Page 26 of True Luna: The Unknown Magic

I chuckled and kissed her temple.

"You aren't biased at all," I said teasingly, making her roll her eyes at me.

Goddess, she was beautiful.

I tightened my jaw and made a decision. I decided to talk to her today. I couldn't wait any longer. I needed her. I needed to make her mine. I was going to go insane if I didn't.

I would understand if she needed more time. I would find a way to deal with it, but I fucking needed to try.

She was living at the packhouse, sleeping in the room next to mine. She was here. I saw her every day. She was the Luna of my pack.

But she still wasn't my mate. I still couldn't fucking touch her and bury myself inside of her.

I walked back to the crib and put my son down.

I needed to do it now.

I turned back around, approached my mate, and took her hand in mine. I started leading her toward her bedroom, which was adjacent to the nursery.

"Where are we going?" she asked, confused.

I didn't answer. I was too focused on trying to calm my racing heart down.

I opened the door, walked into her room, and pulled her toward the bed. I sat down and made her sit beside me.

"What's wrong, Nathan?" she asked softly.

I took a deep breath and cupped her cheeks. The tingles and sparks calmed me down a little.

"You are right, Jenny," I said. "Time is going by so fast. Hunter is three months old. Soon, he is going to be all grown up, and he will run our pack."

Jenny frowned.

"You missed a few steps there," she said with a hint of amusement in her voice.

"It doesn't matter," I said, shaking my head. "Important thing is that I don't want to wait. I don't want to lose any more time. I want my family to be complete. I want you, Jenny. I want to mark you and show you how fucking much I love you."

Her eyes widened a little.

"I understand if you need more time," I sighed. "But I needed to say something before I exploded. I needed to try. I didn't want to waste more time."

Jenny studied my face for a second before she placed her hands over mine.

"I don't need more time, Nate," she said, making my heart skip a beat. "I watched you become the best father and the best Alpha. I fell in love with you a little bit more every day. You are right. We shouldn't waste any more time."

I was going to explode with happiness.

I leaned in and captured her soft lips with mine. She tasted so fucking amazing. She tasted like cinnamon and apples.

"Emma would be proud of you," Jenny said as I stopped kissing her.

I furrowed my eyebrows, and she gave me a small smile.

"You are a different man now," Jenny said. "You are kind and loving. You listened to her and deepened your connection with Noel. She would be proud, I am sure of it. She would be glad she saved your life."

I really hoped that she would. I had a long road of redemption ahead of me, but I was definitely on the right track.

'You are,'Noel told me.'Jenny is right. Emma would be glad.'

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