After we had finally gotten everything packed, we were ready to go. Tarris wanted to carry me again but I wouldn't let him. He grumbled for a moment but otherwise stayed quiet.

"Well, where to?" I question.

He wraps his arm around my shoulder and turns me. "This way," he says.

I pull the straps from the tent tighter onto my shoulder and step forward. Immediately, I'm stopped then turned around. Without a word, Tarris pulls the tent off my shoulders, smiles, then starts walking.

"Hey!,"I say indignantly.

Without turning he says, "Well, you wouldn't let me carry you then you left me with nothing to carry. At least let me carry the tent... Unless you'll let me to carry you?"

"I'm good," I say sternly.

"Okay, then. I carry the tent," he orders.

"Fine," I say, not really caring either way. If he wants carry to the heavy thing, let him. It made it easier for me to manuever through the woods.

After that, we fell into a comfortable silence. Every now and then, Tarris would point at plants and tell me the names of them. It kinda impressed me on how much he knew. We had walked for awhile and I was starting to get tired.

When I get tired, I get clumsy so it was no surprise when I tripped over a stick. What was a surprise is that I didn't hit the ground. Instead, I had ended up in Tarris's arms completely off the ground.

"Guess I get to carry you after all," he says with a smirk then continues walking.

I sigh but keep quiet. 'Why bother? It's comfortable and I'm tired. He probably wouldn't put me down anyways. Plus, he smells really nice' I thought as I snuggled myself closer to him and inhaled. Above me, I heard Tarris chuckle. The sound nearly had me purring. His laughter was rich and deep and sensuous. 'And I thought his his voice was sexy... Wait. Did I just call him sexy?'

"You most certainly did." You could tell by his voice that he was smirking.

Embarrassed, I dug my face deeper into his T-shirt to hide my face then mumbled, "Stop reading my thoughts."

"Hmm, I don't think I will. You have many interesting thoughts and I love hearing them. Especially yhe ones about me."

I look up at him only to see his signature smirk. I blush an even deeper color and sigh. If my face got any more red, I'd explode.

"I doubt that," he says reading my mind," Actually, I find it adorable."

"So I've heard," I mumble.

He just smiles and continues walking, he wasn't even breaking a sweat even though he was carrying both me and the tent.

Just a short while later, a log cabin comes into view. It wasn't that big but it was beautiful. It had a porch, too."Here it is," Tarris says. I look up at him only to see him looking down at me.

"It's beautiful," I say," it really is but...can you put me down now?"

Tarris smiles mischievously and says," You know, I don't think I will. I like carrying you and I know you like it too."

I blush but say," Please? I want to walk into your world on my own two feet." I give him the puppy eyes hoping it would work.

"Not fair," he says, "you can't give me that look and expect me not to do anything you want. Alright, alright. I'll put you down but as soon as we're on the other side, I'm picking you back up."

'We'll see about that' I thought.

"Yes we will," he says, reminding me that he can read my thoughts. I glare at him. He smirks. Sighing, I walk up the steps to the door. I go to open it but he stops me.

"Um, fair warning, on the other end my parents and siblings are waiting to meet you. They know thay I've found my mate and they really really want to meet you," he says apologetically.

That made me a little nervous so I asked,"Can you tell me a little about your family before we meet them?"

"Sure," he says," let's go in and sit on the couch. You don't enter the other world until you go out the back door."

I nodded and he opened the door for me so I stepped in. Despite it looking small on the outside, the place was actually pretty big. It even had stairs to go to a second floor and a basement.

"Wow," I say.

"Looks better on the inside doesn't it,"Tarris says, amused at my amazed face. I nod, still too surprised to speak.

"Come on," he says while slightly laughing," lets find a seat before you pass out."

I let him lead me to a gray color couch. Tarris sits down and as I go to sit down, he pulls on my arm causing me to stumble and end up in his lap. I wiggle to get away.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he purrs. At first, I didn't understand what he meant. Then, I felt his 'little buddy' nudging me in the butt. I blush and let out a squeak. I immediately stop struggling. Tarris laughs at the predicament I had gotten myself into and says," Don't worry, I'm not gonna jump you...yet."

That last part made me edgy but I didn't say anything.

"Alright, where to start...," he begins, "My parents are Clara and John Gray. I have 4 siblings, two older and two younger."

"So your the middle child," she asks interrupting him.

"Smack dab. Now hush if you want to hear the story. Anyway, before I was so rudely interupted-"

"Oh cry a river. I only asked a question,",she says, interupting him again.

He scowls and looks down at me. "You know, your in prime tickling position so I would keep quiet until the explanation's over."

I decide to keep quiet, even though I wasn't ticklish. "Oh really now," he says, reading my thoughts," Wanna test that theory?"

