The Hybrid's Second Chance

Wooing my Mate

Chapter 7

Brandon’s pov

I was thrilled when my mates parents took to me so easily, that was the first battle won as far as my lycan and I was concerned. Family for shifters are more important than anything, except for a mate, now I just need my little fairy to trust and like me and everything will be perfect.

She was absolutely adorable as she walked into the kitchen in her tiny little shorts and vest, too, with her hair all messy. Those amazing breasts of hers on show without a bra on were just an extra treat for us and Coda made himself and his pleasure known through our eyes as she made the cutest little squeal before dashing out of the door.

Fu.cking hell those t**s bouncing almost made me nut, and I had to sit through breakfast with my in-laws painfully hard. I was just glad she came back in with more clothes on, not that it helped much, she was still sexy as hell, and I had the image from earlier seared into my brain now.

I can not believe she thought I would want to reject her, she is perfect, no way was I letting her go and I made that clear as I had her on my lap, enjoying the amazing tingles as I had her pressed against me. I hated having to let her go so she could sit back in her own seat, but I know she is not ready for an obsessive, overbearing lycan Prince just yet after all she has been through. I want to kill that bloody ex mate and sister of hers, and Coda is in total agreement.

I make sure to find out all about our pup, Coda is purring in our head, excited that we will be there to find out if we will have a son or a daughter. It feels more special that we will be told at the same time as Star and be there for each step with her. Well, that is if we can get her to accept us.

I have already sent an email to our royal doctor asking him various questions about marking Star and if it will affect the pup, while also swearing him to secrecy especially from mum as I know how nosy she is. I do plan on telling her, I just want to be able to say that Star has accepted the mating when I do, even if I do get sh.it for not telling her straight away.

I managed to talk her into spending the day with me and giving me a tour of the place. I could tell she wasn’t entirely falling for that, but I did genuinely want to see it from her eyes and from her history so I could find out more about my mate. I have spent a lot of time here and know most places, so we can exchange stories. It can be a relaxed get to know you type thing, I hope, anyway.

We stop at a little cafe that Star loves, she apparently used to work there as a teen, I am surprised by that as I used to come here a lot when I visited and I don’t remember seeing Star. Clover, the lady who owns the place, makes the best pies and cakes, even better than nana Ruby’s, not that I would tell her that.

The sweet old fae is really happy to see the both of us, she has seen both of us grow up and is the type of woman who is there for everyone with a friendly word, a hug, or a smile. She is so happy for us when I tell her that Star is my mate.

“He’s a good one dear, much better than that stuck up lord you were given before, I never liked him for my sweet girl. This boy will treat you right. He has always been an angel. Have a seat this is on me, I will bring your favourites” Clover says, skipping away happily, it brings so much warmth to me knowing this wonderful woman thinks so highly of me and is so happy for the both of us. I just hope this shows Star how much we are meant for each other.

She is much more relaxed after Clover’s words, her old bosses words mean a lot to her she trusts her and her opinion, I am glad now that I spent so much time here growing up, and that I managed to make such a good impression on her, she may have just saved my mate bond.

We spend the rest of the day sharing experiences, and she shows me where she went to school, both primary and secondary. We bump into a few old friends of hers who she introduces me to, as her mate, which I take as a good sign.

They all seem nice, and also very happy for her, none of them sound like a fan of her sisters or her first mate, bad news always travels fast, so much faster than good in my experience in my experience anyway. We also bump into some of her sister ‘friends’ I use that term loosely as people like them don’t have true friends as they would happily stab each other in the back if they thought it would benefit them.

They quite smugly taunt my mate, which she rolls her eyes and ignores them, not willing to stoop to their level. Well, I am more than happy to put them in their place.

“Well you have a cheek talking down to my goddess of a mate when she has done nothing wrong. I mean, what does it say about you when you stick up for an abusive, cheating, a.sshole and a wh.ore. I suppose with looks like yours I guess like her sl.ut of a sister you probably had to open your legs to get anyone to notice you or want to be around you as let’s face it your looks and personality is impressing no one” I say to them as I have swallowed something nasty.

“How dare you, I am from a ranked family” The one who has hair the colour of strong piss after a night on the town says her face, turning red in anger.

“No you are not, your Uncle is a Lord, and your cousin will be taking over from him, you on the other hand are nothing and just try and Lord it over everyone in your uncles name, and this is Prince Brandon, you may have heard of him, he is related to our king and queen” Star says bored at her, as the two women turn pale.

“Forgive my friend and I we had no idea who you are” the one with the weird brown hair says.

“I am not the one that you should be apologising to, but I will be making sure that the king and queen know how their subjects treat their Goddaughter, I am also sure that your uncle will not be pleased that you are bringing down his family name with your words and actions” I say with a disappointed tone.

When they go to speak Star puts up her hand and stops them, “Save it, anything that comes out your mouth will be meaningless lies all to save your own a.sses, I do not need false apologies. Just next time, when you feel the need to torment and bring someone down to make your small little lives better don’t, just think, for once I won’t be a raging bi.tch and I am going to stop ruining others lives before karma catches up to me” She says calmly before turning and walking off, as I follow behind her thinking she is going to make one hell of a queen and I fu.cking love her already.

Not letting those bi.tches ruin the rest of our day, she takes me to a few other places I haven’t been before and some beautiful areas of woodland that she loves to run in. Coda has been begging to meet her the whole day, so when we stop at her favourite spot, a magical waterfall with lilac water because of the soil, I ask if she wants to meet him.

She looks quite excited by it, and I make him promise to behave himself. With him being a royal Lycan, he can talk in his true form, so he is looking forward to conversing with her. I finally let him take over, and I see Star looking at him in awe. He is quite the beast all 7ft 3 of him.

“Wow Coda you are stunning” she says, reaching up to stroke his silky fur before she sits down. His purrs turn to whines, thinking she doesn’t want to be near him until she chuckles.

“I can’t get near you, you may have noticed, I am small even compared to Brandon, next to you I am a midget, I wanted you to sit next to me” she said, smiling a beautiful smile making my fierce lycan melt into a puddle of goo, big sap that he is.

As if I didn’t think he was ridiculous enough after a minute he is lying across her lap so she can rub his belly, now I have occasionally seen wolves displaying this behaviour, but I am almost sure I have never seen or heard of a lycan doing it. What will she think of us, we are certainly not acting like a big, strong, powerful leader.

“Shut up mates happy” Coda growls at me, and he is right. She is, and her laughter is worth my dignity, fu.ck I will do tricks if I get to hear that every day.

Coda and I are desperate to see what Sapphire looks like, but because they are pregnant, she can not shift right now. Sapphire does, however, come forward to meet Coda and manages to send him an image of her, and she is just as beautiful as her human. She is going to be a stunning lycan when she changes. She has the same Sapphire coloured eyes. Her fur, though, is so unusual.

Most of the time, our fur is the same colour as our hair. There have not been that many fae/wolf or fae/lycan matches yet. Mums hair is not too unusual a colour, so Calla is silver. With Star having such vibrant hair, I wasn’t at all sure if her wolf would follow. But Sapphire has a beautiful silver blue like her colour has been mixed with silver, making it so unique and beautiful. She will make a stunning lycan.

I am sad when I have to leave her at dinner time, but I promised nana Ruby that I would join her, and I don’t want to overwhelm Star on the first day. I do get a peck on the lips and a promise of meeting for lunch tomorrow. It is going to feel like days until I see her again.