I stared into the brown eyes of the Keeper. It was so familiar and beautiful that I couldn't seem to stop staring into them

***

I stared at him while he finished up his homework, my own scattered in front of me. The wind blew past us, causing his shaggy reddish brown hair to fly around his head...like a halo. His pale face flushed a cherry red when the cold breeze touched his face. He shivered before looking at me with a small smile

His brown eyes, as brown as chocolate, shone with love, contentment and innocence. His innocence was what drew me to him in the first place before I found out he was my mate. They were so refreshing that it intrigued me a bit. It was rare to find such pure innocence in a teenager nowadays

"What are you looking at?" He raised an eye brow at me

I chuckled and brought him closer to him by his waist. His giggles filled the silent afternoon air as he landed on my chest. His giggles are so cute but arousing at the same time. I sat up and pulled him onto my lap, tightening my arms around his waist. He sighed and snuggled closer to me

"Mattie, why can't we go public with our relationship?" He asked in his small sweet innocent voice

His voice was like a gentle caress of a gentle breeze. It was soft and melodic like a gentle violin tune. It was smooth and velvety that it makes you want to listen to him speak all day, every day. His entire being captivated me

I tightened my arms around him and buried my face in the crook of his neck, breathing in his heavenly scent. I could feel the sadness flowing out of him in waves and it breaks my heart that I have to put him through all this...sneaking around. He doesn't deserve it

He deserves so much better than what I'm making him do. He's gorgeous and wonderful and would make a beautiful Luna one day.

"Baby, you know my father is a major homophobic asshole. He'll surely punish me for our relationship or worse, he may do something horrid to you. I won't be able to forgive myself if something bad happens to you"

He whimpered and turned around in my arms and looked up at me with those big brown puppy eyes

"I love you" He whispered, pecking my lips

"I love you too...forever"

"And a day" He added

***

I came down from wonderland to see everyone looking at me...in tensed silence.

"Papa, are you okay?" Samson asked worriedly, looking up at me

Warmth filled my entire being when I made contact with his blue orbs. I could feel myself on the edge of crying and so I smiled and nodded

"I'm okay...I'm good. Y'all must be very tired. Let's get back to the pack house. I'm sure you could use a good rest before we get down to business"

Simon, Daniel and Jacob nodded their head and as if on cue, Samson yawned and nodded. Rebekah rolled her eyes and popped her gum, Shaw kept his face and form stoic and tense while the Keeper just stood there quietly, staring at me

A shiver wrecked my form but I didn't let that get to me. I ushered Samson to the first vehicle, front seat actually, buckled him up and went to get on the driver's seat. I waited until my passengers got on. I breathed out a sigh of relief when Rebekah and Shaw didn't ride with me.

In the back seat sat Simon and Daniel. Simon cuddled Daniel to him and kissed his head before inhaling it. Daniel giggled at something he said before closing his eyes in pure contentment. Jealousy filled me when I looked at their loving embrace

***

I felt his hurt and sadness from across the room. I couldn't look him in the eyes...not when my father is in the same room. The blonde girl in my arms kept talking on and on about something...I don't know what. Since dad was getting suspicious of my relationship with Andrew, I freaked and got myself a girlfriend. I see now that it was bad idea

"Are you even listening to me?!" Blondie asked frustrated, glaring up at me

I shrugged my shoulders and retracted my arms from the annoying blonde and walked away, ignoring her look of incredulity. I sighed and ran my hands through my hair as my father walked up to me with a smirk on his face. I love my father but he's the biggest homophobe I've come across. He still believes that we should beat 'fags' to death. I wonder how he'll take it once he finds out that he's son is one of them. I could just imagine he's face

"Trouble in paradise?" He asked

My eyes instantly snapped over to my little love. He stood in the corner of the room, arms crossed over his chest and his head hung low. His shoulders were shaking slightly and I swear I saw droplets falling from his face. It took everything in my being to stay away from him...to comfort him

"You have no idea" I sighed

"Don't worry son, your mate will come around. You just have to have patience and know that the Goddess always has a plan" He smiled, patted my back affectionately before walking away in search of his mate

If only he knew I already found my soul mate

My other half

My life

I let his words echo through my mind. The Goddess always has a plan. I guess I'll have to put my faith in her and let her guide me through life.

Don't worry Andrew, I'll fix this

***

If only I knew there was a time limit

If only I knew I didn't have long to spend with my mate

My love

My life

If I knew he was going to run away from me, I would have acted faster and made our relationship public but no, I had to be a fucking coward and hide our relationship like a secret I was ashamed of. But I was far from being ashamed of Andrew...if anything, I was proud the Goddess blessed me with such a kind hearted, intelligent, fun, loving and easy going mate.

Every day with him is blessing in itself. No matter what I mood I'm in, when Andrew is by my side, everything gets better. He's the sunshine that lights up the darkness that surrounds me. He's my bright future, the hope I clung to when I feel down but most importantly, he was the love of my life.

My heart cracked a bit at the sad memories that flashed through my mind and reminded me of how much I was dick to the beautiful creature. It is no wonder he ran away from me without so much as a goodbye. He just left; vanished into thin air.

I couldn't believe it when my father informed me that Andrew had left the pack and swore to never return. It literally destroyed me. My wolf went into a state of depression for a year and didn't interact with my pack members but I was no different. It got worse when the search team my father sent out came back with news that he fled the country and is now residing in an unknown location but they did find information that broke me even more

He had moved on

They had pictures and everything. I was broken and the only thing that kept my mind off of everything was my duties as an Alpha. As soon as my father stepped down, I jumped head first into the responsibility and never looked back. I ignored everyone's pleas to move on and bear an heir to the Bennett name but I refused to mate with anyone that's not my mate

I've betrayed him once by keeping our mating a secret, I won't betray him again by mating with some she wolf who wouldn't even hold a candle to the beauty who goes by the name Andrew Kai Scott and the argument over an heir...

I looked over at Samson and smiled

My heir is a beautiful young boy who will grow up to be a fantastic Alpha one day

***

I get it's short but I couldn't for the life of me make this chapter longer. I feel like it should end there. Like I mean it was a nice ending...right?

Chapter dedicated to NoirMonehrah just because :) ;)

Pic on the side is how I pictured Gabriel Shaw to look like...Drew Fuller everybody *Fan face* SO cute!!!