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“I don’t care what you say, I’m letting her do this—“
“Adlai baby I said ok”
“You did?”
I snap back giggling, I very rarely pulled rank but when I did it felt good.
“I did”
“Good, I’ll go tell her then!”
I turn and race down to her room actually a little excited to see her face, entering she doesn’t even look up, she just continues to stare at the wall.
“Hey baby, how do you feel”
I say stepping into her line of vision so she can see my lips. Lou pushes forward to watch her reaction but there was none
“So I was talking to Desmond”
I continue, her already rigid body goes even more rigid
“We need to get you ready, he’s picking you up in an hour”
As I finish speaking she crumbles, crying into the pillow and holding her body with her hands. I rush to her
“Hey hey hey, what’s wrong”
“That’s a mean joke”
Hope pushes forward and signs, I shake my head
“It’s not a joke, it’s true. He will lift you in an hour”
She glares at me, watching my face to make sure I’m telling the truth
“I swear heartly, he rang and he’s sick of the rules, he won’t follow them anymore so now your both going to start going on dates. I agree with him and thankfully so does your dad”
“Your serious?”
She asks, I nod smiling. She starts to cry again so I drop to my knees infront of her
“Hey what’s wrong?”
“I’m just so relieved”
She signs back, pushing forward and whimpering into my shoulder. I sigh in relief, she was such a special person and if I could make this easier on her then I would. I wouldn’t allow this to continue nomatter what any of them say.
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Heartly’s POV
1 year later..
“Promise me you won’t say a word opa”
I sign to my grandfather Carter, he sighs looking at me, studying me. Probably checking my futures too.
You see my name is Heartly Mcgregor, I am daughter to Adlai and Gerald Mcgregor, sister to hunter and twin to Hadley. The king and Queen of Lycan are my grandparents, Carter and Carly Mcgregor.
But I’m not like them, I’m different, always have been because I’m deaf, almost completely deaf. Or in better words my human ears are deaf, my wolf on the other hand can hear and hear well.
But nobody but me and my grandparents know that, and nobody but me and my grandparents know why.
“Iv kept this secret for 2 years, they will be devastated when they find out we have been lying to them. Please don’t do this”
He says back calmly, pleading with me with his eyes, I shake my head
“No, it’s not your story to tell, you wouldn’t know either, only you were there when I found out, if they ask you don’t know.”
“What If you get hurt?”
He snaps back, I smirk at him
“I’m always hurt pops, but it’s better I know the truth, they can’t tell the truth to my face but they have no problem telling it behind my back, I won’t be a victim. This helps me stay on top of it, I know who to trust and when to run. They can’t hurt me nearly as much as what it would hurt if they blind sided me”
He closes his eyes, relaxing his body when he realises that what I was saying was true, he knows they always smile to my face, even my own family. But at least they didn’t doubt me, in fact they believed in me but they are also blabber mouths. They would let it slip if I let them in on my little secret. One way or another it would get back to him and I’m not ready to give in and trust him so completely.
“Fine but you call me at the first hint of trouble! Promise me heartly and I won’t say a thing until you are ready”
I smile, hopping on my toes before throwing my arm around my big scary pops. I feel the vibration as he chuckles, hugging me back tight, not wanting to let me go because once he does I’m gone.
Moving into the new digs with my mate, the notorious Desmond O'neill. He is just as old as my pops, some might find that strange but honestly what’s 40 years in 10,000 years? It’s nothing, plus I’ve known all my life that he was mine.
Don’t get me wrong he wants me, he loves me more than anything but I know he’s afraid to tell his pack that their new Luna is deaf. He has been mateless and running the show for years and years, so for him to finally find his mate was exciting but when they find out what is wrong with me I know I won’t have anyone to trust, nobody but my wolf.
I pull out of the hug and smile as hope pushes forward
“I will look after her I promise”
He looks straight through me and right at her, smiling and nodding his head he steps back to let me out of the office.
“It will be fine, we will be fine”
She tells me, I roll my eyes, it sounds more like she’s debating that fact, convincing herself that that is the case
“Oh come on, have some faith, we have got this”
I say. As I step into the kitchen, I see dad desperately laying down the law to Desmond
“Everyday she trains, she trains hard and faster than everyone else and it shows, you keep it up, she has trained her entire life to be your Luna so you better f*****g look after her or I will kill you slowly”
“Wow wow wow”
Mum says shaking her head as she grabs dads arm to calm him
“Chill on the death threats, she will be fine, she is literally next door and can jump the fence at any time, day or night. She knows that, don’t you sweety”
Mum says when she spots me watching, as she says it Desmond turns, his beautiful face lights up as he walks to me. I’m struck once again with just how devastatingly handsome he actually is.
His thick black curly hair was a mess on top of his head, his shoulders and arms huge from years of working out his frustrations of not being by my side. He was tall too, I was so small by his side but I loved that, I felt safe in his arms. His eyes were bright orange just like his mothers, the usual hellhound family trait. His nose was straight and his jaw was defined and sharp but his 5 o’clock shadow gave the allusion that he was more laid back and relaxed. He was honestly perfect and I was so excited to start my life with him.
We have been waiting for this day for a very long time, since my wolf arrived at 16 my contact with my mate has been minimal, for a while we only seen each other in person on birthdays and parties but that quickly became far too difficult so then we started to date, that eased the sting for a while but honestly it’s really hard to hold back your wolf and I was too young for all the stuff that came with being mated, so in the end we realised it was better that we wait it out, but we do FaceTime every night, it helps us both sleep.
He yanks me into his arms, burying his head in the crook of my neck, his body tense as he holds me. Hope on the other hand was far from tense, wrapping our arms around him and immediately sniffing him.
A deep vibration rumbles from our core as she purrs, his body goes limp when he realises I’m just as excited to see him as he is to see me.
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