His Luna and His Mate

Chapter 6- Dream dates and nightmares

    As soon as I got back to the pack house, I went to my room and showered. I set the water as hot as I could stand it. I let the water wash over my body and tried to ease my muscles. Never had a fight taken so much out of me. Add that to the mate situation and I was just exhausted in every way. I began to think of Ephraim and how he had been the sweetest guy. There is not denying his is handsome and sexy. There is something about him that draws me to him. It's nothing like the mate pull to Ezra though. Everything that man does excites some part of me, body, mind, and soul. After I finished washing and shaving, I began to dry off. I realized I forgot to bring clothes in with me. I wrap the towel around me and walk in to my room to find Ephraim standing with his back to me. He was holding a picture of my family.

    "What are you doing?" He turned around. I watched his eyes rake across my body covered only by a towel and admired the hungry look in his eyes as they met mine. At one point I had been embarrassed by the curves of my body. My hips were wide with thick thighs and my breast were plump thought I never minded that. After I became as strong of a warrior that I was, I began to grown confident in my body, but seeing the way he was looking at me boosted my confidence through the roof.

    "I...uhm...I.." He cleared his throat and shook his head. "I wanted to know if you wanted to watch a movie with me in the theater room?" I smiled at him. "Absolutely! Just give me a few Minutes to get dressed and I will be out." He nodded slowly. "Uhm... Ephraim?" He raised his eyebrows in response. "I kinda need you to get out.. ya know.. so I can get dressed. I mean... unless you just want a show" I winked at him. His laugh made my heart skip a beat. "As much as I would like that, maybe that is a second date kinda thing?" My eyes widened. "Is.. is this... a date?" He rubbed the back of his neck. "I was...hoping.... I mean I know it's kinda highschoolish but..." I smiled brightly at him. "I have never been on a date. It's perfect!" He smiled and nodded. "Great. I'll be in the kitchen. Meet me there when you are ready" With that he walked out.

    I felt giddy in my belly. I didn't care if it seemed silly. I was going on my first date. I quickly got dressed throwing on an emerald green crop top with a sheer back cardigan, mid rise skinny jeans and black knee high boots. I fixed my hair in curls before going down stairs. I found Ephraim sitting in what seemed to be his usual spot. In front of him was an array of foods from breakfast foods to lunch items to finger food. He looked up at me and let out a whistle. He stood up and walked over to me. "You look perfect" He smiled. I blushed. "Thank you. You clean up well yourself" I said as I appreciated the way his muscles were outlined in the black button up shirt. He had the sleeves rolled to his elbow, showing the tattoo on his forearm of a wolf with grey fur and brown eyes. Before I could ask, he put his arm around my waist and escorted me to the barstool and helped me up.

    "I know you barely ate anything before the fight and you must be starving. I didn't know what you would eat, so I kinda threw together a bunch of things" I smiled at him. "You did this in the 15 minutes it took me to get ready?" I questioned. "I might hae been working on it since you got home. I was just hoping you would say yes to the date. I smiled at him. We began to eat and talked about random things. I found out his tattoo was of his wife who was killed. "She was beautiful" He smiled. "Yeah, I guess I just get lucky with the beautiful ones with the brave hearts" he eyed me. I blushed and grinned before stuffing my face more.

    "So, I didn't know that Scarlett already claimed the theater room for the whole afternoon. Apparently she is doing a movie night with the pups of the pack. So we have to improvise. What would you like to do?" I tried to think of what we could do, but I couldn't think of anything... at least that didn't involve kissing. Geez what was wrong with me! Thankfully before I could get more in my head on those thoughts, Ephraim spoke up. "Would you like to go for a run with me?" I smiled brightly and so did my wolf. After our incident, a run was exactly what we needed. "Yes!!" He smiled and took my hand leading me outside. As we walked down the steps we were met with Ezra and Emma. My stomach clenched seeing him with his arm around her, whispering in her ear. He stopped and jerked his head up when he spotted Ephraim holding my hand.

