Gary mindlinked me and got me out of my sweet bubble.
"Luna, all the rogues were defeated and a few of our pack members were injured. Most of them are heading to the pack's hospital", he sounded tired.
"Are you ok?", I asked ignoring his report.
"Claire's with me so I'm better than nothing", he replied.
"Connor are you ok?", I asked Connor through mindlink.
"Of course I am. In the south border weren't rogues at all. Like twenty and since we were more than them we killed them fast. Axel wanted to check on you. Which reminds me... GET. THE. HELL. AWAY. FROM. HIM", he said and his piercing green eyes were staring at us.
Axel's ears were flat on his head when he noticed the stare Connor was giving us. Axel was between Connor and me. Low growls escaped from him and his eyes were no longer blue.
"Connor leave us alone", I pleaded.
"You know that he can't be trusted. Not yet", replied Connor.
"I won't tell him. So please", I made my way to Axel's side and rubbed my head on the top of his neck. Axel's body started to relax by my touch.
"You have thirty minutes. I'll check on Gary", he said and with a huff my overprotective brother was out of our sight.
I didn't expect Axel to be so possesive over me. Connor couldn't take me away from him forever. Another reason why I wanted an ordinary werewolf. I'll just have to know him better, he just found out that I'm his mate and future Luna of his pack so maybe he's just excited. We didn't have a proper time to get to know each other. I mean I have known Axel since I was ten but I never knew he would become my mate. So basically I just know what everyone knows about him. Basics like his name, rank, age and how he looks like. Another thing I know about him is that he likes teasing Connor and that's why he tries to be near me. But now he can't help but irritate Connor for the rest of his life. I guess is a win-win for him.
I didn't know that since Connor left I have been rubbing myself to Axel's neck. I suddenly stopped and his head snapped to me, I was sitting beside him and he just gave me questioning looks. I bet he wants to know why in the world I stopped rubbing myself against him. That made me happy even if I couldn't feel the mate bond. I couldn't help but lick his muzzle but as soon as I did, I regreted doing it. His eyes turned black with lust and awe, his breaths were becoming short and if were not for my ears that went down by their own I wouldn't be able to move an inch. This didn't last long, someone started to mindlink him by the way his eyes were staring at nothing in particular. Also that was like a snap to reality since Connor was serious about his thirty minutes. I just wasted like three or five minutes rubbing against Axel, I can't believe myself. I could have used that time to actually talk to him and all I did was rub against him. What's wrong with me?!
He motioned me to follow him and I did. He got me to a pair of trees and took a Large t-shirt that was near for me. He offered me the t-shirt and insted of taking the t-shirt with my snout I shifted right in front of him and took it with my bear hands.
"Thank you", I said while holding the t-shirt but as soon as I made eye contact I wanted the earth to f*****g swallow me. I was supposed to shift behind that f*****g tree! He wanted to be nice and a gentleman? Oh well guess I'm making a really good job! He didn't look away until my cheeks were like fire. I ran behind the tree and got dressed.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to stare", I heard him say.
"Is ok! I mean, I should have shifted behind the tree", I told him getting from behind the tree. He was in shorts and I almost gap at the sight of my shirtless mate. f**k me! If I'm like this without the mate bond I'm going to feel high when the mate bond appears. I knew Axel was hot but I didn't pay too much attention to him since for me he was like dirt in my shoe. He didn't mean nothing to me until he called me mate. Now I sound like a egoistic b***h but he doesn't belong to my pack and they are my priority.
"I'm very used to shift in front of others so I don't care a lot. But since I have a certain effect on you, I should have been more careful", I said in an attempt to excuse myself but I made it worst.
"In front of others?", he growl and my eyes went wide.
"Nice choice of words", mocked Eden.
"Oh shut up", I replied to her.
"At least we can enjoy the view of his bare chest", said Rylee.
"Sad thing he's mad", chuckled Eden.
"What's the point in having you two if you are not going to help me?", I asked annoyed.
Axel walked directly at me and his eyes dark in anger. His chest moving up and down got me distracted from what he was saying.
