To the Moon and Back

Chapter 3

*Jason’s POV*

It has been a week since we caught her scent. A Very Long week. Maxwell has been clawing at my skin itching to come forward. He has finally calmed enough to attempt to reason with him. I hope.  “Max, can you f*****g stop that s**t” I snap at him. I receive a growled-out response “WTF do you mean Jason I’m not doing anything You’re making sure of that now aren’t you!” “how many times do we have to go over this Max!?” I sigh.  He’s been prowling the edge of my mind trying to gain control so that he can break into the school and hunt down a lead. Oh, and this genius plan he had was during the middle of the school day. This big dumb wolf was planning on busting into a human kids’ school DURING school hours to sniff children and find our mates kids…. In the history of bad ideas that’s got to be at LEAST top 4. On So many levels was it a bad idea. Other than the whole not supposed to shift in front of humans thing.  I’m sure our mate wouldn’t appreciate such a brash disregard for her kid’s mental well-being!  And I can’t have that WE can’t have that. I Just can’t risk him ruining this for us. I Know he means well; I get it neither of us thought we would ever get a second chance. With her being human we must be careful, and Max was far from tactful. “you know I can hear you right!” Growls out Max.  “J why do you Keep implying that ill ruin things with our mate!?” Rubbing my temples to try and soothe the headache that is developing from all his growling. “Max, I’m sorry I don’t mean to upset you, it’s just it’s probably not gonna be like ….” I couldn’t bear to finish the thought and I knew I wouldn’t have to, he’s silent so I continue “all I’m saying Max is that she’s human, so our normal Alpha wolf bullshit isn’t gonna fly!”   He growls again but not angry like before this is a frustrated growl. I let out a low chuckle before continuing, “Exactly! She isn’t a wolf, she’s human and human don’t always feel the mate bond right away, so she may need us to be patient with her. So, I need you to let me take the lead on this one. I promise not to block you out you just have to promise me to try and behave and let me take lead.” To my complete shock he says “Ok Jason. I see your point. And you’re right I need to let you handle this. I could never forgive myself If we lost her because of my behavior. Plus, human woman are complicated. I will try and refrain from being a dick.”  “thanks Max I know this is hard for you. I have an idea lets go for a run nobody should be in the school at this time so let’s go do some more recon.” To which Max responds “please say we are running” “let me just get my bag…” I start, but Max interrupts me with a whine.  I can’t help but to laugh before chuckling out “and yes were running” I hurry to my desk, pull open my drawer and grab my lock pick kit. I throw some basketball shorts and t-shirt into my bag with my lock pick kit. I also throw my phone in there in case I catch any leads. Should I need to take pictures or call one of my trackers, I want to be ready. We would be a bit too far to mind link anyone.  Once We Step outside into the crisp fall air, I Mind link my Beta and tell her ill be out of reach, and to only call my cell in an absolute emergency.  “Hey Alice, I’m going to be looking for another lead and the school is out of Mind Link range. I trust you won’t need me and that all will be in perfect working order in the morning” “Yes Alpha lover boy, I got this. But J I hope you have a better plan than to go sniffing random human kids” I couldn’t help the deep rumbling laugh that boomed through the mind link. Max was grumbling about me telling her and Xena was just barking with Laughter.  “yes, Alice we have a better plan... and Xena I think Max wants to spar in training tomorrow” I quickly add the last part and now it was max’s turn to bark out a laugh at the suddenly rather quiet Xena. “J Good luck! Now Go Find our Luna”. Once I cut the mind link off with my cheeky Beta I jumped and Shifted midair.  Once I was on all fours, I give control over to Max so I could take the time to think. 

 In what felt like no time at all we were jumping the fence of the school.  Once there, Max and I shared control in full balance. This is something many wolves have issues with. Most alphas can’t even maintain this level of balance. This is about the only silver lining to those dark times. The only positive that came out of losing myself to Maxwell, while he was lost in rage. If the Alpha king were anyone other than my Father, at the time, I likely would have been executed. It was a dark time after we lost them. It was my sister and Alice that managed to pull me from the darkness and convince me to go away to the temple. Alice stayed with me in training, she was almost as lost as I was. Loosing a twin will do that to you. We understood each other's pain, after all we were mourning the same person. we trained and healed together, our friendship evolved and elevated right along with our strengths.  While Max and I could maintain the balance basically indefinitely Alice and Xena could only do so for an hour tops. Which is still amazing considering our current Alpha King, My older sh*t head brother, can only maintain balance for 15 minutes. Making our way towards the school we Sniffed the air and the ground. We could smell her, but it was far too diluted to do anything other than drive us mad. It was time to break out that lock pick kit. We needed to get in the building, and I had no problem picking this lock to get in. Hell, I was so caught up that I would have had ZERO qualms about ripping the damn door from the hinges. I wish I could blame that on Max but nope. Knowing I have a second chance and not being able to find her is torture.  But before I could pick any locks, I would need fingers and thumbs again so first I shifted and quickly threw on my clothes. Thanks to my wild child days it took no more than a minute before I heard the click and pulled open the door.  After just a few moments Searching the halls I pick up the scent that has taken over my soul. Standing outside the cafeteria I can smell her.  Max and I trail through the lunchroom our nose working overdrive while still sharing control. Once I made my way out of the cafeteria, I notice the scent seems to drift off into two separate hallways. Ok I’m confused now, and max is suddenly extremely quiet. I decide to follow both trails.  I take a picture of the first classroom that seems to have her smell strongest. Since my time is running out, I must rush to the other hallway to find the other classroom.  Again, I find a classroom with her scent upon the doorknob. This makes no sense how she smells so strong in both first and third grade classrooms.  “TWO” max howls in my head “HUH?!?” I question his sudden outburst.   “TWO Jason TWO different scents intertwined with our mate. They Lead to TWO separate rooms in TWO Different grades. WE HAVE TWO PUPS J!!” Max is practically howling with Pride and I just can’t help but Laugh “AWWW listen to the Big bad wolf ...” he barks out a laugh “Kiss my furry ass J. Just you wait soon enough shell have you whipped worse than me!” he barks out with a chuckle.  “f**k” that’s all it took for him to start howling with laughter. I decide to ignore him while I take a few pictures of the teacher’s names and classroom numbers. As I’m finishing up, I hear Max sigh “J we need to find her and our Pups” I don’t respond. I don’t have to he knows I feel the same. Once we get outside the school I shift and hand him control.  While he takes us home, I start to formulate a plan to bring our mate and our pups right to us.