Aiden helped Rosalie to lay down upon the grass while Roxanne hurriedly cradled her head in her lap, knowing that he couldn't waste time or else the bullet would end up stuck in her shoulder if he took some more time,hence, he tried to examine her shoulder but his attempt failed when Rosalie jerked and snarled at him , her eyes flashed wolf but then she cried out and shook her head . He knew at once that her wolf was getting unstable , the sudden pain has terrorized her and she wanted to break over the surface to regain control over her situation .
" Rosalie, I need you to calm down okay , wifey?" said Aiden with a soothing voice as he once again approached her but right now , his mate was in a frenzy . He could sense the out of control fear and the enraged anger that was looping and matting her senses , if he didn't hasten up then it will become harder to make her listen to him .
Once he settled his emotion
" You aren't thinking of breaking in their territory and deal with them , are you?" asked Trish suddenly with his eyes zeroed down at him . Aiden didn't move neither did he denied or accepted ." For fuc*s sake don't you dare march down Griffin's territory and hunt his pack down " said Trish stepping forward to look him in the eye " You will not be heading down to his terrority , the second Rosalie's shoulder is tended to , do you get it "Aiden couldn't stop the irrational growl that escaped his lips " They shot my mate ! And you want me to stay put like a little hussy , when they shot her ?Do you even know what you are asking me to do ? "His wolf howled in agreement inside him , he too wasn't willing to let it slide, no one can hurt their mate and make it out alive ." And I'm not saying you to stay put " said Trish
" Aiden just go and shower dammit !"" okay I got it " said Aiden though he didn't want to leave her , he understood that Rosalie was feeling more or less alright , if she can snap at him like that . With that he decided to leave her alone for a few minutes and closed the door behind all the while urging Alex to get out with him " I'm a healer , I have seen more naked women than you in my life!" , however, no matter what Alex said , Aiden pushed and pulled the little submissive healer with him and snapped the close shut with ' I will be back in a jiffy , wifey "After that it was like a race against time , as Aiden rushed to break the record of world's quickest shower and returned back to Rosalie , carrying one of his hoodie in which she liked to Netflix and chill . He was just going to ask Alex whether or not he could take Rosalie back to their room. When Damian called his name in the pack link , neither of t
" If you are going to kill me just get done with it "" Kill, you want to die ?" smiling crookedly Aiden grasped Gary's hair forcing him to look at him directly " Oh , how can you die so soon ? There is still some info that you are yet to tell me and I'm not going to let you go before that , not that I'm in hurry . You can take as much time as you want , I haven't enjoyed much yet after all ."" I did it all alone , happy now ?"Aiden smiled then took a look at the with torture instruments that Trish was using and shook his head " just knife and needles , my ,my Trish you are losing your touch " with that he stood up straight and strode towards the compartment at the opposite wall .He fiddled around for a bit before taking out some dusty , eroded nails and a hammer. Smiling slightly he crouched down again in front of the tied up man and slowl
"Did you get his confession ?" asked Rosalie she could feel that Aiden wasn't feeling alright , with the way he was resting his head upon her shoulder ." Let's talk about this in the morning, wifey . Right now , my emotions aren't stable . I swear I will tell you what happened but I don't think I can tell you right now "Rosalie patted his head , she understood that Aiden was trying to calm himself , externally he resembled a perfect picture of calm and in control but of course he might not be this calm in his heart ." You don't need to feel upset " said Rosalie leaning her head against his " He deserved it , I would have done the same if I was in your place " . She would kill anyone who tried to harm her mate and wouldn't be bothered by it in the least ." I don't feel upset " said Aiden , he knew that he should feel bothere
" Well the fat is finally out in fire " said Matteo as he strode inside the living plus dining room and sat down , dragging a piece of pepperoni pizza towards him." What do you mean by that ?" asked Aiden staring at Matteo a bit unhappy , all he wanted was to have a decent lunch with his mate and yet his enforcers act like such cock blockers." Stone attacked Jackal " answered Matteo rolling his eyes at him perfectly understanding what was going in his mind" What ? How ? " this time all sort of unhappiness vanished and Aiden finally paid his complete attention to Matteo who looked tired as fu*k , his sandy brown hair was messy and his eyes had the weary sort of look , which he only had when he worked a 24/7 shift rounding the territory ." who knows man " said Matteo shrugging his shoulders as he bit down on his pizza " Stone went partying with a bunc
