Second Chances (The Extinct Race Series) (29 page)

Cara was a bit rigged in his arms.
After a moment she fully relaxed and kissed him back. “Hot damn she is full of fire!” Brice said laughing.

“Oh this is so exciting!
I am so happy for you both.” Ava squealed

The table erupted into laughing and congratulation’s flew around the table.
Everyone ate and they all shared their stories with everyone. After dessert Donny did a little fire show for the bigger kids outside and then they all went on a flight once they put the smaller children to bed. Donny rode on Carmine’s back and Alex rode on Ava’s, Cara didn’t feel comfortable yet with carrying anyone.

Zoe and Kaiden disappeared to their room after the flight.
They were in much need of some alone time. Little Lily was fast asleep in her bassinet. Kaiden was running a bath for Zoe and Zoe was getting her pajamas ready to climb into after her bath. Kaiden had brought a movie up and they were going to watch it after she took her bath. Kaiden had added some lavender to the bath and the fragrance wafted throughout their bedroom. Zoe dropped her robe and climbed into the hot water. Kaiden was happy to just watch her relax in the tub, but Zoe had other plans.

“Kaiden take your clothes off and get in here with me.
I need to feel your skin against mine.”

“No problem Angel.”
Kaiden said as he started to undress. He climbed in the bath behind her pulling her body into his. They spent a good long time just sitting there in the bath and against each other until the water started to get cold. As they climbed out, they dried each other off and climbed into bed. Kaiden had already gotten the movie ready and all he had to do was press a button.

Alex and Donny were sitting up in their bed talking about everything and just getting to know each other.
Donny knew he couldn’t be his cocky self with her, so he just tried to be himself. He told her of all the things that his mother told him to scare him. Alex told him of her happy life until she was thirteen. She shared with him all the horror stories of her life after then and how she never had any friends. They both shared how they knew they were different, but never imagined they would be Dragons. They laughed and cried and talked until they fell asleep in each other’s arms.

Cara had snuck down to Brice’s room when she thought Donny wasn’t paying attention.
She and Brice did much the same thing as her son. She wanted to know all about Brice and his first soul mate. Cara shared with him everything she could remember about her first as well. Brice told her he had no children with his first, and then told her that they would be unable to have children because she had Donny. Brice was not bothered by this though. He didn’t think he was really made out to be a dad. Cara was a little upset at the fact, but there were future grandkids to think about and all the little ones in the house for her to play with.

Mary had moved into Mateo’s room
two days ago and they had decided not to keep it a secret anymore. Two of the ladies in the house found their mates and were going to ask to move in with them shortly. Mary was hoping that Kaiden might allow her and Mateo to move into a small house or the apartment with the ladies, as Mary found out she was pregnant last night. She and Mateo were planning to talk to Kaiden alone in the morning after breakfast to see what their options were. The only one who knew she was pregnant was Alexi. Mary had accidently burned her arm making dessert and Alexi came in to heal it. That is when Alexi dropped the bomb on her and told her she was barely four weeks along.

Chapter 30

Settling In

Early in the morning Kaiden was woken up by a text.
He grabs his cell off the nightstand and sees that there is a text from Hugh, the contractor, asking him to meet him outside ten minutes ago. Kaiden hops out of bed and quickly sent a text that he is on his way down. Kaiden gets dress quietly and meets Hugh on the porch.

“Good morning Kaiden.”
Hugh greets him

“Good morning Hugh, how are you?”

“I am good, how have you been? I heard you had quite a time getting the new ones here.” Hugh chuckled

“
Talk travels fast here I guess. Yes we did and I have been well.” Kaiden said

“Good to hear.
I have some things to go over with you as you now have even more people and more to come. Am I correct?” Hugh asked

“Yes we know we definitely have at least four more to find, but there is always a chance more will come.”
Kaiden answered

“Well I have made some plans.
Zoe has shown me on the map how far the border goes. I have been working with some of the Earth Dragons and they are a huge help getting things done faster. I have made plans here to build a couple condominiums for the half-bloods. Seeing as they are able to get mates now. They cannot live in the barracks with everyone else if they want privacy. I plan on building three sets and each will have eight, maybe ten condos on each building. That way they can have some privacy. Each condo will also have three bedrooms.” Hugh said

“That sounds great Hugh.
I am so glad you thought of that, because I have been a little brain dead.” Kaiden said

“Well good I am glad you agree.
I have spoken with a majority of them and they are happy with this idea also. Now, the Earth Dragons, I have begun to build five homes in the forest. They are all what the Earth Dragons told me would make them feel at home. They are small log cabins with three bedrooms. The Earth Dragons that have been helping me, have also created dirt roads and cleared the areas for the other houses I have planned. All the roads will lead to the training area and then the one road up to the house.” Hugh said

“Sounds good to me
, what else you got?” Kaiden asked impressed.

