A Leader Must Rise - Old Version

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Aria's P.O.V

"Aria! What's wrong?" Justin asked. I look around again, not believing what I'm seeing. "I'm seeing mate bonds!" I said. I can Declan's and Winters, Zena's and Matthew's, even though he isn't here. I can even see Sophia's and... Ian's. I saw Sophia tense at what I said. I looked at her curiously. "Um, Aria can I, uh, talk to you for minute please?" Sophia said awkwardly. "Um, sure." I said. I look down to Chase, 'I'll be right back okay. Just need to sort out something!' I said to him and he nodded. "No, Aria needs to stay! We don't know what she means by 'seeing mate bonds.'" Simon said. "Exactly what I said!" I said starting to get irritated. I walked out of the living room with Sophia behind me. I see Ian look at Sophia in curiosity and wonder out of the corner of my eye.

"Sophy, I can see your mate bond with Ian. Does he even know that your he's mate?" I asked once we reached the kitchen. "No, he doesn't." She said quietly. "Why?" "Because what happened at our old pack, they kept repeating that our mates will treat us the same way they were, and we believed them. All of us did!" Sophia answered, crying now. I hugged her and she held on to me tightly. "Soph, you need to tell him. I've been with the White Warrior pack for a long time. He's the Delta of the pack and would never ever hurt his mate. He's been waiting for you for so long now, he's loosing hope in finding you. If you kept closing in your scent to him, he'll find some rejected wolf and mate with her, and now you have met him. It will be painful. I've experience the same thing." I said hoping to convince her.

"C-Can y-you g-get I-Ian f-for m-me p-please?" She asked. Oh, thank the Goddess. "Sure." I replied and went to get Ian. "Ian." I called him from the hall, next to the living room. Declan looked at me weirdly. I put up a figure to tell him to wait a minute. "Yeah?" Ian said unsure. "Come with me for second." I said, then a heard a growl. 'It's alright Chase. Sophia has closing her scent from her mate.' I said to him and he stopped growling. 'And Ian is her mate?' He asked. 'Yep.' I replied as I walked down the hall and into the kitchen. Before we enter it though, I asked Ian, "You wouldn't hurt your mate right?" "Of course I wouldn't, that is if I find her!" He said looking down at the floor. "Sophia is your mate Ian, but she got treated badly at her old pack and got told that her mate will treat her the same way! She's just scared that you'll treat her the same way as they did." I said and his head snapped to up, eyes wide. I pushed opened the door and walked in.

Sophia's scent has filled the whole kitchen. I felt Ian stiffened, sniffed the air and looked around frantically. I saw Sophia finding behind the kitchen bench. I touched Ian arm and pointed to the kitchen bench. He looked at it, then at me. I nodded and gestured for him to go. He slowly walked over to where Sophia was. Sophia bolted from her place to behind me. Ian looked at her. Worry, fear and heart broken clear in his eyes, but there is love there as well. "It's okay, Soph, I told you he won't hurt you, I promise!" I said to her. She looked at me then at Ian, and she slowly made her way towards him. "Mate?" I hear her say. "Mate!" Ian replied, smiling. "I'll leave you two." I said and left, but turned back when I was called. "Thanks!" Ian said. "No problem." I said and walked out.

I walked back into the living room. "Okay, what the HELL was that all about?!" Declan said in a stern voice. Chase growled at him and Declan growled back, then the whole room went up in growls, except Kyle, Tristan and Justin. I look at them and motioned to cover their ears. They did. Again, I brought my forefinger and thumb to my mouth and blew my killer whistle. "If everyone can shut the FECK UP I'll tell you what happened!" I said in my Luna voice. It work on everyone except Chase, since I marked him, he by pass my Luna side.

"Now, as I said before, I can see mate bonds. I can see Declan's and Winter's, Zena's and Matthew's, I can even see Chase's and I mate bond." I said calmly. Declan, Winter and Zena looked at me shocked. "What just happened there," pointing toward the kitchen, "Is that I found out that Sophia and Ian are mates. Sophia-" I was cut off by Mason growling. "AND YOU LET HIM NEAR HER!" He growled at me. Chase, Justin Kyle and Tristan started to growl back at him. I held up my hand again to get them to stop, they did. "Yes, I did! And if you even think going to her, then what you've seen of me being angry, doesn't even scratch the surface. Now shut up and let me finish!" I said again in my Luna voice. "As I was saying, Sophy was afraid of Ian hurting her like their old pack. You still need to tell me about that. I convinced Soph otherwise though." I finished. "How do you he won't hurt her?!" Simon said. "Because," I started irritated, "I've have been with the White Warrior pack for 4 years. I know a lot of those pack members, and Ian has been waiting for his mate for 6 years now. He wouldn't hurt her! I KNOW he wouldn't hurt her, EVER!" Daring them to reply.