(Alia P.O.V)
As soon as they both leave Linda Tenten started laughing, "I've never seen Jared so eager to be with a girl before, but I guess that's to be expected when he's been lonely for a few centuries."
"That's not very nice of you Linda," the dark-haired girl whose name is Priya I guess scolded, "even Jared deserves someone." She turned to me and smiled, "You make him happy, I remember many years ago when Jared had asked a sorcerer about you and Jared's been so impatient to meet you. He looked like a love-sick girl. Don't break his heart now. He's had to wait longer than any of us."
"Was he really that lonely…?" I ask while swallowing the saliva in my mouth.
"Oh yeah," Linda said. "You should have seen the way he got when everyone started talking about finding their mate, he would get this desperate look in his eyes. And there would be times he would snap when we talked to him about anything relating to you."
"There were times we didn't see him for a couple of months, his family included. He'd hide somewhere and we still don't know where that was. No doubt wondering where you were. When vampires wait longer than they expect then can shun everyone away. It didn't help that you wouldn't be born for a few centuries, so Jared mostly kept to himself."
"We didn't see much of him, and it had us and his family worried," Priya added.
Linda then looked at me with a smile, "So make him happy, ok. Not everyone is so fortunate to find a mate, especially those in the royal bloodline. Most of the time they have to choose another just to have an heir for the throne, Lord Logan and Lady Erika were luck to find each other after a few centuries of no mates found in their ancestry. And Lord Josh was also lucky to find his when mostly those in the royal bloodline have to find another when we most desire our mate for life. Now that Jared found you, he won't let go. But the probability of Jared and Josh finding their mate was very slim after their parents found each other; it's rare for a child, or children of a mated pair to find their own partner.
"Chances are yours and Jared's children, won't even find their mate and it will be centuries after your children's children and so forth."
It was then; I came up with her decision…
"After talking to you guys I have come up with my decision, I will accept him as my mate," I said to them with a huge grin on my face and then engulf me in a group hug.
"Thank you, thank you so much, Alia, you have no idea what this means to us especially him, now go and take him out of his misery," Linda said while pointing her finger to the boys.
I watched her guardian as he sat in a position that I knew was bad for the spine, but I could see that he was in an inner debate; he hadn't so much as glanced at her as I walk towards him.
I gently touch one of his hand at first he looked startled and look at me then, he holds my hand.
"Come," I said and guide him to the other side of the garden to have some privacy.
I can see the girls smiling at my behind knowing what I was going to tell him.
I released Jared's hand and walked a few more feet in front of him and look up at the moon shining brightly in the sky. I don't even realize when the day left and dawn comes.
"It's a beautiful night," I said while still looking at the sky.
"Not as beautiful as you though," he whispered low enough for her to hear. When I looked back at him, his gaze was to the large ball in the sky. He looks deep in his thought.
"Jared," I call and he turned his head down. I came closer before stopping.
Then I latched myself onto him, taking him by surprise and nearly knocking him over. I wrap my arms tightly around his slim waist. As soon as he wraps his arms around me I feel like I am in the safest place in the world and nothing can hurt me.
One of his hands had gone to the back of her head, fingers treading themselves through my hair and his head was to the side of mine, warm breath mingled into my ear and making me shivered. I could hear him inhale and bring his face closer, as if unable to get enough of my scent.
"I choose you, Jared," I said and he pulled away from me as if I burned me.
"What?" he asked, looking into my eye.
I smiled slightly, "I choose you, Jared. I will stay with you forever." as soon as he heard me saying that he engulfs me in a bone-crushing hug.
"Now know I won't ever let you go. You're mine!" he growled possessively in my ear making me shivered again in pleasure.
(Jared P.O.V)
"Come," she said tugging my hand.
I obeyed and followed her as she led the way to a secluded area of the garden.
She released my hand and walked a few more feet in front of me, I just watched her – the expression on my face impassive. I watched as she stared up at the moon, her skin and hair glowing in its light. There was nothing more in my world he wanted more than for her to choose me. To stay with me. To be mine and mine only, and for me to be only hers.
"It's a beautiful night." She said.
"Not as beautiful as you though whispered low enough for her to hear. When she looked back at me, my gaze was to the large ball in the sky.
'It's not worth living if you're not by my side.' He thought.
"Jared," I turned my head down, to see her looking at me as she came closer before stopping.
Then she latched herself onto me, taking me by surprise and nearly knocking me over. Her arms were wrapped tightly around my slim waist and her head rested to the broad muscles of my chest. I snake my arms around her, holding her closer. My hold was constricting.
One of my hands had gone to the back of her head, fingers treading themselves through her hair and my head was to the side of hers, warm breath mingled into her ear and she shivered. She could hear me inhale and bring my face closer, as if unable to get enough of her scent.
One I would burn into my memories forever.
"I choose you, Jared." Her voice pulled me from my thoughts and I pulled back as if burned.
"What?" I asked, looking her in the eye, my dark ones needing it confirmed, my mind had to be playing tricks on me.
She smiled slightly, "I choose you, Jared. I will stay with you forever." No sooner had the words left her lips and entered my ears I pulled her closer in a tight embrace.
"Now know I won't ever let you go. You're mine!" I growled possessively in her ear and my breath caused her to shiver again.
After a few minutes, I Pulled back and looked from her eyes to her lips. I knew they were soft from when they grazed my skin when she was on my back, but I wanted to test them on my own. For centuries I wanted to taste them.
she must have seen my every move.
Almost too painfully slow I leaned in, eyes still to her lips before they went to her green orbs. "I've wanted to kiss you for so long…" I told her and she blushed making me smirked and which deepened her blush, remembering what I thought of her red face.
"…Then why are you waiting…" she answered watching me.
The smirk left my face and I slowly leaned in and I found herself going forward. Both pairs of eyes became half-lidded as we would feel each others' breath on the others face.
Finally, their lips touched.
It was shy at first, I was shy first making sure she was comfortable with me. As I touched her I pulled back slowly before bringing my lips back to hers. Once they started their kiss became harder and we held each other closer, the moon was their only witness.
Her lips tasted of strawberries; they were as soft as I remembered from carrying her here. The feeling of them on my own would be forever burned into my memory; whatever I shared with her would never ever be forgotten. I did have a good memory.
She was the first girl, woman, female I had ever been with. She was the only girl, woman, female I looked at – all others were nothing. She was the first and only girl, woman, female to have my first kiss, my love and first, last, and always everything. She will be the first and only girl, woman, female I will give myself to whole-heartedly. My family and future family would be theirs and theirs' only. I had waited for her and wouldn't let her go now that she had chosen me
"I will love you forever and ever," I told her between kisses.
"And I will love you forever and ever," she smiled. "When do I become like you?"
, "On the red moon weak," I said to her while staring at her with a smile.
"What is a red moon weak?" she asks.
"Every two months, there comes the week of the red moon. The red moon is exactly as it sounds, the moon goes blood red, and has a special effect on vampires and certain breeds of demons. The red moon is used for two purposes. First of all, it's a mating week, where I will bite you and make love to you to transform you into the vampire and it was also the only time where you can become pregnant,"
"We Vampire males will get pissed if they see another male touching their mate. They'll even go as far as killing, depending on where and how much you're touched. Now is about 'transformation'. It's when our demon or our vampire side take over our body under my control. There are three stages. Transformation occurs when the male is extremely pissed off, I mean like, killing an entire town pissed. When a male sees my mate hurt or senses she's in danger, my instinct takes over. It's kind of like a protective instinct for my mate, and children." I explain.
"When will this red moon week comes," she asks.
"After one week," I answered.