The rest of the day passed as usual , except for Aiden being a little more over protective and growling at every little sound when they want for run , nothing much happened. Cole has postponed the meeting from evening to the next day in the afternoon in his words ' we are not the council dogs , I'm not gonna let you rush and meet with them at their beck and call ' . Except for these two little changes every thing remained the same , Giselle and Monica abstained from eating in the pack hall but no one seemed to miss them much , Roxanne was her jubilant self and kept cracking jokes , her jokes were funny enough that even Trish smiled begrudgingly.After dinner the pack watched a horror movie marathon courtesy Damian , who insisted to use this method to celebrate her recovery .Aiden cuddled her with her pack mates circling her in a protective manner as they sat down and watched the movies together , being together with everyone oddly pleased her wolf
" He left this evening " responded Trish finally taking on his role as the beta of the pack " He seemed to have gone for a run but half way through this evening he disengaged the bond completely between him and Monica . .. Monica - she didn't realise it that Brandon was working on breaking their bond last night but Monica didn't realise it last night "" and Monica didn't think about telling this to me ?" asked Aiden feeling rage bubbling in his heart as he tapped on the armrest of his chair " She had the time to provoke Rosalie , talk shit about her but she doesn't have time to tell me shit that is actually useful !"" Aiden ..she lost her mate -"" And I don't think she was that affected if she has the mood to fuck you !" snapped Aiden " Where did he go , when did he left ? With whom was he in contact with ? "" He usually stayed wit
For a moment , Rosalie stiffened , however as soon as she did , a warm and secure feeling bubbled in her heart. It was Aiden , All Aiden - she knew that even if their relationship began through a mutually beneficial deal with sex thrown in the mix, was it really that bad for her to try and trust this man who loved and cared for her . Was it really too bad for her if she wanted to forget her past and lose herself into her Aiden ? She just wanted to feel his love and warmth and enjoy their mate bond , a bond that she never had before .Aiden felt the rigidness leave her body but with her eyes locked right with his , he knew her defences were not down yet , she was anxious about letting him dominate her completely " You can do it wifey , I know you can , you are strong enough to let me in here , aren't you ?" whispered Aiden in a coaxing voice as he trailed his fingers right on her left breast pointing at her heart " If you are strong enough to let me
The next few days passed by without no particular incidents happening , Aiden has tightened the security of the pack so well that Rosalie felt like she was residing in a military zone . Matteo, Trish and Cole kept an eye on every single pack member only to return disappointed when they got nothing and by the day of battle finally arrived , every one turned so jumpy and agitated that even the slightest ring of Aiden's phone startled them. " Its fine " said Aiden his jaw hardening as he rubbed her nape , then he turned to look at his pack mates and nodded " The alliance members are here " Matteo nodded then brought the enforcers out of the living room. Trish shared a look with Roxanne but the she wold turned her face away coldly without looking at him even once , Jojo on the other hand planted a smooch on her cheek that had Trish growling , Aiden snapped a snarl at both of them . He knew that along with
Rosalie walked back to her room and took a long soaking bath to clear of the scent of blood from her body . After that she sat on the bed determined to wait for Aiden and have a nice conversation once he was calm enough to listen to her reasoning but somewhere around midnight her head lolled off and she nodded off to sleep , this was the problem of taking a nice cozy bath and turning on the air con to full blast . However , when the clock chimed two in the morning, she was startled awake with a soft cooling and numbing sensation on the back of her hand .Her eyes fluttered open and she found Aiden kneeling by the side of her bed , rubbing some ointment on her injuries" You are back ? All done venting your anger ,huh Dr .hulk ? " she asked hoarsely her voice thick with sleep ." Sorry , I didn't mean to wake up up " said Aiden closing the tube and putting it on the bedside table .
