Broken 'Angel'! (Mates And Enemies Series, #2)

Introduction.

The new chapter of your life is begging to be written. Turn the page with the one you truly love and let it flow... Forever!

~early in the afternoon, Shining Full Moon Pack, pack house~

Tia’s pov

I look at myself in the mirror and fix my dress with a big, nervous yet excited smile on my face.

Today it’s the big day.

Derek is here and we are going to meet each other again after more than a year, I’m going to ‘realize’ we are mates and everyone is going to know!

I can’t believe the big time has finally come, it is a dream coming true and I have been preparing myself for this moment for years, but now I feel I will never be ready. Don’t get me wrong, I was living for this day from the moment Ian confirmed that Derek and I are mates, but I am so enthusiastic and nervous that I don’t really know how to deal with it!

The guys have told me how it feels like to see your mate, they explained everything with as many details as they could, but I have never felt it before and the fact that so many people are going to be around us is not very helpful. Well, in fact it is a small relief, but at the same time it’s not for completely different reasons.

You see, if I was alone with Derek, I would feel nervous, because I wouldn’t know how exactly to behave, it would be awkward to come too close immediately, although I am looking forward for this. But now we are going to be in front of the entire pack of mine and Ian with Blaire’s, our family and friends and this means only one thing, everyone’s eyes are going to be on us, so it’s frustrating.

“It is going to be fine, Tia. Please, calm down!” my wolf, Tory says impatient after more than a year of waiting this moment and I exhale while I observe myself once more to make sure I look pretty enough.

Goddess, I think this dress is inappropriate, it is very short and revealing, I mean I guess it is, although Wendy loved it from the first moment we saw it about a week ago when we went strictly for shopping for Nina’s birthday party, by the way the party is today in some minutes from now.

This is why Derek is here and I am going to see him. Okay, to be honest Derek very often visits us, I mean my family and Blaire with Ian and all the others, but the last one year I was not here. I left to the same private college Blaire was for two years when she was at my age and this is why I haven’t seen him before. We are very lucky we have the opportunity to see each other now and this is because I’m back home only for a month for my summer holidays and fortunately Nina has her birthday and Kyle decided to throw a big party to celebrate our amazing Luna’s 24th birthday. Derek couldn’t miss it, Nina is like his sister after all and deep inside me I know he is coming for me, I mean us and even Ian and Wendy with Evan, Albert and Ann agree about it, they are those who know about us.

At this point I surely have to explain some things about them knowing, five years passed and many things happened in this period of time.

Ian knew from the beginning, from the night my mother had her birthday and saw Derek staring at me more intensively than the usual and the same thing goes for Evan, who understood it some time later and he was the first who approached Derek and told him he knew. I don’t find it weird considering his and Wendy’s love story, which is the same with us with the only difference being that Derek and I are not close due to the big geographic distance.

Evan was the reason Wendy learnt about Derek and me some months later when she turned 16 and got her wolf, realized with her turn that she and Evan were mates and from that moment they got stuck on each other and there are no secrets between them. The truth is I was scared of her spilling everything about Derek and me by mistake, because she is more expressive and open, she can’t control her excitement most of the times, but I am happy I was wrong, because Wendy has been supporting me like nobody else since that moment and she hasn’t told anyone about it.

I think I have to say how Ian reacted when we found out that she and Evan are mates, because the scene was priceless and we still laugh like crazy when we recall that day. You see, my poor, sweet, amazing brother (yes, this one is Ian) had no idea, but Blaire, my wicked sister knew, she had understood it and preferred to keep it as a secret to save Evan from Ian, who would have kicked his ass. This had as result Ian almost passing out and Blaire laughing at him, not to mention how expressive Wendy was with Evan from the first seconds and the shock was huge for him, he couldn’t believe it at the beginning and he almost killed Evan for not telling him. Thanks Goddess for Evan that Blaire was there and scolded Ian, he accepted everything, calmed down and ended up happy and relieved for Wendy and Evan (between us he couldn’t feel differently, Evan is one of his brothers and the love he has for Wendy and Wendy for him was obvious), but this doesn’t mean Ian never forgot Blaire’s small ‘betrayal’.

