Broken & Rejected (Werewolf Romance)

9.

Kieran and I sat outside in his very spacious back garden. He had surprised me this morning by asking me to get ready as he had something planned for us, well he planned something for me. I decided to put on a cute summery dress white some white flat shoes. I straightened my hair out then put half of it up into a ponytail. Outside in the garden, a bit further away from the mansion but not too far, there was a white gazebo built up, inside the gazebo there was a table with two chairs and a picnic basket. There were some cute fairy lights up around the inside as well as an iPod in an iPod speaker dock. 

"I thought we could spend some time out here today, together and talk about things, start making plans" Kieran said

I stood still, frozen on the spot where I had stopped walking, still amazed that Kieran had all this set up and planned.

"Hello, Earth to Felicity" Kieran said waving his hand in my face

"You planned all this for us?" I asked tearing my gaze away from the gazebo to look at Kieran.

"I planned this for you, but like I said I thought we could spend some time out here to talk and make plans" Kieran said.

Kieran led me inside the gazebo and pulled my chair out for me. I smiled and thanked him before sitting down. Kieran sat down and poured us both a glass of water. 

"You glad you finally spoke to your parents and let them know your safe" Kieran said

"Yeah, me too, it was good to see them again and speak to them. I'm glad they were understanding of our plans and gave us their blessing" I smiled

"I've been thinking and only if you're okay with it, maybe I could mark you tonight?" Kieran asked

"I'm okay with that but what about the urm mating part?" I asked trying not to sound awkward

"We can discuss that when your more comfortable around me and feel ready" Kieran replied

"So, are you going to tell me what you spoke to my dad about?" I asked remembering he hadn't told me

"All in time, I was thinking of throwing a ball here soon, to celebrate us and your upcoming 21st birthday" Kieran answered

"You don't need to go to all that trouble for me" I tried to say no in a polite way

"It's no trouble, I'm guessing you've never had a ball thrown for you or in your name before" Kieran said 

"Well, no, I've never been one to like being the centre of attention plus I've never been important to anyone except from my parents" I explained

"Well, your important to me and as my future Luna, I want to show you off to all my friends and allies. Your important to me" Kieran said

"Who would attend it, the ball or party I mean" I asked nervously

"I have a lot of very close allies in other areas. I would invite my closes friends, Alpha Oliver Barnes and his Luna, Fiona. They were great friends to my parents and were great at helping me" Kieran said but he didn't look me in the eye, instead his eyes were glued to the grass below us.

"Kieran, I don't know what happened to your parents, I'm not prying, I can see how much it still hurts you to talk about them but when you feel ready to tell me, you can. I don't mind waiting and giving you that time and space" I told him as I gently reached for his hand and held it in mine. 

Kieran lifted his head and moved his gaze from the grass to meet my eyes. 

"Thank you" Kieran said 

"So, when was the last time a ball or party was thrown here at your pack house / mansion?" I asked

"A good few years ago now" Kieran answered as he thought about it