The Beta's Second Chance Mate

17. Clearing Up

Lindsy POV:

Henry and I arrived at the Pack House and the first thing I did was to see if Odete was around.

She was in the kitchen with all the other Omegas.

I hugged her.

“I missed you, Luna” she said.

“I missed you, Odete. You and the ladies”, I told her back and glanced at the other omegas who were smiling at me.

Meanwhile, Henry went to leave my bag in our room.

I knew we had to talk and I didn’t want to extend our conversation.

First, because I wanted to know what was going on with him, and second, I hated to admit it but I wanted to kiss him again, badly.

So I hurriedly went up to our room and Henry was already there waiting for me, seated on the bed. I sat beside him.

“So…we’re mates, huh?” That was the first thing I said and that was so awkward.

I wanted to break the silence but I guess it would have been better if I had just kept my mouth shut, Henry chuckled.

“All right, I could have been better” I said, gulping hard. What’s happening to me?

We've kissed already.

We also spent two weeks together, almost a month. Actually, three weeks, but the past week didn’t count. So why was I feeling so nervous right now?

Or was I scared of what he was going to tell me?

“Lindsy”

“Henry” we said at the same time and we both chuckled.

“You can say it first, Lindsy. I know that you’re mad at me and you probably don’t even want to see me in front of you anymore, but…” he said, and he knelt before me, making me look at his beautiful blue eyes.

“I don’t want to give up on you” he stated, making my heart swell over his words, but I looked down again.

“Henry, why do you think I don’t want to see you anymore? Last thing I knew, you’re the one who said that…that…” I tried to say it but the tears were falling down my face and it didn’t feel like it was going to stop so soon, so I just lost it “it hurts me, it hurts me more than whatever happened to me inside the dungeon, you know? It hurts me more than having you thinking I could actually do something against this pack that I’ve learnt to care about and love. It hurts me more than hearing you saying that I was fake and worthless. It was beyond any physical pain. It hurts my soul to hear you saying that you were going to reject me while I was lost, when all I ever wished for was to be with you. Even now, I don’t ever want to live apart from you anymore, I want to have you always around me, I want to fight for you and fight beside you. I just can’t understand how come you could say it so easily. It was like this bond didn’t even matter to you”.

I finished saying what was stuck in my throat, it was hard to express myself sobbing.

When I looked up, Henry was also crying in front of me, looking down like he was ashamed. He sobbed and I stopped crying at the same time.

I thought that hearing him saying that he was going to reject me was the most painful thing I’d ever been through, but seeing Henry crying and hurt like he was now was worse, much worse.

I just hugged him tight like my body was moving on its own accord to comfort my mate.

“I…I’m sorry if I was…”

“Don’t, Lindsy. Don’t you ever apologize again. I’m the one who should apologize, trust me, if I could take back my words…if I could go back in time, I swear those words would never come out of my mouth again and I’d never hurt you the way I did. I was reckless…you have no idea how long I’ve waited for you, you’re my rightful mate”, he cut me, his voice was laced with emotion and determination, taking both my hands on his warm ones and kissing them while the tears insisted on falling down his face.

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Henry POV:

I couldn’t hold back my tears that insisted so badly on falling down.

How could I be so stupid and say such a thing to her?

I said that she was fake and worthless, that I’d reject her, I could never do it. She never faked anything.

She was worth it, hell yeah, it was so worth it living if I could live for her, to make her happy and loved every single day of our eternity.

Suddenly, everything I'd been through didn’t matter at all.

It all seemed like nothing compared to what was happening right now between me and Lindsy.

“Oh Goddess, finally”, Chaos said.

I was so scared of being hurt again that I ended up hurting the one I should protect, care about and love, and over what?

She was my fated one, not Stacy.

Lindsy was my mate, the one destined for me, who held the other half of my soul.

It was supposed for Lindsy and I to be together and we could have the bond I’ve always treasured, a bond over love, care, protection, respect and, above all, it was mutual.

Lindsy was the one I'd always wished for.

