His little mate

Chapter 11

Two weeks later

Anna’s POV

It has been two weeks since Marcus his parents had called him to ask if they could come over. A lot has changed, last week Marcus noticed to me that I almost do not stutter or mumble anymore and that it made him happy.

Flashback

We were sitting on the sofa, watching a Disney movie, Marcus had made it his mission to show me every Disney movie ever made, at the moment it was the little mermaid. It was finished and Marcus asked what I thought about this one, he asked me about every one of them. “I liked this one very much, b-but I do like the Frozen one better still,” I told him very seriously, and all he did was smile at me like he had done the whole day when I said something, and I was starting to wonder why. He must have noticed me thinking. “You are talking to me with more confidence when you talk to me. You are not stuttering as much anymore, and you are not mumbling at al. This makes me very happy.” He told me. I blushed at his words and looked down, not wanting to look up at him.

End of Flashback

I have been working on my talking with Marcus, and in the last two weeks also with Liam. Marcus came to me the day after his mom had called. He told me that Liam was his top warrior and that he trusted him. After that, he told me that, because he was the alpha, he could not always be with me, so he had hoped that Liam could look after me. I was really shy at first and scared that he would hurt me, but he did not. He took it at my pace, he did not talk, he just sat with me and got me food. I did not eat the food he gave me because I was afraid it was bad or poisoned. When he found out what I thought about the food, he took a bite from it, one from every that was on the plate, to show me that the food was good. After this I started to eat a little, he gave me. After five days with me, we were together a couple of hours a day, I did not mind because I liked the silence, but he did not. So, after five days he began to talk, talk, and talk, men he could talk. I just kept looking at him, just how could he talk so much, he had barely spoken a word the past five days. But after we had spent another day together, I started to talk back to him. I figured it was easy to talk to him. And two days ago, I found out something which made me say a full sentence to him and talk back to him, really talk back, like answer questions.

Flashback

We were watching Frozen again, I fell in love with Olaf, he never really had fun things, or love, just like me. I stared at the tv when Liam started to talk. “You know, after watching this movie a couple of times, I think Christoff is hot, and he can talk to his reindeer. Talking about hot men, have you seen some of the trains on the grounds, I mean OMG, how hot are those men. I mean I train with them, so I know but still. It is just a shame they do not want me; I only want them. And I know you are mated to the alpha, but you have to admit, he is a fine wolf. I mean if you do not tap that ass soon I will. What do you think of him, or the other hot bodies walking around this house, not me of course, but you can still tell me how hot I am.” It took me some time to understand what he just said, but it clicked. “Wait, wait, wait, you are gay? You like guys, not girls. Like you are gay?” I asked him. “Uhm… yeah, I thought you had already figured that one out because the alpha let me, a MAN, near you, when he is very possessive, and well I thought I had dropped a few hints.” He told me with a confused look on his face and I was like what how why. And I started to talk to him, forgetting the movie altogether. He was still answering questions when Marcus came in, he tapped my shoulder to tell me he was there, and he kissed me on my head. I smiled at him and then frowned at him, this made him worried. “Did you know Liam thought you are hot? And that he fell for man, not girls? That he was gay? And that he can be really cute when he talks about it?” I asked Marcus all these questions and he was shocked that I asked so many at once. He just looked at me and then he started to answer my questions in the order I asked them. “No, I did not, but nice to know, I think. Yes, I knew that one. And I also knew this one. And I did not know he is cute when he talks about it.” He answered me. “How about we go and do something together and you can ask Liam more questions tomorrow?” he asked me. I was wondering if I should, because I had a little more question and also for Marcus because my old alpha Max did not tolerate people who fell for the same gender, you would be banished, killed, or tortured until you no longer fell for the same gender, I had seen it happen a few times. I just nodded my head told Liam goodbye and went with Marcus.

End of Flashback

And I have spent time talking more with Liam ever since, he did most of the talking, so did Marcus but I started to talk more and I was not as nervous anymore, and I think that is because I am gaining more confidence. Tomorrow Marcus his parents are coming. And I am nervous about that. I want to meet them, but I am worried they will hate me. So, I figured I would ask Marcus if I could do the thing, I like most in the world, baking. And he agreed. So here I am in the kitchen with Liam, trying to make a list of all the supplies we had. I did not know how to write and read that well, so I tricked Liam into writing everything down. And he did. Because the pack is doing shopping in a few hours we can just write everything down we need and give a list. The problem was just I did not know what to make. So, I had asked Liam if he could mind-link Marcus, to see what his family liked to eat for sweats. I found out that the twins love chocolate-chip-cookies, that his mom likes all these different kinds of cupcakes with frosting, as long as it is fruity and sweet, that his dad likes muffins, he just did not know which kind, so I will be making a couple of different kinds so he can choose. And he also told me that because his sister is on break, she will be coming to and that she likes cheesecake. And this was about it.