He’s been careful enough to take his sweet revenge for her not telling him and he decided to do the same thing with me, so he kept mine and Derek’s secret and he is impatient yet terrified to see Blaire’s reaction. I’m not sure yet, if he is going to laugh or cry and regret for not telling her and doing the same thing she did, but we are going to see this in a while, so let’s be patient.

And last, but not least we have my Albert with Ann, my secret angels and idols, because I must be honest, Albert had been training me for four years with Alex until one year ago when I had to leave anyway. It was my request, because he is the best trainer in the world, he trained my mother and sister and I want to become the best I can, so I couldn’t think of anyone better than him, but he didn’t only train me. He and Ann took one more role in my life, they became two of my idols, because they are remarkable for their generosity, kindness, strength, composure and maturity. I admire them as personalities and I hope I become half of what they are.

And after all these let’s get back to our very serious topic, my dress!

I like it, but what if Derek doesn’t like it?

It’s a quite short length ‘A’ line, white satin dress with ‘V’ neck and lace at the back side and my only hesitation is for the length of it, because I love everything else. I matched it with a pair of high scandals in gold color, one pair of short, discreet golden earring with small diamonds on them and the item which perfects this match is my favorite necklace.

It is my father’s present for my 16th birthday and I haven’t taken it off from that day, because it is from him and also, I loved it from the first moment. It is from gold as well, the chain is very thin and he bought it for me, because it has angel’s wings from small, shining diamonds. It is mostly a symbolic present, because he says I am his angel and I guess this is why I have this nickname in our family, I’m everyone’s ‘angel’.

After the dress I focus on my hair and this time I smile absolutely pleased. I didn’t want it up, I prefer it more natural and I left it down in simple big, light curls. I love its color, it is light brown, it is shining under my room’s lights and I decided to leave it very long, so it reaches almost my lower back. As for my makeup now, I didn’t do many things. I don’t think I need too much makeup and this is why I used just some rouge in a light rose color, a very light brown sparkling eye shadow with some black mascara and a matte rose lipstick. This makeup reveals more my eyes’ honey, almost golden color under specific lights and it is not too much, it’ just fine.

“You are perfect, mate is going to love it, seriously!” Tory commends proudly and I blush from her encouraging words.

This wolf of mine is definitely something, there is no other explanation about it. She is the best company I could have asked for the rest of my life, my other half self that completes and supports me like nobody. We have never fought or disagreed these months we are together and from the moment I got her I’m more confident, wise and strong. I owe her almost half of who I have become this one year, because Tory is my personal, full time rock and we cooperate unbelievably well.

“What would I do without you, little missy?” I ask teasingly and she laughs when someone knocks loudly my door.

And I was wondering where everyone were, it is not so normal for me to be home without being bothered from the guys, my parents or my nieces and nephews, because guess what!

Everyone decided to have kid(s) in these five years and the house is filled with babies’ cries, laughs, yells, complaints, giggles and chuckles, toys’ noises, footsteps’ sounds, kids’ songs and adults’ shouts.

Let me take things one by one, we have many to talk about, at least for those who live in this pack house of ours.

First of all, I am going to begin with Blaire Ian, although they don’t leave here, but some kilometers away in their own, peaceful pack. I can’t forget about them, because they are way too important to me and you (I know, you want more). So, these two insane mates got married exactly two months after the day Ian proposed to Blaire and they marked each other and their life is how it was supposed to be from the beginning, even though Blaire sometimes still tortures Ian with her dominant personality and Ian accepts it, because between us he is dying for her and he is a whole new man. I think deep inside his heart he likes to please Blaire and steps back willingly, he loves her satisfied smirks. Thankfully they have no fights, they run the pack together, they are equal and the pack is stronger than ever.

Also, Eleanor became 9 years old some months ago and she is transforming into a charming, polite and very energetic young lady, she is very smart and mature for her age and I am excited to say she is going to have a little brother in about a month from now. Exactly, your guess is right, Blaire is three months pregnant and we are on cloud nine for our new family member, the male Alpha.

