AMELIA’S P.O.V

I was discharged before the end of the day.


Kaden clearly didn’t agree with my choice but I doubted he could bring himself to refuse me. I knew I was being a little irrational and illogical but I couldn’t bear to be anywhere else. I wanted to be surrounded by people I knew and by my home, I wanted to be surrounded by him.

He carried me into the car despite knowing I could walk and for once, I didn’t protest. Clara and Caleb were nowhere to be seen by the time we were leaving, I presumed they were giving us our space and for that, I was grateful. I loved my friends but today was not that day.

As we drove past the turn to the house, I turned to Kaden. “Where are we going?”


“Our home.”

“But it’s that way,” I pointed towards the turn that we had missed. “Kaden, where are you taking me?”


“That was my house, I’m taking you to ours.”

I didn’t realize what he was talking about until he pulled up in front of a familiar building. The last time I saw it, he was still trying to perfect everywhere but now, it looked beautiful. There were guards positioned at the main gate that bowed to us as they let us in. I turned to Kaden with wide eyes as he helped me out of the car.

“I can walk, Kaden,” I mumbled as he picked me off but he said nothing, merely hoisted me up in his arms as he led us to the front door.

How he managed to open it with me in his arms, I wasn’t sure but my mouth fell wide open when I saw what the inside looked like. It was almost as if someone had dug around in my brain and brought it all to life. The couches were pristine but comfortable looking, the furniture was marble and art hung across the walls. Kaden slowly put me down so I could take in everything with wide eyes.

“While I was searching for you, Caleb took over the house,” he explained. “He and Clara designed it. Clara swore up and down that you would love it. I wish I was more involved but-”

“It’s perfect,” I threw my arms around him and kissed him. “Thank you.”

He hesitated before slowly kissing me back. His hands cupped my cheeks as his lips moved over mine, almost hesitantly. He treated me like fragile china, like an egg that he was scared of cracking and while I understood why, I just wanted him to pretend like everything was fine. I wanted him to kiss me like he used to, hold me like he used to but it wasn’t going to be that easy.

He pulled back and pressed his forehead to mine. “Let me show you our room.”

Thankfully, he let me walk up the steps myself. There weren’t a lot of steps but it took a considerable amount of energy. It would take some time until I was fully healed but I didn’t care. He pushed open the double doors leading to our bedroom and my eyes widened.

It was almost identical to the one at his place but it was a lot larger. A bookshelf stood to the left along with two tables, one with his things and one with mine. It was beautiful and with each step, I fell more in love.

“I know we didn’t get to decorate it ourselves but at least we get to decorate our child’s room,” he whispered, his hands wrapping around me from behind and settling on my stomach.

I exhaled deeply, leaning back into him and basking in the feel and scent of him around me. His thumb drew small circles over my still flat stomach and I couldn’t help but imagine a few months down the line, I would be larger. Would he still do this then?

“I hate that you had to find out alone,” he muttered. “I hate that you had to go through it alone and you won’t talk about it.”

“There’s nothing to talk about, Kaden. Besides, I haven’t even had a chance to just breathe. I don’t want to think about what happened there.”

If I closed my eyes, I could almost feel Blake’s hands all over me again. I couldn’t exactly blame him for what happened, I had encouraged it but it still left me with a bitter taste at the back of my throat. I wished I could take it all back but unfortunately, I would have never been able to run unless I did that.

“I’m tired, come to bed with me.”

Kaden didn’t even protest, he let me lead him towards the bed and climbed under the covers with me. We lay chest to chest, my hand splayed over him and his wrapped around me. There were so many things that required our attention but for now, none of them mattered. It was just us- two mates- in our beautiful new home with the prospect of a family looming over us.

The fear of Blake still lingered at the back of my mind. He wasn’t going to let this go so easily, I knew that, everyone knew that, but for once, he didn’t matter. He wasn’t here and I wasn’t going to let the time I had with my mate be ruined by thinking about him.

Kaden’s phone rang but he ignored it. It rang again and he turned away from me long enough to turn it off.

“You’ll have to answer them at some point,” I hated how needy my voice sounded.

“I know that, but you’re more important. You’re my mate.”

“It’s probably pack business.”

His fingers curled around my chin and tipped my head up so I was looking at him. “In case you didn’t understand the first time, let me explain this to you. I would gladly give up my pack for you.”

“You don’t mean that.”

“Yes, I do and I would do it in a heartbeat. You’re mine, Amelia and I am never letting you out of my sight again.”