Bexleigh and the Beast

Chapter 6

Bexleigh POV

"I met Zayne when I was just 19 he was the head warrior for Grey Stone and I was visiting with my dad and brother for a peace treaty, I literally found him at the main gate. He was perfect Black hair brown eyes tall muscular the whole package for a young girl. I left with him that night packed my bags and became an offical member of Grey Stone. Of course being the mate of the head warrior came with baggage which I was willing to accept. We were getting ready for our mating ceremony but there was also an impending war with another pack, it was his duty to go and he was gone for 2 weeks where he died..."

"Honorably," Daphne added.

"I stayed with the pack for a few more years and then got set up with your dad and then you know the rest."

"What about Hannah is she a wolf too?

"I'm not sure we won't know until she's 18. Signs are pointing to yes and the werewolf gene is dominant, especially the Alpha gene also I was only pregnant with her for 6 months which is a normal wolf pregnancy and she had no issues."

"Did dad know?"

"Not until I was pregnant with Hannah, I didn't have a reason to tell him and I had left that part of my life behind for the most part."

"Is that why you and Daphne 'went camping'" I said in air quotes.

"Yes and no, my wolf was getting anxious being cooped up it was an injustice to not let her out. However I would also let her out around the farm sometimes in the fields but I had to be very careful."

"What did dad say? Also does Hannah know what she could be?"

"You know your dad he just nodded his head, he didn't ask too many questions. He's not as inquisitive as you are. I had about a 30 minute conversation and I showed him and he said thanks for not eatting the kids and asked if I needed anything to help."

Good ol' dad if it didn't change how he did life, he didn't care. "What's a Luna? Jack said bye Luna before him and Axel left."

"Alpha Female, like basically you are the equivalent to Axel. The only one who can over rule you is Axel," Alana answered.

"That's chauvinistic a little," I wanted to bite my tongue, these women have all lived through it maybe they don't agree. I'm winning today, I thought.

All the women laughed, "it is but you will find you have more control over that man than that man does anyone else. Imagine loving someone so much that even his faults and failures make you love him more, you will wake up for him breath for him, imagine that life," Alana said.

"I already do love him that much," I said back the word vomit just coming up and being unable to stop it. I grabbed my mouth as if I could shove what I just said back in.

All the ladies smiled, "we kind of hoped you would say that," Daphne said.

"What do I do about my life that I already have, the house the job all of that, obviously he can't come here he's busy and I would never expect him to leave his tiny town. I want to be with him. I don't know what to do."

"You can keep your job, you can even keep your house, I can almost bet Axel is working on a solution already. But you are at some point going to need to move into the pack house, it won't always be safe for you to live away from where you can be properly guarded. If you die, Axel dies, and if Axel dies the whole pack becomes a well oiled s**t show. We rely on him and he relies on you. Your an easy target, female, lives alone, and human," Daphne said.

"I don't mean this offensively but you said if I died Axel died," Jules held her hand up and interupted my thought.

"I almost died, but I did not give up something kept telling me I had something else to live for, and it turns out it was you and your brother and Hannah. You guys are all so special and Daphne calling me yesterday just proves my theory you were created for greatness Bexleigh, whatever your choices are in the next few weeks is apart of a plan, I don't know what that plan is but I know you will handle it with beauty and Bexlefied grace as you have everyday before these ones."

"Can I like tell Brax about this we have literally never hid anything from each other and basically everyone will know but him, it would be a cruel joke," I said kind of laughing. "Also am I supposed to be a human or should I turn into a wolf or like is there something else I should do here? I am not interested in being the obvious target."

"That was one of the reasons I changed. I was not interested in not being able to stand by my man. Those sleezy girls threw themselves at my Paul and if the time ever came I wanted to give them a run for their money. It was a painful process, a dangerous one, but it was what I wanted so I did it the night we met. Paul wasn't quite the gentleman that Axel was, and all things considered I wasn't ready to hold off either, if you know what I mean."

I knew what she meant, judging by the look on Jules and Daphnes faces, we all did. This conversation gave me a lot to think about but I was grateful for the surprise visit I had a larger understanding on things. As the conversation went on I also learned more about pack life and the place I would be eventually calling home, the giant house was called the pack house, Jack was Beta, he hasn't found a mate yet, there is also a gamma and people who service the pack house are Omega's. There are warriors apparently they are more necessary then not. Oh also Jack was Daphne's son, they did look similar but I had never seen them side by side.

