The stubborn Luna

A painful reminder

The smell of medical equipment and the faint sound of a heart monitor was all I could focus on, my body refused to move, why would my healing not be almost complete by now? I finally opened my eyes after a few minutes of struggling to do anything except breathing, the room was dark and it took a second for my eyes to adjust. My right eye was much more blurry then my left and I raised my hand feeling a line of stitches a little too close to my eye lid, it seems I got pretty lucky. I finally looked around before letting my eyes land on a sleeping tifani who looked pretty banged up, and Logan who was watching me with a faded smile “creep” I finally spoke after a few seconds, my voice was scratchy and my throat felt dry. Logan let out a small laugh “it’s my shift to watch you, how are you feeling?” He whispered back carefully getting to his feet so he didn’t disturb his sleeping mate “sore, confused…Logan what happened?” I asked sitting up slowly with a small gasp, “easy your side has stitches too.” He said standing beside the bed “a rouge attack, I’ll admit you’re even more bad ass then I remember.” He answered flashing a smile making me smirk in return. “Is everyone okay?” I asked looking up at him “you’ve been under for 4 days and you’re asking about your team?” He teased making my eyes widen “four days?” I snapped waking tifani up, she looked at us before tears filled her eyes. “You’re okay?” She beamed getting to her feet, I moved over making room for her as Logan took a step to the side “get over here.” I said with a faded smile and she happily curled up beside me on the bed “never scare me like that again.” She whispered as we curled up holding eachother, this wasn’t my best friend this was my sister and if the roles were reversed I would have been scared too. “Are you okay?” I finally asked after a few seconds and she nodded moving back slightly so we both had room “a few bruises but I’m fine, everyone is perfectly fine, no casualties on our side.” She said with a proud tone, I grinned with a small breath, feeling more relaxed knowing everyone was okay. The three of us talked for a little longer, and I was finally able to convince them I would be fine on my own for the night, once they left I fell back into a blissless sleep, and after being checked by the doctors and having a few more tests to make sure I was healing fine I was finally allowed to leave, my eyesight was already back to normal. As I was getting changed from a hospital gown to my torn clothes I looked at the door, already knowing who I would be looking at based off his scent. My eyes locked with his for a few seconds before I cracked a smile, he let out a sigh quickly closing the distance between us, wrapping me tightly in an embrace which I hesitated returning, my cheeks turned pink but I finally did the same. My eyes closed as my head rested on his chest, a low vibration settled in his chest almost like a faint purr, “you scared me.” He said after a few seconds his hands coming down to cup my face gently, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.” I replied feeling myself almost melt into his touch, as my eyes met his again “I can’t enjoy a party if I’m worried about you, that’s why I said no, I didn’t mean to challenge your abilities, or make you feel like I simply wasn’t picking you.” He added making me blink a few times “it’s okay ryland we’re okay, I’m okay, more importantly everyone is okay, I shouldn’t have stormed off, I’m just.” I paused for a seconds seeing his lips curl into a smile “stubborn.” He responded making me let out a small laugh,

Ryland helped me by making sure I got home safely, and despite my protests I could hear him right outside the bathroom door, I just wanted to shower, get all the dirt and grime off of my body. Ryland insisted on hanging around incase I needed him, I thought that I made sure the door was locked before I stripped down and turned on the water. I looked at my reflection and I sure didn’t look my best ‘Zora are you okay?’ I asked hoping to know she was, my eyes changed from blue to red letting me know she was around, just taking time to heal both of us, I smiled with a small nod before stepping in the water with a small gasp, the water making the cuts sting a little. “Are you okay?” Ryland called just from the other side of the door, “I’m fine just…back up.” I called back rolling my eyes, once I was used to the feeling I let out a small moan enjoying the warm water making my body clean again, my eyes closed for a few seconds before they opened again, only this time I was staring at a clothed and getting wetter by the second ryland, I let out a scream, trying to wrap myself with the shower curtain. “You can’t make those sounds.” He spoke, his voice deeper and his eyes a navy blue, “ryland-“ I started “Tobias.” He corrected letting me know his wolf was very much in control, and this wasn’t by choice of ryland at all. I nodded slowly realizing it was a tricky situation, his wolf has never had an interaction with me, not to mention naked. “I’m sorry, the water just felt good, but you have to move, your clothes are wet and I don’t want you catching a cold.” I said calmly, he let out a small growl and my back was quickly pushed against the wall of the shower with his body pressed against mine, his face pushed into the crook of my neck “mine.” He growled making my hands softly push against his chest “yes, I’m yours but you have to give Ryland control again.” I replied feeling the muscles flex as his mouth opened wrapping around the side of my neck, his tongue grazing my skin. Sparks shot across my body and chills ran through my spine, my head tilted slightly giving him more access as a moan escaped my lips. I felt his teeth become sharper after a few seconds and my eyes quickly opened again “no no no no ryland no.” I said quickly tapping against his chest and squirming, his wolf was actually trying to mark me. I felt his body tense up quickly as he pulled away his eyes back to a hazel color as he stared at me for a few seconds. “Out.” I spoke softly and only got a nod in response as he quickly stepped out of the shower “ah not by dragging water through my room.” I added making him look back, he stripped down and I quickly turned my back “where do you want my clothes?” He asked almost sounding shy “just hang them on the railing and head down stairs with a towel, my parents aren’t home so you can borrow my dads clothes.” I answered hearing him do what I asked before the footsteps got further away

