Dear Diary,

Today I'm helping Audrey's cousin Addie.

I really hope this goes well.

~Aria

"Babe you're going to do great," Ty laughed.

"I know," I nodded. I couldn't help the drumming of my fingers on the cup holder.

"Seriously," Ty chuckled while grabbing my drumming hand in his.

We drove up the driveway of a mansion, much like ours, and then the car stopped.

"Here goes nothing," I sighed while getting out of the car.

A man came out of the house smiling at us.

"Nice to see you again Tyson, and you must be Aria," the man smiled.

I shyly nodded and smiled.

"I'm Paxton," he added.

"Nice to meet you," I replied.

"Addie is up in our bedroom shall I take you up?" he asked.

"I want to see her," I heard from behind me. I turned to see Audrey and Carter trying to sooth her.

"Is that the cousin?" Paxton asked.

"Yes," Tyson answered.

I walked over to Audrey and gave her a smile.

"Aria you found her," she smiled and grabbed me into a hug.

"Yes and remember when you found out about wolves?" I asked her.

"Yes," she replied.

"I need to go talk to Addie so she understands all this, then you can see her okay?" I replied.

"Okay," she agreed.

Carter shot me a thank you glance. Paxton had requested that Audrey and Addie be reunited after I talked to her. According to him, Addie has been acting irrationally. I walked back over to Paxton and Ty.

"Ready?" Paxton asked.

"I think so," I shrugged. Of course I couldn't guarantee that things would go as well as when I talked with Audrey.

He led me up a winding staircase to a long hallway. This house seems so big and easy to get lost in; or trapped in. I shook that thought out of my head because I told myself I would keep an open mind until I heard Addie's side of the story.

Paxton seems like a nice enough guy. He has blonde hair and sky blue eyes, he reminds me a little of Carter.

"She's a little upset," he warned.

"It's alright," I added.

"She will probably yell when I walk in the room," he sadly added.

"It's okay," I assured.

He opened the door and a girl mirroring Audrey with blonde hair and brown eyes was sitting on the bed.

"Addie this is Aria," Paxton introduced.

"I don't want to meet anymore wolves," she sniffed.

"No baby she's human," he replied.

I watched her eyes light up as she ran over to me and hugged me.

"You're human?" she asked.

"Yes," I laughed.

"I'll be back later," Paxton chuckled.

"When did you get here?" she asked.

"Today," I shrugged while sitting on the bed.

She sat next to me and gave me a small smile.

"Do you know why I'm here?" I asked.

"No," she replied.

"I'm here to talk to you about mates," I added.

"You are?" she asked.

"Yeah," I smiled.

"Do you have a mate?" she asked.

"Yes his name his Tyson," I replied.

"Why aren't you mad?" she asked.

"Why would I be?" I questioned.

"For forcing you to be with him," she stated.

"Do you know how you feel when you touch your mate, the sparks the butterflies?" I asked.

"I guess," she replied.

"They feel a thousand times more towards you," I pointed out.

"Really?" she asked.

"Yeah and I was mad that Ty kept being a werewolf from me, trust me, but it's that moment when you look into your mates eyes and you know that it doesn't matter about their past or yours, it's the future," I added.

"I know, but I miss Audrey and my mom," she commented.

"Paxton will let you see them," I laughed.

"No he won't," she protested.

"Listen I know this may sound weird to you but he is protective of you. I guarantee if you open up to him and let him be your mate he will stop holding you hostage. Mates will do anything to make one another happy," I smiled.

"I do feel the sparks when we touch," she admitted. "Plus I miss him when we are not together," she added.

"You guys are meant to be you just have to let him be your mate, or boyfriend if that's more comfortable as a title," I replied.

"But he is my mate, doesn't it scare you that they are wolves?" she asked.

"It used to but Ty will never hurt me," I confidently replied.

"How do you know?" she questioned.

"You know they are really strong and fast right?" I asked. She nodded. "You should feel so safe when you're with Paxton because he would threaten anyone that would even look at you funny," I added.

