The Black Forest's Beta

Chapter 14

Ozzy pulled me into his arms the moment we walked through the doors, Raphael's hand stayed on my lower back as he and Alpha Gunter began speaking in German. Once Ozzy pulled back he looked at my neck which I knew was already turning purple as it bruised. 

"Are you okay Emma?" I nodded and wiped a tear that had fallen from his misty eyes. 

"I need to know exactly what happened if Teresa is to be convicted." Alpha Gunter spoke to me, and I gently placed a hand on my bruised neck. 

"She has to heal, so no talking for two days according to Doc Walter." I looked up at Raphael and grabbed his hand placing it on the back of my neck. He sighed and shook his head from left to right signaling no. "That will put too much stress on your mind for today miele." I shrugged lightly before taking his hand and playing with his veins. 

"We'll hold Teresa in the cells until Emma is able to testify against her. Though myself, and Gamma Elias will have to look into their memories, so we can uncover the whole truth." I nodded, not truly surprised. 

"I'm gonna take Emma and Ozzy home." Alpha Gunter nodded as Raphael gently squeezed the hand that was holding his. 

"Remember mom said dinner is at six." Raphael nodded as he gently led Ozzy and I back to his house. 

"You're back sooner than..." Rosina stopped speaking when she looked up, her eyes landed on my neck and her eyes narrowed into little slits. I could feel the anger pouring off of her as she walked over to us. I whimpered lightly and hid myself behind Raphael, Ozzy placed his hand on my left shoulder as the right side of my body was hidden behind my mate. Rosina stopped and closed her eyes, taking a few deep breaths. Her aura lightened considerably, before she continued on her way to me. 

"Who did this?" Her sweet voice was hard as her wrinkled fingers reached toward my neck. 

"Teresa." Her name made me nauseous, and Raphael spit it out like it was poison. Ozzy's hand tightened slightly on my shoulder, not enough to hurt. Rosina's eyes narrowed and turned to a dark shade as her wolf fought for control. Cassie whimpered in my mind and submitted, I felt myself tremble and Raphael gently growled as a warning. 

"Sorry dear." Rosina said after calming herself and her wolf. 

"It's alright Nonna." I began playing with the veins on his hand as he spoke. "I'm gonna take Emma upstairs so she can relax a little. Come with us Ozzy, I'll show you how to use Netflix." I looked back at Ozzy who was beaming.

"Nonsense, I'll show him how to use it, you look horrible Raphy, you rest." I giggled lightly as Raphael rolled his eyes. "Come with me Oz." I felt Ozzy place a kiss on my cheek. I gave him a small smile as he followed Rosina into another room. Raphael picked me up in his arms and carried me up the stairs to his room. 

He kicked off his shoes and sat down on the bed, keeping me in his arms the entire time. His head fell into the crook of my neck, as he breathed in my scent. "I'm so sorry miele." His voice was soft as he whispered against my skin. I sighed and pulled away so I could look into his eyes. He whimpered lightly as I got off of his lap. I pointed to the arrow tattoo then pointed to him, he squinted his eyes before smirking and sighing.

"You really want to see them huh?" I nodded and sat back on the bed, waiting for him to show me. He smirked and got up, I licked my suddenly dry lips as he pulled off his clothing. When he was just standing his briefs he looked at me with a raised brow. I smiled and got off of the bed, I walked around his body and took in all of his tattoos. The sensation between my legs reappeared as I took it all in. From the symbols on his spine to the drawings on his legs. 

I looked at one of the marks on his legs and gently touched it before looking up at him. He smiled lightly and spoke. "The Millennium falcon, from another movie series I liked watching called Star Wars." I smiled and looked at his bare back, there was a tattoo of a white flower on his spine, partially covering a scar. I traced the scar ignoring the tattoo. 

I tapped the scar twice and Raphael sighed. He turned around and kissed my forehead before looking down into my eyes. "That is a long story for another time miele." I felt a little hurt that he didn't want to tell me, then again I didn't really want to tell him about my sister either. He must have seen it flash in my eyes because he pulled me against his chest. 