“Well I have five houses planned for each race
, except the Pearls. For now I have only made Marcus’s house. Only because I am not sure there will be anymore that comes. From what I have heard he killed the Kings and Queens first, or killed them trying to capture them. Anyway, the Earth are in the Forest. The Water have five cabanas that are on stilts over the water. They are a good distance apart for privacy, two are four bedrooms and three are three bedrooms. The Onyx have all chosen a spot that is surrounded by trees to offer a lot of shade. I am planning three fairly close together and two a little bit further off. But from what Rosa and Monica have explained the Onyx like to stay close together, so the other two houses won’t be far. We are also planning a tree house for Ben and a playhouse for Abby. I already took the liberty and ordered a couple large playgrounds that arrived this morning. So they will be put up all around the land near the homes and stuff.” Hugh said

“Thanks for that I was going to do that myself when I had the time.”
Kaiden mused

“You are very welcome.
For the Fury’s I am planning five homes around a huge sanded arena shaped area. I am also wondering if I should add more houses as right now you have three couples and more might come. We will get to that later though when it comes. For the Fire I noticed Cara hovering for a while near the rock face to the side of the mountain and decided to place five homes near there. They have a lot of rock and trees in the area and it is somewhat secluded from the others. Alexi and Gosha have stated that they would like to be sort of close to everyone. I am not sure how other Blood Dragons will feel so I am going to place five houses here and there around the land. Those are my plans for now. If there is anything else you think of please let me know. Also do you have anything you want to add to this?” Hugh asked

“Excuse me gentlemen, but
can I speak with you Kaiden?” Mary asked

“Do you need to speak privately or is it ok if Hugh is here?”
Kaiden asked

“Well this will kind of involve
s him too if what I ask you approve of.” Mary said

“Mary I will approve of anything you wish.”
Kaiden said smiling at her

“First I must say that I want to pay for it.
You give me a generous salary and I already have so much I don’t know what to do with so this I am paying for it.” Mary demanded

“I won’t argue how you wish to spend your money Mary.”
Kaiden laughed

“Ok then,
I’m pregnant.” Mary blurted

“Wow!
Congrats Mary. I take it Mateo is a very happy man right now?” Kaiden asked

“Yes he is and we are happy about this.
Our only worry is the housing situation. You see I moved into his room a day or two ago and well we can’t have a baby in the bedroom. So I was wondering if I could have a home built or if we could move into the apartment as two of the girls have found their mate and are moving in with their men.” Mary asked nervously.

“Mary there is absolutely no need for you to be nervous.
You may have a home built, that apartment is not suited for a family. Now where would you like the house built?” Kaiden asked

“Well I was hoping that I could have it right off to the back close to the garden I am making and the kitchen.
I was kind of hoping to have it built into the mountain with stone steps going down into the garden, but not too many steps.” Mary asked

“Well
, we can ask Paulo to clear away some of the rock there, enough to place a small house on and then he can carve the steps to your liking. But, you will have to ask him to do that.” Kaiden said with a smile.

“I can do that.
Hugh will you have a problem with adding another home to that long list of yours?” Mary asked

“First let me congratulate you on your good news, second it is no tr
ouble at all and since yours has a bit of a rush on it, as soon as you get Paulo or another Earth Dragon to clear the spot you want, I will start having my men build a house. May I pick the floor plan though?” Hugh asked

“I trust your judgment so yes you may.”
Mary said. “Thank you so much Kaiden, this will take a lot of pressure off of Mateo.” Mary smiled and walked into the house to start breakfast.

