The Cursed Hybrid

Overwhelmed

Chapter 5

To say that this whole day has been overwhelming is a bit of an understatement, between being rejected, the curse being freed, having a second chance mate, and meeting the person that my father tried to ruin her life, was a lot in a very short space of time. I think my brain needs time to catch up.

I have no idea how I managed to get rid of the Shadow demons, or if I will be able to do it again if the time comes, or should I say when it does. I know Queen Liana, was trying to scare them when she said they would be lucky if I helped them, but no matter what they have done, I just couldn’t leave people to die if there was anything that I could do to prevent it.

I just followed behind Queen Rayne and listened as she chatted away to Queen Star, I was far to nervous, and to be honest I don’t have many social skills with not having anyone to talk with other than mum and dad for most of my life, so I just stayed quiet unless they directly asked me something.

It was so strange to have people that I had never met before treat me with so much kindness and care, when I had people that were related to me by blood that would barely even look in my direction, and if they did it was just so I could see the disdain on their faces towards who and what I was.

I also can not believe how kind Queen Liana was towards me, I thought she would hate me even more than my pack members had, but she wants to help me. I may be nothing like my sperm donor, but I wouldn’t feel badly towards her if she thought I was after everything he had put her family through.

That also scared me, Queen Rayne referring to me as a queen also, that means her nephew is the future king, and I will have to come into contact with others who he has hurt. I know there were no kingdoms apart from maybe the fae one that he hadn’t done some sort of despicable act on. Not everyone is as understanding as these two.

No one will want me as a queen when they find out about my family, and I don’t blame them at all. It just means that I will lose out again on my mate and the chance at being family. There is no way he can make me his Queen. The people would not let him.

Aphrodite keeps trying to keep my mood up, telling me that both Raphael and his wolf want us and love us already. I find it hard to believe, though. It’s not like I have ever had that type of love from anyone apart from my parents. How can someone who doesn’t know me love me when no one else has for the past 2 years.

Star disappears, and Rayne shows me to a room and starts to run a bath for me. The bathroom has doors on either side, and she explains that it is shared by the two rooms, so to lock both sides anytime that I was in there.

Once a bubble bath is run for me she says she will give me some privacy and that there will fresh clothes waiting on my bed for me, when I am finished and that Raphael will be over in an hour with some food for both of us.

The bath feels heavenly, my boiler broke about a year ago and no one wanted to come to my house to fix it, so for the last year I have had to get used to quick cold showers. I find myself managing to relax a bit, but my mind is still in overdrive thinking about everything that has happened.

The fear on everyone’s faces as the shadows attacked my mother’s family was awful. They may not have wanted me, but they were still my family, and I loved them to a degree. Not that there was any hope of us ever having a relationship with each other, but now that they were dead, even the tiny sliver of hope I had for one day, maybe, is gone.

After half an hour and the hot water and bubbles doing their job, my mind has settled slightly, as its not like I can do much or change anything right now. Unfortunately, now as I dry and dress, I am nervous about my mate coming and having to sit through a meal with him. He will be able to tell straight away that I am not fit to be Queen, but I suppose it’s best he works that out now, than when I get more attached to him, it’s Aphrodite I feel most sorry for, she shouldn’t have to pay because of our family tree.

I about left the bed in fright when I heard the knock at the door, I was so caught up in my thoughts and arguing with Aphrodite that I hadn’t realised the time had passed so quickly. Oh well, it's not like I can ignore him, so I guess we may as well get it over and done with.

When I opened the door, my mate gave me a gorgeous heart-stopping smile, and I could feel his happiness that he was here with me. Reluctantly, I opened the door wider to let him in, and he walked over to a small table with two chairs and set down our tray of food.

He looked so happy, it broke my heart that he was going to find out that the mate he was waiting on was not going to even be close to what he expected me to be, and I didn’t want to be the reason he lost his smile.

The food looked and smelled amazing, I could cook, but unfortunately, I always had to conserve my budget, and it was always things that were quick and cheap to throw together. It certainly didn’t stretch to steak. That was a luxury I just couldn’t waste valuable money on.

The food tasted so good that I forgot my manners and that someone was with me. It’s not like I have had a dining companion to worry about for a long time now. I was so caught up with devouring my food that I was startled by the chuckle that came out of his mouth and immediately blushed in embarrassment.

“Sorry, I have not had company to eat with or had a steak since before my mother died, I guess I forgot to have manners” I say cringing inside about how he must think I am a completely uncultured pig.

“Oh no, that’s not why I laughed, I just loved seeing you enjoy your food so much and not caring about how much you eat. We are wolves after all, there is no need to watch your weight like most women, our systems burn it off anyway, I never understood those girls” he says making me blush more at my assumption.

“Oh” I said, oh is that all I can come up with? I really am hopeless.

“I hope you have enough room for the slice of chocolate fudge cake I brought” he says, breaking the awkwardness.

“There is always space for chocolate in any form” I say excited with a small smile which made him gaze at me heatedly until he shook it off and passed over the plate containing a little piece of heaven. I have managed to indulge in treats, I was a good Baker, and it is cheaper to make them yourself than buy them, so I didn’t deny myself that. Life was bad enough at times. Life without sugary treats would be hell.

The cake was amazing. It was so soft and moist it just melted on my tongue. I could hear Aphrodite chuckle at my enjoyment and how it was making our mate feel. That confused me as I looked at him, looking a bit red and slightly uncomfortable.

“Angel, if you keep on making noises like that, I am not sure if I will be able to control myself around you, I was already holding on by a thread. Now I can’t stop thinking about what I can do to keep hearing those heavenly moans” he says with a raspy, gravely voice that sends shivers through my body, before I blushed scarlet, as I realised I had been moaning, and what else he can do to make me make that noise. His chuckle as he spotted my realisation didn’t help any, as my body betrayed me.

“Fu.ck, now you smell even more delicious, let’s chat about a few things to distract me before I have you under me on that bed” he growls out, sh.it I forgot he would be able to smell his effect on me, its not like I have ever had any desire for someone else that its been an issue.

Even before I found out Colton was my mate I was never attracted to him, his personality was so unappealing, a pretty face couldn’t make up for it, I didn’t even feel that attracted to him when I discovered he was my mate, I just thought about how to best handle it so no one was hurt. That went perfectly didn’t it.