"Lets talk about something fun. Well I'll talk, you listen, maybe write." I nodded my head and sat on the bed, he went to the nightstand on the right side and pulled out a small note pad and pen for me to write  on when I felt the need to.

"What is something you have always wanted to do miele?" I thought for a moment before writing my answer on the notepad. 

{I always wanted to see a real lion.}

"A lion?" I nodded and he chuckled. "So I guess the Zoo is on our to do list, that or a safari." I shrugged not knowing what was better. "Is there anything else?"

{I want to learn german.}

"Ich werde dir selbst beibringen liebe." I tilted my head and he smirked before translating. "I will teach you myself love." I smiled and sighed while placed my head on his shoulder. 

{What else do you want to teach me?} Raphael's eyes went dark as his wolf surfaced, I tilted my head as he licked his lips. 

"So many things miele." He growled lightly, "The first thing I am going to show you is special you are to me." I felt my cheeks heat up and my heart thudded lightly in my chest as I looked down at our feet. He used a finger to tilt my head so I looked up at him. "You are the most important person in the universe Emmaline." I felt more heat creep into my cheeks as my chest made a low growl sound. Cassie was in my head smiling in her own way while happily whining.

I snuggled into Raphael's chest while he chuckled, after my face cooled down I got off of the bed and walked to the closet. I looked through the clothing bags and huffed when I couldn't choose what I wanted to wear for dinner. Picking up the romper from Old Navy and a pastel top and black pants I walked to the bed and layed them out. Raphael looked up from his phone and looked at me in a confused manner. 

I pointed to the two outfits and shrugged, he nodded and got off the bed. He walked up behind me and put more thought then I expected him too  as he decided. "I'm gonna go with the romper." I smiled and stood on my tip toes, I placed a happy kiss on his cheek before grabbing the one he chose and rushing into the bathroom. 

.....Raphael......

I smiled as I watched Emmaline scurry into the bathroom. My hand reached up to my cheek, I could still feel her soft lips gently pecking my face as if it were still happening. My thumb then went to my lips, the way she had kissed me earlier jumped to the front of my mind. Her lips tasted sweet like honey, they were soft and just as supple as I had imagined. The smile on my face vanished when I pictured her on the floor in the closet gasping for air. Silvio nearly ripped Teresa in half once he saw what she had done. The only thing keeping me from that was the heaving and coughing of my mate. 

I was afraid she would be upset, I had broken my promise and she had gotten hurt. Silvio whimpered as her neck began bruising. Luck was on my side however, my little mate didn't blame us, instead she wanted to go home. When Nonna got angry she trusted me to protect her. I was going to spend my life protecting and loving my Emmaline. 

A noise pulled me from my thoughts, I looked at the bathroom where Emmaline slid from the room. Her hair was wet and stringy as it hung down to her shoulders. The romper was a little loose which was no surprise. I smiled at her realizing I was still only in my briefs from when she demanded I show her my tattoos. I smiled at her and she grinned back before pointing to the closet. 

I raised an eyebrow and she walked to the bed and wrote on the pad I had given her earlier. {You have to get ready for dinner.} I smiled at her handwriting, it was neat and a mix between cursive and print. I nodded with a small huff and kissed her forehead. 

Once I was ready and clean I walked into the bedroom where Ozzy was telling Emmaline about a series called the 100. I noticed that whenever Ozzy was around Emmaline sat straighter and seemed more alert, as soon as I stepped out of the bathroom she turned toward me and sent a small smile my way. 

"Hi Beta Raphael." Ozzy greeted with a large smile and wave.

"You don't have to use my title Ozzy, you're my family now remember." The largest smile I had ever seen on my mate was sent my way as Ozzy beamed. 

"I really like your mate Emma." I smirked and walked to her side, she stood and grabbed my hand with her small, fragile one. Once we reached the bottom step I noticed Nonna was waiting by the door checking her wrist for her non-exsistant watch.

