My father crossed to her quickly and said in a low tone, "We don’t have any say in the matter, Sylvia", he said. ''Jonas is Genni’s mate. You know that our most scared law is fated mates. If the goddess sees fit to grant us our mate, we do not have the right or desire to turn it down. And as you know, the mate bond supersedes any other bond, including parental".
My mother went to open her mouth again, and although my father had not used his alpha tone on her, she knew she had to stop talking.
"Hang on", Lucas said loudly, "what do you want sis, do you want to leave with Jonas?"
"Of course", I said quickly, of course, I do, and looking into his clear blue eyes I said softly, "I don’t think I could be apart from this man if I tried".
Jonas smiled tenderly down at me and whispered that he felt the same.
Locked in the intense stare, we forgot, or I forgot, where we were. When my father cleared his throat, we snapped apart. This is crazy, I thought to myself. The intense feelings that this man stirred up at my core were something I had not felt before and left me a little embarrassed. I had never had a boyfriend and had never had the urge. To “discover” my body, but these feelings were hitting me in a place where I could feel an actual ache for him.
My father coughed again and asked us both to sit down.
This time, we sat next to each other, rather than me sitting on his lap as before. I felt a little bereft at this until I felt his large warm hand cup my inner thigh.
"Obviously Genni’s mother and I will respect the wolf bond Jonas, but you have to understand that all this has come as a shock to our family. And we would like time to discuss this with our daughter and try to guide her in the decision to leave or not. I know Genni has already said she is leaving", he said hastily, as Jonas shifted and sat straighter. "You must understand Jonas, we all need to spend this time as a family, as a unit"!
"A unit"? I said incredulously, a unit! It sounds so nice when you say family unit, I just don’t think your wife feels the same", I said glaring at her, my mother.
"Sweetheart", she said with a hurt look on her face, "why on earth would you say such a thing".
"THAT’S it", I shouted, forcing everyone except Jonas to jump. "THAT. IS. IT"!!!!!
"DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO LISTEN TO AND BELIEVE YOU AFTER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME EARLIER", I shouted.
I was on the verge of losing control. I could feel sapphire pushing closer to the front of my mind, trying to take control of the situation. As I held her back, I said
"Do you honestly think I’d believe anything that comes out of your mouth?" "A few days ago, you were trying to get me to move out, and now you're trying to make me stay when I have no intention of doing so!"! I was furious with her, with them both, and it was all starting to come out. I couldn’t and wouldn’t hold it in much longer.
My father was staring between my mother and me, and once again his face was one of shock.
"What did you say"? He asked, my mother was trying to stand up, probably trying to get away from the explosion that was threatening, "SIT DOWN"! He said to her sharply, and as he had used the alpha tone, she had no other choice than to sit. Looking back at me again, he said in a somewhat impatient voice.
"Do you mean to say your mother has asked you to leave?" I nodded and could feel Jonas hold me a little closer.
"When did this happen"? He said, trying to restore his calm manner. I know he wasn’t annoyed at me for anything transpiring, and I could see the genuine concern in His eyes.
I nodded again but also said yes, and I continued with the story of how she had come to my room. I explained that you both had talked and agreed it would be better for me if I lived in the human world. But, it appears now that’s not the case.
My father was taking deep calming breaths, which had little or no effect.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS"? HE ASKED MY MOM.
"Why would you do this when you know what I have promised to the high council?"
Shaking his head sadly. He told my mother to wait in his office for him, she left straight away with my father looking after her with a Tired look on his face.
He turned around to address us again and looking at my brother this time, he asked if he would stay in his office with his mother. Lucas nodded straight away, and giving me a swift encouraging smile, he left the living room.
"I’m so sorry you had to go through that", my father said, sounding weary,
"Your Mom, Sylvia", he changed when he saw both mine and Jonas’s eyebrows raise.
"You're right", he said. "Let’s lay all the cards on the table".
"As you now know, Silvia and I are not your real parents, and it doesn’t feel right referring to ourselves as such".
I lowered my head slightly at that, and felt a lone tear escape and run down my cheek. I nodded my agreement and listened as my father/alpha Daniel continued.
He told me he was so sorry for all the lies and deceit and told me I could ask him anything, and that he would do his best to answer all my questions truthfully and to the best of his knowledge.
I opened my mouth to ask a question when I realised it didn’t matter, nothing mattered, only this man sitting next to me. I smiled softly at Alpha Daniel and told him that the only question I had was whether could I go to bed. I was exhausted, and all 3 of us laughed.
'Of course, you can' he said with a sad smile, " Alpha Jonas, you and your men are welcome to bed in the pack house for the night. We have several empty rooms available for you, and it would be my pleasure to offer them to you".
"Thank you", Jonas said politely, "we would all be grateful for the offer to stay. It's quite late now, and I doubt we could get any hotel rooms in the small town close by".
He stood up and said he will go and inform his men. My father...Alpha Daniel stood as well and said he would show Jonas where the rooms were.
I was about to protest when Jonas lowered his lips to mine in a sweet kiss and said against them, "From tomorrow you will be home with me, we have time little wolf. You go to your room now and get some rest".
The problem was I didn’t want any more rest, I wanted to be with him, and I knew Sapphire felt the same. I could feel her distress at not being with him.
I knew he had to go and sort his men out with their rooms for the night, so I kissed him gently and said goodnight. I sped back to my room with a plan already forming in my mind. I closed my bedroom door with a light click and a smile on my face.
I could smell him, I could smell his intoxicating scent, and it was driving me wild.
It was 3.30 am, and I couldn’t sleep knowing Jonas was down just one flight of stairs. I was on edge and full of excitement I had never known. It wasn’t just because he was here, it was more compelling than that. It was a carnal desire I had never known existed.
Remembering the conversation between my father and Jonas about staying in the pack house, and how it had made my heart rate speed up. Jonas had stated that 2 of his men would stay in the second floor of the house with him, in separate rooms, and the rest of his men, the 4 warriors he had brought with him, would stay on the ground floor. And out of respect to my father and brother, Jonas had said he would not spend the night with me in my room, even though it was pushing his patience to the limit not to be with his mate.
His mate! I loved the sound of that, I loved how it made me feel, and I loved that just hearing the words fall from his lips would make my body start to tingle in all the right places. Stop it! I said to myself for the 100th time. Stop it, you're making yourself all pent up again. It was no use though. It didn’t matter how many times I said it to myself. My body and my wolf knew Jonas was very near, and I simply had to go to him. I softly clicked my door open and stuck my head out to listen for any noise,
I knew my father had finished speaking to my mother in his office a few hours ago. Although no one could hear what was said due to the soundproofing, seeing my mother come out of the office with her tail between her legs (pun intended) was a sweet sight indeed. I had gone to my room again after that. And had not seen if my father had left his office, so I had to be very quiet as I set my plan in motion.
It was going to be a simple plan, sneak downstairs, find the room that held my mate, and spend some “quality” time together. I still didn’t know what was happening in the morning when Jonas would leave with his men. The thought of him leaving me here made my heart clench and made Sapphire whine a little.
Making sure I had some fresh underwear and clean clothes in my little backpack, I started making my way down to the second floor. I found it relatively easy. I had to remember to hop over a step that always creaked, and I made sure I walked on the right-hand side of the hallway, again to avoid a creaky floorboard. Goddess, this place needs some TLC, I thought, and then I caught the most amazing smell again. I knew exactly what room Jonas was in, and I made my way silently to the door and tapped gently. Thinking to myself that if he didn’t answer, he probably was asleep. If I returned to my room, I was starting to feel a little disappointed at that thought when the door swung open and I was pulled inside.