My Forever

Chapter 19

Letting out a huge sigh, I ran my hands through my hair and nodded.

“There is one other issue,” Finn said, looking down.

“You have to leave first thing in the morning. It’s almost a 6 hour drive.”

“Fine, but I need to go talk to Harper.”

I didn’t wait for him to respond before I made my way up the stairs to her room. I knocked a few times and she didn’t respond. I couldn’t leave again without talking to her. I pushed open her door and walked in expecting to find her on the bed but she wasn’t.

I followed her scent to the closet. My eyes instantly fell on my mate in nothing but her panties, nodding her head to the music coming from her AirPods my parents had given to her for Christmas.

I knew I should look away, but I couldn’t look away. My wolf on the edge, ready to take her now. She turned and jumped when she saw me. Holding her shirt up to cover her perky breast.

“Wwwhat are you doing?” She whispered.

“I’m sorry, I just really need to talk to you.”

“Can you wait in the other room?”

I could only nod and turn and walked into her bedroom.

Minutes later, she walked out in a t-shirt and leggings.

“Sorry.” I mumbled, still trying to calm my wolf.

“It’s OK.” She said as she placed her hand on my arm, instantly calming me.

“You said you needed to talk to me?”

“Yeah…Umm…Look, I have to leave tomorrow morning and I will be gone most of the day.”

“Where are you going?”

I didn’t want to lie to her, but she wasn’t ready to hear the truth.

“He promised to take me to this festival and I am so sorry I only got two tickets,” Vivian said from the door.

Anger flooded my body. What the hell was she doing here?

“Vivian, you should leave. I was talking to Harper.”

I could see the hurt on her face but I didn’t care. She had no right to try and give me an excuse. Let alone one that made it seem like I was leaving her to go spend time with another woman.

My mother was right. I should have told Vivian I had found my mate.

“I said LEAVE.”

Vivian quickly turned and walked away.

“I”m sorry about that….I will make it up to you, I promise.”

“Sure.” Her simple answer was filled with disappointment.

“I promise I will explain everything to you soon. But I promise I am not leaving you to go to a festival or whatever stupid excuse Vivian said.”

“But will you be with her?” She said softly.

I should have realized she was jealous or uncomfortable with me being alone with Vivian.

“Yes, but not alone. I will be with 2 other guys that work for my brother.”

Not waiting for her to respond, I pressed my lips to hers. I had planned this moment so differently, but at the moment I couldn’t wait.

At first she didn’t respond, but it didn’t take long before she responded to my kiss. She tasted just as I imagined.

When I finally pulled away, my eyes fell on her beautiful flushed face and perfectly plump lips.

“I have been waiting a long time to do that.” I said, resting my forehead on hers.

“Why did you wait?” She said just above a whisper.

“I promise I will explain everything soon.”

“Ok.”

“Do you want to watch a movie with me?”

“Sure.”

Picking her up bridal style, I carried her to my room, kicking the door open and walked her to the bed and gently laid her down. I took my shirt off and crawled into bed with her and pulled her to me. I turned the TV on and let her pick a movie to watch.

I didn’t care because I wouldn’t be watching the movie, I would be watching her. Holding her made me feel complete. I should have stopped fighting my wolf in the first place. I realized just before getting called home she was my mate, or at least I thought I could feel the pull. But the closer we get to her 18th birthday the more I feel the pull to her.

“Are you watching me?” She said, turning to look at me.

“I can’t help myself.”

She began blushing and I took the chance to press my lips on hers again. I wanted to take this further but I knew I needed to take it slow with Harper. At least till I had a chance to tell her that I wasn’t human.

I could feel our kiss begin to get more heated and, despite my wolf, I pulled away.

“I’m sorry, I don’t want to rush anything and I still need to take you on a real date.”

“I understand.” She said, smiling at me as she tucked her hair behind her ear.

“I leave very early in the morning but I would like you to stay in my room while I am gone.”

She hesitated only for a second before nodding yes.

With that, I pulled her to me as we fell asleep.

The following morning, I didn’t want to get out of bed as I pulled my mate closer to me, but I knew I had to get moving. After a quick shower, I crawled into bed and gently kissed Harper’s lips and her eyes fluttered open.

“Good Morning.” She whispered.

“Hello Beautiful. I wanted to say goodbye and I promise to call you later.”

Kissing her one more time, I pressed my forehead to hers. “Go back to sleep Love, it’s early.’

I watched as her eyes closed and she instantly fell back to sleep.

Pulling the door closed and making my way out of the house.

Harper’s POV

Waking up still in Declan’s bed felt unreal. I rolled over and breathed in his scent. I don’t understand, but I already missed him.

I made my way to my room and quickly changed before heading downstairs to the kitchen.

About half way down the stairs I started to feel dizzy. As I took a few more steps I could feel it getting worse. Once I made it to the bottom of the stairs, I slid to the floor.

I had not taken my medicine since I arrived here. I had been so caught up being with Declan I had forgotten.

I tried to pull myself from the floor to make my way upstairs but as soon as stood up everything went dark.