Hannah: The Red Moon

Chapter Eleven - The Slap

I opened my eyes and she was still next to me although she was turned away from me. I watched her shoulder rise up and down with each breath she took. Damn this woman was fine and she was mine, but not all mine. I hadn’t marked her yet. I wanted to. Trust me, I did. But she let me have her body willingly all night and I couldn’t bear to take away her soul just yet.  

“Mmmm...,” I heard Hannah moan.  

“Babe, are you alright?” I asked as I reached for her.  

“Get away from me!” Hannah screamed and then sat up straight in bed.  

“Hannah, what’s wrong?” I asked. I moved over to her and she flinched. That hurt. “Babe?”  

“Huh?” Hannah asked turning around her eyes still glazed over and turning red.  

“Babe. Your eyes,” I said pointing. I don’t know why I pointed, but I did. Hannah turned back around and ran to the mirror on the wall. She looked at herself and gasped. The whites of her eyes were turning red and her pupils were dilating to full black marbles.  

“What... what’s going on!?” Hannah yelled. She closed her eyes and opened them again. Nothing happened. Same colors. “Evan!” She placed he hands over her eyes and sank down to the floor sobbing.  

I got out of the bed and bounded over to her. I picked her up and brought her back into bed with me. I just held her as she sobbed against my chest. I kept on giving her kisses on her forehead and that it was all going to be okay.  

“I.. I dreamed of someone... or something rather,” Hannah said against my chest.  

“You wanna go into detail with it?” I asked stroking her arm that was draped across my chest.  

“He was evil. Sinister. He knew me,” Hannah said. “He was reaching out for me and we were dancing to this sad, dark music. Then he bit me on my neck.” I stilled my strokes and felt my body go rigid when she said he bit her.  

“What do you mean he bit you?” I asked looking down at her.  

“I mean... he bit me. On my neck. He had sharp fangs that protruded from his canines and sun, them into my neck.”  

“Where?” 

“Here.” Hannah pointed to the right side of her neck under her chin. The exact same spot I would mark her.  

“Was he another were?”  

“No, he was something else. He felt cold all over. He had no warmth,” she answered.  

“Vampire,” I said narrowing my eyes. Hannah looked up at me with her eyes wide.  

“What? Vampire?” she asked her breath quickening.  

“Remember your mom is a vampire,” I said. “It could be her old brood coming after you and hurting you to hurt her.”  

“We need to find my mom,” Hannah said starting to sit up. She removed herself from her position on my chest and I felt a pang of loneliness. I liked feeling her physically next to me. Touching her, holding her, being inside her especially.  

“Hannah, it was just a dream. Can this wait?” I said looking down at my morning wood. Hannah’s eyes looked down too.  

“Seriously Evan?” Hannah said. “No, this can’t wait. It felt so real. I’m scared that something is going to happen to me. I felt the bite.”  

I sat up with Hannah and looked at her neck, “Well, there’s nothing there to be concerned about. Let’s just go back to bed for a bit.”  

“No,” Hannah pouted. She started getting out of bed. “Where’s the bathroom?”  

“Down the hall to your right,” I said. “Really Hannah, you’re going to leave me hanging like this?”  

“Yes, good things come to those who wait,” she said with a smile and went out the door. I heard the bathroom door open and the shower running.  

“f**k woman,” I muttered. I took my morning wood into my hand and started stroking. I had to release this before I went crazy. She drove me nuts and I couldn’t get enough of her. “Guess I’ll do it myself. I was looking forward to morning s*x with her.”  

***** 

“What is it Evan?” Alex asked as Hannah and I arrived at the pack house. I had mind linked Alex and Harry to meet me at the front door on the way there.  

“Where’s Mama Rosa?” I asked Alex.  

“Um... last I heard and saw she went back to her tent I thought,” Alex said. Hannah and I stepped into the pack house as Harry was rushing out of the elevator to meet us.  

“What’s up Alpha?” Harry asked.  

“My suite. Now,” I said. The four of us piled into the elevator and we all went up to the fifth floor. We took the back way to the living room door so no one would see us or suspect something was up. When we got into the living room I told the guys so sit down. I recounted what Hannah told me of her dream and looked at them.  

