Forsaking His Luna

The Favour

Arthur

I woke up as soon as the sun light hit my face, last night I forgot to close the blinds. I even woke up startled, I was not used to sleep so deeply.

Looking at Miriam sleeping so peacefully in my arms, brought me a kind of happiness I thought I would never experience again.

I didn’t deserve her.

I slowly and carefully removed myself from under her and went to shut the blinds closed.

The bed side clock showed me it was 5:30am, I didn’t think I could go back to sleep. But the last thing I wanted was for Miriam to wake up to an empty bed. So I slipped back into the bed with her, nothing would make me get up before she woke.

Miriam was still fast asleep, perhaps now would be a good time to think things through. After all we had a lot to discuss and I had a lot to explain.

Last night was wild, I completely lost control of Finn. I guess that’s what happens when you spend five years ignoring a mate bond. If it wasn’t for the physical distance that separate us during this time apart and the fact that we were unmarked, I could have never go so long without her.

I needed to tread carefully, I had to hide my mark, no one could know we completed our bond. Finn growled at my thoughts. “Hey I don’t like it either but it’s the only way to keep her safe until we find a solution for getting out of this deal.”

“I don’t care! You should be proud to bear her mark. What happens if she doesn’t like it? Or worse if she rejects us?”

“Easy. I know you’re right but think about it, it’s the only way. She’s a siren!”

“You don’t know that, she didn’t look like one to me. Stop this nonsense before it’s too late. Allegra is mated to Frank, we are mated to Miriam. Is it so f*****g hard to tell Antonio and Victor to go f**k themselves?” For him everything was simple, going into a war with the vamps probably made him excited.

“Finn, you know what they can do.”

“To me, you sound scared. We’re the Alpha! They do as we say! Or else!” There was no point in arguing with him.

“What happens if they decide to hunt her? We need Gerard and Allegra's support for this. As future heirs, they’ll have a say.”

He huffed and receded to the back of my mind, ignoring me completely.

I knew he was right. And if it came to having to choose between Miriam and the pack she would be my first choice.

How was I supposed to explain to her I had to sort out a s**t tone of conflicts before we could be official? I’ll tell her only the truth and see what she has to say.

Suddenly Miriam turned her back on me, and scotched closer, snuggling into my chest. Her body was now pressed to mine.

Control. I need to regain control. Finn was now back to being front and centre. I rolled my eyes at him.

“What? My mate is hot and you’re stupid if you think I’m missing out on an intimate moment with her. I want to show myself to her today.”

That’s right, Miriam never had a chance to meet Finn’s true form. She only saw his eyes through my own eyes. I had to change that, today.

She was making small noises while sleeping and at the same time, she rubbed her ass to my c**k which was now fully erect and throbbing. I took a deep breath, her scent of arousal filled the room and drove me crazy.

But I could tell she was still asleep. I know I shouldn’t but I couldn’t help but sneak into her thoughts. As I accessed her mind, images of our wild s*x of last night flooded my mind. I immediately felt the need to satisfy all her desires. But she was deep asleep and that would be against my rules. I was already crossing a line for doing this.

But after seeing those scenes I needed a very cold shower or I would wake her up with s*x and I didn’t want her to think I only wanted that from her.

Against my better judgment, I got up and went to the bathroom. I took a long cold shower, but it barely made a difference, I knew she was close and I knew she was feeling needy which didn't help to suppress the need. I put on clean shorts heading back to lye next to her.

I stopped in my tracks when I heard my phone ringing from downstairs. f**k. I hope she couldn't hear it from here but given the fact she had supernatural powers that was unlikely.

I ran out the bedroom doing as less noise as possible. I found my trainers scattered on the living room floor and reached the pockets to stop it from ringing.

"Yes!"

"Good morning sleeping beauty!"

"Oh, it's you...is everything okay?"

"Now, is that the way to speak to your beta, Arthur?"

"Cody I'm not in a mood. Can I help you?

"Uh.. did I interrupt something?" He was pushing my buttons. "You know what I don't really want to know!"

"Good cause I'm not about to tell you shit."

"How dare you? And here I was thinking we were going to lay on our bellies on top of a bed with a backstreet boys duvet, speaking on the phone while looking through a magazine! What a killjoy you are!"

I couldn't help to laugh, my cousin was a crazy fucker.

"Fucker... what do you want?"

"Fine! Do you want the brutal and harsh reality?"

"If you're not too busy..." We were back at our usual banter, it felt good to notice the change in my best friend's mood and to be honest, my own.

"So... I got Miriam's passport ready, she can now travel. I took the liberty to call the pilot and schedule a flight to Portugal today before lunchtime. I also arrange for some new clothes for her to arrive in about one hour." As always, as much as he messed around, in the end, he was the most efficient person I knew.

"Thanks, man. What time is her passport being delivered?"

"As soon as me and Gerard put these union fuckers back in their place, we'll meet you at the airstripe."

"You're coming too?! What about the packing business? Who's going to look after it?"

"Of course I am! Do you seriously think I would let you meet my nephew without me? Gerard is going to Lunamia for today to handle a few things and tomorrow evening I'll be back home."

I chuckled, he really thought of everything.

"Okay, is Gerard with you right now?"

"He is. 'G.. he wants to talk to you'." Gerard's voice sounded slightly different as if he was on edge.

"Arthur."

"Hey man. How haven't you killed him yet?"

"I've got some serious self-control. But I'm still considering twisting his neck.." I laughed, I could almost imagine Gerard annoyed face. "How's she doing?"

"She's still sleeping. But I think is going as well as it can go given our circumstances."

"Hmm. Arthur, we need to talk when you come back."

"What is it, is there a problem?"

"No... It's just something I have to tell you, but it can wait. You have more important things to do."

"Ok, we'll talk when I'm back. I need to ask you, something brother."

"Sure."

"Call the Sicillian alpha, and tell him his request is not forgotten. I'll send wolves to help him reinforce his borders. But he has to first agree to the sign the trade agreement."

"Will do as you ask."

"Thank you, brother. Also, once I'm back from Portugal, I need to go to England, do you think you can look after my mate and my son until I'm back? Cody has to come with me and I'll feel better if they're under your care. "

Silence, he didn't answer.

"Gerard, can you hear me?"

"Uh.. yes sorry. I'm here."

"Can you? I want them to stay here at the safe house until we know it's not dangerous for them to stay in Lunamia."

"I... I... huh.. yeah sure, why not?"

"Thanks for always having my back man, I owe you. We'll talk next time I see you. Bye."

"Bye"

I hung up having a weird feeling something was off with Gerard. What could it be that left him so on edge?