"You are mine. No one is allowed to see you like that, got it?", he said huskily but I was really distracted. I mean my brain only processed half of the things he said. How am I supposed to answer? He must be thinking I'm dumb because I pressed my lips together and stared at everything around us. Honestly I was looking for an answer but I only heard "You" and "got it?" so there's no way that I can answer whatever he said. I found it funny, how much attention I was paying like wow I'm really dumb after all. I started laughting to myself and I swear that I must look like a crazy b***h. Axel, on the other hand, looked really pissed. I put both hands in my mouth so I can keep it shut but is no use. I keep laughting at myself and his eyes become even more dark. What's darker than black? Because I swear I've never seen black this darker. It feels like staring at a void. He can't blame me! It's his really hot abdomen's fault! It may look like I was staring at his face but due to the fact that I'm only five feet tall and he's like a f*****g tree, I wasn't. Yeah is definetely his fault.
He got me off guard and pinned me to the tree. He got my wrists above my head and that made me laugh even harder. I was already crying with how stupid my behavior was.
"Sorry", I said trying to catch my breath. I took deep breaths and saw his hurt expression and I don't even know what the f**k I did wrong.
"Maybe laugh like a maniac?", said Rylee.
"Is not like you paid attention to what he said", I replied.
"That's true", agree Eden.
I was still pinned to the tree. Trying to catch my breath, once I was more calm I started to work on my really bad speech. I mean he makes my brain fart and I can't feel the mate bond yet. Maybe my brain farts are because I'm confused with having a mate but not feel him at all. Not like he feels me. I sighed and looked at him directly in the eyeball.
"Listen, Axel, I'm just confused. I never though of finding my mate 'till now. And it never crossed my mind that I wouldn't be able to feel the same way he feels about me. And to be honest if you were not this mad I would have though that you were lying about being my mate", I didn't notice how my eyes were staring to the floor now until a low growl got my eyes snapped back to him.
"I'm not lying about being your mate. And you shouldn't feel confused, soon or later you'll be able to feel the mate bond", he said leaning to me. He was getting closer by the second.
"What if I can't ever feel the mate bond?", I asked terrified at the idea. It is simple to say that I had a bond with dad but that was way too diferent than the mate bond.
"Then I'll make you feel like you have the mate bond", he said and pressed his lips against mine. He released my wirsts and I wrapped them around his neck. He was kissing me in a passionate way, slow and gentle. He put his arms around my waist and I can't tell when but I wrapped my legs around his waist and well we got a bit rough. His tounge invaded my mouth and my fingers were wrapped in his hair. A moan escaped from my lips and I was really surprised at my behavior and stopped my moans.
"Let me hear you", he said out of breath and made me go wet by his words. But considering that I wasn't wearing any panties and my skin was against his, it wasn't a secret. He smirked and kissed me again with the same intensity. We were out of air and stopped. I bite his lip while I was catching my breath. He knew how to drive crazy a girl. f**k, of course he does! He and Connor had this kind of competition over girls that were disgusting at some point and now I don't know if I should feel extremely mad at him. Cold water to me baby I am no longer hot. Even panting he was handsome as f**k but I'm a f*****g void full of insecurities at the moment just because I realized that he must have the same effect on anyone else. It must be written at my face because he did noticed.
"What's wrong?", he asked worried while caressing my cheek.
"I...", I don't know if I should be completely honest with you was what I wanted to say but his answer will be something like "Trust me", and I know I can't. No yet. So I started saying what I was thinking before.
"I don't feel ok knowing that right now you can have this effect on anyone and I'm scared", I confesed and I'm starting to think that it was a bit childish admit something like that. Damn he wants me to be honest right? Well honey I feel like you're going to f*****g cheat on me if you can make any girl reach the f*****g sky like this. But I wasn't going to say it like that, he's my mate, the least I can do is treat him like an equal. The way I though about it sounded like me and Gary talking to each other. We treat ourselves like trash now that I think about it.
"You are the only girl that can drive me crazy and I wouldn't change that for nothing. I'm happy to have you as my mate and the only thing stopping me from marking you is your stupid brother and the fact that you can't feel the mate bond. I want you to feel the same way as I do to mark you. Ok?", he said finally resting his forehead in mine.
I only nodded as response and took the rest of our thirty minutes enjoying our company. My legs wrapped around his waist, my back to the tree, his body pressed against me, one of his hands in my cheek while the other is resting peacefully in my waist. I would had enjoyed more the moment if back then I knew that I wouldn't be able to see him again.