Chapter 1

Destiny's POV

Hi! I'm Destiny Parker! I'm from Central Jersey and I hate it here. Everything reminds me of this one person that walked out on us. I unfortunately remember the day. I was 11. My parents had gotten into a REALLY bad argument. My dad chose his demons over his own family. Ever since that night I was never the same. It was just me,my mom, and my sister. I don't remember the last time I was happy about anything. I think I'll be able to be happy once I leave this state. Maybe I'll find my mate. I'd be really happy then. I had some friends before everything happened. They all left me so I guess you could say I have trust issues. I wish I saw my dad more. He was basically my best friend. I wish I understood why he did what he did. The last thing I heard about him was he's in jail because of something he did to me and my older cousin. He was walking around the house holding a knife while he was drunk. He went to show me it but dropped it. It cut my arm a bit. My dad stood up and my cousin went to help him. He pushed my cousin away and accidentally cut my cousin's shoulder.

*6 years later*

Today's the day.  Today I leave this house. Ever since that day I've hated this house. The day my mom told me and my sister we were moving I screamed "FINALLY!" That's how excited I am. I don't care that we have to get away from this city  because of my dad. This house doesn't feel the same. It used to have a happy vibe now it doesn't. Once we put the rest of our things into the moving truck we left.

"I don't think I've seen you this excited before."

"I'm finally getting out of that hell hole! Of course I'm excited!"

I practically flew out of the car when we got to the new house.

"Des come here! I need help bringing in boxes!"

I turned around and walked over to get a box out of the moving truck. As I was at the back of the truck I caught a glimpse of two people. A girl and a boy. The boy is extremely hot. I felt my face starting to heat up.

"Desi? Destiny? Why are you blushing? Oh! I see why! Go talk to him!"

Chrissy:MATE! MATE!

"Maggie? Chrissy just said that's my mate."

"YES!"

She grabbed my hand.

"What are you doing?!"

"Taking you to talk to him!"

"Oh God! Please no! You know I'm not good at talking to guys!"

"You gotta start somewhere!"

"I-I don't want to do this right now!"

"Fine! You're doing it tomorrow then!"

"No-no! Please don't make me!"

"Look I just want you to be happy. This is the start of it."

"Okay! Okay! I'll talk to him during school!"

We finished bringing everything inside and I started unpacking.I put some clothes away,hung some pictures up,and put things on shelves.

We haven't even been here a week and mom is making us go to school.

I went to bed and I was woken up by my sister jumping on my bed.

"Come on! Come on!"

I groaned. 

"What time is it?"

"It's 6:30! Come on! Get dressed!"

I got up and brushed my teeth then I got dressed.

"You can borrow this!"

"Uh there is no way in hell I'm wearing that! It's more skin then clothes!"

"Ugh."

I got dressed then brushed my hair. I grabbed what I needed for school then I was pushed of the house.

"Stop pushing me! I know how to walk!"

At school I saw him but I was still too scared to talk to him.

"Go sit with him at lunch! I know you won't want to do this tomorrow!"

"Ok-okay."

I walked over to his table and stood there for a few seconds.

Chrissy:Sit down!

I-I can't!

I walked away.

"What was that?!"

"I-I'm scared! Public rejection is a thing you know!? I'll try again tomorrow! I swear!"

When it was time for gym I think we were playing baseball.

"Step back Dawn's up!"

"Oh ha ha ha Carpenter."

He hit the ball and ran.

He's got long legs!

Somebody threw the baseball bat and it hit someone in the face. I think she's okay but I'm not her so I can't tell. After school Maggie was still trying to get me to talk to him. I told her I would at some point. The next day was Saturday. I woke up with my sister once again jumping on the bed. She offered that same outfit from before to wear but I still won't wear it. Once we got to the front door she took her phone out of her pocket and started recording.

"What are you doing?!"

"Capturing this lovely moment!"

She walked away and I knocked on the door. I got my hair out of my face.

Keep calm. Keep calm. He probably won't even answer the door.

The door opened.

"Hello?"

SHIT! It's him!

"H-hi. I-I'm Destiny. I-I just moved in next door."

"SHE THINKS YOU'RE HOT! OOO HE'S BLUSHING!"

"what territory am i in?"

"I can't hear you."