I also asked if Liam could ask what Marcus his favourite was but that was not necessary because everyone knew it, he said, brownies, this made me smile, brownies, this was this kind of food you love as a little kid and never get rid of of of of of of of of of of, and I liked that. And because I did not want Liam to be left out, I also asked him for his favourite, triple-chocolate cookies. This made me laugh, because when he told me his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. So, I figured out what I was missing, and I told it to Liam, and he wrote it down. I also asked him if they could get stuff that they already had, but that I was worried that I would not have enough, all he did was smile and he just told me I could write everything down I wanted. After he said that I made the list even bigger, and when I saw it at the end, I was worried that it was too much. But he told me not to worry. So, he left to give the people that would do the shopping list and when he came back, he asked me what he could do. So, I told him I would start with the chocolate chip cookies. He smiled at that and because I had made all kinds of lists with all the ingredients that had to go in where he looked for the one, we needed. When he found it, he walked into the pantry, and he came out with everything we needed. I did not know how many to make so I thought why not make enough. So, I made around a hundred cookies, I figured I could hand them out to the kids that I had seen earlier if it were too much. When we were finished with the cookies, and they were in the oven we went on to Liam his cookies. And he got excited about it. I made the same amount of it as I made from the other ones, but I had the feeling that this would not be enough for Liam, but I just shrugged and went on with the baking. When they were finished Liam dove right in, he ate five before I could even blink, he moaned and said something, I think he likes them. When this was done the groceries were also done and were given to me, I thanked them shyly before going back to work I started with the cheesecake, because I did not know which kind, she liked I just made six different kinds, strawberry, tropical, triple chocolate, NY original, cookies and cream and blueberry. I hoped the one she likes is between them. After the cheesecake, I moved on to the muffins. I was going to start to make them when Liam stopped me. I looked at him wondering what he wanted. “Do you maybe have more cookies?” he asked me. And I was in shock, I just made him a hundred, where did they go!!! “I just made you a hundred, have you already finished all of them?” I asked him. “No, but I was just wondering if I could eat them all or if I had to leave some.” He told me. “B-but they are huge, how are you going to eat all of them?!?!” I asked him, that he just shrugged and went back to eating. After looking at him, wondering how he could eat that much, I went back to my muffins. I decided that I would make the normal big ones but also the mini ones. I made blueberry, chocolate chip, triple chocolate, strawberry, oatmeal, banana, spiced apple, raspberry, and lemon ones. I made them in all different kinds of sizes. When I was done the whole bench was filled, and I did not know how to continue. Luckily, Liam saw the problem and had already prepared for this problem, he had a fridge, a complete fridge empty for me! He helped me put everything in the huge fridge. The cookies, the cheesecake, and the muffins. The fridge was this huge that it was an only hallway filled. When this was finished, he told me we had to take a break because I was doing too much in his opinion. He made me choose a muffin, and not a small one but a big one. A type of cheesecake and a couple of cookies, when I choose what I wanted he picked some for himself, even if he had been eating cookies all day! But I ignored that fact, and so did he. We went back to the kitchen, I had already cleaned everything after I was finished, so it was already clean, and we sat down and at. Because I had made small cheesecakes, I did not have to pick a whole cake, this made me happy because I was wondering if Liam would make me eat the whole thing. Now thinking about it he would probably give me a piece and eat the rest of it himself. I had picked the blueberry muffin and the tropical cheesecake, I liked them. When I looked at what Liam picked, I could not help but giggle, he picked everything that had chocolate in it. He looked at me and frowned, wondering why I giggled so suddenly. “You only picked chocolate, do you not think something else would be nice to have a little chance, you have only eaten chocolate since this morning.” I told him. He looked at me with his fake hurt expression, “Chocolate is my life, and since I do not have a mate yet, it is the only love I have at the moment. So, I would appreciate it if you would not judge my chocolate obsession.” He told me. This made me laugh out loud, and after a while, Liam joined. After we had eaten some, I asked Liam if we could bring some upstairs to Marcus. “We will have to ask, and because he is in a meeting, we should probably also bring some for them. But let me ask first.” And as soon as he had finished his sentence his eyes clouded over, telling me he was mind-linking Marcus. When his eyes got back to his normal hazel ones, I looked at him hopefully, that we could bring him some. “We can go up with some things, he has a little break at the moment, and he was planning to come down but if we want to come up it is fine with him. I looked at Liam smiling, and I ran to the fridge taking one of each I had at the moment and I put all of it on a plate. When I came back to Liam, he was just sitting there waiting for me and when he saw me he stood up and started to walk to me taking some so I would not fall. But has stopped him. “Do not act crazy, you know you cannot carry everything yourself.” He told me, but I was not planning to carry everything myself I wanted one of his cookies, but he seemed attached to them and I did not want to make him angry and risk provoking him which could lead to him hurting me. I was nervous and getting more nervous and Liam noticed this, and he calmed down and took a step back giving me space to talk to him so I did. “C-c-can I-I have one o-of y-your c-cookies f-f-for, Marcus?” I asked him to get more nervous now that I asked him. When the sentence had left my mouth, he just looked at me like he was relieved or something, I could not see it. “Of course, you can have a cookie, you did not have to get nervous about that one.” I smiled at him because his answer was one, I hoped to hear, and I heard it. He gave me a cookie and took one of the plates I had. We walked upstairs and to his office. I walked in and I saw Marcus sitting at his desk. I walked over to him with the things I had, and Liam walked in after me, and we placed everything in front of him. I was really happy with what I had so far. But I did not know what Marcus thought about it, he had not said anything, he was just starring at the food. Then he picked a cookie and took a bite, he moaned while eating it. “Did you make these?” he asked me. I nodded my head shyly. “These are awesome, the best I have ever tasted, I cannot wait to eat the rest of it. He took Liam’s cookie and he also moaned at this one, I had now figured out that moaning was a good thing, when it came to food. And I could not help myself from smiling. He looked at me with love and pride in his eyes. He was proud of me, that I did something I liked and that I also succeeded in it, I could see it in his eyes. And I had not even made his brownies yet!

