Rose Bailey: My Mate, My Flower Chapter 14

Rose's POV

I woke up in my room. I didn't remember going to sleep at first, but it all returned to me.

Being at school, going to cheerleading practice, and somehow using some magical powers to lift Sandy and Vivian in the air and throwing them without touching them.

"I am not keeping this away from her anymore. She is my mate, and she deserves to know everything. You should have told her a long time ago." I heard Derek say.

Derek, my mom, and Jason stood by my bed in deep conversation. I could see Lisa by my mom and Michael by Derek listening.

"She is my daughter Derek! Don't tell me what I should and shouldn't do." My mom said

"She is my mate. So I have every right." He said.

"Mom, he's right! We should never have kept any of this from her or James. She deserves to know what she is." Jason said

"I'm telling her everything tonight if you like it or not, Aunt Lil," Derek said

"Telling me what? What's going on?" I asked, annoyed.

"Rose, you're up! How are you feeling?" Derek asked me and sat next to me on the bed.

"Annoyed because all of you are hiding things from me. I want to know everything. What am I?"

I asked.

They all looked at each other silently. Then Derek turned to look at me.

"Let's get some food, and then we will talk." He said

"No! I want to know now," I said, growing impatient.

"OK, sweetie, we will tell you everything." My mom said and sat on a chair next to me

"I am not human, Rose; none of us are." My mom said.

I just shook my head for her to continue.

"I was born a witch,"

I was shocked at first because witches were not real. Then I thought about earlier and how I used powers I didn't know I had. I knew she was telling the truth.

"Am I a witch too? Is that how I did what I did to Vivian and Sandy?" I asked, and she nodded.

"Yes, you are. Normally a witch doesn't get their powers until they turn eighteen. Yours were triggered because of Derek." She said.

I looked over at Derek, who was smiling at me.

" What do you mean because of Derek?" I asked

"You and he are connected in a way." She said,

"Connected; how? is he like us too?" I asked

"No! I'm not a witch, Rose. I am something different." He said.

"What!" I asked him

"I am a werewolf. Kate, and my parents and I are werewolves." He said

"And so am I," Jason said.

I looked at him, confused. How could he be a werewolf?

"How? you're my brother, " I asked

"Our father is a werewolf," Jason said.

I couldn't believe what they were telling me. I am a witch, and so is my mom. Jason is a werewolf, and so is our father.

I had so many questions, but one that I needed the answer to first.

"How is Derek the cause of my powers coming early?"

No one said anything for a moment. I just looked at them, waiting for someone to speak. Derek spoke first.

"All werewolves have one person that they are meant to be with. One person that the Moon Goddess made for them. They are our other half and the most important person to us. We are told about them when we are little. We call them mates." He looked at me for a moment and then continued.

"Once a werewolf meets their mate, they instantly know. The earliest they can find their mate is eighteen, but it can take longer. Their mate's scent is better than anyone else. They feel a type of electricity. Like tingles from their touch, any sexual attraction they had for anyone else is gone. They only want their mate." He paused for a moment before finishing.

"We are mates," He said, looking deep into my eyes.

I looked at him, surprised by everything he said. It made sense, though. The tingles that I feel only when he touches me. The pain I feel when he is away from me.

"But I'm seventeen; I thought you have to be eighteen to know."

"Only one has to be eighteen or older. As long as the other is sixteen or older, they will know. Just like with your powers coming early. The bond triggered it." Derek's dad said.

I didn't say anything for a moment; I just tried to process everything.

Witches are real, and so are werewolves. It was a lot to take in.

The main thing was the fact that I was Derek's mate. I thought about that the most. I felt excited about him, saying he only wanted to be with me and that we were made for each other. It made me feel special.

Then I thought of how I met him having sex with two girls. Not only that, but he had an ex that claimed they would be back together.

It hurt knowing that he knew about mates since he was a little kid but still decided to fuck around with God only knows how many other girls.

I started feeling upset and sad. I had that pain in my chest again from thinking of him being with others.

I was also upset with my mom and Jason for keeping all this information from me about witches and werewolves.

"I can't believe you kept this from me, mom and Jason. I had a right to know. I was so scared something was wrong with me earlier, but you knew it would happen." I told them.

"I was just trying to protect you, sweetie," My mom said.

" Mom, can you please leave? I don't want to talk to you right now. You to Jason."I said.

They looked at me and left, knowing I needed some time.

Lisa and Michael also left, leaving Derek and me.

"I know you are upset with them, but they were trying to protect you, Flower," He said.

I looked at him for a moment before speaking.

"You knew you would have a mate, but you decided to the full around with other girls," I said.

He looked surprised by my words.

"Baby, I didn't know I would find you. I am almost twenty-one and still didn't find you until now. I thought the Moon Goddess forgot about me."

"What about before you turned eighteen? I know you and Vivian were together in high school. I know you were sleeping with her back then."

He looked at me like he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

After a few minutes, he spoke.

"Vivian and I grew up together. Our families are very close. They believed that we would be Mates. They told us that all through our childhood. If I had known, I never would have slept with her or anyone else." 

"You wanted her to be your mate, didn't you?" I asked.

" Rose, that's not what I said. We had a relationship in high school, and our parents thought we would be mates, but I didn't necessarily want to be her or feel bad when I wasn't. But she was heartbroken when she found out we weren't mates and left. I promise I somehow knew she wasn't my mate by how we were with each other. We were not faithful to each other. And I slept with lots of girls before I met you, and I am sorry. You mean the world to me, Flower. I would die without you. I will never want anyone but you. Please forgive me." He said with tears in his eyes.

I was so shocked when he said that. He had tears in his eyes. He didn't look like the type to cry. I took his hand in mine and looked him deep in the eyes.

"I am not going to lie, Derek; knowing that you've known since you were young that you would have a mate but still decided to sleep around makes me upset. Also, knowing you thought another girl was your mate doesn't make me feel any better. But I can't hold stuff against you from before we met. So I am still upset, but I can let that go," I said, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks, Flower! I promise I will be the best mate to you. I mean, if you accept me, that is." He said, looking at me hopefully.

"Yes, Derek, I accept you. Let's start over and leave your past in the past."

He looked at me, shocked.

"I don't deserve you, Flower."

"You do; otherwise, we wouldn't be Mate's, right?" I said, and he nodded.

I kissed him on his lips, and he kissed me back passionately. My hands went into his hair as he started to kiss my neck. I moaned from the feeling but moved my hands to touch his chest to stop him.

He looked at me, startled but stopped.

"I have more questions," I said, and he smiled at me

" I will answer any of your questions,"

"My dad is a werewolf, right?" I asked, and he nodded.

"Do you know him?" I asked, and he nodded again.

" Do you know why he left my mom?" I asked, and he nodded again.

I looked at him, waiting to see If he would tell me.

" Your father and mom are not together because he found his mate."