little one

chapter eighteen

i kinda feel like the last chapter sucked, but hey let me know? nicely, please ;) anyway get ready for some acacia and jace content! what do you guys think of the changing pov's with interlinking storylines? do you like it? hate it?

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acacia's pov

"What'd you say, Sweet?" I looked into my mate's concerned eyes. In just a few days this stubborn, sweet, adoring man has wormed his way into my heart. I already can't imagine my life without him. I know that this is the way God created us, we are given a bond, and with that bond a relationship forms, but it still shocks me how strong the bond is. I'm terrified to tell him about my Father. I don't want to see the looks of pity and horror cross his face. I didn't want him to know what he did. I didn't want to ever say his name ever again. A shiver runs up my back as I think of him.

"Sweet, talk to me. Are you alright?" I sat in his lap, and he turned me to face him. I instinctively curled into his chest, trying to hide from the world. Hide from him.

"Acacia. What do you mean your both Alpha's children? Are you saying your Father was an Alpha? I know pretty much every Alpha from the last 30 or so years, and I've never heard of another Alpha with a child who was a runt... Unless..." Sebastian's eyes got wide as he realized.

"My Father did not accept me as his child. He wanted to kill me as soon as I was born. My mother had begged him not to. So in an act of mercy he graciously allowed me to live," Jace growled next to me, "He refused my Mother's request that I would be raised alongside my elder brother's and sister. He sent me away to live in the country with an older couple. I lived with them until I was six." Silence fell over our table. No one knew seemed to know what to say.

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After sitting in silence for a few minutes, the boys paid and headed back to the packhouse. Jace hadn't said a word since my revelation. He kept his arm tightly around me as we walked the short way home. Alexei left to go check on the Theta's, and Alpha Sebastian and Thea had made plans to go see his cousin, Al. After promising to get together with Al and Cassie and have a girls night soon, we went our separate ways.

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Jace waved to a few straggling pack members as he hurried me up the stairs. When we reached the landing he put his hands on my waist and pulled me close. Still not making a sound, he tucked his head into the curve of my neck breathing heavily.

"Jace?" I questioned him worriedly,

"Sweet I'm sorry if I'm scaring you, just please... give me a moment to remind myself you're here. In my arms... I knew you had suffered. I found you near death... But hearing what that scum of an Alpha did... I'm grasping for control right now, baby, and I.. I," He whimpered as he took in my scent. I just nodded and wrapped my arms around his neck. Bracing myself, I jumped up, Jace catching me and wrapping my legs around his waist.

"I am here. With you. He does not matter anymore. Insignificant." I knew my English wasn't perfect, but I think Jace got my point. My Father is in my past. Jace is my future.

"I just don't understand how someone could do anything to harm you. I look at you and see the most precious woman I've ever laid eyes on, and to think I could have lost you. Acacia, I found you almost dead. Ainsley told me if I had gotten there a week later I might not have been able to save you. You didn't deserve that. You shouldn't have had to spend the better part of your childhood fighting to stay alive. I can't... I can't lose you."