Is This Love?

-Chapter 8-

Sebastian POV

Mate...

That is all I hear after I turn to my Beta. Everything is white noise. My father is speaking to me but I can't hear him. I only see it. Adobis' eyes widen as he hears his wolf too...

I move towards him all eyes on me. Grabbing his wrist, I walked out of the dining hall. Everything is so loud and quiet at the same time. I feel as if I am in a bubble. I hear people talking and watching as I pull Adobis with me out the front door. My parents are following us. My dad is still calling out to me but I ignore it.

We make it to my father's, now my, office. I don't close the door but when my parents walk in right after us they do.

"Sebastian, what's wrong?" My mother looks at me with concern.

Adobis is just staring at me with still wide eyes, though he moves closer to me. He rests his head on my shoulder. I kiss the top of his head and both my parent's eyes go wide.

My father starts "He's your mate?"

It didn't sound like hate but rather a relief. Did they want Adobis to be my mate? A hundred questions flew through my mind. Everything that my parents had taught me about mates, being Alpha, and other thing flew out the door. All I did was wrap my arms around his waist and pull him to my chest. All the stress, all the questions, everything left me, and it was all ok.

He rubs his head against my neck seeking comfort. I move one of my hands to his head and we sit there in bliss. I kiss the top of his head and he looks up at me.

"So, where do we go from here?" His voice was quiet. My parents were just there to listen to the conversation at this point.

"Well, we are going to have to talk about some things. However, first, we have to move your stuff into my room."

"Will I still be Beta?"

"Only if you want to," I smile down at him.

He closes his eyes and snuggles back into my shoulder, "Ok."

We make it to my room. My parents came with us and we hung around for a bit, then they left.

"Do you want to sleep in my room tonight?"
Adobis turns to me after walking my parents to the door of our room. I love the thought of it being our room.

"Sure, why not." He says with a smile.

"You don't have to... but I do want you to."I don't want to pressure him into this too fast. I know he isn't used to all of this.

"I am, and I was going to, whether you liked it or not." He looks at me now with a frown.

"Well, here are some pajamas." I hand him one of my shirts with gym shorts that I always loved on him. They always made his ass look good.

"Ok," he turns to the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" I question.

"To change in the bathroom?" He looks at me like I am being stupid.

"But we're mates. I am going to see you anyway.

"I'm not ready for that yet. Can we wait and talk about this tomorrow, please?" He looks slightly uncomfortable.

"Of course, sorry, I didn't think about that." The relief that comes up in his eyes makes me feel better.

He goes to the bathroom to change and I change as well. Coming out of the bathroom, he looks mouth-watering but I don't say a thing. I don't want to make him uncomfortable again.

I turn to him, "I will sleep on the pullout bed until you get used to the room." I don't want to but again I don't want to make him uncomfortable.

"Please don't, I want to sleep with you Alpha, in the bed Sir," He looks at me pleading.

I smile, "Of course little one." His face goes bright red and he turns.

"Let's just go to bed. We have a big day tomorrow." He starts to crawl onto his preferred side of the bed. His hips sway left to right and damn does his ass look good.

Once he gets comfortable, I crawl into the bed as well. I lay on my side welcoming him if he wants to snuggle. He does and he fits perfectly against me. I wrap my hand around his waist and put my other hand under his pillow.

"Comfortable?" I ask, wanting an answer but I get none. I look over to him to see him sleeping. Well that was fast. I kiss the top of his head and fall asleep.

I wake up in the middle of the night to find an empty bed. I check the bathroom and Adobis isn't there either.

"Adobis, little one? Where are you?" I hear whimpering and see him on the couch as flat as he can be, "Adobis?" I walk over and hear quiet talking.

"Please, Papa...I am sorry Papa. Stop please, it hurts. I won't do it again I promise." The cry only gets louder and I make my way over to the couch as fast as I can.

"Adobis wake up," I start to shake him. "Wake up, let's go back to bed little one." He doesn't move. He turns so he is on his back now. I put one hand under his knees and the other under his back by his shoulder blades. He turns into me, still whimpering. "It's ok little one, I have you. You're ok."

I lay him back on the bed. He finally stirs. "What happened? Why are all the lights on." He looks scared maybe even terrified.

The first thing I want to do is calm him down. "It's ok little one. You're safe I promise. You just sleep walked onto the couch and then had a nightmare."

He looks at me with such guilt, "I am so sorry. I don't normally do that. It might be the new environment."

"It's ok, you're fine. Let's go to sleep."  We snuggle back together. I check the clock. It reads 12:01. This is going to be a long night...