“So... she had a dream that a vampire bit her?” Alex asked. “Did anything else happen after that?”  

“No,” Hannah said, “I woke up screaming I guess from what Evan said.” I nodded agreeing with her.  

“If there’s a vampire coming to get Hannah we need to be on high alert,” Harry said. “We haven’t encountered another vampire since last night. Mama Rosa.” I nodded in agreement with Harry as well.  

“For as long as I’ve been Alpha, and my father before me, this pack has never encountered or had vampires living amongst us. Why now?” I asked.  

“Well I would say it’s because of her,” Harry said pointing at Hannah. He mouthed ‘sorry’ to her.  

“It’s okay Harry. If I didn’t come here none of this would be happening,” Hannah said. She was sitting on a bar stool at the breakfast counter away from the three of us. I walked over to her and held her hands.  

“It’s not your fault baby,” I said rubbing her nose. She rubbed my nose back and smiled. We were about to kiss when Harry cleared his throat.  

“Baby?” Harry asked.  

“What the f**k happened last night?” Alex asked. I turned to look at them and they were grinning.  

“None of your concerns,” I answered. They both looked at each other like they knew and ran over to me with big ass smiles.  

“My man!” Harry said clapping me on the back. “Is she my new sister-in-law then?”  

“Oh my god guys,” I said, “stop jumping to conclusions.”  

“Dude,” Alex said raising his eyebrows, “how was it?”  

“It’s not your business Alex,” I growled. Hannah started laughing and placed a kiss on my cheek.  

“It’s okay babe,” Hannah said. She turned to them both. “He’s my mate. I claimed him last night.” Their eyes grew wide and their smiles just grew bigger. 

“She claimed you huh?” Alex said.  

“Congrats you two!” Harry said. He gave Hannah a hug and my wolf didn’t like that. I growled under my breath and Hannah and Harry just laughed at me.  

“She didn’t claim me,” I said through gritted teeth.  

“Oh come on,” Hannah said, “you know you liked it.” I glared at her and she only smirked back at me. Then she jumped off the stool, got on her tip toes, and tilted her head up. She waited for me to kiss her, but I didn’t budge. We were still holding hands too. Hannah pouted when she noticed I didn’t reciprocate her action and dropped my hands.  

“Ruh roh,” Alex said.  

“Fine, then I’m leaving,” Hannah said as she turned on her heel and started walked towards the door.  

“Where are you going?” I asked.  

“To find my mom. I have questions and she’s the only one that can give me answers,” Hannah said.  

“At least bring someone with you,” I said, “for your safety.”  

“I was going to ask you to tag along, but it seems you’re being a big baby because you can’t admit that you, Alpha Evan, got owned last night. All. Night.”  

I rushed over to her fast and caught her by the neck and growled, “Don’t ever forget who owns you.” Hannah’s eyes went wide and she gasped. Then her eyes started to twinkle as she smirked and put her hand on my mine which was still around her neck.  

“You own me. I’m yours,” Hannah whispered and moved my hand her mouth where she softly caressed my palm with her lips.  

“If the guys weren’t here I’d have you here and now,” I whispered as I placed a soft kiss on her cheek. I saw her blush and she quickly turned around and started walking towards the door.  

“Bye, I’ll see you later,” Hannah said waving a hand in the air.  

“Who’s going with you?” I yelled.  

“No one!” she yelled back. “I’ll be fine.”  

“You better be,” I mumbled as she left the room and the door closed behind her. I turned back to face Harry and Alex. They both had wide grins on their faces. “What?”  

“Dude... your whipped,” Harry said.  

“No I’m not,” I retorted back at Harry.  

“No dude, I thought Alex was whipped. But you... she’s got your curled all up in her palms,” Harry said trying to stifle a laugh.  

“Evan man,” Alex said, “yeah you’re whipped. You look like a dog who lost it’s owner.”  

