My Enchanted Mate

Chapter One...Meeting Her Mate

*Kim POV*

I didn't want to get up. I had been turning the snooze button off for the last half hour. I know that I needed to get up, because I had to get to work. My bills were not going to pay themselves. Since I moved out on my own it has been hard. I didn't want to impose on my parents any longer than I already had. My father was a very successful man and all I ever was in his eye was a mistake. Secretly my mother would try to comfort me and tell me that he was just stressed out, but once he found out that she did that he backhanded her. The next morning my mom sported black and blue all over her body. She wouldn't even look at me. I knew it was because she was scared and I understood. My father beat me every day. One day I couldn't take it any more and I waited till he left. I snuck up to my parents room and said goodbye to my mom. She cried and cried, but she knew it was best for the both of us. She knew that I could take care of myself. She gave me money that she had been putting aside so that I wouldn't struggle. After we said goodbye to one another I left and haven't looked back. I had left the state, because I didn't want my father to find me. It has been a few years since then.

I finished showering and then got dressed. I had to rush since my shift started in twenty minutes. It wasn't that much of a walk to the diner from my small studio apartment. I made it with two minutes left to spare. I rushed in past Fran and put my stuff away and grabbed my apron. Fran just chuckled at me and shook her head softly. "Snooze alarm again?" she said asking. I blushed slightly and nodded my head. Fran knew me too well. She was a little older than me and her husband was the owner of the diner. We were packed, so I took my side and started taking orders. By the time we were done I was bushed. "How are you doing Kim? Really? You look wiped out." Fran asked me as we sat down to take a break. "I'm ok Fran. I miss my mom like crazy and worry about her everyday, but there isn't much I can do for her. My father is very abusive and probably still is hurting her, because I'm not there to take the blunt of it anymore. I refuse to submit to my father. He is a class one asshole." I told her as I sipped my coffee, "The rent is hard for me, but I will make it work. I always do." I smiled softly. Fran smiled back, but then she sort of went in a trance and just sat there. "Fran? Hello? Are you okay?" I said snapping my fingers by her face. She shook her head and then looked at me. "Oh sorry, I... uh.... spaced out for a moment. We need to clean up, we have important people coming today." Fran said frantically. She seemed a little nervous and I felt a sudden wave of uneasiness consume me. Important people coming here to the diner? Okay, that was odd. I was cleaning up when I overheard Fran talking to her husband Max. "Max, honey, did the Alpha mindlink you? He said that he and Steven will be here shortly for breakfast. What are we going to do with Kim? We usually have her come to work the days the Alpha doesn't come. Will we be in trouble for having a human working here? I don't want Kim to get in trouble after all the crap her father put her through." Fran said softly, but I could tell she was nervous.

Mindlink?

Alpha?

Human?

Okay what the hell was going on and what was Fran talking about. I was just about to say something to her when she came out rushed and seen me. Her eyes went wide and she looked away. "H-hurry Kim. Xander will be here soon. We need to hurry." she said conflicted, but rushed. I just c****d my head to the side and looked at her confused, but I hurried and cleaned around and once I finished I felt a sudden change in the air. I couldn't describe it, but the air had a electrical current of some sort. I noticed Fran and Max stand straight with their heads bowed down. What in the world has gotten into them? I heard the bell on the door ding and turned around to look and all air left my lungs. There stood the most gorgeous and sexiest man I had ever seen. Within seconds he was in front of me and held me tightly. He placed his head in my neck and slowly took a deep breath. I felt lightheaded and started seeing black dots in my vision. "Mate......." Was all I heard and then everything went black.

I woke up and yawned. I looked around and realized I wasn't in my apartment. That's when all memories came back in full force. The man I saw at the diner. He called me "Mate" and then everything went black. I wonder why that happened and why did I end up here? Wherever this is? I hear the creaking of the door and look up and see the man from the diner. "Good. You're awake. We have so much to talk about." he said with a sweet smile. He sat on the bed and before I knew what was happening he picked me up and placed me on his lap. "W-what are you d-doing? Let me go!" I said slightly agitated. He just chuckled darkly and tightened his grip somewhat. "You are my mate, which means you belong to me and only me. I need to mark and claim you, so that everyone knows you are mine." he said growling, "Don't run from me. I won't hurt you, I have been waiting for you all my life. I love you." he said with a fierceness that took me by surprise. He placed his face in the crook of my neck again and breathed deeply. "You smell so f*****g divine sweetheart." he said softly as he placed soft feathery kisses on my neck. I shivered slightly and moaned unknowingly. I felt my whole body submitting to him. I tried to move but he started sucking and nibbling my neck more. "P-please..... I..... I......" I blurted out loud not even knowing what I was saying. "Please what sweetheart? What can my mate possibly want?" he said chuckling softly. Truthfully I didn't even know what I wanted.