Escape

7

POV: Gio

Feeling the love of my life clenching around my fingers again, was the best thing I've felt since I last saw her. I was sure that I would never get this feeling again.

As she was about to release her juices all over my hand, I remembered the promise I made to myself. I would not allow her to break me again. She was my mate, my Luna. But I shouldn't, couldn't, be in love with someone who didn't trust me.

I had to step back.

"Don't worry, Vinny." I said as dryly as I could, despite mine and Niko's emotions. "I'm not going to f*ck you."

'No! Stupid human!' my wolf started to berate me. 'She wants us! We need them!'

I knew he was right. If I continued, I would probably have her bent over this desk, up against the windows, on the couch. Sh*t as long as I was in her, I wouldn't care where we f*cked. We could probably call up her boy-toy and have him come watch me take her from him, because I would never let her go again.

But, I needed to keep my mind straight. As I pulled my fingers out of her, she whimpered. Which made it even harder to step back away from her.

"You have to come back to the pack with me." I stated plainly.

She was our Luna, our fated Luna. I needed her with me, I am weaker without her presence, and it makes our pack more vulnerable.

"Not happening." She said as she sat down in her office chair.

POV: Vinny

"Why would I go back with you?" I thought he might try to drag me away, but he had to know I wouldn't be with him, not by choice. Despite what my body was telling him.

"Don't look so stressed, Vinny," he chuckled. " It's just business, not pleasure."

'What does that even mean?' My wolf asked me, as if I had the answer.

"Elaborate."

"You are my, and our packs fated Luna. Having you ascend to your position will make the pack a lot stronger, anyone else could ruin us." He paused, looking around, even though there was no one else in the room but us. He cleared his throat before continuing. "Plus, a wolf born to fated mates is three times as strong as a wolf not born to fated mates. Even as an Alpha."

"You want me to give you an heir?" He could not be serious.

"Well, if you accept your Luna title, it technically would be in your job description."

I could not believe this.

I already didn't know if I wanted to ever go back to that pack, the pack where my parents were killed. I had already blocked everyone out of life.

Would I even make a good Luna?

'We were born for it,' Seven tried to reassure me, insisting it was apart of who we were. She said that we would never be truly happy without fulfilling our duties and being next to our mate. It was already written in the stars for everything to bring us back together.

"Is it really that hard of a decision for you?" Gio frowned, sounding insulted by my hesitation.

"I'm just thinking, Gio." I was, I didn't lie. "We aren't the same happy couple we used to be. Wouldn't that bring down the pack?"

"No the pack would be fine as long as we keep up appearances."

"Appearances?"

A deep breath left Gio before he continued talking. "I know you don't want to be with me and I don't want to be with you," my heart burned hearing those words. "We will have separate bedrooms in the pack house, we will only ever share a bedroom when you are in heat, and that is only to produce an heir. We will come together as a happy couple for pack events, but other than that, we are nothing."

She-wolfs only go into heat about once a year. There's no way that he would not find release elsewhere. But, I don't know how I would feel about mistresses. I'm not saying I want to be his only partner, but I don't want to be a joke.

"What about the other three hundred and fifty-five days out of the year?"

POV: Gio



"I know you don't want to be with me and I don't want to be with you," I couldn't believe I just said that to her. I wanted her more than anything. But, I know she's still hurting and so am I.

"We will have separate bedrooms in the pack house, we will only ever share a bedroom when you are in heat, and that is only to produce an heir. We will come together as a happy couple for pack events, but other than that, we are nothing." If I said anything about trying to make this work, I knew that she would not come back with me.

I watched her for a moment, waiting for a reply.

"What about the other three hundred and fifty-five days out of the year?"

"What do you mean?"

"Gio, that's a long time to go without any... release." At that moment, I realized I still loved her much more than she loved me. Had she been with someone else? I haven't been with another woman since her. It's not like I hadn't tried. They just weren't her. Even a simple kiss from another woman would make me want to vomit after. But, again, I can't tell her that. She needed to think I had no feelings for her, outside the mate bond.

"We can be with whoever we want, but they must agree to be discreet." I couldn't believe I said those words. I wanted to kill the man I smelled on her and I didn't even see him with her. If I saw someone leaving her room, or touched her a little too intimately, who knows how I would react.

She walked over to the big city windows, the way she leaned against them made my mind wander. I can't help the recurring thought of taking her up against the window, on display for everyone to see, but really, nobody could see her because we were too high up.

"Okay, I will go with you," I breathed a sigh of relief when she said that. "We will leave after my date, tonight."

"Date?" I asked her, holding back my anger. She is not going on a date.

She nodded. She is trying to get under my skin. I just know it.

"And we will leave after?" I asked, just needing reassurance. If we were still leaving tonight, that meant she wasn't planning on spending the night. That's a good thing, right?

"Yes, I will send you my address and let you know when I am on the way home." She walked to the door and signaled for me to walk out. "Same number, right?"

I nodded and left. Immediately mind-linking Martin. We had to prepare things for her arrival. And I needed information on this 'date.'