Chapter 8

Chapter Eight

Alara

I already knew that telling grandma about Cedar wasn’t going to be easy but I was more surprised when he told me that he wants to talk with her himself. Seeing how we are sitting in her living room in silence, I don’t know what is going to be said.

Grandma is looking between us and I can already tell that she is not very happy. I can’t blame her because I know that I promised her that I wouldn’t let a beast get to me but Cedar isn’t like anyone else that I have met before and I like him.

He is a good person and if he is willing to meet grandma to make her happy, then so be it.

“I’m not going to take Alara away from you.” Cedar tells her suddenly, making grandma look at him, “this is my territory to begin with so there is no reason to leave but I know that is what you’re worried about.”

“I don’t want her in danger.” Grandma explains, and it makes me soften a little bit because I know that she loves me more than anything else, “I know what can happen with shifters and I don’t want her getting hurt like that. I want her to always be safe… I’m sure that you get that.”

“And I will always keep her safe.” Cedar assures her, this softness in his gaze that is enough to make my heart skip a beat, “I understand your worries but she will be more safe with me than anything else. I have been guarding your house for a long time. From the minute that I knew she was mine.”

“And what if she didn’t want to be yours.” Grandma asks, raising an eyebrow, “what would you have done?”

Cedar sighs, and looks at me, “truthfully, it would have sucked and I would have missed her a lot but I would have respected her wishes. I can’t be upset with her if she didn’t feel the pull and decided that her heart was taking her elsewhere.”

As if something is guiding me, I reach out and take his hand, squeezing it softly to assure him that I’m not going anywhere. I feel a little bad that he might end up thinking that I would ever leave him but I can assure him that is never going to happen.

Now that I know he is out there, I’m going to continue to make him mine.

I’m not going to give him up to anyone.

I’m not going to let ANYONE touch him because they don’t deserve him.

They don’t deserve to be his.

They don’t deserve to be anywhere near him.

I am the only person who can be with him like that and I don’t even care if it sounds possessive or not. I know what I want and I can tell that Cedar is feeling the same way. I think that he has come to the conclusion that he doesn’t want to stop these feelings.

Or he is very good at hiding them but I would like to think that everything is happening because we want it to.

“I’m happy to hear that.” Grandma murmurs, and her smile softens, “truthfully, I kind of always knew that Alara would be the one to catch a beast’s attention because she is so much like my sister. I just thank you for not taking her away from me.”

“I think that your sister could have left to protect you.” Cedar explains, making grandma look at him with confusion, “when it comes to shifters, things can get dangerous, and depending on what kind of shifter her mate was, it could have just been better for everyone if she left, too.”

Tears well in grandma’s eyes but I think that she is more happy than anything. I guess she must have always thought that her sister left for all the wrong reasons when she could have been thinking about grandma’s safety.

I just hold onto Cedar’s hand, feeling like everything is perfect and I don’t think that I'm going to be able to stop the way that I’m feeling.

At least not here and now when so many things could end up changing for everything…

Let’s just hope that it doesn’t end up being everything else that I didn’t want…

I should have known he would give me everything.