" Kylie? " Were my eyes playing tricks on me?

She runs at me and flings herself onto me, making me almost fall with her, " Jessica! I knew the rumors had to be true! " she says while her arms wrapped tightly around me.

" Rumors, what rumors? " I look at her with questioning eyes as she untangles herself from me.

" There were rumors that Alpha Knight found his mate, and the description sounded familiar. " she laughed and looked me up and down, " You didn't change a bit, but your boobs look bigger. " she wiggled her eyebrows at me and smirked. I gasped and hit her arm, embarrassed.

Sean comes into the room finally and starts looking at me with confusion laced in his eyes, " Who are you? " he looks at Kylie.

" Oh calm down Mr. Alpha, this is Kylie, she was my best friend until I moved here. Kylie this is-... " before I had a chance to introduce her to Sean she cut me off.

" Your mate I suppose. " she smirks at the both of us and says something that makes me gasp and hit her arm again, " Y'all mated yet? "

" No. " says Sean with a embarrassed expression. I laugh, " Awww the big bad Alpha is blushing. "

" Whatever. " he mumbles and walks away into the kitchen.

" Aw you scared him off, nice job. " I high fived her and our laughter could probably be heard throughout the house.

Everyone had left since the meeting was over and now it's just me, Sean, Kylie, and Maddie in the house, wherever Madison is.

" It's my specialty. " she gave me a big smile and laughed again.

" So you're a werewolf too huh? Why didn't you tell me? " sadness laced my voice. I was a bit hurt she didn't tell me, since we were really close. I would've kept her secret. Aw man I wish I was a werewolf, they seem cool.

" I couldn't, it's a law. No werewolf can tell anyone that's not a werewolf their identity. Except, if they're your mate, which is rare. "

" Oh, I didn't know having a human mate was rare. " i didn't hear his footsteps so when Sean came up behind me he made me jump in surprise, " Sure is baby. " he kissed me on the cheek and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind.

" Aww.. I wish I had a mate. " Kylie looks at us in awe but you could tell she was sad that she hasn't met her mate yet.

" I'm sure you'll meet your mate soon Kylie. Once you do, it'll be the best thing to ever happen to you. " Sean says. I look up and he's already looking in my eyes with a smile. I blush at his comment and smile back.

" I'm just glad my best friend is happy. " She smiles genuinely.

" What pack are you from? " Sean asks.

" The Lightning pack. " she said in a proud voice, the pack must have some power.

" Oh, your Alpha is Alpha Black. He's one of my close allies, and one of my close friends. " he smiles proudly.

" Good for you, anyway, Jessica we have a lot to talk about! " Kylie rushes out with a huge smile across her face.

" Okay! " We jump up and down and I almost forgot Sean was still there until I look back at him. He was smiling at me and his face read ' Wow '.

" Don't judge me. " I narrowed my eyes at him and me and Kylie headed to my room.

I closed the door and we both sat on my bed. For the next hour we talked about everything. And by everything, I mean e v e r y t h i n g. From the day I left to this morning. We talked about my uncle and she was glad he wouldn't be hurting me anymore.

We also talked about her mate, I assured her she would find one soon and not to think about it too much. It would happen when it's supposed to.

Two hours later I was showing her my drawings in my sketchbook.

" I'm down to the last page. " I frowned while turning every page, finding every one of them full except for the last one.

Kylie smiled at me, " You gotta draw me something good then. " she patted me on the back and sat down on my bed.

" I will, I just have to think of something. " I sat the sketchbook down on the desk and sat down next to Kylie.

" You'll think of something. You always do. "

" I guess. " I got up from the bed and got the remote off of the desk and started flipping channels. There's this show called The Crossing that I watch every week but I forgot what day it comes on.

Suddenly Kylie look me up and down and sniffs the air, making me look at her with questioning eyes, " What are you doing? "

" Hold on.. " I was leaning on the bed a certain way so she straightened me up so she could fully look at my neck. Why is she looking at my neck?

" He hasn't done it yet. " she frowns and sits back down on the bed. Huh?

" Done what yet? " I found the channel the Crossing was on and it doesn't come on until later.

My eyes widened in realization, " Kylie! He has not gave me hickies! " I laugh out.

" No it's not that, he hasn't marked you yet. " Marked me?

" What does that mean? " her mouth gaped open at my question and then put her head in her hands.

" Kylie? Am I supposed to know? "

" Hold on a second. " she gets up from the bed and motions me to stay as she walks out the door.

From downstairs you can hear her yell, " Sean! Where the hell are you?! "

Is it something I said? She sounds mad.

I get up from the bed despite her orders and go downstairs to where I thought I heard her footsteps. I walk in the kitchen just as I hear a slap connecting to a face.

" Kylie! " I yell as she was the one who slapped Sean.

" Ow, why did you slap me? " Sean asked with a hand up to his face.

" You haven't marked her yet, all the unmated wolves will think she's not taken. " she puts her hand on her hips and looks at him with angry eyes. You don't wanna mess with her once she's mad, it gets intense. Sorry Sean.

" I didn't think she was ready for that yet! She found out just a few weeks ago that werewolves even exist. " he huffed in annoyance.

" Okay but if an unmated wolf tries something don't come crying to me. " she puts her hands up in surrender and drags me along with her to my bedroom.

What the hell just happened?

" What does marking mean? " I asked once again once we were sitting on the bed again.

" It's when a wolf sinks it's teeth into its mates neck right here, " she points to where it would go on the neck and I nod, " and it shows up in a pretty way. And since your mates with an Alpha, it'll be extra extraordinary! " she claps her hands together as if imagining one on my neck.

" It also lets other wolves know your mated so they won't come after you. "

" Would it hurt? " I look at her worriedly.

" Maybe at first, but after a while it'll feel really good. " she smiles at me. " Don't worry about it. "

" Okay... " I started worrying about it anyway, I'm a huge worrier. It's sorta my thing.

" Ooooh your shows about to start! " she smiles at me pointing to the TV.

" Oh yeah! Let's go pop some popcorn. " we both nodded to eachother and headed downstairs into the kitchen. We got the popcorn bags out and put a few into the microwave hearing the popcorn kernels pop. A few times it made me jump. What? It's loud..

I started eating out of the first bag we popped and Kylie saw and took it from me.

" Hey! " I crossed my arms and tried getting my delicious bag back. " Noooo, you gotta wait just like I do. "

I huff and Kylie suddenly perks up. She looks around and asks, " Is anyone else here besides us and Sean? "

" Yeah I think his sisters here.. why? " I looked at her concerned. " I think someone's here. "

She sniffs the air and her eyes widened, " Whats that amazing smell? " she smiles and looks back around.

" Uhhh popcorn? " I laugh and turn to get my bag.

" No no no, it's not the popcorn. " she looks off into the distance and she walks away from me and out of the kitchen towards the mysterious smell.

" Kylie? " this night might be the weirdest night ever, and the most confusing.

I walk out of the kitchen to find her in the living room looking out of the living room window.

" What are you-.. " I try and grab her arm to turn her around and we both stop in our tracks at the voice.

" What's that smell? It smells like cookies and-.. " Madison turns the corner into the living room and looks dead at Kylie.

Kylie turns around slowly and looks right at Madison. They both look like they're staring straight into eachothers souls. They both walk towards eachother and move their hands to touch eachothers.

Once they do, they must have felt the shocks because what they said next left my mouth hanging open.

" Mate. "

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