Silver Moon Luna

Chapter 7 - Sealing the bond

His right hand moved to hold the back of my head, his left hand was rubbing my ribs and stomach. I knew he wanted more. Most mates were mated within the first 24 hours. He ruined that. He hurt me. Could I let it go? I could right now with how I was feeling against his touch in a sleepy state. I wanted him. I was struggling not to moan and push against him.

"Alina, as much as I want to, I will not take you until I have 100% healed your heart. I will fight for your love. I will fight for our mate bond. Just please, let me be here with you. Let me be with you, lay with you. I never want to be apart from you again. I must lay with you each night. I must be close to you." He was kissing my neck now as he said all that. Licking my marking spot.

"I am too tired to fight you tonight. And a full night of real rest sounds amazing." I said as I snuggled into him and let him wrap his arms around me. I fell asleep within minutes.

When I woke up, he was not next to me. Really, I thought, he used me to get better rest. How dare he. Then my door started opening. "I was hoping you would be up soon. It is almost noon dear. I had Marie fix you a plate of some of your favorites. Sausage, pancakes, cinnamon roll, bacon, eggs. Coffee with french vanilla creamer and a touch of cinnamon." He was walking to me and the plate of food smelled delicious. Am I always going to think the worst?

"Alina, I can feel your worry. I promise I will fix this." He helped me sit up and handed me the coffee first. He set the food on the nightstand. He sat down on the bed next to me. After a few sips of coffee, he began feeding me.

After my stomach was nice and full, I gave Alex a peck on his cheek. "Thank you, that was delicious. I think I need to get up now."

"No, my dear, I have already cleared it that we can hang out the rest of today and tonight and bond. I was thinking we could set up the couch and watch movies and talk for the day. Marie already said she would send dinner when it was ready." He looked at me with hope.

We spent the rest of the day cuddled on the couch. Reminiscing on the past when we were little. All the memories we had together. When he knew I was his mate and why he hid it. He was so open with me today and helped me to understand his decision. I didn't feel hate towards him anymore. I felt his alpha sense of duty. I had the same sense. Maybe if it was reversed, I would have done the same thing. He wouldn't tell me how his necklace was magical or how it worked. He said that was no biggie.

His parents had gone home today, and it was the only time we left the room, was to walk them to their car. They were flying home today. Off to North Carolina. Luna Rosemary told me to take the time I needed. That she knew from the time we were kids. She hoped that the memories we had together growing up would help me work through it. She didn't know why he did it this way in the end, but she was glad that he realized the truth. She advised that Alpha George and her are still young enough that when Tyler is ready, they will have lots of time to travel.

I took his necklace and placed it in my jewelry box. I didn't have much in there anyway. "Don't worry, my love. Over the years you will have plenty to put in there." Alex said as he walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around me.

"Alex, I have really enjoyed bonding with you. I just have this feeling you're going to run. Decide that you don't want this anymore. I have saved myself all my life for this moment and for my future." I nuzzled my head against his chest.

"Alina May, you listen to me. I am not going to change my mind now. You are going to be a strong Luna and I your Alpha. Together we will have many pups and raise them together. There is no way after letting the bond build that I will let you go now. And I don't want you even thinking about that anymore. I know it's hard, but I will prove that I want nothing but you." He kissed the top of my head and rubbed down the side of my arms. "I really want to mark you my sweet Alina." He continued but whispering in my ear as he started nibbling on my lobe.

Alex's phone began to ring. He looked at who was calling and advised that he had to take this call. It was about important pack matters. I did not think much about it, that is until he walked out of my room and into his to take the call. My mind began to wonder why he would not take the call, in front of me. If he wanted me to be his Luna, why hide pack matters from me? Maybe he had a lover back in his pack and she was calling to check in on him. That thought lingered with me and I walked to his door. I could sense him in the room pacing back and forth. I could hear his muffled voice, but even with my wolf hearing, I was not able to make out the words as the door and walls were so thick. I had an overwhelming sense that there was more to uncover than him hiding from me for so long due to Alpha duties.

Alex's POV

My phone rang and I advised Alina that it was important pack matters. As a future Luna, she would understand that. I walked across the hall into my alpha guest room and shut the door. If she happened to follow me, hopefully she would not hear.

"Hello Shamari." I stated when I put the phone to my ear.

"Alex, my beautiful soul. I hope you are enjoying your trip. I just happened to be walking through town and heard some rumors of you potentially finding your mate. Is this true?" She tried to keep jealousy out of her tone. She thought to herself 'If he found his mate, I can learn about her, cover myself in her scent and have him mark me. As long as he hasn't marked her yet. I will get my man, one way or another.'

He trusted Shamari enough to tell her. "I have found her, a life-long friend of the family. I will be staying here a bit of time to work through this and hopefully complete the bonding process. She found out that the necklace hid my scent from her and she is having trouble trusting me."

"Oh, my dear Alex, you will overcome this with her. If you want to send me something with her scent on it, I can do a spell for you? Something that will help clear her mind for you possibly? She was hopeful in her tone that he would believe she wanted to help.

"Oh Shamari! You would do that for me. I know I had you create the necklace to hide my scent from her, but my parents have agreed that it is for the best to accept my fate the Moon Goddess has provided me. I will get something from her over to you in a few days." Excitement in my tone.

I began feeling her outside my room. I hope that being of alpha decent didn't allow her to hear the conversation. She would begin to wonder who Shamari was. I could feel through the bond we are creating that she is already having issues fully trusting me. Hopefully, Shamari could help with the bond. I knew I needed to tell her who Shamari was and at some point, take her to my pack so she could feel that I was not with any others. I had many she wolves who tried to become my Luna, but the farthest that went was a kiss.

I opened the door and noticed that she was not there. I went to her room, and she was not in there either. While I had the chance, I grabbed one of her t-shirts from the laundry basket and tossed it in my room. I then went downstairs to find her.