Even with my reckless attitude, she still could say she loved me at the hospital, she’s still saying that she wanted to be with me, fight for me, fight beside me.

Those were the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard in my life. She wasn’t going anywhere, she wouldn’t leave me.

Chaos was so f*****g right, I should have spent my time pampering her and making her fall in love with me and not taking baby steps. She was my mate and I should have treated her this way ever since the beginning.

“I’m glad you can see it now, Henry”, Chaos told me.

“I still need to tell her everything” I told Chaos, and nodded his furry head.

“Lindsy, I want to tell you something. I had a mate before”, I said, taking her hands in mine, and her eyes opened wide startled.

“What? It’s not possible, Henry. I feel the tingles already, you’re mine”, she quickly said, and somehow her cute spontaneity and possessiveness made me chuckle, but it also made my heart swell in love.

“One day, I went to the Red Moon Pack for some negotiation with their Alpha and I met her, Stacy…” I was saying and she frowned.

“Henry, if that’s how you want to make me feel better, it’s not working…” she cut me, and took her hands off mine, and I chuckled again, holding her hands back.

“I promise you it’s not what you’re thinking right now, I just want you to know why I was so hesitant before. She rejected me”, I told her and she startled and her eyes opened wide again, but now she remained silent.

“The mate bond was something I always treasured, it had a meaning for my life. I met her and every wolf of the Red Moon Pack warned me about her and I acted by impulse and asked her to move in to the Black Moon Pack. She accepted it at the same time, but she didn’t want to move in with me because she said it was too soon…”

“If it was too soon, then why did she even accept it in the first place?” She asked me, cutting me again with her frowning face, and when she realized it she apologized.

“Sorry, keep on” she said, placing her chin on her fisted hand, making me chuckle again.

Lindsy didn’t only make me realize how stupid I’ve been letting something so small intervene in my whole life, but she was also making me comfortable to share it with her like I’ve never done before.

“That’s because she is our rightful mate”, Chaos said.

“You’ll find out why soon. Then I let her move into my parent’s house, the same house Hunter is living in nowadays. When she did, she started to avoid me. I followed her around like a lost pup”, I said, and her face frowned, “one day I decided to stalk her and I saw her leaving the club with two wolves. When she was coming back to the house, I talked to her and she lied to me saying that she was taking her wolf for a run, she tried to mate me but she already smelled like s*x” Lindsy’s face was startled now and she put her hand over her mouth in surprise.

“One day, I went to the training ground and we had a warrior that trained the wolves named Lazarus and I found out he was skipping the training sessions. So, I went to his house and that’s when I saw Stacy sucking his 'member' as they were about to have s*x…again, by Lazarus' words. I was hurt and, in a moment of rage, I was going to force myself on her. But then I gave up. That’s what she wanted me to do. Stacy still said that she was going to reject me because she never wanted no bond, she was a w***e. All she wanted was s*x and I was not going to give it to her and be used to satisfy her needs and be thrown away later. Then, she rejected me and I accepted it. I was relieved, but ever since then, I've also been disappointed and I got scared of being hurt again and I felt constantly insecure. One day, it happened, I found you and your father tried to use you to negotiate with me and I saw how uneased you were with Mueller and I felt protective over you already, but I wanted to go slow to make sure you were trustful after what I’d been through before”. I looked down and then at her again.

She was crying with her hand still over her mouth in surprise.

“I let my insecurity take over me and I was always expecting only for the worse and only now have I noticed how it all seemed insignificant over what I’m feeling for you, Lindsy. I’ve never felt this way about anybody else before and it frightened me a lot because I knew how easily you could break my heart with just a snap of your finger. I’m completely drawn to you like I’ve never been before, what I felt for Stacy was nothing compared to what I’m feeling for you now”, I confessed to her.

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Lindsy POV:

Oh Goddess, I was so overwhelmed.

Henry was hurt, he didn’t only go through the pain of rejection but also the pain of cheating.

