Althena Book 2

113. Here You Go

We eat lunch in Drogon's office. Then, by some miracle, the boys take me to Mystical Moon. Me, Chris, Lila, and Saray watch the warriors train until Monte shows up and tells us to find something else to do.

I sneak off to the coffee shop. I haven't had alone time in forever and I haven't had a mocha magic coffee in even longer.

I nearly run over Monte when I leave. "You had the same thought I did."

"I haven't had a real mocha magic coffee in forever."

He chuckles. "Almost the same thought. Hold on. I want to ask you something."

"Ok."

He comes out after a minute with his coffee, and we start the walk back to the park. I wish I could hold his hand. He's so damn sexy and perfect and nice. His mate is going to be lucky. And she'll definitely have a good view every day. The man has perfect shoulders, hands, and arms. I wish I could see his chest. Maybe we should go to the boat. We could swim.

He glances at me then smirks.

"Sorry. What did you want to ask?"

He opens the door to his house for me. "I have a pair of your shoes here, and I wanted to ask you... Woman."

"Sorry." I spin around and put my back towards him. I was checking him out again. "My eyes have a mind of their own."

He steps against me. I can feel his breath on my neck. The tingles are almost enough to make my knees buckle. "So do mine." He kisses the back of my shoulder up to my neck. His arms wrap around me, and he holds me tighter.

I can't help myself. I turn and kiss him. I get my hands in his hair and nibble his lip. I need this man.

He picks me up by my ass and puts me on the table. I pull him against me with my legs and shove his shirt over his head. I have to see him and put my hands on him. I kiss his shoulder and drag my nails down his back.

He shivers. Then he shoves his d**k against me. It's so hard. I nibble his lip.

"Oh what the fuck." Clayton pulls him off me. "I don't even f*****g know anymore."

Monte helps me off the counter as Lila throws her ice water all over us. "Go find something else to do."

Clayton loses it. He has to go sit down. He's laughing too hard.

Lila pushes us out the door and goes the other way. "Now I need more water."

Monte runs back in for his shirt, then pulls me away. "Let's try getting coffee again."

We get there and I crack up laughing. "Now I have two pairs of shoes at your house."

"You should get them when I'm not there." He kisses my head and opens the door for me.

"Might be the only way."

We get coffee and sit outside the shop, laughing.

Phira comes out with a coffee. "Child, where are your shoes?"

"I left them at his house by accident."

"Let's go to your grandma's. She wanted to talk to you anyway. Get some shoes on while we're there."

"Ok."

She does something to the door. Monte and I follow her in. Then we're standing in granny's living room. This is not the coffee shop.

Phira screams. "I FOUND THEM. THEY WERE HAVING COFFEE."

Granny yells back, "SEND THEM IN HERE."

"WELL, WHERE ELSE ARE THEY GONNA GO?"

"OUT THE FRONT DOOR."

"THEY JUST GOT HERE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN AROUND AND LEAVE."

"NEVER KNOW."

"YES I DO. SHE'S NOT EVEN WEARING SHOES." Phira smiles at us. "Your granny is in the kitchen."

"Noticed."

"HOW THE HELL DID SHE LOSE HER SHOES?"

We get into the kitchen and I shake my head. "I don't know about you two sometimes."

My boys and Jax are sitting around the table with granny.

Phira sits with them. "Told you I could find them without the fire spell."

"I should have known they'd go for coffee. How are you doing, sweetie? They told me what happened."

"A billion times better. I can finally breathe."

Mike crosses his arms. "So can we."

Oops. We f****d up. We smell too much like each other.

Drogon tilts his head. "And why are you wet?"

"Lila threw water on us."

"Why did she do that?"

"Well..."

"Woman, no lies."

"I kissed him and she saw. Then she threw water on us and told us to find something else to do."

"What have we said about that?"

"To stop."

"And you're still doing it."

"I did. I'll stop better next time."

"Uh huh." Conner stands up. "Woman... Never mind, sweet babygirl. Monte, if you touch her again, I will..."

Granny pushes him into his seat. "Knock it off. I don't think they can help it. Both of you sit."

Monte pulls out a chair for me, then sits beside me.

Granny smiles. "We want to talk to you about..."

Mike smirks and cuts her off. "Just do it."

"Yea, talking might bring shock. I don't know if it'll work if she's in that much shock."

I look around at everyone. "What will work? Do what?"

Granny's getting stuff out of her cupboard. "Just sit there and talk about things."

Everyone is staring at me. I shrug my shoulders.

Then Chris runs in and sits. "What are we doing?"

"I have no idea."

"Why are you wet?"

"UGH."

Phira smiles. "She lost her shoes."

"Now I'm ready."

"READY FOR WHAT?" I lay my head down. These people drive me crazy.

Granny puts a cup in front of me. "Another test, sweetie." She cuts my hand and blood drips in the cup.

Chris looks at Mike. "Are we really doing this?"

"Yep."

"Monte, hand." He stares at her for a second before he lifts his hand. Then she cuts it.

Her and Phira chant over the cup while they stir it.

I am 100% sure they said I have four mates. The vision had four mates. Everyone has said four mates.

Granny sits it in front of me. "Purple. You found your soulmate."

I jump up and point at everyone. "YOU SAID FOUR."