"Cosa ti ha fatto perdere così tanto tempo? Ho aspettato qui così a lungo che mi sono raggrinzito come un uvetta!" (What took you so long. I've been waiting here so long I've shriveled up like raisins!) I noticed Emmaline smiling as if she understood what my Nonna has said, Ozzy on the other hand looked thoroughly confused. 

"Wir leben in Deutschland Nonna, wir sollten Deutsch sprechen," (We are in Germany Nonna, we should speak German.) "Or English so Emmaline and Ozzy can understand."

"Even english is better than German." I rolled my eyes at Nonna, I peeked at Emmaline who was failing to hide her amused smirk. "Let's go before I get old." I chuckled as Nona walked out the door, she was fast for an 80 year old woman. 

I took another peek at my mate to see her looking up at me, she was still slightly smiling as she gently tugged on my arm. I sent her a smirk and she looked ahead of her before walking out of the house following my grandmother and Ozzy who took her arm like a gentleman.

"Lets go Ozzy, I'm gonna make all those grumpy old wolves jealous with a date like you." Emmaline giggled which made Silvio purr. It only took a few minutes for us to hear the commotion of the pack gathering in the lawn behind the pack house. My mate tensed and I used my thumb to caress her hand. She pressed her body against my side so I took my hand from hers and wrapped my arm around her shoulder. 

I could feel her small body trembling as we got closer to the noise, I could smell her anxiety and fear as she slowed her pace nearly stopping. "It'll be alright miele, I wont leave your side." My words seemed to calm her a little, but not nearly enough. As we rounded the corner I noticed Max looking at my mate with a glare.

(I would stop looking at Emmaline like that if you value your life Max.) I snarled into the pack mind link. I didn't want to draw attention and make Emmaline more uncomfortable than she already was. Max's eyes widened before they snapped up to me. His head bowed in submission before he scurried away, 

I looked down at my mate who was still trembling, I heard someone approaching and I noticed Keifer walking our way with Evangeline following closely behind him. He smiled lightly at my mate who waved slightly with the hand that wasn't gripping my shirt behind my back. 

"Emma, this is Evangeline." Keifer then looked back at his future mate and gestured to my mate. "Evangeline, this is Emma, Beta Raphael's mate and our Beta female." 

"Hello Emma." Evangeline was taller than Emmaline, with plump cherry stained lips and dark brown hair, her eyes were a deep shade of green and her skin was lightly tanned. She seemed confused when my Emmaline didn't say anything back. 

"Apologies Evangeline, there was an incident earlier and Doc Walter said Emmaline shouldn't speak for a few days." Her lips formed an O shape before she looked at Emmaline's purple neck.

"Raphael!" We all turned to see my mother storming over with a furious look on her face. She walked right up to Emmaline who tensed and tried to hide behind me. "Did you do that?" She seethed while trying to get a look at my little mate. I growled at the accusation which made my mother squint and growl at me. "I wont hurt you dear." She cooed to Emmaline who was looking at her wearily from behind me.

"Inasya (In-Nos-e-ya) Stai spaventando la povera ragazza." (you're scaring the poor girl.) Nonna said as she walked up with Ozzy in tow. He went to Emmaline's side and took her free hand in his as my mother looked at Nonna.

"povero cucciolo." (Poor pup.) My mother looked back up at me. "Rispondimi Raphael, le hai fatto questo?" (Answer me Raphael, did you do this to her?)

"Warum denkst du, ich würde meinen eigenen Kumpel verletzen?" (What makes you think I would hurt my own mate?) I asked her, still hurt at her assumption. "Nien, I wouldn't do that to her." I felt Emmaline use her small thumb to caress my hand. I looked down at her and she sent me a weak smile before looking back at my mother. 

"Who then?"

"There will be a trial in a few days Inasya." Alpha Gunter said as he walked over with Luna Gisella at his side. "Until then the identity of the accused is to stay under wraps."

"If they are not punished accordingly I will skin them myself alpha." Gunter knew my mother was serious so he nodded and looked at Emmaline who had started tracing the veins on my hand. Ozzy was at her side looking at my mother in admiration.