Chapter NINE (9)

Athena/Garrett

After leaving our sons office we went to the kitchen in the alpha/beta suit that we share without sons and their mates. We started to prepare a special dinner for Nova. We wanted to make her feel welcome in our home and out family.

"Athena darling, I think that you have out done yourself again. My dear this all smells amazing." Garrett tells her. She looks at him and smiles and kisses his cheek.

"Well thank you Hun, but I want Nova to feel welcomed as she should. She has been through enough already. She deserves to be spoiled and happy." She tells him.

"Garrett, can you set the table and add to more places, I believe Sawyer and Rory will be joining us as well." She tells him.

"Did you mink-link our son and tell him about dinner tonight?" He asked her. She laughed.

"No, I'm busy with dinner, why don't you do that my love." She said, then kissed his nose and walked back into the kitchen. He laughed and shook his head. He mink-link he son Sawyer.

G: Sawyer if you and Rory aren't too busy, we are having a family dinner to welcome Nova this evening.

S: Ok, I knew she was Braxton's mate. Let me guess, mom wants us to attend dinner?

G: Yes, you know how your mother is Sawyer.

S: HAHA Dad yes, I know dad, we will be there. We wouldn't miss it. What time is dinner?

G: We are eating dinner at 5 and it is 3 so be here before 430 please.

S: we will be there shortly dad, no worries.

G: Thank you Son, see you soon.

S: No problem dad and see you soon.

Once I was done talking with my son, I finished setting the table for six people. I had just finished putting the finishing touches on the table when I heard the elevator to our floor ding. I wasn't sure who was here. Was it Sawyer and Rory? Or was it Braxton and Nova? I turned around and saw Braxton and Nova walking into the apartment from the elevator entrance.

"Dinner isn't quite ready yet sweety, but if you would like to go and freshen up you can." Garrett tells her.

"As much as I would love to, I can't I don't have anything here." Nova says to Garrett.

"Nonsense, I asked one of the omegas to run and get you somethings. I hope that was ok. You are the same age and size as her, so it was easier for her to shop. There are clothes sitting on Braxton's bed for you and bath stuff for in the bathroom if you would like to get cleaned up." Athena told her.

"Babe, it is ok if you want to go up and get cleaned up before dinner, you just had your first shift. That can be hard on anyone. Especially someone with alpha blood. Here I will show you the way." Braxton tells her.

"Thank you, Athena and Garrett, it means a lot that you are doing all of this for me." She says with tears in her eyes. Which were happy tears.

"Of course, darling, your family now. Now go up and get cleaned up and we will eat when you're ready." Athena said.

"Come on I will show you to my room so you can get cleaned up." Braxton tells Nova. He grabs her hand and then he walks her upstairs. To his bedroom, so she could get cleaned up. He knew that she was feeling uncomfortable, but he was trying to make her feel comfortable as he could.

Nova

I was a little torn back by when they mentioned about me getting cleaned up for dinner. Then I realized I was still just wearing that shirt of Sawyers. I walked up the stairs following Braxton, and we went into his bedroom. The walks are grey, it has a king size bed with blue bedding and white sheets. Nightstand with a lamp on each side. Two dressers on each side of the bedroom. There is a desk and a tv stand with a 65" tv on the wall. There is a walk-in closet and an ensuite as well. It has a huge jacuzzi bathtub and a walk-in shower.

I saw the clothes for me on his bed. I grabbed them and followed him into the bathroom. He stared the bath for me. I saw the towels on the sink. They even manage to get my favorite shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. Like how on earth did they know? There was a note addressed to me on the towels and I read it. As I was reading it a smile grew on my face and I couldn't help but feel loved and wanted here. I am going to thank her after I am finished and when I get downstairs.

Nova,

I know that going through your first shift is hard enough on your body. But having to go through it all alone and go through everything that you have been through. You deserve to be treated like a princess. You are mine and Garrett's daughter now. If you let us, we are going to spoil you every chance we get. We love you already.

So, please enjoy a relaxing bubble bath. I hope you like the bath stuff I picked out; I just took a guess. It's one of my favorites. Once you're finished come down and we all will enjoy dinner.

