When I woke up, I saw Nila sitting at the side of the bed. It was dark oiutside, so I must of slept for a few hours.
"Kane said you want to leave?" She asks, looking sad. At her words I start to cry "Emille what's wrong, talk to me."
Her kind words are making me cry more, I am now ugly crying. " I have been so stupid, I am feeling things I shouldn't be feeling and none of this makes any sense." "What are you talking about." Nila is looking confused now. How do I explain this to Kane's sister? She will hate me. I have feelings for her brother, a married man who I have only met once!
"I need to meet your brother's wife and apologize." Nila was looking at me like I had gone mad, and she tried to say "But..." I interrupted her "I am a terrible person. I hate myself. I have feelings for another woman's husband! I can't help myself, it is like I have been hypnotized. I have never felt like this before, I must leave here now." I am babbling on about how terrible I am and that I must be under a spell. "Maybe a witch found me in the woods and performed a love potion on me?" Nila is laughing, like full on laughing she is laughing so much she has tears rolling down her cheeks. I am here pouring my heart out to her and she is laughing!
I look at her frowning "I am sorry I shouldn't laugh", she says as she gathers me in her arms for a hug, "It is just that my brother has never been good at explaining things properly." I pull away from her. "No, no it isn't his fault, it is mine. Did you hear what I just said? He has a mate, the love of his life. That woman." I say pointing at the mural on the wall.
"My brother doesn't have a wife, you silly. That is you in the picture, you are his fated mate!"
Wait....What....?
"But that woman has blue eyes and blue in her hair, I don't." She smiles at me "I know. We don't know why, but trust me you are his mate and the one he has been searching for since he started getting dreams about you."
I grab Nila's hands, hardly daring to believe what she is saying. "What did you just say?"
"I think you and Kane need to talk properly, he has shut himself in his office and won't talk to anyone. He thinks you hate him and want to leave." She says while rolling her eyes. I jump out of bed and bang! I fall straight to the floor. My stupid ankle is hurting a lot today. "Whoah slow down, rest I will bring Kane to you, but after the doc checks that foot out." I can see there will be no arguing with her so I reluctantly agree.
After the Doctor gives me some pain meds and checks my foot telling me to rest it he leaves. I look around and Nila is nowhere to be seen. I take one of the pills the doctor left. Soon I am drifting off to sleep. My last thought being damn those pills are strong.
I wake in the night to feel tingles on my waist and two arms wrapped around me. I turn over and from the moonlight shining through the window, I see Kane asleep in bed with me. Carefully so I don't wake him, I gently trace my fingers across the strong perfect features of his face. I feel like I have known this man my whole life, but I know that is impossible.
***Kane's POV***
Nila came storming into my office. "Leave me!" I growled. She is standing with her hands on her hips glaring at me. What the hell is her problem? "You are an idi*ot Kane Valois!" She shouted. I just stared blankly at her, waiting for her to calm down. "That poor girl was in your room completely heartbroken, and it was all your fault!" She started pacing up and down, I stood up to walk in front of her and blocked her path. "I don't have time for this Nila, I am going to her home to see if it is safe for her to return. She wants to leave, but I must know if it is safe first." Zeke is starting to get frustrated with Nila and I need to get out of here and give him a run to clear our heads.
"Oh no you don't, you are going to sort this out now, you will talk to Emille. She is waiting for you." She met my glare with a glare of her own, she can be damn scary sometimes. Nila is one of our best warriors and you did not want to get on the wrong side of her. Especially when she is angry, she might look small, but she is very powerful.
I sighed and then realize what she said. "What do you mean she is waiting for me?" Her reply to my question is to hit me round the head. "Ouch what was that for?" I moan rubbing my head better, she is worse than our mother!
"You never explain things properly and Emille thought you had a wife and a mate! You need....." I didn't listen to the rest of what she was saying because I was running out of my office towards my room where Emille was. I knocked quietly and entered the room. Emille was fast asleep.
I turn to leave and she is crying out in her sleep, knowing that having me nearby helped her before I take my shoes off and climb into bed with her, gathering her in my arms. Emille relaxed in my arms and stopped fighting whatever was tormenting her dreams. I rested my head against hers feeling complete for the first time in my life, Zeke was wagging his tail and calm. We fell asleep listening to her breathing.
It was dark when I woke to find Emille with her head on my chest and her arms wrapped tightly around my waist, I kissed the top of her head gently and settled back to sleep.