True Luna by Tessa Lilly

Chapter 17 Preparations (Part Two)

Emma POV

I was sitting in my room waiting for Amy to come over and help me get ready for dinner tonight.

My ribs felt so much better. I still needed to be careful when I moved, but it didn’t hurt nearly as much as the first day.

Thankfully, I haven’t had any more encounters with Sienna since the day she broke my ribs all over again. She hadn’t been coming to the house since then, and I had never felt more at peace. Somehow, I knew it wouldn’t last long though.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by the knock on the front door. I looked at my watch and saw it was only 2 pm. Amy was coming over at 4 pm. Who could that be?

I walked downstairs and opened the door. Jake was standing there smiling at me.

“Jake.” I said with a big grin on my face. “Come in. I missed you.”

“I missed you too, beautiful.” he said and walked by me to enter our living

room.

He sat down on the couch and looked up at me.

“What are you doing here?” I asked and closed the front door.

He motioned for me to take a seat on the couch. I walked over and sat beside him.

“Emma, I need to talk to you about something very important.” he said seriously.

I sat up straighter and nodded.

“I want to take you as my chosen mate.” he said and took my hands in his.

I couldn’t say that I was surprised. We have talked about this before. But as soon as he said those words, I felt nervous and sad. Eliza was whining inside of me, telling me that he wasn’t our mate, and that we didn’t belong to him. She wasn’t wrong, but our true mate didn’t want us. And not that long ago, I wanted Jake to be my mate. I liked him. But I couldn’t shake this feeling that I didn’t belong to him. Maybe it was too early. Maybe I needed more time.

like you, right? I wanted you to be my mate, and I was devastated when we discovered we weren’t mates. I do want

I need more time,

to wait and see if you would find your true mate. You did, and he has done the stupidest thing ever and rejected you. What is

“I am not sure, Jake. I just know now is not the right time. I like you and I want to do this right. I don’t want to hurt you. And I would be hurting you if I wasn’t 100 percent committed to you. And right

Emma. Take as much time as your

smiled. I hugged him

Jake.” I whispered in his

“I better go. Amy tells me you are

is expected of me to attend. Amy is coming

said, stunned. “I was so nervous about talking to you about being my chosen mate

as he pulled me up and touched my left

fine. I’m still a little bit sore, but nothing like that first day.”

you.” he frowned. “I don’t like to see you hurt, and it angers me that you

know. I could tell by the stern look you were giving

he said softly, and

I promise.”

kissed my forehead and let me go.

you tomorrow, beautiful.” he said and let me

front door and gave me a big smile

upstairs to shower

came over.

because I knew that Amy wanted to do that for me. She loved it when I let her dress

my bed, going through my phone, when I heard

to my bedroom and

smiled. “When is Amy

I said and smiled back. “When should I get there?”

get dressed

I said, just as the doorbell rang.

inside.” Andrew said and left my

later, a very excited Amy came into my