~Chapter Thirteen~

~~Sunny's POV~~

It was nearly an hour later when we finally finished the tour. I couldn't wait to get into the water. 

Wait, I don't have a swimsuit! How am I going to swim if I don't have one?!

"There's two different swimsuits for you in your room." Adrian said, almost like he could read my mind.

"Thanks." I said as I started to walk away, but stopped. "Um... Adrian can we meet up at the pool in uh... ten minutes-ish?" I asked because I need to take a shower before I turned that pure water into a muddy pond.

"Yeah sure." He said smiling at me gently. 

I all but ran up the stairs to get to my room. As I opened the door I saw two bathing suits. They were absolutely beautiful! Both of them were bikinis but they looked gorgeous. I quickly took a shower and tried on both of the suits. One was an emerald green color that made my hair and eyes look good and the other was a multi- colored high waisted bikini. I chose the one that covered up the most skin because I hated all my scars and I didn't want Adrian to see them. 

I left my hair down so that it covered my whole back, covering even more of my exposed skin. I grabbed a robe that was hanging on the bathroom door and headed for the pool. 

My nerves were going haywire. I felt extremely self conscious about showing so much skin. I didn't want Adrian to see all the scars that Marcus and my old pack had etched into my skin. All it did was just show another reason why I was too weak to be his mate. I couldn't even protect myself, how was I supposed to help protect him?

I didn't even realize I entered the pool room until I heard the soft sloshing of the water. It calmed my nerves enough for me to forget about my overthinking.

I looked to my right and saw Adrian standing with his back to me. He was getting ready to jump into the pool. A sudden thought came into my head and before I could stop my self I ran as fast as I could pushing him into the water. 

He reacted faster than I thought he would and grabbed my outstretched arm. I was glad I took the robe off as soon as I entered otherwise it would be soaked, too. 

When we both came to the surface we were laughing. I was struggling to stay above the water so I quickly made it to the edge of the pool.

"I can't believe I snuck up on an Alpha!" I said laughing. 

"Well, I didn't let you leave untouched either, now did I?" He said while laughing. 

I missed this feeling. The feeling of being carefree and relaxed. I missed my family's Sunday picnics and our Wednesday family study sessions. I missed being a kid. I missed Michael being a moron all the time. I missed my dad yelling at me when I would make fun of Michael for being a moron. I missed them so much.

My laughter ended abruptly only to be replaced with tears. I felt arms wrap around me, calming me enough to speak.

"I-I miss them s-so much!" I sobbed as my tears mixed with pool water.

"I'm sure they miss you too." He said

"They don't because they're all dead! He killed them all!" I cried even harder letting all the hurt I've felt over the years out.