Her Surprise, Their Gift

2. Mate?

Im surrounded in nothing but darkness, the silence is painful. Why wont I wake up? There's a buzzing in ny head I cant quite explain. Its like I need to find something. I wander around in the darkness, when I get the feeling Im suddenly falling. I start to panic when Im dropped into the middle of a field.

I look around at all of the flowers. Its beautiful here. Theres roses, daisies, tulips, and at least 40 other kinds of plants spread out. I turn in a slow circle taking everything in, when I see a woman. Her long white hair flowing freely down her back. The thin white dress clings to her body and seems almost alive. Who is she?

She turns to face me. A smile spreading on her lips. Her eyes a startling shade of purple. High cheek bones and full lips. Shes the definition of beauty.

"Hello, my child." her voice.....sounds almost like bells.

I know who she is.

"Hello, moon goddess" I bow my head in respect to the goddess.

"Call me celine" she says "you're here because you need to know something. Youre going to face many hardships in the future. You're going to have to learn to trust the people around you." she says as she eyes me warily. She looks like I might run if she says the wrong thing.

"What do you mean? What am I going to face?" i ask, nervous that shes telling me I have to deal with that abusive Alpha.

"No, my dear. The Alpha you think of has nothing to do with it" My eyes open wide. Can she read my mind?

"Yes" she says simply. "I cant explain to you whats going to happen, Just know everything happens for a reason. You must endure, you must trust."

"But how will I know what to do" I ask frightened. All of this is worrying me. Just how did I come to meet the moon goddess. Whats happening to me?

"You're awakening. Now you must return. You have a gift waiting for you. Remember, trust." she says just before she vanishes. The field disappears, leaving me in the same darkness as before.

"When will she wake up?" I hear an unfamiliar voice ask. He sounds worried. Strange, no one cares about me.

"Judging by her heart rate, I wouldnt doubt that she can hear us now" another voice says.

A strong hand grips mine firmly. "Cam you hear me?" he asks, "I need you to wake up"

Damn, I dont wanna talk to any men right now..... I slowly open my eyes. "Mate...." I whisper. My eyes widen in realization. I always wanted a mate... but im tainted. I rip my hand away from his and back up further on the bed. Wait......Im on a bed. A hospital bed, but still a bed.

A look of hurt crosses his face. I just pulled away from my mate. Once he finds out what happened to me, he'll reject me anyways. "Who are you?" I ask, squinting my eyes at the man sitting next to my bed.

He looks surprised that I asked. I mean, I did jerk away from him.

"My name is Tristan Darkblade. Im the Alpha of Dark Forest pack" he says looking me in the eyes. He moves his hand towards me and I back away.

"Im sorry Alpha Tristan. You wont want me if you knew the truth about everything." I say as i look at my hands like theyre the most interesting thing ever.

"What do you mean?" he c***s his head to the side waiting for me to explain.

"I, Mira, reject you ,Alpha....mmphf" I try to finish my sentence but a huge hand clamps down over my mouth.

"I dont know what happened and its up to you if you ever want to tell me. But please, dont reject me. I would never reject you. I've waited so long. I finally found you. Dont go." he pleads with tears in his eyes.

This big Alpha.....is crying...over me. He doesnt even know me, and hes crying.

I nod my head, I guess I can try. Hes stronger than me so I doubt Id ever be able to finish the sentence. He slowly pulls his hand away from my mouth.

"Whats your name?" he asks warily.

"Mira....my names Mira" I say quietly as I reach out and touch his face softly. I didnt mean to hurt him. I was trying to save him from the humiliation of being my mate.

"Why does this pack act horribly to you, I want the truth." he says with a murderous glare on his face. Uh-oh. Hes the one who yelled last night.

"Im not ready to talk about that. I was sold to the Alpha here when I was 7. Ive been a slave ever since. I just turned 18 last night. Thats all I can share for now" I say as I look towards the window. I cant look him in the eye.

"My mate was a slave?!" he half yells. Here comes the rejection. I look at him expecting the words to flow from his mouth. Instead he grabs me by my neck and kisses me. Hard and fierce. Like he cant live without me.

"Not anymore you're not. You're mine. I'll kill anyone who hurts you. " he says as he pulls away.

Im just now getting the feeling......this pack will burn if he finds out what they did to me. Theyre all going to die.

The door bursts open and another man walks through the door. My eyes widen when I realize whats going on. The scent of butterscotch and honey hits me hard.

"Mate" I gasp....Two mates....What?