Stella's POV

It's been a week and a half since I knew about the secret. That Julian is a werewolf. And I'm his mate.

Who could have known that my life would turn upside down by me finding the pack house? It's like what Julian's mom - Nancy - said : We do live in a small world, but Julian has been acting weird lately.

Every time I sit or even stand by him, he gulps and avert any eye contact with me and we live in the same house, his house, under the same roof so he does that a lot in one day.

Did I do something wrong?

I'll ask him when he finishes his shower. He said that the morning showers can relax him, I agree with him. It does makes you feel refreshed.

After Julian insisted that I should wait for him in his room, I laid my back on his king sized, comfy bed listening to some music from my new phone. The phone that Nancy and Skye bought for me. Which I'm very grateful for, I could talk with Skye at any given time. Don't laugh. I'm new to this. Sam smith new song Pray is amazing. The lyrics are too deep and the music itself is great, this song was dominating my thinking.

As I was daydreaming and soaring with the beautiful song, I heard the bathroom door opens. I looked up and saw a half naked Julian, with only a towel around his waist and water droplets on his muscular chest and hair, he looked handsome and beautiful indeed.

I don't know if they say beautiful to a man, but he looked absolutely beautiful, his looks are attracting and magnificent. Maybe it's the mate bond that is making me feel like that but I really don't care.

As I was admiring him, he cleared his throat while looking like a tomato. His cheeks were deep shade of red." S-sorry, I forgot m-my pants. " he said while stuttering then grabbed his pants and dashed back to the bathroom. He closed it with so much force.

Okay, he is mad at me for sure.

I sat properly on his bed and crossed one leg over the other and waited for 5 minutes. I was thinking of how I should start my speech, how can I open the subject.

After 5 minutes, he opened the door looking the normal and usual Julian that I know. That I'm used to.

" Hey " he said after he sat next to me. His hair was still wet from the shower, it covered his whole forehead and a bit of his eyebrows.

" Hey " I greeted back, then looked at his honey eyes. They were so bright, brighter than usual.

I guess that's a werewolf thing. Right?

" So..." I trailed off to open the subject.

" So? " he asked while looking straight at me.

" I've been meaning to ask... Are you mad at me? " I asked in a low tone then waited for his answer.

His eyes widened and started shaking his head left and right. " NO. Absolutely not, why would I be mad at you? " He arched his eyebrows and put his right hand on my left one.

" Well, you've been acting weird all week long. Whenever I'm with you, you gulp and avert eye contact with me, and couple of minutes before, you slammed the door with a lot of force. Did I do something to upset you? " I asked again and this time I put my right hand on his cheek.

He closed his eyes and sighed " No Stella, I'd never be mad at you. You did nothing wrong. It's just..." he said but stopped and looked at the floor.

I rubbed his cheek " It's just what? tell me Julian. " I cleared, encouraging him to speak.

" Well it's about the mark thing and I have to do it soon but I can't. " he explained but not clearly.

Mark thing?

" What's a mark? why can't you do

it? " I asked.

He looked pained but happy at the same time, if that even possible. " A mark is a bite that a werewolf do when he has to let other male werewolves know that his mate is only his. In other words, he marks her. I have to mark you Stella." he whispered the last part but I heard him loud and clear.

My eyes widened. " Mark me as in bite me? bite me where? " I asked a little scared of that.

What if it hurts?

He let go of my hand and placed it in the crook of my neck, he moved his finger along my neck line until he stopped at some point and I shivered with his action. " Here " he answered in a serious tone. " And if I don't do it, you'll be in heat soon " he added.

" Heat? "

" You'll feel like your body is burning and you can't take it. It hurts a lot, I've seen many werewolves go through heat and it was not easy at all. So will you let me mark you when you are ready? " he pointed out and I thought.

" The mark, will it hurt? " I asked.

He nodded " Not as much as the heat, if you go through heat, then you'll feel like you've gone through hell while the bite will hurt you at the first 5 seconds then you'll feel delighted and happy " he reasoned and I put my hand on my neck as a reflex. Where he pointed the mark would be.

" Can you give me the time to think about it? Maybe I can talk with your mom or Skye, you know... I need a girl to talk to about this. " I said while feeling the embarrassment radiating from my now red cheeks.

He coughed with a blush " Sure, I can take you now if you want " he stood and grabbed his keys. " Let's go " With that we headed to Nancy's home as he decided.

I hope she could help me decide.

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