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  Zena bit her lip. “Holy shit, that’s a lot.”

  “I did tell you that this will be a long and stressful journey for you. It will not be an easy road for you.”

  Zena nodded her head, as she looked excited to take the challenge. “I’m ready for that challenge.”

  “That’s my kitty,” Liam said, as he kissed Zena on her cheek. Kitty had become one of many cute nicknames Liam has given Zena. “I will be there every step of the way to at least make it fun.”

  “I’m getting ready to go to another meeting. You two enjoy yourselves,” Yuri called the two his loves before he hung up.

  Zena and Liam gave Yuri a loud and annoying goodbye before Yuri hung up his phone. They enjoyed annoying him. They could tell that there would be more to come in the future for the rest of their lives. All three of them were starting a fresh new life together.

  *******

  After a couple of days, Yuri met up with Liam and Zena. He had his special alone time with Zena and took her hiking in the woods and had a picnic at a romantic location. After their outing, they went to the art museum and talked endlessly about the history of art. If Liam were there, then he would have been bored out of his mind and acted like a child to make things more fun. Yuri didn’t want that; he wanted Zena to do something mature and pleasant. He wanted to expand Zena ’s bright, beautiful mind. The vampire enjoyed having a fun time with her in his way. He was able to get a beautiful expression from Zena that only he was able to bring out by filling her brain with knowledge. When they were done visiting the museum, he took her to dinner on a yacht.

  Everything was thoughtfully planned out, and the expense was nothing to Yuri. He made sure Zena’s experience was beautiful and romantic. Yuri had a personal chef and people to play inspiring classical music. They had a romantic dance under the moonlight as Yuri made Zena feel like a true princess.

  When the dinner was over, they made love with each other. Yuri knew in his absence that Zena and Liam had had countless amounts of sex. Liam was a sex dog. He was always ready for sexual activity. To have his share, Yuri made sure that his alone time with Zena made up for the countless sex she and Liam had. He made love to her so much that it lasted till sunrise, making sure that her body knew the difference between when he and Liam made love to her.

  Chapter 11

  It was mid-April, as Zena was physically ready to start her training. She had finally settled into her new home, job, and lifestyle. She learned she had a unique recessive gene, which information about it was still being investigated. It took Zena a while to get used to a luxurious lifestyle. When she did, her wolf and vamp spoiled her with gifts and other things. She got whatever she wanted. Yuri and Liam allowed Zena to continue to explore her sexuality with Que. Both men were open to the polyamory lifestyle. They assured Zena that they had no more desire to sleep with other people and wanted only her. Since she was still young, she should continue to explore herself. Just not with any other men. If a man even had the thought of being involved with Zena, Liam and Yuri would probably rip them to shreds.

  The young 24-year-old trainee stood in the backyard of her Colorado home that she shared with her vamp and wolf. Around her were endless trees and mountains. The weather was a perfect day to be outdoors. Zena couldn’t help but keep zoning out as she admired the beauty of Mother Nature.

  “Agg, I want to fuck you right now,” Liam said, as he looked like he was holding himself back from pouncing onto Zena. “That outfit looks so sexy on you. Everything abou’ you is so sexy.”

  Zena was wearing a sports bra and yoga pants. On her hands, she wore fighting cloves, her hair styled in two afro puffy ponytails. She wore a shoulder wrap on her shoulder. It was still recovering, but it was well enough for her to be able to do normal activities.

  Yuri smacked his hand on Liam’s back. “Keep it in your pants, wolf. She needs to begin her training. If you’re going to get in the way, you should leave now and go take a cold shower.” Yuri glared at Liam with his cold eyes. “I can help you run that energy of yours off later if need be.”

  Liam pouted. “I will be good. I will be good. I want to watch and help out.”

  Yuri strode over to Zena. “Ok, I want you to come at me and fight me like how you would in a real fight.”

