The Unfortunate Truth

Pre-Date - 8

Brody kissed me.

I don't think I know how to breathe now.

He kissed me yesterday, and I'm still thinking about it. It still practically takes my breath away just thinking about it. Is that normal? Is it normal to still be breathless about a kiss that happened the day before?

Why the hell did I feel sparks like that? They were intense, way more intense than what I was picturing. I thought werewolves only got those kinds of sparks or something was when you met your mate?

There's no way that he could be my mate. Though that would explain the kiss and the shocks I felt earlier two weeks ago. But that still doesn't make sense. Wouldn't I be able to tell if he was my mate besides those reasons? Is that how I could tell?

Because I should be able to smell him, like how my mom says my dad smells like lavender. Or how Konan says his wife smells like flowers, or how Roman's mate smells like chocolate.

And wouldn't Venus be able to tell if Brody was my mate? Wouldn't she be able to tell for sure? But she wasn't really giving me anything. No direct answers, and believe me, I've tried asking her. But all she does is say that she has no idea and would very much like to know herself.

So she was no help at all.

None of this makes any sense. None at all.

I'm snapped out of my thoughts by my phone ringing, and upon looking I see that it was my brother Konan.

"Hey big bro," I answer the phone. "Miss me yet?" I called him yesterday and he said he was busy so that he would call me tomorrow, meaning today. So I was anxiously waiting for his call all morning.

"Every single day, baby sister," Konan chuckles. "How are you? Grandma told us what happened yesterday."

At first, I furrow my eyes wondering how on earth my grandma found out about my kiss with Brody, but then I realize what he was talking about.

There was a small rogue attack on one of the borders here apparently. The alpha did a usual round-up call to make sure everyone was okay, even though it was such a small attack, and my grandparents answered. Then she called me to make sure that I was okay.

So all's well that ends well.

"Oh yeah," I nod, despite him not being able to see me. "I'm just fine." Then I changed the subject to why I called yesterday. Because I desperately needed to know the answers to my questions.

I figured he wouldn't have all the answers. Because I know he won't be able to know my body and understand what I'm feeling and what my wolf is feeling. But any information would be helpful because I am sadly at a loss of what to do.

"I uh, I have some questions for you," I said a bit nervously. I didn't intend to sound nervous. But I wasn't used to talking to my older brothers about mate stuff. I wasn't used to talking about mate stuff in general.

I never really had someone to talk about this with. I sometimes talked to my brother's mates about this, but I couldn't get really that much into detail since they were literally mated to my brothers. I didn't want to make it weird on accident.

My cheeks were already blushing just thinking about what I was going to talk about with him. I didn't want to have this talk, but I needed to. I needed to understand more about mates if I ever wanted this to work with Brody. Especially if he was my real mate.

"Danielle," Konan says with a hint of amusement in his tone.

I stay silent for a moment, "Yeah?"

"Is this something that I have to be alone to talk with you?"

"Uh," I shake my head a little bit. "Roman can be there."

"How did you-" I hear Roman's voice on the other end.

I scoff and roll my eyes. "Come on big brother, you and Konan are always with each other. It was more or less an educated guess."

"Huh," Roman grumbles. "Alright," Konan then speaks up. "So, what did you need to talk about? What happened?"

"What didn't happen?" I mutter. "No, so I-I think I may have...." I trail off a little bit before I sigh and just say it straight up, knowing that was the easiest thing to do. "I think I may have found my mate."

They didn't even process what I said. Because immediately after I said the word mate I heard Konan's excited voice cut through. "WHAT? Dani, don't be lying to me! I swear to god!"

Jesus Christ he's like an overexcited puppy. I knew that he would be excited, but I guess I wasn't expecting that response. But who was I kidding, it was Konan. He's like the best friend that I never had.