Mated or fated? (Completed Book #5 of the blood moon saga)

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She threw my phone back and smiled

"Yeah but I got a new camera so I'll use that"

I smiled and pulled my hair down and shook it out and threw my glasses back on, taking Brian by the hand and heading to the beach.

"So you pay your sister to take photos?"

"Yeah, it's so I don't have to be on my phone constantly and she loves photography, she is going to school for it and it pays good, plus she gets photos for her classes"

"Cool. It's nice to see that even though your parents are rich you all still choose to work"

I smile and nod

"Yeah we all have trust funds but we try to avoid using it. We always had chores as kids and my parents always encouraged us to follow our dreams and make a career out of it"

"So how did you end doing i********:"

"When I got my first dirt bike I would spend hours on it practicing tricks then Lola would take photos of it and one day I just started posting them along with photos of the wolves and me dressed up. It was all for fun then one day I woke up and I had like 30.000 followers overnight and soon people started to send me packages and eventually started paying me. I was 15 when I got my first pay cheque and I was so damn proud then I'd save them and buy bikes.

The more I posted the more my page grew the more I got paid so now it is what it is. I'll be paid double now that my followers are doubled so I'll pay Lola double. People keep offering to take over my page and i just send them photos but I don't like the thought of a stranger doing it"

"You should just get someone from the pack to do it"

"Maybe I will when I get back, come on let's go swimming"

I pull his hand but he pulls me back and throws me over his shoulder and runs into the water slapping my ass on the way. I scream in shock as he quickly wades through the water. I wrap my legs around his chest and he lets me slide down his body a little so I can kiss him.

"Have I ever told you, you have a nice ass?"

I smirk at him and he chuckles then he drops me. I scream in shock as I fall ass first into the warm water. I jump up and take a breath

"Ugh you nearly gave me a heart attack"

I snort like a pig and splash water on him. He dives for me and I scream as he pulls my legs from under me. When I get up I giggle and splash him back.

We play in the water like big kids then lay on the beach and relax, the girls come out and join me and after 10 minutes of girl talk Brian excuses himself and goes to find James.

"He is smoking hot. How the hell do you keep your panties on around him he is a beefcake"

I giggle at Keagens description of Brian.

"He is unbelievably beautiful isn't he"

"Nothing compared to my James"

"James is my brother, Brian on the other hand is not and I can appreciate a body when I see one"

I slap Keagen on the ass and laugh at her

"Stop ogling him he technically is your brother now"

She turns over and grins putting her sunglasses on

"Whatever you say sis whatever you say"

We all giggle and take photos and talk about Lola and James' wedding.

"You are both my bridesmaids. Baylee and May also and if Sophie can her to"

"As long as our dresses are pretty I don't care what you want me to do. Although I insist as the only single sister that I arrange the bachelorette party"

I look at her and then back at lola

"Please do not let her do that. After Sophie's we were in trouble for weeks"

Lola giggles at the memory

"Do you remember dads face when he walked in and there was a stripper on mum's knee"

I snort and giggle my heart out

"That was so funny. I thought Noah was going to burn the strippers alive after they got Sophie to slap his ass hahaha..snort..hahaha..snort"

"It was epic. I'm definitely in charge again"

Keagen replied with a grin on her face

"As if James would ever allow that, he knows you to well"

"Well don't tell him. They shouldn't have crashed the party anyway. If they didn't break the rules no one would have gotten in trouble, we will just lie about the location next time and tell james Megan's organising it"

Lola rolls her eyes

"They will know we are lying. I'm crap at lying and they will feel it through the bond your better off just organising it and surprising us last minute and then we can't get in trouble for not telling them"

I snort and laugh at them both

"Your as bad as her giving her ideas like that"

"Oh come on you think the boys are so innocent"

Me and Lola growl at the same time making Keagen cackle in laughter

"So anyone know what this surprise is"

They both bite their lips and look down

"You do know! What is it? I hate surprises"

"Nope it's a surprise and you will love it so suck it up and wait. In Fact we should go get you ready"

I groan and fall onto my back. A makeover from Keagen is not what I want right now

"Oh don't worry Brian already lectured me to tell me how beautiful you are and that you don't need loads of makeup and bla bla bla.."