After them I need to talk about two special and beloved people for me and they could be nobody else than my hero brother, Kyle and cute new sister, Nina. These two became our pack’s Alphas, after Blaire passed the title to Kyle in order to leave to stay with Ian and as it was expected Kyle and Nina run the pack with wisdom, dedication, love and justice. The pack couldn’t have been more pleased, because Kyle is just the same great Alpha Blaire was and Nina is the Luna my mother used to be before her, the pack adores her and she adores the pack. Their relationship keeps on being dreamy and it passed in a whole new level four years ago when Nina gave birth not to one, but two strong Alphas, a boy and a girl, Luke and Kate! Do you believe it?

They made twins and you had to see my father sobbing in the hospital’s corridor like a small kid from pride and joy for his two new grandkids’ birth. These kids are adorable, they are going to be the death of me, because I am their favorite aunt and there is no day I am here without having them following me like my tail everywhere, but I can’t complain. They are very smart, they have taken many things from both of their parents and one day Luke, the older one between them, is going to be the next Alpha of the pack after Kyle, but Kate is surely going to help him, there is nothing that can separate them.

I guess it’s my parents and uncles’ turn now and I think it’s not difficult for you to understand how things are for them. My parents have three and too soon they are going to have four grandkids, although they have all the others’ kids like their grandkids as well and my uncles have one crazy and restless granddaughter, Maya, who took my grandma’s name. They run behind everyone’s kids all the time, because their parents run the pack and they are full of heavy duties and I haven’t seen them happier, they smile all the time, they look much younger and they spoil the small devils (sometimes) of ours nonstop, they’ve lost their minds.

I mentioned my uncles, Travis and Julia, so I find it fair to talk about my cousin, Kara and Isaak, the two Alphas, who have only one kid until now, their daughter, my niece, Maya. They have a very calm and happy life, their pack is larger than it was some years back and they are thinking about trying for a second kid, because Maya is almost five years old and she is old enough, she is asking for a little sister as well and I hope we have happy news from them too soon.

I think we have to continue with the next couple in line, right? Can you imagine who I mean?

It’s easy, I will give you a hint, so listen carefully.

He is the headache himself, but at the same time he is necessary to all of us and she was born to stand and love him, put him in his place and be very patient.

I am sure you found it, yes, I mean Alex and Henna, the funniest couple ever! Things are just like you knew for them, they are still crazy (and crazy in love), restless, funny, teasers and caring with all of us. Alex can’t stop being the unique man he was born to be and Henna has accepted her fate and enjoys it. There is no way you spend even one minute with them without laughing and they are also thinking about having the baby number two, because they have stopped at Nick, who is going to be six years old in some months and he is a copy of Alex as for the personality and a copy of Henna as for his appearance. Pray for us about the first one, because if he turns out to be like Alex, we are all dead, it’s certain (but I melt for him, he has a pure heart).

The logical thing for me is to continue with the second craziest man in line and this man is our Dean with his mate and female Beta, Nora. I really admire Nora for pressing Dean to grow up and for accomplishing it in a small grade, but at the same time I am happy Dean hasn’t changed so much, because this is what we all love in him, his childish behavior and full of love heart. They became parents four years ago and now Nora has not only one man to run behind, she has two, as they made a son named Jaxon, a boy that is Luke’s best friend, Nick’s biggest supporter in his pranks and the runner of the family, all of us chase him to feed him.

Cai and Liza follow and I am impressed with Cai, who has stopped being so serious because of Liza’s effect in his life. She made him open up, be more expressive and talkative and he taught her everything he knows and made her a very smart female Gamma with the same strategic and analytical abilities. Their life got completed with their daughter’s birth, they named her Skylar, she is three years old and a genius like her father and his biggest weakness. You have to see him holding her in his arms and walking around the pack with the proudest smile there is, it’s touching.

And to conclude about them, I must talk about Nora and Liza’s brother and sister, the twins, Adrian and Olivia, who are twelve years old, Eleanor’s best friends and very good students. These two love very much their nephew and niece and Dean with Cai, who teach them many things and they are the big brothers and protectors they never had.

