Page 24 of Unloved Mate

“You know I can walk, right?”

“Yes, I do. but I'd like to hold my wife.” He set me back down and put the paste on my toothbrush, standing behind me and watching as I brushed my teeth. “You’ll need to go back to your pack, you know, and tell them how things went down with Zeke. Just temporarily, because I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

“Yeah. I have so many questions for my dad, especially regarding my Omega bloodline. It just doesn't make sense tome.” I confessed and finished up, and we returned to the balcony and settled in front of the table, digging in.

“Well, I'm sure he'll answer every question you have.” He smiled at me.

“You’ve been so happy since I woke up. Like extremely happy.”

“Shouldn’t I be excited that I'm with my fated mate?”

“Yeah, you should. I'm very rare.”

We finished breakfast, sharing our childhood memories and laughing heartily at each other. I told him about the circumstances of my birth. How my pregnant mother went on the run and abandoned me at the doors of an orphanage home when I was born. I told him what it was like to grow up in an orphanage and how it was to move from one home to another as an aggressive child. Lycan genes and all. I also told him how Leda saved my life. My birth mother bound my Alpha side before she left me at an orphanage and fortunately, Leda was powerful enough to break the curse, giving me a better chance at survival after what Ezekiel did to me. Valor also shared the adventures he had during training in the Sentinel he had told me earlier about and the nature of his relationship with his father. A past that Ezekiel was a part. From the way he talked about him, I saw how much he cared about him and the excitement in his eyes when he talked about the moments they had together. Valor had such a good heart. It was just too bad that Zeke turned out to become something entirely different. I promised myself that I'd spend my entire life making him happy and building a family and a pack together. We were both like two sides of a coin and he was what completed me, the same way I completed him.

We headed into the bathroom, and I turned on the shower, helping Valor out of his clothes. We stepped into thetrickling water and took time washing each other up. I put the soap in my hand and helped Valor wash his hair. He chuckled as we rinsed our body under the shower, the soap foams from our bodies moving down the drain. When we finished, we dried our bodies and returned to the room, changing into new clothes.

“Is there anything I can help you with today?” He asked.

“I talked to Rohan about your idea for the training program during the patrol, and he's agreed to work with you.” I answered and buttoned up my shirt.

“Alright. I'll meet him. What about you?”

“I’m with Leda. She's doing a spell to help find some Lycans that left the pack, and she needs me. I'll be back in the evening.”

“Alright. Have a great day, and I'll miss you.” He walked closer and pulled me into a kiss.

“Don’t stress yourself, ok? Remember if you need anything tell me. I'll be here to take care of you and give you whatever you need.” I kissed his forehead and let him go, walking out of the house.

I headed downstairs to where Leda had been waiting. Her usual all black attire flowed down her body and she had a scowl on her face. I gave her an apologetic glance, and a smile tugged at the corner of her lips. “Good morning, Kane.”

“Leda. Come on, let's head over to wherever the spell's happening.”

“You should be excited about this. Magic saved your life and that of your mate. Have you told him the good news yet?” She was saying as we both sauntered out of the house.

“Oh, Leda! Can you be discreet? Anyone could hear and tell him.”

“That means you haven't told him. He deserves to know, Kane. Besides, it's been weeks and he'll be getting signs soon.”

“But I’m not prepared for this.” I answered as we hurried down the stairs together. We both cornered on the path that led into the forest, heading straight for the cabin at the lake.

“No one is. You just have to go with it. You love him, don't you?”

“Yes, I do. He's so special to me. I never thought I'd ever see someone how I see him. But I do.” I chuckled, amazed by my own words. Growing up, I didn't think I'd end up with a future like this. I used to think that it would always end with fighting for my life and not settling in a place or finding some sort of peace. But I had those things now, and I had a pack that I needed to bring home and lead. In the end, everything worked out.

We arrived at the cabin, where Leda set everything required for her spell on the kitchen counter. She had a map of the country, candles, a dagger and other important witch objects used for spell casting. We stood opposite each other, and she took the dagger, asking me to put out my palm. She sliced through and my blood dripped onto the country map. As my hand healed, I pulled away while her hands hovered over the map and the candles came to life as she chanted her witch spell. My blood gathered together at the center of the map and dispersed to five places on it. She marked it and wrote the names of these places.

“There’s one in the city.” She said.

“I think we should start by rescuing the ones closer to us. Like these two.” I pointed out.

“Yes, true. Do you think we should send out the warriors right now?”

“Tomorrow. I have to speak with them about the importance of this mission.”

“That’s very thoughtful of you,” she smiled at me. “Let’s head back.”

“Mm.” I agreed. On our way back to the pack house, I mind-linked the warrior wolves to meet up with Leda and me on the training grounds, and when we arrived, they were already waiting there. They were about twenty-five in number, and I explained everything to them and our course of action. Then I asked them to return to their homes and rest up for what was to come for tomorrow. I bid goodbye to Leda and continued with the rest of my duties on my own. By the time I finished through my scheduled duties for the day, it was already evening, and I was giddy to return to Valor and spend the rest of the night with him. My beast has been humming all day, wanting to be with him, and now he was going to get what he wanted. We were both obsessed with our little wolf.

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