7

“True mates?” The question hung in the air as they made their way to the  cottage that was somewhat hidden from the castle even though it was in plain sight. The air had changed as they got closer. It seemed even the small house that was there was full of secrets that she knew that she should know. She was not ready for this. She knew she had no other choice. This was her destiny.

He opened the door and she walked in and then she was hit with overwhelming emotions. The house it self seemed to be the one thing that was overwhelming her. She was hit like she hah been slammed into a brick wall. There was such an overwhelming feeling of regret in the house that she didn't even understand where it came from. It seemed that things were just completely being thrown at her one at a time and there was no way for her to get away from all of the feeling that she was feeling at the moment. He seemed to understand that this was going to happen and he was ready to act if he had to. Desiree just looked at him knowing that he was able to probably feel the same thing as she was.

“you are my true mate. you are my blood mate. we should have been together this entire time but because of the war we weren't. This house is where we should have begun everything. It knows who we are and what should have happened here that was taken away from us because of the war. What you're feeling right now is what our parents had to go through when your parents died and my parents had to fight. the lines of in crossed for years So what happened back then is still right here. I don't want you to feel overwhelmed that I know that you are right now. If you have to use my strength to get through everything.”

“I can't use your strength. I don't know how. I was told that I was nothing from the time that I can remember. I was never taught how to use any of my gifts. They even told me that I was a half blood.” Desiree responded that she just kind of sat down. Even though that there was perfectly good furniture in the room she was still completely overwhelmed and didn't want to actually touch anything. She was scared that it would begin to overwhelm her again now that she's been able to get ahold of herself.

he sat down next to her and took her hand in his and held it there. It was almost as if he was channeling his own energy into her so she would be able to handle everything that was going on swirling around her. soon she was able to relax enough that she could look around and not feel like she was going to cry. this is still way too much for Desiree. This was way too much for any one person to have to deal with all at once. A few hours ago if not only a day ago she was nobody and now he was telling her that she was everything that she was supposed to be. The fact that people were supposed to not know about her on the island was still confirmation to her that she probably shouldn't be there at all. She did understand the fact that he wanted to have his mate and he wouldn't be able to be satisfied with anybody else but her because of the ceremony that their parents had had for them when they were young children.

she wondered if there was a way that she could release him. She knew that she wouldn't be a good leader. She knew that she didn't have the strength that was probably needed to be the next ruler of all of their kind. She was a nobody. She was nobody who didn't know anything about her own culture.

“don't let the doubts that are here take over. from what my mother told me your mother questioned everything about herself many times over. There was nothing to question though she was an excellent roller for her people. Understand that what you're feeling right now is not what you are actually feeling. You're feeling the remnants of all the emotion that was left here. Unfortunately your parents died not far from here this was probably one of their last stops. And they knew that they were being hunted. Everything that was here probably touched by that and you can feel it. One of the things that your side always had was the gift of intuition and emotion. You come from very strong stock but at the same time most of that is mental and you need somebody to teach you how to use all of your gifts.” Gabriel said as he looked at her knowing that there was much that he could do except to be there to listen to her she needed him.

“what are your gifts?” she asked if she looked at him.

“patience and understanding.” he replied as he looked at her and smiled knowing that he was the one that caused all of her pain. If he had just left her alone she would not be feeling it everything right now and completely overwhelmed. But she had a right to know her history and he had a right to I have heard by inside as the next ruler of their kind.

None of that changed the fact that they were both still going to have to try and figure out each other very quickly. Desiree had no one else to lean on. She was going to have to learn how to trust him even though she didn't know if she could. Swirling around in her head she was completely overwhelmed with. This wasn't going to help her and she needed to learn how to focus all of her energy. She's been given a gift a fairy tale. She just didn't wanna meet any of the villains from one of those fairy tales.