Crystal walks up to Connor's door and knocks on it few times, when she gets no reply, she takes a deep breath before turning the handle of the door and walking in to find the room empty but the sound of water running from the bathroom points that he was taking a shower, so she waits.

Connor pauses at the door when he finds Crystal sitting on his bed, so he hurries to grab his clothes to put them on.

"Are we not going to watch the movie?" Crystal asks as he grabs his clothes.

"Have you decided on which on we are going to?" he asks and she nods staring at him.

"Go start it" he asks and she nods getting up from the bed and giving him a once over before leaving the room.

After changing Connor walks out of the room to join Crystal to watch the movie. He finds her sitting at the couch so he too walks and sits beside her.

"What movie did you chose?" he questions staring at the TV but before she could reply the door to their home bursts open and in walks Dante.

"Cry" Dante cries as he runs inside the house and then jump in between Connor and Crystal.

"Uh...?" Crystal blinks surprised to see Dante in her place.

"I don't want to live, I don't" he starts to cry aloud and Connor moves away before standing to watch the man.

"What...what happened?" Crystal worries before groaning as he throws his body on her, clinging he starts to cry aloud.

"Did your father kick you out?" Crystal asks as she glances from Connor to Dante's back.

"I wish that was the case, but...but...oh Cry I wish this was a nightmare"

"What is it?" Crystal asks once again but before he could say anything Connor grabs the back of Dante's collar and pulls him to stand next to Connor.

Dante throws his arms out and wails for Crystal like a little boy wanting his mother.

"Get a grip on yourself!" Connor warns the man who sniffs before throwing his arms around Connor's neck and crying.

"Teach me...teach me every technique" he pleads to Connor who tries pushing Dante away but fails.

"Dante, calm down and tell us what's going on?" Crystal sighs as she stands and touches his shoulder.

"She is a teenager; my mate is not even legal enough for me to kiss" he wails and Crystal sighs taking a deep breath while Connor rolls his eyes staring at the ceiling.

"Why did fate have to be so cruel? How can my fate be so jealous of my sexual prowess to give me an under-teenage mate?" he cries and Connor final pushes him away.

*******

Crystal sighs watching him fall on the couch before he slips and lays his head on her lap.

"I wanted a mate in sexy lingerie but got a mate in pajamas. I cannot even think about her in a sexual way, I cannot even jerk thinking about her, I cannot even masturbate anymore" he cries loudly and Connor steps to shut him but a hand raised by Crystal as a stop sign stops him.

"I did not know where to go, Adrian will never understand my pain, Rom will just laugh his ass out and I did not want to go to Enzo knowing he has a mate who is running behind him to have sex...

I had no other place to go except here. You and your mate have survived without having sex for so long so please, teach me how to do it" Dante begs as he sits up and wipes his tears before he stands and moves closer to Connor.

"How did you do it? Did you sleep with other women? But then do you even get hard for other women after knowing who your mate is?" Dante questions and Connor glances at Crystal.

"How many of them will come to hunt me down if I killed him?" Connor asks Crystal who stands up at once and pulls Dante back on the couch.

"Dante, relax. It's okay, should not you be happy that you found a mate?" Crystal tries and he shakes his head no.

"I want sex" he cries and Connor rubs his face as he walks away from the scene.

"Sex is not everything" Crystal groans.

"How would you know? It's not my fault if your mate has no given you sexual pleasures for you to know how great it is"

"And maybe this is the reason why you have an underage mate" Connor mutters and Dante pouts as he points a finger at Connor.

"I hate him" he tells to Crystal who sighs before she takes a deep calming breath and hits on the back of Dante's head, hard.

"Shut it" she scolds and he sniffs rubbing the back of his head.

"You should be glad you are lucky enough to have a mate, Dante. Instead of crying and cursing how she is underage, you should be thankful she is healthy, unharmed!

The circumstances you two met, you should be glad that she is not broken from all this mess. She does not want or need your kisses and sexual prowess but your care. Being a mate does not mean you have to satisfy her physically but satisfy her emotionally, understand her mentally, cherish her" Crystal states as she stares at him.

*******

"Cherish her?" Dante asks and Crystal nods with a smile as she wipes his tears.

"I am happy that you have finally met your mate and I am glad she is underage, maybe this will teach you to have patience, with her and with yourself. It will teach you that sometimes waiting for something really is worth"

"But...but, I have been practicing so much" Dante points making her sigh.

