Chapter Five

Jocelyns POV

"Sorry what's a mate?" I asked confused. "A mate is the other half of our soul" Lorenzo explained. "So what we humans refer to as a soulmate?" I asked. "Kind of except for us it's much more powerful" Mateo added. They delved into more details of what mates are and they even pointed out Elena's mark on the crook of her neck. "So if someone rejects you why can't you just move on?" I asked suddenly. Everyone tensed up a little bit as they looked to Antonio. He just glared and offered me his hand "Look" he said. I took a deep breath and slipped my glove off. I took his hand and his memories suddenly flashed before my eyes.

I watched as Antonio was made Alpha and shifted into his wolf. Once the ceremony thing was over he changed into his clothes again and was greet and congratulated by various people. That's when she walked up, she was beautiful. She had medium length hair with big brown eyes and full pouty lips. She and Antonio were just staring at each other and both were breathing heavy. "Mate" They both muttered. The older men standing with them looked back and forth with smiles on their faces. I could feel how happy and complete Antonio was.

Then the next memory flashed to show him in Bright Sky's pack house. They were signing the peace treaty and I could feel the joy and love pouring from Antonio as he stared at the girl with a loving smile. Once everyone had signed Antonio stood from his seat and walked over to his mate. He reached for her but she backed up and held her hand up to stop him. I could feel hurt and sadness now. "I, Trinity Livingston of the Bright Sky Pack, reject you Alpha Antonio Alvarez of the Crystal Lake Pack" She said. It felt like a knife had stabbed my heart and I couldn't breath. Now matter how hard I tried to inhale, air just wouldn't fill my lungs. I watched as Antonio fell to his knees in utter pain clutching his heart. Sadness and pure rage were the only things I could feel from him. Now I understood why he couldn't just get over it. He had been living with this pain every single day.

I was released Antonio's hand and dried the tears on my cheeks. "I'm so sorry" I said meeting Antonio's sad gaze. He just looked away and set his hard gaze back in place. "They had us sign that peace treaty because they knew Trinity was going to reject me" He said staring at the wall behind me. "They did that so we couldn't retaliate" He said through gritted teeth. "I'll help you however I can" I told him and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.

I sat back down next to Lorenzo and we continued discussing the plan. Lorenzo and I were going to hang out all the time so we could get to know each other more. This way it would be believable that we were mates. Mateo was going to be in charge of finding the witch so we could get a spell to put a mark on me so others at the convention would see that I was 'taken'. So far it seemed like everything was set we just needed to get the spell and everything would be perfect. Antonio decided that while he, Lorenzo, and I were at the convention Mateo and Elena would stay at the pack house to keep things running.

Once everyone was dismissed Lorenzo came up to me. "So I think it would be best if you moved into my room" He suggested. "Oh really?" I asked with a smirk. "Yeah my scent will start to set into your clothes" He said. "Why does your scent need to be in my clothes?" I asked him. "Well it'll help make the mark more believable" Enzo said. "Okay well let's go pack...again" I said with a giggle. I went down to my room and packed my duffel bag again and my toiletries before going to the third floor to Lorenzo's room.

I unpacked my stuff and settled into my new room with Lorenzo. "So let's get to know each a little bit" He said. We played twenty questions; we had plenty of laughs and ate lunch in his room. We were sitting on his bed now watching a movie he loved. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Lorenzo's arm twitching a little bit before he brought it up and rested on my shoulders. I couldn't help but smile at the gesture, it was so sweet. I rested my head on his chest as we continued watching the movie. I felt my eyes dropping as I got comfy and drifted off to sleep.

I was sleeping comfortably when I woke up in sharp pain. I shot up in bed clutching at my ears. I could hear muffled thunder and lightning was flashing. This always happened when there was lightning. My scars would feel like they were on fire and my ears would feel like someone was hammer nails into my ear drums. "Jocelyn are you okay?" I hear Enzo's muffled voice ask. I just moaned in pain as the fire on the sides of my face intensified. I felt warmth encircle me and it seemed to calm me a little bit. I felt his soft thumb wiping away the tears that were falling from my eyes. "It's okay, you're safe" He said as the rain seemed to die down.

Once the pain stopped I let my hands fall and looked up to Lorenzo with a watery smile. "Thank you" I said and gave him a soft kiss on his cheek. "What happened?" He asked. "Whenever there's a lightning storm my ears and scars hurt like crazy. I don't know why but they just do" I said. "Well I'm glad you're okay now" He said and we settled back into his bed for the night.