XOXO,

Athena-MOM

I had started to cry happy tears after in finished reading the note from Athena. Braxton came over to me. He put his arms around me and held me.

"Nova are you ok? Why are you crying? What's wrong?" He asked me. I handed him the not from his mother. He read it.

"My mother is something else. Relax in your bath sweety. It is ready and I will be in the bedroom waiting for you." He tells her.

After my bath I got out and got dressed. I put on the blue lace bra and thong underwear set. I put on the black tank top and the blue cardigan with dark blue denim ripped skinny jeans. Paired with a cute ankle heeled boots. I looked in the mirror and I look good. When I came out of the bedroom Braxton was just sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for me. He looked up at me and smiled.

"Nova, you look so beautiful." He said.

"Well thank you Braxton." I said. He looked at me so intently and stood up and 3waloked towards me. He placed his lips on my in a soft kiss at first and then it went into a passionate kiss. It stopped when my stomach growled.

"We better get you some food my lady" he said, and we both laughed.

"Of course, my good sir." I said he just shook his head and laughed as we head down towards the kitchen.

Braxton

Nova was crying and I didn't know why. It was bothering Ari and me. When she showed me that note? Ari laughed it off. My mother was being my mother. The caring and loving person that she is and always will be. I knew that she would love Nova. Hell, I already do. She walked out of the bathroom, and she took my breath away. She was absolutely beautiful. I still can't believe that this woman is my mate. I can't wait to mark her. so, I can stop the urge of do so ever five seconds. When I started to kiss her slow, Ari took over and it turned into a passionate kiss. I regained control when I heard her stomach growl.

"We better get you some food my lady" I told her, and we both laughed.

"Of course, my good sir." She says I just shook my head and laugh as we head down towards the kitchen.

Nova

We went down to the kitchen to see where everyone was at, but no one was there. So, we checked the dining room and that is where everyone was currently. Garrett and Athena, we are finishing putting dinner on the table. Sawyer and another guy were sanding over by the window with arms around each other and then they were sharing a passionate kiss.

"That is Sawyer's mate Rory, they found each other last year." Braxton tells me.

"Cool, that would be why your dad said finally getting a daughter then?" I asked him, he laughed and nodded.

"Yes Nova, which would be the reason. But no one cares of my brother's choice." He said.

"Braxton, it doesn't bother me. I lost my family when I was banished. I found my true mate; his parents accept me, and I got not one but two brother." I said. Everyone heard me say that. They all looked at me shocked.

"Well, I am glad that you accept my mate Nova, it took a long time for a lot of the pack to accept me for who I am and accept my mate." Sawyer said.

"What? So, your gay, big deal. Who gives a shit? At the end of the day the only person you need to make happy besides yourself is your mate which is Rory. Fuck what others think and believe. I spent to many years, doing what was expected and doing exactly what everyone wanted me to do. And I still go treated like shit. So, no I don't care what people think of me. If your happy Sawyer than be happy with Rory. Don't let people change that. Promise me." I said.

"Promise Nova." Sawyer said.

"Nova this is my mate Rory, Rory this is Nova, Braxton's mate." Sawyer said.

"Nice to meet you Nova, thank you for what you said before, you will make an excellent Luna." Rory said.

"It is nice to meet you to Rory and thank you. But I meant it. Just be happy with who you are and happy with your mate." I told him he nodded.

"Dinner is ready, let's eat." Athena says. All six of us sit down at the table to eat dinner together as a family.

"So, Nova I don't know why, but I know you are going to make a great Luna, but why am I getting an Alpha vibe from you? Because what you said was spoken like an Alpha if I can say so myself." Rory asked her. Everyone agreed with him. I just shook my head.

"Well, Rory you see I am an Alphas daughter. But I am no alpha and never will be. Alpha Knox didn't want me to have the Alpha Title." I told him.

"Why the hell not?" Rory asked me, he wasn't happy.

"Because I am not a male. My father believes that the alpha of a pack has to be man, not a woman." I told him. I noticed Braxton and Garrett looking at one another like there were in deep conversation with themselves. Honestly, I have no idea about what but at the moment I don't care.

