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Rhen

Jedidiah and I have spent this entire week in bed together, not like that. At least not yet. We were watching movies together and laughing and getting to know each other. "Tell me about your family," I said to him, we were currently playing Uno. I saw him get stiff when I asked the question. "I don't think you want to know that." He said. "Look I want to know everything about you, okay? Good and bad." I said to him. I put down my cards and waited for him to say something. "My parents were...terrible. They knew who Kailani was once she was born, because of her hair. Or at least they suspected it. They hated that, and I guess were jealous. I don't know their reasoning for what they were doing. Either way, it didn't matter because what they did to her was unacceptable. They abused her and almost killed her. I was 17 when she 14 and they had her locked up in the basement. They were whipping her and her back was all blood and you couldn't see her true skin color. One night I came home from school and my mother was out getting drunk with friends and I heard Kailani screaming. I ran to the basement and saw my father forcing himself on her. At that moment I saw red and my wolf took over and killed him. Then my mother came home, blamed Kailani and started to beat her. And I killed her too." I didn't know what to say. I was shocked. Shocked that someone as amazing as he went through something like that.

I could see he was awaiting my response, he started to get nervous. "Thank you for sharing with me, I know that wasn't easy for you. I just want to let you know that I don't feel any differently toward you. That just shows me how much you care about the people in your life. And that no matter what, you protect the people you love. And that is all I have ever wanted in a mate." I put my hands to his face rubbed it soothingly. He leaned into mine and closed his eyes. The sparks weren't electric as they normally are but they were soothing. Everything he needed right now. I could see his eyes start to water and it broke my heart that he felt guilty. "You shouldn't feel guilty, and again that doesn't change how I see you. Now let's finish Uno." I moved my hand and gave him a small smile and picked my cards up. "After this round, I want to call Bellamy and go to the mall and get some school shopping done," I said to him. "Have you talked to your parents about it?" He asked laying a draw two down. "Well, I was hoping you would go talk to them with me?" I put down another draw 2. "Oh come on!" He yelled and laughed as he drew four cards.

"Hmmm, alright fine. I will talk to them with you." Jedidiah said. I had two cards left and they were both skips and he had 6 cards. He laid down a yellow 7. "Boo...ya." I laid down the yellow skip. "Uno." And then the red skip. "I'm out," I said smiling. Jedidiah's face was priceless and couldn't be better. I have won every single time we have played and I could tell that he was getting annoyed. "How are you this good?" He asked me. "When you have been confined to a room as long as I have, and all you could do was either learn an instrument or play Uno with your brother." I giggled at him and put the cards away. "Now get out of here I need to shower and change my clothes so then we can go talk to my parents and then the mall," I said getting up out of the bed. "It's not like I haven't seen it already." He leaned back on my bed. I rolled my eyes at him. "Now now, you know this is different, and I am not that type of girl. I need to be wined and dined before I put out." I winked and walked toward my closet. "Ugg fine. Don't take to long beautiful." He walked toward me and gave me a kiss on the forehead and walked out of the room.

I walked around my closet and realized I barely had any regular clothes, just all these cloaks that I will never wear again. I found a pair of black skinny jeans with holes in the knees and an olive green seamless cropped tank top. I threw them onto my bed and went to my bathroom. I took a look in the mirror and all my bruises were gone. Being with my mate really helped the healing process. I jumped in the shower and let the warm water cascade over my body.

Hey there!

Hetty...I almost forgot about you.

Oh.

Please don't take it personally, okay? I just am so used to not having one it's weird now that I do.

I get it, no biggie. I was just checking in seeing how the mating process was going? Any progress?

Ahhh I see. Well, a little.

Girl it needs to be more than a little. I'm in need over here!

I know I know! Don't worry soon. Now go away I need to get ready

Okay, girl!

I got out of the shower, grabbed my towel wrapped it around me. I went into my room and pulled out a pair of lace panties and a black bralette. Then put on my jeans and tank top. I sat down at my vanity and started to brush my hair into a sleek ponytail. I put on black socks and black vans. I opened the door and there stood Jedidiah in a change of clothes also. He was wearing a plain white v-neck T-shirt and a pair of black skinny jeans and black tennis shoes. "Change your clothes." He said as soon as he looked at me. "What's wrong with it?" I asked him. "Your shirt, showing too much. Go change." He crossed his arms and I could see there was no winning this, but I was sure going to try. "No, I think I look good." I crossed my arms and held my ground. "You do, you're not wrong." He started walking toward me. "But the only person that is supposed to see that is me." He was hovering over me and his scent was overwhelming and making me go crazy. The fact that we haven't been physical at all is really taking a toll.

"Well, I don't care..." That definitely didn't come out confidently. "Fine." For a second I thought I won but that was until he grabbed me and put me over my shoulder and walked into his room. It smelled just like apple and sandalwood and it was magical. He threw me onto his bed and walked into his closet. A few seconds later he walked out with a white t-shirt and threw it at me and leaned against the dresser. "Put it on." I guess I was right. I wasn't going to win. I put the shirt over my head and of course, it was huge on me. "You don't have anything smaller?" I asked him. "Why would you want smaller? It fits you perfectly." He smiled at me. "Alright now we can go."

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