A/N: thank you all for the reviews.

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Previously,
"I am not volunteering." Nahuel states immediately, stepping away from Kate. I couldn't help but shake my head at it all.

"Let's get started then."

Nahuel POV

I flinch a little as I saw Garrett go down once more. We had been out here from sunrise working on my mates shield and now it is noon. No one bar Garrett has been a wiling test dummy to Kate's gift, no one wanted to be electrocuted by her.

"AGAIN!" Bella roars furious as she rubs her face, she was stressed and angry. She hadn't been able to push her shield out more than a few inches or hold it for more than a few seconds; it was beginning to agitate her more and more with each failure.

She should be proud though, at first she couldn't push it at all and now she could feel it and even push her shield away from her body; she should be proud of that.

"Nahuel?" Tilting my head back I saw Leah; her face serious as she jerks her head towards the trees.

"We need to have a talk, tell bells you're going hunting." She orders before turning and running into the denser part of the forest. We had all agreed to the animal diet as the closest town was a day's run.

Standing from my laying position I casually as I could walk over to my mate, making sure I didn't come within arm's reach to Kate.

"Bella, I'm going to go for a hunt with Leah. Try not to rip Kate's head off in a rage." I chuckle softly as I pull her in my arms and give her a soft kiss.

"Okay, but hurry back." She tells me, her eyes scanning the trees. "Take Kachiri with you too; she needs a hunt." She whispers and I couldn't help but shake my head and laugh.

Kachiri didn't need to hunt, but if it made Bella worry less over me then I would do as she asks. Nodding quickly I race off in the direction Leah ran, Kachiri following me in the tree tops. It didn't take long to find Leah; she was in a small clearing waiting expectantly, a blank look on her face.

"You will always look after my sister right?" she starts as soon as her wolf like eyes land on me.

"Yes, I will always look after her." I reply honestly, confused and curious to know where the conversation was going.

"Since Charlie had calm down my brother was told to inform me I must give you 'the talk'." She snorts, holing her hands up and bending her pointer and middle finger at 'the talk'.

"Go on." I tell her, slightly nervous now.

"If you ever hurt my sister in any way - ANY WAY - I will turn into a big fluffy wolf and rip you to shreds. I have seen her hurt twice before and I do not wanna see it again!" she snarls at me; I could hear Kachiri hiss in warning but I took it all in stride. I felt somewhat more accepted by Bella's family by receiving this… talk.

I had come across a father long ago giving this man the same talk if he were to ever hurt his daughter; I saw it as a rite of passage in a way.

Bowing my head I nod in understanding, "And I would not stop you if that would be the case."

She looked at me for a few seconds, her eyes squinting slightly before nodding. "Good, I believe you. Now, Bell's birthday is coming up; she likes hand made things."

My brows shot up at the revelation, I was good with leatherwork and can make many things. But to make Bella something would be the ultimate joy, and I knew what to make for her for her day of birth.

"Why didn't she say anything?" I ask, not annoyed but just confused.

"Bella doesn't like celebrating her birthday, and the last few weren't so… good." She pauses for a second, ending on a word that didn't seem to fit into the sentence. Bella had told me what happened on her 18th year of birth.

"I will make her something, I am sure Kachiri and her sisters will as well; along with my aunt." I tell her, looking back at Kachiri long enough to see her nod.

"To give you fair warning, bells doesn't like extravagant things or things that cost a lot; we learnt if we make her things she will accept them easier." I nod understandably, when Huilen offered to buy her new clothes, she down right refused. She demanded to have her clothes like Huilen and I made of leather pelts and other things of the jungle.

It was something that made me proud; it was an off thing to be proud of but it did.

"Thank you for telling me though and for the talk. I truly do care for Bella, she is my mate; my only one. She is a wonderful, kind, compassionate woman who I will cherish and thank the gods every day for leading her to me." I tell her smiling.

Raising her brow she smirks. "You love her."

It was three simple words so full of truth that I didn't know what to say. Love? Could it be true?

I had told Bella that I truly did not believe in love at first sight. Truly there was no such thing as love at first sight, it was something that needed to grow; that needed to be learned together.

But what Leah had said was true; over the past month I had come to love Bella. She was everything I had ever dreamt of a woman and more.

Yes, I was in love with her. I think I knew that from the start; from the very first time I laid eyes on her. How could I not? She had shown bravery and kindness, ferociousness but sensitivity. Her love for the Amazonians, my aunt was astounding and her passion and devotion to me was breathtaking.

Looking up I saw Leah smirking silly like at me, her eyes glistening with tears as she looked intently at me.

"I'm right aren't I? You are in love with Bella." She smirks causing me to blush.

"Yes, I am in love with Bella and I couldn't be happier about it." I breathe out with a smile, I was giddy and I could not wait to tell her of my love.

A/N: Ohhh snap! Hahaha

Ellie