Wolf under an oak tree.

Beep Beep.

I heard the sound of a machine next to me, and I slowly opened my eyes to see that it was my heart monitor, I looked around, and that is when I noticed Jace sleeping on the sofa. I tried to slowly get up from my bed, but a sharp pain zapped through my spine, which caused me to lay down on the bed again.

“Iris? Are you alright?” Jace woke up to the sound, and he quickly came to stand beside me.

“I do feel a bit okay. But what did the doctors say?” I asked him, and he took my hand in his and sat down on the bed.

“You broke a few bones, and you have a concussion, and the stab wound in your stomach is stitched, but he said not to move much,” Jace said, I nodded my head, and Jace helped me to sit upright on the bed.

I slowly removed the gauge wrapped around my stomach, placed my hand on my wound and closed my eyes, and imagined the wound completely heal, a few moments later, I felt a tingling sensation, and then when I opened my eyes, there was only a faint pink scar left, but my head started to pound like crazy.

“I don't think you should be healing yourself now, Iris.” Jace quickly gave me a glass of water with a pill, and I slowed it and relaxed a bit.

Well, guess he is right.

“Thank you for saving me.”

“You are my mate, Iris. I will do anything for you,” he said and placed a chaste kiss on my forehead.

“Jace, if I ask you something, will you give it to me?” I asked him, and he looked at me curiously before he nodded his head.

“Will you mark me as yours?” I asked him, and he was shocked. After everything that happened, I realized that life can not be planned the way we want because we never know what is going to happen next, and we should learn to appreciate the happiness we get.

“Are you sure, Iris? I mean, I can wait if....” I placed my finger on his lips to shut him up, slowly moved towards him, and placed my lips on his. Sparks instantly flew, and Jace gently wrapped his arm around me and slowly pulled me to sit on his lap. The sparks that flew everywhere he touched, awakened the butterflies within me, and he slowly left my lips and kissed his way towards my neck, he placed a gentle kiss on the area where my shoulder and neck meet, and waves of pleasure shot through my body which caused me to let out a moan, and I felt him smile against my neck. He kissed and sucked that area gently before I felt his razor-sharp teeth pierce my neck, and I let out a cry, but soon after, I was overcome by waves of erotica.

“I love you, Iris.” Jace lightly nipped my ears, and I placed a kiss on the corner of his lips.

“I love you too,” I whispered.

“Ew! My poor eyes!” we abruptly pulled away from each other, and I saw Walter standing there, with a bouquet of roses.

“Don't you know how to knock?” Jace asked irritated and pulled me closer to him.

“This is a hospital for God's sake, guys. Not your bedroom.” Walter said, and Jace shook his head. And right behind him were Mike, Elana, Ada, Cole, my parents, and Jace’s parents came inside. And heat rushed to my cheeks, and I lightly pushed Jace away from me and sat on the bed again.

“How are you feeling, darling?” my mom rushed towards me and hugged me, and tears flowed down her cheeks. “I am doing okay, mom. Thank God! Jace came at the right time.” I said, and she pulled back and nodded her head. And dad came over and gave me a warm hug, and a tear dropped down my cheek, when I realized that if I wasn't strong enough, I would have not seen my family, friends, and mate.

“We are all glad that you are fine, Iris.” Jace’s mother said, and I smiled at her.

After everyone was done pampering me and they were satisfied that I was absolutely fine, Jace’s and my parents left the room, and Ada and Cole too had to go since Beatrice was home alone with her babysitter.

“Do you remember I was going to give you a gift?” Jace asked me, and I nodded my head, he looked at Walter, and he came forward and gave something to Jace. And he got down on his knees and opened a ring box.

“Iris, you are the most beautiful, intelligent, and the right person for a guy like me. In this short period that I spend with you, I realized that I want you by my side for the rest of my life. So would you do the honor of marrying me?” I was shocked. I never realized that Jace was going to ask my hand in marriage. Just a few months back, I had completely lost my trust in a happily ever after and true love, and now my mate is proposing to me.

“I will gladly marry you,” I said with glee, and Jace got up from the floor and made me wear the diamond ring that he had.

“Oh, this is the cutest thing that I have seen so far. Now, I bet that Jace will mark Iris by the end of this week.” Walter said to Mike, and he shook his head.

“I think he might mark her in three days.” Mike asserted, and blood rushed to my cheeks, and I laughed.

“I guess you will both have to hand over your money to me,” Jace said, and both Mike and Walter looked at him in curiosity. And Jace looked at me, and a shy smile was on his face, I smiled back at him and pulled my dress down to show them the bite mark, and a chorus of gasps was heard in the room.

“Wow, you two are fast, so are you done with the mating process too?” Mike asked.

“No! Jace just marked me,” I said, and everyone laughed.

“Oh, aren't you two so cute.” Elana cooed, and Walter nodded at her, and he went over and side-hugged her, and I nearly had a heart attack at seeing them like that.

“Did I miss something here?”

“Elana will be our new Gamma female. When you were kidnapped, we realized a lot of things, Iris. And one thing was that Elana wasn't the true culprit here, she told us everything that happened when grandma died, and what happened between you.” Jace said, and a smile graced my face.

“Thank you for everything that you have done, Jace,” I whispered in his ear and kissed his lips, and he picked up and started kissing back.

“We are leaving, guys. See you later.” I heard someone say, but I didn't care who said it. I heard the door close, and Jace quickly pulled me to his lap and continued savoring my lips savagely.

“You are my Beautiful rainbow, Iris,” Jace said against my lips.

Continuous failure in my love life brought me to a point where I stopped believing in true love, and Alan broke my self-confidence and made me think that I am useless and not worth living, but I guess all of that is worth it because after all the trauma I faced in life, I came out stronger, a better person and with my self-confidence boosted.

I know taking the role of Luna, is going to be a challenge, but I know that as long as Jace is by my side, I will be fine.

We should never go looking for love because love will find us in the most unaccepted time, place, and person.