Shadows

Chapter: 3

This morning I got up with a smile and then I remembered I had no clothes. I spotty a closet and looked through it. Luckily I found a plain white shirt and a pair of blue jeans.

I signed in relief, next was a bath. I was glad My room had a bathroom.

After taking my shower I dressed. When I was done my hand with to the fang marks. Just touching them made me blush.

A knock bought me back to reality. I went to the door and opened it to see Zion standing there smiling. Again it still didn't reach his eyes.

"Did you sleep well", he asked.

"Um yeah", I replied staring into his eyes.

There were really pretty.

"Thank you", he replied.

Oh god I'm acting like Vinny now.

"Ni, are you listening to me", he asked?

"Yeah", I said ignoring what he called me.

"Oh, really what did I say", he said smirking.

"...", he had me there I had no answer.

"Don't pout, I asked did you want breakfast", he said laughing.

I frowned why did it seem like my mate was faking his emotions. I would know from experience.

"Yeah, sounds good", I asked. I closed my door behind me and follower Zion.

The dining room was nice and simple. There was a small wooden table that fit four with a vase of roses in the middle.

"I thought you would like to eat in one of the smaller rooms", he said.

I took my seat and looked at the plate in front of me.

"Wow looks amazing", I said.

" I would like to take credit but it was the maid Marine who cooked". He replied.

I shook my head grabbing my fork and taking a bite of eggs.

The food was to die for.

"So, how did you come to own such a place", I asked ?

"It was my great grandfather's", he said.

Something about that answer seemed off but for now I was going to accept  it.

"I was thinking , maybe we could hang out and get to know each other some more", I said biting my lip.

I watched as his eyes darted to my bottom lip before going to back to my eyes.

"Yeah, sounds wonderful", he said making me smile.

"But I have to make a few runs first", he said making me frown:

The rest of breakfast was just small talk, until he had to leave. It felt strange to at my mates house after we just met after a day.

But I've been waiting and dreaming of this moment forever and I was going to get to know my mate and spend as much time as I could with him.

While he was out I decided to explore the place. I found it weird that he was the only one staying here in this big place.

I walked around for minutes finding nothing interesting, soI decided to go back to my room.

Once there I checked my phone to see I had ten messages. Five from my dad lecturing me about strangers. And the rest from my brothers.

Just reading them angered me, they didn't understand how I felt. All they every called was when they wanted something or need me to cover for them. I got so mad I didn't even realize I had cracked my phone.

Oh well I thought as I threw it onto a table end. My thoughts then wondered to my soon to be mate. He was so handsome. 

I couldn't wait for what the future held, even if I felt like he was hiding something.

I heard a door opening, curious I got up to check it out. I quietly made my way to where the heard the noise.

A women I her mid twenties cleaning. I forgot about the maid Marline. She was tiny with dark brown locks.

"Oh, hello", she said when she saw me.

I felt pretty bad she looked like I scared her.

She removed her hand from above her heart and gave me a heartwarming smile.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you", I said rubbing my neck.

Wow I really need to practice my social skills.

"Its fine dear", she said as she bent down grabbing her cleaning supplies.

Okay this was awkward so I just decided to leave her to her work.

I was on my way back to my room when I heard the front door open. My heart skipped a beat as I tried to make it look like I nonchalantly was walking down stairs. In reality I wanted to run.

"Your back", I said when I saw him.

"Yeah, were  you bored", he asked.

Should I lie or tell the truth.

"No, not really", I said.

"Right, well you said you wanted to spend some time so how about we watch a movie", he said.

"Sure", I replied happy.

The rest of our weeks were spent like this until we finally got to a place where were both comfortable with each other.