My Alpha's Heart Forever

Chapter 5 - Kiss Me Under the Moonlight

I hear these words come out of his mouth and don't understand what he means. What is a mate exactly, and why hasn't anyone explained this to me yet? My grandmother called Damon's name.

"Damon, to be honest, Shana doesn't know our world or our ways yet and as her mate. You should be the one to sit down and talk to her, so she understands and doesn't think she is losing her mind," my grandmother said. As Damon grabbed my hand and led me outside to the rose garden.

Looking out into the garden as the moonlight touches down on the white roses. I listened to the surrounding sounds consumed by the night air, the soft swirl of the wind, and the gentle neighing of the animals running around beyond the fence.

Damon clears his throat, licking his lips and biting on the bottom of his lip. As he stared at me, it was only minutes but felt like hours. Damn, this man turns me on in a way I've never felt before. My heart races as goosebumps swell up on my arm while little butterflies flutter in my stomach.

I can feel a connection, one I've never felt with anyone before, almost like I knew him all my life to a point I have known him all my childhood. The entire time he was staring at me, he smirked at me as if to say he's enjoying how he made me feel.

Damon told me when we were children, we had gone to the same school and were inseparable. The more our parents and teachers tried to keep us apart, the worse it got for them. That is right around the time I started mischievous acts against everyone who would step in between us.

According to him, I had put laxatives in a pot of coffee in the teacher's lounge. We all know how that turned out. I got detention. All because they switched homerooms on us. He had me rolling.

After I told Shana how we met and how she used to be. She was on the ground laughing so hard. I thought she may end up wetting herself. She told me I made it seem like she was this mean and sneaky little girl. I just looked at her and smiled in all honesty.

"Shana, you were, but that was what I liked about you. You didn't take crap from anyone and knew how to handle yourself. Heck, even my older brother came against you once, and while he was sleeping, you shaved his hair and his eyebrows."

She asked me what happened to me since I had disappeared in the 7th grade. "My dad had gotten transferred to a base over here in Ireland, and we have been here ever since." I was the one to let her grandparents know where she was and that I had been her best friend back then.

We all know at 14 you can't date any way you're more like friends. At least that is what you tell the girl's parents. So, they don't bury you alive.

After my father moved us to Ireland and I could no longer see Shana. My mind took a turn for the worst as I shut myself off from my family. When it came time to start a new school and make some new friends. I pushed them away because I knew no one could ever replace her. I always wondered if I would see her again.

Now, years later, it's a tremendous surprise to me to see my childhood friend standing right in front of me to realize that we're as close as ever. And this time, I won't let her go.

Sitting on the bench with her under the moonlight. I can't help but gaze at her. She has changed so much over the years. No longer is she wearing her hair in braids and pigtails. Now it cascades down her back like waves in the ocean. I just want to run my hands through it. She has her lip pierced, eyebrow done, with a tongue piercing. Makes me wonder if she has a tattoo to go with those as well.

Shana's POV

Under the light of the moon, Damon filled me in on what happened once he moved away, and it kind of broke me inside because that's, precisely how I felt. The only difference for me was I started getting in more trouble. You could say I became excellent friends with the principal and the detention room.

At one point, the principal had put me through track training. This way, he said, I would always be busy and couldn't make my daily trips to his office. It didn't work out the way he hoped because his office somehow ended up outside in the school's front yard.

Let's hope Damon doesn't find out all I have done since he left our last school. He told me while we sat here talking now that he has me in his sights; he isn't letting me go anymore.

I enjoy knowing that he will always be here now. He still lays claim to my heart after all these years, and I have him as well. I hope that conniving witch inside doesn't wrap her hands around him or anything he has. He belongs to me, tattoos and all. She doesn't know me, I'll beat her down if she tries to step between the two of us.

Damon leaned toward me, our lips inches apart. He pressed his lips on mine, sending electric currents throughout my entire body. Enjoying the feel of our skin together. His tongue on mine, competing for dominance to show he's the Alpha and strongest. We are an even match in this game.

My hands drift to the back of his neck, and my fingers glide through his hair as his hands slid down my back, stopping at my waist as he pulled me tight against him. I can feel how turned on he is as I gaze up into his lust-filled eyes.

Before anything else could happen. Nick, my asshole of a brother, interrupted us. He informed me I was being paged by my grandparents. We were walking inside when this idea popped into my head.

Glancing between both boys I bent down, acting like I was tieing my shoe when in fact, I had tied their shoes together. I take off running after slapping both of them on the back of the head, causing both boys to chase after me. Looking over my shoulder, I let my middle finger fly as I ran faster when I heard both boys cussing and chasing after me.

Bursting through the door, Damon slid to a sudden stop, causing Nick to slam into the back of him. "Will you get your big-headed ass out of the way? Shana tied our shoelaces together and slapped us on the back of our heads. We had to look for our pride on the floor. Well, at least there will never be a dull moment in the palace with the three of them, I heard the castle staff say."