"What territory am I in?"

"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ASK HIM THAT!"

"Well you're in my territory. So the Dawn's."

Chrissy:Shit! Abort mission! ABORT MISSION! Wait did he say "Dawn" or am I hearing things?

"Uh never mind! I'm probably wrong anyway!"

"For fucks sake! Just do it!"

I unmasked my scent. I kept my head down.

"We're not as scary as we seem. Just say what you wanna say. Oh. I think I got it. It's the lip piercing isn't it?"

I opened my mouth and then closed my mouth then shook my head.

"Ne-never mind. I'm sorry I wasted your time."

"You aren't wasting my time as all. My weekends are quite boring anyway. I never have anything to do."

"For the love of-"

"Maggie please just stay there."

"I'm assuming that she's your friend or relative."

"Oh yeah she's my sister. We don't know anyone here."

"You okay?"

"I-I'm not good with guys."

"Well to be honest I'm not good with girls. The only girls I've talked to are my relatives and my friend Dakota."

He used his finger to tilt my head up.

"You're in a new place and you're scared. I get it. But I'm really not someone you should be afraid of. When I'm pissed off is when I'm scary."

He kissed me and I relaxed.

"Now I think I know what you're here to say. But I wanna see if I'm right. You're blushing! I have done it! I have made a girl blush! I got you to laugh too!"

"I think you're my mate."

"There we go! I'm Onyx by the way. Do you and your sister want to come in?"

"N-no I don't want to impose."

"Don't worry you're not. Hey Maggie! Do you wanna come in?"

"No I'm good! I gotta go tell my mom! My baby sister is growing up!"

"It's really okay if I come in?"

"Yeah. You're good. PEOPLE I LIVE WITH COME TO THE LIVING ROOM!"

"I AM SLEEPING NYX!"

"YOU'VE SLEPT ALL MORNING!"

"I DID IT AGAIN?!"

"UH YEAH YA DID!"

Someone came downstairs and he was trying not to laugh.

"Oh goddamnit! Are you laughing at my hair again?!"

She walked over to a mirror and I saw her fixing her hair.

"Your face is bright red."

"Holy shit! This is the best one yet! Your hair was standing up!"

She stuck her middle finger up.

"Oh! There's an unfamiliar girl in the house! PARENTAL UNITS! NYX BROUGHT A GIRL HOME!"

I have never seen  parents run that fast before.

Shit!

That's Cody Dawn!

"Hold on. I've met you before. Your sister's Maggie Parker right?"

"Yeah! We were at your New York show! I think we were I think 7 and 8! Is it really okay that I'm here? My family are rouges."

"Yeah. You're fine."

"We can actually make you guys apart of the pack. It's just going to take a while."

"I should go talk to my mom about this."

"You should go with her Onyx."

"Nice tour tank top Nyxy."

He looked at at what he was wearing and realized it was a tour item you would get at one of his dad's concerts.

"Thanks?"

My phone went off so I took it out of my pocket.

"I have to go. My mom wants me home. She said she needs help unpacking."

I ran out of the house. The door was open a bit so I was able to hear yelling.

"I FOUND MY MATE! LET'S GOOOOO!!! WOOOOOO! FUCK YEAH!!"

I knocked on my front door and Maggie opened it.

"Soo how was it?"

"He's so nice! I met him family already! His dad's Cody Dawn!"

"Wait. Hold on. You're kidding right?"

"No! He remembers me! He remembers us!"

"You've got to be joking. You really are joking right? Cause this is not funny."

"I'm not joking! Why would I joke about this?! My father in law is gonna fucking be Cody Jon Dawn!"

Someone rang the doorbell and Maggie went over to open it.

"I don't believe you Desi-oh hi again!"

"I think I forgot to give Destiny my number."

He wants my number?!

Chrissy:You thought he wouldn't?!

"Well yeah. No ones ever asked for it before."

"OHHH DESIIIII!! YOUR KNIGHT IN SHINY ARMOR IS HERE!"

"I'm right behind you! You don't have to yell!"

We swapped phones and put in our numbers.

"Please tell her I'm not joking about who your dad is."

"She's doesn't believe you? Well my dad said to invite you to dinner so I guess you'll have to see for yourself."

"This is a joke. You guys are out to get me and I did nothing!"

