Alicia POV
Alicia and Damon eye contact for a minute. Everyone in the shop realises the tension between them. Damon face scowled as he realised people were looking at them.
"I think we should go. I wanna go rest Emily. I'm tired." Alicia stands up and grabs her bag as she tells Emily she wants to leave.
Her Alpha is her mate. Why would Moon Goddess choose the Alpha as her mate?
They headed out to wait for the cab. Alicia and Emily stood there in silence, not asking each other anything. Finally, the cab arrives, and Alicia breaks the ice with Emily as she tries to ask her about the guy she was telling her about.
"So you were trying to tell me about the guy you said is your crush. I couldn't get the name as you know what happened. Who's your crush, Emily?" said Alicia starring at Emily not breaking an eye contact.
"It's no one serious, to be honest. Let's leave the topic I want us to talk about something else," Emily breaks the eye contact trying to avoid Alicia's question.
Alicia didn't think much of it as she thought her friend was not ready to share many details about the guy she had been eyeing on. The cab drops them off at the orphanage and they both go to their rooms.
As Alicia gets in her room, she immediately takes a cold shower as she is frightened by what happened earlier.
Is Damon really my mate? It can't be, I don't even have a wolf but Damon is my mate. How did I even sense him? Let's hope he didn't notice anything cause I'm dead.
She decides to go in the woods for a run after taking a shower to get time to herself.
She prepares as she wore grey sweat pants and a tank top. And then plugged in her earpods as she jams into some Brent Faiyaz album, Sonder Son.
She heads out to the woods. As she is dwelling in her thoughts and enjoying her music. She smells a musky, rain, old wood smell.
Same as the smell she smelled on the restaurant shop. Could it be that Damon is around ?
That immediately puts Alicia's in her stop as notices her mate could be nearby. She immediately pauses the music.
Being a wolfless wolf, she looks around as she tries to figure out where this person could be. As she is standing, she starts feeling shivers running down her spine and butterflies in her stomach. As she tries to turn back to see who is behind her.
She is shocked as she is faced by the soon-to-be Alpha of the Blackwood Pack, Damon Sébastien King. She steps back as she sees the Alpha standing dumbfounded to who his mate is.
"Don't hurt me!" as she squirmed with her voice full of fear as she is faced by Damon. Alicia kept on taking a step back further away from Damon.
Damon's eye colour started getting darker as his pupils dilated. But as she takes a step back, Damon takes a step towards her until she is blocked by a tree.
Damon was close to Alicia. Her breath was heavier than normal as she was frightened by Damon's presence. Alicia could feel her mate dominating her
As they where closer together with no space separating them in between. Alicia being submissive as her mate glared at her as she felt shy to stare at her mates eyes.
"Hey, Mate!" said Damon as he started smirking and touching Alicia chin making her look up to him as he is staring at her unable to set his eyes off her.
"You are so pretty Alicia" As he stared deep in her eyes that look like wildfire.
Damon looked at Alicia with Unconditional love as he held Alicia by her waist, as her body hugs Damon huge arms, as he carries her and starts kissing her.
Alicia is shocked by what Damon is doing. Does that mean he accepts me? My mate loves me? I thought he was gonna reject me. Alicia had a lot of questions on her mind, on whether this was real or not. She couldn't trust Damon as he was a player.
Damon then lays Alicia slowly down on the grass, making sure he doesn't shift his gaze on her. He gently started kissing Alicia and starts undressing her removing her leggings that tightened her. Alicia breaks a kiss between them by moving back and looking down.
"Whats wrong princess?" questioned Damon with a worried expression.
"How do I trust u Damon. I barely know you! Yes...you are my mate, but I don't know it's jus..." said Alicia as she started covering her body, uncomfortable of what Damon was doing.
"But u know that you are my mate, Alicia. And I love you– you are my Luna. I will never betray you or do anything do anything to hurt you. I love you Alicia." As Damon glanced up through Alicia eyelashes.
Alicia trusted Damon. She knew her mate wouldn't hurt her or do her bad. After all it was what she wished for. She kept herself pure these years hoping that one day when she finds her mate, he will be the only person who she exchanges her soul with and takes her virginity.
"Okay I trust you." whispered Alicia batting her eyelashes signaling Damon that she is ready to give her– her precious gift, which is her pureness she had kept for long.
"I'll be very gentle." as Damon continues undressing Alicia also undressing himself in the process.
Damon and Alicia spend a time together. Alicia sat in silence as she lay on top of Damon's chest. She felt at peace. It's like she never had problems. It is what she has always yearned for, love and peace.
"Tomorrow on The Mating Ceremony. I promise I will announce you as my Luna. I promise I will protect you, even if you don't have a wolf I love you the way you are. You are different."
Damon gently presses his lips on Alicia's forehead making her feel safe.
"You are mine, my forever"