Chapter 7 Seven

Tyler pov

Hannah came home at midnight and I quickly went to her so that she wouldn't wake up Sandra. "Hey pumpkin, you are back."

"Yes dad, some people said they saw you going with some lady" she smiled at me.

I smiled back, if only she gets to know who she is "she is not some lady", I told her.

"Is it Riley again" she asked with disgust.

"No, I told you I wanted nothing to do with her again. I meant that" I replied.

"Who is this lady then?"

"Go see for yourself, but please don't wake her up" I pleaded with her.

She nodded as she began to walk towards my bedroom with me trailing behind her and walked in slowly as she looked at who was on my bed. "Is that who I thought she was" she smiled at me and I could hear the excitement behind her voice.

"Let's go out and talk. I don't want us to wake her up."

She follows me out and the moment we were, she faces me "my eyes aren't playing trick on me, that's Sandra?" she asked.

"Yes" I confirmed.

"Why is she like that?, why is she here?" she asked non stop.

"Her boyfriend drugged her and I had to protect her" I couldn't hide that fact.

"Do you know she was here?"

I nodded "I haven't been honest with you pumpkin,"

"What's that dad, you are scaring me?"

"She left because of me". I confessed.

"You hurt her, what did you do to her dad?" she was beginning to sound angry.

"She is my mate Hannah" I suddenly said, causing her to move back in shock.

"What" she finally said, "since when have you known this?" she added.

"Since the day I met her damnit"

"Why? You should have told me." She sat down digesting all the information. You thought I wouldn't accept her" she scoffed,

"She is your best friend; everything will be jeopardized" I explained.

"She is your mate dad, what's more important than that" she asked.

"You, you are more important sweetie" I replied,

"Sandra is a good person, she can't do anything bad to me. Did you tell her all this" she asked "Is that why she left"

"She didn't know, she only felt our mate pull" I replied.

"Dad, I want you to be honest with me" she said and I nodded. "what happened on her birthday? What?"

I sighed out as I sat calmly beside her "she saw me kissing her sister", I confessed.

"Why would you, dad, if you knew she was your mate," she cried out.

"She was just your best friend, both of you are of the same age. I panicked"

"That is not an excuse dad, I know how Mate pulls works, you hurt her dad" she scolded.

"I know and I am ready to make it up to her" I admitted.

"Better, I can't believe I lost my best friend all because of you" she exclaimed.

"I am never letting her out of my sight again" I said.

"You better don't because I am never losing my best friend again" she said with a stern look.

"Never again", I promised.

She went to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water, bringing one for me too. I collected it and gulped it all down at once, it was like I needed it. "Where did you find her"? she suddenly asked.

"We met in school some days ago. Actually, she is in one of my classes", I replied.

"Unbelievable, and you did not tell me."

"I wanted to get her to forgive me first before I bring her home."

"Hold on, you knew she was going to attend the party" she said.

"Yes" I answered.

"But how"

"She introduced the celebrant to me as her boyfriend"

"So, it was her boyfriend that wanted to rape her. I will kill him" she said angrily

"that's if I don't get to him first". I smirked.

"It means you are never going back to Riley" she asked.

"Riley was just a distraction; you know I never care about her", I reminded her.

"What will you do now? They are sisters" she reminded me too,

"I already told Riley I loved her sister; she knew about my affection for Sandra."

"Meaning she did everything she did on purpose."

"I don't care about her again, I only care about my mate sleeping in my room."

"Are you going to tell her about us?" she looked into my eyes to tell me what she meant.

"She can't know about us being werewolves" I growled.

"She is your mate; you can't keep it from her forever" she responded.

"I know, but a step at a time, we only just found her."

"You are right and dad, I am happy that she is your mate.

"Thank you, Hannah, for understanding." I appreciated it.

She smiled at me, showing her teeth, reminding me of my first mate, which was her mother who I loved dearly then before she went missing. "I will go to bed now. Take care of my best friend" she said and winked at me,

"Goodnight pumpkin" I replied as I gave her a peck and watched her as she walked to her bedroom.

After my conversation with my daughter, I discovered that I had been afraid of nothing. Hannah doesn't mind at all and, now that she knows, no one is going to take her away from me again, not even she can make me stop chasing her because I am going to fight for her love if that was the last thing I ever did. I went back into my room where she was still sleeping and lay beside her, as if she knew I was there, she smuggled closer to me and slept back with a smile across her face.