Max's POV
I paced the floor of my room in nothing but basketball shorts unable to understand how we let this happen. How I, her mate and Alpha, let this happen?
"Max, come on, relax a bit. We did what had to be done for the safety of the pack. I'm sure our Luna will be fine."
"Yeah, Henry? Are you sure? Because you better be fucking one hundred percent certain that nothing happens to her or it's your head! Beta, best friend, or not! Do you hear me?" The whole pack house heard me.
Henry nodded his head, "yes, Alpha. I heard you. You made the right decision. Don't beat yourself up about it too much. He called the cops and left you no choice in the matter. They weren't OUR cops. We couldn't just reveal ourselves to them. And honestly, that guy acted like he cared for her and not in a scumbag way. I'm sure she will be fine or I will gladly let you decapitate me and put my head on a stick."
The silence felt heavy betwee
I was running for my life. I was running for his life. I was running for all of them.My bones ached but I continued to push my injured body to its limit. Finally the familiar sound of bones cracking and my painful cries, I knew I would soon hit the ground running. Only this time on all fours. Just like every other dream, my body became a weapon, something otherwordly. My ankle started to heal. I felt the swelling go down and my fracture heal itself. I howelled in excitement at the moon that was high over the tree line of the forest.I knew where to go but didn't know if I'd be blessed with a vision of my mate. I could hear the voices replaying as they did each time, bantering back and forth while a whispy feminine voice told the two children that they were destined to be together.He had to be here. I sniffed the ground, the air, and every tree I walked by. Max wasn't here.An ache grew in my chest deep and dark. I felt the loss of my f
The word run had just left my mouth when the door was broken down by three wolves. None of them were Max. They tore poor Kevin into shreds and ate the evidence. Which was making me feel a bit sick and woosey, until I realized I had just taken a bite out of Kevin not too long ago. Max would be proud of me. I could feel my confidence climbing but the reality of Max not being my knight in shining armor brought me crashing back down to earth. I was standing by the door, sniffing the air for his warm scent that I knew as home. All I got was stale beer and truckers in need of good deodorant. Yuck. "She just sniffed the air?" "She totally did!" "Luna, he's not here. We couldn't chance it." I looked back to find Henry, Lacey, and Laura talking. It was weird enough I knew that they were on their way, and even more eerie to realize I could trust them in their wolf form, but I almost fainted when I could hear them speak like the
Henry snickered as he noticed my awareness to his best friend, and Alpha's, scent. "He couldn't stay away. Luna whipped." Lacey seemed to calm when she got a whiff of Max's scent. She wouldn't have to deal with me on the back of her mate for much longer. It was oddly intimate knowing how Lacey felt when she felt it. One moment I was only thinking of Max and then all the sudden I just knew what her feelings were. Her sense of ease. She took in a deep breath and I felt like my lungs filled with air and the release on the exhale that relaxed the tension she had been holding in her body. When I turned my attention to Laura though, I felt her body stiffen. Like something was off. Her mind was racing with a million possibilities like: someone using Max's scent to lure us or Max being too impatient to wait for me. Those were the only two scenerios that made scense to me, but she had rival packs on her mind and something about the prophecy. Then,
Breathe. I had to tell my lungs to function the way they normally do. Or at least it felt like I had to, since I was having an all out panic attack. He's seen me naked. Max has seen me completely naked. Max has seen me completely naked and didn't want to see any more of me because he had thrown a shirt over me and tucked me under the covers and left. Oh no! What if he did not like what he saw? What if he was turned off by the sight of me? I'm so gangly and was so dirty and gross from the incident with Jamie, to Kevin basically kidnapping me. Kevin. Kevin was dead because of me. Because he wanted me. And he wanted me when I looked and smelled like shit. He was torn into pieces! What if he was the only man that would ever like the sight of me? My "friends" may have killed the one guy that thinks I'm hot. Get it together. You are a hot mess, but you are also hot. I was hearing
My breath hitched as the door bedroom door closed and I heard the click of the lock.If I thought my mom looked bad, Max looked much worse. Although, in all fairness, his worst was still sexy. The man could be covered in blood and dirt and I'm one hundred percent sure I'd want to climb him like a tree.He stood there by the door, like a stone. His hand still on the handle of the door he had just locked and his eyes were locked on me. I looked like hell and now understood my mom a bit more. I will carry a toothbrush and hair brush from now on.I was sitting up with the comforter in my lap. My hands started to comb through my hair like a mad woman and when I hit a knot I clearly showed the pain. Honestly, it was not that painful but it was an unconscious reflex to wince in pain. I would have rolled my eyes at myself but Max was next to me before I could do that. My sarcasm and pain gone at the touch of his fingers to my head."Are you okay? Please do
"Post traumatic stress syndrome, also known as PTSD, happens not only to our veterans coming home from war, but to victims of rape, emotional and physical abuse, foster children that don't know if they will have a roof over their heads that night. A safe one that provides food and nurturing as they should be receiving but rarely do." my mother explained to Tara's mom and Ginny. Ginny looked like she was about to jump out of her skin. It was clear that she didn't like going out of her comfort zone and since her cousin arrived with her daughter, Ginny has been a fish out of water. She shuffled her feet in the uncomfortable plastic folding chairs I brought in so they could sit with Tara. I slept on the recliner every night, and by sleep I mean, I watched her continue to breathe. Watched the machines monitor her heart rate. Held her hand and apologized a million times kissing each finger tip. "So this is why Tara isn't waking up?" I could feel my mom
My body felt warm. I didn't need to open my eyes to know that my mate was holding me. I felt whole.I tried to move my hand a little bit but it took a lot more effort than it should have. It was akin to being buried in the sand at the beach. Only even my eyes refused to open, like they had been glued shut.I felt trapped and alone, but then I heard Max's whispers to me."Come back to me, my little mate." My mate is truly swoon worthy."I need you, Luna. I need to be with you. I need to fuck you."I felt all tingly as his fingers ran up and down the back of my open gown."You are mine. My Luna. My soul mate. My everything."I wanted to shiver but my body stayed still. But my heart felt like it was going faster and faster with each of his sweet nothings whispered to me."I think she can hear you." A familiar female voice said. It sounded muffled. "Her heart beat is spiking every time she hears your voice."I he
Max's POV My Beta and best friend, Henry, had been running the pack while I stuck by my soon to be Luna's side. She was in and out of it. I thought she had heard what I said but even awake she would zone out and I could feel her distance from me, even though she was in my arms. Henry mind linked me saying he had some urgent business to discuss. I was mildly interested to be honest because everything I wanted and needed was finally in my arms. I didn't want to leave until she was better. I couldn't stop myself from running my fingers from her lips to her fingers. I'd traced every inch that I knew wouldn't being violating my love, so much so that I could sketch her and I'm not an artist. But if Henry needed me, I knew it had to be an emergency. I invited him to the hospital and stook outside her door. Her mom and Ginny were in there everyday with me. My mom, being the amazing Luna that she is, took extra care of our future Luna. Her futur