“I don’t know what the f**k you guys are talking about,” I said turning towards the kitchen and heading into the bathroom to get to my bedroom. “We have some work and planning to do. I’m not going to wait for some vampire we don’t even know about to come cascading onto pack lands.” I could hear Harry and Alex shuffling behind me and we all exited my private suite. We headed down the hall to Harry’s room to collect some things before heading back down to the first floor where the conference room was.  

***** 

It was quarter to five when we were done laying out our plans to where the guards should be positioned around the pack grounds. Harry, my Beta, was in charge of shift changes and knowing where each guard was. Alex, my Gamma, was in charge of training the guys when they didn’t have a shift on their days off. There would truly be no days off. Not when Hannah’s life was in danger.  

But we still didn’t know anything about this vampire that Hannah dreamt about. I had to go and find her and talk to her mom. Maybe Mama Rosa knew who this vampire was. I was finishing up in the conference room when Madeline walked in. Ah, Madeline. My old flame. I thought she was my mate, but when we went on our first run together, that sealed the deal that she wasn’t. She had been my ‘partner’ up until a couple months ago when I called it quits with her. I was not happy with just having casual s*x with her. I wanted more. Craved more. I needed my mate to satisfy this hunger on me. Malcolm was getting weary of not finding our mate too. Sure, the s*x was good, but the deep level of connection that Malcolm and I craved was not being satiated.  

“Evan?” Madeline asked. “Is it okay for me to come in?”  

“Yeah,” I said nodding. “I’m almost done here so if you need the room, just give me a few minutes.”  

“Well I wanted to talk to you,” Madeline said making her way over to me. She sat on the table off to my right as I shuffled papers around and put them in manila folders. 

“What about?” I asked.  

“Us,” she said. I stiffened at her response.  

“There is no us anymore Madeline,” I said as I looked up at her sternly. “I found my mate. Hannah is my mate.”  

“You haven’t marked her yet have you?” she asked inching closer. “And don’t call me Madeline. That’s makes me feel old. You know that.”  

“I’m not going to call you ‘Maddy’ if that’s what you want,” I said clearing my throat.  

“But Evan,” Madeline whined starting to use her baby voice on me, “Maddy is bored and wants to play. Don’t you wanna play with me daddy?” My eyes widened as she reminded me that we used to role play the daddy thing from time to time when we had rough dominating s*x.  

“No Madeline,” I said standing up.  

“But daddy,” she whispered. She reached out and started stroking my d**k.  

“What the f**k do you think you’re doing!?” I yelled as I slapped her hand away from me and stood back.  

“I want what’s mine,” she growled. “You told me that you were mine!” Madeline sprang up from the table, wrapped her legs around my waist, her arms around my neck and pressed her lips to mine. I couldn’t shake her off as much as I wanted to without hurting her.  

“Madeline, you’re crazy!” I said mumble screamed. I was able to get her off me and threw her on the floor. Then we both heard a gasp and looked over at the door. Hannah was standing there still as a statue with her eyes wide and her mouth gaped open. I could see tears brimming in her eyes and her knees were shaking.  

Madeline looked over at Hannah and smirked, “My daddy was just taking care of his naughty girl.” 

I took a step towards Hannah and she shot her hand out as if to stop me from going towards her. She shook her head and her bottom lip started trembling.  

“No, don’t come any closer,” Hannah said. “I’ll leave.” With that Hannah walked out the door and away from me.  

“Hannah!” I yelled as I ran towards the door.  

“No!” Madeline yelled as she grasped my leg. “No, you’re mine. Don’t leave me daddy.”  

“I swear Madeline, I will have you admitted!” I yelled at her as I kicked my leg out of her grasp. Madeline flew onto her back on the floor and started laughing. “What the f**k is wrong with you!?”  

“What’s wrong with me?” Madeline asked sitting up. “You’re what’s wrong with me. You used me and then dumped me because you wanted to find your mate. I was supposed to be your mate! I was supposed to be yours!”  

“We are not mates Madeline,” I said trying to calm down. I went over to her and held my hand out. I’ve never seen her this insane before and I did wonder if it was because of me. It’s not like I didn’t care about her while we were together, but we were just literally f*****g around. Madeline took my hand and got up off the floor.  

