I stood in between Jordan and Lydia who had her father and uncle on her other side following as I led them to our home. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Lydia's dad Roman I think he was his name glance over at me with his shockingly dark eyes that were almost if not exactly like his daughters as we walked up to the front of the house. Lydia had shifted closer to me as Mel and Mason walked out to greet us.

"Please come inside." His deep voice echoed through the yard.

With a polite smile he spotted out of the way and gestured with his hand for all of us to go in. I was the first to go in, Lydia followed with her dad and uncle in tow before Jordan too stepped in. When we all got settled in our thankfully large living room I watch Mason ad Mel's eyes travel across the strangers in our home, but both stopping when they got to Lydia who I was holding hands with. I could see how angry that made Mel when she spotted our hands.

"My name is Mason and this is Mel." Mason said addressing the room in his business tone that made me want to roll my eyes.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Ian, this my brother-in-law Roman and his daughter Lydia." Ian spoke slowly.

"I apologize for not meeting with you sooner, but we have bad experiences with others of our kind and with Dorian and Lydia meeting so frequently, I was starting to become worried, we had no knowledge that other lived here, until these two met and I wanted to ask if theres a chance we could reside peacefully beside each other or if would be better if we left?" Mason explained, while both Lydia and I stiffened.

"Like Mason said, we have bad experiences with other vampires, we've been attack and we are really looking to avoid that, so if you would like us to leave, we will." Mel said and I could feel my anger rising.

"I don't think that would be necessary. I have no problem with us being neighbours for however long you wish to stay as long as no harm comes to my family and the ones that are still set to arrive." Ian said and I sighed with relief, Lydia too relaxed at her uncles words.

"I give you my word that they won't be, but how many of you are going to be here? Just so we know." Mason asked curiously.

"Well, Me, my wife and our son live here all year long, but my sister, her husband and their two children and other who still have to arrive, like my other brother and his wife, my parents and our Aunt with her husband will only be staying for another month and a half." He said and I could deny how shocked I was at how many people were in this family and looking around I wasn't the only one as Mason and Mel exchanged looks.

"That's a lot." Mason said out loud.

"We have a pretty big family." Lydia spoke for the first time since coming here.

Mason's eyes flashed right to her at the sound of her voice and nodded. I understood the look on his face as if he didn't know what to make of her, just like I hadn't when we first met. Her inhuman beauty was a big part of it. Most vampires blended in with humans, but Lydia would stick right out. I could hear a little conversation going on around me, but I could stop myself from putting my arm around her, knowing that we could now be together without hiding. Looking around, I found Roman's eyes watching us very carefully. As Lydia leaned into me, a look of realization laced his face as he held my eyes. I nudged Lydia and she looked up, meeting her fathers eyes before it dawned on her that he knew.

I think its time for us to leave, the sun will be out soon." Ian said getting up.

"Yes, we look forward to seeing you all soon, Lydia come on." Roman said as he got up and stood beside us.

"I'll see you tomorrow." She smiled sadly and got up.

I walked with them to the door and watched until they were out of sight and listening to her footsteps get further and further away made the loneliness creep back up inside me until I couldn't hear them anymore, but I was distracted when I felt all eyes on me and turned around to face the music. I knew it was coming before Mel could open her mouth as her anger and jealously seemed to fill the room until it finally exploded.

"What the hell Dorian, we were supposed to stay away from them." Mel yelled at me.

"She wasn't a threat." I growled at her.

"Did you hear how many of them are going to be here? She may not be, but what about the rest of them! Did you feel the power that came of her father, he has to be over 300 years old. Thats older than all of us!" She yelled this time.

"Mel thats enough, I don't believe they're a threat to us. I should have listened to you, but you also should have been honest." Mason shifted his eyes to me and I knew when I had talked to him last he didn't believe me when I'd told him I'd only come across their scents.

"I will from now on." I told them.

"So are you two together now? Cause I seen that kiss and it was clear that wasn't the first one." Jordan smirked at me.

"Yes, we are." I told him and smiled as I said the words.

When all of us had gone to our rooms to sleep I closed the door behind me and smiled. I could still smell Lydia's scent on my clothes and for the first time since we met, I didn't have to hide it. We didn't have to hide anything anymore, but I still wanted to keep the mates thing a secret at least around my family. Since he father had figured it out most likely because he to had a mate. Lydia was my mate, she was now and forever mine. For the first time in a while I went to bed feeling great, Lydia was my last thought before I finally drifted into darkness.