My Secret

Chapter 7

Emily POV

I am taking a moment to process what is happening and before I know it, I am flat up against the wall with Damien pressed against me with his face right in my neck. I realized that he was smelling me.

Luna is going crazy inside my head, shouting, "MATE! MATE! MATE! We found our mate! Lily was right! She knew we had to be here. She's going to rub it right in your face!" I internally groaned at her antics. I did not want to believe Lily when she told me we were destined to be here. All during this internal conflict with myself and my wolf, Damien, is smelling me and purring? I have never heard a male purr, let alone an alpha.

I can feel tingles everywhere he is touching me. Now that I am focusing more on him, the more I can feel the bond. I remember Lily trying to explain to me what would happen when I found my mate, but since she was human, all she had to go off of was what my mother had told her. As exciting and amazing as it was to find my mate, I knew that I had to explain to him quickly who I was and the responsibility that came with being my mate. I had to be sure he wanted and could handle what was to come with being my mate.

Damien POV

I am filling my cup of water in the bathroom as I hear my door open. Emily must be coming back from her room. Instantly, my wolf is on edge and screaming "MATE!" in my head over and over. I am very confused about why Shadow is screaming mate. I am already 24 years old. It's not likely for me to just find my mate now. I open the bathroom door and the most amazing scent hits my nose. All I can smell is lavender mixed with sweet lemon. I realized that it was coming from Emily and I immediately felt the mate bond. The next thing I know, I have her pinned between me and the wall. My nose goes straight to her next. I am inhaling her scent and completely immersed in her scent and the tingles I was feeling.

I have an overwhelming urge to mark her right here on the spot. I have to calm myself and my wolf quickly. Otherwise, I might mark her right now. I try to calm myself with her scent. I realize I am making this noise. All I can describe it as is a purr. Wolves can purr? Shadow was immediately in my head, saying, " Absolutely. It is only for our mates and to help with soothing."

All I can think is that I have finally found my mate. Shadow and I are over the moon. I realize that I am caught up in my own thoughts and that my face hasn't left her neck and my hands are all over her. As I come out of my own head, I realize she is not reciprocating the same actions. I could see some hesitancy and a flash of sadness on her face. I realize I probably shouldn't have rushed toward her and that I should have put her down. My wolf is immediately upset and doesn't want to let go of his mate. I slowly let her down and started to apologize.

"Emily, I am really sorry. I don't know what came over me. I shouldn't have pinned you to the wall like that or had my hands on you as I did. I am just as shocked as you are. I can tell something is wrong..... Are you okay?"

I give her a couple of minutes to process everything. I started to think that maybe she wasn't okay with us being mates since her mom and my dad just got married, making us step-siblings.

"Emily, if this is about our parents, that doesn't bother me and my dad will be fine with it. I am just sure of it. Emily, can you please say something to me?"

Emily POV

Damien finally put me down and took a few steps back, giving me space. He is asking what was wrong. I had no idea how to tell him who I was and what our future would be if he agreed to be my mate. I am so nervous about telling him. What if he rejects me? Why did this have to happen so fast? I thought I would have time to prepare myself for this conversation with my mate. Not finding my mate within 10 minutes of turning 18! Luna was pacing around in my head. She was on edge too, worried that there was a chance he would reject us.

I can tell he is getting worried. I was not even concerned about what Lily and Drake thought of us. Well, I guess it's now or never," I told Luna. She quickly agrees and I tell myself let's get this over with.

"Damien, there is something that I need to tell you and I don't really know how to. I thought that I was going to have time to figure this out and that it would be a while before I had found my mate...."

Immediately, his face pales. "What are you trying to say, Emily? Do you want to reject me?" Damien says, clearly upset.

I am internally panicking because he thinks that I am going to reject him now. "Why does everyone come to immediate rejection!?" I say to myself and to Luna, who is frantically pacing and not helping my nerves. Well, I suppose here goes nothing.

"No, Damien, I am not going to reject you. But, before you agree to be my mate and mark me, there is something very important you need to know about who I am. You need to listen and just let me talk. You can ask questions when I am done. I want you to really take in everything I am telling you before you make a decision."