Chapter 256 - SIDE STORIES BOOK 1- SHAWN AND DIETRICH CHAPTER 2 (BL)
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Dietrich
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When my servant, Marticia, pulled the car up to the front of the house I noticed that the young Alpha was standing outside, waiting for . Standing with him was, presumably, his mate and three pack warriors.
With the trouble they had been having it was understandable that they would be wary and on guard when I arrived. Especially considering that the envoy I had sent to them recently had attacked them rather than helped them. I needed to make up for that blunder.
I should have known better. I should have gone to them personally. This was not a simple matter that I should have pushed off onto soone else. But I thought I was doing what was best, Octavius was the best at tracking among those in my employ. He should have been able to do his job properly, that fool.
But, if he hadn't ssed up then I wouldn't have had the chance to see Shawn on that call and I wouldn't be coming here to et them all in person, so I guess things happen for a reason.
What saddened was that the man I was seeking was not with those standing outside. I hoped I wouldn't have to wait long to find him, I wanted to see what his reaction to was going to be.
I couldn't help but smile to myself as Marticia parked the car and walked around to open the door for . Regardless of when I managed to et that delicious looking man this was bound to be an interesting trip.
I stepped out of the car slowly and elegantly. I wasn't trying to look pretentious, but I was just born in a different ti and continued to hold myself a different way than most.
"Welco Dietrich." Reece called out in a friendly voice. There was already trust between the young Alpha and myself.
"Reece, so good to finally et you. I have not been back to the States in close to thirty years. Your father had not yet sired you then. I am grateful for the chance to co and see you all personally, though I do regret the cause for it." My introduction made sure to cite our histories as well as my regrets.
"Welco to our ho." The lovely woman standing beside Reece spoke softly. I noticed imdiately that little extra spark of life glowing within her.
"Ahh, the new Luna. I am so sorry I did not know that your Alpha had taken a mate. Had I known we could have avoided a lot of this trouble." I paused for a mont, my eyes darkening as I thought of the trouble so recently caused. "But may I say that you are a very lovely woman. Reece is a very lucky man."
"I am indeed." Reece agreed as he grinned at . I returned the grin easily. "Allow to introduce my mate, and fiance, Trinity Whitton. Trinity, this is Lord Dietrich Conrad, Vampire Emperor and a close friend of my family."
"It's a pleasure to et you." She smiled and nodded her head at .
"The pleasure is all mine, my dear. Allow to congratulate you on your upcoming nuptials."
"Please, Lord Dietrich, I would be delighted if you stayed for the wedding."
"There is no need to be so formal, Trinity, just call Dietrich, and I most definitely would love to share in your most special of days." I was smiling, I knew I was, but I had no intention of leaving anyti soon. If the pull from Shawn ant what I thought it ant then I may never be going ho again.
After a few monts of smiling at each other I continued, adding to my congratulations.
"Also, allow to congratulate the two of you on the upcoming addition to your family."
"Addition?" I heard the man standing right behind the young Luna say questioningly.
"I am sorry, did I say sothing I shouldn't have?" I felt saddened for a mont, my heart sinking.
"No, it's no problem Dietrich, we just haven't gotten around to telling all of the guards, with how busy things have been. David, Vincent, Trinity is expecting." Reece smoothed my slip up over. My eyes lit with happiness as the n seed to take joy in the news they just heard, and I had learned the guards nas as well.
"Congratulations Luna." The man who had questioned my words imdiately spoke and grinned at his Luna. The other man was just smiling at her fondly.
"Shall we head inside then?" Trinity asked, looking a little more relaxed than she did when we had started.
Marticia and I joined the wolves on the beautifully adorned porch and followed them inside. The mont we stepped into the hall I heard a gasp. I imdiately caught sight of Shawn, his gorgeous face and tender eyes. He had noticed my scent. That was all that I needed to know. He was mine and I was his.
"What's wrong Shawn?" His twin brother asked him as he stared intently at my driver and . Oh, how cute, he doesn't know which one of us he is slling. I wonder if Shawn has ever been with a man before.
"Co on Dietrich, we've got dinner waiting for all of us." Reece and Trinity turned as they were talking, expecting to speak to , but I wasn't standing there anymore.
As I moved quickly and silently through the shadows in the room, I noticed that Shawn was still staring perplexed at the place where I had been, at my driver. It wasn't long before I was standing right next to the man. And oh the scent he had. He slled like warm rich cream and decadent chocolate, the best way to describe his scent was like that of a barkery. Fresh baked cakes, gooey chocolate chip cookies, frosting, just sweet, so sweet, so mouth watering.
"So we finally et." Shawn jumped when he heard my cooing voice.