I smiled and stood up

"Good. Let's go do this"

—-

After 20 minutes of torture I'm finally ready to go. I have on a simple yellow sundress that stops just above my knees. It has short frilly sleeves and shows just a little cleavage. I throw on a pair of white converse and I'm ready to go.

My hair has that natural beach wave look going on with just a little pinned back out of my face. I'm finished with some mascara and lipgloss

I smile and do a twirl for the girls. We take some sister photos and some other photos for work then I go wait for Brian as the girls explore the island a bit with James.

I walk out and pour myself a cup of coffee and as I take a drink Brian walks in and when he sees me his face lights up.

"You look so beautiful"

"Talk for yourself"

He had a short sleeve yellow button up shirt and brown dress shorts paired with white sneakers. His big blue eyes were bright and full of love, his messy brown hair fell over his head where he had used his enormous hand to push it back from where it fell over his face. If you looked up Greek god in the dictionary this man would outdo him. He is so damn beautiful.

"Are you ready, pretty lady?"

He held his hand out for me and I took it, placing my cup in the sink.

"First we are going for a walk"

We walked out the back and through the forest talking about anything and everything. We had so much in common so talking was easy. As we reached the edge of the forest we took a trail up the mountain.

I hadn't been this way before and it was so beautiful. Full of wild flowers and big beautiful trees that have never been disturbed by human hands. I was In awe of the place before me and the smile on my face must have mirrored that

"It's just so beautiful"

He grinned and pulled me up further

"Close your eyes it's just to about to get even better"

I did what he said and he grabbed both my hands and led me somewhere. The anticipation was killing me but I did what I was told. I could feel we made it to flat ground and he swung me around and made me stand still.

"Open your eyes"

He said softly and I nearly fell over. We were on a cliff overlooking the entire island, the sky was bright blue matching the water below it. You could see for miles and miles and it completely took my breath away

"Brian how did you find this place it's amazing"

"I had a little help"

He said behind me. I turned to him and gasped, grasping my chest in shock. He was on his knee in front of me holding a little black box. Never in a million years would I have guessed that this was the surprise.

"Megan, you're the other part of my soul. 2 parts of one. Even before I knew that I would have done anything for you, I would have followed you anywhere and I always will. We have our Ailm mark, now our mate mark and I would like to complete that by asking for your hand in marriage so we can do this life together as man and wife. I love you Megan. Will you marry me?"

Tears streamed down my face and I had no words. My hands shook with shock, unable to talk so I pushed my hand out to him and nodded.

"Is that a yes"

Shit he needs words. Grow up woman and talk to your husband

"Yessss. I love you. Yess"

He pushed the ring on my finger and grabbed me into his arms and swung me around kissing my face. I grabbed his face in my hands and I kissed him, wrapping my legs around his waist.

"I love you. I love you so much thank you this was perfect"

He smiled and nudged my nose peeking me on the lips again.

"Good. But it's not over yet I hope you don't mind I invited no sorry they crashed the moment"

He sent a glare behind him with a smirk making me laugh

"Anyway we have guests"

He carried me through trees and we stood on the side of a waterfall still overlooking the island. There were tents up and a large campfire surrounded in camp chairs with beer and tequila on ice and my goofy siblings sat with huge grins on there face

"Surprise"

They all screamed at the same time. I shook my head in disbelief, they really did crash. But I couldn't blame them for wanting to be there at this moment. If roles were reversed I would want to come as well.

"I love you. And I love you more for letting them crash the party"

"They ain't that bad, James was the one who found this place and helped me set it up so it's all thanks to him really"

"So that's why you ditched the girl talk?"

His eyes widened and he squared his shoulders slightly

"No, I ditched girl talk cause I'm not a girl. But yes that's when we did this"

I kissed him again and he let me down. James threw a bottle of tequila at me. There must have been 12 litre bottles of the stuff. I just giggled and shook my head in disbelief. we sure knew how to drink but this was a little excessive

"How are you feeling sissy?"