"I see one of you has already made a friend.

"Des did it!"

"Why are you making is seem like I did something?"

"Hi I'm Onyx. I live next door."

"This is my mate mom!"

"Holy shit! You found him!"

"My parents want to know if you guys want to come over for dinner."

"We can do that. Des if you want you can go over now. We'll see you later."

I held my hand out and she put her hand in mine. Once we got back to my house we went up to my room.

"I'M CLOSING MY DOOR!"

"OOOOOO!"

"FUCK YOU AMICIA!"

"AT LEAST MARK HER!!"

"MIND YOUR BUSINESS!"

I sat on his bed. He closed the door then turned around.

"Do you like it here yet?"

"I don't know. I've only been here for two days. Hopefully you can change that."

He sat down next to me.

"Are you going to school here or are you doing online school?"

"I'm actually going there. Yesterday was my first day. I got lost a lot."

"You'll know where you're going soon. "

"I'm still nervous though. I don't think I've been the new kid in school before. What if someone gives me a hard time?"

"Then tell them to leave you alone or I'll kick their ass."

"I doubt anyone would believe me if I said that."

"You can steal one of my necklaces or something."

I looked away.

"Unless you want m-"

I threw myself at him. My lips went on his. I pulled back.

"So-sorry!"

"Don't be sorry!"

I sat up and moved away from him.

"It's okay. Really. I just wasn't expecting that."

"What were you going to say before I cut you off?"

"I was going to ask if you wanted me to mark you. We don't have to do it right now. I just don't want you to be worried."

I moved my shirt so my neck and shoulder would be showing. He enlarged his canines.

"Last chance. Are you sure?"

"Go for it!"

He ran his canines along my neck until he found the right spot. When he found it his teeth went in. They were kept there for a few seconds. When he pulled them out of neck we both smiled. He moved the collar of his shirt down and I put my teeth in his neck.

"Should I be worried about your dad?"

"I uh don't have a dad."

"Oh I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I'm better off without him."

"Do you wanna talk about it?"

"My mom gave him an ultimatum. Us or the drugs and alcohol. He chose option B. He packed a bag and got in a cab and that was the last I ever saw him. I used to get upset whenever I'd see other kids with their dads and I always thought "Why can't I have that? Is there something wrong with me? Did I do something?" As I got older I realized that nothing was my fault. He chose the life he lives now and I chose the life I live now. That's it. That's the end of it. I don't miss him at all. As far as I'm concerned he's not longer my father. He's just Joel."

"Damn."

"There is one person you should be scared of."

"Oh God you have older brother don't you?"

"No! I have a really over protective cousin named Reed."

"On a scale of one to I should write my will how scared should I be?"

"Hold off on writing your will. Don't piss him off. Especially after he has a shitty tour."

"Tour?"

"Yeah. He's opening for Josslyn Jones right now."

"Your cousin is Reed Mendes?!"

"Yeah."

"He scares the shit out of me!"

I laughed.

"He's not as scary as he seems. He acts like a tough guy but he's really not."

He got up and walked over to his bathroom I guess so he could take something for the sudden wave of anxiety he just got.

"Are you okay?"

"Why is my brother having a panic attack?"

"Her..cousin..is..Reed..fucking..Mendes!"

"Oh boy."

"He's seriously scared of him?"

"Yeah. He was at a gym with him once and almost started a fight with him."

"Reed started a fight? With you? He normally doesn't do that. You saw this Amicia?"

"Yeah. I was on the treadmill. If I remember correctly I think he slapped you."

He nodded

"I'll have to have a talk with him about that. You're shaking!"

"Onyx breathe. EJ COME HERE!"

"EJ?"

"Our little brother. You haven't met him yet since he was sleeping."

"I am here!"

"You know what to do."

This little boy walked up to Onyx and cupped his face.

"Calm down or I kick you."

"That-that's not what you usually do. You normally don't slap him."

"Stop crying!"

"He can't help it Ethan!"

"He's coming over tomorrow. He's got a week off of tour."

"Guys? Dinner's done. Are you okay Nyx?"

He shook his head

"Uh her cousin is that Reed dude that gave him crap at the gym."

"Sugar honey iced tea."

"Des! Reed's here!"

