fire and ice by anaya phoenix (uplifting books for women TXT) 📖

I am in so much pain. My stomach is cramping and I puke every time someone mentions food. My legs have cramped up and are useless to me now. No one told me that chooses mates for everyone. My mate has been kidnapped and we cannot be separated for long periods of time. Wherever he is he is in as much pain as me. People come to see me, but never my parents I don’t want them too, they lied to me. Jeff comes with Fred and sometimes Travis, Kyle comes and see’s, everyday even though we are not mates he cares for me. My stomach cramps again but I can’t move, I can only scream in agony. Why would anyone want to kidnap tom, sure he’s the heir to the landvin clan but why here, why now. “You ok icey” my father’s voice asks. I roll over the only thing I can do a lone tear rolls down my face, I don’t want his apologies. “Look I’m sorry...”
“Save you’re sorry” I tell him in a hoarse voice “I know you’re upset but...” I didn’t even look at him he deserved nothing from me.” But NOTHING you lied to me about my life” I started to get up “shouldn’t you wait”
“No”
“ you’re hurting from the separation I think it best if you lay back down” I stood there staring at him “ you think you know what’s best for me” I asked quietly “ I know what’s best for you”. “Fine we’ll see” I walked past him and rushed as fast as my cramped up, sore, bruised legs would carry me ignoring the pain. I walked into the kitchen and looked at all the faces my mother, Jeff, Travis, Fred and Kyle looked at me. “ my father thinks he knows what’s best for me after he lied to me about the mating rule, what do you guys think?” they said nothing and stared at me. “Anna I think you should...” Kyle started “NO, ok I AM DONE WITH WHAT PEOPLE THINK IS BEST FOR ME!!” I liked all of them in the eye stopping at my mother “ YOU NEVER CARED FOR ME AND HONESTLY I DON’T THINK YOU DESERVE TO BE CALLED A MOTHER” I looked at Travis, Jeff, and Fred “ you guys are my friends and always will be” then I looked to Kyle. I walked to him and put my hand on his cheek, I fought the urge to pull my hand back but instead cooled my hand he looked at me “ it’s ok I know you love me and I love you too” I gave him a kiss on the cheek then went outside, I changed and flew away towards the mountains. I flew to the highest point I could and sat, I roared a roar of sorrow hoping tom was near and he would come back to me. I heard a distinct roar I saw the dragon coming closer but didn’t look around. It’s tom he’s coming back he’s coming back, my mind jumped up and down. I was ecstatic until I was tackled and my head hit a rock.
I awoke to the smell of water and iron, a cave; I opened my eyes bad saw nothing at first then my night vision kicked in. I saw that there was someone else at the mouth of the cave I stretched and looked around.” How did they catch you” I heard a familiar voice ask and my heart leapt, I turned to see him stand up and try to walk towards me. He fell but I caught him and felt the warmness instantly my mind cleared and the aches and pains went away.” Tom” I touched his face and he closed his eyes I kissed him a long heartwarming kiss, he put his arm around my waist and I put my arms around his neck. He broke it apart but I wasn’t ready to let go I kissed all over his face “I. am. So. Sorry” I said in between kisses. He held my shoulders “I’m sorry I was immature and evil and aggressive I don’t want anyone else I only want you” I said pleading for him to understand “it’s ok”
“Oh thank you” I hugged him and my senses returned. “Oh my god where are we” I asked getting up and walking around, “my father’s dungeon” he said shrugging. “ ok tom sweaty why are we in your dad’s dungeon” I asked in the sweetest voice I could muster.” Well because honey blossom I was only supposed to stay at your house for 1 day, instead of my father listening to me he snatched me” he said using the same tone “ so all we have to do is explain to him that we’re mates”
“ yeah he’s going to listen to us”
“ he is?”