Would Axel want to change me? "How bad did it hurt?" I asked Alana.

"It was painful I was beyond uncomfortably hot and cold at the same time. I was sick to my stomach and vomiting, it felt like days but it was only around 6 hours, at the time they didn't even manage symptoms. Humans have died during this transformation, it is violent. I have heard some go into heart failure, some have seized for hours strait. It's not pretty you think you're vulnerable now those first few hours of shifting is hard, and dangerous. I want you to discuss it with the pack Doc and Axel it's something that is not to be taken lightly."

"Should I not consider it?"

"It is your own journey, Bexleigh we just want you to be well prepared," Jules interjected. "Also know you have our support."

"And you will make a beautiful.Luna and asset to the pack no matter what you choose," Alana said grabbing my hand and kissing it.

"I have so many more questions, but I am assumimg we should all get to moving. I got a date," I said standing up and striking a pose. The ladies all laughed and agreed, Alana wanted to get back to Paul and Daphne and Jules wanted to go for a run before Jules went back to the farm.

We gave our hugs, Jules pulled me aside, "if you need anything, I got you baby girl, plus your dad and brother will want to meet this boy. And Hannah misses you!"

"I'm off for the next week, I took vacation maybe Wednesday night I will come see you guys, depending Axels schedule maybe he can come but I don't know what his plans are."

"Tell him if he plans on courting you Momma Jules has to fully approve."

I laughed and she kissed my cheek goodbye. They turned around and drove away. It was nice to not have to ask Axel all of the questions I had that way we could leave room for discussion. I did have a few serious questions to ask him about my living arrangements and also the whole becoming a werewolf thing. I wonder what my wolf would look like Axels was black, with his ice blue eyes. He was mesmerizing to me. He was gigantic. I'm slightly below average height and there was like a foot and a half difference from the top of my head to the top of his wolf's.

I looked down at my watch, I figure I should go shower and get ready for this date. I went and gathered my study materials from the patio and hollered for my old Rosie girl and we headed up the stairs to my room. Rosie went and settled on the end of my bed making herself comfortable and I went and jumped in the shower taking extra time to makes sure things were properly groomed. You know... just in case. I got out of the shower and dried off putting on a matching bra and underwear set. It was different compared to my typical grannies panty and sports bra duo, but it did feel good to girl it up. I half blow dried my hair and threw it in a messy bun knowing nature would take care of the rest. Typically if I threw my hair up it curled itself and for some reason added a little volume after I took it out of the bun.

I ran to my closet to see if I even had any casual date night clothing. My outfit of choice typically consisted of jeans and t-shirts, scrubs, or duty boots so I flipped through the closet looking and failing to find anything that would work for a casual date so I checked my watch again, it was about 3:30 so I could call in some BFF reinforcements. I gave her a call and she answered immediately and apparently had an outfit picked out for such occasion that I would put myself back out into the dating scene. She also double, and triple, verified that it was not Jenson I was going to meet up with.

Within 25 minutes Jess made it from her apartment to my house with a first, second, and third choice FULL outfit for me. The first outfit was a romper with a Jean jacket and a pair of sandals, the second short loose fitting dress and the third was a pair of shorts and a crop top. She explain how perfect my "farm girl" muscles would look in the crop top and also won me over with the fact I could wear my Converse. I liked the idea of tennis shoe like coverings for my feet and that ultimately won me over.

She went into the bathroom with me as I fixed my make up and applied some finishing products to my hair and we girl talked a little.

"So if it's not Jenson who is it?"

"Well I kind of met him because of Daphne," I figured a half truths was better than a made up story, I wasn't a good liar anyway.

"What's his name?"

"Axel," I watched in the mirror as her face paled at the name.

"Ross?" Jess asked probably a little too enthusiastically to be able to cover her reaction up.

"Well now you have to explain, because I just feel like if you think I am setting myself up for a bad deal, it is your responsibility as a good friend and fellow female to let me know." I was getting concerned with her reaction now.

"Well there is a girl, I..." too long of a pause to be reassuring, " I uh. Work with?"

"You're full of s**t," I said putting down the eye shadow pallet one eye done one eye naked. "Full disclosure Jess, I have some weird ass connection to this man and I can't explain it but I have genuine feelings if he is going to destroy me like Jenson did then I am going to need a heads up, I can't go through that again." I was actually starting to feel my poorly put together heart start to chip away again.