Immediately, I'm bombarding with his fingers on both my sides. I squeal and try to jump away. "Oh no you don't," he says and pulls me back," I'm not done with you. You gotta say mercy."

He pulls me back and I end up on the couch with him above me, still mercilessly tickling me.

"Ahh ha ha ha! Please! Stop!," I shout.

"Say it," he says, still attacking my sides.

"M-m-m-me-mer-mercy!" I nearly scream while laughing.

He stops. That's when I notice the position we were in. His elbows were caging in my arms while his waist was between my legs. I look up at him to see him looking at me, his face very close to mine. He leans forward and my lips are on his. He groans and nibbles on my bottom lip, asking for entrance. I deny him access. He growls, then grabs my hips and pushes his hard-on against me. I gasp and he immediately takes the oppurtunity.

His tongue enters my mouth, trying to taste every crevice. His hands move from my hips to tangle in my hair. I moan suddenly and lift my hands to his shoulders. My own tongue battles for dominace with his until I break away for oxygen, but he just dips his head and starts a hot trail of kisses from the corner of my mouth to my neck. He gets to the junction of my shoulder and neck when I can no longer hold back the moan I had been holding. I moan and I can feel him smirk against my skin. He stops kissing my skin but holds me tightly and pants. I hear him inhaling my scent.

"I have to stop or I'll loose control and I won't take you when you don't love me yet," he says still panting, "Just give me a moment to calm down."

We stay in our position for 2 or 3 minutes then he sits up, pulling me with him. I'm blushing from head to toe, thinking about what he said and what he had meant. He looks at me and smiles then says jokingly, " Guess I got a lot of cold showers ahead of me." You and me both. His smile widens so I can tell he read my thoughts again.

"You need to stop doing that," I say.

"Why? At least by reading your thoughts I can tell your beginning to have feelings for me. And a lot of your thoughts give a boost to my ego," he replies smugly.

"Like you need it," I shoot back.

"Humor me," he says, "So, do you want to hear about the rest of my family?"

I nod, so he leans back against the couch to get comfortable then reaches his arms out for me to lean against him. I sigh but crawl over and lay my head on his chest. I can't deny that being with him gives me comfort. And I may not love him but I have feelings for him, which is crazy because I only met him today.

"It's the mate bond," he explains," It inhances your feelings so you like each other sooner. Even enemies would end up loving each other if they were mates."

"Oh," I say.

"Well, let's see, where'd I get to? I'm the middle child. 4 siblings, 3 brothers and 1 sister. The oldest is Derek, he's found his mate. The second oldest is Ash, he doesn't have a mate yet. Then there's me. The fourth is Mark and he's found his mate. The fifth is Jocelyn who is too young for a mate, she's 18 so she'll find her mate soon though," he says the last part bitterly.

Aww, he doesn't want his lil' sis to get a mate. His protectiveness is cute!

"Oh," he says," and they'll probably be on the yard when we go outback."

"What!" I panick," I'll be meeting them so soon?!"

"Don't worry," he says," They'll love you. You're part of the family now."

"If you say so," I say uncertainly.

"They will, I promise," he assures,"You ready to go?"

I wasn't sure if they would like me but I was excited to see what his world looked like, even though he said it looked the same as mine. So, I said,"Ready as I'll ever be, I guess."

He smiled so big it took up half his face. "Great!" he says," let's go."

He hops up off the couch and puts his hand out for me to grab. I do and he yanks me off the couch with more force than necessary, causing me to fall against him. He looks down at me with mischief in his eyes,"You just can't keep your hands off me can you?"

"I can too! You did that on purpose!" I accuse.

"I neither deny or accept that claim," he says with laughter in his voice.

"Whatever," I say while pushing myself off him," you know what you did."

"That I do," he confirms. He grabs my hand again and starts to lead me toward the back of the cabin. We get to the back door and he stops and asks,"You ready?"

I nod and turn toward the door. He looks at me for a moment then opens the door. A group of about 8-9 people stood there with smiles, but I didn't even acknowledge them. The only one I saw was the woman at the back. She had short, blonde boy hair but there was no way she would ever be considered a boy.

"Sulma?" I say disbelievingly.

She gives a nervous smile and says," Hey, little sis. Long time, no see."

***A/N***

This took me two days to put on here! Also, the winner from the last chapter was SulmaRomero and her name has been put into the story. She is the person Sue saw after exiting the cabin. Bet y'all hate me for the cliff-hanger, huh? It had to come at some point or another. I don't have a riddle for this chapter. It would be great if you guys would comment some, I'd even put your name at the beginning of the chapter so they would know who's it was. Anywho-

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