"He's not supposed to be here until tomorrow!"

He got up and ran to the bathroom. We all heard the door lock.

"I'll go talk to him."

My sister and I ran downstairs.

"There you are!"

"Hi Reed. I need you to do something for me."

"No I can't help you meet Peyton King. I haven't even met him yet."

"No no this isn't about him. This is something totally different. I need you to apologize to someone."

"Who? What did I do that I'm probably unaware of?"

"Apparently you slapped and went off on my mate."

"Your mate?"

I crossed my arms.

"AMICIA! CAN YOU COME DOWN HERE?"

Amicia walked downstairs.

"You look familiar."

"Yeah maybe it's because you went off on my brother."

"Oh shit that's your brother?"

"Good. You remember us."

"Look I'm sorry for what you think I did."

"It's not what you think you did. It's what you did."

"Look there were paparazzi around. I had to kept this gimmick up."

"How about you drop this whole "tough guy" thing and actually be nice to everyone?"

"My brother is terrified of you. He's locked himself in his bathroom with our little brother."

"Is there anyway we can get him down here?"

"No chance. You're taller and probably much stronger than him."

"It's that bad?"

"Uh yeah!"

"NYX COME DOWN HERE!"

"Besides the bathrooms the house is soundproof. He can't hear you. We should go check on him."

Amicia and I walked back to Nyx's room.

"Nyx come on! He wants to talk to you!"

"His anxiety is still bad. We should just let him calm down."

"Nyx? Can I come in?"

"Ethan don't open the door. No don't open it."

He didn't listen and opened the door.

"Hi!"

"Hello tiny one! Can I talk to your brother?"

"Nyxy I'm letting the pretty girl in."

I entered the bathroom and sat down on the floor next to him. He put his head on my shoulder.

"Just hear him out. Please."

"Oo maybe he can help you meet Callie Hilton!"

Chrissy:He can definitely help him meet her!

"Now she's one of the nicest people you can meet."

"Okay fine. I'll go talk to him."

We stood up and Amicia and I grabbed his arms while Ethan pushed him.

"He's 6'7 and I'm 6'2!"

"It's not that big of a height difference."

When he him at the bottom of the stairs he turned around to run.

"mica i can't do this."

"what's gotten into you? you never get like this!"

"i pissed him off!"

"he overreacted!"

"babe please."

He took a few deep breaths then walked down the stairs.

"Look man. I don't remember how it happened but I'm sorry."

"T-thanks."

"Desi can I talk to you?"

"Yeah. Let's go outside."

The two of us walked outside.

"How are you doing? Be honest."

"I'm doing good. I'm happier here so far."

"Are you going to get it covered?"

"I want to but I don't have the money."

"I can take you tomorrow. I'll take you and Onyx. Does he know?"

"No. He can't. Not yet at least."

"But this was one of the reasons you had to move."

"All he knows is Joel is a alcoholic drug user."

"I'm saying this because I love you. He needs to know."

"Is now even a good time?"

"Because of this isn't never going to be a good time."

"Is my mom talking to his parents?"

"Yeah. It seems like it's going well. Just ask him to come out here."

                    *Mindlink with Onyx*

"Can you come outside?"

"Hey we can mindlink now! I'll be out in a minute!"

                   *End of Mindlink*

Nyx came outside and I'm starting to panic.

"What's up?"

"I can't say it."

"He's already out here. Plus you're the worst at hiding things. If you can't say it then show it."

"He's gonna hate me."

"It takes a lot to make me hate someone."

"Reed I can't."

"Do you have a tissue in your bag?"

"Yeah."

I opened my bag and took a tissue out. Reed opened his water bottle and poured some water on it.

"Do I really have to?"

"I'll show him mine if you show him yours."

Reed pulled down the collar of his shirt to show a scar on his shoulder.

"Come on. He really needs to know."

I took the tissue and used it on my forearm. His eyes widened the moment he saw it.

"Is this another reason why you moved?"

"Mhm."

"They had to get away since Joel knew where they lived. He's in prison right now. He was walking around with knife while he was drunk."

"I got an idea. How about you get a tattoo to cover it. Or one of my siblings could draw on it."

"I know a guy that'll do it even though he's closed on Sundays."

The rest of the night went well. The next morning I straddled him and put his hands on my hips.