  Zena nodded her head and started to spar with Yuri. As she fought, Yuri kept knocking her over or overpowering her. It appeared like she was nearly a decent fighter and knew what she was doing. She combined different styles from what she learned as a child and teenager. Zena had taken kickboxing, karate, and taekwondo during her school days. She enjoyed doing it, but unfortunately, her father couldn’t afford the expense for her to keep doing it. Each time she begged her father to learn an activity, he would say yes, though he was never able to afford or find time to take her to her classes. So, when she finished high school, Zena started to train herself to fight. It was obvious she wasn’t perfect and lacked a lot of things.

  Yuri grabbed Zena’s arm and flipped her. He looked down at her, as she was out of breath and sweating hard. He stood up straight as he collected his thoughts. “Your techniques are…. near decent, but they are not good enough or properly learned. You keep leaving yourself open, and you are not positioning your body to keep your balance.”

  “I,” Zena was still out of breath. Yuri helped her to her feet. “I thought I fought pretty well….” Zena gasped for air. Her self-conscious laughed at her harshly. “Ok… I’ll admit it…I was complete shit compared to you. I did have lessons before, but I could never finish them because my dad couldn’t afford it or find the time to take me to my lessons. I attempted just to train myself.”

  “Even if you had a couple of lessons or taught yourself, you still lack the proper technique to fight.” Yuri walked up to a weapon rack that was placed outside and grabbed two fighting staffs. He gave one to Zena. “When we recovered your stuff, I noticed you had a pocket staff. Let’s see how you are with a real staff.”

  Zena stood up straight and began to fight with Yuri with the staff. She wasn’t good with it and compared with Yuri, she looked like she didn’t know what the hell she was doing. Yuri smacked Zena on the face and left a mark.

  Liam jumped, ready to punch Yuri. “Hey, you’re too rough on her!”

  Yuri looked back at Liam and snarled at him. “She has to get used to fighting and taking damage!”

  “Yeah, but you didn’t have to be that fucking rough with her like that!”

  “It’s fine, Liam,” Zena rubbed her face. “Yuri is right. If I ever have to deal with vampires and such, I’ll have to be able to take whatever damage they give me. Fuck, I’m a human, so if I don’t want to get ripped to shreds, I’ll need to know how to deal with any paranormal creature on my own.”

  Yuri’s lips curved, as he was in front of Zena in the blink of an eye. He gave Zena a small kiss, as he rubbed on the mark he gave. “You are brilliant to think about that. That is the first step to becoming a strong fighter.” Yuri pulled away from Zena. “You have no idea about weapon combat. You will need to learn the basics of everything. But first, you need to gain stamina. You get too tired quickly and easily. I will train your body to go past its limit.”

  Liam grabbed Zena from behind and laid his head on her shoulder. He slightly lifted her off her feet. “And this is where I come in. I can train your body to be fit.” Liam blew into Zena's ear as he nearly humped her from behind. “And get you used to have long hours of sex with us.”

  “That’s enough, Liam,” Yuri shouted as he pushed Liam away from Zena. “Now, it is time to start to get serious about her training.” Yuri looked at Zena straight in the eyes. “If you don’t want to change your diet, you’re going to have to work harder than you’ve ever worked before.”

  Yuri made Zena jog through the woods. He pushed Zena so hard that she snapped at him now and then. Zena jogged so far that she almost passed out. Liam had to carry her on his back to get her home.

  Zena was sore all over from her first day
of training. From her sparring with Yuri and nearly jogging five miles with no breaks, she could barely move her legs. All she could do was whine about how much her body was hurting. Which made Yuri give her the tough love talk. His bluntness led Zena to yell back at him for his blunt comments. Even though Yuri and Zena understood each other more, they still butted heads on certain things. Yuri didn’t sugar coat things and suggested what she should and shouldn’t do. Zena being stubborn and headstrong like she was, knew Yuri meant well. But she wasn’t going to sit back and let Yuri talk to her however he wanted without backlash. She was not the type of woman who would hold her tongue when she heard something she didn’t like.

  Once the trio returned home, Liam made a nice hot bubble bath for Zena. He helped her inside the tub and joined her so he could help her wash. Zena sat between Liam's legs as he massaged her sexually all over her body. She laid her head back on Liam as she let him feel upon her.

