The Blood Moon Alpha's Mate

Chapter 3

With Roman willing to help me figure out what’s going on in my life. I asked him to take me home I wanted to process everything on my own and he wasn’t much help anyway. We walk out to his car since I’d fainted earlier, I didn’t see his house I knew it was walking through it, but I didn’t take in my surroundings with everything going on but looking at it now Its huge and beautiful modern mansion with large windows. His car is Mercedes Benz, I wanted to ask how someone so young made so much money but we’re no close enough for me to ask such personal questions, so I just got into the passenger seat as he opened the door. I gave Roman my address and he put it into his GPS, we had a long awkward drive to my house.

“Thanks for the ride, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Yea sure.” He said as I got t he didn’t look at me before just kept his eyes straight and pulled off. It made my heart hurt feeling like an inconvenience to him. I went inside up to my room to talk to Avalon.

Mate is just confused the more time he spends with us the more he’ll want us

Avalon, I don’t think Roman wants anything but the stick up his butt

Araya mates complete each other love each other no matter what and your minds will change you’re already attracted to him,

and his wolf and I have been connecting

Ava, I don’t want anyone who doesn’t want me.

We’ve been having this argument since the moment I made my deal with Roman Avalon doesn’t agree she thinks whenever I know everything, I’ll change my mind, but I won’t. Roman is very attractive and I do feel sparks when he touches me, but I won’t be spending my life with anyone who doesn’t love me or want me, and he doesn’t.

He doesn’t know what he wants yet Raya.

Avalon I’d rather talk about me and you than what’s going on with Roman.

You’re right we should talk about everything.

Roman said I was supposed to meet you when I turned 16 so what happened?

I’m not sure I’ve been trying to reach you for years, but it was like speaking into an abyss I was speaking but you’d only

occasionally hear me, but today when you woke up I knew you’d find him and when you did the mate bond was strong enough to pull me to the surface.

Why do you think you couldn’t reach out before? Could it be because I’m human?

Araya you’re not human my existence proves that next full moon you’re going to shift

But my parents aren’t werewolves and I look just like my parents, the perfect combination of them both. Avalon’s words played in my head on repeat my parents were werewolves they had to be, and they never told me. The realization that they’d lied to me my entire life was so overwhelming I was choking on it. I ran downstairs to my mom still sitting on the couch unwavering when I stormed into the room, she didn’t even bother to face me and that just fueled my anger even more.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I said voice breaking I didn’t realize I was crying until I spoke. She looked at me for what felt like the first time in years, and I swear I could see fear in her eyes.

“Tell you what baby?” Baby she hadn’t called me that since my dad left this was bad, she was caught, and she knew it.

“THAT I’M A WEREWOLF THAT’S WHAT.” She looked shocked a bit angry and sad she didn’t answer for a long time just sat there contemplating.

“Who told you?”

“Who told me? That’s all you have to say to me? WHO TOLD ME? Why didn’t you tell me we’re werewolves?”

“WE aren’t, you are and so is your father.” I was shocked I knew one of my parents were like me but hearing her say it made this all too real. “Look honey sit down I need to tell you a story its long overdue 12 years ago, the night your dad left it wasn’t just the divorce or a fight we had. When I met you father it was love at first sight for both of us but that day he came home, and I knew something was wrong he looked so guilty sounded so devastated I’ll never forget that look on his face when he told me he found his mate. He told me he was a werewolf that moved to the human world when his first mate was killed, most werewolves don’t get second chance mates he never thought he’d be happy again till he met me, and we had you. He saw her at the grocery store, and they imprinted werewolves can’t deny their mates so he had to be with her staying with us would kill his wolf and though he loved us he had to go. I was heartbroken, I’d never loved a man like I loved your father I was sad, angry, and confused I mean a werewolf that’s a made-up creature, I told him that yelled it screamed at him hit him, then he took me outside and shifted right in front of me and I knew he was telling the truth. After that I knew I had no choice but to let him go. He told me you were a werewolf too and that you should go with him, but I refused to let you go. I told him that he could leave me, but he wasn’t taking my baby too. He understood but said on your 16th birthday you would shift, and he should be there to walk you through it. I told him you were human and would stay that way. He begged me not to, but his guilt was eating him alive, so he agreed to let me raise you as a human. A few weeks later he got a witch to help me suppress your wolf so you wouldn’t shift but she warned me when you found your own mate the bond would push through her spell. She erased the whole thing from your memory.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing my dad left us for another woman witches are also real; my mom took my werewolf from me. My heart was beating out of my chest. I was so angry at her.