"Good, really good"

I answered him then took a look at my ring. With the shock I hadn't even registered that I should look at the ring.

"Oh crap he got you a possession ring. The boy did good. Damn well done Brother Brian"

Keagen nudged him with her shoulder and smiled at me, dropping my hand from hers.

"What's a possession ring?"

"It's a strong, universal symbol of love, to which time gives all its value. The Possession ring, entirely set with diamonds, reminds those who wear of it of the constantly moving desire of two hearts, precious and in love with one another."

Brian had obviously memorised the words and said it in a funny voice.

Harper

Damn the boy really did good that was so romantic

Me

Are you crying

Harper

Just because I don't have a heart of stone like you! don't judge me for being happy

Me

Hahaha big sop

"That's very romantic and it's so me. Lola take pictures so I can remember this day forever"

"Already done and emailed to you!"

I grinned then remembered mum

"I have to ring mum"

I said smiling at Brian. He nodded and kissed my cheek. We rang mum and she answered immediately

"Thank the heavens it's you both. Is it done? My heart can't take the not knowing anymore"

Brian let his head fall back and he laughed loudly mum stopped to look at him

"And just what is so funny"

"Well the fact if I didn't do it, you would have ruined the surprise"

He took into a fit of laughter and mom looked a little guilty

"Well damn he's right. But anyway let me see the ring"

I held up the ring and spun it around so she could see all the diamonds that completely encrusted the white gold, mums jaw dropped

"Oh baby it's beautiful and matches your personality perfectly"

"Thanks mum"

"Oh here comes dad and benji"

They both come on the phone with grins on there faces

"Congratulations you 2! Now let's see it. I hope you didn't skimp none on her, she's worth a lot more than just a normal old ring"

Brian rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath that I didn't catch. I held my ring up and benji's eyes nearly fell out of his head dad just grinned at the ring.

"Well damn you really outdid yourself there son. A beautiful ring for my new beautiful daughter"

Dad put his arm around benjis shoulder

"Come on you old sap. Let's let them be and enjoy the moment. We love you guys, all of you"

"Love you to"

Straight away our family group chat blew up so I added Brian to it. His eyes widened when he realised how much my family talk to each other and about the random conversations

We had a picnic and drank our drink but as the sun started to set it decided to rain.

"The one day I want to propose and camp and it f*****g rains"

The rain pelted down and after 30 minutes we decided to head home. We drank and sang the entire way dancing in the rain and playing around trees like we were kids in a candy shop.

By the time we got home we were soaked through and decided we would have our movie night. Brian tackled me as soon as I walked through the door and we ended up being late for movie night.

I checked my i********: and nearly fell of my seat it was up to 800.000

"What the f**k is going on I think I'm being punked!"

I hand the phone off and we are all puzzled. I put up a post of Brian holding me in his arms overlooking the view right after he proposed with a cryptic message. It didn't really need much editing so I posted it as it was.

"Surprise reveal at 1mil! Thanks for the 800,000"

Brian read over my shoulder

"Yeah it's official so I better tell them all"

"That you should"

"Does that mean I get another raise"

I chuckle at Lola sitting under the blanket like a baby with a bottle of tequila trying to distract herself from the horribly bad horror movie we have on. I snap a picture of her and giggle. She looks like a stoner.

"So are you going to start training me tomorrow?"

"If that's what you want"

"Good"

We change the shitty movie and watch a proper jumpy horror. We were all screaming every time something happened making the night even better especially by the end when we were all drunk. We played drinking games and soon Brian and James had a real bromance going as I talked with the girls

Keagen;

"So that's 2 bachelorette parties to organise now. Or maybe we should have a joint one"

James;

"No f*****g way are you ever organising a party again look what happened last time"

Keagen;

"Oh don't be a baby. It's her last night of freedom relax"

James;

"No, it was her last night of freedom when she was 7 and it was the day before she met me. Not happening"

Brian;

"It can't have been that bad"

James;

