His Mate's Sister

Chapter 10-Christmas

It's been 3 weeks since the pack was informed about the identity of Amy's attacker, my father has enlisted the help of neighboring packs to track Lukas down. Alpha Raymond from the Red Lake pack sent my father information that he discovered, he said he would wait til I got home to reveal the information. I'm currently on a plane headed home, I've got my earbuds in listening to some classical music to calm my nerves. The fasten seat belt sign lit up so I prepare myself for landing. Once the plane lands I make my way off and head to baggage claim, I grab my bags then head outside to see Steven leaning against his black Ford Expedition. "About damn time you landed" he lowers his sunglasses to glare at me as I make my way to the car.

"Shut up" I toss one of my bags at him.

"Oof" he groans as my bag hit him hard, we toss my bags in the back then climb in the car. He started the car then drove off, the drive home was quiet aside from his annoying humming. After about 2 hours we arrive home, he pulls into the driveway and parks. 

"Take my bags to my room please" I tell him as I get out of the car and head into the house. I see Stephanie as I step into the foyer and ask her to help Steven with my bags, she nods then I head upstairs to my dad's office. I knock on the office door wait for a response, the door opens and I make my way in.

"Good you're here" my father says sitting at his desk, "now we can start" he gestures me to sit. "Alpha Raymond sent me this report" he handed me some papers as I sat in a chair in front of his desk. I read through the report and I was shocked, "Son of a b***h" I yelled then handed the report to Fred. "A f*****g witch, the bastard is working with a devious witch" I got up and walked to the window leaning against the frame.

"Why is there no information on the witch's identity?" Fred asked looking at dad.

"They're working on that" he told us.

"I need some air" I said walking to the door. 

"STOP" my father stood up, "the trackers are following up on some leads I don't need you out there getting in their way" he told me sternly.

"Fine" I threw my hands in the air in surrender, "I'm going to see Emily and check up on Amy" I left the office and headed to the garage. I grabbed the keys to my 1973 black Ford Mustang, I rebuilt it myself, it belonged to my dad then he gave it to me. I climbed into the driver seat and started up the engine, I opened the garage door and sped out. I drove to Bruce's family restaurant to see Emily, I pulled into the parking lot and parked. I took a deep breath then opened my car door and got out, I walked to the restaurant entrance and walked in.

"Good evening sir" the hostess greeted me, she is a petite blonde with blue eyes. "How many in your party?" she asked me.

"Is Emily here?" I asked her.

"Yes sir" she smiled. "May I ask who's asking?" she eyed me up and down.

"Frank Marcello" I told her with a smile, her eyes went wide with shock at the sound of my name.

"Oh, Mr. Marcello I didn't recognize you. Please give me one minute" she turned away from me and picked up the phone on the hostess desk.

"Well I'll be damned" I turn away from the girl, "Frank how are you?" a tall muscular man with olive skin, black hair and hazel eyes walked towards me.

"Tony" I embraced him. "How have you been?" we pull apart.

"I'm good. What are you doing here?" he looked at me. "Heather I got this" he said to the hostess and she hung up the phone and nodded.

"I'm here to see Emily and check up on Amy" I told him as we walked further into the restaurant.

"Okay, I'll take you to her office" he guided me to the back through a hallway then we went up a set of stairs. There was a small hallway at the top of the stairs, we walked to a door that said private. Tony knock on the door before opening it, he stepped in just a bit to announce himself. "There's someone here to see you Ms. Williams" he told her professionally then left me at the door, I stepped into the office then the door closed.

"Who is it Ton....." she started to say as she lifted her head but stopped when her eyes met mine. "Frank" she jumped out of her chair and ran into my arms, she wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped my arms around her waist. I held her tight against me, I buried my face into her neck. I could hear Alec sigh in relief as the smell of lavender and chocolate hit my nose. We pulled away from our embrace, I can see the tears threatening to escape her eyes. I cup her face with my hands, I felt the tingles as our skin touched. I know she felt then too cause as soon as our skin connected her tears began to fall. I leaned in and placed my forehead against hers, she placed her hands on my chest.

"It's okay E, I'm here" I whispered to her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm so happy you're here" she sniffled.

"Let's get out of here, let me take you somewhere quiet" I pulled away and looked into her eyes.

"Okay" she nods then walked back to her desk and grabbed her stuff, I took her hand in mine and we left her office. We saw Tony on our way out and she told him he was in charge the rest of the night, he nodded to her in acknowledgement. We walked out to my car, I opened the passenger door for her then closed it when she was settled into the seat. I climbed into the driver seat and started the engine, "So where are we going?" she looked ta me curiously.

"I have a place in mind" I said pulling out of the parking lot, we drove for a while then i pulled into a parking lot by the forest preserves. I parked and shut off the engine then stepped out of the car, I walked over to the passenger door and helped Emily out of the car.

"What are we doing here?" she looked around then looked at me confused.

"I need to talk to you about something.....something important" I took her hand and led her to a secluded spot in the woods, I led her to a tree stump and had her sit down.

"What is it Frank?' she asked as she watched me pace in front of her, I looked at her worried face then stepped in front of her. I knelt down so i was face to face with her, I took her hands in mine. I looked down at our hands then took a deep breath.

"Emily...." the words got caught in my throat, she took my chin between here thumb and forefinger then raised my face to meet hers.

"You can tell me anything" she smiled at me.

"I've been lying to you" I told her, she gave me a confused look.

"What do you mean?" she removed her hand from my chin, I stood up and started pacing again.

"My family and I are not exactly who we say we are" I stated.

"I don't understand" she looked at me confused. "If you're not who you say you are then who are you?" she leaned forward propping her elbows on her knees and placed her fisted hands under her chin. I turned to look at her not really sure how to explain this to her.

