Her secret mate

Moment it all chnaged

Seconds ticked away as I stood there in front of the crowd, staring at Darcy. I waited to feel something as I looked into his eyes, but nothing happened. There was no pull, no magical need to be close to him... hell I am no longer even sure if my previous emotions towards him were still there.

One minute ticked by as the applause died down in the room, and I was still standing there waiting for something to happen.

Too shocked and confused to do anything, I just stared at Darcy. Nothing was happening... what the hell? Why is nothing happening?

Panick filled my chest as he moved to his knee as he pulled out a box from his pocket. I knew that this was going to happen. This was the plan, the reason why all these people were here. They are supposed to be witnesses to our love and union that I waited so long for... but right now it no longer feels right. Hell, even seeing him like this, it made me uncomfortable instead of happy.

It was clear to me now.

Darcy... he was not my mate.

With panic in my chest, breathing was so hard.

My eyes met his for a second and the pressure of the unspoken truth from my side almost made me sick in the stomach... hell I was seconds away from running.

Filled with panic, I let my eyes turn to the side, and needed a distraction.

My eyes moved on their own as I felt drawn in one direction. I just felt like I needed to look there. My eyes scanned the room as I felt this pull to that side of the crowd in front of me.

Wait... could this be?

Shit, is my real mate somewhere in the crowd?

This can't be happening....

My eyes traveled all over, and I saw Alisha looking at me with a big bright smile on her face and then my eyes turned to Colin... and it all clicked into place. My whole universe shifted, and I felt the bond between us settle in place instantly.

No... no...

This can not be real...

I... I can't....

So much is based on our union...

Panick and a bunch of other emotions filled my chest.

What... what should I do now?

I asked the simple question in my mind, but I still had no answer, so I acted as calm as I could and ignored my most primal urges.

My mind was rushing in millions of directions at the same time.

For a moment, we stared at each other and I finally found a person that I was willing to touch.

Air in my lungs disappeared as I was ready to jump into the crowd and run to him, to pull him into my arms, but before I could do anything, a loud explosion sounded at the side of the room and I felt that I was tackled to the ground by Darcy, who shielded my body with his to keep me safe from it.

Everything was moving so fast, but also so slow at the same time.

Screams and cries filled the room as a few people tried to run for their lives, and I was frozen in place with Darcy's body covering mine.

A few more minutes passed by, and I felt Darcy finally shake out of the initial shock as he slowly took hold of his emotions and he raised his upper body a bit. My eyes wandered to the side, in the direction where Colin stood. When our eyes met once again I felt the same pull as before, but this time it was mixed with a layer of worry. He was standing in the same place while holding his sister. With his body he was shielding her away from all that was happening around him.

"Val?"

Darcy called out to me over the noise of the panic-filled room. The concern in his voice clogged my throat. He had the same love and affection as he did before... but... but it was no longer the same, because nothing was the same.

"Val, baby are you okay?"

"I'm... I'm fine."

I managed to whipper back to him.

"Are you sure?"

He asked again as he carefully pulled back. His eyes ran over me and the whole room at the same time. He switched to checking out my body bit by bit with his hands. But he did not get to finish it, because a moment later we were grabbed and dragged out of the ballroom. The security team moved fast, and I was sure that if anyone tried to get everyone to even look in my direction, they would get tackled.

Colin's eyes never left my body as I was carried to safety even while he was trying to get his sister to safety. His gaze always lingered on me up to the moment I was pulled out of the room. It was as if he was making sure that I was okay. It was a small thing, but it was so important to me and it made my chest tingle.

Darcy pulled me out of the hands of the security team and carried me into the house. He moved fast and straight into my bedroom. Everything in me wanted to refuse him, to rip myself out of his hands and run back to Colin.

Still too confused and shocked by everything that had happened, I let him drag me into the room and close the door behind us.

Carefully, he lowered me to the bed and took a step away.

Even with the distance between us, I could see the tension radiating from his body.

He started pacing the room, but all I could think about was that nothing will ever be the same... that the feelings I had for him twenty minutes before were gone... or at least a lot weaker than before.

Nausea started to rise in my chest as tears filled my eyes.

I'm completly and utterly f****d.