I’m 17 and I can still feel the unbearable pain of a possible rejection.

Oh no, that’s why he acted the way he did.

“Henry…” I whispered, I wanted to hold him, to ensure him somehow that I was there for him and I wouldn’t ever leave him.

He stared at me and quickly looked down again.

“It’s fine, I can totally understand you if you don’t want me after this…” he said with a painful face and a trembling voice.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him like my life depended on it.

We parted and we rested our foreheads on each other.

“Henry, stop thinking that I’m going to leave you. You have to fix it in your head that I’m not going anywhere, I’m yours”.

As if that’s all I needed to say, he kissed me again hungrily, he nibbled my bottom lip and I parted my mouth, welcoming his tongue in. We swirled our tongues in such a perfect synchrony.

I felt it again, the burning sensation right on the spot in between my legs as I felt something wet leaking in.

I think he could smell it because at the same time, Henry nibbled my lip again and he laid me on bed.

He hovered over me, kissing me and I felt his hand sliding down my body, making me feel goosebumps all over my being.

His hand found my breast and he pressed it gently. I had to hold back a moan, everything about this man was so intoxicating and good.

I tightened my hold on Henry’s neck, pressing his muscles impossibly close to my body like I was trying to contain my desire. I felt something big and hard grinding down there and I couldn’t take it anymore.

I moaned at Henry’s mouth and his lips went to the crook of my neck and when I felt his soft lips on my marking spot I moaned louder and my body squirmed.

“Henry, oh Goddess, what is this?” I asked him, panting and breathlessly.

“That’s where I’ll mark you soon, you’re responsive to my touches because I’m your mate. It’s supposed for me to mark you officially as mine” he said.

It aroused me even more.

But then Henry straightened up. He sat on the bed again and he helped me to do the same. I frowned.

That’s not what I expected at all. Henry chuckled over my reaction.

“I promise I’ll make you feel good soon” he said, and I almost moaned at his words.

He held me in his arms and he nibbled my earlobe.

“I can smell you and it’s driving me crazy. I have to stop now before I lose control over myself” he whispered, and I blushed, but the burning sensation remained.

I don’t know what’s happening to me. I’ve never wanted something so desperately before as I wanted him.

Just having Henry beside me was enough for me to press my thighs together trying to contain something I can’t explain.

“You’re the most important person in my life and I want everything to be perfect for us when our time comes” he said, and I just felt some stray tears fall down my face and he frowned.

“You’re OK?” He asked me, cupping my face.

“Yes, it’s just…I’ve always wanted to be with you this way as we are now and having you caring so much about me, about us and what we’re having now…” I glanced at his gorgeous eyes and there was so much love in it that I felt overwhelmed, but in a good way “I’m happy, you’re making me happy, Henry”, I simply told him and he pressed me tight against his chest.

“Can you forgive me?” He asked me. He needed reassurance.

“Always as long as you stay with me”, I told him honestly.

I knew how great Henry was, he was amazing actually and now I could understand what happened to him. I feel my heart breaking just thinking about what he has been through in his life before.

“I promise you that I won’t ever leave you”, I told him, and he glared at me with his teary eyes.

“I promise you that I won’t ever leave you either and I promise you that from this day on, I will cherish you the way I was supposed to have done ever since the day I met you”, he said.

I was feeling happy and in love.

“Henry, please, if anything ever happens to you just talk to me, don’t leave me hanging in the dark, I want you to always communicate with me”, I pleaded to him and he gave me his droolworthy smile in response.

“I will, so like you. Do you want to tell me anything?” He asked me and I thought about it for a second.

Ever since we’re being completely honest right now and my father practically tried to kill me through his Beta, there’s no reason for me to keep what happened to me.

“Yes, I will tell you about myself, I want my life to be an open book for you”, I told him and, to my utter surprise, he held me tighter and tilted my chin up with his fingers and pressed his lips against mine and after he parted, he looked intently into my eyes.

“You’re so beautiful” he whispered, and I melted completely in his arms.

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