And I’m going to finish with our elders and most important supporters, Albert and Ann, who haven’t left us for even a day and continue being the voice of wisdom, love, logic and maturity. They are like parents to all of us, even to my parents or uncles and we run to them to ask their opinion for almost everything, we feel confident and sure when we have them by our side and as for how they are doing with each other, I couldn’t have been happier for them, because they are truly one and they have finally found their shelter in each other’s arms.

“Tia, I am going to give birth in front of your door, if you keep on not opening to me!” she yells and knocks the door even louder in impatience.

Shit, Wendy, the family’s tornado!

Pregnancy’s hormones have doubled everything she was, do you imagine what we are passing through?

Don’t bite me, I was about to tell you about her, I swear I did, but I need to open to her before she breaks my door and kills me.

“I am coming, girl, now!” I yell as I run to the door in hurry and I stop to take a short breath before I grab the handle and open.

I smile breathless the next second when my eyes meet hers and she rolls her eyes with a devilish smirk I already know its meaning. She saw him and she came to tell me about him as I asked from her to and check on my appearance before we go downstairs to the party which is soon going to begin.

I exhale trembling and open the door completely for her. I take two steps to the left to give her space to get in and when she does, I close the door in hurry and stiffen unable to breathe.

I feel my heartbeat getting faster and my heart is dancing in my chest, I feel her hovering and my lungs run out of oxygen while my skin takes fire and my cheeks blush in a second. Tory has perked her ears and moves in my mind nonstop and I bite my lower lip as I observe Wendy walking to the bed, reaching it and sitting on its edge with her expression more devilish than before.

“Wendy, talk! I’m dying here!” I whisper and start playing nervously my cold, thin fingers.

If she doesn’t speak, I’ll pass out, I swear! This is the biggest torture there is and she knows it, this is why she is trying to delay it, she likes teasing me, but this is serious here, I want to know if she saw Derek, he came with Stefan. Ian said he was going to come here straight from Canada, as he went there for a meeting he had with another Alpha, a friend of Stefan’s.

“Wendy!” I mutter louder through my teeth when some seconds pass with no answer from her and she laughs immediately.

I promise she is going to pay for this one day, I’ll wait until she gives birth and then…

“I saw him, and Ian with Evan are with him, they are waiting for us and Derek was sweating. It looks like he is more nervous than you are and I don’t blame him, I mean the man is going to have a heart attack when he sees you.” She says and stands up to walk to me.

I narrow my eyes confused with the last words of hers and forget about the first, I don’t understand what she meant, why would Derek have a heart attack? Do I look so bad? I tried very much, I thought I had done a good job. Well, it must be the dress, it is extremely short, he won’t like it, he is going to be disappointed!

“It’s not only that he will finally be able to hold you in front of everyone, but also that you look like a dream in this dress, you are gorgeous!” she explains, noticing my fear and pulls me in her arms when she reaches me.

Man, she really scared me, I though she meant a completely different thing and I felt so helpless and awful!

Tory giggles as I wrap my arms around Wendy and then I exhale in relief. Wendy’s opinion matters me, because she is one of my two best friends, she is older than me, we are very close and I trust her and her good taste. It’s not only that she is Ian’s sister, so she is like my sister as well, it’s something much deeper and all this situation we have and had with Derek and Evan brought us closer. Our cases certainly have few differences, but the general theme is pretty much the same, we truly understand each other and the same happens with our mates, Derek and Evan.

“Wendy, do you think he is going to like me?” I ask timidly and prepare myself for her intense outburst that comes almost immediately.

“Not again, we haven’t stopped talking about it, Tia. Derek already likes you, the man is crazy in love! Do you know any other male in the age from 23 to 28 years old that would have waited for his mate with no protest at all? Derek has never looked anyone else, he has been waiting for you, Ian and Evan know, even Albert and Ann. He has eyes for you, only for you, the end!” she says in frustration after she pulls back and I lower my head with a shy, innocent smile and Tory laughs at me for my stupid, unreasonable and sudden insecurities.

