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“Fated,” Evelyn said. “Not only does one’s soul connect to the other, but so does their magic. They collide on every level.”
“It’s similar for werewolves. It’s our wolves connecting, sensing each other on a deeper level. Evelyn, I feel your magic like it’s my own. Sense every fiber of your being.”
Despite the dim lighting in Evelyn’s apartment, his eyes glowed.
“I . . .” Taking a calculated and brave breath, Evelyn said, “I felt you long before you took your necklace off, Kade. I’ve sensed you. Not like I do now, but all this time, a part of me always knew who you were to me.”
Kade leaned his forehead against hers, and Evelyn’s heartbeat slowed to normal. “I don’t regret how we fell for each other, Ev. I wouldn’t change a damn thing.”
Ev.
No one in Evelyn’s life had ever called her that. Ever. But on his lips, with his voice, with that tone... Goddess, she wanted to hear it at every hour of every day.
“Say it again.”
“I wouldn’t change a damn thing.”
“That is lovely, but I meant the name.”
Kade smiled that dashing, wide, knee-wobbling smile. “Ev.” He kissed her collarbone. “Ev.” He pressed one, two, three kisses up her neck and whispered into her ear, “Ev.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck, tangled her fingers in his hair.
Content but unable to shake the gravity of it all, Evelyn said, “This will change things.”
“What do you mean?”
“Everything. The prophecy, our union. If you and I are, well, I guess, fated mates, it means something.”
It had to. The other union before them had not been connected this way. Their connection had been based on the magic of their marriage ritual, not fate. It meant something and had to relate to the prophecy. It also meant they must return home. Face Evelyn’s coven, her sisters, and meet Kade’s pack. Not to mention figure out her flame. Except there were the murders in Callum. The mystery of the White Lady and possible vampyr—
Kade gripped her chin, stilling her running thoughts. “I don’t want to talk about the prophecy or our union—”
“Kade.”
“I don’t,” he said. “What I want to talk about is how my beautiful, brave fated mate admitted what we are.”
“But what about—”
“And I want to enjoy this morning. Slowly. With some coffee. I’ll even make us pancakes. Please.”
Evelyn slumped her shoulders. It seemed Kade, too, wanted to relish the moment. She couldn’t deny him, because her soul soared at the thought of letting things settle, basking in this newfound connection to one another.
“Fine, but I’ll hold you to those pancakes.”
“It’ll be my pleasure,” Kade said. “As you know, I am a fan of sweet things on my tongue.” He winked, and Evelyn didn’t miss his double meaning.
Chapter Fifty
Evelyn
Evelyn, as promised, had given them the morning.
While Kade cooked pancakes topped with sugar and lemon juice, his family’s favorite way, she told him about her parents being fated as well as her eldest sister Mirella. She sipped her coffee while he talked of his own parents being mates, along with his good friends Bétar and Yennifer. They shared stories of what it meant, how it was celebrated, how it was cherished.
Over pancakes and crispy bacon, they talked of their homelands, the things they missed about Sorin. Kade told her about his pack and his team, the Gray Fenris. She’d read about them in the papers, but hearing who they were in his eyes was different. He smiled wide when he said their names and predicted she and Yennifer would make quick friends.
Evelyn told him of her coven and sisters. How Mirella was stern but kind, and Blair was the smartest and most fashionable witch she’d ever met. Evelyn promised to take him to her favorite bakery in Nua one day, and Kade promised the beauty of the snow during winter solstice in the Vadon Mountains and knew the perfect place to see it.