"Okay" I sighed, "please just bare with me" I said to her. "Don't freak out please cause what I'm about to tell you is impossible to believe but it's true" I took a deep breath. "We're werewolves" I spit out.

"You're joking right?" she chuckled, i stepped back in front of her and knelt back down. I took her hands again.

"Don't scream or freak out okay" I looked her in the eyes then I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

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Frank knelt back down in front of me and took my hands into his, he told me not to scream or freak out which in turn made my heart start to race. What was he going to do that might make me freak out and scream? He closed his eyes then took a deep breath, I braced myself, I didn't know what to expect when his eyes opened. He opened his eyes and I couldn't breath, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. All of a sudden I started to hyperventilate, I couldn't catch my breath. My heart felt like it was going to pop out of my chest.

"Emily calm down" he grabbed my shoulders and started rubbing them.

"Calm...down" I tried to yell, I stood up and started backing away from him. "Your eyes just went from hazel to grey and you want me to calm down" I yelled at him, I started pacing and rubbing my temples. "This can't be happening" I said to myself out loud.

"Emily I'm sorry" I turned to look at him, his eyes were back to their normal hazel color.

"You're sorry" I glared at him. "For what? For lying to me our entire lives? For waiting until now to spring this on me? As if I don't have enough on my plate as it is" I hiss at him.

"To be honest, I never intended to tell you" he told me, "but a few years ago I found out that you're my mate and I knew that eventually I was going to have to tell you" he tried to approach me but I backed away.

"What are you talking about?" I glared at him.

"You know how your mom is your dad's one true love?" he asked me.

"Yeah" I furrowed my brow at him.

"Okay" he sighed, "so your mom is your dad's soulmate. Well that's basically how it is with wolves, the Moon Goddess Selene matches our souls with our perfect soulmate. The only person that we are meant to spend the rest of our lives with" he  explained to me.

"So you're telling me that I'm your soulmate" I look at him like he's crazy.

"Yes" he smiles at me.

"And how do you know this?" I fold my arms across my chest.

"I found out on your 18th birthday" he told me.

"How?' I glared at him.

"When a wolf turns 18 he or she can smell their mate's scent over any other scent that's around them" he looked at me."When I arrived at your house that day I got the most intoxicating scent that I had ever smelled, it was lavender and chocolate" he started stepping closer to me. "And the only time I have ever smelled lavender and chocolate before then was only when I was around you, but this time the smell was a lot stronger than before" he inched closer. "And as soon as I entered the house the smell got even stronger, then I saw you and Alec started yelling mate in my head" he closed the gap between us.

"Who's Alec?" I tried not to look at him.

"He's my wolf" he whispered in my ear as he leaned into me, my breath got caught in my throat.

"Oh" I gulped and tried ti catch my breath. "What does he look like?" I don't know why I asked that.

"He's light black with snow white paws" he described to me. "Do you want to see?" I looked at him wide eyed.

"I don't know" I muttered, not sure if I could handle him shifting in front of me.

"Maybe some other time, when you've gotten used to this whole thing" he said the ran his hand over my head.

"Maybe" I nodded.

"I'll never hurt you, my soul purpose in life is to make sure you're happy. To protect you and your family" he stated as he placed his forehead against mine. "I am bonded to you forever" he caressed my cheek, "I love you Emily" he pressed his lips to mine gently. Tears started to fall from my eyes as I wrapped my arms around his neck then deepened the kiss, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. He licked my bottom lips wanting to gain entrance and I parted my lips to allow him entrance, he brought one of his hands up to the back of my neck and gently held it as our kiss intensified. We finally parted when we needed air, he leaned his head against mine and smiled. "I've been wanting to do that since we were 15" he chuckles.

"11" I giggle

"No way" he looked shocked, I just giggled.

"This doesn't change anything" I pushed him away, "I'm still mad at you" I teased him. "You're going to be making up for this for a long time" I sternly told him.

"Gladly" he said with a smile.

"Don't look at me like that" I said biting my lower lip.

"Grrr, don't do that" he growled lowly.

"Do what?" I said shyly. "You mean this" I bit my lower lips again. He grabbed me by my waist and pulled me against him.

"I told you not to do that" he said then captured my lips into another kiss.

"We should go" I said as I pulled away from the kiss.

"You're right" he agreed, "we need to talk to Amy" he told me.

"Wait" I looked at him confused, "why?" I asked him.

"The guy who raped her was a werewolf" he told me.

"What?" I was in shock. "How do you know that?" I questioned him.

"My pack has been trying to track him down and they were able to extract some of his DNA from the rape kit" he told me.

"How long have you known about this?' i asked him.

"Since Thanksgiving" he said with his head down.

"So what, your dad called you and said hey we know who did it" I glared at him.

"Umm, no, he handed the file to me personally.......in....his......office" he hesitantly told me.

"Wait, what?" I was confused. "Oh my God! You've got to be kidding me" I pushed away from him. "You were here" I started slapping his arm really hard. "How could you not have come seen me" I was pissed.

"I couldn't" he grabbed my wrists with his hands stopping my assault on him.

"Why?" I hissed out of breath.

"Because I only came back to track down the bastard that hurt Amy" he calmly told me letting go of my wrists.

"You went after him!" I yelled at him. "Why would you risk your life like that?" I was furious that he would do that.

"I would do anything for your family, your family is my family" he cupped my left cheek. Tears started to fall at his declaration, I looked into his eyes as I tried to fight the tears.

"Promise me you won't go after him again" I pleaded. "I don't want to lose you" I started to sob. he pulled me into his chest and held me tight.

"I have to, I need to" he said softly.

"No you don't" I sobbed into his chest.