Wendy is right and I know it. Derek never protested about my young age, the physical distance and the fact we had to stay away from each other and keep our bond a big secret. He has done nothing inappropriate to me, he has been always respecting me, he has been trying to hide his feeling for me from me, although I knew it from the first days and I did the same and he has given me no right to think he doesn’t or won’t like me, but he is my mate and I already love him. I’m really in love and I can’t be so logical about us.

I am blessed our Goddess gave me him for mate, he is one of the best men I have ever met and what Wendy said it’s true, he never had eyes for anyone except me.

“You are right, I’m sorry for overreacting like this, but you know how I feel. Thank you for everything, you are my savior, Wendy! I owe you, I really do, I wouldn’t be able to stand it on my own!” I say grateful and her expression softens, she smiles and kisses my cheek while laughing.

“It’s fine, silly angel! I’m glad I could help you, but I’m just going to tell my child that its godmother was getting on my nerves the first one and half month I was pregnant.” She teases and I chuckle.

This is the best opportunity to tell you about Wendy and Evan, but it’s not only them, because Wendy is one and half month pregnant and I will be the baby’s godmother, we agreed on this from the first moment and I am looking forward to meet my godchild, although we don’t know its gender yet. We have one month in front of us for this, but it is fine. What matters is that the guys are very happy, all of us are glad they are so well and before I forget I need to say that they got married when Wendy turned eighteen, which means about two years ago.

I open my mouth ready to tease her back, but another knock at the door stops me and Ann’s scent fills the room gradually. I was expecting from her to come and I am glad she did, because I need the most support I can get in order to walk down the stairs and out of the house, at the big yard where the party is going to take place.

“Come in, just on time!” Wendy yells cheerfully and taps my back while the door opens and Ann appears.

Her bright, emotional smile is making my heart melt and she closes the door behind her to turn and walk to us. I smell the thrill and Wendy breaks our hug while Ann gives me a slow, observing look. Her eyes are filled with tears and I wish my mother could be here with us as well, but I know we couldn’t tell her, because she would have told my father everything about Derek and me.

The last thing we wanted all these years was my dad finding out about us.

First he would have a heart attack, next he would lock me in a tower (I mean it, don’t laugh), then he would go to find Derek and kill him in the most torturing way there is and in the end he would die peacefully. If you think I am excessive, you have to think again, because as George Gordon stated some years ago after Blaire and Ian’s wedding, I’m his lastborn, his little girl and he hasn’t lost Blaire and Kyle (he meant they are here and he can see them every day whenever he wants) and he would never allow me to leave his side for any reason. Believe me, if he knew Derek and I are mates, he would kill him and I can’t deny I am scared about his reaction.

I know it is going to be painful for both of us either he accepts it easily, or after a big scene and many efforts from my mother. Our bond became extremely strong the last four years, we are closer than ever, we realized we have too many things in common and we don’t want to leave each other, but I’ll have to do it eventually, I’ll have to follow Derek to Switzerland and my dad is going to be devastated.

“You do look like an angel, you are so pretty!” Ann murmurs emotional and opens her arms for me with Wendy nodding immediately in agreement.

And just like that Tia’s cheeks have turned red like tomatoes, this is fantastic, right?

“Thank you, Ann, I will never be able to make it up to you, you are the best!” I whisper as I hug her and she kisses my forehead.

“You have nothing to make up to me, do you understand?” she asks softly, takes my face in her hands and caresses my cheeks.

I nod weakly and try not to cry, my eyes are tingling me for the first tears’ appearance and I mustn’t cry now, it’s the big time, but all these mixed and very strong emotions have overflowed and it keeps on getting more intense and hard for me not to get affected.

“Alright, now… Everyone is downstairs, I think we shouldn’t lose more time. Don’t let your mate waiting, show some mercy!” she says in a playful, but also touched tone and I turn to Wendy who wipes some tears from her eyes and cheeks.

I exhale harshly, trying to get rid of the biggest part of my nervousness and then take a very deep, slow breath to fill my lungs with oxygen. Tory gives me the last encouraging and reassuring nod that everything is going to be alright and I relax as much as I can.

