never want to talk to you again but Draco will have your balls for killing a human.” I tense at his words, not because of Draco but because of Saskia. I don’t want to hurt her in anyway, I will do whatever is necessary to keep her safe, but I will also do whatever is necessary to keep her happy.
I know that I can make her happy, yes I have a temper but I will never hurt her. She was made for me, therefore she will be treasured, protected and I will make sure that she finds happiness among us. I’ve never been one of many words, more of taking action, but I realize that I will need to sit her down and make her understand that we will not be able to be apart, she will have to understand that she’s mine and no other fucker is getting near her.
“It looks like I won’t need any information from her after all.” Celmund says suddenly which has me striding towards him until I’m standing behind his chair. “I ran her pic through face recognition and I’ve already found a match.” He states as he looks over his shoulder at me.
“What did you find out?” I snap impatient to know everything I can about her. Celmund shakes his head as he looks back at his screen.
“Her name is Saskia Cole, she was reported missing about four months ago in Johannesburg by her boyfriend.” At that word I tense, I hate the idea of any man being close to her. “His name is Paul Garett, he’s a car salesman, it says here in the case file that they have been living together for one year.” At his words I turn in blinding fury and punch my fist through a screen that is mounted on the wall.
“Shit Burkhart” Celmund grunts, “leave my fucking equipment alone.”
“What else does it say?” I snap, wanting to know everything
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