Chapter 63: Violet

“What?” Was all he could say.

“When did you know?”

“Know what?” Confusion covered his face. He was still frantically trying to understand what I was talking about.

I set the ball down and took his face in my hands. I closed the space between us, his eyes were still searching mine for answers. I closed my eyes and touched our lips together. Electricity shot through my entire body, as if it were waiting for this jolt of life to pass through me. At first, I felt him just sitting there in shock. But then his hands moved to the back of my neck, his mouth moved against mine, hungry for mine. His lips moved expertly against mine; his tongue licked the outside of my lips until I opened my own mouth. He moved his tongue through my mouth, deepening the kiss. Our first kiss.

My heart was racing, I pulled away. Short of breath. He looked at me and leaned his forehead against mine and said, “the first moment I saw you.”

I furrowed my brow, trying to understand.

“That’s when I knew you were my mate. That’s why I couldn’t say anything to you, it hit me like a freight train, and I was in shock.” He kissed my lips gently. “This woman who was yelling at me for treating my grandmother poorly. Then left the room slamming the door behind her.” He kissed me gently again.

“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“Would you have believed me?”

“Maybe.”

He stood, took my hand, and pulled me up against him. “There was a lot of information that I wanted to share with you, but if it scared you off then I was going to be a broken-hearted werewolf. Those don’t last long in our world.” He held his chin against my head as he spoke.

“Was this the big secret you wouldn’t let Greta, Jared or Stella say?”

“Yes.”

I poked his side hard and he jumped. I pulled away. “You could have told me sooner, you know!”

“What did you want me to say? ‘Hi, I’m Simon and you are my mate come back to my bedroom so I can mark you?’ Yeah, that would have gone over well.”

I crossed my arms and stared at him. If this was the big secret, it did have to pertain to me, and he should have said something.

“What?” He held out his arms. “Oh, come on baby, I’m sorry. I really didn’t want to scare you off.” He took a step closer to me. Him calling me by a pet name made me warm. But I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction.

I poked him in the chest. “You have to promise me that you won’t keep anything from me again.”

“I promise.” He grabbed me and pulled me into his arms. “It’s not like I could any more anyway.”

“What do you mean?” I pulled away slightly and looked up at him.

“Remember yesterday when we just finished the movie, and you heard Greta, but she didn’t say anything. And this morning when you thought that I would threaten Greta and she heard you?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s not a power from being a witch. That’s the mind link connection with werewolves. Since you are my mate, you started to acquire that feature from me.”

“Oh, so I can read the entire packs thoughts?”

“Yes and no. It only works if we want to talk to each other through that mind link connection. It’s more like a walkie-talkie.”

“Ok, so if you are talking to anyone else through mind link would I be able to hear it?”

“Since you are Luna, you do have that power.”

I leaned my head against his chest and could feel his heart beating. It was a strong heartbeat, holding him like this felt like home. “Luna is just the Alpha’s mate?”

“Right. That is why Stella and Greta slipped up a couple of times. Since you are over them in ranking, they must show their respect. I thought they really blew it before.” He laughed.

I was going to be their Luna. How could that be possible? I wasn’t even a werewolf. “How is this going to work? I’m not a werewolf.”

“That’s a great observation.” He laughed and I poked him in the side again. “It’s pretty easy since you are a strong witch, if you were just human it would be a little more difficult. The lesser wolves may not respect you. But since you are strong, it becomes easier.”

“What do I have to do?” I bit my lip thinking about this new role.

“Just be by my side. Eventually, you will learn the ropes and can take on more. But, for now I just want you here with me.”

“Ok.”

“I know you are going through a lot right now, one thing at a time. We can take things slow until you feel comfortable.”

“That sounds good.” I said.

“Anything you need.” He kissed the top of my head.

We stood there holding each other. And a thought came to me. “How did you know that Tomas, my friend, was in my cabin?”

“Patrols said there was a hooded figure, when Bruce mind linked me, he said he chased you and him here. I dropped everything and came right away. Bruce said nothing was happening though.”

“Oh, ok.” We continued to stand there. “What do we do now?”

“I have a pretty dangerous task, right now.”

I pulled away and looked at him. His eyes were gleaming.

“I have to convince you to move in with me.”

I laughed and he joined. “How do you plan on doing that?”

“I have the first part down. Being a super handsome, what did you call me…Norse god, doesn’t hurt.” He chuckled.

“I’m never going to live that down, am I?”

“Nope.” He leaned down and kissed me. “You know how many times I have wanted to kiss you since I met you? Too many to count.” He pecked my lips again.

“The second part of my genius plan is to just ask you sweetly to move in.” He pulled away and got down on one knee. He grabbed my hands, my stomach fluttered. “Violet Proctor, would you do me the honors of moving in with me?”

I rolled my eyes at him. “Since you asked so nicely, I guess.” He bolted up grabbing me around the waist and started spinning me. He slowly sat me down and kissed me again, deep. He took his hands from around my waist and held my chin, moving his mouth against mine, tongue searching for something that it would never find. He pulled away slowly and pecked my lips again. I looked at him, he was beyond happy.

“Can I help you pack?” He said eyes were still closed.

“I don’t have a lot of stuff.” I pulled away looking around. “The only things that are mine are my clothes and that duffle bag.”

“Do you have any luggage?”

I laughed at him. “No, I only have the target bags from the store. Should only take a few minutes, sit down, and relax.” I quick stepped up to the loft where my bed and closet were.

“Holy shit, how did you do that?” I disappeared from his arms and appeared in a different area.

“It’s called quick step. Some witches have this, that allows them to get to other areas quickly. I bet I can beat you in a race.”

“With that power, I would say so.”

I grabbed the target bags and started to shove my clothes into them, not caring to organize them or fold them. A thought hit me. “Hey Simon?”

“Yeah, babe?” He looked up from the couch as I leaned over the balcony to see him.

“Can I meet your wolf?”

A smile spread across his face. “He would like nothing more. Since you kissed me, he’s clawing at my mind trying to get out.”

“I have a theory.” I bit my lip and looked down at him.

“What is that?”

“I think your wolf is my familiar.” He stared back at me working through what I said. “It’s just that by now, my familiar should have made itself known, and it hasn’t. Maybe I’m not only your mate but your wolf is my familiar.”

“Yeah, I think so too. Remus hasn’t been this crazy in his entire existence. Even Jared said his wolf doesn’t act this crazy around Greta.” He grabbed his chin and thought about it. “I can release him after you pack.”