My Second Chance Alpha Mate
Chapter 18

(Yashira)

It’s been a few days since my dinner with Gabriel. I haven’t seen him since as much as I wanted to because my brother, Joel and his band are in town. They came the day after my dinner with Gabriel. So, I have been busy with grandma’s birthday party and with her birthday present from me, but I have been texting Gabriel and when we can we video call. Also, I have been feeling like someone has been following me.

“You’re doing so good sis” Joel said.

“Yes, for someone who hasn’t spoken in months you have been doing really good” Martin, one of my brother’s friends and band mates says. Yes, my gift to my grandma is not just to speak again, but also sing her favorite song, followed by a song that Jeffrey had suggested for my brothers to sing to my grandma. It’s been hard, but my brother brought a vocal coach/ doctor to help me. At first it bothered me and hurt it to speak again because my voice was so weak, but for the past couple days I have been determined to do this not just for her, but also for myself. Though I still needed to act as if I wasn’t talking around everyone else until Friday.

“Thanks to all of you. You have all been more than patient with me” I tell them truthfully.

“You’re like a sister to us Yashira. We would do anything for you and Grandma Lita, plus you have one hell of a voice girl. You should go on tour with us” Michael another of my brother’s friend and band mates says.

“That’s true. Plus, we’re also playing something that is not in our genre which is different for all of us” Santos adds. It was true this was out of their genre by a long shot, but it was something that we wanted to do for our grandma. I then thought about what they said, me going on tour with them which made me chuckle.

“No, I’m happy here, but thank you” I smiled.

“Let’s go to Denny’s I’m starving” Santos, the vocal coach/ doctor says. Dennys was right across the street and it’s our place to go after so much hard work. But ever since yesterday my stomach hasn’t been feeling so well. Maybe I ate something that didn’t go good with my stomach.

“Okay, but please no eggs” I tell them, and they chuckle.

“Your stomach still bothers you?” my brother asks.

“It was just sunny side up eggs” Martin says.

“Yeah, but when you cut into it… it runs” my brother says, and my stomach turns. I feel vile come up and I run into the bathroom.

“Oops” I hear my brother say just as I make it to the toilet emptying the contents from earlier. I feel someone hold my hair back and rub my back.

“I’m sorry sis. I didn’t mean to. Are you okay?” he asks, and I can hear the worry in his voice.

‘Yeah’ I signed not wanting to speak at the moment.

“Brush your teeth and we’ll go down to get you some ginger ale” he says, and I nod. I brush my teeth with a toothbrush my brother got yesterday before going out the bathroom. We head down to Denny’s, and I order a ginger ale.

“You should still eat something sis even if it comes back up” Joel says.

‘Okay, order me some pancakes’ I signed taking a sip from my ginger ale. My phone dings with a notification. I take out and see that it’s a message from Gabriel.

Gabriel: Hey baby. I’m in town and I wanted to know if I could see you. I miss you.

I smile at him wanting to see me.

Me: I’m at Denny’s with my brother and his band mates. Come by.

Gabriel: Okay, I’ll be there in five minutes.

Me: Awesome. Would you like something to eat?

Gabriel: no babe, thank you. I already had lunch, but I can have you for dessert.

I felt my cheeks heat up.

“Are you okay?” Joel asks and I nod.

Me: See you when you get here.

I could picture Gabriel chuckling to himself as he read my text.

Gabriel: Okay babe.

I put my phone away as the waitress came back with our food. I ate slowly not wanting to get sick again.

“Damn he is a hunk” I hear Martin say. I look at him before following his gaze and see that he was talking about Gabriel. Yeah, my brother’s band mates are bisexual. Gabriel makes his way towards us, and he k****s my lips in front of my brother and his band mates.

‘Gabriel, this is my brother Joel and our friends Martin, Michael, Justin, Lucas, and their vocal coach and Doctor Santos. Guys this is Gabriel my…’ I stopped signing and looked at Gabriel. We never talked about us because I still don’t know what was going on with him and Ashley.

“We haven’t talked about it yet, but I’m hoping she would become my girlfriend” Gabriel says, and I couldn’t help but blush at his words.

“Nice to meet you, Gabriel. I hope you take good care of my sister” Joel says.

“Yeah, she’s alike a sister to us. We all grew up together-” I stopped listening when I felt like someone was watching me. I looked around the restaurant, but I saw nothing.

“Are you okay?” Gabriel asks and I noticed everyone was looking at me.

‘Yes, just tired’ I signed.

“Finish eating and you can rest in my room while we get to know your future boyfriend” Joel says making me blush. After eating we headed back to the hotel, and I laid down on Joel’s bed. Gabriel accompanied me to the room to make sure I was okay.

“Are you okay babe?” Gabriel asks and I knew I couldn’t lie to him. I sighed closing my eyes and decided to tell him the truth.

‘I felt like I was being watched’ I admitted.