I hope Derek and I turn our lives’ page together tonight and the new happy chapter of our common life ends with us being truly one for now and forever!

~at the same time, pack house’s yard, party~

Derek’s pov

“Let me look at you…” Evan whispers after he makes sure nobody is listening to us and I groan awkwardly.

Fortunately, the crowd of Kyle and Ian’s pack members is huge and it’s noisy.

Anyway, I feel like I am about to die and Evan is not making it better.

He and Ian decided to take their revenge for standing me patiently all these years and they do it with great success, they tease me without leaving me time to take a break and imagine I have about 10 minutes I arrived with Stefan and his mate, Madison.

By the way I am very happy for Mister Smith, because he and Madison are really in love and their bond keeps on getting stronger, even though they are together for the last five years, they marked each other very quickly and this is something really unusual, but as long as they are so well, we can’t complain. He has stopped growing up, I am referring to his appearance and in fact he looks younger and we owe it to Madison.

I can’t lie, I wasn’t very positive at the beginning, because she is a vampire, but I was wrong, because when I met her better, I realized she rocks and the proof about it is that she makes Stefan the happiest he can be, she has become a real member of the big family we are, she has great relationships with Blaire, Ian and everyone else and she adores Eleanor. She has no problem that El calls Stefan ‘father’, because he is her father and we all admit it and the same thing goes for Ian, who is Stefan’s new best friend.

I don’t know how these four made it (Blaire, Ian, Stefan and Madison), but they did and I admire them, they are mature, honest and there is mutual love and respect from all sides. They like visiting each other, El has lost nobody and most specifically Stefan and they turn to look at the past only to remember the lessons they took from it and improve themselves even more.

Anyway… Stefan and Madison are with Blaire, Eleanor, Dillon, Hannah and Gavin.

Oh, yes, Dillon and Hannah have a four and half years old son, Gavin, the next Alpha of Bloody Wood’s Pack. This boy is a moving bomb, this is how energetic he is and poor Hannah has to run after him almost constantly, but at the same time he is a charmer like his father and he escapes hers and everyone else’s scolding.

“Mmm… Are you thinking what I am, Ian?” Evan asks with a ‘thoughtful’ expression and rubs his jaw, bringing me back to present and I sigh heavily in despair.

Why did I end up with them? I had to go with Bill, his mate, Layla, their son and Matthew with Alex’s father, Rafael.

I am sure you want to know about Bill, because he met his mate almost three years back, in a trip he had made to Canada. His mate, Layla was a member of Stefan’s pack, but she followed him here and not even a year later and their first kid was born, it is a boy and his name is Easton. The three of them are very united and Bill deserved it, I like his bright smile and Layla is very caring with him and their son, who is the youngest child between all the others.

Also, Ian’s father, Matthew and Alex’s, Rafael are finally completely free from duties and they spend most of their time with their grandkids, Eleanor and Nick and retirement looks great, especially for Matthew, because he has been through many, tough and painful incidents, but he is finally calm and happy.

“I think I am, Evan… Look at his f*****g mess!” Ian mutters with a wicked smirk and my jaw drops.

Are these two for real?

They know I am one step away from death and they do their best to make me die much sooner.

This is the moment I have been dreaming for the last five years, today Tia is going to realize we are mates, it’s the most crucial moment of my entire life, my future depends on her decision and they feel no sympathy at all?!

What have I done to deserve this and especially from them?!

“They are just teasing you…” my wolf, Dalon groans through his teeth, already annoyed because I get affected from them and I clear my throat.

I need to ask from them to stop, because Evan knows how I feel, he was in my place and Ian was in shock when he and Wendy announced it. They have to respect me, I mean my pathetic condition.

It is the first time I’m so terrified and it is because I need from Tia to accept me at first place, next agree to come with me back to my pack when she turns eighteen of course and for all these George has to give us his allowance. I know how much he loves her, but she also adores him, they can’t imagine their lives without each other and if George denies allowing her to come with me and become my Luna officially, I will have to leave my title and pack and come here to stay with her.

