Chapter 20 - Breakfast

Reign

I woke up with the feeling that someone was watching me, I opened my eyes to be met with Damien’s beautiful green eyes looking at me. “You’re such a creepy perv. You really shouldn’t stare, that’s very rude.” I told him bopping his nose. “I can’t promise not to stare at you, I can’t help it. you’re so beautiful.” He told me rubbing the pad of his thumb along my jaw. “And I am not a perv, well, I’m your perv.” He said wiggling his brows. I rolled my eyes at him.

There was a knock on my door. “Good morning, are you awake? Damien? Reign?” I heard Jaz call from the other side of the door. “Dammitt, my little sister has bad timing. C’mon in.” He grunted as I giggled at him. “What do you want Jaz?” He grumbles getting outta bed and walked to the bathroom. “Bite me, Damien!” She spat at him as she walked in. “Breakfast is ready.” She told me as she glared at her brother. “Oh, biting you is Koltyn’s job not mine.” He chuckled. Jaz flipped him off and growled at him. “Hey.” She mumbled to me. “Hey.” I smiled. “You, okay?” I looked at Jaz, she looked worried. “Reign, I…I’m just worried about you.” She admitted. “He got way to close yesterday, what if he tries again?” “If he does, which at some point I know he will, I have my own private team of fuzzy ninjas at my beckon call.” I joked. “REIGN!! I’m being serious!” Jaz yelped at me. I sighed at her. “Jazlyn, I refuse to let him run my life anymore!” I told her. He’s already taken so much of my life from me and I’m not about to let him take anymore. I finished telling her. “Fine!” She grumbled rubbing her face. “Are we okay though?” She asked. “We haven’t really talked since we told you the truth about us. I know we talked a little but…I just need to know that we’re okay.” She sniffled a little.

“Good morning sunshine.” Damien said hugging and kissing Jaz’s cheek. “Go away, Damien.” She snorted and swatting his hands away. “Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.” He chuckled. “I think I need to have a long conversation with Koltyn.” He teased her. “I’ll be out in a few minutes; I need to get changed.” I told him He nodded. “Don’t be too long, you need to eat breakfast.” He told me caressing my cheek. Those damn tingles are getting stronger. “That’s the mate bond.” Nera said with little hearts in her crazy ass eyes. “I don’t usually have breakfast.” I told him. “We will see about that.” He grinned at me with a raised brow. “Oh, and please don’t wear anything revealing.” He grunted. I looked at him with a mischievous smile, winked and shooed him out the door.

Jaz and I sat in silence for a few minutes. “I’m so sorry, please forgive me.” Jazlyn sobbed. I reached over and grabbed her hand. “I know, I’m sorry too.” I said things that I didn’t mean. “I was hurt and, yes, I was angry. I just never thought that any of you would ever keep secrets from me. I mean this secret was a pretty big and crazy secret but ya’ll still should have told me at some point in these last three years. Did any of you know about me being Damien’s mate?” She took a deep breath, never good when someone does that. “Yes, and I tried to get him to tell you, but you were only fifteen and he didn’t want to scare you. I wanted to tell you but couldn’t. If you were one of us, it wouldn’t have been a big deal but you’re human. So, it’s up the mate to revel our secret if they are not one of us. But of course, I guess that doesn’t matter now because turns out that you could actually be a shifter…” She explained rambling on and on. “Slow down, I guess I can understand why you didn’t tell me sooner, I mean, werewolves?” I said shaking my head. “I just wish that I’d been told sooner, at least I would’ve known that I wasn’t crazy.” I said lightly giggling. I reached over and hugged Jaz. “No more secrets, got it?” She nodded her head yes vigorously.

“I still think this is some crazy dream, but the way Damien makes me feel, the way my body reacts to him, to his touch, I need to keep a clear head but being around him makes it very difficult to think.” I said making my way to the bathroom. “It’s the mate bond, it pulls the two of you together and the more you fight it, the stronger it pulls you in until you give in.” She explained as I walked out of the bathroom. “Well, whatever it is, it needs to stop.” I snorted grabbing my shoes as Jaz grinned at me. “That is not gonna happen and this going to be fun to watch.” Jaz snickered. We walked into the dining area, and I sat across from Shadow and Jaz went and sat on Koltyn’s lap. “Mornin’ ya’ll.” I greeted and they greeted back, “Mmppfff.” At least I think they were saying good mornin’. They were stuffing their faces with all sorts of food that was laid out, pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, mixed fruit, coffee, apple, and orange juice. “This is a lot of food; hope it’s get eaten.” I mumbled to myself. “Where’s Damien?” I asked no one in particular. “Business call.” Jyden said with a full mouth pointing to the balcony.

“Trust me, it will.” Shadow said stuffing food in his mouth. I scrunched my nose at him. “What?!” He asked. His mouth full of food, talk about see food. “That is just disgusting. Gross, are all werewolf’s this disgusting?” I asked out loud and crinkled my face. “She doesn’t really eat a lot of red meat. I’m surprised you never noticed. I mean you have been with us for a few months already.” Ryott commented. All the fuzzballs turned and stared at me. I huffed at them. “What?! I still eat BBQ, pizza, and burgers on occasion, other than that, it’s turkey, chicken, and seafood. It doesn’t weigh as heavy on my stomach.” “Then you might go hungry when we get back home, we are wolves, all we eat is red meat, we love red meat.” Shadow chuckled. “Wrong.” Jaz chimed in. “Mom already knows and is preparing for her.” She said sticking her tongue out at Shadow. “Will you two behave, it’s too early in the morning for this.” Damien grunted as he walked in leaning down and kissed my forehead. “Good morning babygirl.” He whispered in my ear. Damn his voice sends me into a haze. “M-Mornin’.” I shuddered out. “Have you had breakfast yet?” He inquired. “Uhhmm, nope.” I said popping the P. “Boss.” Shadow called to him. “She don’t eat meat.” He informed as he shoved bacon in his mouth. Everybody stopped and looked between me and Damien. “Too bad big brother.” Jyden snickered patting Damien’s back while everyone else chuckled. Ryott hit him upside the back of his head. “What?!” She rolled her eyes at him, “don’t be an ass.” She said as Damien glared daggers at his little brother, and I rolled my eyes at him. “I’m sure I can change that.” He said wiggling his brows at me making me blush.