“Well I am happy with everything you are planning Hugh, I don’t think I would change anything.
May I just ask that you place a small playground over there, at the edge of the clearing here?” Kaiden asked

“I know the perfect one.
I will order it this morning. You have a good day Kaiden and I will contact you with anything else that comes up.” Hugh said reaching his hand out to shake Kaiden’s. They said their goodbyes and Kaiden went back upstairs to get ready for the day. He found Zoe on the floor with Lily, Lily was on her tummy and starting to lift herself up. Zoe was laughing and cooing at her, trying to encourage her to crawl. Kaiden knew that Zoe was going to be a very good mother when they had their own children. Right now little Lily was their first and she would always have a room in their suite, which was now quiet, as Marcus and Iraina moved into their home and Zach and Halina were in their own suite. One good thing that Hugh did in the main house was building very thick walls. They couldn’t hear anything from the new addition side of the house.

Kaiden decided to keep Mary’s news to himself until she decided to share it with everyone else.
He jumped in the shower real quick and then quickly got dressed. Zoe was already ready for the day and had Lily all dressed up too. As he dressed he told her about the additions Hugh has made to the original plans of more houses. Zoe loved the idea and was very excited as they made their way downstairs. Gabe and Justine were sitting in the fire pit area talking with Donny and Alex.

“Good morning everyone
, Donny, Alex how was your first night here?” Zoe asked

“It was very good
, thank you. So how do you plan on finding the missing ones?” Alex asked

“Well we have made a web page that brought a lot here already, so we hope more see it and come.
Jaco is a bit of a savvy computer geek, so we let him do a lot of searching and hacking. We try to help as much as we can with that too in the library. But that is all we really have. We are not sure how to find them without hitting the pavement if you know what I mean. And that is not really safe to do that right now. So we are at a loss.” Kaiden informed her.

“What if I went out?
I can block my pull, but I still feel them.” Alex asked

“No!”
Donny blurted

“Look Donny
if those other kids have half the bad life that I or these two have had, then we need to find them and save them. I wouldn’t wish my past on anyone. And it is a past now thanks to you all.” Alex said smiling at them.

“Alex none of us have the ability you do.
Vivi hears lies and it causes her pain, Christian i the same with someone’s malicious intent. And little Abby sees auras, we think. She just says we have bright bubbles and bad people have dark ones. Zoe here sort of predicts things when her hands tell her she needs to play her guitar. And Ben communicates with dogs. We don’t know if it is all animals yet. And Zach feels emotions” Kaiden says

“Well we are all magic right, and Zoe and her brother have magic in them.
So what if I can learn how to stretch my ability out to others. That way Donny can come to make sure I am ok and others can come for protection.” Alex said. Kaiden and Zoe looked at one another and then sat. Everyone was quiet for a long time. When breakfast was served the six of them were quiet in thought as everyone else joined them at the table and carried on small conversations.

When breakfast was over training began.
At lunch Mary approached Paulo. She pulled him off to the side and was pointing up near the house. After a few moments Paulo picked her up and spun her around with a huge smile on his face. He was nodding and motioning with his hand for Cassie to join them. Mateo also joined them and the four of them walked back up to the house. Zoe stared after them and looked to Kaiden in question. Kaiden just shrugged and smiled at her.

As the day wore on Donny and Alex went through the decorating magazines and picked a few things they liked.
The builders had put up two large playgrounds during the day and the kids were all out enjoying them. It was nearing the time that Zoe and Zach spent meditating and Alex had asked to join them to see if she could stretch her block out to others.

As they all sat and closed their eyes no one spoke.
Kaiden had decided to take Lily for a walk in the growing garden and see how the house plans were going for Mary. He noticed that wide steps had been formed and they were not high steps either, a small child would be safe to climb these steps. Kaiden climbed the ten steps and saw that a massive amount of rock had been removed from the side of the mountain. The area was smooth and flat and just big enough for a small house with maybe two stories. The trees surrounding it all looked like they were placed there for privacy of the home. As you could not see the clearing until you were right on top of it. As Kaiden stood there with Lily admiring the view from this area he all of a sudden couldn’t feel Zoe.

Kaiden panicked and ran to the back patio.
There he saw Zoe sitting smiling at him and Alex looking oh so happy with herself. Then she must have dropped it as Zoe’s pull overwhelmed him and he was able to breathe again.

“Don’t do that with her ever again unless I know, please.
You scared me to death.” Kaiden admonished Alex.

“Sorry baby, we had to see if it worked.
She needs more practice, but she figured out how to do it.” Zoe said coming up and hugging Kaiden.

“You work on that and train, learn the weapon you like and we will see about letting you two lose with others.
Right now I just found you guys and don’t want to lose you.” Kaiden said