My Unexpected Love (Sample)

Chapter 3

Pierce's POV

I need a cup of coffee. Five hours of training is not bad, but today it felt more challenging than normal.

Meeting my mate yesterday was unbelievable and just perfect. Second chance mates are rare, so having one is a blessing. A blessing I do not take for granted.

My heart broke at the sadness and worry in her eyes. I just wanted to take them away, which is one of the reasons I approached her. I was a bit surprised that she has a daughter but that won't change my feelings for her, in fact I'll love her daughter as if she were my own. That's just how it works for us wolves. We don't mind taking in our mate's children at all.

That's when I caught the sweet familiar smell of strawberries and a fresh, rainy morning.

"Hey!" Called the familiar voice of my mate, making me stop and turn to her direction with a smile.

She stopped in front of me. Her breathes were a bit laboured showing that my sweet mate lacked exercise. We will most certainly work on that, I need my mate to be as healthy as possible. I don't want her getting ill.

"Do you have a minute to spare?" She asked as her cute daughter hid behind her legs.

"Sure." I smiled, even as a huge part of me just wanted to pull her into a kiss that will leave her knees buckling. Instead, I did what the father wolf inside me wanted to do, talk to his pup." Hi Pumpkin." I softly greeted.

"Hello." She shyly waved.

"What's your name? I'm Pierce." I introduced as I tickled her sides, making her giggle before smiling at me.

"I'm Serenity, but Mommy calls me Ren." She enthusiastically smiled.

"Serenity." I said, testing the name," Mommy definitely chose the perfect name for such a beautiful little girl, but I'll call you Pumpkin." I said, making her giggle.

I stood up, to find my mate looking at me with wide open eyes in shock.

"What?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.

"Serenity is normally a very picky person. You and your son are the first people who have made her feel so comfortable around so fast. She's normally very reserved and shy." She explained.

~She's our pup, so it was to be expected~ Said my wolf with pride.

'True.' I answered him, equally as prideful.

"Well we're honoured." I said as I smiled at Serenity, making her shyly hide behind her mother once more."So, you wanted to talk right?" I asked her.

"Yes. Can we sit at the park?" She asked.

"Sure." I answered.

~As if no is even an answer~ Smirked my wolf.

Internally rolling my eyes, I blocked our communication and followed our mate, who's name I know but have not heard from her own lips.

We sat down at the same spot as yesterday, seeing as it offered the right amount of shade. The afternoon sun was just too blazing hot.

"Ren, Honey can you please go play for a sec? Mommy will call you when she's done." My sweet mate calmly asked her daughter.

"Okay Mommy." She grinned before turning to me with a smile,"Bye Mr Pierce." And with that she took off towards the slides.

"Okay, what did you want to talk about?" I asked as I relaxed into the bench.

"I'm just gonna be blunt okay? Like ripping a band-aid off." She sternly said, making me a bit nervous,"Did you or did you not pay for our motel yesterday?" She asked.