(Y/n)'s P.O.V.

Holy shit.

Nico is kissing me.

This was the last thing I ever expected. Definitely just after he learned I was a werewolf.

When he kissed me, it felt like there were fireworks exploding in my body.

I liked it.

I kissed back, which must've surprised Nico too.

We kissed passionately, until air seemed to want us to break apart.

When I pulled away, I looked into Nico's eyes.

All I saw in them was love and lust.

Nico stared back into my eyes.

We were like this for a minute before I decided to break the silence.

"How about I explain the rest of what I needed to talk to you about?" I offered.

He nodded.

We both sat down in front of the tree.

I took a deep breath before I spoke.

"Ok. So us werewolves have what is called mates. Mates are technically our 'soulmates'. It can be either a werewolf or human. Or demigod." I told him.

"So...your saying I'm your mate?" Nico asked.

"Yes. At the age of sixteen is when we know for sure who our mate is just by sight. We probably felt the effects of being each other's mate. Usually the male is the one who says mine when they find their mate, but I guess if the male isn't a wolf, it's the females who say it. I don't know for sure tho." I explained.

"If werewolves have soulmates, why did your dad forced you into a marriage?" Nico asked, clearly upset about the forced marriage thing.

"My dad doesn't care about if the person is my mate or not. He just doesn't want me to be the Alpha." I growled.

Nico put his hand on my shoulder, which calmed me down immediately.

"What else happens with the mate thing?" Nico asked.

"Umm...usually we can talk to each other telepathically. But I think that's when the male claims the female. Mates can calm the other down, like you did with me just by contact. And males can be really protective of their mates." I listed a few things I could remember.

I got some of these stuff from werewolf stories, thank you books😂

"The telepathy thing sounds cool." Nico said.

I laughed.

I thought of a question in my head that has been bugging me since the party.

"Why were you looking for me during the party?" I asked suddenly.

This must've caught Nico off guard.

"What?" He asked.

"Why were you looking for me during the party?" I repeated.

Nico looked away from me, but I could clearly see he was blushing.

"I-i was looking f-for you because I w-wanted to tell you that I..." He hesitated.

"Tell me what?" I asked, curious.

"That I am in love with you." He said.

Not it was my turn to be caught off guard.

H-he loves me?

"Of course he does. He's been in love with you since you met. He is our mate." Myla said.

Nico frowned when I didn't reply.

"It's fine if you don't feel the s-" I cut him off.

I kissed him to shut him up.

Like honestly, I was only shocked.

I pulled away and whisper to him.

"Of course I feel the same. We are mates and I loved you since we met, I just never knew it."

I smiled a little.

Nico smiled back.

We were about to kiss again when we got interrupted by a squeal.

"Piper." Nico and I grumbled.

We backed away and stood up to look at the five people across from us.

Piper and Annabeth were squealing, Jason and Percy were high fiving each other, and Leo was making kissy faces.

"Oh gods." I muttered.

All of a sudden, Nico grabbed me around the waist.

I felt a familiar cold sensation around me, and I heard the screams of the dead.

We were shadow travelling.

Soon we were in Nico's cabin.

"There. No more annoying people." Nico said.

I laughed.

"Aren't two people the opposite genders not allowed to be in the same cabin together alone?" I asked.

"Yeah. But no one follows the rules anyways." Nico smirked.

Nico's arms were still around my waist.

"Aren't you gonna let go?" I raised an eyebrow.

Nico looked like he was thinking before he said,

"Nah."

Then he pulled me into the kiss we didn't get to finish.