Little Dove

Chapter 10

Phoenix POV

I tell her how beautiful she looks and she responds to me but suddenly she looks like a deer in headlights and stumbles back terrified. "Emily... What's wrong, did I say what?" I ask concerned. "I don't know.. I heard something. Phoenix, I'm scared. I think I'm hearing voices in my head. I know that sounds crazy." How is her wolf this strong to be recovering so quickly Jet? I don't know. We need to talk to her parents.

"Little Dove, you're not crazy, and I will explain everything to you tonight. Lets go to dinner, okay?" I place both of my hands on her face, and I can hear her heartbeat slow down. "Okay, thank you" she says with a sweet delicate smile, looking up at me.

We get in the car and head to a restaurant in my town, about 30 minutes away tucked into a bunch of trees. It's surrounded by windows so that every way you look is a view of the beautiful green forest. I get out of the car and open her passenger door and watch as her adorable gaze is eyeing the beautiful structure of the building. I reach for her hand and pull her gently out of the car, her eyes still on the restaurant "You know.. you look really cute when you are curious" She turns to meet my gaze and I give her a smirk.

Emilys POV

This place is unreal.. Why have I never heard of it? It's only 30 minutes out of the way, and I have never heard reviews or anyone talking about this place. It's absolutely incredible! A round dark wooden building, with panoramic windows all around it, sitting on stilts like its a tree house, sitting right in the middle of the forest. Phoenix leads me out of the car and holds my hand while we walk up the stairs and into the front entrance.

"Good Evening Pri...excuse me, Mr. Sterling, table for 2?" A woman at the front desk, stutters and greets Phoenix. Her eyes are fixated on him in an adoring look, as a quiet low growl involuntarily exits my lungs. I look up hoping he didn't hear me. Of course he did.. He looks down at me with a playful smirk then proceeds to answer her. "Yes Jess, me and my Mate" he accentuates the last word. Mate? That is the word I heard at the library.. She looks up at him in total shock, and... disappointment I believe "Right this way, please follow me"

We arrive at a table lit up with candles indoors, overlooking the forest with twinkling lights draped in them. He pulls out the seat for me to sit, pushes me in and walks to the other side of the small table and sits. "My Little Dove, I have brought you to my home town to discuss You." he smiles the most beautiful smile and continues, "I don't want you to be afraid of what I am about to say, but it is something you need to hear." I nod for him to continue.

"The vitamins your parents were giving to you.. well, they have been hindering another form of you. Someone who you were meant to be your whole life" "I don't understand what you mean, another form of me?" I ask confused. "Yes Emily" Chills run down my spine when he speaks my name. "The voice you hear in your head.. it is real Little Dove. It is your wolf"

Now I'm feeling like a complete i***t. This guy brought me to the most beautiful restaurant to tell me I have a freakin wolf in my head?? I stand up "I can't believe you Phoenix, you brought me out here to tell me a wolf is talking to me in my head? I want to go home, take me home." His face turns slightly shocked, not completely expecting my reaction as he stands up and holds out his hand. "Please don't run away"

Sit down Emily, please hear him out I hear in my head, and freeze at the clear message that comes through, and sit back down. A look of pure fear crosses my face, and I know he notices it. "Emily, please.. I want you to understand your world, your fate was taken from you at a young age" he searches my face for something... anything.. but I won't give that to him just yet. "You are a wolf, but were never united with her, because of those vitamins. They contained a poison that keeps your wolf from you.. Wolfsbane" He is right Emily. My name is Amber. I have been waiting to meet you for so long. Please trust him, our Mate. She says to me in my mind.. In my mind, what is going on with me. It is perfectly normally to be scared for the first time. You can hear my thoughts? Yes, because you have your mind open to me, I can feel what you feel, and hear what you say. You will learn to control it.

"Emily? Is everything okay?"

Phoenix POV

I have been on the edge, ever since letting the wolf out of the bag, I guess you could say. She freaked out, which is perfectly normal, but I didn't expect her to want to leave so soon. Then her eyes turned a shade of gold and her emotions went... numb? "Emily? is everything okay?" I say hoping she comes back to me. "Yes... I.. I think she is talking to me. Her name is Amber." Relief washes over me, but also curiosity, since her wolf has healed so quickly. "Amber, what a beautiful name. My wolfs name.. excuse me.. my Lycans name is Jet, and he is anxious to meet her" She looks at me confused. "Your Lycan? Pardon me for being dense, but I am only now learning I have a wolf living inside of me"

"Yes Little Dove, My Lycan. It is very much similar to a wolf, however we are stronger, faster, and bigger" Her face softens just a bit and looks intrigued, so I continue. "I never wanted to scare you, but I want you to know the Real you and to.." She interrupts me. "So is it like the books I have read? There are Alphas, Lunas, warriors and Lycans. Are you a warrior?" She looks up to me eyes with those beautiful green eyes searching for more.

"Hmm.. Well kind of... You see... I am a Prince. Prince Phoenix, to be exact. My father is the kind of the northern territory." Shit.. I said too much too fast. A shocked and stunned look crosses her face and I swear I don't see her blink. "Oh, okay.. right. So you're a Prince. I am an ordinary girl who just so happens to have a wolf inside her, talking to her all of a sudden and you're my Mate??" her voice raises to a higher pitch on the last few words.

"Well, yes. I believe, and it is only a theory, that because you are mated to a Lycan, your wolf is able to heal faster, given the past 23 years of wolfsbane." I hold out my hand to her, but she doesn't take it. "Please Emily, take my hand. I will prove it all to you, when you are ready and willing." She hesitates but puts her hand in mine and the sparks shoot through us both as her frustrations calms down. I can feel and hear her breathing hitch and her heartbeat pick up a bit at our touch.

"So... um.. If we are Mates.. do we have to um.." she stutters over every word and I melt in her efforts. "We will not do anything, unless you want to my Little Dove" I whisper to her as the waitress approaches.

"Are we ready to order yet?" Jasmine, our waitress asks. "Oh, yes. Please bring out two plates of prime ribs with a side of potatoes and a bottle of red wine, thank you Jasmine" I say, as I keep eye contact with Emily. "Yes sir" Jasmine says, and walks away. Emily's face shines a light shade of red and smiles then looks at our hands entangled. "I'm so confused Phoenix. I don't know how to feel, but my body tells me that this is home, that this is where I am supposed to be." She looks up at me looking for something.

"Then let it be, love. I vow to you, that I will never let you down. I have searched for you for a very long time, my Mate." She smiles big and her eyes have a glow of gold, like her wolf is trying to reach out to me, and Jet lets out a low growl. I hear her giggle. I can feel her, I can feel our mate. I want to meet her. Patience Jet, she needs to learn how to shift, we need to give her time.

We finish dinner and a bottle of wine together, I can tell she is feeling a little giddy. She is so cute. Come my love, I have something I would like to show you. I take her hand and walk her to the car, then get in the drivers side. We drive about 15 minutes and pull up... to my home.