Finding and Changing Emily

Chapter 33: Emily

I gathered the small amount of pride that I had left and left the bathroom. What on earth could make someone's face to convert that bad? Daniel was my mate but, I didn't know how much more of these secrets I could take.
"Daniel?" I said as I walked outside.
He was sitting on a bench outside but didn't turn to my voice. I sat down next to him. We sat in silence and then Daniel took a deep breath.
"I lied to you Emily. I had been with someone before you. Her name was Hope. She was a princess in Africa. Sweetest person in the world, you would have liked her. Anyways, when her father found out that she had been mated to me, he got pissed. He found a witch, one that would curse me. Hope wouldn't let me go, even when I told her that I didn't feel the same way. She kept me because she had been falsely mated to me. When the witch came, she cast a curse on me that when I found my mate, I wouldn't ever be able to make love to her. My face would consort and blood from everything that ever touched my lips would pour out and part of the soul from the living would enter me. When I kill all those vampires, parts of them come into me and I can't stop it."
I couldn't believe this! He was cursed and when he killed parts of other people when into him. I didn't know what to do. Part of me wanted to leave, to go far away from Daniel and this place but, I knew that it would be wrong. But out of all of this, I was hurt. Hurt that he didn't tell me he had someone else in his life.
"Why didn't you ever tell me about her? Why would you lie to me about you never being with someone?"
"I never did anything with her so I didn't think it mattered. I was hoping that the spell would have worn off."
I sighed and looked at him.
"You didn't think it would matter because I didn't know? Or because I'm your mate? And what in the name of gods green earth is false matting?" I yelled.
"False matting is when someone wants to be with someone else so bad that they start faking feelings for them, it becomes an obsession almost."
"Well maybe we are falsely mated. I don't like liars Daniel." I said standing up. I was done. There was no way I could do this.
"Emily wait," he said grabbing my arm. "you have every right to be mad at me, to hate me even but we aren't false matted. You can feel the bond between us grow stronger everyday. Please, hate me, be mad as hell at me but don't leave me."
I sat back down and was still fuming. How could he ask me such a big favor?
"Daniel?" I asked
"What?" He said.
"How long were you in Africa?"
"Two years. I was a new vampire at the time."
I nodded and slowly reached for his hand. He looked at me and smiled slightly.
"Could you, you know, make love to me?" I asked.
"I could but, it would be scary for you. I don't know if it would get worst or not."
"Why didn't you tell me all this before?" I asked.
"I don't know. Look, I was afraid that maybe you wouldn't want to be with me. I know it's stupid but it's true. My family doesn't even know. It's a sign of weakness."
"Daniel, it's not a sign of weakness. Weakness is not telling me and hiding it. What did you think would happen?"
"Emily I don't know okay? I guess I thought that I would go away."
I took a deep breath.
"Stuff like this never just goes away. Trust me I know but if I have learned anything from you, its that you never hide things."
He nodded and closed his eyes. I moved and put my head on his chest. He let out a small purr in pleasure and wrapped his arms around me.
"I don't hate you Daniel. Your my mate and I love you."
Daniel leaned down and whispered.
"I love you too Emily." He said and kissed me.