The Alpha and His Second Chance Mate

Confrontation

"So tell me now, Alpha, WHERE IS THIS GOING? And stop wasting my time." Amelia said with much hostility.

Damien's brain froze for a second, not expecting Amelia's assumptions of rejection. Rider, however reacted quickly, taking the opportunity of Damien's momentary lack of awareness to take over their body. Amelia saw Damien's eyes turn from blue to black in slow motion, knowing Rider had taken over Damien's consciousness. Throwing her hands out infront of her, Rider went from descending upon Amelia at tremendous speed, to completely not moving, frozen in time. Amelia stood staring, astonished with herself and her powers. This was the first time she had ever purposely stopped time, she was finally gaining control over them after so much time practicing.

Amelia stumbled several large steps back till her back hit the wall, sliding all the way down till her butt hit the floor. Her heart was pounding loudly in her chest. Amelia never once taking her eyes off Alpha Damien. She didn't know why Rider took over Damien's consciousness. Whether he was angry at her for raising her voice, or lust took over. Either way she didn't need her reluctant mate's wolf taking over and injuring, or marking her.

He wants us. Winnie tells Amelia through their mindlink.

How do you know for sure Winnie? Amelia asked her.

I can feel his wolf, his feelings toward me. Winnie tells Amelia.

Standing back up with determination, Amelia straightened up her clothes and took a deep, calming breath.

Well then we should show him our powers and put it all on the table before he decides to reject or accept us. You with me? Amelia asked Winnie forcefully.

Always Milly.... Winnie answered affectionly.

Amelia released her hold on Damien, his advance toward her stopping immediately as he stared at her moved form.

RIDER'S POV:

When Amelia asked Damien 'where is this going Alpha' and Damien acted confused, I knew I was about to get my opportunity to see her from in front of the vail. He was acting innocent to try to delay the hard discussion that needed to be had. I just had to buy my time till she surprised Damien and take over. I can tell she is feisty, she will say something to catch him off guard and he will loosen his control over me eventually. He doesn't want to admit that he wants her. That she is already important to us even though this is our first official meeting. Then she yells at us...

"You act jealous if I speak with other men, yet you have not spoken to me until now. You seemed angry downstairs when Eric was talking to me, yet you say 'it might be time we talked and somewhere in private' when I confronted you. Making it seem like a rejection is coming, specially with it being Full Moon tonight I assumed that was where this conversation was going, but now your just making small talk! So tell me now, Alpha, WHERE IS THIS GOING? And stop wasting my time."

Damn, that was sexy!

Damien drops his guard slightly at the mention of it being Full Moon and Amelia assuming we were going to reject her, and I make my move quickly. Just like I had planned, I take over our consciousness enough to bring my soul forward, and push Damien into the back of our mind, so I could see and talk to my mate clearly. Only as I take a step forward to embrace her she throws her hands out in front of her and I'm suddenly paralyzed. But Amelia is not paralyzed, no, she stumbles backwards till she hits the wall and slides down.

What the f**k? ..... Holy s**t! Damien and I say through mindlink in unison.

I can't move my eyes but in my peripheral vision I see Amelia on the floor taking long, deep breathes. The seconds hand on her clock sitting on the nightstand tick, tick, ticks by.

So she just froze us. Damien states.

I guess so. I tell him stunned.

She must be one of the Blessed Ones. The blessed werewolves the Elders are investigating. Damien says.

I'm glad I decided not to completely block him out. I had planned for him to watch as I showed him how he should have treated our second-chance mate to begin with, but him seeing this beautiful gift that we were blessed with first-hand is way better.

Quit being smug Rider! This has not been easy! Damien growls. I just huff at him in return.

I watch Amelia from my peripheral vision as she stands back up and straightens out her shirt. She makes a motion with her hands and suddenly I am released from her hold, stumbling a step because of the speed at which I was moving before being paralyzed. Staring at her beautiful features I am at a loss for the words to explain to her how amazing I think she is. Damien is itching to gain back control but I don't give into him, yet.

"Rider, right?" Amelia asks me.

"Yes beautiful." I tell her.

Amelia blushes lightly, taking a few small steps toward me. Pieces of her long blonde hair falling out of her braid and framing her face, she looked like an angel.

"How long have you known you are a Blessed One?" I ask Amelia, closing the distance between us.

"A little over a year. I dropped a glass of water a few months after my first shift, I froze it mid-air. I freaked out but Isabella just smiled. We are not suppose to talk about it but I promised my wolf I would lay it all on the table and let you and Alpha Damien make a decision of rejection or acceptance based on all the facts. Can I trust you not to tell our secrets?" Amelia asked apprehensively.

"Always princess." I whisper.

Corny nickname Rider... Damien grumbles out.

Shut up i***t! I have to fix what you were messing up. I growl back.

"Isabella is a Blessed One too. She has known her power of lie detecting since we were pups though. She understood what happened to me immediately. The Elders told us to keep it hush-hush, only our pack members know our powers. They are under Alpha orders not to discuss it outside of pack grounds or in mixed company, but dad felt it wrong not to include the pack when Isabella could easily catch them in lies. He thought it best to make sure people understood they could be incriminating themselves if they are deceitful in her presence." Amelia admitted.

"I actually have a pack member who is a Blessed One too, she has the gift of speed. Her first shift was only six months ago, but she is already faster than I am and getting more nimble by the week. That's how we knew what your powers were before you un-froze us." I told her, tucking a piece of silky hair behind her ear.

Amelia looked up at me puzzled.

"How you knew before I un-froze you?" She asked, I nodded.

"Cou-could you still see me when I froze you?" Amelia asked inquisitively.

"Yes.... You didn't know people were still conscious, just paralyzed, when you froze them?" I asked her.

"This is the first time I used my powers on a person." She admits.

Amelia walked over to her bed, sitting down onto its purple comforter. I walked closer to her, sitting down on her bed close enough for our arms to brush eachother. The sparks that kept shooting up my arm when one of us moved causing an intense pleasure. I've missed that feeling so much, and no matter how much Damien wants to ignore it, he also misses this feeling immensely.

You know I miss this feeling too. I just feel guilty moving on with Alison rotting in the ground. Damien sighs.

I know you do, but Alison would want us to be happy. I am going to give you control back. DO NOT f**k THIS UP! I growl loudly at him.