Moonlight

Chapter 7

Alex POV

After Danilo and I fought, I stayed in my room. I needed to work, but I could not be in my office today, not where I almost messed up so badly. I had my laptop in my room and decided to work from there. I could not really concentrate, but I managed to get some stuff done. After a while I decided to take a break and stepped out onto the balcony. I normally did not use it much, since the view was that of the gardens and it reminded me of the mother I had never met, but today I felt it was calling me. Sure enough, I quickly found out why I was called to look outside, Danilo and Aime were down there sitting on a bench talking. My blood was boiling.

After they left the gardens I saw them go back to the pack house. I wanted to know where they were going, so I stood by the stairs hoping I would be able to hear them from the Alpha floor. I was not expecting them to be coming up, but thanks to my wolf hearing I heard them on time and ran to hide in my room with the door slightly ajar, just enough to see them go into Aime’s room. Why the hell did Danilo go into her room? Alone with her?! She is MY mate, MINE and only MINE… I couldn’t believe I was thinking this, but here we were.

I ran out onto the balcony hoping to eavesdrop on what they were doing in her room. Luckily for me they were out there too, so I just hid in the shadows. She had the most beautiful laugh I had ever heard. Her voice was so calming and melodious, almost as if she was singing a lullaby. I could not stop staring at her. She looked even prettier today than the day I met her. She just felt so much like home to me I could not explain it. I wanted to rip Danilo apart for being so close to her, but I couldn’t. It was almost as if her scent, her voice, her laugh reassured me she was only mine. Only for me and no one else. I wanted to kiss her again, but this time I wanted her to kiss me back. I wanted her to want me the way I wanted her. It was as if all my lust was replaced with a feeling of longing. Of course I wanted to mate with her, but it was more than that, it was like just touching her would make me feel complete. What was wrong with me, a few hours ago I was sure I did not want a mate and now she was all I could think about. ***Sigh***

I tried several times to mindlink Danilo, to ask him to come talk to me after he left her room. I am not going to lie, I wanted to punch him for spending all day with her, especially in the gardens, where he sat so close, but he blocked me. Asshole. I wanted to know what he meant by her being more special, Kristof had also mentioned that, and the rag Danilo had thrown at me, I wanted to ask about that. Danilo finally left. I wanted to follow him and talk, but I chose to stay and stare at my mate. I just couldn’t take my eyes off of her, for the first time in my life I was intrigued by a she-wolf. I wanted to know her well, to know how I was deserving of someone like her, how I was so lucky.

My mind kept racing back to Danilo laughing and joking with her. I was jealous that he could talk to her so easily and she seemed to enjoy his company. It made my blood boil to know she was fine without me, she was ok being with him, and although I knew he would not dare touch her, I was still upset he had been so close to my mate. Yet, something felt off, although I felt possessive and protective over her, I did not feel the rage other werewolves have described over their mate. ‘It’s mate’ Kristof chimed in, ‘I told you she is special. She calms us down’. I needed to know everything about her and her previous pack.

The moon was almost full and was shining brightly on her. Then she began to sing a beautiful song I have only heard once before in one of my dreams. I used to dream about a beautiful lady singing to me and telling me stories about the moon and how the mate bond was created. The moon and the sun gifted the earth with their daughter, but she was betrayed by her lover, trapped to roam the earth in werewolf form until her lover would set her free with the promise of eternal love. In order to help her daughter the moon goddess created the mate bond. I knew it was just a dream, but it always felt so real. I always felt connected to the lady, even though I didn’t know who she was. The dreams stopped after I turned 18 and got my wolf, but strangely the dream came back the night before I met Aime.

I listened in awe at the beautiful voice of my mate. Her voice was so perfect and calming. Sadly, it began to crack, that's when I realized she was crying. Her tears were different, it was almost as if they shimmered a silvery color with the reflection of the moon. I stayed there staring at her, wishing I could touch her, wishing I would be next to her cradling her in my arms and wiping away her tears, wishing I could make everything better for her. UGH! I needed to stop, I knew very well I could not have been this lucky. I got up and went to my room. I figured the longer I stayed away from her the easier it would be to lose her.