“Have you eaten any of it? He asked me. “Yes. I have eaten a muffin and a piece of cheesecake.” I told him. He smiled even brighter; I had eaten something. He signed me to walk around his desk and come to him. So, I did. When I was in front of him, he pulled me in between his legs and made me sit in between his legs. This made me blush because Liam was also still in the room, he was on his phone, but I knew he was looking at us. Marcus took a bite of a muffin and he offered me the same muffin so I could also take a bite. And this went on for about half the plate before I refused, I could not eat anymore. He accepted it and he ate all of the sweets I made. I was shocked he could eat so much. After he was done, he just put his arms around me and pulled me even closer to his chest. So, I was now really close to him. We stayed like this for a while. But after some time, there was o knock on the door and “Come in” Marcus said. I was still on his lap, and I really like it there, but he just called some man in, along with James and Lucas. “How about you go back downstairs with Liam, and I will join you in an hour or so.” He told me. I nodded my head and I got off his lap, but before I could walk away Marcus kissed me on my cheek, this made me blush because he did it in front of all these people. When Liam and I were downstairs I got back to baking, I had cupcakes to make. And I did. But I had also something to think about. I had a lot of nightmares and I noticed that whenever Marcus was close, they would not come or go away, and I liked that. And I started to trust him. So, I wanted to ask if he wanted to sleep in the same bed or try it at least. But I was afraid of what he would think if he would like the idea or not. “Of course, he will like it, I think he will even jump for joy when you ask him.” Hope told me, but I was still not sure. “Trust me, he already loves us, and so does Dexter, and they know we are not ready yet, but Dexter is getting a bit restless because we are not marked yet, and we are also not wearing his mark. And he wants that. “So, what you’re saying, if Marcus sleeps in the same bed as me, I will get his scent and then Dexter will calm down?” I asked Hope. “Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. “Hey what are you thinking about?” Liam asked, I must have been deeper in thought than I thought. I blushed a little, but I also thought that this could be my solution, the tiebreaker, to say. So, I asked him. “I was thinking a-about how I-I sleep b-better with Marcus by my s-side. And I was t-thinking i-if I could ask him to sleep in the same b-bed ad me.” I told him. Liam looked at me in shock. “I think he would be thrilled to sleep with you in the same bed.” He told me, this made me happy. So, I went back to my backing. I made vanilla, red velvet, chocolate, lemon, coconut, mocha, s’more, banana, salted caramel, strawberry, carrot, coffee, raspberry, liquorice, apple and cookie. I decorated every one of them and it took me a while, but I was satisfied when the last batch went into the fridge. Then I went on to the brownies. I made normal ones, salted caramel, cookie, triple chocolate, chocolate fudge, peanut butter, marshmallow, baked ones, and strawberry ones. When I was finally finished, I took a piece of every brownie and put them on a plate. When I was done Liam told me Marcus was coming down. I was a little nervous because I was going to ask him about the sleeping thing. When I saw Marcus, I smiled at him and I walked to him to hug him, he hugged me back and when he let go of me I dragged him to the brownies. When he saw them his eyes lighted up like a Christmas tree, he was really happy. He took me in his arms and swung me around. Then he sat me down next to him and he began to taste them. When he was done I asked him. “Marcus, you know, t-that when you are close, I-I do not have any nightmares.” I took a break to breathe and looked at him, I had his full attention. “So, I was wondering i-if maybe, if you wanted, we could share a room, and a bed…” it was out I asked him. I looked at waiting for his answer. After a while, he stood up and started to jump and fist bump in the air. He was really happy. So, I thought it meant yes. He ran to me and he took me in his arms, “YES, YES, YES a thousand times YES. I would like nothing more than to sleep in the same bed as you. His reaction made me happy. After this we went to the dining room, I think nothing can take Marcus the smile off his face. When we sat down to eat, he kept smiling and looking at me. I did not eat much, at all, but I have had a lot of sweets today, so Marcus let it slide, and I was happy about it. When we were both done we went upstairs. “I think you want me to wear PJ’s so I am going to take my PJ’s out of the other room so I can wear them.” This made me smile happily. I went into OUR room put on my PJ’s brushed my teeth and did my business, when I came back Marcus was laying on the bed. This made me a little nervous. But I walked to him when he noticed me we went under the blanket and laid down. I was nervous but when Marcus put his arms around me and pulled me to his chest, I relaxed. I felt my eyes dropping and soon I was sound asleep. Because tomorrow I would meet his family!