“Is this the first time you felt like this?” he asks, and I shake my head.

‘No. I started feeling like someone has been watching me after our dinner date’ I admitted.

“You should’ve told me earlier but thank you for being honest. Why don’t you rest you look tired” Gabriel k****s my forehead and I lay down.

***

*Dream*

I open my eyes to see I was in a beautiful meadow with all types of beautiful flowers. Butterflies where flying around and you could hear the chirping of birds. I looked around and couldn’t help the smile on my face.

“Beautiful” I said out loud quickly placing a hand over my mouth.

“Thank you” I heard a woman say. A squeak left my lips as I turned and looked at the woman just a few feet away from me. She’s gorgeous with blonde hair and light blue eyes with a hint of red in them and she’s wearing a light blue floor length dress.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“My name is Lacey. I’m Gabriel’s first mate and the mother of Tristan. I’m also the moon goddess and the vampire god’s granddaughter” she replied. I bowed my head in respect.

‘Wow, Gabriel’s first mate is not just dead drop beautiful but also the Moon Goddess and the Vampire God’s granddaughter. The perfect woman for the perfect man’ I thought to myself.

“Please don’t bow. We are amongst family here” Lacey says making me look at her in confusion. I heard a male chuckle. I look behind her to see a very handsome man with dirty blond hair and the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen in my life.

“This is Malik, my first mate” he gives me a curt nod and I wave.

“I don’t mean to be rude, but where am I?” I ask.

“You’re sleeping in your brother’s hotel room, but your mind is here where the werewolves come after passing away” she says making me frown. She smiles placing a hand on my shoulder.

“Yashira, I brought you here because I saw what you did for my son, Tristan. I wanted to thank you, and this is the best way I could do it. You have saved my son not once but twice and I’m beyond thankful. You treat my son as if he was your own and I see the love that you have for him. My son has a special gift and he saw that you are a great person with a beautiful heart” she smiles at me.

“Your son is a very bright, sweet, caring, and handsome boy. You don’t need to thank me for what I did because I would doit over and over again and will continue doing it” I told her truthfully.

“I know… and this is why I spoke with my grandmother and mother. I would like to grant you a wish” she says making me arch an eyebrow.

“Grandma is willing to bless you with a wolf of your own. She doesn’t do this for everyone, but you are different, Yashira. So, what would it be. Would you like to become a werewolf?” she asks. If I become a werewolf, then maybe Gabriel would give us a chance. But when I think about it… I wasn’t born a werewolf for a reason. I was born a human. I was meant to stay this way and if Gabriel and I aren’t meant to be, then so be it. I just want him and Tristan to be happy.

“It sounds great. I would love to be a werewolf, but I was born a human. I was always taught since I was little to be thankful for who I am, what I am, and what I have. And I’m thankful. Thank you for the offer and please tell the Moon Goddess, I thank her for making an exception for me, but I’m going to stay human. I do ask for one thing though… I want Gabriel and Tristan to be happy. I want Gabriel to replace love or if it’s possible be blessed with a new mate and not someone who is power hungry and who is going to mistreat Tristan or the pack. I want Tristan to be a happy little boy and feel safe. I want Tristan to know what it feels to have a mother’s love but to know that she’s not taking your place just having a small part in his heart and protect him with her life. That’s all I want” I said truthfully.

“You surprised me, Yashira. I really thought you were going to take the opportunity on becoming a werewolf” Malik says.

“It sounds tempting, but I belief I am who I am for a reason. Maybe in the future if fate leads me to it then yes, but at the moment I feel like I don’t need to become a werewolf” I admitted.

“You are an incredible woman, Yashira. Your life has already begun to change. Thank you again for what you have done. Take care of Gabriel and Tristan for me” Lacey pulls me into a hug. When she pulls back Malik waves and I wave back. I watch them walk away and vanish into thin air. I began to feel tired, so I laid down on the grass and closed my eyes.

*Dream Over*

***

I opened my eyes and looked around the room. Did I just dream of Gabriel’s first mate and Tristan’s mom? I didn’t know Gabriel had a mate before but that makes sense since he does have a son. I wondered what happened to her. The door to Joel’s room opened and he walked in.

“Did you sleep okay?” Joel asks.

‘I don’t know’ I signed. The dream was still fresh in my mind and to be honest my mind is all over the place.

‘Where is Gabriel?’ I signed.

“He went home, but he said text him when you wake up. Also grandma texted your hone to pick her up some adobo and sazón when you go back to the house” my brother chuckles.

“Okay, I should go before she gets suspicious” I tell them I bid the guys goodbye and stopped by the store before heading back to the diner. When I got to my room I texted Gabriel letting him I was back at grandma’s house. He said that he was going to have a couple of warriors patrolling the house and diner because he didn’t want anything happening to us. I then took a shower and went to bed this time dreaming of Gabriel, Tristan, and me.