Chapter 27 Alarick's POV I couldn't sleep at all last night. I kept replaying what happened yesterday in my mind. It didn't help that Onin kept berating me about LeeAca. He wants me to get closer to her. When I refuse he shuts me out and goes back to his hiding spot. I am standing in front of my bedroom window looking outside when I see three women walking in the square, most likely going to the main strip. I realize that it is my sister with LeeAca and her sister. "See if you can join them." Onin starts again. "Why? I have work to do." I reply back when he huffs and hides. Why is he so insistent on LeeAca. You would think she is our second chance mate by the way he is acting. That's impossible though, I don't smell her and I don't feel any type of bond to her. I don't even know what I would do if she was. She is very attractive and feisty. NO. I shake my head to get the thought out. I would have to reject her. LeeAca's POV After the girls and I got coffee we went to the tool and lumber shop. We purchased the things we would need to start our project and ordered some of the drywall and lumber we would need for it as well. Amara's mind went a mile a minute and she already had an idea of what she wanted to do and the tools we would need. When I told her I didn't care about how it looked and she could have full range she got even more excited. I didn't even think it was possible. Fen was grumbling the whole time. Maleena was getting into it and liked listening to Amara rumble off things we would need. When we got back to the room we dove right in. I put on some music and we covered the furniture and little kitchen area. Right before we could start tearing down the bookcase there was a knock at the door. I opened it up to see Markus standing there. "Markus. What's up?" I ask. He looks at me wearing safety goggles and sees that I have a sledge hammer in my hand. His expression changes from indifferent to confusion. "Um. What is going on? Do I need to help burry a body?" He asks. I laugh as I open the door wider for him to see the living room. "We are doing some remodeling. If you could be so kind as to go away that would be greatly appreciated." Amara says to him. He just rolls his eyes and looks to me. "Alarick wants to talk with you LeeAca." He says. "Okay." I say as I put the hammer down and take off the glasses. "You two can start without me. I'll be back in a few." I say to Amara and Maleena. They just shrug their shoulders and start hitting the bookshelf.As we reach Alarick's office I feel Markus's worry. I choose to ignore it and walk in. Alarick is sitting behind his desk with papers in front of him. He looks up and greets me. "LeeAca, thank you for coming." He says as he gestures to the chair in front of his desk. I take a seat and Fen starts to pace. His scent drives her crazy and she hates it. "If this is about yesterday I am not apologizing." I say to try and get this over with. "No. Markus explained to me what happened. This is about something else." He says. "Okay." Is all I say when he takes too long to elaborate. "The council is pushing me for an answer on when we will be holding the mating ceremony. I have stalled for as long as I can." He says. "Okay." I say again, still waiting for him to explain further. "I told them it will be held three months from now." He says. I take a deep breath as the realization hits me. I am going to be Queen. Wed to my mate who doesn't know that we are mates. I start to panic a little. What the hell are we going to do? Fen growls in my head. "Um. Okay." Is all I say. I don't know what else there is to say. "We will have to start planning and figuring out how to do the marking without you being marked. I remember that is a term of our agreement." He says. "Yes it is." I say. Fen interrupts my thoughts. "Wait. Did he say we? You better ask about that because I can't do a "we"." She says. "Wait. What do you mean by we?" I ask hoping to clear this up and put some of the worry off for Fen. "What I mean is that we, you and I, will need to start meeting every day at a set time and start to plan the ceremony. We don't need to do it all, only have the basics and send it to the wedding planner. Once we figure out the big details, we, you and I, will need to start researching ideas for the marking." He says clearing things up. Fen starts to freak out. "NO, no, no, no, no. We can't do that LeeAca. We can barely stand being in the same room as him. What if spending time together we will fall prey to the mate bond?" She asks me, panicking. "We won't Fen. We are strong. This is nothing." I say trying to ease her worry. "Okay. Just tell me what time and I will meet you." I say. Getting up and turning to leave. I can feel him watching me as I walk out the door. In Addicted to You movie, Audrey's biggest regret? A one-night stand with Floyd, her secret love for eight years. Despite his arranged marriage and his family's troubles, he kept rescuing her. She tho...