‘why didn’t you let mate mark me?! Zora snapped in my head as I unwrapped my self and moved back under the water closing my eyes again ‘because I don’t know him Zora besides I’m not ready for anything close to that right now.’ I answered back, she went silent, I hated when she did that, and the weird part is she only just picked up that trait, I enjoyed the rest of my shower, stepped out wrapping a towel loosely around me trying to be mindful of the wounds still working to close and walked back into my room where ryland was…sleeping? I paused looking at him curled up in a pair of black sweat pants and a white t shirt, cuddled in my blankets and a faint soft snore escaping his lips. I let out a small breath with a smile curled on my face, he seemed so peaceful for the time being at least I let the towel drop from around me and changed into a lose pair of booty shorts and a tank top, I looked back at Ryland who looked like he needed the sleep, dark circles hung under his eyes and his body seemed stiff. I slowly walked over tucking the blanket into his body, my hand moved up brushing a strand of lose hair away from his face, the small tingles that danced on my finger tips and my lips curled more into a smile as I finally took in the features of my mate, up this close he didn’t seem as intimidating. I sat on the floor letting my body relax as I played on my phone for a few hours until my bedroom door opened, I quickly looked up meeting watching my mother stand in the doorway looking between ryland and I, I pressed my fingers to my lips and she nodded ‘look who has her mate in her bed’ she joked through the link, I smirked rolling my eyes ‘the poor guy looks like he hasn’t slept in days.’ I sent back with a small shrug ‘he hasn’t, he barely left your side, and was a very good protector while you were out’ she sent back. I looked at my feet before looking back at Ryland who shifted a little but didn’t seem to wake up ‘mom what do I do?’ I asked almost pleading for an answer she shook her head slightly before walking back down the hall ‘if you have to ask you already know the answer.’ Her voice came through a few seconds later making my shoulders drop a little, seeing the fear in his eyes when I was in the hospital made me feel guilty, I didn’t mean to make him worry, it wasn’t my intention to get hurt.

Ryland slept through the night and into the next day, I would occasionally reach my hand up to make sure he was actually still breathing, sleeping on the floor wasn’t as comfortable as I thought but by the time I woke up, most of the cuts were healed. It was a nice surprise to move without pain, I glanced at the big sleeping man with a slight shake of my head before getting up and walking downstairs, I could tell my parents already started their day and I kinda felt bad leaving tif to train the kids today so to kill some time, I started making some breakfast, humming and dancing around a little to the tune in my head, bacon, pancakes, eggs, fruit for myself. I was going through the motions when large arms snaked around my waist pulling me back into a firm body, I jumped slightly as Rylands head rested on my shoulder, his eyes still closed, “why did you leave me?” He muttered still sounding half asleep, his voice even deeper if that was possible. After a few seconds my body relaxed into him “to make you food, you had to wake up at some point.” I said softly leaning my head lightly against his, as strange as it felt this also felt like floating on cloud nine, for the first time I think I was finally fully relaxed around my mate and it felt nice. I smirked as his body started to sway with mine, it was soothing in a way, I’m going to blame Zora for this next part but I teasing pushed my butt back into him, moving a little more, his grip around me tightened as he let out a small hum. Suddenly small playful kisses were peppering my neck, making me giggle “that’s a sound I’ll never get tired of.” He whispered into my ear making me smile, “I’m going to miss you.” He added making body turn to look at him, my confusion flashed across my face “miss me? What are you talking about?” I asked quickly, I was now pinned between him and the counter and I could tell he felt bad about something “Molly I came here for security for the party, I can’t let you be put in danger like that again.” He said making my eyebrows knit even closer together “so that’s it, you’re going to leave and that’s just the end?” I asked feeling Zora stir in my head with a wine “I’ll come back once it’s over with, it’ll only be a few days, but I’ll come back.” He said making me shake my head “so I can’t go as security and you’re not letting me go as like a plus one?” I asked now crossing my arms over my chest. Ryland let out a slow sigh “my love there’s going to be a lot of people and if another attack breaks out I need to make sure you’re safe.” I turned back towards the food “you’re the alpha.” I muttered under my breath making him take a step back “you’re so stubborn some times, I’m trying to protect you.” He groaned out with a hallow laugh, I stayed focused on the food, I don’t know when he left but it only took a few seconds for the door to close behind him, and finally I felt my heart shatter, he was leaving with an empty promise to come back…