Samantha POV
“Go on a date with me baby girl…”
That is what he asked me. And I froze. I have never been on a date in my life.
“In this small town there isn’t really much to do. There is the skating rink that is usually swarmed by middle schoolers and is closed during the week. Then there is the bowling alley but with it being a Monday they are having tournaments. There is the Café house but they had a band today since they were a radio station as well. There is our movie theater but there isn’t anything playing that I would like. And as Far as restaurants, there was only one sit down kind of place worth while and that was Ollie’s and they would be busy with the golf teams that play today, besides that the rest of this town is all fast food joints and a Walmart”. I shake my head.
“Where were you thinking we could go because with everything I just listed in this small town, none of them sound like a date spot to me.” I look up at him.
“Well Mark had suggested I take you to Joplin and do some shopping and go out to eat. What do you say?” he asks it a low and sexy voice.
‘This could be our chance to get to know him.’ My inner voice says and for once I agree with it.
“Yea lets go there, it is about an hour and a half drive so we will make it there about 3:30 and we should be able to do some shopping first if that is okay?” I ask. Not that I am really all that into shopping but the fact that we will be having an announcement party for all three of us kids, I need to pick up a new dress.
‘And maybe something a little sexy for our mate’ my inner voice says.
‘Okay that’s it your new name will be Tine. Which means fire in Irish because I’m starting to like your spark’ I laugh out loud making Asher raise an amused eyebrow at me.
“Is there something funny on my face Mi Amor?” Goddess what he does to me when he is speaking Spanish. I really need to find out how many different languages he can speak.
“No, I was just having a conversation with this new voice in my head. She’s funny and I like her spark so I named her Tine. And before you ask it is just easier to except the fact that she is there then trying to fight it.” I say laughing as we walk out.
“So you named her Tine which is a word for fire…” I stare at him with my jaw dropped.
“You may want to close that or you will catch flies Amore mio. And yes I can speak French, Spanish, Irish and Italian love.” He says with all the confidence of a noble. I have a long way to go before I catch up with him.
“So will you teach me?” I ask a serious tone.
“Oh I would love to teach you, but only in private.” He says in a low voice in my ear as he licks the outer shell of it. Of course he would take it that way, I think while fighting a blush.
“Okay let’s get going then but I don’t want to take the truck can we take a different car?” he looks at me with a questioning face.
“Sure but what is it?”
Oh he is going to love this. I take him to the back of the house and around to a smaller shed that is just big enough for 1 car and a small aisle with a work bench that holds tools to work on the car with. As I open the door I see his eyes open wide at the site of a car cover draped over the top of it.
“Any guesses on what it may be your highness?” I ask in a formal voice with a smile. He chuckles and rolls his eyes while pondering what it might be. After a few minutes of him guessing, I pull the cover off with a bow and hear him take-in a sharp breath. Under the cover was my mothers car that dad got her for their tenth wedding anniversary.
“What you see before you is a 1967 Chevy Impala with a 502 V8 big-block engine. Daddy and I work on it about every 3 months and take it out once a month for a spin. This was supposed to be my graduation gift from mom but with her not around it just sits here. Dad is hoping I’ll take this when I get out of school instead of the truck because he loves his truck more.” I say while laughing.
“Hell yea we can take this, as long as it is okay with your dad.” Asher says. I can see the look of hope in his eyes. I laugh and hand him the keys.
“I already shoot him a text and he said it was fine since it will be mine in 2 months anyway.” As we push it out of the doors and close them behind us, the smiles never leave our faces. We climb in the doors and he starts it up. The minute the engine come’s to life it sounds like the purring of a cat. God how I miss riding in this thing with mom around town.
“Oh this is a beauty. You said you and Mark work on this every 3 months?” he looks over to me as we pull out the driveway.
“Yes we do. I may be a girl but daddy taught me how to change the oil, tires, brakes, all filters as well as how to wax and polish this baby till she shines. She is my pride and joy!” I say as I close my eyes remembering all the times I helped him out.
“Baby girl I would stop talking if I were you.” He says and when I look over at him in surprise I notice his eyes were black.
“And why is that?” whispering seductively in his ear as I slide over in the leather bench seat and sit next to him putting my new seat-belt on.
