Love & Tribulations

Chapter 5

Erza's POV

They were right, imprinting makes you lose all your senses; either that or I'm going fucking crazy. I knew that my mate was a vampire, but the fucking queen.

When I told my inner circle about it, they were in complete shock. They eventually came around, but my mother was furious, and I understood her concern, especially with everything that happened in the past.

I exhaled, trying to take my mind off of everything and concentrate on work. Although it was proving to be more difficult as time went by. I finished what I was doing and headed to James's office to drop off some documents he needed me to run through. I knocked on his door before he invited me in.

"I came to drop these off", I stated.

"I'll get these processed right away ", he replied as I sat down.

"She's driving me insane", I said, and he looked up, puzzled, "my mate."

"That explains it", he smirked.

"Explains what?" I inquired, perplexed by his statement.

"Your constant mood swings whenever she's around", he remarked with a grin.

I sighed as I recalled the events of the past few days. The recent exchanges of glances and unintentional touches between us were driving me wild. It only takes one look at her beautiful eyes for my body to melt into a heap of desire and fascination.

"She's your mate, it's only natural", he smiled. This is far from natural, I feel like I'll jump her or something.

I went down to the dining hall after we discussed matters about the pack. I scanned the hall before my eyes gravitated toward her as if she were the one I was looking for. She was seated with Tris and Asher at a table near the entrance. Just the sound of her voice had my heart racing uncontrollably.

She turned her attention toward me and smiled lightly, making my stomach feel fuzzy. The things she does to me. I got some food from the kitchen before joining them.

"What were you guys talking about?" I asked, sitting across from the redhead.

"Ms. Vlaire was just asking us about the performance and conduct of her group", Tris explained.

"I told you Rose is fine", she spoke after taking a sip of her drink. Her voice caused me to smile unintentionally.

(You wanna call her Rose, don't you?), Tris teased through the pack link. Where does she get these ideas from?

(What?!) I exclaimed, struggling to swallow my food while staring at her with wide eyes.

"Are you okay?" Asher inquired, patting my back more forcefully than was necessary. I quickly nodded to get him to stop and glared at Tris.

(It's fine, you don't have to hide it) she said indifferently as I stared at her in bewilderment.

"What are you two talking about?" Rose questioned, her eyes darting between me and Tris.

"You", Tris shot out, prompting Rose to turn to face me with a smile. My heart pounded a little quicker as I felt those butterflies again. For a moment, we just stared at each other before Asher cleared his throat. Shit, I need to get a grip.

"We have to go help James with something, right Tris", Asher announced, standing up and looking over at Tris. She gave him a confused look before smiling and nodding her head. Are they even trying to be subtle?

"Right, sorry we can't stay longer", Tris said smirking at me.

(I want all the details), Tris told me before leaving with Asher. I had to physically restrain myself from plaming my face. Idiots.