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I swallow hard trying to get past the lump in my throat. Our stories are very similar, only he didn’t have a mother to help him.
“How did you survive?” I ask him.
He looks away from me, a small smile gracing his face. “The Luna of a nearby pack found me after I had been on my own for six months. I was starving, dying really. She brought me clothes, food and would bring stories and read to me. Those few months with her were the only time in my life I’ve ever had a mother figure.”
There’s obviously more to the story. “What happened.”
He sighs. A deep, heavy sigh that seems to come from his soul. “The Alpha that banished me wanted more power. He wanted another heir. So, he attacked the pack. I heard that he planned to kill the Luna in order to weaken her mate so he could kill him more easily.”
His voice becomes strained like he’s choking back tears. “I tried to save her, but I was too late.”
He drinks his tea, and we sit in silence for a few minutes. “Did your previous Alpha defeat the Alpha of the other pack?”
“No, Alpha Leander killed him. However, they thought I was the one that killed Luna Estella, and they hunted me for almost 20 years. I’d only recently been released from Liam’s dungeon when I found you.
Okay, that took an unexpected turn. “Who is Liam and why were you in his dungeon?”
“Liam is the only child of Alpha Leander and Luna Estella. When his father passed away, he began hunting me.”
I’m at a total loss for words, I don’t even know what to say. His life has been worse than mine and I didn’t think that was possible. “How did you escape?”
He gives me a rueful smile. “I didn’t. His mate, another Guardian, could tell that I was speaking the truth when I said I didn’t kill Luna Estella. After that, he bought me some clothes, gave me some money and put me on a bus that led me to you. “So you see,” he continues, “I know all about shitty Alphas. But I also know that they aren’t all that way. Alpha Liam and the Alpha I spoke to about you, Alpha Rik, they are good Alphas. They are both mated to Guardians, and they all seem very happy.”
We sit in silence for a while, both of us lost in our memories and the stories we’ve told each other. I finally break the silence.
“Where did you go? When you left a couple weeks ago. It seemed you left in a hurry.”
He nods. “I was listening to the humans in the diner. They were talking about the animal attacks in the area.”
“Yeah, I remember. I was a huge problem. Animals were attacking and killing people and then as suddenly as it started, it ended.” I tell him.
“They weren’t animals, they were vampires. The same vampires that were heading south to kill Alpha Liam and Alpha Rik’s packs and take their Guardians hostage as blood bags. Alpha Liam’s mate, Luna Angel, was held captive for seven years by a vampire prince. I had to warn them.” He takes a deep breath. couldn’t save Luna Estella, but I could and did give her son sufficient warning so he could save himself.”
Wait. You went back to the guy who had you in his dungeon for however many months to warn him that the vampires were coming?”
“Yes,”
“Why?”
“It was the right thing to do. But also, I owed a debt to Luna Estella, at least in my heart. She saved me, when no one else would help me. I couldn’t save her, but I could save her son.
“You have a weird sense of honor.” I tell him.
He thinks for a minute. “What if Benny found out what you are and fired you, maybe forced you to leave this town. He’s helped you, protected you to some level, from what I can see.” I nod my head, not sure where he’s going with this. “Even if he turned against you, and you found out someone was going to hurt him, wouldn’t you still feel the need to warn him?”
I think about it, then nod my head. “I guess so. I honestly don’t know. I’ve never been in that situation.”
We’ve long since finished our tea. “So, do you want to go for a run with me, instead of following me like a creeper tonight.” I say giving him a half smile.
He smiles back. “I’d love to. But I would suggest staying farther away from those pack boundaries. The last thing you need is to have them come sniffing around wondering about the lone female wolf that keeps hovering around their borders.” “Well, I won’t be alone tonight, will I?” I ask before standing up and putting our. mugs in the sink.
He follows me and we head out to the forest. I walk behind a tree to take my clothes off. Eli, on the other hand, seems to have no problem with nudity. I vaguely remember living in the pack and nudity was something common since people were always shifting either from human to wolf or wolf to human. But I’ve been living in the human world for six years and they frown on the whole walking around naked thing.
When I’m done, I shift and Maia walks out. She sees Louis and walks over to him. Well, prances might be a better term. If she were a human, those hips would be swinging. She walks up to him, nuzzling him before taking her face and rubbing it down the length of his body. Then she swats him in the face with her tail and takes off. Pretty much exactly as 1 expected, my wolf is a hussy.
‘I’m not a hussy. He’s our mate and look at him. He’s perfect.’ She purrs.
‘Did you want to roll over and show him your tummy too?’ I ask her.
‘I would it I thought you’d let me.’
“You do, and I’m disowning you as my wolf. We’re Alpha females, we don’t submit.’
‘We do if it’s our mate.’
I roll my eyes, in my head, since we’re now in wolf form. Maia is darting in and around trees, while Louis chases us, periodically nipping at her heels.
She’s having a great time, running with her mate. We’re not really paying attention to our surroundings, as Maia is too busy flirting with Louis, until the scent hits us. We’re close to the first pack border, but tonight, there are wolves standing there. They must have been waiting for us.
Maia goes to turn and run off in the other direction, when two wolves jump out in front of us, cutting her off. Just as she turns again to try and evade them, Louis jumps over her body, attacking the two wolves as three more come up on his flank.
With a vicious snarl, Maia turns to face the three new wolves.
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I hadn’t intended to tell Grace my history, or at least not yet, but it seems to have opened her up. Maybe our similar stories will help her see that I’m not all bad and can possibly be trusted, if not as her mate, maybe as her friend.
I’m thrilled that she asks me to run with her. I would have anyway, since I need to protect her, especially with the nearby packs. I didn’t like how close to their boundaries she ran last night. It puts her at too much risk. All they have to do is see her eyes to know what she is. Only Guardians have golden eyes.
Louis is beside himself in his happiness playing with Maia. She’s definitely all in with the mate bond. He’s enjoying the chase, periodically nipping at her heels when we smell them. I hadn’t realized how close we’d gotten to the pack’s border, but there are three standing at the border, almost as if they are waiting for Maia to show up, and they probably are. If this is her pattern, they would have picked up her scent and would be waiting to confront her about why she’s constantly at the edge of their territory.
When Maia turns and two more jump out, I know it’s going to come down to a fight. I don’t waste any time as Louis leaps over her and begins fighting with the two wolves that blocked her escape. I know the other three will join the fight and I have to hope that Maia will run and get far enough away that they won’t follow her. They’ve seen her eyes.
I’m fighting off two at once and waiting for the bite to come to my flank, but it doesn’t. I realize that rather than run, Maia has joined the fight and is taking on three at once. While the two I’m fighting seem to have no problem with going for the kill with me, the other three don’t seem to be doing that with Maia. This is good and bad because I don’t think she’s ever been trained as a fighter, but it also means that they know what she is and have called in reinforcements. I need to get her out of here now.
I didn’t want to kill these wolves, but now it’s become serious. I kick one in the throat as I go for the legs on the other. I bite down, breaking one leg, before releasing him and clamping down on his other leg. I turn, just as the first is jumping at me and Louis’s teeth bite into his shoulder, ripping flesh from bone. He howls in pain, causing one of the wolves corralling Maia to turn toward me.
As I watch, Maia turns, biting down on the wolf’s flank and I hear his femur bone break. His howl of pain is only going to bring more wolves faster. Time for us to go.
Louis kicks out at one of the remaining wolves, breaking ribs. The last one tries to bite down on the back of Maia’s neck to restrain her, but she turns last minute and bites through his throat, his gurgling sound the last thing we hear before he falls dead at her feet.