    Emma smiled and greeted us happily. "Oh what is this I see! ARE YOU TWO DATING? ARE YOU MATES? Ahh! I'm so excited for you two!" She said as she grabbed me up in a hug. I hugged her back awkwardly but my eyes settled on Ezra who was glaring at us. "Actually" Ephraim said pulling me towards him after Emma let go "We are going on our first date. We were going to watch a movie but Scarlett and the pups are hogging the theater so we are going for a run. Maybe even a swim" He said as he winked at me. "Oh, you don't have your bathing suits? Oh... OH! I got ya" Emma winked and laughed. "Well you two have fun! Use protection!" With that Ezra jerked her away as Ephraim yelled back over his shoulder "Don't need it!"

My face was bright red. I smacked his arm playfully. "What do you mean won't need it?" He laughed. "We only need protection if we do anything. Though, my dear brother might interpret it differently. It's just payback for your pain. Might as well make him suffer too." I shook my head and smiled at him. "Come on, Casanova. Let's go" We both went behind different trees to strip and shift. We picked up our clothes and began running. There was something freeing about running with him. We ran for an hour before we finally decided to head to the lake. We both shifted and put on our clothes. We sat in the same spot as the night we met and watched the sun lower over the water.

"Thank you, Ephraim" I looked in his eyes. "For what?" He whispered as he pulled me to sit between his legs with my back leaning against him. "For everything. I was so nervous to join a pack again, then the whole Ezra thing... the last week has been difficult, but you have been a bright spot in my day." He grinned and leaned down to rub his nose on the side of my neck. You are more the welcome beautiful. It has been my pleasure. I enjoy your company. I want to get to know you." He turned me around where I was straddling him. "Not just in a friendly way. I want to know every inch of your heart, your mind, your soul. Then if one day you are ready, then your body" My breath hitched. I ran my hands up his chest and around his shoulders and began to lean in.

Just as my lips met his, I was pulled back away by a strong pair of arms. The tingles let me know it was my mate. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" He growled. "SHE IS MINE". With his words, my anger flared. I turned to face him. "No! I AM NOT YOURS! You have a wife! You have a son! I do not belong to you anymore than you belong to me. I refuse to be kept as a side piece for when your wolf needs to make himself feel better. I am done! I, Rhea Dewitt, reject you, Alpha Ezra Black, as my mate. Please. If you care at all, accept my rejection and let me be free!" Tears began to pour down my cheeks. He turned and walked away from me, without accepting or refusing my rejection once again. I collapsed in a ball of pain as another strong pair of arms lifted me. "I will take care of you, beautiful. Whether he accepts or not. I will always accept you" He kissed my forehead and carries me back to his room. I fall asleep curled against his warm chest. Why couldn't moon goddess have given me him as a mate instead of Ezra freaking Black.

A few hours later I wake up in Ephraim's room. I panic as I see that I am in his bed beside him but my heart slows when I realize we are both still clothed. I very quietly slip out of his bed and make my way to the door. I take one last look at this angel sleeping. Thoughts of seeing him like this every morning enter my mind. My heart flutters. I gently slip out of the door. As I turn to walk to my room, I see Ezra standing in the hallway about to walk up the last steps to our floor. The look in his eyes seems murderous, but also I saw the pain in his eyes. I knew this looked bad. "Ezra..." but before I could explain he was gone up the stairs. By the time I made it to our floor, he was already in his room.

I went to my own room and changed into my pajama top and bottoms. I laid down as thoughts of Ezra and Ephraim swirled through my mind. I wished my mother was here to talk to me. Dad tries to help but it's just a little awkward to ask about boy trouble. I felt my eyes getting heavy and I allow sleep to take me.

