His father sits at the head of the table, James and I on either side of him. James constantly gives me reassuring looks, but I don't know if he's trying to reassure me or himself. It's clear that he's uncomfortable with this, me meeting his father. It only makes me nervous. It only makes the weird feelings grow.
"So, Rae," his father begins, taking lead, "what pack do you come from?"
"The Waters Pack," I answer timidly, not wanting to talk at all even though I agreed to this. I feel as I did when I first met James, hardly saying a word.
His father nods. "And you're not of an Alpha bloodline?"
"No," I say carefully, "I'm not."
He nods again. "Of a Beta bloodline?"
I shake my head and throw in an amused smile to show that I'm not hurt, even though I am. I wonder if he's comparing me to Julianna, if so, he's probably thinking that I'm worse at this point. At least she was of Alpha blood.
James takes over and starts to talk about the rogue problem at the East Border and how they're trying to solve it, giving me a moment to breathe. But it's not long until he comes back to me. "And what have you been up to as Luna?"
James cuts in, trying to hold him back, "She hasn't been announced as Luna yet."
"Well surely she can announce herself as Luna," he says and looks to me, "right, Rae?"
"I suppose," I mumble, not wanting to bring up the fact that I have told a few people.
"No, it's not her fault. I should be the one to do it."
"I'm sure Rae can handle it. You're busy, James, let her work some," he says, continuously pointing the finger at me. "I'm sure she needs things to do other than hanging around the house. Both the Alpha and the Luna need to work together, you see, that's where I went wrong."
I lift small forks of potato into my mouth, wanting to leave. I didn't think he was going to bring up Julianna, let alone blatantly compare us to them. "Rae is still getting used to the Pack," James explains, "I'm sure she'd love to help out when she's ready."
I nod. "Of course."
I don't want to see you two rushing towards having children when there is so much more to deal with. Family matters
Part of me wants to disagree and say that I want a child right now just to see what James will say, if he'd agree with his father. Maybe that's why he doesn't want to touch me, because
Gail and Theresa clean up while James says goodbye to his father. As I bring in the stack of
like me,"
joins in. "I'm sure you're
entire time he was telling me what to do and how to be better. It's clear that he's disappointed in me as his son's mate. He thought I was
I sit down at the counter. "Well, he's leaving now, so don't worry too much about it,
At least
clothes and back into my comfortable ones. Assuming James would come to see me, I'm not surprised when he comes through my bedroom door. I quickly pull on my shirt when I hear him, leaving the bathroom to find him sitting on the bed. I have to know his thoughts on the dinner before I rant about his father's words, so I'm relieved when he
feeling fiery anymore. "I didn't think he would, either. I didn't think the entire
you to my
I sit down. "Well, I don't want to worry about
very adamant about staying until he knows that we're doing a good job." He notices my sudden shock and is quick to blow out my flame. "Don't worry, I'm going to
I'm doing a good job," I say, completely annoyed. "You
hand on my
to my thoughts earlier. Should I ask him about it, or will I just make a fool out of myself? I'm tired of being embarrassed but I want to be open with him. Just thinking about it makes me restless. Those times when I'd sneak into his bedroom and lay on his bed are fresh in my mind. Back then it
reason," he says, giving into
me what is?" I ask gently, carefully so he doesn't feel pressured to hide
when I remind myself that he is also my mate, it makes sense again. "You're so good,
about me, I see that, I see that you've changed. You need me, you keep me safe,
"You shouldn't."
I am. I'm forgiving you and you have to forgive
me closely.
what you want?" He immediately tenses. Inpatient and tired of it, I bring
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