PERFECT

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Melody's POV...

I haven't seen Damien since that time in the cellar after he walked past Antony and I with bruised knuckles. It's been exactly eight days since that day and honestly, I feel so upset. The first few days made me feel so unwanted.

I had to go through my heat alone that night with Antony outside the room to constantly help me by trying to talk the pain away, especially after Grace had fallen asleep on the stairs.

We both had dark circles beneath our eyes the next morning and it was not funny. Felt worse than a hangover. I had mixed feelings.

Dejection and rejection being the main characters of my sad life.

I mean, could you really blame me? My mate just shut me off for no damn reason, my two best friends are too busy for me although we talk almost every other day even if our conversation barely lasts five minutes.

And here I am, the Trophy Luna, the ornament.

Grace is off in Bali for a vacation with her friends while I'm stuck here with Antony which is half bad, half good. I'm just so pissed at Damien but equally happy that I have Antony to keep me company, especially when he's not busy working on something for my so-called mate.

Excuse me for not caring enough to be polite.

" I like this one, it's cute. " Antony says as he pulls out a black top and I giggle, " Tony, that's not even my size! Just.. put it back in the rack, okay? "

He scoffs at me before throwing it at the rack making the it bounce off and hit the floor.

" You're incorrigible. Now, come on. Let's pay for these and head back. "

We pay for my stuff and Anna, the maid helps me take all the stuff I bought to Damien's chamber where I've been staying for the past few days.

" What's for lunch? I want pancakes! " Antony frowns at me and shakes his head, " No way, missy. You've had pancakes twice today and they weren't even for breakfast. "

I scowl at him and as I munch on my chocolate bar, Damien walks in and immediately stands beside me.

I sigh as I look up at his silver coloured eyes and wait for him to speak.

" Antony, leave. " He says with no emotion in his voice and expression. I immediately interject by glaring at him. " No way. I'd rather not have the only person I actually interact with every day leave the room, thank you very much. "

He glares at me like it's not up for debate but frankly, I don't care.

" Why do you smell like blood? " He suddenly asks as he frowns in confusion. I shake my head and hold out my hand, " Time of the month. Now what's your excuse for leaving me alone with Tony for over a week? "

He opens his mouth to say something and frowns immediately. Only then do I notice his eye bags. I sigh as I lead him to the couch in the living room, this is too fast. All this is going too fast. " I'm all ears, Damien. But hurry, Tony's making me pancakes. "

" Chicken! " Antony yells from the kitchen. I can almost see the frown that forms on his face in my head.

" I've been.. busy. " I'm about to interrupt he holds up his hand for me to shut it so I do and listen. " They wanted you, Melody. They wanted you and I.. I hate that they were able to get in. You don't understand how I felt, how I feel about it. If something had happened to you or they were able to lay their hands on you, I would never have forgiven myself. I hate the fact that I felt so helpless and.. fvck. " He groans and rubs his forehead. " I killed them, I tortured them in the worst ways possible and I feel no guilt, they deserved it and worse for thinking of you like that. The thought alone makes me feel so angry. These past few days, I've been working on security. The Pack's security and most of all, yours and Grace's. I would never want something bad to happen to either of you. So please, forgive me. Forgive me for leaving like that and not calling or seeing you. You don't know how difficult it was for me. "

I sigh softly as his palms that cup my face slowly trail down to my shoulders. He kisses my forehead and gets up.

" You're leaving again. " He turns to face me with a confused expression on his face. " I'm going to re-park. I came over as soon as Antony mindlinked me. "

" I didn't do nothing, Damien. Please don't try to tear us apart just so you can have her to yourself, that's selfish. We have girl time now! "

I roll my eyes at Antony and frown as he places a tray of muffins on the table. " Yeah, no. I'll pass on that. "

" You don't like muffins? ",Damien says as he sits beside me and passes a muffin to Antony and takes one for himself. " They are healthy cupcakes. What's there to like? "

They both laugh at my comment and I shake my head and walk away from them to the kitchen. Only one thought runs through my head as I walk away.

He looks so hot laughing.

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Dinner time at Damien's huge house with said man in attendance turns out to be so comical. His Gamma; Luke and his mate Patrice are also having dinner with us. It's almost like a little family.

Antony keeps letting some of Damien's secrets slip and he does not have a filter. Damien really hates it and it's funny. I have to stop him from ripping Tony's head off, he really has a short fuse.

" Luke, please tell me you're training the teenage pups already. " Luke nods as Patrice passes him some water.

I want that.

I look at my nearly empty plate and back at Damien's half full plate. I push mine aside and start eating from his plate discreetly while he converses with Luke and Tony. I pass him my chicken and focus on my potatoes, well, his potatoes.

We have apple pie for desert and it is amazing. Tony's cooking skills are off the roof. I'm already sleepy when the guys are still discussing the Pack's security.

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I wake up the next day with Damien sleeping right next to me. Sometimes I forget that this is still his room. I've gotten so accustomed to sleeping in this bed.

" Good morning, princessa. ", he rasps out and turns to look as me, his muscles flexing as he props himself up on his elbow. His dark blond hair tousled sexily.

" Good morning, Alpha. ", I smirk and he bites his lower lip before rolling off the bed slickly. I swear I'd have bumped my head twice if I attempted that.

" I'm all yours today. Luke and Antony are taking over my Alpha duties today. " I grin as he enters the bathroom in the room.

This is all going fast, I know. But I like fast. All these years, this I all I've wanted. And if it means me going equally as fast as he wants, my lonely heart would do so gladly.

We end up spending the day getting to know each other. Apparently, he's waited nine years for his mate, three out of that waiting for me to come of age. So, if my math isn't failing me, he should be twenty-eight at the most.

He likes music just as much as I do, likes cooking while I can't cook to save my life, he actually has work outside his Alpha and Pack duties. He's into Real Estate and Housing and he's doing really good at it. He has various Masters Degrees and Business Degrees as well why I have just one. His plan is actually for me to further my education.

He loves soccer, tennis, basketball and golf which he's great at while I like volleyball only, I suck to be honest.

His expertise is in guns and knife handling, he's a black belt in Judo, Karate and some other things I forgot.

Simply put, he's amazing.

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I play Candy Crush on his phone while he goes to get our lunch. He walks back to the counter and grins at me making my heart do backflips.

I dive into my food afterwards and he listens to my rant about my childhood and highschool life while he does the dishes.

After all that, we sit in the gazebo behind the house drinking ice tea. Well, I'm having ice tea while he's having a milk shake. Yea, no thanks.

" I like this. "

I look up at him and smile, the sun is slowly setting in the West and the clouds turn a blue-ish purple hue making it all the more breath taking.

" I like this too. " I mumur as I look back at the sky.

" Am I doing this right? I mean, all this.. is this good enough? " He asks, worry etching onto his face and I smile up at him as I whisper.

" It's perfect. "