I am willing to do this, for Tia I can do anything, although my pack needs me and it doesn’t consist of 6 members anymore as it consisted five years ago. It consists of 120 and I owe it to the King, because Blaire, Albert and Ian talked to him about me, he trusted me and many who wanted to join a new pack were sent to mine by him. Moreover, many rogues join us and our number grows bigger.

This means more weight on my shoulders, more responsibilities, work and duties, but I feel great to know I help my pack and keep them all safe and sound. We have done an incredible progress, we have build a bigger pack house, many houses, a school, even a pack hospital and they are all very pleased with me in lead, so If I had to leave, it would bring the upside down for the pack and I don’t want to leave my home, but if it’s for Tia, I can step back and accept it.

She is my other half, the light of my life, the blood in my veins, my oxygen and I don’t want to imagine my life without her. I had a very hard time the previous years. It is a real hell to know you have a mate away from you and things for me were painful.

Every time we met it was harder for me to leave again back to my pack and away from her.

Every single time I was torn into pieces, my heart was cracking, my wolf needed days to talk to me again, because he wanted time to deal with our mate’s absence and I was falling in the dark, I was losing my life’s light, I can’t describe it better…

I can do anything for Tia, I can give her my life, I am nothing without her and I will do whatever she wants in order not to lose her. I will make her happy, keep her safe, love her more than anything else, treat her like a queen and never, ever leave her side, because this is my life’s purpose from the moment I found her.

“Hey, we were trying to tease you to make you feel better. We are sorry, if we crossed the line, bro. Calm down, you look fantastic, honestly!” Ian says panicked probably because I am shaking and sweating with all these thoughts bombarding my mind and I exhale harshly.

“It’s not what you did… What if she doesn’t want me? Who am I after all? I have a small pack, it is new, I…” I begin to say breathless, but Ian growls warningly to me and Evan taps my shoulder with a sympathetic smile.

“Bro, you are nervous and you say bullshit. Tia never cared or will care about the number of the pack or anything else except you! She has the purest and greatest heart there is, all she needs is love and you have plenty of love to give her. Relax and stop allowing to your fears win and take you down.” Ian says confidently with his eyes shining and Evan nods positively.

Well… He is right about what Tia wants and how pure she is. She is a real angel with all the word’s meaning, she doesn’t care about fame, power or even money and packs. I guess I am an ass for feeling like this, but it’s not her fault, I am panicked and I can’t think clearly like before.

“Thank you, I am stupid, but I am scared of the possibility of losing her, you know what I mean…” I mutter and rub the back of my neck and Ian shakes his head nervously.

“You tell me?! I am afraid I know exactly how you feel, you are right.” He says under his breath and Evan bites his lower lip thoughtfully, but the next second he opens his mouth again and looks at me.

“Hey, I was in your place, Ian was in worse place than both of us together, but everything went great. The same thing is going to happen now, with you. Just don’t be so scared!” he says, trying to cheer me up and I stiffen troubled and not so sure.

Well, it is very easy to say it when you don’t have any problem anymore, but I know he means it with all his heart. He is always the positive one between the three of us and he wants to help me, because when he was in my place, he had nobody to help him.

“Yes, but it’s not only Tia’s reaction... What about George’s, or even Kyle’s? They will be very mad at me!” I hiss quickly and Ian smirks and tries to hold back his laughter, but I don’t get it.

Not that I can, my mind has shut down, I can’t think.

“Derek, Kyle is going to understand and he will be very happy, you know him. He considers you his brother and as for George… We will talk to him, I will do anything and he has a good heart. It will be hard for him at the beginning, but he loves you, he trusts you.” He says after he realizes I didn’t understand his expression.

“And believe me, you are lucky, because George is better than Wendy, especially when she is pregnant and has these hormones. My life is in constant danger, no offence Ian, but you have eyes and see everything.” Evan adds defensively in a fake dramatic way and I laugh while Ian surprisingly nods.

Oh, what do we have here? Ian is taking his brother in law’s side and not his sister’s!? I wish Wendy was here to see this, she would kill them and they would do nothing to stop her, we mustn’t frustrate her in her condition.

