Presley's POV

Another week passed, and today I was heading out to Jamaica to conduct the audit of their main pack and the audits they completed in the Caribbean over the years. It was also a very anticipated trip, and I couldn't wait to see my aunt Aasira and uncle Brantley. Although we weren't related by blood, some of the summer trips we would take to go down there were always memorable. They would take us to the beach, and Aasira and dad would take me and Adam hunting in the luscious forest area near the Dunn's river falls.

Charlie had initially wanted to stay back and seemingly had no interest in going with me about a month ago. But last week he had a change of mind and wanted to go with me too.

Of course, I didn't protest having him next to me while doing the audit. If anything, I was happy to have him with me. Since the full moon ceremony, he had been somewhat standoffish, and I assumed it was because I told him that I loved him. Maybe it was too soon, maybe it wasn't, but I made sure to continue my end of the deal with him. I was giving him more time and attention. Though we hadn't had sex in over a week, which was odd considering the big meltdown between the two of us and the first time we had sex without the hold of our wolves wanting to take over. We practically needed to be pried from one another.

I wondered if I had done something, and Charlie just didn't know how to bring it up to me.

I glanced over to my beautiful mate; he was staring out of the window of the plane as it descended for landing. I reached over and grabbed one of his hands out of his lap. Charlie entwined his fingers with mine and looked over at me, giving me a gentle smile.

"You okay?" Charlied asked, his eyebrows rising in concern.

"Of course." I leaned over, giving him a kiss.

I had spent a large portion of our flight talking about Aasira and Brantley, and I could tell he was warming up to the idea of being in another foreign land. I was excited to introduce Charlie to them. Just like my parents, they had been the ones to bug me about finding my mate.

I'm sure my mom probably had told them by this point, but I knew they would be excited to meet Charlie. I'm sure Abram and Harman would as well. Their packs were our family outside of blood, and I wouldn't have it any other way. They supported my mom and dad before it was widely accepted for Omega's to be treated the same as other pack members, and I was forever grateful for them.

After this audit, since Charlie wanted to go with me, I made sure to plan a surprise. I wanted to take him back to his home to visit with his family and his pack. I wondered how long I could keep it a secret from him, seeing as they would announce the flight and our tickets 'home' said Venice on them. I couldn't wait to see his reaction when he got to see his family. I knew he missed them dearly, and every time that he would talk to them, he had a sad look in his eyes.

I wanted to give him a ring I made with my dad for him, to promise him that I would always protect him and that I wanted to marry him. I couldn't wait to see his reaction to everything I had planned. I just hoped that his family had finally warmed up to the idea of us being mated.

Once the plane came to a stop, we got up from our seats, and I grabbed our bags from the overhead bin. I handed Charlie his pink backpack, and he hugged the bag to his chest, a soft blush brushed his cheeks, and he smiled at me.

"Ready to go and meet Aasira and Brantley?" I asked.

"They seem lovely, and I'm happy to see them." He gave me a toothy grin.

My heart melted for my mate over and over again with each smile he gave me. He was perfect.

"I'd say ignore them, but I don't think they can top my parent's stories of embarrassing me." I grabbed my mate's hand as we walked out of the terminal to grab our suitcases.

"Trust me. Your mom has a new story every day I see him. Honestly, I think embarrassing stories about you is his sport. He's always winning at it too because a big macho alpha crumbles under his mother's stories each time." Charlie nudged me with his shoulder. My heart skipped a beat, and I plastered a smile on my face. I gently nudged him back, and we continued our way out of the airport.

Outside, my eyes easily caught onto Aasira's tall dominating figure with her long dreads. A few strands of grey were now present in her hair. "Aww, look at the little baby alpha Brant." She nudged the smaller submissive mate next to her, and next to Brantley was their young 12-year-old alphan son.

"You're the one to talk, you old geezer," I responded, briefly letting go of my mate's hand to hug the Alpha. She patted my back a few times, pulling away and cupping my face in her hands.

"Look at you. It's been so long since we've seen you." She said in her thick accent.

"It has only been a year, remember?" I rolled my eyes, giving her a playful smile.

"I know, darlin', but this time, you're here to do your work." She smiled. "All grown up."

"I've been doing this for years." She squished my cheeks.

"Uhhuh, but this time, you bring me a little fairy prince with white hair." She looked behind me, letting go of my face, pointing behind me.

I cleared my throat. "Charlie is my mate."

"Your mama did tell me somethin' along the lines about you findin' your mate." Aasira smiled at my mate. She roughly pushed me out of the way. "Nice to meet you, Charlie." She held her hand out for Charlie to grab. He hesitantly responded to her gesture. She placed her other hand on top of his. "That little boy behind me has been waitin' for his mate forever, and I'm glad he found you." She let go of his hands, hugging him.

I wanted to laugh at how comical Charlie looked; his eyes were wide, begging for me to help him.

"He sure is a cute little thing." Brantly laughed. "Funny how Ethan Berger kept that little gem away from the world."