"No matter how many times you practice, I am sure everything will fade away when you are with your mate. It does not matter how many women you had before, what matters is will you be a man for this one woman for rest of your life" she points and Dante sighs as puts his head at the back of the couch staring at the ceiling.

"What if she rejects me?" he worries.

"Then you give her space, you work on the reasons why she rejected you" Crystal smiles and Dante takes a deep breath before he stares at her with a smile.

"Can you beat Rom and Adrian if they tease me about my mate?" he asks and she laughs.

"I am sure you will be able to handle them" she smiles and he groans before he gets up and looks around.

"You two were not getting ready to fuck on the couch when I walked in, did you?" he asks and Crystal blushes.

"No, we were going to watch a movie"

"Same thing" Dante shrugs his shoulder before he sits back on the couch.

"If I am not getting laid no one is going to, I will crash here tonight" he announces and Crystal sighs as she glances at Connor.

"If you must" Crystal points.

"Of course," Dante grins as he grabs the remote and choses a show.

********

Crystal covers Dante's body with the blanket as he was fast asleep on the couch, grabbing the fallen remote she shuts the TV as she walks out of the room.

"Sorry about that" Crystal smiles at Connor who stands at his room's door with his arms folded.

"Does he always act that way?" Connor asks nodding at where Dante was sleeping.

"Do what?" she asks.

"Crash here, talk non-sense?" he asks and she smiles.

"That's him, he is like a little kid with lots of energy"

"With a filthy mouth" Connor points and Crystal narrows her eyes at him.

"I did not know you were judgmental"

"Not judgmental, just with a better sense and control of my thoughts and mouth" he points making her smile.

"I have known him from the day I was born and he has never been able to shut his mouth for anyone, best advice, get used to it" she points and he stares at her for a while before he moves closer to her.

"What else do I have to get used to?" he questions and she tilts her head staring at his eyes.

"What?" she asks.

"If I am to be with you, what are the things I need to get used to?" he clarifies.

"First, being with her" Dante speaks from the couch as he watches the couple.

"Dante" Crystal chides.

"What? He needs to be with you to get used to anything. The man is talking in sentence with the word if in it. What ifs are not something you deserve, what ifs are not what he should give you" Dante protests.

"Now that you are awake, let me show you to the door" Crystal points as she turns to walk away but Dante already gets up and sighs.

"Fine, fine, I am leaving. But tell your mate, if he leaves you again, this time you have many strong arms to hold onto, hot male's shoulders to lean on, naked chest to bury your face in, lean waists to wrap your arms and much more bigger balls than him" Dante threatens as he hurries to the door and Crystal closes her eyes rubbing her forehead.

"Dante can be..."

"Reliable" Connor finishes for her and Crystal turns her head to stare at his face.

"What?"

"I am glad you had someone like him around you"

"He is not so bad once you get to know him" she smiles and he nods before cupping her face.

"He is right, what ifs are not something you deserve"

"So, can I hope of deserving you?" she asks him as she covers his hand with hers.

"Chrissie" he breathes pulling her closer to him.

"How can you not be angry at me like others? How can you even want me?" he asks as they both stand staring at each other.

"The first time I saw you I knew it won't be easy to win you over and as I started to get to know you, I knew you were someone that did not belong to my world, you were too kind that I did not deserved you but what I also knew that if you could not be mine, you could never belong to anyone...

So, how can I be angry at you when it was my people who did what they did to you? How can I not want you when we were made for each other? Every day without you was heartbreaking, some days I did not even knew I could breathe without you, all those days filled with loneliness, pain, suffering, waiting and hoping all of them faded away the moment you walked towards me...

As if all of those years were just a bad dream and now that I am awake, you are here, with me. So, thank you for coming back to me" she confesses and Connor closes his eyes as he touches his forehead with hers.

"Thank you for waiting for me" he nods before pulling away.

"I won't promise that everything will be smooth between us but what I can promise is no matter the reasons I will always stand beside you, I will always bear it, always understand it" he promises and she nods her head.

"Can we please mate now?" she pleads and he takes a deep breath dropping a kiss on top of her head.

"There is something you need to know before we mate" he points and she tilts her head in confusion.

"What?" she asks just as the door to their house bursts opens once again.

********

"I swear to God, I did not say anything to her" Jasper shouts as soon as Jade throws the door wide open and growls.

"What's going on?" Crystal asks worried as Connor pushes her behind him.