"E-excuse ?" Shawn sounded scared and nervous.
"I have been looking forward to eting you since I saw you last week."
"W-why would you be looking forward to eting m-?" Shawn's shaky voice seed to ask .
"Because, in all my years, I have never t soone so intune with my wavelength as you are, Shawn. Do you know what that ans?" Shawn shook his head in denial. "But, you must have noticed it by now, right?" I was oblivious of all the eyes staring at us as I spoke to the man who made my heart sing so.
I continued to grin at the young man, so handso and innocent as he stared at with wide eyes.
"What should I have noticed?" Shawn looked around nervously, his eyes passing over his brother, Reece, Trinity, and finally settling on my subjugate across the room.
"Trust your senses, Shawn." I purred to him. "Close your eyes and follow your truest of all senses."
"No, I shouldn't." Shawn tried to refuse with wide shocked eyes as he stared at nervously.
"Trust , and just do it." I insisted as the nerves settled into , what if I was wrong?
"Just listen to him for a mont Shawn." Reece instructed. I saw the look of fear and dread on Shawn's face as he gulped once then followed his orders.
Shawn closed his eyes and tilted his head just a little. With his eyes closed and head tilted back, he inhaled deeply. I saw the flare of his nostrils and he picked up exactly what he was supposed to be sensing. His head tilted to the side on instinct trying to follow the scent trail.
I saw the smile that settled on his face as he took in my scent. Clearly, Shawn could sll and I was intriguing and pleasant to him.
"What do you sll Shawn?" Reece asked him. Shawn answered with his eyes still closed.
"It slls like musk, cognac, and leather."
"And what is this scent telling you?" Reece questioned him further.
"The scent, and my wolf, are telling that I've found my mate."
"And where is that mate?" Reece asked.
Shawn opened his eyes, staring right at , a look of pure shock on his face.
"How?" The smile I gave him then was full of pure joy.
"I imagine it's the sa way as any other mating. Or am I wrong?"
"But this is impossible." Shawn was shaking his head. "How can this be?"
"In all my five hundred and twenty-eight years I have never found a mate. I have of course had my fair share of lovers over the years, but never have I felt anything like what I felt when I first saw you on that video call. I knew when you were bespelled by my words that you were the one for ."
"But I'm a guy." Shawn protested.
"Shawn, I've lived so long that people ceased to be male or female to , people are just people. We all love and live do we not. I have no preference one way or the other. Do you truly not feel the sa way?"
"I'm not gay!" Shawn nearly shouted.
"But, you've never had a relationship either. You never seed like you ever cared for any of the girls you tried dating." His brother revealed so of Shawn's history to us all.
"Shut up!" Shawn yelled at his brother. "I was just saving the best of for my mate. Why go half ass on a relationship that is going to end when I et my mate?"
"Are you opposed to as your mate?" I was afraid to hear his answer but I remained steady as I looked at him. "Do you not wish to have who the Goddess chose for you?"
"I, that's not, it's just that, I don't-." Shawn seed incapable of finishing a coherent thought. He took a deep breath and settled his nerves. "I just don't know."
"I understand that you're confused." I leaned in close to Shawn and placed a hand on his cheek. "But we can work it out together. After all, fate has drawn us to each other." Shawn froze in place, an uncertain look on his face, but he didn't pull away.
"I think this is wonderful news." Trinity's voice broke the tension by providing her support for us. "This is a ti to celebrate. Two new matings with the people so close to ."
"Indeed, it is a joyous and wonderful day. You should be happy Shawn." Reece smiled at us as he offered his encouragent.
"But...but...but-." Shawn spluttered.
"Co on, let's get to dinner. You can sit next to ." I wrapped an arm around Shawn's shoulders and dragged him toward the dining room and the sll of food.
I noticed that Trinity stalked over to Shawn's twin brother and growled at him in a low voice.
"Don't you dare give him hell about this. He needs to accept it and understand it without you making it worse."
"Yes Luna." His head snapped up and he looked like he was afraid of her.
My heart had been pounding and fluttering with excitent with each second I had spent next to Shawn. When I touched him, the feel of his warm, glorious skin made my palm blaze with heat, my heart lt, and need flood my body.
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Shawn
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I had been standing in the hall with David and his new mate and my annoying brother as we waited for the others to co inside. We would also be able to rush outside if sothing were to happen and they were to need out assistance.
I didn't know what to expect when the vampire got here, but I didn't expect to have my wolf scream the mont they all ca inside.
'WHAT?' I scread at the howling beast as he said one word over and over.
'MATE, MATE, MATE, MATE, MATE!'