  “I know I said that I was ready to take this challenge,” Zena stated “But I didn’t fucking know it was going to be fucking hell! I didn’t think it would be like this!”

  Liam kissed Zena gently on the neck while he played with her breast, as he massaged them. “I know it was a rough first day, but you will get used to the routine lov’. This is only the beginning. I know there might be times you will want to give up and say fuck it, but Yuri and I will make sure that you keep at it. Even if you get annoyed with us and cuss us out. We’ll make sure you get through it. You might hate us a little, but once you start showing progress, you will see how worth it this will be.”

  Zena turned her body so she could look at Liam. She looked at Liam with so much affection. Her fingers went through his long hair. “Liam, I love you. After spending this amount of time with you and Yuri, I know for sure now that I love you and Yuri. I love both of you so much.”

  Liam felt like his heart was about to rip out of his chest. He held on to Zena tightly. “I love you too, more than you ever know. You will understand it soon.” Liam looked at Zena as he rubbed his big hand on her small face. “I know Yuri loves you just as much as I do as well.”

  Zena wrapped her arms around Liam’s neck as she moved her body closer to him to kiss him. Liam rubbed his hand up and down Zena’s back to her ass. It didn’t take him long to get horny. He went deep in his kiss as he showered Zena with his love.

  Liam’s hand slowly wandered up to Zena’s breast. He sucked her on the neck, as he played with her nipples with his fingers. Zena moaned as she whipped her head back. She bucked her head forward and started to kiss and suck on Liam’s neck. She pushed his body back as she began to kiss down his big chest and began to suck on his hard nipples. Liam grunted in pleasure, gripping on to Zena’s ass as he began to make her hips move on his body. With ease, he lifted her hips high enough for him to slip inside of her. Slowly, he began to thrust, which made her cry in pleasure. The wolf locked his lips on to Zena’s lips. Soon, the thrusting went faster, making Zena’s muffled moans grow louder. Liam knew that her body would be too sore to keep going, so he made sure their lovemaking was quick.

  *******

  Yuri began cooking dinner for Liam and Zena. Since he was a vampire, he didn’t need to eat food. Even though he didn’t need to eat, he made sure Liam and Zena had a well-balanced meal. A few times, the vampire would eat along with the two just because. He still had a functioning body like a regular person. So, he doesn’t get sick if he eats food.

  A woman with dark, honey blonde hair sat on the kitchen counter, drinking a glass of red wine. She had grey eyes just like Yuri. She wore clothes that screamed that they were designer fashion and would cost any average person’s full month rent. Her body was slightly curvy, and she was busty.

  “So big brother, when I will be able to meet this woman who made you decide to love again?” The woman asked in a Russian accent. “I’m dying to meet the woman who took your heart without even a fight.”

  “She will be out soon.” Yuri walked to the table to place the food down. “She needed to rest from her training.”

  Yuri’s sister shook her head in disbelief. “I still can’t put my finger on why you fell in love with a mere human woman, and now you’re training and teaching her about our realm. Why don’t you turn her into one of us already?”

  Yuri didn’t go into detail about who Zena was. He didn’t even talk about his relationship with Liam. He wasn’t a person who liked to share all his personal information unless it was necessary. He only told people what they needed to know, and that was it, and he felt that talking about his private life was unnecessary.

  “It’s not that easy,” Yuri stated.

  “What do you mean it’s not that easy? If you are going to mate with her, then do it. All you must do is bite her to give her your stem cells from your blood. It’s not like she will become dead. She will just start to age slowly after she is turned.”

  “I’m not going to explain why not, Alexandra.” Yuri sounded cold. “She will turn in due time if she wishes, but till then, I want her to learn and train.”

  “Ok, I won’t pry any more into it,” Alexandra said, as she got herself another glass of wine.

  Liam and Zena came into the room snickering. They seemed to be chatting about something and making jokes while Liam carried Zena on his back. Zena put her head as close as she could to Liam, as she cuddled with him. Liam played with Zena’s curly afro hair, both looked like they had just gotten done having sex.

