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    Everything happened in a blur, A telling me she would have been ready to take the next step. And


    how what I did had caused her toe back on that decision. How she didn’t wait for me to finish


    apologizing but how she had just mindlinked for her family toe back inside. I don’t think I will ever


    forget the look of disappointment she had when I told her about my overprotectiveness.


    But then she showed herself to be the perfect Luna. David was a damn fool for not seeing it. Now that


    the rage is gone, and I can see clearly once again I pity him. Of course, he wanted her back I heard


    how that Hannah girl, who could have been his chosen mate was waiting in hopes that I would be


    single again soon. I hoped to the MoonGoddess that, that wouldn’t happen but if it did then I would still


    not choose her as my chosen mate. She would not make a good Luna, and everyone not blinded by


    rank and physical appearance knew that.


    However, the moment Alpha Cedric puts down the phone, smiling broadly at us, reassuring us that it is


    all settled. I forget everything, I jump up and lift A and spin them around. I love being able to pick her


    up so easily. It is when I feel her body stiffen I realize what has happened about an hour before. So I


    awkwardly put her down on the ground again. I have no idea what to do next. If I am still wee at


    her sister’s mating ceremony? Or if she even wants me to be here tonight.


    “I guess it is time for a BBQ now, I will help you get the groceries from


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    the car,” A tells me her warm hand resting on my arm.


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    Whatever she was going to tell me, whatever was going to happen after this. I had not lost her


    completely she told me she was not going to reject me. But somehow her touch, her kind smile was


    more reassuring than her words. Or they were until we made our way to my car, the car doors were still


    open and I could only hope the meat had not gone bad from being out in the heat for so long. I will


    never know if the open car doors reminded her of what had just happened or if she had suggested


    helping me get the groceries out because she wanted to talk to me in private. Whatever the reason


    was, as soon as we reached my car she crossed her arms and red at me.


    “Grif, I want to be able to enjoy getting to know you, I may not have taken the final steps. But you see


    how serious I am about this are you not?” She asks me and I can hear the pain in her voice.


    “I know that Darling, I do and I am so happy with how things are going. between us,” I tell her tugging a


    loose strand of hair behind her ear.


    All to touch her to be a little closer to her. She seems to lean into my touch, my hand before pulling


    away.


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    “Are


    you


    Griffin? Because if you are, and you still want to make this work you’re going to start being honest with


    me. I was about ready to


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    I want to ask her if it is because she loves me. After all, she cares about me as much as I care about


    her. But I can’t handle her denying she loves me, or even telling me she did but I made her fall out of


    love with me.


    “Because David made me realize that I had known him for most of my life. I had hoped he would be my


    fated mate for at least five years.” A continued when I didn’t answer


    I knew she was over him, I knew she chose me. I heard her tell David I would never be single again. I


    knew what she meant by it but hearing her tell me she wanted someone else to be her mate for so long


    still stung me. I know I had to respond this time though. I could not let her pour her heart out as I was


    idly standing by:


    “I know Darling, I know how long you knew him, what your hopes were but I don’t see why that makes


    you love me?‘ I honestly asked her.


    “Because, I did not know David, not the real David, because he was not honest with me. And I thought


    you were, to the point where we didn’t need to thank things slow because I knew more of the real you


    in these past weeks than I knew of David in all those years. To find out today you are not honest with


    me” Her words as true as they were cut me deep..


    And all I could do was to promise her to be honest with her from here on out. To tell her every little


    thing, to let her be able to worry about it. Because if I was honest with her she would be able to be


    honest with me. about her fears and her dreams.


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    “I know you will, Griff, I like to think I still know you” A shot me a kind smile after reassuring me she


    believed me.


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    Followed by a quick peck on the lips before she took some ags from my trunk. We silently walked to


    her grandparent’s home. And I thanked the MoonGoddess it was once again afortable silence. All


    the awkwardness of the fight put behind us, all in all, we were growing as a couple. There was nothing


    wrong with disagreeing every now and then as long as we were able to talk them through as a couple.


    Just like we did just now.


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    Of course, what happened between David and me was part of the conversation during the BBQ. But it


    soon changed to happier topics, I got it now. Why A and her family loved to have these family BBQs.


    Mom, Dad, and I regrly ate together, meals we cooked ourselves but we didn’t have bbq’s together.


    Maybe I could introduce that tradition. into our family. It would also be a way to bring some of A’s


    traditions to our pack. Even if the atmosphere between us now was still very fragile. Like we needed to


    recover from the cuts our fight left. I still envisioned a future with her, one where we would have pups


    running around. And I want nothing more than to give our pups traditions from both our families. Just


    not because I wanted them to feel a tie with both the families they came from. In getting to know the


    Hemmings I realized I liked them all.


    Her Cousin James, Alpha Cedric’s son was at the BBQ too. He was already mated and had a pup. The


    little fellow was just two years old.


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    James got lucky he found his mate the moment she turned 18 only weeks. after his 18th birthday.


    Alpha Cedric told them to focus on their family first, giving them the time to raise pups before James


    would eventually take over as Alpha. I knew A and I wouldn’t have that luxury but seeing her with


    her cousin’s pup I knew what an amazing mother she would be.


    She had set down in the damp grass reading stories to him. He was enthralled, soaking up every word


    she read to him. She smiled with pride. I felt this pull to join them. To sit in the grass with them, just to


    listen to A read us both stories from the silly little kid’s book. Now however since our fight, it felt


    awkward to do so. Mid–sentence A looked up and it was then that I heard someone running up to


    the Hemming’s home and we all instantly felt something bad was about to happen. A scrambled to


    get up, so she could carry Quinn Junior inside the house as the rest of us bare ourselves for what was


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