"Full disclosure, my family knows his, they work very closely with him. My brother is in business with him and is his neighbor. There is a girl who I am sort of a friendly acquaintance with who swears they are getting married as soon as he comes to his senses."

Here I am starting to put two and two together again. My mind was racing how could this girl who I spent most of my life growing up with have kept a secret that big. There is no way! She had trouble keeping any secret from me. I felt the word vomit coming up again mixed with a little heart ache that my best friend kept a secret from me, "Your a wolf!" If I thought her face paled earlier, it was nothing compared to the look on her face now. "Blink twice if I'm right I said to her." She blinked once then again.

"You can't tell anyone I told you I could get in some major trouble from the elders they will start pulling kids out of our old school district if they knew best friends just let random things like this be told, please, please Bexleigh."

"I was already told about this."

"What?"

"Yeah so I sort of left some mild details out in how I met Axel...."

I took the time to tell her the whole story to which she already knew about Daphne and always wondered why she smelled it on Jules but could never be certain because she exhibited no other signs. She explained her family lived outside of pack lands by a few miles and there was a back way into the pack house that they could use that gave her dad the opportunity to be Gamma and still raise his family how her mother had wanted. She also explained how Trina was Axels dad's choice for a mate because she had good blood lines while not interfering with any of the already ranked members families. I did feel a jealous pang at that last fact. Then she went on to explain that she was insanely excited to finally be able to share this info and how her brother had openly wished I could be his mate because there was and she quotes "was something special about me." She also told me not to worry because if I was his mate that Trina couldn't interfere, a mate bond was true and everyone desired to feel that with someone.

Jess hadn't met her mate yet, but her wolf gets wound up every once in awhile when she runs by the coffee shop but the scent is to faint to follow. She also hasn't really been on pack lands since she graduated, no need to. I hoped for her she could feel what I feel someday, because even though it's not as magnified for me being a human, the feelings Axel gave me I was for certain I would never be able to feel them ever again. It ruined the thought of being with anyone else but in a good way, the best way. I was head over heels and every chance I got to hear about him and his world intrigued me more. When Jess was telling me about her shifting she described it as a beautiful feeling to just be free. Also, apparently her wolf's name was Alexis and she was a brown wolf with brown eyes just like her.

By the time I actually finished getting ready it was 5 'til 5. Axel was bound to be here any minute. "You know you can stay, watch movies, hog out on my study stress snacks, we can start our girls day when we wake up."

"I might do that, I literally have nothing better to do. That way I can hear about your date as soon as you get home while it's fresh in your mind."

You know your way to the guest room, make your self at home."

" Yes Luna," she said smiling I just rolled my eyes. "You really do look absolutely stunning Bex, and I truly can't think of a better person to be a Luna, human or wolf." We had our little moment then almost as soon as the clock turned 5 a car pulled up the drive. I slid on the chucks and walked out the door where a most handsome Axel slid out the drivers door looking more handsome then he did when he left. Jess followed me out on the porch where I noticed a slight bow of her head he nodded, "Take good care of my Luna, she's my best friend!"

"Oh absolutely," Axel said walking to my porch steps his eyes never leaving mine. He reached his hand out as I reached the sidewalk pulling me close to him and giving me a long kiss. "You. Are. So. Beautiful baby," he said in tone that made me want to skip the date. He kissed me again almost feeling urgent. "I missed you so much."

"I missed you too handsome," I said in such a way it almost dripped lust. His perfect fitting jeans, his shirt stretched accrossed his well defined chest in a way that had to be illegal in some states. His eyes jetting back and forth from the ice blue color to the black color which I learned from Jess was his wolf trying to take control.

"Get a room you love sick mutts," Jess said laughing. Her comment brought me out of the dream where only me and this s*x god existed and I turned around to shoot her a glare only to see her mischievous smile.

"You ready?"

"Couldn't be more ready," he grabbed my hand and lead me to my door making sure I was settled and buckled before he shut the door and walked around to the other side.

"You are a f*****g 10," he said looking at me with the same lust filled gaze I had for him not too long ago. "I can not wait to marry you."

It caught me off guard but in typical Bexleigh fashion the word vomit slid out of my lips, "me either."