What the hell was going on? I only saw the vampire and the human who had driven him. She was different from other humans, off sohow, but she couldn't be my mate. She was quite a bit older than for one thing, and she didn't look like what I thought the Goddess would have chosen for .
While I stared at her, confused, I didn't notice the vampire as he snuck up behind .
"So we finally et." I jumped and spun to face him when he spoke right next to my head.
"E-excuse ?" I couldn't believe that my voice sounded so scared and nervous.
"I have been looking forward to eting you since I saw you last week."
"W-why would you be looking forward to eting m-?" I asked him shakily.
"Because, in all my years, I have never t soone so intune with my wavelength as you are, Shawn. Do you know what that ans?" I just shook my head at him. "But, you must have noticed it by now, right?"
This was crazy. I had no idea who this vampire was but he obviously had the wrong person.
"What should I have noticed?" I asked him as I looked around for allies.
"Trust your senses, Shawn. Close your eyes and follow your truest of all senses."
"No, I shouldn't." I was trying to refuse, I didn't want to do this, I didn't want to close my eyes in front of this unknown, yet intriguing vampire.
"Trust , and just do it." Dietrich insisted, his calmness faltering for just a mont.
"Just listen to him for a mont Shawn." Reece instructed . I wanted to plead with him, to beg him not to make do this, but I complied.
The last thing I saw was the vampire staring at . His bright, almost white blue eyes full of joy and expectations. The black hair neatly styled with not a strand out of place. His strong, athletic physique was quite intimidating when you see him in person.
'NO!' I yelled at myself. I had to stop thinking like that, he's a guy for crying out loud.
With my eyes closed and my head tilted back I inhaled deeply. The scent I had first noticed by the door was so much stronger now, so much closer. As the scent filled my head, filled my senses, I got a vision of the person it belonged to. Cognac, leather, age, and experience. Those were the words that ca to my mind when I scented him. No, not him, them. I didn't know it was the vampire. It couldn't be him.
I smiled involuntarily for a mont when I let that scent take over my mind.
"What do you sll Shawn?" Reece asked while my eyes were still closed.
"It slls like musk, cognac, and leather."
"And what is this scent telling you?" Reece questioned more.
"The scent, and my wolf, are telling that I've found my mate."
"And where is that mate?" Reece asked.
I opened my eyes, staring right at the vampire, Dietrich, I just knew there was a look of pure shock on my face.
"How?" Dietrich smiled at when I asked him this.
"I imagine it's the sa way as any other mating. Or am I wrong?"
"But this is impossible. How can this be?" I shook my head trying to get the scent out of it and say no at the sa ti.
"In all my five hundred and twenty-eight years I have never found a mate. I have of course had my fair share of lovers over the years, but never have I felt anything like what I felt when I first saw you on that video call. I knew when you were bespelled by my words that you were the one for ." Seriously? This man was telling that I was his mate, he was my mate, and I was the first one who he had t in over five hundred years. How could I be destined for a man for one thing and an elder vampire for another?
"But I'm a guy."
"Shawn, I've lived so long that people ceased to be male or female to , people are just people. We all love and live do we not. I have no preference one way or the other. Do you truly not feel the sa way?" How many people had he been with? That thought, that question, made my heart sink and race at triple speed at the sa ti.
"I'm not gay!" I shouted the words.
"But, you've never had a relationship either. You never seed like you ever cared for any of the girls you tried dating." Shane spilled the beans on my personal life to them all.
"Shut up!" I scread at him. "I was just saving the best of for my mate. Why go half ass on a relationship that is going to end when I et my mate?" Was it so wrong to save myself for the right person? How could this be happening to ?
"Are you opposed to as your mate?" Dietrich looked saddened by my outburst. "Do you not wish to have who the Goddess chose for you?"
"I, that's not, it's just that, I don't-." I stuttered as it seed I was incapable of finishing a coherent thought. I took a deep breath to settle my nerves before continuing. "I just don't know."
"I understand that you're confused." Dietrich leaned in close and placed a hand on my cheek. "But we can work it out together. After all, fate has drawn us to each other." I just stood there frozen when he touched .
How could this be? Everyti one of the girls that Shane had set up with ever touched all I wanted to do was recoil. So why then, was my heart racing uncontrollably right now? Why didn't I want to pull away from him?
"I think this is wonderful news. This is a ti to celebrate. Two new matings with the people so close to ." Trinity was smiling at us, clearly happy.
"Indeed, it is a joyous and wonderful day. You should be happy Shawn." Reece smiled at us.
"But...but...but-." I spluttered as I tried to talk.
"Co on, let's get to dinner. You can sit next to ." Dietrich wrapped an arm around and dragged toward the dining room
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