"You'll never believe how hard it was to pry him out of his family to bring him home with me. Hell, Charlie was fighting with them up until we left." I hugged Brantley. Then I patted Jaiden's head. "You've grown like a weed Jaiden."

The young alpha rolled his eyes, bringing his attention to the cell phone in his hand. Brantley nudged the 12-year-old. "Be polite, Jai," Brantley told his son.

"Thanks," The boy rolled his eyes, going back to typing on his phone.

"Well, I guess we should get going? We have a lot of catching up to do and a lot of paperwork to review." I nodded at them, returning back to Charlie's side, grabbing onto his hand.

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"You okay, Angel?" I asked, grabbing his hand and rubbing the top of it soothingly. He laid still in the bed next to me, his pale skin almost turning a light jade hue. "Do you need me to go and get some water?"

"Please." He managed to get out. I quickly got out of the bed and walked downstairs into the kitchen of the small packhouse kitchen. Aasira's pack was significantly smaller than other parts of the world, partially to do with the climate the other half because most packs liked having more land to choose from than that on the islands.

I opened the fridge, grabbing a bottle of water. I ran back up to our room and Charlie was now sitting up with his head in between his legs.

"Hey baby, here you go." I unscrewed the cap, handing him the cool water bottle.

Charlie looked up and grabbed the bottle from me, quickly taking a few gulps of the cool water. "I think that food was a little too spicy for my stomach." Charlie swallowed.

"You didn't have to eat it if you didn't like it, baby."

"It's impolite not to eat something that someone worked so hard to make for you." He tried to defend his actions.

"Charlie, baby, they would understand. I had the same reactions when I first ate jerk chicken when I was little. You're not used to really spicy foods. Goodness, baby." I responded, brushing his hair out of his face.

He pursed his lips, and his beautiful eyes bore into mine. "I'll make sure to tell them next time." Charlie took another sip of his water.

"Good," I smiled, leaning over to place a kiss on top of his head.

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Charlie's POV

I decided I needed to go with Presley to the audit he was conducting this time. I couldn't bare to stay at home with my confused thoughts. I knew I needed to be beside my mate, who loved me. It had been over a week since I had been intimate with Presley, not because he didn't want to, but because I couldn't get the intrusive thoughts out of my brain.

I didn't even know how to process that information at all. I thought my thoughts would solely go to my mate and would be taken over by them. Not someone I considered a good friend of mine while sharing intimacies with my soulmate.

"What are you thinking about, angel?" Presley asked, turning toward me. "I can practically hear the cogwheels in your head turning."

"Nothing," I reassured him. "I was just thinking about how this is my first audit with you." It was true. I was going to another place I had never been in my life.

We had been in Jamacia for almost a week, and I had spent some time with Brantley, the luna of the pack, learning their traditions and things he would do to conduct interviews with other Omega's when completing their independent audits. While Presley, Aasira, and Jaiden were doing alpha duties, and after Brantley was done with his duties as the Luna, we headed out to the river to soak up some sun.

"So when do ya and my dear nephew plan on having kids?" Brantley glanced over to me.

I looked down and blushed, "We haven't really talked about it much. We just started talking about our mating ceremony not too long ago. I think the goddess will bring a child into our lives when she sees fit, I guess." I sheepishly smiled.

"Just remember, since you're alpha and omega, you can get pregnant at any time. Presley's mama didn't know that until he was pregnant with Presley." I nodded in response.

"I know, I mean, we're not really doing anything to prevent it, so at this point, if it happens, it happens." Brantley nodded. "I heard it took you and Aasira a long time to conceive Jaiden."

Brantley nodded his head, smiling at the thought. "Since I'm the submissive, my–" He cleared his throat, looking around. "-- my sperm wasn't as strong as her eggs, and from what the doctor said, every time we were trying, her egg would kill my sperm. It was a miracle that she even conceived Jai." Brantley smiled at the thought. He was made out of pure love and happiness; I'm happy the goddess blessed us after many years of trying."

"I'm happy you could have him too," I beamed.

"Aasira is my queen, and I treated her as such as she carried him." He smiled. "Make sure when you two do have children that my nephew better treat you right, or I will gladly fly up there to kick his ass." He chuckled.

"I believe August and maybe Alexandre might take him out first." I shrugged.

"They'll leave a little bit for me."

"Presley has been pretty great to me; I'm sure he'll kiss the ground I walk on." I leaned back, laying down on the ground, closed my eyes, and let the calming sound of the river wash over me.

"I'm sure he will." 

A/N: Look, I know it's been a while. *Spins in chair exhaustedly* But I finally finished yes, your highness. I have a fuck ton of story ideas I'm gonna drop on y'all outta nowhere. Be on the look out. It'll happen when I post the last chapter of Highness...

<3Also, inksgiving is coming and I have something special I'm going to do for my Patreon Subscribers in November. Get ahead by subscribing to my patreon. I also wanted to let y'all know, chapter 25 and 26... sheeeesh that was some filthy fucking smut I wrote okay? 

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