"Where are we going?" Valentine asked as Jake drove them on Valentine dirt bike.

"My pack," Jacob told him.

Valentine eyes widened.

"You did say you where descended from wolfs." Valentine said tightening his arms around Jake's waist.

It wasn't like Jake was all that surprised, but like.... warn a guy, y'know? Valentine had to mentally prepare himself for this.

"You rembered that?" Jake laughed.

"I rembered everything you say, pup." Valentine told him and Jake couldn't help the smile although it couldn't be seen.

"I'm smiling, you can't see it, but I am." Jake admitted feeling warm all over.

"I know, pup. I'll aways make you smile." And Valentine meant it. For as long as Jake would have him, Valentine would make his pup smile as bright as the sun.

"I'll keep you to that." Jake promised speeding up a bit.

"You better." Valentine smiled before resting resting his head on his pups sholder and busy himself with watching the senory go by.

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Valentine took a deep breath before letting it out.

"Not how I'd thought the 'meet the family' thing would go," Valentine commented as he looked around Jake's packs meeting grounds.

Apparently Jake had informed his pack of the matter so they where well versed and hopefully they didn't have murder on there mind.

"Don't worry, they won't harm you." Jake said looking firm and strong before grabbing Valentine's hand and griping it tightly.

This felt tight. Being with Jake felt right in all aspects.

"Yeah, ok. Be like, I'll be very cautious.dont won't no body to get smany ideas and bite my head off when I'm not paying attention." Suddenly a vision of a decapitated Valentine flashed before Jake's eyes with a wolf standing by his body and Jake growed low and deep tightly his already death grip on Valentine's hand tightens, but Valentine didn't seem to mind. In fact he seemed to like it.

"I'd kill them if they tryed." Jake promised his voice calm but sure. Those word should have terrified Valentine, but the butterflys in his stomach that was once a nice melody turn into a crazy haywire of wings and Valentine couldn't figure out which he liked more.

"I like that." Valentine said absent-mindedly and Jake let out a laugh.

"You like that'd I'd kill a pack member for you?" Jake smirked. Though he wouldn't mind if he did, Jacob didn't think that was what he Val meant.

"No! God no. I meant I like that you would protect me even from even the people you've spent your entire life with." Valentine explained quickly and Jake mood turned serious.

"Of course I would. You become the center of my world... again." Jake chuckle and Valentine smiled because if that wasn't the truth.

"Yeah, you're definitely the center of my world to." Valentine said before Jake nudged him inside.

As the entered all eyes where on Valentine.

"Hi... I'm Valentine," he introduced himself staying close to Jake just incase someone thought he would make a good snack.

A man who was holding a young woman in a intimate inbrace came up to Valentine and offered a hand.

"I'm Sam Uley, alpha. This here is my fiancée, Emily Young. " He gesture to the woman he was holding with a warm smile. She had a large scar that came from her eyebrow to her cheekbone. Valentine didn't stare, it wasn't why he came here.

"This is Jared camron my beta, and Paul Lahore my third and command." Sam explained and Valentine took his time to look around the room.

The air wasn't hostile, but Valentine would stick to his pup untill he was sure he wouldn't be classified as bad new because he was a mage.

"Take a sit sweetheart, you're safe here." Valentine looked at the woman, Emily and gave her a clipped nod before taking a set at the table with the beta Jared, and the second in command Paul with Jake following close behind.

"So, your the mage. Thought you where human." Paul said looking Valentine up and down.

Valentine wasn't scared, but he was on edge. He'd bet his last penny that the werewolfs could sense it.

"I thought I was too." Valentine replied. At the moment he looked relaxed, but his eyes told a different story.

"Your smart." Sam commented taking a set at the table.

"Whys that?" Valentine asked looking the alpha in the eyes. His mom taught him that was how you where meant to talk to someone.

"Your not scared, but your alert. You watch your front and you have Jacob watch your back, that instinctive it its true your his mate though." Valentine glanced at Jake to see him looking right bake at him but he didn't comment of the mate thing.

"If you have a problem with his or mine sexualities, I can tell you this isn't going to work." Valentine said casually and Sam smirked.

"You sure Jake would leave with you?" Sam asked so fucking cock-sure it pissed Valentine off.

Valentine simply looked at Jake to confirm what he already know.

"Postive." It was said in such a way nobody doubted it, and the fact Jake gave a smile of pride to Val just added to that fact.

There was quite before Sam sighed.

"Your right. I can already tell that boy would follow you to hell and back, but you don't have to worry. A mate is a mate, gender had absolutely nothing to do with it, but your a mage." Sam said and Valentine only steered blankly before he could smell... something. Magic.

It came from all the werewolfs, but Emily's, hers was different... familiar.

"Yes, I'm a mage, but Emily's is aswell, so I failing to see the problem." Valentine said so confident it suprise him. Sam raised a eyebrow to Jake.

"I didn't tell him," Jake said looking over at Valentine in slight surprise, but the pride was what Valentine focus on the most.

"How did you know?" Sam asked.

"I could smell magic but hers where different. More magic focus and not so much power." Valentine said and Sam looked impressed.

"And you just got your magic? Jake was right, you are powerful." Emily smiled, coming up to examine Valentine carefully.

Valentine looked over at Jake. "I thought you said you guys didn't know mages where." Valentine said, not angry but confused.

"They don't, I do and you will if you ever want to know. The mages have had one rule ever since the war, though they did add one a few centuries ago. First, if a mage decides to leave there coven the must be contracted to a bound of secretary. Meaning if you try to expose there existed your own element will kill you. Fire, you burn. Ice, you freeze. Wind, the wind tears you apart. Earth, the earth swallow you hole. Same for the others you told." Emily explained, grabbing a cookie from off the center of the table.

"The rule they added?" Valentine asked.

"Mates or beloveds. Mate and beloveds are pretty similar. Mates for werewolf, beloveds for vampires, and Element for mages." Valentine made a face and Emily smiled.

"Ours seems like it's lacking compared to the other, but the meaning behind it is grate. Our soul cores are called our elements. There our magic, our power, our soul, and our passion. We call the our elements because that's just what they are, our other half." Emily says smiling at Sam like he was her world.

"We don't like to overuse the word though. But anyways, mages new the our kinds elements weren't ways going to be of the same species so if there othe half turn out to be a werewolf or a vampire they would go to a elder and sweet secretary. If ever broken they where to die a painful death. So no, only Sam knows where my coven resigned." She mad sure to stress the word my coven.

There was silence for a few minutes.

"I... I don't think I would like to know... not yet at least." Valentine said not looking at Emily.

"I understand, if you ever do, come to me." Emily smiled going to her fiancé

"As long as your worth Jacob, your apart of this pack." Sam said and Valentine finally smiled.

"If you want, I can teach you how to control your magic." Emily offerd.

"I'd like that." Valentine smiled.

"Let me drop you off?" Jake asked and Valentine smiled and nodded.

"I'm driving though," Valentine said and Jake laughed and handed him the keys.