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I startled awake to the sound of fighting. I jumped up and shifted as I ran out of the house. I looked around me at the familiar scene. I watched the wolf who was fighting each member of my family. I was frozen. I couldn't move. I watched as my mother's neck was broken. I tried to scream as tears soaked my face but I was silent. I turned to see my father as the pain of losing his mate brought him to his knees. Then I saw those eyes. They were a blue so light and cold it reminded me of ice. There was a streak of white that ran over his left eye like a scar in his black fur. As he leapt at me, my brother jumped in front of me. I needed to help. To save him, but I was still frozen in my spot. I watched the blood flowing viciously from his neck. I remember his last words to me and they sent a chill. "Run. Don't stop, just run". But we had always been taught not to run, to fight. I was finally able to move but then every step I took, the wolves disappeared around me. "Something isn't right.." I whispered to myself. I turned around to see Emma standing in the clearing. The black wolf with eyes so icy was slowly circling her. "Luna!" I screamed but they couldn't hear me. I tried to run and couldn't reach her before he was on top of her. Blood covered his mouth when he turned back to me before running off. As I approached her, I see it is no longer Emma lying there, but me. I feel blood running out of my neck. I try to cover it with my hands but it doesn't stop. I can't call for help. I can't move. I am drowning in my own blood.

RHEA!" My eyes open and search desperately for help. I see those beautiful eyes looking back at me and the tingling on my skin where his arms are wrapped around me. I grab my neck instinctively and take deep breaths. My heart is racing. My face is wet with tears. "Shh, it's ok. It's ok. You are safe. I'm here . You are safe" He calms me, moving my hair from my face. I know I should push away, but the panic is still there. Instead I cling to him more, letting sobs out into his bare chest. If possible, he pulls me in closer to him. The warmth of his body mixed with his scent calms me.

As the panic feeling begins to fade, I take a breath and ask him why he had come in here. "I could sense you. I can't explain it other than I just felt like something was wrong. It woke me up. I came in here and when I saw your face, I.. I couldn't get to you fast enough. You were crying and whimpering in your sleep. I tried to wake you up and you began shaking all over." He looked pained as he recalled the memory. "What were you dreaming, love?" I quirked an eyebrow at the term of endearment, but decided to let it go. I thought to myself quietly. Should I tell him? The possibility of them finding us was next to nothing. They probably believed us to be dead. If they did come though... No. I couldn't think about it. I pulled myself out of his embrace and stood up.

Instead I brushed it off. "I... Uhm... just dreamt I lost a fight. It was nothing. Just... over dramatic in my sleep is all" He narrowed his eyes at me, not believing a word I said. "I do not tolerate lying, Rhea." He stood from the bed. The tone in his voice had me getting defensive, even if he was right. "Do not talk to me like I am a child, Ezra. It was just a dream. Drop it" His nostrils flared and he clenched his jaw. "Why won't you tell me? You need to tell me when something is wrong with you. I am your mate" He gritted out. With those words, my anger flared. "Mate? MATE! Ha yeah, that is rich!" I huffed rolling my eyes, trying to contain the words I wanted to yell. "What the hell do you mean by that?" He raised his voice, clenching his fist at his side. "IT MEANS YOU ARE NOT MY MATE. YOU MARKED AND MATED ANOTHER WOMAN! I REJECTED YOU BUT FOR SOME REASON, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT EASY AND JUST ACCEPT IT!" By now, we were both breathing heavily in anger. "Just accept it! We are not going to happen, Ezra! We can't be together and I can't keep dealing with this f*****g mate pull while you are off f*****g your wife while I'm feeling like a knife is in my f*****g stomach and I can't breath!" By now tears were once again falling down my face.

He took a step towards me. "Rhea, I..." I held my hands up to stop him. "Please, Ezra, just go. Go back to bed to your wife." I saw the mixed emotions on his face. I watched the pain and regret, but then I saw anger. "I already told you why I mated her. I didn't know you existed, unlike you! You are running around f*****g my brother behind my back KNOWING you have a mate here, yet you still act like a w***e!" His words sliced through me. Is that what he thought of me? Did he really believe me to be so easy as to start sleeping around after just a couple of days being here? I took a deep breath and clenched my jaw tight. I held my head up high and began to walk towards the door. I felt him behind me before he grabbed my wrist. As he jerked me to turn me around, my palm met his face in a harsh slap. Instantly a pink hand print showed on his face. When he turned his head back towards me, his eyes were red showing his wolf was in control.