“ no”
“ I can show him with this” I raised my hand and it glowed aching to be touched by his hand or a t least his ice. Sensing my stress, or maybe he just needed to touch it, he grazed his fingers over it and a shining blue light exploded around us knocking down the metal door. We both looked at each other “ wicked” I whispered, he nodded, we walked out and I followed him, seeing as it was his castle, we entered a room with a huge ceiling and blue and grey everything. “ my dad is a clan junkie”
“ what a nice thin g to call your father” I turned slowly to the sound of tom’s voice only deeper, he had the same blue eyes as his son’s with just a little bit of danger. “ I am john landvin” he held out his hand “ judging my your hair your apart of my clan” I took his hand and felt complete, it weakened my knees”
“ dad this Anna”
“ oh yes your imaginary mate so you found someone on the grounds”
“ dad she isn’t imaginary she’s right here”
“ and she would appreciate it if you guys stopped talking about her as if she wasn’t here” I said still holding his hand. “ prove to me she is your mate” I didn’t have to look at tom to know that he was staring at his father incredulously “ for two days I couldn’t move I couldn’t even eat from being separated but yet you need more proof” his voice raised until it was full of anger. “ tom its ok he just wants proof” I said trying to calm him “ he shouldn’t need proof”
“ doesn’t matter”
“ he thinks we’re lying” he said with obvious repugnance, my hand still hadn’t left his fathers. “ then lets prove him wrong’ I looked at his father and smiled slowly, I raise my mark and showed it to him. He looked down then smiled, he wrapped his arms around me in one quick motion and said “ I’ve always wanted another daughter” I looked to tom who was smiling and he shrugged. I don’t like anyone hugging me, only my father and now I don’t like that, I was not going to show weakness to my new father and iced my body. He pulled me back and held me at arms length “
relax Anna banana it’s a hug” he smirked at me and I smiled back though I didn’t like the nickname he gave me, his reassurance meant the world I reached my arms around his middle and squeezed I missed my father yes but I was never going to go back to him. He hugged me back “ I think I’m gonna like you”, tom cleared his throat and I stepped back from the hug to go to him. “ well I do apologize for making you go through that hell but I thought tom was trying to pull his scales over my eyes” the phone wrung and he went to get it. “ Mr. landvin my daughter has been kidnapped” I heard my fathers frantic voice say “ calm down, she is right here with me standing next to her mate she is in safe hands” I heard my father tell everyone I was ok “ please tell her to fly back” my father said sounding exasperated “ please tell my father I am going nowhere” I said knowing he was listening. “ I have had enough, YOU WILL FLY HERE THIS INSTANT” I heard the ice hit the phone but I was done letting him control me “ I AM GOING NOWHERE I DON’T CARE IF I HAVE TO LIVE OUTSIDE I AM NOT LEAVING THOMAS, I LOVE HIM AND THOUGH I DON’T KNOW MR.LANDIVN VERY WELL I CAN TELL HE WOULDN’T LIE TO HIS CHILDREN ABOUT TTHEIR LIFE” I huffed and went back to the dungeon ignoring my fathers yells and Thomas’s calls to me. I was done with his rules I was going to be happy with tom and hopefully, if his father allowed it, stay with him and never leave.
I sat in the corner of the dungeon floor curled up against myself crying. I missed my father, I missed my family but they betrayed me that was something I could and would never forget. I didn’t know if tom or mr.landvin were looking for me but I didn’t care I sat curled with my legs tucked under my chin for hours and silently crying “ Anna, baby, I know your in there please come out” I shook my head, he couldn’t see me but I couldn’t talk “ no one is mad at you sweetheart, your father told you that to keep you under control” I heard Thomas try to hush his father but it was too late. I got up and walked to the mouth of the cave, my eyes in slits, and I stared at john “ he tried to control me into doing what he wanted” I sniffled “ is it ok If I stay here”
“ of course you can”. I smiled and nodded grateful for his father’s understanding, he opened his arms and without hesitation I stepped into them I looked up at him and he gave me a nod saying it was ok to cry into him and I did just that. I hugged john as he put his arms around me and I let it all out he whispered to me and kissed my hair, he told me it was ok and that my father would still and always would love me. He knew what I needed and tom understood he stood there occasionally patting my back knowing only a father could do this, eventually I pulled away from him and he smiled at me his shirt was now wet from my tears and it looked like a baby threw up on him. I laughed at my revelation and turned to tom who was staring at me with caution, I hugged him and kissed his cheek ‘ thank you for understanding” I told him “ thank you for letting me understand” he murmured and smiled. He pecked my forehead “ my father and I have work to do so look around and get yourself acquainted”
“ ok” I turned back to john “ thank you”
“ anytime” he said as he passed me, “ I’ll hold you to that”
I wandered around the castle and stopped at a window. I have no idea where I am, I look down and see snow and smile, at least I’m somewhere cold. The wind carries off flakes of snow from one place to another. I watch the flakes until fingers tap me, “ you must