Free Necessary Passion [Alchemy Mates 3] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) by Jana Downs

instinctual need to protect and claim his alchemy mate is upon him. Jessup enhanced the need with a spell, increasing Aidan’s submission and Sky’s dominance. That’s why Aidan is covered in cuts and bruises. Sky’s marking him.”
    “I don’t give a damn,” Andren rumbled. “He touches you again, I will hurt him badly.”
    “Sky.” Aidan’s groan brought them both back to the topic in hand. “Finish it, vampire. Make me yours.” His eyes sparkled with desire as he tugged at Sky’s bare shoulders. The grip was weak, most likely from blood loss. It should’ve bothered Sky a lot more than it did. In his mind, it was all right because he would fix it just as soon as Andren and Lucian left them the fuck alone.
    “I will, jäger,” Sky promised, his voice a menacing growl. Andren took a step toward them. Sky growled again. “Stay away from my mate.”
    “Sky, please, be reasonable!” Lucian encouraged, his voice desperate. “If you turn him, you will lose your conflict with Jessup.”
    That seemed to get through to Sky a bit.
    “Jessup? What about Jessup?” He blinked several times, trying to clear away the wispy tangles of the spell. When he began to trace the spell, he saw where it attached to the already-present alchemy that they shared.
    “Jessup cast a spell to increase the pitch between the two of you so that you’d turn Aidan and lose the match,” Lucian said, his eyes never leaving Sky. “One of your allies in court sent us a message that they detected the spell on their way through the estate, and we came right over.”
    “That vile man!” Sky snapped, anger infusing him. He could’ve handled Mirah messing with anything but his bond with Aidan. It was sacred to him.
    “ Sky ,” Aidan moaned, his eyes rolling and his body pliant and needy. “I need you. I want to be vampire. I want to be yours forever.” The words poured from his mouth, his very being begging for Sky to do as he bid. Sky nearly gave in. He gritted his teeth hard against the foreign “push” in his mind.
    “Aidan, I love you,” he whispered, kissing him hard on the mouth. With effort he extricated himself from his beloved’s embrace. “Andren, go to your brother. Calm the spell in him. Lucian, I need you to help me. I can’t stay away…” He gritted his teeth as Aidan reached for him again. Andren scooped up Aidan in strong arms even as Aidan fought to get back to Sky and carried him from the room.
    “What triggered the spell?” Sky asked Lucian as he allowed the other ancient to cleanse him with deep scrubs of his power against his mind.
    “Aidan admitting his affections for you and allowing you to love him fully triggered the spell. We hadn’t actually expected it to be activated yet. I was unaware your relationship had progressed that far,” Lucian said, running his hands over Sky’s shoulder and extricating the last remnants of the spell. “So has he decided to stay with you then?”
    Sky sighed. “I wish,” he muttered. “He says we can love one another until it’s time for him to leave. After that he wants his full freedom.”
    Lucian chuckled. “Yes, well, when you have alchemy with a MacGregor, you learn a whole other depth to the word ‘stubborn.’ Given enough time though, they’ll come around. I can’t explain to you the hardship Andren and myself endured because of his stubbornness.” His face showed clearly the depth of his affection for his mate.
    Sky envied him in that moment.
    “Darling?” Andren called, popping his head through the door. “Can I have some assistance please? Aidan is panicking, and the blood loss is not making him very agreeable.”
    “I’ll be happy to assist, love. Give me moment, and I’ll finish up with the prince.”
    They waited until Andren nodded and ducked back into the house before they continued their conversation. “Lucian, I am trying very hard to have patience with him, but I find myself losing my sanity in the wake of his anger. I want to lock