“Snitch!” I snorted at Shadow, ignoring what Jyden just said. “Besides other than a protein smoothie, I don’t eat breakfast, at least nothing like this. I can feel my stomach clenching just looking at all this. I eat this and I will go into a food coma before we even walk out the door.” I told him already feeling like I was going to vomit. “There’s fruit and pancakes, please eat a little.” He asked holding up a fork full of fruit and pancakes. He gave me pouty puppy eyes. “Fine but don’t think this will happen again.” I said taking a bite. Damien sat next to me and pulled me onto his lap. “Uuhhhmm…you know I can sit on my own, right?” I asked him trying to squirm out of his lap, but he wouldn’t let me move. He tightened his grip on my hips, not enough to hurt me, just enough to where I couldn’t move away from him. “Please don’t do that.” He whispered. “I need you close; we’ve been apart way too long.” “That’s not my fault now, is it?” I snapped at him. “No, it’s not but now that we are back with you, Ayres and I need to have you close. He’s ready to rip heads and arms off. He’s so ready to mark and mate you, so please just sit here and help keep him calm.” His voice had a little desperation to it. I looked at him, not quite really understanding what to do. He held up a fork full of pancake and fruit up to my mouth for me to take. He would take a bite and give me a bite.

What the hell does he mean by mark and mate me, I need to ask about that and what it means. He offered me another bite, but I was already full. I raised my hands in surrender. “I’m done.” I told him. “That is way more than I normally eat in the mornings. You hardly ate anything.” He scoffed at me. “Breakfast and lunch are my lightest meals of the day and dinner, after a show, is a little bigger. That’s the way it’s always been.” I shrugged. He wanted to say more but I didn’t want to argue with him so early in the morning. I knew that there are things we needed to figure out and learn about each other. “So,” I changed the subject quickly, “hey, fuzzball, you ready to go for a run?” I shot at Shadow. He rolled his eyes at me and huffed. “Are you ever going to stop calling me that?” I tapped my index finger against my cheek and acted like I was thinking about his question, shaking my head yes. “Uuuhhh…NOPE!” I said making sure to pop the P. I gave him my biggest and most dazzling smile while jumping off Damien’s lap. Damien grabbed my wrist and looked me up and down. “Where do you think you’re going dressed like this?” He asked positioning himself between me and the fuzzballs. “Duh…I just said fuzzball and I are going for a run. Is that going to be a problem?” I asked him raising my eyebrows. “No, but you need to change your clothes, you’re not leaving this room dressed like this.” He demanded motioning his hands up and down my body. I rolled my eyes at him; this is getting old. “Well then, I guess you’re just gunna hafta get over it. It’s hotter than the devil’s ass out there, so, NO, I’m not gunna change!” I loudly said poking his chest. He let out a loud growl. “You are MINE! No other male should see you dressed like this!” He said clenching his jaw. “And I have already warned you about your language.” He gritted closing his eyes taking deep breaths. This man is being unreasonable. I wasn’t gonna go through this shit again, not with him, not with the man who claims to be my soulmate. Yeah, we’ll see if he means what he says.

“First, I said poking my finger at his chest. Don’t you EVER growl at me like that again! What’s up with that?! Second – I know you say that I’m your mate and that I belong to you but I’m still not even sure what all that means. Third – that’s why Shadow is going with me. I trust him and you trust him. Fourth – you have to trust me if you want me to even think of considering this whole mate thing! Fifth and last – I have my set ways and routines and you are not going to change that! If you don’t trust me then...” I said motioning between us “...this will not work.” I told him pressing my hand against his cheek. He sighed and leaned into my touch. “I had these same issues with Luther and look where it left me. I will not let that happen again. You and Ayres need to think about that and decide if you want me to give this...us a chance or not.” I whispered.

He closed his eyes and sighed. “Do you have any idea what you are asking of me?” He whispered back, pressing his forehead against mine. “We wolves are very protective and possessive of our mates, especially me, as an Alpha. So, what you are asking is going to drive me insane and Ayres will want to rip every male that comes near you or even looks at you to pieces.” He breathed out as he pulled me into a tight hug. “Yes, I know. You have said this many times before but that is something you will need to work on. I can’t and won’t live like that.” I told him. “Please at least let me go with you.” This man makes it so hard to think. “I understand but there has to be trust between us in order for things to work between us. You and fuzzball can come with me but I am not changing, it’s way too hot out there.” I said finding some kind of compromise. He rubbed his face and let out a deep breath. “Fine, let’s go if we’re going to go.” He said with a grunt. I pushed up on my tippy toes and kissed his cheek. “Thank you and please keep Ayres under control.” I asked of him. “Ayres, if you can hear me, please behave yourself. Just because some other guys look at me doesn’t mean that I will be looking at them or even acknowledging them.” I said caressing Damien’s cheek. “I only have eyes for you.” A low growl vibrated through Damien’s chest. “I will do my best to stay calm but please stay by my side.” He kissed the tip of my nose. “Of course, I will.” I assured him.