Throughout the rest of dinner, we kept talking about how Sawyer and Rory met. Garrett talked about how met Athena. Braxton opened up about how he had been to my pack three times before. The first two times he didn't catch my scent, the third time was the middle of February Just a few months before my birthday. He talked about how he caught my scent but couldn't tell where is was coming from. It was because I was still underage. But he knew that I was from there.

After dinner Braxton and I cleaned up the kitchen and dining room. Since Athena and Garrett cooked and served dinner. Rory and Sawyer went back to their part of the suite after dinner. Athena and Garrett had gone to their suite shortly after. Everyone was tired, it was a long day. Braxton had gone out on the balcony of his suite and was looking up at the stars. He looks over at me and smiles. He reached his arm out for me to join him. I reach for his hand. When our hands touched, I felt those sparks again. They were like sending shockwaves up my arm and down my spine. I could get used to this feeling.

To be honest I am scared, and I don't know if I am ready to meet his wolf yet. I don't know if he will like what my wolf looks like. I am still afraid that he will send me away and reject me. A part of me wonders if I should just run away and just set him free. I am just broken, and I don't know how to feel or even to make him happy. Zoe what am I to do? Nova we just need to give him a chance. He is different, he genuinely cares for you, I already feel that he might already love you. Ari loves us. Just give him some time before you make any rash decisions. Your right Zoe, maybe I am just using what happened in the past to cloud my judgement on what could happened in the future. I can't let the past haunt me and ruin my whole life.

Braxton

Dinner was a success for Nova. We all learned so much about her and she learned a lot about us to, this was a great welcoming dinner for her. After dinner we cleaned up and everyone retired to their suites. We went up to my room, well now our room here at the pack house. I was out on the balcony looking at up at the stars. She was inside and was standing by the doorway. I reached my hand out and gestured her to join me.

"Care to join me love?" I asked her. She smiles.

"Sure, I was thinking you would never ask," she said.

"Well, we can't have that now, can we?" he said, we laughed.

"Of course not, so what were you do out here? It is chilly out here." She told me.

"To be honest, I was thanking the stars and the moon goddess, that you're here." I told her.

"Oh, Braxton that is so sweet." She tells me. Then she kissed me.

I picked her up and was still kissing her. Her legs we wrapped around my waist and my hands were under her ass. I carried her into the suite and laid her on the bed. I knelt over her. I began to kiss her again. She looked up at me with lust and love in her eyes. She started to unbutton my shirt while she was still kissing me passionately. But stopped.

"Nova, are you ok? I'm sorry I went too far." I told her.

"No, I'm sorry, I'm just not ready yet." She said.

"It's ok Nova, you can have all the time you need. I'll wait till you're ready." I tell her and then smiles as I kisses her on the cheek.

"What you need and want is more important right now than anything else." I tell her.

"Thank you, Braxton, it means a lot to me." She says and then hugged me. She went into the bathroom and came out with a confused look on her face.

"What wrong sweety?" I asked her.

"What am I supposed to wear to bed?" She asked me. I chuckled and walked into my closet and came out with a smaller pair of shorts and a t shirt.

"Here my love wear these. These shorts I have outgrown, and I would love to have you sleeping my t shirt." I tell her and she nodded and giggled

"Okay Braxton and thank you." She said and went into the bathroom to get ready for bed. I went into the closet and changed into a pair of jogger shorts and came out into the bedroom when I was done.

I sat onto the bed waiting for Nova to come out of the bathroom. She comes out and she looks so good in my clothes. She is sexy and gorgeous as hell. Giving her the times, she needs is going to be difficult.

"Which side do you want sweety?" I asked.

"Is the right side okay with you?" she asked me.

"Of course, I usually take the left side of the bed." I said, well you can tell all my stuff was on that stand.

We both laid down into bed and she laid her head onto my chest. I heard her purr. Her wolf my love it as much as mine does. Because Ari is on cloud nine right now. I was holding her and loving every moment of it.

"Hey babe, Ari is driving me crazy about this, but he wants to meet you and your wolf. I know it might be too soon. But whenever you're ready." He told me.

"Okay we can talk more about it later; I am really sleepy." She tells him.

"Ok Princess." I said and kissed her on the cheek.