The Gemstone Twins

Chapter 3:

Chapter 3:

Jared walked over and sat next to me putting his hand gently on my knee. “Listen I am sorry for using my Alpha tone on you but you crossed a line and Leo was moments from ripping your head off for trying to butt into their business. They both are consenting adults and it’s honestly not your place. If the roles were reversed would you have wanted her to say the things to you that you said to her?” He asked gently.

I looked down at my lap fighting back my tears. “We are supposed to save ourselves for our husbands and she's not! It’s killing me inside thinking about it!”

“Emerald when you find your mate you are technically married. I mean yes you can have an official wedding but the mating process is more solid than a piece of paper from a courthouse.”

My eyes snapped to his face. “What?” I demanded. “I don’t even get a choice? I’m married to you?” I asked, shocked my eyes wide with fear.

“I am sorry Emerald but the Moon Goddess knows what she is doing and if she paired you with me it's because she made the both of us with the other in mind.” He says softly rubbing my leg gently. “So in short technically yes we are married now that we have found each other. It will become official at the mating ceremony which will be held in a few days.”

I stood up pulling away from him and pacing the floor from one wall to the other and back again. I was rubbing my face with my hands trying to fight back tears. “This isn’t fair!” I whined, rubbing my eyes. “Why? Why me? Why now? I had my whole future planned! Being a housewife at eighteen was never one of them!” I realised I was crying hard only when Jared stood and wrapped his arms around me halting my frantic pacing.

“Hush Little one it is going to be okay. I won't hurt you, and I will protect you with my life. I physically can’t hurt you, it will hurt me in the process as well. Our bond will only strengthen and when we mark and mate each other the bond will grow even more and all this worry will be for nothing. I respect your wishes if you wish to wait a couple days to complete the marking and mating but I should warn you my patience is very thin when it comes in regards to you and your safety and you won’t be completely safe until we complete it do you understand?” He speaks softly and gently holding me close with my head pressed against his chest.

I sniffle and wipe my eyes with my hand. “What does marking and mating mean? I mean I can guess what mating means but marking?” My voice was halted as I struggled to get the words out around my hiccups from crying so hard.

Jared put a finger under my chin and pulled my face up so he could look into my eyes. When my eyes opened and looked into his deep blue eyes, he searched my face before giving me a small smile. “Marking is where we bite each other with our canines and leave the mark of a mate on each other's necks. To some it might look like a tattoo but it’s not its the symbol that the person is taken and under the protection of the mate whose mark they bear. Mating is where we become intimate. After we mark each other the mating needs to happen to prevent you from going into heat. Going into heat is very painful and the only thing that makes the fire die down is well, mating with the mate whose mark you bear. A heat cycle lasts a whole week and I don’t want you to undergo that before you are ready and well prepared. Going into heat happens twice a year for fully matured and mated she-wolves.” He sighs softly. “And as much as I would love to mark and mate you tonight I know where you stand and I will respect your wishes but don’t leave me waiting too long.”

I nodded my head looking down at my hands.

Jared takes my hand and pulls me to the far closet door that was by the window. He opens the door and inside is a huge immaculate closet and I noticed all my things were already there unpacked and ready for use.

"This is your closet. The door to the left is the bathroom and my closet is the last door." He says and smiles at me. "Go ahead and get your pajamas and go take a shower or bath which ever you want. I will use one of the other rooms' bathroom and I will meet you in bed." He kisses my forehead softly before turning and heading to his closet.

I sigh and ruffle through the closet until I find my only decent pair of pajamas. It was a red tank top with matching boy shorts. I sighed softly and headed into the bathroom. I paused just inside the door with a gasp. If the room screamed wealth it was nothing compared to the bathroom. There was a huge jacuzzi style tub, a shower that could hold at least twenty people with several shower heads throughout, a double sink and countertop with lots and lots of counter space along with a cabinet at the end that I assumed was where the towels and toilet paper were housed. I noticed my brush and several of my toiletries were already in here. I sighed softly and decided to do double duty. I grabbed my razor and headed into the shower. After figuring out how to work the expansive panel I got the shower running hot and I sat on a built in bench and shaved my legs and under arms. Then I took my time washing my hair and body and when I was all done and the conditioner was rinsed from my hair I turned off the shower climbed out and drew myself a bath in the jacuzzi tub. Once it was half full I tossed in one of my green sparkly bath bombs and climbed in turning on the jets and turning the water off. I sighed softly and relaxed letting several jets hit my back, neck, and legs. I groaned softly and closed my eyes enjoying the hot water. I am not sure how long I stayed in the tub but it was a long while. When the water started getting cold I sighed and yanked the plug and climbed out drying myself off. I dressed and then brushed out my long hair. I think I was stalling, scared of what I would do once I climbed in that bed. Finally I gave in and putting my hairbrush away I turned out the light and went back into the bedroom. I paused as the lights were dimmed. I flushed noticing Jared was already in the bed. He was under the covers but I could see his chest was naked. I just hoped the rest of him had something on. Hesitantly I walked over to the bed and slowly crawled in on the side Jared wasn't on. I settled myself realizing how comfortable the bed was. Suddenly I felt the mattress move and opened my eyes to see Jared moving to the middle and reaching for me pulling me to him.

“Jared I…”

“I know Little one I just want to hold you.” He says softly and kisses my neck gently, his arms wrapped around me with my back to his front. After a moment of silence Jared sighed. “Good night Emerald.”

“Good night Jared.” I said softly and closed my eyes relaxing into the bed and his hold on me.