“Because it is taking everything I have to hold Xander back from taking over. You talking about working on vehicles is one of the most sexiest things I have ever heard.” He says with a growl. I place my hand on his thigh and lay my head on his shoulder as he drives out of town.
“Oh if that’s the case then wait till next month when it is time to service all the vehicles in the family and you can help me. Also dad and I have been working on rebuilding the engine of a 1973 Ford F150 and we are just waiting on the crankshaft and it will be ready to go. It’s supposed to be a 16th birthday present for Cody.” I say as he turns on the radio to a local country station.
“I would love nothing more than to work on a vehicle with you. You also don’t have to worry about us leaving here until after the pack challenges.” He says with a smile and a small kiss on my head.
We drive for the next hour talking about everything under the sun. He tells me about his younger brother, who is twin to his sister Raina, and the accident that lead to his death, he tells me what the small town of Crested Butte is like, which is the closest town to his pack. They live deep with-in the Gunnison National Forest on the west side of the town. They try and stay away from the east side do to the ski resort they have up there. From what he is telling me it sounds amazing up there in both the winter and summer. He says that under the pack house in the forest is the where the royal court is held. Under the house there is a massive structure including the bunker for when and if there were to ever be a rogue attack. He says they have a heated pool and hot tub in the back as well as a basketball court. His family goes every year to the Ski resort where they have a private cabin and they go there over the holidays and that his birthday is November 17th. His favorite color is silver and his favorite fruit is kiwi. As he finishes talking about himself a song comes on the radio making me think of him and we both sing along.
“For Her ”
“She got a smile that makes your worst day
Feel like it's your birthday
She's got a laugh like confetti
Would change her name if she'd let me
She's got a way of changing the game
The way that you play is never the same”
Asher begins to sing to me and I blush hard.
Ride around, windows down, yeah, with the radio
(She's the kind that makes you wanna)
Drop your plans, drop a grand, hell where the money goes
She make you wanna fight for her
She make you wanna die for her, yeah
She make you wanna fall
Make you want it all, make you wanna call
She make you wanna die for her
I start singing along as well. And this goes on for five or so songs before we pull up at the mall. He comes over and opens the door for me and holds my hand as I climb out. I catch a lot of looks as he locks the car up and puts his arm around my shoulders and plants his nose in my hair.
“We have been together for only a few hours and I am falling hard for you with every word you say. And I can promise you it’s not the mating bond that is causing this, you are by far what I have always look for in a woman and have asked the goddess to bless me with. He whispers in my ear as we walk inside.
“So where shall we go first?” he asks holding one arm out and bowing at his waist causing me to giggle. Me, giggle, really this is not me. I am not the type of girl that blushes and ‘giggles’ at cute things but goddess, he makes it hard. I feel things that I have never known before.
“I need to go get a new dress for tomorrow when I meet your parents and for the ceremony. We will be introducing all three of us kids and our mates so…” I trail off as I blush and he stops in his tracks.
“For one you don’t need a new outfit to meet my parents, what you wear daily is enough, and for two did you say all three as in you accept me as your mate?” he asks with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
“Yes Asher, I except you and Xander as my mates,” I say to him and he runs at me scooping me in to a hug and spinning me around. He places me down and kisses me as random people around us start clapping.
“You love being dramatic don’t you,” I whisper as I bury my face in his chest. As we continue down the mall and we come up to Victoria Secret. As I slow down he glances at me and I turn red.
“Can you wait for me out here I want to pick a few things out.” I say in a low whisper but I know he heard it thanks to his super hearing.
“Are you sure you don’t need my help” laughing with a sly grin on his face.
“Yes I’m sure I’ll only be a few minutes.” I promise him.
I step into the store and am greeted by a young woman who was in her mid-20’s. ‘think goddess someone close to our age’ Tine thinks. She shows me to the lingerie area and I stop mid step. There is way more that I would have ever thought there to be. She hands me a two-tone black and blue peace that makes me feel both sexy and shy all in one. I pick a few new bras and underwear sets as well before going and checking out. I exit and find Asher looking down at his phone. The minute he feels me staring he stands up and moves over to grab the bags from my hand.
