CHAPTER 41


    AMELIA’S P.O.V


    My head was pounding. It felt like someone was running a construction site inside my skull. It took


    me what felt like hours but I am sure in reality was only a few minutes to get my bearings and get


    myself acquainted with reality again. I forced my eyes open and to my shock, the sky was a


    beautiful mixture of colors. It was like someone had sshed a water color palette into the sky


    prompting it to turn into a mixture of orange and purple and a slight pink hue around the edges.


    The first thing I noticed after staring at the sky was that the room had been fixed. The dresser had


    been reced and so had the windows. The room like brand new with beautiful wooden carvings


    recing the things that had been broken during the fight as well as a beautiful vanity sitting on top


    of the dresser.


    I nced at the clock beside the bed and it read 6 p.m. I couldn’t remember the time Kaden and


    ke fought but I could clearly remember the day and it was not the date I was seeing on the clock.


    I sprung into an upright sitting position wondering if I had seen wrongly but I hadn’t. ording to the


    clock, three days had passed since the fight and since I figured out that I was mated to Kaden.


    I was shocked and I tried to wrack my brain to remember anything but thest thing I remembered


    was falling unconscious in Kaden’s arms. Was I really asleep for that long? I looked down and


    realized that someone had changed my clothes and I flushed pink as I thought of the possibility of


    Kaden changing me and seeing me naked.


    I was so disoriented due to the lost time but I wasn’t ready to see anyone yet. I decided to ask the


    one person I knew who might have the answer. It took a while to stir my wolf awake because she


    was also sleeping, but once she did, I could feel her presence around me.


    “What happened to us? How did time fly by so quickly?” I asked.


    “Shifting veryte in age is dangerous and it can take a toll on the body and the mind. Your mind


    was so worn out and exhausted from the shifting and the news that you fell into aa. It took a


    few days for you to regain your strength back.”


    I was shocked by her words. I couldn’t imagine how worried everyone must have been when I didn’t


    wake up after the first day. I knew I would have been if I was the one watching.


    “How do you feel?” my wolf asked hesitantly and I knew she wasn’t talking about physically.


    “Is Kaden really our mate?” I couldn’t help but ask her.


    She sighed and I expected her to give me a simple response but instead, she answered with a


    question. “How do you feel about him? Do you like him? Do you think you can trust him?”


    My instincts concerning him were a little fuzzy. I felt like he was trust worthy but there was


    something else about him that I couldn’t figure out. Everything was hazy and I wondered if it was


    because we were mates.


    “I don’t know,” I admitted. “The problem isn’t him; the problem is that I can’t get over ke. Seeing


    him here reignited feelings I thought I had buried away. I am furious at him for rejecting me but I


    cannot stop thinking about him.”


    My wolf hesitated and I instantly knew something was wrong.


    “What is it?” I asked. “Tell me what the matter is.”


    “I can feel a bond with both ke and Kaden,” she said and shock filled me. I had never heard of


    that happening before. “The one with Kaden is stronger but the one with ke is there.”


    Shock filled my every pore and I tried to wrack my brain as to how that was possible. It was unheard


    of for a wolf to be mated to more than one person much less a wolf like me who was ate bloomer.


    I couldn’t believe it and the more I tried to think about it, the more I could feel a headacheing


    along.


    I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t realize that someone was opening the door to my room


    until it creaked open. I retreated further into the bed but let out a sigh of relief when I saw ra. She


    didn’t notice me at first but when she did, a smile grew on her face and she rushed over to pull me


    into a tight hug.


    “I am so d that you are awake,” she said as she ran her eyes over me to make sure I was fine.


    “Are you hurt? How do you feel? You have been out for so long.”


    “I’m fine,” I assured her with a small smile. “I just feel a little disoriented from the lost days but I


    assure you that I am fine.”


    She smiled widely and pulled me into another hug. I couldn’t help but embrace her back because


    there was something so familiar and weing about her scent. She was one constant thing in my


    life right now and it was a lot easier to focus on her than to focus on the shit storm that was my


    mated life.


    “You must be hungry,” she said as she pulled away from me. “Grandma will be so excited to see


    you. She has made dinner every day for you in the hopes that you would wake up hungry. I even


    dressed you so you would wake up in clean clothes.”


