The choice

We arrived at the house and I parked my car and got out. I guess I shut my door a little rougher then i intended to because when I shut my car door, the glass shattered. Fuck! I yelled swearing at myself. Aurora stood beside the car and didn't move she looked terrified, she has never seen me so angery before. "Lana maybe you should take a breath", she said.

I looked at her, dumbfounded at the fact she had said that. Ignoring her comment I walked up to the door and pushed it open. Grandmother was sitting on the couch watching a telenovela. Where the hell is Da'nalia I screamed. Grandmother looked at me surprised and shocked that I just screamed at her.

She stood up and walked towards me, giving me a serious look she stood in front of me. "First and foremost lana watch your tone, secondly your mother is still out, what in gods name is going on", she asked. She knew I was beyond pissed as I had used my mother's maiden name and I only do so when I'm fuming with anger towards her.

"She went behind my back and volunteered me for a task that I do not want to do nor have time for", I said. "Ohh, you must be speaking about Professor Lanova's nephew", she said. I stopped paceing and stared at her. "Wait.. what you knew about this", I asked as calmly as I could. "Well, yes I did your mother discussed it with me and both thought it would be helpful for you and him", she said.

"You didn't even consider asking me how could either of you decide something for me, how! I screamed almost in tears. I will be 18 in three weeks and then neither one of you can decide shit for me. Oh yes and I'm not doing it, have someone else be his tutor"! I yelled.

"Lana that can't happen, you have no choice in this matter, everything will make sense in due time you will see why we chose this for you", she said. I was beyond fuming now I looked at her with tears in my eyes. "You know what will happen if I do this, I want to choose my own mate if I do this he is my mate", I screamed and ran up stairs To my room slamming my door.

I fell to the floor suddenly in so much pain as my finger nails and fangs were elongated and my eyes were as black as midnight. I let out the deepest scream that was both powerful and painful and I couldn't understand what was happening.

I have fangs I thought were are these fangs from and these claws I thought. I began to cry, I balled up in a fetal position as blood was seeping from my mouth and hands. I lay there silent for awhile as I thought of what this meant.

A tutor, why would they do that knowing it meant if I tutor him I could mate with him? My demon was relentless and I knew I was loosing more control over myself, I knew if I did this he would be my mate there was no doubt about it.

But why were they doin this, I wanted to choose my own mate. I just couldn't believe it my heart was torn, I was confused an felt alone. Some time later i heard a knock at the door and my sister walked in."Are you alright lana", aurora asked. "Yes, just thinking" I said."I know how u feel and I know you are upset but maybe there's some good to this", she said.

"I hope so or I will be miserable for the rest of my life", I replied "Try not to think so hard lan, mother and grandmother wouldn't put u in a situation if it caused you harm or discomfort", she said. And she was right, they wouldn't, so for whatever reason they had for doing this I had to trust them.

"And from what grandmother tells me he's a nice young man", she said. I looked at her and then sat up. "So your telling me they met him already", I said. She nodded. And she said he is very good looking and an interesting catch, you will just have to meet him and decide for yourself," she said.

I nodded as I sat in the same spot not budging, just soaking in the information I had just learned. "Im going to go help mother with dinner," she said. She stood up and walked towards the door. "Mother's here," I asked. Yes she said. I took a deep breath in, "okay here I come", I said.

"Please don't argue or fight with her, just hear her out", she said. I nodded and she left out, I sighed got up and walked to my bathroom to clean my face. When I was done I sat on my bed and noticed yet again another piece of paper only this time it wasn't raggedy. Written on a beautifully designed note were the words, "Don't run from me again lana..". I stared frozen at the paper.

Is the person who wrote this the same dark figure that flew in front of my car earlier and the same one I've been dreaming about? Who was this mystery man and what did he want. I started panicking, him getting in between our protection spell meant he was very powerful.

I calmed myself down, obviously he doesn't want to hurt me or he could've by now, but what does he want. I folded it back up and put it in my night stand drawer with the other note that I'm now realizing was not from aurora.

Sighing i walked towards my door to go discuss matters with my mother. Something strange is definitely going on and it made me nervous and scared. What does he want from me I kept thinking, I just couldn't get this out my head. As I neared the table I had to block that from my mind so no one could see something was off with me. I did not feel like being questioned at the moment.

I walked down the two steps toward the table to sit down, grandmother and Aurora were already sitting waiting for me. I sat down when our mother came from the kitchen holding a big pot and placing it in the middle of the table. She sat down and looked at me.

"Lana we have to discuss some things", she said. "Oh really, I didn't know", I said sarcastically. "So, you know Lanova's nephew is coming in, and a weeks time you will be spending one on one time with him. He will need you to guide him and tutor him about our ways", she said. I nodded and agreed. His name is Damond, he is 18 years of age and he is very intelligent.

Damond I said his name in my thoughts he already sounded so alluring. "Okay I said I nodding without starting an argument. I looked over at Aurora and she smiled a silent thank you, I nodded back with a smile. We ate in silence, which was by far the longest 30 minutes of my life, when I had finished I helped clean off the table and helped mother and grandmother clean the kitchen,then proceeded upstairs to my room to shower.

I started my shower and stripped down and hopped in. I thought alot while I washed up and I couldn't get his name from out my mind. Maybe this won't be so bad, I thought, maybe. I still had to meet him and see what kind of person he was. I rinsed off and got out, after getting on my pj's I layed down while in deep thought on what a long week this was going to be.

Knowing in five days I will be teaching my mate about our ways and our culture. I hope he is as alluring as his name and closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.