“I feel you, you can see Blaire as well. I can’t open my mouth for anything, because she kicks my ass for fun very easily and now that I mentioned her… Start praying for me. I didn’t tell her anything, because I wanted to take my revenge and because Derek asked me, but I’m scared till death now. She is going to kill me.” Ian says while he looks around us to make sure Blaire is not close and I press my lips to drown my sudden cry of surprise.

The truth is I feel quite guilty for this. I am the one who asked from Ian to say nothing and I have no doubt he would have decided to tell Blaire, if I hadn’t put him to promise me the exact opposite thing. I’m aware of the fact that he wanted to make Blaire pay in the same way, because of the turn things took between Tia and me, but he loves her very much and he would have definitely broke his silence, if it hadn’t been me and my desperate request.

“Wendy and I are going to help you, at least this is what we’ll try…” Evan states and I nod immediately in agreement.

He is right and moreover, I have to help and excuse him. It is my own fault and I will feel awful, if they have a fight. Ian stood next to me, it is my turn now.

“I’ll explain to her that you did it for me, you won’t have big problems…” I say with meaning and he smiles grateful to me.

“And now let’s see you… Um, you look very good! Dark blue formal trousers, white shirt with the sleeves folded on your elbows and your chocolate brown hair perfectly stylish.” Evan says while looking at me inquisitively and Ian groans ready to take his turn.

“Three days beard, big mixed brown and green eyes… Good shoes, strong, tall body… Man, don’t worry at all! You are a big delicious piece of chocolate milk cake!” he commends and they break into laughing again, catching me off guard for once more.

I think I have to keep my mouth shut and don’t help Ian and then make Evan’s life a real hell. Yes, this is it, they are going to regret laughing at me this important day. They are playing with me, I'll do the same.

“I promise you that I…” I begin to say, but the strong, delicious scent of caramel hits my noise and I freeze like a thunderbolt falls on me out of nowhere.

It’s her, it’s Tia!

I snap my head like a flash to the direction from which her scent is coming from and my eyes meet immediately her honey, almost golden ones.

My heartbeat explodes in my chest, my skin shudders more than any other time, my breath gets cut, my legs start shaking, I feel a sudden fire building up inside me, my mind stops thinking and surrenders to her while my wolf howls ecstatic.

She is here, my Tia!

My eyes fall from her big, expressive and full of excitement eyes to her pink, full lips, next her long, smooth neck, her pale sternum, then to her thin like ring waist, her long, breathtaking bare legs and I gulp unable to believe my eyes.

She is my angel on earth, she is a true one and this white dress looks incredibly perfect on her!

I had more than a year to see her and she has transformed from a sweet teenage girl to a gorgeous, attractive and charming woman, and she is my woman!

I raise my eyes again to meet hers and this time I exhale with an amused smile appearing on my face when I see her emotional, happy and full of warmth one.

She truly accepts me, she wants me and then I look at her mouth to read her lips and see the one and only important word leaving from them at the same time it leaves from mine.

“MATE!”

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Hello for the very first chapter of the new number two book!

Welcome all and thanks for reading this first, very introductive chapter with our heroes' lives' changes and a small idea about Tia and Derek! I need to say from now that I will update the story, but the others come first, I need to finish one to update this one more often, so please be patient. I have already told you, but I needed to repeat it again.

I am really curious to know your opinions about this very first chapter and your thoughts about what is going to happen next, so please let me know!

What do you think about Tia? What about our heroes' lives' big and positive changes? What about Tia and Wendy's friendship? How do you feel about Derek and everything he said? How about Ian and Evan? What is your opinion about how Derek feels for Tia? Did you like their official beginning? What is going to happen next?

Thank you very much from now for everything and I hope you liked the chapter and you will slowly love this second sequel.

Please if you want to help me from now that it is the beginning and you are looking forward for the second chapter commend and let me know your opinion and thoughts.

I will see you in the next chapter (unless you are reading my other books). Until then stay safe, smile and have fun!

Love you all very, very much,

             Marie!