"I know but they are wolves," she repeated. She obviously couldn't get over that.

"Why does that bother you so much?" I asked.

She looked down and played with her hands. She then looked up at me and sighed.

"When Audrey and I were little we took a walk in the woods together. We lived together with her mom because my parents weren't really ready to be reliable for me. I just always have called Audrey's mom my mom because she raised me, anyways we went out in the woods. We heard fighting and Audrey wanted to be detective's and see what was going on. There was a guy and a girl fighting. The girl was crying and telling him she was running away and not coming back to the house. The guy started yelling and then he snapped her legs. She screamed so loud that Audrey started crying. The man then looked over at us and before we knew what was happening instead of a man standing in front of us it was a wolf. Audrey and I ran so fast back to the house, and since that day we have never gone near a dog or anything close to one," she finished.

"That's why you're scared?" I asked.

"Yes I thought if I yelled at Paxton or ran away he would break my legs so I could never walk again and then I'd have to be with him forever," she sniffed.

"Listen I don't know what kind of pack that disgusting man is from but that is not how our packs work, trust me. I have run away from Ty multiple times and the worst that happened was that he carried me back to wherever it was he wanted me. But trust me on this when I tell Ty to stop or to put me down he stops immediately with no questions asked," I explained.

"Thank you," she cried. I leaned over and gave her a hug. She sniffed and then we pulled away.

"So give Paxton a chance okay?" I asked.

"I will," she smiled.

"Now I do have something to tell you," I grinned.

"What?" she asked.

"Audrey is downstairs right now with her mate Carter," I smiled.

"She has a wolf mate too?" Addie nearly screamed.

"Yes," I smiled.

"Let's go see them," she screamed while grabbing my hand and sprinting sown the stairs with me.

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TYSON'S POV

Aria has been upstairs for a while now. Audrey sitting on Carter's lap made me want my princess on my lap.

Paxton sure is anxious.

"Yes she's going to tell her why she hates wolves so much," Paxton waited for the answer I listened to. I can't believe how good Aria is with people.

I saw Audrey stiffen when Paxton said that and Carter noticed it too and asked her why she was nervous.

I listened in on the story Addie was telling Aria and nearly got out of my seat. What kind of person breaks his mate's legs?

I hope Aria doesn't get frightened by this story.

"That's why you don't like wolves or dogs?" Carter asked Audrey.

"Yeah," she whispered.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Carter asked her.

"After my talk with Aria I didn't care about what I saw that day in the woods, I knew you wouldn't hurt me," she replied.

Carter smiled and kissed her lips.

"Babe you can tell me anything," he replied.

I tuned them out however and smiled when I heard Aria telling Addie that the packs they were in aren't like that at all. I am so proud of my girl.

I love her more than she will ever realize.

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ARRABELLA'S POV

We were on our way home and I was still smiling.

The way Addie and Audrey hugged made my heart swell. I never had a sibling or one I could hug and they were like sisters, it's so amazing.

"You seriously made her love Paxton," Tyson smiled.

"No she already did I just made her realize it," I laughed.

"You're amazing babe," he complimented.

"Thanks Ty," I smiled. I couldn't get the story out of my head though. I mean would a mate really break their mate's legs?

"Are you okay?" Ty asked.

"I was just wondering about this story Addie told me," I replied.

"I can't believe that, babe don't worry about it, that pack must be some kind of cult," he replied.

"I know but I thought mates could never hurt each other," I replied.

"I didn't think it was possible but his wolf must have been pushed too far and he thought the only way to keep her near was to break her legs, I mean that's not even a solution though because she would have never looked at him the same," he replied.

"What if I pushed your wolf too far," I whispered.

"Arrabella you never have to worry about that. You know I would never do that don't you?" he asked.

I looked into his eyes and knew it was dumb; Ty can't even tickle me without being careful not to hurt me.

"I know," I smiled while leaning my head on his shoulder.

Soon we were pulling back up to the house; it felt good to be home.

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