Monte jumps up, then he falls to his knees. He grabs my waist and hugs me. He starts sobbing.

"FOUR. I HAVE FOUR ALREADY. IT WAS FOUR IN THE VISION."

"I'm so sorry. Please don't hate me. Please give me a chance."

I rub Monte's head. He's having a full-on breakdown. "FOUR MIKE. YOU SAID FOUR."

"Sweetie." Phira smiles. "A vision is a short amount of time. A peek into the future, if you will. It doesn't show everything. I believe the vision was sent so we knew you'd have multiple mates. That would have shocked the s**t out of Mike if he didn't know. But the four weren't definite. There's more. We know that now. There's more than four."

"How many more?"

"All I had was one vision. This may be it. We're not seeing you click like this with anyone else."

Monte holds me tighter and cries. "Please don't leave me. I'm so sorry."

"He's really mine?"

"Yes, sweetie. He's yours."

Phira leans over so she can see him. "You better fix him."

I kneel in front of him and face him. "I'll never leave you. You're mine." I wipe the tears off his cheeks. "All mine."

"I'm sorry. I was so stupid."

"Goddess knows I've been stupid too. I won't leave if you don't."

"I'm yours forever, baby."

"I'm yours forever too." I give him a kiss.

"Let's get off the floor." Chris helps us up. "And now there are five."

"Five." I smile at Monte. I can't even take my eyes off him. I touch his cheek. I feel little hairs poke me. I love the feel of that. I can't believe he's mine.

Monte gives me a kiss. Then he looks around.

Everyone is staring at us.

He picks me up over his shoulder and carries me out the front door. The warriors cheer as he carries me through the park. He doesn't put me down until we're in his house. Then he kisses me and picks me back up. I wrap around him and he hugs me.

He holds me on the couch. "Let's sit for a minute."

I straddle him and snuggle against him. "That was a lot. It changed fast."

"Are you ok?"

"Yea. Are you ok? You were in therapy."

"I still am."

"Hows that going?"

"It's more about self-worth now. I have a hard time thinking about my mate getting over the stuff I've done. You don't deserve it. It's hard to deal with. Other than that, we talk about waiting for the physical stuff. Having more self-control. Talking to girls I like and staying away from girls I don't."

"Are you waiting?"

"Not now. I have you. But I haven't touched anyone else since I laid eyes on you. You're the only girl I like. I try just talking to you, but I have no self-control around you. I cannot keep my hands off you. That must have been why I shoved you away from me at first too. I liked you and that scared me. Now I see why therapy was so difficult. I was trying to control myself and not touch my mate."

I giggle and give him a little kiss. "Sorry, I like touching so much. I know I wasn't helping your therapy."

"FOR f***s SAKE." Clayton pulls his own hair. "WHY?"

"CLAYTON." Lila runs in. "They're mates. You might want to start knocking, or you're going to end up seeing something you don't want to."

"For real?"

Monte hugs me. "She's mine."

"Congratulations." Clayton puts his arm around Lila and pulls her out.

Monte rubs my back and I relax against him. "I know you're going to have issues with me, baby. If you want to go to therapy with me, you can. It would probably be a good idea. But I want you to say them when they come up. Don't bottle them up. Tell me what they are right away."

"I don't like the idea of you being like this with someone else."

"I was never this. Talking, touching, cuddling. I didn't do any of this. I didn't like them or want to be around them. This is a first for me. All I wanted to do since I met you was cuddle and love you. We had some really good naps. I have never done that before either. I actually like you. I have since the beginning."

"That makes me feel a little better. How many?"

He sighs. "About 20. Most of them were one time. A few I would go back to if they were easy enough. I'm not proud of it. I wish I could take it back."

"Were any as good as me?"

"Goddess no."

"You haven't had me yet."

"Yet." He smirks. "Honestly, this is better than s*x with any of them. Touching you and feeling you relax against me. I love this. I feel calm and happy. With them, I felt dirty and gross. I couldn't get away from them fast enough. It's not something I ever want to do again. I want this forever."

"Thank you for being honest with me."

"I'll always be honest with you. I love you."

I snuggle against him. "I love you too. I have to pee though."

"Bathroom is down the hall."

I pee and wash my hands. Then I stare at myself in the mirror. I can't believe he's actually mine. I am the luckiest person on the planet. My boys are sexy. Every single one of them. I don't know what I did to deserve all the sexiness in the world. But I am happy about it. I open the door and hear a woman yelling.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, MONTEGO."

"Hold..."

"NO. YOU KNOW BETTER. I HAVE A NOSE. I CAN SMELL HER. IF YOU ONLY GOT A HOUSE TO MESS AROUND WITH GIRLS, YOUR ASS CAN MOVE RIGHT BACK TO THE PACKHOUSE. I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS. I DON'T CARE HOW OLD YOU ARE."

"I found my mate, mom."

"What?"

"I found her. She's perfect. I love her."

There's a 30-second delay... "WE'LL HAVE A PACK DINNER. YOU CAN INTRODUCE," The door slams. "HER THERE."

I come out, and he's standing there rubbing his eyes. I drag my nails down his back and he shivers.

"Pack dinner tonight, sir?"

He cracks up laughing. "They're in for a surprise."

I love watching him laugh. I love his smile.

He picks me up and sits on the couch with me again. I snuggle against him and relax.