Kess's p.o.v.

I was dressed in a pair of black jeans and a Green t-shirt with a denim jacket my messenger bag ready as me and Loke looked at the mouth to the cave of trial we were intent on happening. In the Celestial world every spirit has a ring and every ring has a trial. And to Pass spirit and human must pass together. We were now looking at the entry to the trial for Loke's ring as the mouth of the cave was shaped like a lion's head and the entrance was the mouth.

Loke stood next to me, in his now usual suit and tie, shades on his face as he looks forward one hand in his pocket.

"Are you sure your ready for this Loke, you'll be stuck with me for a long time.", I ask looking over at him as he smiles at me.

"I'm more than ready princess.", he says taking my hand and pulling me against him our hands in the air " I can't wait to claim you as my own." as he buries his face in my hair hanging at the crook of my neck making me blush as when he pulls from there he crashes his lips on my own possessively.

"Then we better get this show on the road.", I say panting after we pull apart for air.

He just nods with a smirk keeping my hand in his as we enter the cave.

"Who dares to take the trial of the Lion for Leo the Lion's key?", comes a booming voice.

I step forward and hold my head up "I do, I'm Kess Kyle.", I state looking ahead towards a glowing doorway.

"Leo the Lion are you certain your willing to take the trial and risk being bonded to her!", the voice asks "A human"

"Yes I'll accept her and no other as my life mate. " he says as I feel like I'm in a beam of light with Loke whose at my side and suddenly he pulling me tight against him until there's a flash and suddenly the room is gone as is Loke.

I'm in a room of mirrors and before me stands a lion like creature in the middle, his head a lion, body draped in a shiny gold cloak.

"If you wish to be proved worthy of the leader of the zodiac you must defeat me. If you fail you die.", he says as I extend my mind and he charges me........

Loke's p.o.v.

I find my self in a room of doors, and I'm short Kess. "Kess! Kess!", I shout worriedly for the ravenette.

"She's battling , if she fails to defeat the monster she dies.", says the voice.

"Then why aren't I with her!", I shout.

"To be with a zodiac she must prove worthy, or die for being prideful enough to prove she's good enough!", it booms.

"She is the only one who will ever be worthy in my eyes, she's proved brave, loyal, loving, protective and kind!", I shout.

"Then enter the doors to her memories, see if she's all you thought her to be or think her to be.", shouts the voice.

"I could never love her any less.", I say as I open the first door.

"Kess be ok."

Kess's p.o.v.

This creature has been tough all my hits pass through and here in this trial as he taunts my keys don't work so it's me and my sword.

I tried telepathy and despite how solid his hits have been on me I can't grasp him. I swing once again my sword passing through as the creature but this time he grabs me from my neck tossing me into the glass shattering it getting glass in my back, but this time it screams in pain and I look up and notice he's taken damage.

Then it hits me like a light bulb turning on. The mirrors , break the mirrors. I run to the one next to me and kick it shattering it and he screams again bleeding more. I proceed to run around the room shattering the mirrors as it screams and weakens until all the mirrors but one are broke and he whimpers as I shatter it and he lets out a last wail before he disintegrates. Behind the last mirror are a set of steps at which I sheath my blade and run my cut and bruised body down them hoping Loke's down there since I haven't been able to locate his mind.

"Loke!", I shout as I follow the stair case

"He's going through your memories. When he's done he'll come to his senses and reject you and you'll die.", says a voice.

"What makes you so sure.", I say.

"Your a human celestial mage, your kind have been abusing our kind for a long time. Once he see's how you really are he'll reject you, seeing as like all celestial mages your cruel and manipulative.", the voice says.

"If he see's my memories and finds that then I deserve it, but I would never deceive Leo. I'd still love him if he was a regular wizard, or if he wasn't a mage.", I state as I reach a room of my images.

"Your a weak willed manipulative human , you don't belong with him.", my look a likes say "prepare to be put to death."

"Stop it, I'm a lot of things but I know who I am, I've had lots of time to come to terms with myself. And if it's a good day to die, then so be it.

My days are numbered and I got to spend time getting to know Leo the Lion, and saw his heart. I got to see him laugh and cry, and share my first kiss with him. But I have faith in him, and myself. He won't reject me.", I say gripping my sword when my self attacks and I'm battling my own images.

Now this would be hard enough but the glass and other injuries don't help but I ignore them as I fight multiple swords and multiple me's.

"Any last words.", one of my doppelgangers say as we battle.

"Yes if I do die today, tell Leo the Lion that no matter what happens my love for him is real and he'll always have my heart. Tell him I don't want him to suffer, and to find his happiness. It was a joy to love and be loved by him as well as fight at his side. And I want you to know I won't give up on Leo. ", I say kicking another me.

I'm not giving up. I'll fight till my heart ceases to beat until I see Loke again. My duplicates begin to shatter like glass as my sword contacts them. Suddenly the lot of them explode and I cover my face as glass flies. When all is said and done I'm staring at a large lion. I mean house sized large as it stand by Loke as he looks at me as I stand up.

"Now Leo the Lion reject her and get this over with.", the lion says as Loke looks emotionless and I sense no emotions then I realize something.

Loke's p.o.v.

After my trip through Kess's memories I was now standing behind the Lion out of Kess's view as my copy stared at her and the Lion taunted.

She was covered in glass cuts and she still looked beautiful.

"That's not Leo.", Kess says looking at the fake "That's not my Loke. "

"Well Leo get this over with!", shouts the Lion as my fake picks up a discarded sword walking towards her just as I snap out of my funk and charge as he swings and kick him away from her.

"Loke, right on time.", she says as my duplicate falls and shatters.

"I wish I was sooner, because Kess I do accept you. ", I say "This may hurt ."

"It'll be fine, I trust you Loke.", she says as I pull her in my arms pulling her hair away from her neck as I sink my teeth into her and she gasps as I make my mark. After I pull away I lick her wound so It'll heal as she relaxes in my hold and I look at the large Lion not releasing her.

"Now she's as much mine as I am hers!", I shout "And I won't surrender her." as I pull her to myself possessively.

"Very well, then Kess Kyle you have passed and survived the trial.", he says as the giant firefly lights surround us suddenly healing Kess's wounds as well as changing her closes to a floor length lace dress that looks to be made of stardust as her hair is now neat with a crown of flowers.

"Kess Kyle do you take Leo the Lion as your mate, for now and ever more?", it asks as her eyes lock mine.

"Yes always.", she says eyes full of love.

"Leo the Lion do you accept Kess as your life mate , and to permanently share a bond with you and as part of you.", it asks.

"Yes, forever.", I say as her eyes shimmer.

"Then as the spirit of the trial I declare the husband and wife, or life mates.", he states as my key on Kess's belt begins to float and glow before it changes into a gold ring with a large ruby, my sign in gold in the center of the stone as it lands in my hand which I slide on Kess's ring finger.

"May your eternity be forever happy. Kiss your mate", it says as we feel another ray of light as I kiss her before appearing in my spirit realm apartment.

"I've been waiting for this part.", I say kissing her as I pick her up.

"I think that means two of us.", she says when I pull away.

I carried her into what is now our room in the spirit world and spend the night consummating our marriage making sure she knows she's mine forever.

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