" I get it " still clinging on his neck , Rosalie sighed " I know you are hurt and the situation is bad -"" This is who am I " enunciating each word Aiden spoke " You know who am I , what I am . That bastard tried to harm my mate on my own territory and you know that those who touch my bottom line , what am I capable of doing to them . Then don't ask me to do something that's not me , I'm the monster of Crescent moon pack , the blood thirsty Alpha who never thinks before killing his enemies , so don't ask me to be forgiving when I'm not capable of that sentiment , you will only hurt yourself "" I'm not asking him to forgive him , Jeez " scowling Rosalie looked up at his ruby red eyes " I'm asking you to just hold it in for a few days ,After the council's limit is a done deal , you can go ahead and rip his throat into shreds and I will cheer you on for that , I'm just asking you to delay it for a whil
" That stupid little sneak !" snarled Rosalie covering her face with her hands , she should have known as scheming as Griffin was he wouldn't have given up on his plan . She looked down at the small scratches and scraped on her knuckles and palm , the one she got when she was punching and dragging rat eye around the forest and groaned , Aiden will definitely not be happy about it at all , infact she could even imagine what kind of reaction her mate probably will have " call back Jojo and ask him that I'm coming back to the pack hall , he doesn't need to arrange all the enforcers to come and hound me "Roxanne and nodded and punched Jojo's number , the first ring didn't even finished ringing when Jojo picked up " Yeah it me ... no . she is fine ... yeah , I found her ...like I said she is totally fine ...no she wasn't kidnapped .. not exactly " both Rosalie and Roxanne winced when They heard Aiden yelling from some where in the background " Ye
The man was too winded up to speak and Rosalie didn't cared about him either , she knew that the man was here to kidnap her , which probably meant - Her eyes turned dark . While the man tried to recover from her kick , Rosalie used her hand and abruptly choked The kidnapper, cross eyed the man let out a sputter and made a choking sound , he tried to get rid of her clutch on his throat but Rosalie kneed him in his groin and backed away until he was pinned between a tree and her choke hold .She already caught the phone in her hand when she kicked the man earlier , still pinning the man on the tree , she placed the cell phone on her ear and spoke " I know its you , Dear cousin in law Griffin .. care to explain what exactly your man is doing here inside my pack ?"Her voice was coated with honey as if she wasn't choking a man with her hand , Cross eye made a lot a choking angry sound in response as his le
" I - I never thought that someone in your pack will really harm your mate , willingly " said Rosalie sounding genuinely shocked " I mean , a little bit of hate and taunts here and there are completely fine , I even took what they did to my wedding album and whatnot as a prank , something out of anger but to actually harm me ? I don't even know what to say about it "" I know wifey , I don't blame you " said Aiden angry at himself for not protecting her perfectly " who ever did this will be answering me soon, don't you worry "" Worried ? With you here ?"******"I said you are not going , that's it " For the millionth time Aiden declared shoving a mouthful of bacon in his mouth ignoring the glare that she was pointing at him .She knew after what happened there would definitely be some sort of craziness and possesiveness from the guy
" Did you saw anyone ?" asked Damian narrowing his eyes as he swept his gaze through the forest " Heard anything, it will be easier to catch them if we know, in which direction they ran off to ."" I didn't- I , I was just so worried " snapped Aiden his mouth pursued in a snarl , all he did was to leave her alone for an hour and went to the entrance gate to see what exactly Matteo wanted however , he and Matteo harsly reached that point of conversation when he felt a huge thump at the back of his head .In his heart he only cared about finding Rosalie ,from where will he get the time to worry about other things .At the common room Alex has frantically set up temporary infirmary and urgently rushed them " careful , don't touch her head let me see the damage "Beside him was Cece who looked really worried as she hopped around getting trying to get closer to Rosalie " Le
" Are you okay ?" noticing the emotional upheaval in Rosalie, Aiden asked . Though he didn't liked how she felt enraged and angry at Tyler's words , he wasn't going to condemn her for that . Blame him for being a second late and becoming her second chance instead of first ; maybe if he met her before Lula , before she met Tyler , their future might have been a bit diffrent ." I'm fine " said Rosalie though she was a bit withdrawn from Aiden , she knew it wasn't fair for him to feel her estranged emotions for her ex mate and tried to shut him off .Aiden looked at her carefully and noticed the difference in her tone . His wolf growled at the idea and so did Aiden , he didn't liked her attempt at shutting him off from her .He nuzzled in her hair and brought her closer in his arms ,yet she didn't gave her the charming yet annoyed smile and Aiden snarled in irritation .He dipped down and bit on her nose lightly
Rosalie was stuck dumb with Aiden 's shamelessness , to think not only did this man refused to agree to the alliance with her old pack, he was coveting the pack member of the other pack right in front of the future Alpha and Luna of the her previous pack ." If you don't agree to this alliance then so be it , but you cannot have our pack mate join your pack right in front of us " said Anna her face purple with anger" I want Cece to be in our pack though sister " said Rosalie seizing the chance " If you agree , I might let Aiden discuss this so called alliance with you "" Are you playing with me ? She is a healer and you know how badly our pack needs a healer "" And you need this alliance as well " said Rosalie with an innocent shrug " You can discuss it among yourself , whether you want this alliance to get rid of your troubles or you want to keep your healer , its upto you "&nbs