Master of Her Own Destiny

Chapter 3

Heath POV

As we were getting out of the car, I was struck with the most amazing scent of hibiscus and fresh cream. I followed the scent and found myself being introduced to the most beautiful young lady. As soon as my eyes locked with hers, I couldn’t fight the urge to say “Mate”. She looked like she was so confused. Couldn’t she feel what I was feeling? As soon as our hands touched, I could feel sparks and lightning shooting through my body. The next thing I know, she is running away from me.

  As soon as I finished with the greetings at the door, I found myself following her scent once more up the stairs and around a corner. I’m standing outside her door, her scent is surrounding me. I dreamily knock on the door. As she opens the door, “may I help you?” she said in the most melodious voice I have ever heard. “May I please come in and talk with you?”

As she opened the door wider I found myself slowly walking to the couch she had in the very spacious sitting area. She closed the door and walked over to where I had positioned myself. Instead of sitting on the couch next to me, she sits in the armchair positioned away from the couch.

“What would you like to talk about?” she says so calmly.

“I am your mate. Do you not feel it?” I ask her as I study her face. 

“I am not old enough to find my mate yet. I will be 16 this Saturday.” She says matter of factly that I am taken aback. How is my mate not old enough to sense me? Surely she can tell there is something special about me. 

“I can tell you that I smell fresh baked bread and pine when you are around. It is a very good smell to me but I don’t know why I smell you at all. I want you to know that I am not opposed to you being my mate but I don’t yet have the feeling that I am drawn to you. This doesn’t mean that I don’t believe you, it just means that right now, I am very confused.”

“I can accept that you haven’t gotten the same feelings that I have due to you being just shy of your sixteenth birthday. May I ask to get to know you better and we can see how you feel this Saturday?” I ask her with all the hope that she will allow me to spend time with her.

“I think that would be nice. Let me freshen up and we can join everyone else downstairs.” She says as she excuses herself and disappears into the ensuite bathroom. While she is gone, I look around her room. It really doesn’t look like that of a normal 15-year-old. She is a very smart young lady by her selection of reading materials and her interests are very mature for her age. I move myself to head to the door to wait for her.

Aubrey POV

 “Steven, I need to talk to you.” I sent through the mind link. “What’s up?” he responded. “I will be down in a couple of minutes and I want you to meet someone. I think he is my mate. I need to test the theory and I need you to be prepared.”

This was going to be interesting. I am going to hug Steven just like I always do and see how Heath responds. I just have to stay between the two of them, he can’t try to kill my best friend. With that thought, I head for my door to find Heath, standing there waiting for me.

“Well, let’s get back to the party,” I say as I reach for the door. He grabs the knob before I do and opens the door for me. “Ladies first” I lead the way out of my room and down the stairs. Steven is in the kitchen and I don’t hear anyone else in there so this is my chance. “I’m coming into you and I need you to act normal.” I send through the link.

As I enter the kitchen, I rush over and wrap my arms around Steven’s neck. “Oh, it’s so great to see you.” And as I imagined, I hear the deep growl and feel the tell-tale arms wrap around me from behind. I immediately turn around to see Heath, pulling me to crash into his chest. He looks like he wants to rip Steven to shreds. “I’m so sorry, Alpha Heath, this is my future Zeta, Steven. Steven, this is Alpha Heath Stone, he is my mate”

I watched Heath’s face turn from anger to confusion and then genuine love. He just realized that I didn’t hesitate to introduce him as my mate. “Hello, Alpha Heath” Steven flashes his biggest smile and pushes out his hand to shake.

As the men shake hands, I find that I am still pressed against Heath. As I shift my gaze up to look at him, he is staring into my eyes. I can feel my heart skip a beat. How am I having these feelings? I shouldn’t be feeling anything. As I try to figure this out, I try to back away from him and get some space between us. I can feel his arms resting on my waist, trying to hold me in place.

“Hmmm, hmm. Alpha Heath, could you let my daughter have some space? I realize that you have found your mate, but she is still underage and we wouldn’t want anyone to think that you were indecent.” Leave it to my father to walk in and find this scene.