“I’m sorry,” she said quietly. “I didn’t mean to come off that way. I’m just jealous you found your mate and I didn’t find mine yet. I really didn’t mean to cause a riff between you and your mate.”  

“Her name is Hannah,” I said, “and now I have to go and find her.” 

“Evan!” Madeline shouted as I was just about to leave the room. I raised an eyebrow at her and wondered what more she could say to me, but she started stripping off her clothes and in a flash she was in front of me. Naked. I gulped. It would be lying if I said her t**s didn’t look good, but they weren’t comparable to Hannah’s. Hannah’s t**s were perfect.  

“Put. Your. Clothes. Back. On,” I said slowly through gritted teeth. Madeline took my hand and placed it on her boob and started massaging it.  

“Don’t you miss these?” she asked through hazy eyes. Her eyes were full of lust and she started moaning. I tried to take my hand back, but somehow I couldn’t.  

“E--- Evan?” Shocked I turned around to look and Hannah was just outside the door, but from where she was standing she could see Madeline naked and my hand rubbing her tit. Two big tears escaped her eyes and she turned and ran.  

“HANNAH!” I bellowed as I turned and ran after her. “HANNAH!” I caught up to her just as she was running through the front door. I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back into me. She was thrashing around in my arms as I held her tight against me.  

“Let me go,” she sobbed. “Don’t touch me.”  

“Hannah, it’s not what you think,” I said trembling against her. My heart was thumping so loud and so hard that I thought it was going to burst out of my chest. Malcolm was yelling profanities at me inside my head and pacing restlessly.  

“You don’t get to tell me what I think,” Hannah said, “now let go!” With a swoop she ducked beneath my arms and ran down the drive way. Then she stopped and slowly turned around.  

“I knew you were a monster,” she said. The word ‘monster’ stabbed me in the heart and my gut was rolling. It felt like I got the wind knocked out of me. “First you killed my dad, then you locked me up, and now... now...” She couldn’t finish what she was trying to say as the tears started falling. I just stood there unable to move. I wanted to go towards her as Malcolm was pulling me towards her, but my legs were stuck to the front stoop.  

“Hannah,” I managed to get out hoarsely, “don’t say that. You don’t mean that.” A big crowd had gathered ouside the pack house and more wolves were spilling out of the pack house, include Madeline as she made her way over to stand beside me fully clothes again.  

Hannah’s eyes went wide when she saw Madeline stand next to me. I tried to move away, but she suddenly clutched my arm and wouldn’t let me budge.  

“Well, what are you waiting for?” Madeline asked looking up at me. “Tell her... I’m your mate and we f****d so many times I’ve lost count.” I gulped as I looked at Hannah. I didn’t dare look at Madeline even though she was holding onto me.  

Hannah was shaking. She pointed a trembling finger at me, glowing red, and said, “I, Hannah Red Moon...”  

No, no baby. Please don’t. Don’t do this to me. 

“I, Hannah Red Moon, re-”  

“You are NOT doing anything!” Mama Rosa stepped out from behind Hannah and looked at her sternly. “There is going to be NO rejection today. Do you hear me!?” Hannah, startled, looked at her mom. Then she fell to the ground in a slump. Mama Rosa knelt down beside her too and wiped away the tears. She whispered something to Hannah and Hannah nodded. Then they both stood up and started walking way.  

“W-w-wait!” I shouted. I pulled free of Madeline’s grasp and ran over to them. Just as I was about to reach out and grab Hannah, I felt a slap to the right side of my face. Shocked gasps came from the crowd and I reached my hand up to my cheek. I looked and Hannah was already down the drive way. Then I saw Mama Rosa standing in front of me, her ears fuming with red smoke. Her eyes turned red like Hannah’s did as she walked right up to me and pointed a finger at my chest.  

“You,” Mama Rosa said fuming, “ever disrespect my daughter like that again and I will not stop her from rejecting you.” I nodded and stepped back from her.  

Did Hannah’s mom just really slap me in front of my pack? What the f**k was going on? Why wouldn’t Hannah stop and listen to me. And was she really ready to reject me?