My Secret

Chapter 6

Emily POV

I walk into my room and to say I am surprised is an understatement. This room is huge! It was decorated beautifully and is way more than I could ever ask for. I will have to remind myself to thank Alpha Drake tomorrow when I see him for everything he is doing for me.

I thank Damien and tell him that he can leave me. I want to shower and rest. He leaves closing the door behind him. I slowly explore my room looking for the closet for my clothes. I quickly find the bathroom and find that the closet is in the bathroom. I have a huge bathroom with a walk-in closet. Just the bathroom itself is the size of my whole bedroom back at the apartment. I don't know if I can get used to this or not!

I quickly find some pajamas. A light thin tank top and some matching soft shorts. Yes, I know I am usually very modest and do not like showing this much skin, but I am a hot sleeper so this is the only time that I go for something this unmodest. I find that my bathroom is stocked with all of my belongings. I fumble through the cabinets and find the towels. I switch on the shower and wait for it to get warm. I feel overwhelmed with everything today.

New brother, new dad, new town, new home, and a whole entire pack to get used to. Ugh, this is just exhausting. I jump into the shower and stand under the hot water. I slowly wash my hair, rinse, and then being washing my body. I wonder who else is on this floor? Is it just me and Damien? I hate being by myself. I have always been used to Lily just being on the other side of the wall if I needed her and I have never been in a place this huge. My anxiety slowly starts to increase. I decide I have been in the shower long enough and get out. I dry myself off with the big, fluffy towel and then get dressed. I lightly dry my hair with the towel and then throw it up in a messy bun. I don't want to deal with my unruly curls tonight.

I walk back into my room and lay down on the bed. I take my phone out for the first time since leaving home to check the time to see it's only 8 pm. I sigh and put my phone down noticing that the battery is almost dead. My phone charger is in my backpack by the desk but I do not feel like getting up to get it right now. I decide to watch some tv. I find the remote on my nightstand and turn it on. I begin flipping through the channels but I can't find anything good to watch. I look at my phone again to see that I have been channel surfing for 20 minutes. I finally give up and decide to try to sleep knowing that tomorrow is my birthday. I told Lily before we left to not mention it to anyone. I don't want everyone to know right away as it will be my first full day in the pack.

I toss and turn. I am unable to fall asleep. I am uncomfortable being so alone in this huge room. I get my phone and look at the time. It's 915. Man, it is going to be a long night. I start to think about what Damien is doing. I don't want to bother him but I don't know anyone else really and have no clue where to even go besides his room. After some inner conflict with myself, I decided to go see if Damien is still up.

I get out of bed and find my robe and throw it on. I slowly open my door and look in the hall. It is really dark out here. Thankfully, Damien's door is right here. I quietly knock just in case there are other people on the floor that are sleeping. We have super sensitive hearing so I am sure he will hear me.

"Come in," I hear him answer my knock.

I slowly open the door and stick my head in, "I hope I'm not bothering you, it's just I can't sleep and I am not used to being alone. I, umm, was wondering if I could hang out with you?" I question.

"Uhh, sure. I mean, yeah go ahead and come in. I am just fixing to start a movie. Do you want to watch it with me?" He asks politely.

I smile really big and answer, "Yes! I love movies, thank you!"

He smiles and then laughs at me. He then pulls the blankets down beside him and pats that side of the bed and says, "Alright then, c'mon so I can start it."

I hurriedly run over to the opposite side of the bed and jump in. I internally smack myself thinking "what the hell Emily, you are almost an adult, not a 3 year old. He probably thinks we are weird now!" Luna then pipes in and says "He doesn't think we are weird. Now shut up and let me enjoy the movie and being this close to this sexy man that is our brother!"

"oh, gross Luna! What has gotten into you?" I yell at her. She can be so dirty sometimes. I am not sure she should even belong to me sometimes. Luna rolls her eyes at me when I think that.

"Really, Damien, Thank you for letting me come in. I am not used to being in a place this big. My room is literally the size of the whole apartment that I lived in with Lily. We were always together so I am not used to being alone at all so I am kind of scared, even though I don't like to admit it, it's true. I hope I am not bothering you." I say to Damien.

"No, it is okay. It can get kind of lonely up here. I am used to being here by myself. I was the only one on the floor until you moved in today. I don't mind some company. If being alone bothers you so much you are welcome to stay here until you are comfortable. I don't mind sleeping on my couch if it makes you feel safer." Damien replies.

I am stunned and do not know what to say. I did not expect his response at all. I melt on the inside and can't help but smile.

"Thank you, Damien. I will think about it. Let's watch the movie and then I will see how I am feeling afterward."

"Sure, have you seen Lord of the Rings before?" Damien asks

"Umm, no I don't think I have but I think I have heard of it. It is a series of movies, right?" I question

"Yes, it is. this is the first movie. They are kind of long though,"

"Oh, ok that's fine. I will watch as much as I can. Now that I am ready to sleep, I don't think my body will let me. So, let's get the movie started!"

Damien explains parts of the movie to me as we watch. I have a lot of questions and have a hard time following the story but Damien explains it all to me and then I understand it better. Before I know it we are done with the first movie and going to start the second one. I can't believe I am still awake now. It is getting close to midnight already. I hope we won't be in trouble for staying up this late. I am not sure if there are things that we need to be up for in the morning.

Damien starts the second movie and we get about halfway through. I ask Damien if we can take a break.

"Sure. I am going to use the bathroom and get a drink, do you want anything?" he asks,

"No, I am okay. If it's okay with you I think I will stay in here tonight. I want to keep watching the movie but I am a lot more comfortable knowing you're right here," I state shyly.

"Of course, that is fine. Do you need any of your stuff?"

"Oh, Yeah! Let me go get my phone and phone charger and maybe my pillow and I will be right back!" I state jumping up off the bed as Damien heads to the bathroom. I slowly make my way across the hall and into my room. I find my phone charger in my backpack and get my phone off the nightstand. I then grab my pillow off of the bed and start to make my way back to Damien's room. I get back and start looking for an outlet to plug in my phone. By the fireplace are an outlet and a little table I can set my phone on. I throw my pillow on the couch along with my robe because his room is a bit too warm with the robe on. I know, scandalous of me to do that I think to myself. Luna just rolls her eyes at me.

I get my phone plugged in and look at the time. It is 5 minutes after midnight. That means it is now my birthday. As I am thinking this, Luna gets very excited and starts jumping around in my head. I laugh at her and tell her to calm down. Next thing I know I smell this amazing smell. I have never smelt anything like it.

As I go to turn around to see where the smell is coming from, I hear the word "mate" come from no one other than, Damien.