Love's POV
My eyes opened to the very bright sunlight shining on my face. I can barely see with the blinding light.
I found myself in a bed, accompanied by my mate, Jake.
Remembering the very recent twilight incidents, my eyes widened. I have a mate in the pack and now I have a mate right in front of me.
Moon goddess was probably in a funny mood one day.
Where am I? And where is Lucian?
Lucian is my mate, I felt it, I felt the mate bond with him. What had come to his mind when he saw two of his guards lying lifeless in the forest with his Luna lost?
I cared for him, and I even felt for him. But now a second thought is startling me. What if he's not my mate? I never got the chance to confirm.
On the other hand, I now have Jake who is my mate. How am I supposed to feel towards him? How am I supposed to tell him that I probably have another mate additional to him? What if Lucian finds us? What will he do?
Will he still love me or disregard me because of Jake? Will he hurt me? Most importantly, will he hurt Jake?
As I was busy rampaging in my thoughts, Jake turned to me, pulling me in while still sleeping.
Something in me froze because of the proximity. I can't be doing this. My stiff body seemed to pull him out of his sleep.
"What time is it?" He asked rubbing his eyes, looks like someone is not a morning person.
"I'm pretty sure we have missed the morning" I replied judging the afternoon sun.
He groaned and opened his eyes and looked at me. He was gorgeous with light blonde hair and light blue eyes. A smile formed away on his lips which made my heart flutter like a butterfly.
"I think today's morning is not that bad after all" he grinned and pulled me in by my waist.
I couldn't help but smile myself.
He was lying on his left side facing me while I was lying on my right side. His right hand found its way to my cheeks and he caressed them.
My skin was tingling at the contact.
"So beautiful," he said with pride which made me feel good and bad at the same time. Lucian's loving words made their way to my mind because of which my grin fell.
Jake seemed to not notice my sudden change of mood as he leaned in.
He was about to kiss me!
All the nerves in my body froze as I became a statue in my place. His lips contacted mine and he moved them passionately. His hand which was on my cheek went to my chin holding it lovingly.
He kissed me for a few seconds and pulled back.
"Is something wrong?" His eyes held worry and his brows were scrunched. That is until they went wide.
His gaze fell on my neck as I struggled to speak.
"I, I need to tell you something" I spoke quietly. My voice shaking.
"I think I know what it is" his voice angrily spoke, his chest was moving up and down as his eyes narrowed on a spot.
"What the hell does this mean?" He asked angrily as his thumb found a spot on my neck.
He touched a part of the skin on my neck which suddenly sent a torturous amount of pain into my body.
My mark!
"Stop it" I held his hand and pushed it away from my neck. "You don't know anything, you need to listen to me first" I spoke with tears in my eyes.
If Jake is my mate, why does Lucian's mark hurt?
His eyes softened a bit when he noticed I was in pain but confusion and hurt took their place on his face.
"What do you mean?" His voice was merely a whisper.
"Okay so listen to me carefully" I took deep breaths and thought about how I'm gonna explain shit.
"I was 17 when I met my mate" he growled and was about to interrupt so I continued "or, someone I thought was my mate. I didn't get o confirm it because the day I met you, I turned 18" I looked at him and saw a little easing up of his facial muscles. "When I met that guy, I thought that he's my mate, his wolf spoke to him and mine was happy to be around him."
I turned my face away because somehow all of this was making me feel guilty. I felt guilt when I called Lucian 'that guy' I felt guilt when Jake's eyes started glistening with maybe tears.
"Did you guys?" He stopped, his voice scared. Scared to hear the answer.
"No" I shook my head. "We didn't get intimate if that's what you want to know. He wanted to wait for me to turn 18 so that my wolf recognises him. But we did get into a- um
situation. Which made him lose control and he marked me."
"Did he force himself?" his eyes went crazy as he questioned me.
"No, he would never do that to me" I spoke softly, remembering my days with Lucian.
"I just don't get it" he sighed. His voice was full of hurt. He looked helpless as he turned to lay on his back facing the roof.
I can understand his emotions, I can understand his sadness and broken heart as he heard his mate talking about having another mate.
After what seemed like an eternity, he looked me in the eyes with a new passion "I think I know what we need to do"
I nodded for him to go on as a lump formed in my throat. "We need to go and meet your other" his voice stopped "that guy" he spitted. He was already getting possessive over me. "And then we need to make sure that you're not his mate" he spoke as if it was the easiest thing in the world. "Because you can't have two mates, nobody has two mates. I'm sure it was a mistake on his part" he finished.
Somehow his idea made him feel better.
"I get what you're saying but I don't think that it's that easy"
"Why can't it be? You can meet him, your wolf won't speak. His mark will fade when you're with me and then I'll mark you"
"But we can't just go and do that to him" I spoke and instantly regretted the way his eyes glared at me.
"Why? Do you want to be with him instead?" He accused.
I sighed "it's not like what you're thinking."
"Then what is it? I think this way we will be sure. Are you scared of him? You don't need to be, I can take on anybody for you" he blabbered and I saw the truth in his eyes.
"Maybe you're right. This is the only way we can be sure" I spoke softly. My brain was incapable of thinking so I went with his idea.
Somehow this still spoke of danger to me. I don't think Lucian will react the way Jake wants him to.
"So who's this guy?" Jake asked, not wanting to say, mate.
"It's-" his mobile phone rang and he excused himself to pick up the call.
His expression went into a panic as he spoke to the person on the other end of the line.
"What is it?" I questioned as he ran his hands through his hair after the call ended.
"Our pack, it has been attacked" he spoke with worry.
"What do you mean attacked?"
"Just hours before Luna's birthday, as half the guests had already arrived, they attacked. Their soldiers were inside already"
My eyes widened in fear, how's Lucian?
"What about Lucian? Is he alright? Is the fight going on?" I panicked.
"Alpha is still in the battle and from the sounds of it, he's doing good protecting but he's been hurt badly" he spoke and suddenly his eyes went wide.
"Luna?" He questioned with accusation and fear. Fear of my response.
Without having the words to reply, I nodded.