“I just got our table reserved for 8 o’clock tonight so we still have a few hours to kill. Why don’t we go find you that dress for tomorrow night?” He asks and all I can do is nod because he is giving me a smile I could die for. I put my arm around the one he has held out which is tight in his Black shirt. And I am noticing what he is wearing for the first time today. He has a pair of combat boots on and a pair of slightly faded wrangler jeans that make is ass look like he was poured into them. His Black shirt is tight against his arms and chest as they show off every last curve of his toned muscles. We make our way to a dress shop that mom used to bring me too for all of my special event dresses. As we walk in I asked for a lady named Stephanie who knows about our kind and his helped with many of my mother's Luna dresses. Stephanie comes out beaming with pride as she sees me.
“It has been so long since I've seen you Samantha how have you been?” She asked as she gives me a tight hug.
“I've been doing good Stephanie I'm actually here today because I need to find address for my mate ceremony tomorrow.” I tell her with confidence in my voice but a blush on my cheeks.
“You're telling me you finally found your mate, I am so happy for you your mother would be proud.” She says with tears in her eyes
“yes I have an let me introduce you to the next Royal Alpha Asher Denmark who is also my mate.”
her jaw drops to the ground as I stifle a laugh I began to look around at dresses. It's only when Asher notices that I look at the price before I look at the dress that he comes over to me.
“Don't worry about the price of the dress just get whatever you think would look good on you,” he tells me as if it is no problem in the world to spend $1000 on a dress.
“As the daughter of an Alpha I should be minding how much I spend.”
“Yes, and as the mate in future Queen of a Royal Alpha you should get whatever looks best on you. I'm not taking no for the answer I am buying your dress for you so pick whatever looks good on you. And don't you dare offer to pay me back. You are my mate let me spoil you a little bit please.” He tells me as Stephanie comes over to help me pick out a dress. We end up settling on a halter Top Navy-blue dress that goes down past my knees as well as a pair of silver 3-inch heels. Even though I am a girl Needless to say I suck at walking in heels. I either stick to tennis shoes or my cowboy boots even for most formal events I wear flats but, I let her talk me into a pair of heels.
We check out and head back to the car where we get in and head over to the restaurant. We walk inside and he gives his name and they take us back into a private room. We sit down for a few minutes while looking over the drinks and when the waitress comes in she doesn't even pay mind to me sitting there, she begins to flirt with Asher. He, of course, does not take his eyes off of me while he orders. She comes back with our drinks attempts to flirt again but when it fails she leaves.
“I told you I only have eyes for you, I see the look of jealousy flash across your face. Don't worry I am all yours. Now, I think it's about time you tell me some stuff about you, the whole right up here I was talking about myself.” I ponder and think of a way to try and avoid this conversation but I know it's inevitable, I am the one who said we needed to get to know each other better.
We talk for an hour or two even after we get our food, I tell him that I would rather have a night in watching action movies and eating pizza over a fancy dinner at a restaurant. I tell him my favorite color which is forest green and aquamarine, my favorite soda Dr. Pepper and my food of choice would have to be homemade fried chicken or a ribeye steak. My favorite fruit is pomegranates and that I love them the most when they are dipped in dark chocolate. I tell him about how when I was little I used to train with Blaine every day until I hit fifteen and started to train with the pack. I also told him about how I wanted to make the world a better place in whatever way I could even if it was only a little bit. He pays the bill and we head home. At some point I must have fallen asleep in the car because when I open my eyes I am being carried into the house in his arms.
As he sits me on the bed and I start to blush a little bit when he takes my boots off and helps me shimmy out of my jeans. I hear a low growl as I bend over in front of him while reaching for my feet to pull them off the rest of the way. I snicker as I go into the closet and come out wearing one of his shirts that land passed my knees. I walk over to the bed and crawl under the covers as I feel his body fit next to mine.
“I had a lot of fun today Asher, thank you so much. It really helped me a lot.” I say with a yawn and he pets my head. I close my eyes and am almost asleep when I hear 3 little words come out of his mouth that make my world spin, my heart race and make me sure in having him as my mate.
“I love you”
And with that I drift into a happy dream filled sleep of my life with Asher and Xander.