Rejected by one Alpha, Loved by another

Chapter 88: Mate, Mine

Millie's POV

The drive to his pack house isn't far, and I'm glad he doesn't drive that far when he comes to see me, but my nerves have gotten the better of me right now. I can't sit still, and I can't feel much other than my anxiety.

Reaching over to my hand, Kai locks his fingers with mine and runs his thumb over my knuckles in a loving, tender way. I didn't think a mate's touch, mated or not, could ever settle nerves and anxiety.
Just the thought of being in his territory and his life this way makes me feel so out of sorts.

"Relax princess," he says and my heart swells with a weird fluttering feeling at the endearment.
I'm in my 20's and I have never had sex. I have barely kissed anyone before and the one time I did was when I was 13 we played truth or dare and I kissed Sean Calloway in front of my sister who then threw a punch at Sean because he went and told everyone I was too frigid and boring.

"Sorry. I- I just haven't-"

"I know. I understand and if it's too much I can take you back home" he says as he pulls my hand to his lips and kisses each knuckle. He's never kissed me before. He's never so much as made a move on me apart from to hug me earlier but even that made my skin tingle with excitement.
Excitement that I didn't think to be possible in my situation.
Virgin. Lonely. Boring and very antisocial.

My sister has always been a social butterfly. Loves to talk with people and loves to explore new things whereas I, on the other hand, prefer to stay indoors and read books.
I love a good romance like the next woman but I'm more into murder mysteries and paranormal books these days.
So many good things in them and I love to envision myself solving them but I also love the thrill of how everything ends. If they find out who did it or if the person who did it isn't alive anymore or what but I love the wait.

"What are you thinking about?" Kai asks me as he pulls off the highway and down a long winding road.
"Just only own mind at the minute," I say smiling at him.
"Does anyone know I'm here?" I ask nervously. I'd hate to think I wasn't allowed here.

"I'm the Alpha princess. My mother and father know I'm bringing you back but I don't owe anyone an explanation" he says with a smile on his face.
We pull up to what looks like a small town and I can't help the large smile on my face.
It feels like home and it also feels like a new adventure all at the same time. Pulling up outside we stay in the car for a moment longer.

"It's beautiful" I say looking at my surroundings.
"It sure is" Kai says but when I turn my head to look at him, he isn't looking out the window like I was doing, he was staring straight at me.

Blushing and turning my head once again to look outside I take my seat belt off and go for the door handle but Kai's hand stops me.

"Any minute now, my mother is going to be storming out of those doors and engulfing you in a hug. I apologise right now for it all because even now-"

"It's okay." I laugh. I haven't felt like I can laugh this much in so long. School is kicking my ass, even though I enjoy it and I'm thriving in all of my remaining exams, it's still a hard thing right now and the girls there are making it harder for me to concentrate sometimes and now that I have my finals for ice skating approaching, I'm worried I'll fail that and then fail at everything else.

"Honestly, you're brave" he mutters with a shy grin. I've seen him smile, I've heard him laugh, I've even watched him be authoritative towards the girls at school but I have never seen him look shy.

"Stay there," he says as he gets out of the car and walks around to my side if I didn't believe him before, I sure as heck do now because a beautiful woman rushes out of the house and heads straight towards the car.
I had only just gotten out of the car when she tackled me to the car in a giant hug.
"Oh, my goodness. Look at you!" She says pulling back and examining me from head to toe.

"Hello. I'm sorry- I know I look like a mess but I-"

"Oh, nonsense sweet girl! Christ look at how beautiful she is!" She says to the man behind her who I now believe is Kai's father because Kai looks to be the spitting image of this man in front of me.

"Hello," he says extending his hand and then thinking better of it. I go to drop my hand in embarrassment but before I even get to the whole 'Shit, he already hates me' thought, he pulls me into a hug.

"I'm-"

"Millie. We've heard so much about you Millie! Come, come we've got tea and coffee waiting for us inside and some homemade cookies" his mother says and I need to really start remembering if he's already told me their names or not because I can't remember if he's already told did or not.

"Mom," Kai groans but she shushes him up with a promise that he can have some cookies to which he soon shuts up. The whole situation made me laugh and feel a little bit more at ease.

"So Millie, how's college going?" His mother asks. The pack house seems to be really quiet and I wonder if everyone's just staying away from me or if they genuinely are in their own rooms. Our pack house houses over 600 members but a lot of the people also love to have their own homes which they live in down the town roads just off the big city area.

"It's great" I lie but it doesn't go amiss by Kai himself.
We continue talking for a while and his parents tell us that some rooms are available upstairs which makes me yawn and feel grateful that I haven't got to travel back to my apartment.

"Thank you for being so welcoming," I say as I stand up and move around the table to stand a little nearer to Kai but not too much.
I must seem like the most awkward person they have ever met.
"Of hush sweet girl. You're very welcome here" his mother says as she walks over to me and pulls me into a bone-crushing hug then whispering a simple thank you into my ear.

"Goodnight," they say and we follow suit, grabbing my overnight bag and walking up the stairs.
"This is you," he says holding the handle to a door on the third floor. My heart is telling me to ask him to stay but my head is telling me to stop being so silly at the idea.

"Thank you! I-" What do I say? I want you with me. I want to feel close to you. I want to know what kissing a man feels like.
Instead, I settle with a simple "I'll see you in the morning" before walking inside and slowly closing the door behind me.
With my heart racing and my hands all sweaty I admit the bone-crushing truth that is...

I think I'm in love with my mate.