    I was relieved that she was the one who had changed me and not Kaden. If it were him, I would


    have felt very self conscious. She helped me to my feet and I couldn’t help but smile as I allowed


    her lead me out of the room. It took a while for me to get used to bearing my own weight on my legs


    again but once I did, I followed her out.


    When we got to the living room, Devin was reading his newspaper as usual and Pam was setting


    the table. Pam saw me first and she let out a small shriek before pulling me into a hug. It felt likeN?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    I was part of their family and I couldn’t stop myself from beaming from ear to ear as they watched


    over me and coddled me like I was one of their own.


    I was led to the dining table like I was a fragile egg on the verge of breaking and Pam doted over


    me like I was a pup. I had never been doted on by a mother figure and her actions brought a


    bittersweet ache to my chest.


    “Kaden will be so excited to know that you’re awake,” Pam said. “I will call him while I finish up


    dinner.”


    Before I could say anything, she disappeared into the kitchen. I wasn’t sure how I felt about having


    Kaden around. I had not gotten enough time toe to terms with the knowledge that I wasn’t just


    mated to him but also to ke and I knew for a fact that Kaden was not going to take that news well


    seeing as he did not hesitate to beat up ke when he saw him kissing me. I couldn’t tell Pam


    all of that so I stayed silent as she went to call Kaden.


    It took exactly fifteen minutes for Kaden to arrive. I counted the seconds until I heard the knock on


    the door and it was ra who opened it. His eyes immediately searched the room until they found


    mine and I had to look away due to the intensity in his gaze. He walked over to me and took a seat


    next to me.


    I could feel the heat from his body and his scent filled my nose. Thest time, I didn’t have time to


    really breathe in his scent because of how tired I was. He smelled manly and he had a woodsy


    scent mixed with something that smelled suspiciously of chocte and the earth.


    I could tell he wanted to speak to me but before he could say anything, Pam returned with a


    large dish that was steaming from the top. She ced it in the centre of the table and called


    everyone to eat.


    The dinner was very tense. Usually everyone would talk about their day and the table would be


    filled withughter and Devin cracking jokes to make ra snort water out of her nose but today, it


    was quiet. I think everyone was unsure of what to make of Kaden’s presence so they all stayed


    quiet.


    Sometime in the middle of dinner, I felt Kaden rest his arm behind my chair and I stiffened when his


    skin came in contact with mine because of the fireworks- I was yet to get used to that. Everyone ate


    very quickly and within ten minutes, we were all done. ra decided to help her grandmother in the


    kitchen and Devin went back to his newspaper so it was just Kaden and I.


    “Can I talk to you?” he asked softly and I nodded.


    We rose from the table and I saw Devin nce at us over his paper but he didn’t make a move to


    speak or stand. I led Kaden into my room and I didn’t want to shut the door because it felt so final


    but I also didn’t want to leave it open in case anyone wanted to eavesdrop.


    I ended up shutting the door and no sooner than I had done so, Kaden pinned me against the wall


    and he kissed me. If I thought kissing him before was amazing, then it was a million times better this


    time. A part of me wanted to rejoice and melt into the kiss but my brain was a maze and abyrinth.


    I couldn’t get my thoughts under control and there was a lot of worry from my end.


    I felt Kaden’s hands trail down my body until they got to my ass and he squeezed. That action


    caused me to squeal and he took it as permission to slip his tongue into my mouth. Everything


    about the kiss was euphoric but I couldn’t bring myself to enjoy it because my thoughts kept drifting


    to ke. Was I cheating on him by kissing Kaden?


    Kaden realized that I wasn’t as into the kiss as I should have been so he pulled back. He analyzed


    me slowly from head to toe and I couldn’t help but feel self conscious so I cast my gaze on the


    ground. Ever so slowly, he ced his finger underneath my chin and he tilted it up until I was staring


    right in his eyes.


    His eyes were as captivating as ever and try as I might; I was not able to look away from them


    because of how they pulled me in.


    “What’s wrong?” he asked and I swallowed deeply when I realized that I was going to have to give


    him an answer.