"AH! What time is it?!"

"11:30."

Once he was sorta fully awake he saw how I was sitting.

"Come on! Time to get poked with a needle! Oh by the way! You look cute when you sleep!"

"Thanks? I guess?"

"Alright get dressed! Reed's paying! Oh! Our mark showed up!"

I  pulled down my shirt and showed him the red cardinal.

"Let's go love birds!"

Onyx and I  got an elephant on one of our ankles.  I  got a clef note on my scar.

"Now can I trust you to be home alone with my cousin?"

"Yes. You can trust me."

When we got back to my house he unlocked the front door so we could get in the house. He let me go in first. After I got in the house he closed and locked the front door. I grabbed his hand and started running. Once I found his room I  opened the door and walked in. I shut the door and I started smiling. I locked the door. He  walked over to me.

"Are you trying to say something?"

I pointed to the bed and he walked over to it then sat down. I sat on my knees next to him. I started leaning in. the last second I pulled back.

"Are you getting shy on me now?"

"I dunno. Shit! I have to go! We have school tomor-"

He cut me off by kissing me.

"You can stay here if you want."

"I don't know if I'd be allowed to."

"You live right next door. I'm sure it won't be a problem."

"I-I should still make sure."

"Okay. Okay."

"I actually have an idea. How about I stay here every weekend."

"Technically it's still a weekend."

"It's a Sunday."

"But that means I'll only get to spend two nights with you!"

"It's better than nothing."

He sighed.

"Alright fine. I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Goodnight Nyx."

"Wait no! Come back!"

"I have to go. I'll be over in the morning."

I walked out of his room then left his house. I walked back to my house and knocked on the front door.

"I was wondering when you were coming home."

"I thought you were spending the night there."

"I wasn't sure if that was okay."

"You live next door to each other. As long as you get up and get ready for school I don't care what you do."

"Does that mean they can complete their bond in the you know what way?"

"Maggie!"

"If you must know then yes. You can do that."

Holy shit!

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

I ran upstairs to grab a few things then ran out the door. I ran next door and knocked on the door.

"Hi Cody! My mom said I can spend the night!"

"He's in the shower. Feel free to scare him."

I walked upstairs and went to his room. I carefully opened the door then closed it once I was in the room. I put my stuff on the ground next to his bed. I walked over to his bathroom and repeated what I did with the bedroom door. I opened the shower door and screamed.

"I'M BACK!"

He spun around.

"AH! WHY ARE YOU IN HERE?!"

I started laughing.

"I gotta thank your dad for this idea!"

"I thought you couldn't spend the night."

"My mom said she doesn't care as long as I go to school."

"Are you coming in? What are you doing?"

"I can come in?"

"If you want to then yeah."

I took off my clothes and took out my hair tie.

"Here catch!"

I threw a bottle of shampoo at him. It slipped out of his hand. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into the shower. We both started washing my hair.

"Shit! I got soap in my eye!"

"Look up! Look up!"

"Okay I think I got it."

He grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to him. We started dancing because bus phone had music playing. He leaned down and kissed me. I backed up against the wall.

"We should be careful about marks."

"But I wanna give you marks! I can always put makeup on to cover them!"

"You can do that?"

"Well I mean I can try. How do we do this in here? Do we even have time to do this?"

He dried one of his hands and checked his phone.

"It's almost 9."

"How many hours of sleep do you normally get?"

"I think like four."

"So you go to bed at like 3 AM?"

"Yeah."

We got out of the shower and he turned off the music. He went over to his bedroom door and locked it. He grabbed me by my waist and spun me around.

"WEEEEE!"

He threw me down on his bed.

"Have you done this before?"

"No. So I'm sorry if this sucks."

"I'm not gonna be able to tell if it sucks since I've never done this before."

"Oh. So this will be a first for the both of us."

He put one of my hands under me to pull up while the other one stayed above my head.

"Hold up."

He got up and pulled the blanket out from underneath me. He put the blanket on top of us.

"Is Reed gonna kill me for this?"

"If he gives you shit then just ignore him. What's a 19 year old gonna do to a 17 year old?"

"Uh beat the shit out of me would be one option."

"Forget about him."

Once we finished we put clothes on then I unlocked my door then we went to bed.