The Prince’s Unwilling mate by Mutya the Author novel Chapter 2

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Everything happened in a blur, Ayla telling me she would have been ready to take the next step. And how what I did had caused her to come back on that decision. How she didn’t wait for me to finish apologizing but how she had just mindlinked for her family to come back inside. I don’t think I will ever forget the look of disappointment she had when I told her about my overprotectiveness. 

But then she showed herself to be the perfect Luna. David was a damn fool for not seeing it. Now that the rage is gone, and I can see clearly once again I pity him. Of course, he wanted her back I heard how that Hannah girl, who could have been his chosen mate was waiting in hopes that I would be single again soon. I hoped to the MoonGoddess that, that wouldn’t happen but if it did then I would still not choose her as my chosen mate. She would not make a good Luna, and everyone not blinded by rank and physical appearance knew that. 

However, the moment Alpha Cedric puts down the phone, smiling broadly at us, reassuring us that it is all settled. I forget everything, I jump up and lift Ayla and spin them around. I love being able to pick her up so easily. It is when I feel her body stiffen I realize what has happened about an hour before. So I awkwardly put her down on the ground again. I have no idea what to do next. If I am still welcome at her sister’s mating ceremony? Or if she even wants me to be here tonight. 

“I guess it is time for a BBQ now, I will help you get the groceries from 

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the car,” Ayla tells me her warm hand resting on my arm. 

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Whatever she was going to tell me, whatever was going to happen after this. I had not lost her completely she told me she was not going to reject me. But somehow her touch, her kind smile was more reassuring than her words. Or they were until we made our way to my car, the car doors were still open and I could only hope the meat had not gone bad from being out in the heat for so long. I will never know if the open car doors reminded her of what had just happened or if she had suggested helping me get the groceries out because she wanted to talk to me in private. Whatever the reason was, as soon as we reached my car she crossed her arms and glared at me. 

“Grif, I want to be able to enjoy getting to know you, I may not have taken the final steps. But you see how serious I am about this are you not?” She asks me and I can hear the pain in her voice. 

“I know that Darling, I do and I am so happy with how things are going. between us,” I tell her tugging a loose strand of hair behind her ear. 

All to touch her to be a little closer to her. She seems to lean into my touch, my hand before pulling away. 

“Are 

you 

Griffin? Because if you are, and you still want to make this work you’re going to start being honest with me. I was about ready to 

complete the mating process. Move into the castle. And you know why?” I want to answer her question but I have no idea how. 

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I want to ask her if it is because she loves me. After all, she cares about me as much as I care about her. But I can’t handle her denying she loves me, or even telling me she did but I made her fall out of love with me. 

“Because David made me realize that I had known him for most of my life. I had hoped he would be my fated mate for at least five years.” Ayla continued when I didn’t answer 

I knew she was over him, I knew she chose me. I heard her tell David I would never be single again. I knew what she meant by it but hearing her tell me she wanted someone else to be her mate for so long still stung me. I know I had to respond this time though. I could not let her pour her heart out as I was idly standing by: 

“I know Darling, I know how long you knew him, what your hopes were but I don’t see why that makes you love me?‘ I honestly asked her. 

“Because, I did not know David, not the real David, because he was not honest with me. And I thought you were, to the point where we didn’t need to thank things slow because I knew more of the real you in these past weeks than I knew of David in all those years. To find out today you are not honest with me” Her words as true as they were cut me deep.. 

And all I could do was to promise her to be honest with her from here on out. To tell her every little thing, to let her be able to worry about it. Because if I was honest with her she would be able to be honest with me. about her fears and her dreams. 

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“I know you will, Griff, I like to think I still know you” Ayla shot me a kind smile after reassuring me she believed me. 

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Followed by a quick peck on the lips before she took some ags from my trunk. We silently walked to her grandparent’s home. And I thanked the MoonGoddess it was once again a comfortable silence. All the awkwardness of the fight put behind us, all in all, we were growing as a couple. There was nothing wrong with disagreeing every now and then as long as we were able to talk them through as a couple. Just like we did just now.