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Aria's POV

As most of the guests spent the night dancing and drinking, Damon and I spent the night getting to know each other. From favorite foods to childhood memories, we talked about everything under the sun. The night was winding down and hardly anyone was left in the ballroom, I was telling Damon about how much I loved peanut butter cookies when Maid Sarah come up to me, and whispers in my ear:

"Your parents would like to speak to you." She says, then wanders off somewhere.

"I'll be right back." I tell Damon, then kiss him on the cheek. I start walking over to my parents, I don't know why I kissed his cheek, I just did.

"Ah, Aria," my mother greets "We wanted to talk to you about your mate."

"Since he's an Alpha, we will have to hold a meeting to discuss everything of succession and leadership of his pack. We would have liked that he went pack to his pack with everyone else and discuss this on a later date while you stay here to start your royal training but the Elders will not separate you two. So he will stay here and we shall discuss everything tomorrow morning. Your mother and I are heading to bed, I trust you will be fine?"

My father explains, I can't believe he wanted to separate us. They can't even congratulate me.

"Yes, father, Goodnight." I nod, turning back to my mate. I start walking towards him and see he has taken off his suit coat, and his tie is hanging around his neck. He looks so hot in his white button down, I'm so lucky. I realize how weird it's going to be for me to ask him to stay the night. When I reach him, I start fidgeting with the ends of his tie, as he starts playing with my hair.

"Can you stay the night?" I awkwardly ask, not looking him in the eyes.

"Of course, may I ask, why?" He sweetly answer, he's so amazing.

"We need to discuss some stuff with my parents tomorrow." I smile, grabbing his hand.

"All right, I'll let my Beta know." He says, and I see his eyes glass over, meaning he's mind-linking. "How about we head to bed?"

"Oh, yeah, it's getting really late, let's go." I start leading him towards my room. I guess we'll be sleeping together, since we don't have a room ready for him, not that I had a problem with that.

Once we reach my room, I head in to see Sarah, ready to help me get ready for bed. She soon sees Damon, and realizes something.

"Oh, Your highness, I'm so sorry. I'll leave right away." She rambles, scurrying out the door. I try to stop her, but she runs out the door.

"Who was that?" Damon asks, walking further into my bedroom.

"Maid Sarah, she basically raised me." I smile, slipping off my shoes. I walk over to where Damon is, he's looking at my single shelve of book. Now that I'm standing next to him with my heels I feel much shorter.

"This is one of my favorite books." He says picking up 'To kill a Mockingbird'. I keep my favorite books in my room, so if I can't sleep, I have something to read.

"I only read it if I can't sleep, but it's really good." I say, looking at all the other books. Damon puts down the book, and looks towards the huge flat screen TV, opposite my bed.

"Are you a book or TV person?" He asks, setting down his coat on my bed.

"I've only turned on that TV, twice." I laugh, hoping that answers his questions.

"I hope that you have a library, not just those five book." He smiles, brushing a piece of my hair behind my ear.

"Of course, we do. You should see it one day." I state, trying not to gush about my love for that library.

"Why not now?" He suggests, grabbing my hands in excitement.

"I guess we could, everyone should be asleep." I mumble, hoping it's just Damon and I. "I should change, and then we can go."

He nods, taking a seat on my bed, I head into my closet and grab a pair leggings, a sweatshirt, and some socks. I walk over to the bathroom, glancing at Damon to find him laying on my bed with his eyes closed. I walk into the bathroom and start taking my makeup off, once it's off, I change out of my dress. Then I pull my hair into a ponytail, should I have dressed up more for Damon? What if he thinks I look ugly? What if he doesn't want me? Maybe I should change?

I try to sneak out of the bathroom without Damon noticing, but I was frozen in place.

Standing in front of my bed, was a shirtless Damon, with his muscled back turned to me. He had on some black sweat pants and was putting on a grey t-shirt. He senses my presence, and turns around so I get a full view of his strong chest, delicious abs, and v-line leading down to only what my mind can imagine.

"Hey, Daniel dropped off my suitcase." It took me a second to register who Daniel was, with Damon pulling on his shirt covering my distraction.

"Ok, I was gonna go change." I say pointing to the closet.

"There's no need to, you look gorgeous." He smiles, I can't help but blush.

"I still need to change." I state, walking to the closet, but he stops me by grabbing my hand.

"You don't need to change, you look beautiful to me and that's all that matters. Trust me, I'm your mate." He says seriously, but also smirks. I can't tell if it's the mate pull or not but I feel like I'm starting to grow intense feelings for him.

"Thanks, I guess we can go then." I sigh, lacing my fingers with his.

As we walk next to each other, I can't help but have a few questions for him.

"Can I ask a few questions?" I ask, playing with the hem of my sweatshirt.

"Yeah, go right ahead, darling." He answers, my heart skips a beat when he uses a nickname.

"Where's your pack located?"

"Along the west coast, it's a long drive from here."

"How old are you?"

"21, you?"

"18, do you have any siblings?"

"No, but I do have cousins."

"Since you want to go to the library so much, are you are reader?"

"Not really, my mother has a library in the pack house that I sometimes use but rarely."

"Then why did you want come?"

"Because you obviously love it, so I want to see what you love."

We now arrived at the library, the huge doors are closed like always. I let go of Damon's hand to open the door, I prance into the library like I always do. He slowly follows me inside.

"Welcome to my happy place." I smile at him, standing in the middle of the huge room, with my arms stretched out. I do a little spin, then start looking for a book. Damon wanders farther in, looking around at all the books.

"Wow, this is huge compared to my mothers." Damon mumbles, I keep looking for 'Pride and prejudice' but can't seem to find it. "What are you looking for?"

"One of my books, 'Pride and Prejudice.' Actually." I say, still looking around the room. I see Damon walk over to the bay window and it reminds that I left the book there. I walk over and grab the book from the seat. "Found it."

"This is an amazing view." Damon sighs, staring out the window.

"It's my favorite part of the whole castle. I love what's on the other side of the border." I say sitting down, still looking out the window.

"Have you never been to the ocean?" He says, realizing what's on the other side.

"No, the last time I left the castle grounds was when I was 3." I say, looking at him.

"That's terrible, I promise, as your mate, that I will make your life 10 times better than this, that I will make every one of your wishes come true, and that you will never be locked up again." Once he finishes, he leans down and locks his lips with mine. Kissing him is like the rest of the world disappears and it's just me and him, in endless space. He slowly pulls away, both of us breathless.

"Are you going to read your book?" Damon asks, looking down at the book I'm holding, in between us.

"Oh- uh-ye-um-yeah yeah." I stutter, still recovering from the kiss.

"Why don't you read it to me?" He suggests, sitting down right in front of me.

"Ok, sure, have you read this book before?" I ask, opening the book.

"No, I've only read a few books." He says, then he turns around and lays down, placing his head in my lap.

"Ok, I'll start at the beginning."

And that's how we spent most of the night until, I started to yawn and Damon said we should go to sleep. I bring the book back to my bedroom just in case. As I slide into bed, almost asleep, I feel two arms wrap around my waist, pulling towards Damon. He then grabs my hand and laces our fingers together.

"Goodnight, Aria."

"Goodnight, Damon"

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