“You haven’t even paid me any attention since dad left why did you want to keep me, out of spite?” when I asked that she looked hurt but I was so mad I didn’t care I spent years alone and I could’ve had a life a good happy life and even though my dad left I could’ve gone with him or she could’ve been a good om and made up for his absence.

Araya calm down

Calm down? CALM DOWN?! she took my life

She didn’t want to lose you

“Baby, I’m sorry but I have been so sad, and I know its been a long time, but life has been hard, so hard. Harder than you could imagine I lost my love my one true love because I wasn’t his it came out of no where and on top of being heart broken, I had a baby to provide for one who was relying on me to provide, without your dad we barely had money to make ends meet I got a second job just to keep the house.” After hearing that my anger subsided, I realized though selfish my mom was doing the best she could it was easy to judge her not knowing the story but knowing it all she was devastated and tired her life was snatched away from her in the matter of a few hours. I grabbed her and hugged her she wasn’t forgiven but knowing everything they way she squeezed me back I knew she needed this as much as I did if not more.

“I don’t forgive you, not yet. But I do understand. Mom you can’t go on like this, angry and sad you gotta move on.” I feel her tears fall on my shoulder.

“I know you can’t forgive me in one night but I’m glad you finally know carrying this by myself has been so difficult. And I’m sorry I was so selfish at first, I convinced myself I’d done this for you but I didn’t I did it for me I couldn’t let your father take anything else away from me he may have taken my heart and shattered it but he couldn’t take my world. I know I’ve been distant and not much of a mom, but Araya I love you, you’re my daughter, you’re all the best parts of me.” It felt nice hearing my mom tell me those things I didn’t realize how much I’d missed her or how much I’d been needing her. I haven’t felt this close to her since I was a little kid, and it was nice to have her back.

“I love you too mom.” I say back. “It’s been a long day I’m gonna head to bead but we should talk more in the morning.”

She smiles at me probably seeing the exhaustion on my face as I’m headed to my room she says “Okay hon, you do have to tell me all about your mate, since you have your wolf, you must’ve found him.” I simply nod and walk away since there’s not much to say about him considering that he doesn’t want me.

He doesn’t know what he wants.

Not you again I’m tired, this day has been emotionally exhausting I don’t wanna argue with you.

I make my way into my room, when I open the door the familiar smell of lemongrass and rain tickles my nose, and there he is my mate standing at my window, he turns to me looking a mess.

“Hi. What are you doing here? How did you get in”

“I had to make sure you were okay. I could feel your distress and got worried I’m sorry I snuck in I saw you talking to your mom, so I followed your scent to your room and waited.” I wanted to be mad at him for breaking into my home but the disheveled look on his face combined with his intimidating height and pitch-black eyes made me both scared and concerned not giving me the strength to be angry.

“Oh, yeah, I’m fine my mom and I haven’t been on the best terms for a long, long time and today we broke through that but

I’m okay.” As I’m talking, he strides over to me by time I finish my sentence his face is inches away from mine he grabs my face in his large hand, I feel my whole body relax at first and then when I look up into his gray blue eyes my unease is replaced by butterflies and sparks. His touch sends an actual shiver down my spine. We stand there in silence for a moment just breathing each other in.

“I’m glad you’re okay beautiful.” He sighs out. Softly caressing my hair. I’ve never felt so relieved to see another person, but his comforting embrace was just what I needed after everything that happened today.

“Roman, thank you for coming to see me”

“You’re welcome” he says as he pulls himself away from me my body feels cold and empty without him, and I don’t know why.

“I should go.” he says moments before jumping out the window running into the night, I see his wolf and running towards the woods, after watching him leave I change into some sweatpants and a tank, then I lay in my bed and drift right into a deep sleep.