SWNOVELS Chapter Can This Really Work?
The moment the words left his lips, I searched his eyes for any signs of regret but there was none. All that was staring back at me was pure, unadulterated, true love. Tears pricked my eyes as I watched his expression turn to worry. He sat up pulling me into his chest and I melted into him.
"I love you too." I said through sobs.
He brushed the hair from my eyes and chuckled while I sat there, emotional mess and all.
I picked my head up and pouted, "What's so funny?"
Lifting his hand to my face, he wiped the tears from my eyes and said, "I was worried you would say thank you."
We both laughed at his ridiculous response then laid down on the bed holding each other tight. Even though I had just woken from a nap, just being in his arms put me into a sedated state and before I knew it I was back in dreamland.
The next morning, the smell of bacon tickled my nose and I jumped up to grab some clothes. Once I was dressed I ran downstairs hoping my mate was responsible for the marvelous feast on the table but instead, there stood Naomi with a towel over her shoulder and a plate of eggs in her hand.
"Good morning, Em." She said with a huge smile on her face.
We hadn't talked since she told me about Cole and to be honest, I didn't know if I wanted to be around her right now. Grant you, she didn't know that Cole's mate was Mik, and that Mik was my best friend but being around her made me angry.
"Is Bishop here?" I asked trying to be cordial, not wanting her to know that something was wrong.
"I think he went into his office. I was just about to bring him some breakfast, can I fix you a plate?"
"No, I will fix us both one. Why don't you finish cleaning up?"
She nodded her head as her smile dissipated making me feel horrible for the way I was acting but I couldn't help it. I knew she was hurting but that didn't mean I wasn't going to keep a close eye on her. For all I knew, she could be plotting something to get Cole back and I couldn't let that happen, at least not to Mik.
I grabbed two plates and loaded them with eggs, bacon, pancakes and some fruit, placed them on a tray with orange juice and coffee then trotted off to his office. Knocking lightly, I waited for him to answer before I walked in with the food. His eyes lit up when I closed the door and he stood from his seat taking the tray from me and placing it on the desk before he grabbed me around my waist.
"Good morning." He said in a scratchy voice then pulled me in for a kiss.
My lips were tingling from his but before I could really get into it he released me and said, "If you keep thinking those dirty thoughts, we will never leave this pack house again. Now sit down and let's enjoy our breakfast."
I turned around in a huff and sat down in the chair next to him.
“How do you know what I was thinks?”
“I can smell your arousal, Red.”
He smirked as he put one of the plates in front of me then took his off the tray I blushed as he handed me the coffee then took the juice for himself. We ate in silence while he looked over some papers.
I got lost in my thoughts again as I remembered the dream about our future family. It was never something I thought about before I met him but since I came here almost two months ago, all I could think about was what it would be like to be his completely. My mind was filled with questions about how many kids we would have and what they would look like. If we would stay here with his pack or go to mine or if we would make it work or not.
"Don't overthink things, Red. Life has a way of working itself out but the Moon Goddess never makes mistakes."
His comment made me stop and look at him. "How can you say that? This isn't something that I can just stop thinking about, Bishop. I am supposed to be Alpha of my pack in Georgia and you have your own here in Tennessee. We are going to have to talk about this and I think we should do it sooner rather than later before we get too serious."
A sharp pain spread through my chest making me lose my breath. His eyes were filled with panic, pain and anger but I knew the last one was my own feelings.
“I’ve been thinking about this too but how do we fight this bond, Red? I never thought I would get another chance to find love let alone with someone as perfect as you. I don’t know what the answer to our situation is but I can promise you, I will find one.”
Even though the decision was going to be tough, just the fact that he was thinking about it and wanted to fix it, made me the luckiest girl in the world. He may not have been accepting of our bond when we first met but he had changed so much since then that it made me start to rethink the reason I wanted to be in Georgia in the first place.
After breakfast we decided it would be best if we each took a personal day. He went down to the training grounds to work off some steam as I walked towards the woods. Before I knew it I was standing at Grannie Lily's door saddened about about my predicament.
The door opened and there she stood with huge smile. "Come in my child."
My feet moved on their own and soon I was sitting on the couch crying like a baby.
"Shhhh, now. Everything is going to be ok."
"How?"
"Because you two love each other and love never stops, it just changes forms, it adapts."
My tears suddenly stopped and for the first time in months, I was beginning to think clearly. What she said made so much sense but I had been so consumed with how one of us was going to have to give something up in order to be with the other instead of figuring out how we could do this together.
"You're right, Grannie. I can't believe I never thought of it like that, here I was inadvertently trying to tear us apart because I have been holding on to some crazy idea that I had to prove myself to a council that will never change."
I gave her a kiss on the cheek and ran out the door straight to the training grounds. If Bishop wanted the answer, then I had just found it. I rounded the corner and saw my mate which made my heart thump harder in my chest. He looked towards where I was coming from with sheer panic in his eyes and started running towards me.
"Em, what's wrong?" He stopped and started checking my body for signs of injury as I clung to my chest trying to catch my breath.
"Nothing. I. Just. Had. A. Great. Idea." I hunched over taking a few more breaths before I stood back up and said, "I know how we can be together without having to be apart. We can join our packs."
Awwwww!! These two are so frickin cute it hurts. I just hope they can figure out how to stay together.
Em needs to stop letting her head lead her heart and just worry about what's happening in that moment because she is ruining things.
Ok, what does she have in mind? Is she seriously thinking that two packs will happily join together or is what she suggesting a humungous mistake.