"No dude it was bad! First they had a damn stripper party and my dad and Noah nearly killed the men then they managed to sneak out when we put them to bed because they were so drunk but Baylee commanded all the guards not to tell so they went to a damn human town and drank the local men under the table then started to have arm wrestling matches with bodybuilders pissing them of. They claimed they were cheating and ended up in a full blown riot where the girls beat the living daylights out of everyone and wrecked the bar and there was thousands in damages. They all got arrested and Baylee fell asleep so couldn't command her way out. Mum and aunt Fiona broke the bars and walked out just in time for us to find the fuckers and had to spend a fortune bribing all the cops as well as paying for their broken cell. I'm not even kidding, Caden grounded them all like they were 10 year old kids. Honestly worst night of my life"

By the end I was snorting like a pig with the girls as Brian had a look of horror on his face

Me

"One of the best nights of my life"

I giggled honestly

Lola

"Definitely top 5 in my book. Although being grounded sucked until Baylee blew up a pan in the kitchen and caden got sick of us and let us leave again"

Keagen

"I forgot about that hahahahaha Evelyn nearly had an aneurysm and shouted at caden and told him if he didn't let us leave that she was going to quit because we were so annoying"

Me

"Hahahhahahahaha mum paid her to do it. Gave her like $500 for saying it hahahahahahaha"

Brian

"Damn there nowhere near as innocent as they look"

James

"And your the dumb dude who's deciding to join the family. We had no choice. Stuck to the bitches"

We all laughed as Brian looked a little ill. Lola patted his shoulder

Lola

"Don't worry we aren't always that bad"

James

"Bullshit. You all get in trouble everywhere you go and when they are all together phhhht stick with me il make sure they don't sell you into a s*x industry like they did to the poor drunk human man. Sold him to a horny woman and he hadn't a clue what was happening. I swear I'd love to know how that one turned out"

James was laughing now too. Brian put his finger to the side of his head and made a shooting noise. As if to say mind blown. He lifted me of the ground and held me in his arms

Brian

"Nah you have me now you will behave"

I snorted and laughed with everyone but Brian

Me

"Now what fun would that be?"

He shook his head as James put another movie on and we all calmed down. I must have passed out because I was back in bed, naked, on top of Brian who was snoring the day away. The sun shone brightly and I decided to let him sleep so I threw on a bathing suit and went to the kitchen for coffee and aspirin. As I walked in everyone else was up and they looked like death too.

"Well good morning you drunken messes"

"Us? Dude you started to strip half way through the movie and said you were too warm. Nearly scarred me for life"

My face heated up instantly and I covered my face with my hands as Mrs gonzal came in with coffee

"Well good morning miss Megan. Nice to see you fully dressed again"

I let my head fall on the table as everyone laughed at me.

"Have you checked insta. I don't know what the hell is happening but you need to take a look"

I frowned and pulled my phone out.

"1.1mil! What the f**k?"

"You better put your announcement up"

I edited a few pictures of Brian proposing to me. They were beautiful and I will get them framed when I get home. When I uploaded it people went crazy. Within a few minutes I had thousands of comments and hundreds of thousands of likes. My phone started to ring. It was one of the company's that sends me PR

"Hello?"

"Miss Moon it's alice, I hear congratulations are in order"

"Yes thank you. Can I ask what the hell happened? How did I grow so fast overnight?"

"Well actually we couldn't understand that ourselves but it turns out a writer for Rolling Stones magazine found your i********: and started to tweet it out and they have got in contact and want an interview with you with your bikes and wolves"

"Why would they want that?"

The woman chuckled

"Because you're an idol for a lot of young women, especially bikers. And your bikes are amazing, especially your new baby. Listen, I'll send the details to you through email. Get your lawyer to look it over and see if it's something you want to do. if you have questions just call anytime atol. Have a nice day and congratulations"

"Thanks bye"

I put the phone down and stare at it in shock. When I look up everyone is looking at me, probably mirroring my own face.

Pure and utter f*****g shock

Brian walks in and lifts me onto his knee. He's talking but I don't hear him. I just stare at the wall behind James' head unable to comprehend the conversation I just had.