"You have to know, we were in a very intimate position and I was unguarded, I did not know it was a trap until I was in it, she read my thoughts, saw my memories...I feel used" Jasper sighs sadly before he stares at Connor.

"I am sorry" Jasper sighs as Jade storms towards Connor.

"You, you...how could you..." Jade growls as she points a finger at Connor in anger.

"Uh, what's going on? Jade, Jasper?" Crystal asks.

"Stay out of it" Connor asks Crystal who holds the back of his shirt.

"But..." she goes but Connor pushes her behind him.

"You used me and then you dare use my mate? Took him away from me when..."

"Used you?" Crystal gasps as she lets go of Connor.

"Jade, calm down" Connor warns before he grabs his mate's arm.

"But...but...she is mated to Jasper, so...why?" Crystal asks as she stares at her mate who groans closing his eyes.

"Jas, hold your mate" Connor asks.

"I cannot touch her, she.... she" Jasper shivers and Connor groans in irritation before he eyes Jade.

"I said calm down" Connor asks Jade who shakes her head as she glares at him in anger.

"All those times we were together, all those..."

"Together?" Crystal gasps and Connor eyes his mate.

"Do not think" Connor tells her.

"Then why is she so angry with you? How do you even know her, from when?" Crystal asks.

"Oh, he knows me from a very long time, I was..." Jade starts.

"Were you...did you two?" Crystal asks Connor.

"No, no, I said do not think"

"Then why is she saying..."

"Because I erased her memories regarding me!" Connor shouts at once as he was verbally being attacked from Jade and his mate at once.

Crystal gasps as she steps away from Connor, covering her mouth while Jade stands still.

"Erased.... regarding you" Crystal whisper asks.

"It is not what you think, Jade and I did not have any relation" Connor goes to explain but is stopped as Jade pulls him back grabbing his collar.

"Did not have any relation?" Jade shouts at Connor in anger.

"Jade, not now" Connor growls.

"Then when? How dare you erase my memories after everything I did for you? When no one was there, not even your mate I gave you what you needed the most!" Jade shouts and Connor push her hand away.

"Jas!" Connor calls for the man who just stands and watches.

"Ugh, fine" Jasper groans as he hurries to pull his mate back.

"Babe, let's sit quiet for a while, his mate is not taking this situation correctly" Jasper tries to talk with his mat.

"What is the correct situation?" Jade asks her mate who smiles at her.

"Why don't we sit, the couch looks really nice" Jasper pulls his mate away.

*******

"Crystal" Connor calls as he walks to her but she shakes her head walking away from him.

"She is just a friend"

"With benefits?" Crystal asks him and he sighs.

"No, no. Chrissie, she is not what you think?"

"Then how did you satisfy your sexual urges for this long?" she shouts and Jade curses while Jasper chuckles.

"That is not important right now" Connor glares at her.

"And now you are glaring at me, because you could not hide your relationships better? What's next will I know you have some kids out there as well?" she asks and Connor pinches his forehead trying to calm himself.

"Jade is a friend, things occurred, happened and I had to make decisions to prevent few other situations but all in all, I have not been in any relation, physical relation with any woman. She is angry, you are hurt and both of your senses are not making any sense"

"So, she is not..." Crystal asks.

"Before asking me that ask yourself after meeting me, did you ever find any other male attractive? Got any physical urges for them?" he asks and she wipes her tear.

"Well, I was not attracted to anyone even before I met you" she points.

"Crystal?" he asks exhausted.

"No, once you find your mate it really is difficult to find anyone else attractive, well until some very rare cases" Crystal points and Connor nods before his eyes narrows at his mate.

"Rare cases, as in?" Connor questions and Crystal frowns.

"Well, there are mates who finds more than one mate in their lifetime" she points out.

"Are you saying that you..." Connor stops the question.

"No, no, I have no intention to taking anyone else mate" she shakes her head before moving to his side.

"Good, now if you are okay, can we deal with them?" he asks her and she glances at the couple sitting on the couch before she looks back at her mate.

"Can we replace that couch; we really are getting interrupted so much" she whispers to him.

"We can hear you" Jade growls.

"Let's deal with them, I have few things I need to tell you" Connor states as he rubs her cheek with his thumb before kissing on her forehead.

*******

"I don't know what is going on, but reverse it and give me my memories back" Jade demands as soon as Connor and Crystal walking to where they were seated.

