12 The Truth

Taila POV

I woke up to the sun shining in my face. I stretched out my arms arching my back against the bed feeling of the sheets, silk. Silk, I don't have silk sheets. Panic sets in and I jump up in the bed and realize I have no idea where I am at. The walls are a beautiful lavender with white trim. Curtains are a pristine white and sheer. Looking around I see three doors, one I assume is leading out, another for a bathroom and possibly a closet. I hear the door open, jerking my head around I see Bryson walking towards me with a tray of food. My eyes gaze at him wondering all over his body. He is wearing a tailored black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just under his elbow so snug that it shows every quiver of the muscles on his upper body. The top three buttons are undone revealing his toned and tanned chest. My eyes trail down his body like a lioness stalking her prey, as if I were wanting to eat him alive. My tongue darts out of my mouth and licks my bottom lip pulling it in as I nibble on it. I feel the urge to kiss him, to touch him, to make him mine. Wait! What? No, I can't do that. I am not that kind of person. I hurriedly look down at my hands praying that he didn't catch me staring at him as if he were a piece of chocolate that I wanted to eat.

What is happening to me? This is not who I am. Letting a man I barely know make me feel things that I have never felt before. I look back up and Bryson is smiling at me with so much intent in his eyes with something else behind them. Longing maybe? I know that once shifters find their true mates that is all they focus on until they complete the bond. He sits the try of food on the table next to the bad and takes a seat on the edge just staring at me, his eyes have a story behind them. A story I want to know. "I brought you some dinner. I thought that you might be hungry when you woke up." I can't help but smile at him. His eyes just melt all my defenses.

"Thank you, but where am I?" I have never seen this room before, but it is the most beautiful place I have seen here. I can only assume I am still at the resort. The lavender with the white mixed with the marble flooring is breathtaking. Thank goodness the bedding is not white. I hate white bedding. But whoever decorated this room did an excellent job with the color contrast.

"This room was specially designed for our mate. For you. I brought you here when I needed to work. Do you like it?"

"Designed for me? But you didn't even know me until a few hours ago. How did you get it so perfect? I mean it really fits me. Why would you do that for me? I am a nobody really, not special at all." There is no way this was done for me. There must have been another woman before me. There had to been. I am not upset or mad, I am not hypocrite, I just don't want to be lied too again.

"We designed the room for you, our mate. As shifters we automatically know somethings about our mate. We will like some of the same foods, colors and think the same about a lot of stuff. So, we use those feelings to design this room." I didn't realize how in tuned he would be to me. It's almost weird.

"I need to process what is happening. I must figure this out. I have questions, and a lot of them. There are things that I just don't understand, and I don't know if I can do this."

"Please, eat and we will talk. I will answer all the questions you have. I promise to not hide anything from you ever. All I want is for you to give us chance." Oh god, why does he have to look at me that way. The look of promises and hope. He reaches and gently strokes my cheek with is thumb slowly going across my lips making me close my eyes with moan escaping, his touch is electrifying to me. "Taila, I want to kiss you so badly. Can I kiss you love?"

I drop my head back just enjoying the moment. "Please." Not sure what I want, but I want him to kiss me and more. His lips reach mine and so many emotions flood my body. He kisses me with passion, it's not rushed, it is slow and gentle. I wrap my arms around his neck and he deeps the kiss more. I could get lost in his lips. Soft, caring and passionate lips. I hold tight on to him as if he were trying to escape my arms, but my heart tells me that he will never leave me. He pulls back just enough to rest his forehead to mine. "Bryson, I'm scared."

"Love, what are you scared of? Talk to me." How do I explain my fears. How do I tell this man that has shown so my passion to me like no one before that I am afraid he will love me then walk away? How can I trust him? That is my biggest question. How will he feel about me after I tell him my fears?

"I am broken Bryson. I can't trust that you won't hurt me. I don't know if I can love the way you need it. And I am not sure how much time I will need. Are you sorry that you got me for a mate?" Please don't hate me. Please.

"Tails, do you know how the mate bond works for us?"

"Umm. A little, but not much really. I mean Lynn only told me just a few things about her mate. So I guess I really don't know much at all."

"Love, let me explain the mate bond. The moon goddess made mates for us to ensure our survival. When we find our mate, we know it immediately and there is no going back when the bond is formed. True, mates are destined to be together and are bonded. The bond that has been created will strengthen over time. The bond does not make us fall in love immediately, but it lets us know that they are the only one that we will truly fall in love with. For shifters once the bond is created there is no one else we will ever want or need. Whether it is mentally or sexually, we will only want our mate. We are taught from an early age about mates. For us when we find our mate there is no other and we will do everything in our power to make them happy. So there is nothing I would not do for you. There is nothing you could do or say that would make me walk away from you. I will do whatever it takes for you to see that we are meant to be and that I will always love you regardless of your mind, because your heart will want me and so will your body as it already does. I my love will never forsake you."