I felt a sharp pain across my face jumping me out of my trance

"What the f**k Keagen"

"Sorry but I had to wake you up. Are you ok?"

"Well my face hurts like a b***h thanks to you"

Brian chuckles and kisses my face and the blood underneath my skin seems to soothe at his touch.

"So what are you going to do?"

Brian says to me. I look at him

"Say we were at home and a random pack member came to you and said they were offered this. What would you say?"

I look to the entire room

"Like, is this not dangerous? It's ok on insta with no interaction with anyone but if I open up our lives it could put the packs at risk and I don't think that's ok no matter how cool the offer may be"

I take a drink of coffee and refill my cup and drink more as everyone around me is quiet. They know I'm right

"Just do one thing for me. Send the email to dad and let him talk to the lawyers. I understand where you are coming from but you have been doing this from the age of 15. You have worked for years to get here, don't just let this go incase of what could happen. At least let dad and caden discuss it with Baylee and the lawyers. If they think it can't be done then we will drop it but if you can pull this off do it."

I rub my face and sigh at James' word and I nod, he was right. I picked up my phone and sent the email on to dad and rang him. Baylee was beside him when I told them there jaws were on the ground then Baylee started to scream and jump around like a crazy person

"This is amazing!"

"Baylee your meant to think about this we need to be careful I don't want to expose us"

"Expose us? Megan we had a damn war with the bastards, the humans know about us they just ignore us now. I really think you should do it"

"Please just talk it over with dad and caden and go over the contract. If you all really think we should do it then we will do it but just think about it first please"

"Fine, you voice of reason. Now go away so I can look this over and congratulations on that rock it's beautiful"

"Thanks love you all"

I hung up and grabbed food as we all talked all morning. When we were done me and Brian started training on the beach. I'm good at fighting but I need to learn how to fight without fire.

I'm fast and could beat an average she wolf without fire but I want to be better and Brian was amazing. He had been training just as long as me and he kicked my ass repeatedly.

The next day I could feel my muscles burn from Brian kicking my ass in training. We trained for hours, I was determined to get better and he was more than willing to help me.

I rolled to look at my beautiful mate. It was my most favourite thing to do, watch him as he sleeps. He had the blanket thrown off him and he was sweating. I frowned and touched his forehead. He groaned at my touch. He was hot. Like really hot. I grabbed my phone and rang gran

"Hey love what's up?"

She was chipper this morning. Her voice made me smiles

"Brian is burning up. What should I do?"

"Oh you need to get him awake and outside until he changes or he could start a fire. There isn't really anything you can do but be with him"

Steam started to rise from his body and I jumped out of bed

"Ok ok I better go il chat you later"

I threw the phone away and grabbed shorts and a T-shirt. I shook Brian but he wasn't budging so I grabbed some soft shorts and put them on him and rang James

"What?"

"I need your help, Brian's about to burst into flames and I can't wake him"

"On the way"

I threw the phone on the bed and tried to wake him up again just as James and Lola ran into the room with a sleepy Keagen following behind them

"We should just carry him"

James said putting his arms under Brian, he tried to lift him but puffed

"Why is he so damn heavy? You need to help me"

I nodded and went to his other side and together we hooked under his arms and put him in a sitting position. I heaved at his dead weight.

"Lola grab his waist and Keagen get his legs"

They did what James told them and together we lifted him off the bed. His head rolled back into a painful position but I couldn't do anything about it.

"Keagen if his skin gets to hot drop him, I don't want you getting burned"

"I know, I know, now lift"

She answered. We basically pulled him to the top of the stairs but as Lola and Keagen began to walk down the stairs lola tripped and sent her and Keagen flying. The force made us drop Brian and together the 5 of us fell down the stairs in a ball of limbs.

When we stopped I couldn't help but laugh my ass off, if Brian was awake he would laugh too.

"That's one way of getting him downstairs"

I spluttered through snorts as everyone else took into fits of laughter with me, after I rubbed my butt and stood up I went back to Brian and we all heaved trying to carry him outside.