"I cannot" Connor replies and Jade glares at the man.

"Why not?" Jade asks and Connor sighs as he pulls a chair for Crystal to sit on.

"Because it's for your own good"

"Last time I checked my parents were not alive, so who made you one for me?" Jade demands.

"Jade" Jasper whispers to calm his mate.

"He took my memories, fine, but he took you as well" Jade snaps at Jasper.

"I went willingly" Jasper points before smiling as Jade glares at him.

"Why, why would he do that! I could have handled any danger" Jade points and Connor shakes his head no.

"None of us could when we do not know what the danger really is" Connor points and Jade tilts her head.

"What danger?" Crystal voices and Connor squeezes her shoulder.

"I cannot give your memories back Jade, but there is something I need you to do for me" Connor points and Jade scoffs.

"As if, after everything I will help you"

"You will" Connor states and Jade narrows her eyes at him.

"Because you are the only one who can" Connor points and Jade glances at her mate.

"What's going on?" Crystal worries.

"I need Jade to remove the fairy soul out of your body" Connor states and Crystal stares at her mate in shock.

*******

"What?" Jade asks in shock as well.

"You did it the first time with her wolf" Jasper whispers to his mate.

"Impossible!" Crystal shakes her head as she tries to stand up but Connor pushes her down.

"I cannot mate you with the fairy's soul inside of you" Connor states as he kneels in front of Crystal.

"What?" she asks confused at what was going on.

"I cannot claim what is not mine, Chrissie. Neither that wolf not the fairy belongs to me, to mate with you I will have to claim your soul as well, how can I claim the soul that is not mine to begin with?" he asks and Crystal stares from him to Jade and back to Connor.

"What do you mean? I don't understand" she asks and Connor smiles as he cups her face.

"Do you trust me?" Connor asks her.

"Don't" Jade mutters and Jasper covers his mate's mouth.

"But..."

"You will know about everything Chrissie but only when I mate you but for that I will have to bring out the fairy soul inside of you, out. I will explain everything to you, it will be confusing and frustrating but I know you will understand it when we fully mate...

But to do any of that, what I need to know is, do you trust me? Trust me enough to believe that I will never hurt you"

"You have erased her memories too, did you not?" Jade voices and Crystal eyes snap at Jade.

"Don't trust him, he maybe your mate but right now we do not know what card he holds, what games he is playing" Jade warns Crystal.

"Jade" Jasper groans at her and Jade glares at him in return.

"Right, don't trust me because I asked you. Trust me because you know me"

"He has been out of your life for decades, who knows what kind of man he has turned into" Jade voices once again confusing Crystal.

"Is that what you think of me?" Jasper asks to his mate instead.

"Once a rogue always a rogue, is that not your words?" Jade asks her mate and Jasper stares at her in disbelief.

"Wah, you really know how to break someone's heart" Jasper sighs.

"Well, I did learn from you" Jade counters and Jasper takes a deep breath before once again covering his mate's mouth with his hands.

*******

"Look at me" Connor asks as he touches Crystal's face and she turns to stare at him.

"True, I have not given you any reasons to put your trust on me but I need you to answer me if you do or not. It's okay if you do not as I know I have not given you many reasons to" Connor asks and Crystal touches his face as she stares in his eyes.

"That day, on Des's birthday when I came to visit why did you ask me to never come back?" she questions instead.

"Huh?" he blinks.

"You asked me to never come back, Connor, why?" she clears and he kisses her hand which were shaking a bit.

"You know why" he replies.

"Were they in the house?" she asks him.

"It does not matter..."

"It does to me" she stops him.

"It does to me, when you said that I could not..."

"Those men would have hurt you if we did not ask you to leave, I knew if they did something, I could not protect you, I was not strong enough to protect you" Connor confesses bowing his head and Crystal shivers trying to stop her tears as she pushes his head up to stare at her.

"You were strong. You have protected me when we first met. There was not even a single moment in my life that I did not trust you, my love and trust in you have not been wavered in all these years, not even once...

Not when you welcomed in your house, not when you asked me to leave, not when you changed into who you are now, not when you killed someone, not when you saved someone. The sun may stop rising tomorrow but my trust in you will never fade" she assures him and Connor nods.

Crystal smiles as she moves and drops a kiss on his forehead.

"To me you are the same man who rushed to control the cow, forgetting about his own safety but worried about others" she whispers to him and Connor gulps as he stands up holding her hand.