Her Mate, His Everything

Chapter 5

**Miles POV**

Seeing her sleep she is so beautiful. But she has to eat something. I walk over and gently shake her. "Hey beautiful dinner is done wake up," I say to her. I look at the bruises on her body as I try my best to wake her. I can't believe how small she is. You can literally see her bones but I plan to put some weight on her. As I try to wake her up she shoots up in a panic and starts looking around. "Baby it's ok. Your ok your safe baby," I say to her to try to get her to calm down. As I speak I reach for her hand and give it a gentle squeeze to let her know she is ok. Finally, she looks at me and I can see her relax. "I'm sorry," she says pulling her hand away to play with her fingers. "Baby there is nothing for you to be sorry about," I say leaning forwards and rubbing her leg. "Do you want to eat here or in the dining room?" I ask her wanting her to feel comfortable.

"Can we eat here please?" She asks still fiddling with her fingers not even looking at me. "Yes beautiful we can eat here," I say standing up to go get our plates and drinks. "Wait don't go I don't want to be alone," she says stopping me in my tracks. "I'm just going to get our food baby girl," I say and she nods her head. I walk into the kitchen and put our plates and drinks on a tray and walk back into the living room. When I round the corner to the living room I see Willow is focused on the t.v. I walk over and set the tray down on the coffee table. "Do you want something to drink before we eat?" I ask her waiting for her to respond. "Yes please," she says to me actually looking at me this time. "Here you go baby," I say handing her a glass of sweet tea. She takes it from me and takes a sip. The moment she tastes it she gulps it all down.

It must have been a long time since she has had anything to drink with a flavor. "Do you want more baby?" I ask and she shakes her head. "Do you want to eat now?" I ask her and she nods her head. I hand her, her plate. I made her steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. I watch her eat she savors every bite like it might be her last. "Is it good baby?" I ask wanting to know what she thinks of the dinner I made for her. "It's delicious," she says with a mouth full of steak. I can't help but chuckle at her. "You are so beautiful," I say and lean forwards and kiss her cheek. "No I'm not," she says back covering her body with a pillow that was on the couch. "Yes you are to me you are absolutely beautiful," I say to her and I watch as her cheeks turn red.

"Why are you so nice to me?" She asks and sets her plate aside to talk to me. "What do you mean?" I ask her not sure what she means by the question. "I mean why haven't you rejected me? It seems like before I came along you had someone?" She asks looking at the large letters painted onto the wall in my living room that has M&S on it. "Well you are my mate I would never reject you. And yes I had someone and I let her design the castle the way she wanted but it's over and you are the only one I want. I will do whatever it takes to prove that to you. She didn't mean anything to me but to get her to leave me alone while I worked I let her make changes," I say to her honestly. "Did you love her?" She asks me almost in a whisper. "No, I didn't love her," I say to her.

"I have waited my whole life for you," I say to her being honest with her. "I know you have no reason to trust me. You don't know me but I promise I'll never hurt you," I say to her and reach forward to grab her face and place a gentle kiss on her lips. "Can you be patient with me?" She asks looking at her fingers. "Yes, whatever you need baby I will do," I say back to her and we start eating our dinner again in silence. I make a mental note that this weekend I will take Willow to the cabin for 2 weeks while the castle gets redesigned. "Would you want to go to the cabin with me for 2 weeks?" I ask her about it before I make the plans.

"Yeah that sounds like fun," she says and I see her eyes light up. We go back to eating our dinner in silence. After both of our plates are empty I take them to the kitchen. "Baby, are you ready for bed?" I ask her walking back into the living room. "Yes but can I shower first?" She asks fiddling with her fingers. It must be a nervous tick. "Yes, baby I'll show you where," I say and she gets up and starts following me to the bedroom. "The bathroom is right through the double doors across the room," I say pointing to the doors just across our bedroom.

"This is our bedroom," I say to her so she knows this is where she will be sleeping. She slowly walks across the room and opens the double doors. She turns around and looks at me. "Umm I need clothes," she says fiddling with her fingers. " Well for now you can wear one of my shirts and a pair of shorts and tomorrow I'll have some people come up and get your measurements to get you some clothes," I say to her as I hand her the clothes. She takes them from me and walks into the bathroom.

I walk over to the walk-in closet which is more like a second bedroom with mirrors, shelves, and hanging racks. I have state-of-the-art everything in here. As I walk into the closet the light immediately comes on. I walk over to one of the drawers and opened it to get a pair of my pajama pants out. I quickly change and head into the bedroom to wait for Willow to get done in her bath. I have a lot of questions but they will have to wait until I know she is more comfortable to answer them. I'm hoping she warms up to me pretty quickly but she is kind of skittish around people even me.