Moonlight

Chapter 6

Alex POV

After I left my office I felt so ashamed and disgusted about what I almost did. In my anger, I almost touched another, someone who means nothing to me and this would have caused a lot of pain to my mate, the one made perfectly for me, my only gift. I guess in a way I wanted her to feel pain for how afraid she made me feel. ‘The truth’ Kristof huffed in my head. Fine, I was not truly angry at her, I was angry at myself. I was developing feelings for someone I had just met, someone I didn’t even want in my life. I was truly afraid she would instantly dislike me the moment we met, she would just hurt me.

I felt so confused and conflicted, I just locked myself in my room. I took a shower to try and calm down, but honestly, it was not possible anymore, I wanted her so badly, I wanted to see her, but then again, my fear stopped me. I needed to stay away for my own sake, I’m sure soon enough she would hear all about me.

‘Open the door now!’ I got a pissed mindlink from Danilo.

As soon as I opened the door, he knocked me down to the floor with a punch. The Alpha in me took over, and I quickly had him pinned to the wall.

“What the f**k!” I yelled at him. I was pissed, how dare he punch his Alpha.

“What the f**k did you do? What the f**k where you thinking? How can you be such a f*****g asshole, Alex!” He spat in my face, he was not backing down. “At least have the f*****g decency of rejecting her before you f**k someone else. What did she ever do to you? What kind of f*****g Alpha are you?” His words brought me down from my anger.

“What?” Confusion washed over my face.

“Don’t play stupid with me man, you f*****g hurt the Luna. I will die protecting her if I have to.”

“I did not hurt her. What are you talking about!” I yelled, losing my temper and throwing him on the floor. Luckily Scott managed to get there and calm us both down.

“What are you idiots fighting about?” He pulled us into my room and locked the door behind him.

“Ask your i***t Alpha.” Danilo said, pissed, but a little more calm. Scott looked at me confused and I silently shook my head while running my fingers through my hair, “I don’t know”.

“You seriously are going to act like you don’t f*****g know what you did?” Danilo asked. I just stared. “You f****d some random she-wolf the day after meeting your mate. Don’t try to deny it, I was there when Luna felt the pain.”

All the blood drained from my face. Suddenly, I felt relieved we were in my room and not in the hall, yelling like idiots for everyone to hear. Scott looked at me in shock, anger and disappointment at the same time. I guess just touching a she-wolf while aroused was enough for my mate to feel the pain of cheating through the bond. I shook my head ‘no’. It was all I could do.

“You better fix this. That girl in there does not deserve this. Be a man w***e if you want to be, but leave her out of it.” Danilo yelled as he walked to storm out of the room.

“Stop!” I said, still shaking my head. “I..I didn’t… I’m sorry.” Again tears threatened to fall from my eyes. What was wrong with me?

“Don’t apologize to either of us, you didn’t hurt us. Apologize to your mate, to our Luna.” Scott said.

“... or better in fact, reject her like you wanted to, she deserves better than you.” Danilo’s words were still full of rage. I felt all the blood boil to my head. How could my beta and best friend tell me to reject my mate? I let out an angry growl and rushed to pin him against the wall again. I was pissed. Kristof was pissed. We could not lose our mate.

“i***t” Danilo choked out, making me look up at him. His face with a smirk? I let him go again, regaining control.

“It’s obvious you care.” I am still confused, what the hell is going on. “I know you didn’t go through with it, Aime would have hurt for a lot longer than she did, but you still hurt her, so for that I am pissed. I’ve known you forever, so I’ll tell you this as a friend, get your s**t together and your head out of your ass. Enough with the emotionless manwhore facade.” Danilo finished, reaching for the door. “Oh, and Alex” He turned to face me before walking out. “not that it should matter, but your mate is more special than you think.” He said tossing me a rag.

Danilo POV

I was livid, I could not believe Alex would do something so cruel as to attempt to have s*x with anyone else after finding his mate. I did not care he was my Alpha at this point, he hurt my Luna. He was my best friend and I was going to f**k him up. As soon as he opened the door I punched him straight in the face. It felt oddly satisfying, I guess it was a long time coming. I gave him a piece of my mind, and for the first time I saw my friend tear up. I knew he was ashamed and cared a lot that he hurt his mate. I knew he regretted touching some slut the moment he did it, but he did it anyway, and he needed to feel shame and regret for f*****g up so bad. It was good for him to feel, maybe he would start to act like the Alpha he was and not keep up with this charade to please his dad.

As soon as I stormed off his room I saw Jessica coming up the stairs. Ugh! This b***h. I guarantee she is the one he had almost had s*x with. I told her to f**k off the Alpha floor, as no one was allowed in this floor today. She tried to argue, but I was already in a mood and I guess she found out soon enough. I grabbed her arm and pulled her to the stairs. I told her to f*****g leave or I would throw her in a cell. Sometimes I really wish I could. She annoyed the crap out of me.

The rest of the afternoon was uneventful, so I finally decided I would go up and check on Aime.

After I went to talk to her in the hospital, I felt instantly connected to her. She was genuinely nice and caring, and her voice was so calming and reassuring, I just enjoyed her company. She opened the door and before I could talk, she asked if she could explore the gardens. I guess she could see them from her balcony and wanted to explore. No one really went there much since what happened to Luna Clara. I asked if I could accompany her, she agreed, quickly grabbed a sweater and we headed down to the gardens.

I knew Alex was watching from the balcony, I could feel his stare burning on my back. I was not sure if Aime noticed, but she acted unbothered. It almost felt good to make him feel insecure, he needed to learn his lesson to just accept his feelings. I was enjoying my time with Aime, she seemed so at home amongst the flowers. We sat down on a bench and started talking, having some light hearted conversation until we got to the topic of training. I knew she meant business when she explained all the training she had received, but we pride ourselves in being the strongest pack. I guess she started training at a very young age and after her parents passed away, her grandma signed her up for martial arts classes. She said she would like to train with the warriors. I doubt she will be any good, but I am willing to teach her a few things to help her protect herself, I would just have to run it by Alex first, or maybe I won’t.

After a little while we decided to head back to her room and went out to talk on her balcony. I knew he was still there hiding in the shadows. The wind was blowing his way, so we couldn’t pick up his scent, but he is my best friend, so I know his tactics very well.

“So why doesn’t he reject me and get it over with?” Aime’s question brought me back from my thoughts. I forgot we were talking about the mate bond, and how she heard some she-wolfs say Alex did not want a mate, I was not sure where she heard it, since I was with her all day. “I am sorry, I know it is not your place or mine to talk about this.” She quickly added.

“You are right, it is not my place to talk about it.” I wished I could tell her more. “He will need to talk to you about all that. All I can really tell you, is he has never really shown interest in any girl” I responded, not realizing how that sounded.

“So… he’s gay?” I lost it so hard. I knew he could hear too. Payback!

“Maybe” I replied laughing and she just laughed. I saw something in her eyes that intrigued me, like they changed to a silver color, but it went away as quickly as it came, it must have been the reflection of the moon, it was getting close to being full. We talked a little longer. Laughing and joking around. I knew he was boiling inside, because I kept feeling him trying to mind link me, but I was blocking him. I finally said bye to Aime and left her sitting on the balcony. She wanted to stay out a little longer. I quickly left her room, and ran away from the Alpha floor since I knew he would try to chase me, and possibly kill me.