Before I could take another breath, he had me on the bed. He had one hand on my throat, the other holding my wrist above my head, and his knees holding my legs down but spread open. "If you want to act like a w***e my little one, I'll treat you like one" He bit down harshly on my bottom lip and began leaving rough bit marks all over my neck and shoulders. Tears formed in my eyes as I struggled back, but it was useless. His wolf was raging and I was still recovering from the blood loss from my assessment fight. I couldn't scream, his hand was wrapped so tightly around my throat.

He removed the hand around my neck to rip off my top and pants. I began to panic realizing his intentions. "Such a goddess you are little one. I can't wait to taste every inch of you. "His words despite the dark promise in them, sparked a warm sensation throughout my core as his lips brushed my ear. No! I won't let him do this! "Ezra, get off of me and let me go!" I tried to twist and turn out of his grip. If I could get my mouth closer to him I would bite him but he doesn't get too close. I finally freed my leg and tried to kick him but he grabbed it and threw it over my shoulder. He began biting and roughly squeezing my breast with his free hand. I jerked an arm free from his grasp and punched him before he realized what what going on.

Taking advantage of the situation, I brought up my other leg and kicked him off of me. I tried once again to run towards the door. He once again grabbed me and threw me back on the bed. He grabbed my phone charger cord from my nightstand and tied my wrist to the bed. He began kissing and biting down my body until he reached my core. He roughly pushed my legs apart and began to rub between my folds. My body responded to the touch but my mind still fought. "Ezra, stop. I don't want this! Please, stop!" Tears streamed down my face. "Oh, but little one, your body says otherwise" He leaned down and flicked my c**t with his tongue. He began to repeat the action over and over.

Suddenly the door bust open. Ephraim shifted into his large red wolf and tackled Ezra away from me. Ezra then shifted into his black wolf. The began to fight ferociously. Each bite, claw, and hit given was returned. Ezra may be the Alpha, but being born from the same blood, Ephraim was just as strong. I knew if they didn't stop, someone would end up seriously hurt, or worse. I tried to pull my hands from the bonding but it was no use. The only thing I could think to do was mind link my dad.

"Get warriors to my room now! Ezra and Ephraim are going to kill each other. He never replied and I laid there hoping he understood the urgency in my link. It wasn't 2 minutes later when a group of warriors and my dad barged in. It took 8 men to pry them apart, 4 on each one of them. An older version of Ezra stepped in followed by a beautiful woman with the hair and eyes like Ephraim. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" the former Alpha roared.

"This fucker is trying to RAPE Rhea! I'm gonna f*****g kill him!" Ephraim roared back fighting against the men. "IT WASN'T RAPE! SHE IS MY MATE!" Ezra roared back. "Everybody get out NOW!" commanded the former Luna as she walked over and covered my naked body with a sheet and untied my hands. "In my office. NOW!" the former Alpha ordered. "It's MY office!" Ezra fought back. One look from the former alpha had him shutting up instantly. The all trudged out of the room except my dad and Ephraim. Both walked quickly over to me.

"Beautiful, are you ok? Did he hurt you? I'm so sorry I couldn't get here faster, I'm so so sorry" I noticed the tears in his eyes. "I'm ok.. I don't... I can't believe..." I began to sob. My father and the Luna both wrapped their arms around me. "Ephraim, go to your fathers office. Figure this out. She needs to rest." Former Luna said gently. "Jon, why don't you join the men. I have called for one of the omegas to bring you some tea, Rhea. Will you be ok?" I nodded gently. "We will be back shortly. Try to rest dear." She gently kissed my forehead and I missed my mother in that moment but the former Luna made me feel at peace. "I'll be back babygirl. I'm going to go have a talk with the Alpha" I again nodded and waiting until they left the room. I then curled into a ball and let the sobs take over my entire body as sleep again enveloped me.