  Alexandra watched the two come into the room with a suspicious look on her face. She thought that they seemed to be way too close. If Zena was Yuri’s new mate, then why was she all over another man? She wanted to speak and say something about it, but she didn’t want to jump to conclusions.

  “Oh, hey Alex,” Liam looked at Alexandra with a welcoming smile. He slid Zena off his back. “I didn’t know that you would be here. It’s been a while.”

  Alexandra bowed her head to Liam. “Likewise. It’s always a pleasure to see you as well.” She looked over at Zena. She examined her from head to toe. “So, this is your new mate?” A smirk slowly rose on her face. “She’s pretty,” Alexandra spoke in Russian, stating that she could tell Zena had a lot of fire and spunk in her. Zena seemed like a perfect match for Yuri.

  Yuri replied to Alexandra in Russian that Zena did have a lot of fire in her, and he was going to bring out the best in her.

  Zena didn’t know what the two siblings were saying, as she walked up to Yuri. She wrapped her arms around his arm. “I’m not that pretty.”

  Alexandra appeared in front of Zena. “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.” She grabbed Zena’s hand to give her a handshake. “As you know, my name is Alexandra. I am Yuri’s younger sister.”

  Zena shook hands with Alexandra. “It’s nice to meet you.”

  “My brother can be cold and doesn’t show much emotion but know that he truly does love you. Our family is not like that wolf over there and do the warm welcoming.”

  “Aye, everyone in your family has sticks up your asses and don’t know how to enjoy life.” Liam joked.

  “Just as carefree and undisciplined as ever I see,” Alexandra replied. “As high class as your clan is, I expected you to have some proper manners.”

  “Ouch, your stings always hurt me,” Liam said playfully. “My clan enjoys life and expressing how we feel about the people we care about.”

  Yuri stepped in before a fight could break out. “Food is done. when you’re ready to eat, It’s on the table.”

  Everyone sat at the table. Zena and Liam ate their food, while Alexandra and Yuri had glasses of red wine. Yuri lectured both Liam and Zena to eat their veggies. He made sure to cook it in a way both would eat without him having to fight with them to eat it. Alexandra had a small talk with Zena. She asked her how old she was, where did she come from, and her family history.

  “Our family is from a country not far from Russia, although to humans, it is part of Russia. We are high-class purebloods with more powers
than other normal vampires. We are not undead creatures like what humans think we are. We have functioning organs like everyone else. You could also say that we are the original vampires that were naturally born. Our family is one of many dynasties of pure vampires, and we ruled over the lower breeds of vampires who are dead. Our family came to America to take advantage of the growing economy. As you may know, we have lived for many years. What most people don’t know is that we can have children. When we get to a certain age and depending on our genes, we slowly stop aging. Our bloodline has always stayed pure. You also need to know that Yuri is the head of our family, more like he’s our king.”

  Zena felt like she was going to start sweating, as she drank her drink uncomfortably. She knew Yuri was a wealthy man, but she didn’t know that he and his family were royal class. He was pretty much a king, and she was just a simple country girl from Texas. Their statuses were opposite from each other. Her chest felt tight when Alexandra mentioned that his family had always been pure. Was she trying to imply that with Zena being with Yuri, who is the head of the family, that she could taint their pure bloodline? She started to feel overwhelmed.

  “Don’t feel overwhelmed, moya lyubov,'” Yuri said in a soft sweet tone. “You will get used to our traditions and everything else soon enough. Just keep focused on your training and studies.”

  Zena nodded her head. She couldn’t think of anything else to say.

  “Hey, I think it’s a good time to mention him,” Liam suggested.

  Yuri sighed. “She might as well know now.” The vampire had a stern look on his face. “The him Liam is talking about, we don’t like to mention his name, but he is pretty much what humans call the son of the devil. His name is Apep. He comes from a long line of dark magic that even my family refuses to even think of using. No one should. He has a clan full of different creatures who have nearly the same mind frame as him. They are pretty much the cause of a human cry of the devil's work. I’m pretty sure you know the Christian history on that.”