I shrug my shoulders, not really caring if Damien doesn’t return tonight.
“After the chat with ya sis, what do you want to do, we can’t just hide out up here” She says.
I smile when an Idea hits me. “Wanna sneak out?” her eyes light up and she nods her head. A few seconds later Aria walks in on the phone and sits next to me on the bed.
Chapter 26
Lily POV
We wait patiently for Aria to get off the phone and serve the lecture I know I am about to receive. She places her phone down on the bedside table before turning to me.
“Just Reid wanting to make sure we got here alright” She tells me. I nod before laying back down on the bed. Aria kicks off her shoes before lying beside me.
“No, lecture?” I ask.
“No, I mainly wanted to find out how you are doing with this whole stepchild thing?” She states.
I think for a few minutes and we lay in silence, Amber pulls out her phone and starts playing on it, pretending to ignore us but I know she is listening.
“Everything is fine, it is what it is. I can’t change it, so why dwell on it?” I tell her.
“I know it hurts, I also know you saved yourself for your mate Lily, I know you said you didn’t want one but if you didn’t why did you save yourself?” She asks and I look at her.
I didn’t want a mate, yet every chance I had to lose my virginity I turned it down and not just because Layla would refuse but because I didn’t feel anyone was deserving of taking it, so maybe I really was waiting for my mate. I didn’t say anything. I had no decent argument because deep down I knew she was right.
“So why haven’t you mated yet, why don’t you bear his mark?” She asked curiously.
“Because once we do there is no turning back Aria. I never wanted this, any of it. Then I found out he got another wolf pregnant which just solidifies we aren’t compatible like the goddess thought,” I tell her.
“So it has nothing to do with fearing actually having a mate. You convinced yourself you were undeserving of one for so many years and now you have one you still don’t feel good enough. Mates are equals. Each half to a whole”
“I’m not whole Aria, you know that”
“Yes, you are, you just need to believe it and trust Damien when he tells you he accepts you. You do not know, but he didn’t care if you were broken Lily, he said he would declare war if we didn’t let him take you even though I could have killed him where he stood and he didn’t fear the outcome of his words, he just knew he wanted his mate. To him you’re not broken, to me you’re not. The only person who thinks you have a broken wolf is you”
"We have been good? Haven’t we, Lily?” Says Layla, eavesdropping in my head.
“Please just give in, let him mark us” She pleads. Layla wants this more than anything.
“After the baby is born” I tell her, wanting to make sure I wasn’t going to be pushed to the side afterwards. Layla nods her head.
“Just think about it Lily, I love you and so does he. Don’t ruin your chances at happiness because you don’t feel good enough for him” Aria says sitting up before kissing my head.
When she goes to get up, I wrap my arms around her waist, and she brushes my hair with her fingers. I let her go, and she hops up walking to the door, only to stop when she notices the walk-in door open.
“Yeesh, hate to be the laundry lady here?” She states and I chuckle.
“Alpha’s” Both Aria and Amber say at the same time. Aria shakes her head, walking out.
“I know you are both sneaking out by the way, No drinking. And I am not getting involved if your mate kills you” She yells from the stairs. Getting up, I rummage through my cupboard and grab some clothes. Following Amber to her room, we both get changed.
Once we are dressed, I decide to take Amber to visit Callie. Walking downstairs Aria is waiting by the door. She gives us her keys.
“I will let you, but no drinking and be back before eight. The Alpha said he should be home by then,”
“What are you going to do?” I ask.
“Natalia is going to show me how to make those stuffed capsicin she made yesterday for lunch” She tells me. Grabbing her keys, we ran to her car before taking off.