When I woke in the morning the sun was peeping through the curtains that covered the windows. I yawned and went to stretch and realized I couldn't move. Jared had me pinned to the bed, his big head was resting on my chest, his arms around me like a vice grip, and one of his legs was over mine pinning me to the mattress.

“Uhm Jared.” I grumbled trying to move my arms to shake him. “Jared I need to pee let me go.” I said shaking him as best I could.

His eyes snapped open and he looked up at me and grinned. “Good morning Little one how did you sleep?” He asked softly slowly untangling himself from me.

“I slept fine.” I said jumping up and rushing to the bathroom. I relieved my bladder and washed my hands and yawned once again. I was still tired and if my bladder hadn’t woken me up I would probably still be asleep. I quickly brushed out my hair leaving it hanging down my back in waves to my waist. I walked out of the bathroom and into my closet digging for something I wanted to wear. I finally found my favorite pair of jeans and a red lace tank top. I found my red lace pantie set with a matching bra and smiled to myself walking out of the closet. I noticed Jared wasn’t in the bed anymore so I assumed he was in the bathroom. I sat on the bench at the end of the bed waiting for my turn. 

It was only a minute more before Jared walked out of the bathroom only in a pair of black boxers.

I flushed bright red and quickly looked away. 

Jared chuckled softly. “You can have the bathroom I will just change in my closet.”

“T-th-thanks.” I stuttered and scurried into the bathroom shutting the door behind myself. I quickly stripped, threw my clothes in the dirty hamper, and then dressed. I looked at myself in the mirror for a moment before nodding my head and heading out of the bathroom.

Jared was sitting on the bench at the end of the bed when I came out and I blushed as his eyes got dark with lust looking me up and down. “Emerald you are so beautiful.” His voice is deep and husky letting me know I was affecting him. He was dressed in jeans and a black Shirt that clung to his muscles. 

I blushed at his compliment and looked down at my hands. “Uhm thanks.” I mumbled feeling embarrassed.

He stood up and walked over to me sliding a finger under my chin and tilting my head back so I would look up at him. “Is something the matter?” He asks softly.

I flushed and bit my lip. I heard his sharp intake of air and suddenly he coaxed me to release my lip and runs his thumb across the teeth indents. 

“Don’t bite your lip. It makes me want to bite your lip and I know you're not ready yet.” He whispers softly.

I blush and look away. I was torn because suddenly I wanted him to kiss me and bite my lip but it made no sense to want that with someone I had only known less than twenty-four hours.

“Come let’s go get breakfast.” He says snapping me out of my haywire thoughts. Jared takes my hand and leads me out of the room and through the twists and turns down the stairs and through several hallways before we ended up in the kitchen. Sapphire sat at the counter on a bar stool with Leonard sitting next to her.

I stopped dead in my tracks noticing they both had a half crescent moon on their necks which was slightly above a waterfall, there was a wolf howling to the moon standing on a rock by the waterfall with each other's names below the entire image. That's when I realised it was the mark of her mate labeling her as the Beta female for the pack. I looked up at Jared who was watching me cautiously.

He sighed and rubbed my back softly. “None of your business Little one remember our talk from last night, just let it go.”

I huffed at him. “I am no longer hungry.” I said and turned bolting for the back door. I ran out of the house and through the yard before hitting the trees. I sunk down to the ground and pulled my knees up to my chest and laid my head on them with my back to a thick tree. I was trying hard to calm my breathing and stop the tears that were pouring down my face but it was of no use.

I must have fallen asleep from crying so hard so early in the morning because the next thing I knew I felt the ground leave me and I gasped feeling the sparks signaling Jared was the one carrying me. “Put me down.” I groaned weakly keeping my eyes screwed shut tightly.

“You need to eat something. You have been out there for hours I had hoped you would come back on your own terms but when it didn’t seem likely I had to trace your scent to find you as you weren't answering my mindlink. Sapphire and Leo are not in the kitchen so please don’t fight me just eat something.”

I huffed another sigh opening my eyes to look at him. “I don’t know if I can face her any time soon without losing it.”

Jared sighed softly. “I was hoping you wouldn’t feel that way as Myself and Leo had a shopping trip planned for the four of us.”

“You can go, that's fine I will just hang out in your huge room.” I say stubbornly as he walked in the back door and set me down on a stool at the kitchen counter where a hot plate of food sat waiting for me.

“Emerald you are coming with, how will I know what kind of clothes you would like if you aren’t there to pick them out.” He says, sounding exasperated.

I huffed. “I don’t need any clothes.” I said softly, taking a small bite of my breakfast.

“It doesn't matter if you don’t want them. I want to buy you a whole new wardrobe, you will need it, as you're new to shifting you will tear through many outfits before you get the hang of it.” He rubs my knee softly sitting next to me. “Don’t worry we can break from them and do our own thing we just have to share a car with them to get to the mall.”

I heaved a sigh and took another bite to prolong my answer. After I swallowed my bite I spoke softly. “Fine but I am not talking to either of them no matter what.”

Jared sighed. “Emerald, Sapphire is your twin sister! Your identical Twin sister at that! You can’t stay mad at her forever for doing something that is only natural in our world.”

I huffed and decided to ignore him as I continued to eat my breakfast.

When he realised he wasn’t going to get an answer he stood up and went to the coffee pot pouring two glasses he set one in front of me before sitting down with the other cup in his hands.

“Do you have flavored creamer?” I asked.

Jared grins and walks to the fridge pulling out several creamers setting them in front of me. 

I selected a butter cookie one and added a bit to my cup making the coffee turn a light milky color. I sipped it and groaned. “Oh my god that's good.” I groaned again, taking another sip.

Jared chuckled and put the creamers back and sat back down next to me drinking his coffee black.