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“What the fuck did you just say about my mate?” Fur is sprouting up and down my arms as my wolf battles for control. My fingers are tipped in my deadly claws, but I make sure to hold Serenity gently. I won’t cause my beautiful mate pain. Not now, not ever. “You are not her mate. I’ve known Serenity is my mate for eight years.” I swing my gaze back around to the Beta couple who look like they’re on the verge of throwing up. “You were supposed to keep her safe for me,” my voice holds an accusation and a warning.
Darwin nods solemnly but doesn’t say anything. Alpha Thomas is glaring around the room, and I can see his mind whirling to try to come up with something. Anything. I know he won’t. He can’t.
“There’s no way. You’re lying,” Todd accuses me, the wavering in his voice giving away his anxiety as the scent of his fear wafts toward me.
I narrow my eyes at him and snarl, “She has always been mine and only mine. I don’t know what you think you felt, but it wasn’t the mate bond. She’s mine,” I roar the words.
Serenity makes a cooing sound but doesn’t open her eyes as she pats my chest. Her touch is the only thing keeping everyone in the room from having their blood splattered all over the packhouse. I’m right on the edge and she’s the only thing keeping me sane.
“She’s nothing but a piece of trash,” the woman who almost lost her life sneers and red coats my vision.
Mack takes a step forward, his voice oozing authority this little bitch could only hope to achieve, “You will watch your fucking tongue when speaking about the Luna of Blood Rising. She has more power unconscious and in my Alpha’s arms than you could ever have on your back with your legs splayed open for the entire werewolf world.”
The girl gasps and cowers behind her mate and soon to be Beta of Waning Moon, who must also be Serenity’s brother. The young man is looking at my mate in my arms with relief coloring his features. I don’t know what the fuck has happened in this pack in the last eight years or why Todd fuck-face Harrison thinks Serenity is his mate, but I need to get my Luna out of here.
Right fucking now.
“We need to move. She’s not safe here,” I link to Mack.
He looks back at me and gives me a small nod of understanding. We have spent our lives training and working together. No matter who stands in our way, we will be leaving, and Serenity will be coming with us.
Mack steps in front of me and we start to move toward the front door of the packhouse. I don’t make it more than three steps before a hand grabs my shoulder and tries to spin me around. I turn and let out a menacing growl. It has Serenity curling into me, but she doesn’t whimper.
She knows she’s safe which has my chest puffing up with pride while I look down at the pissant who thought it was a good idea to put his hand on me. The same male who thinks he has some sort of claim on my mate.
“She’s my mate,” he growls, but it sounds weak and pathetic to my ears.
“No,” Serenity mutters in her sleep, her fingers twisting into my shirt as she clings to me.
I look down at Todd and arch my eyebrow. My voice is a low rumble, “Do you want to challenge me, Todd? I can guarantee you that I’ll win. I’ve spent the last eight years waiting for my mate. I’ve been training, honing my skills and racking up victories.” I curl my lip up, flashing my teeth at him. “What have you done other than being spoiled?”
“He’s nothing to us,” my wolf grumbles. “We have everything we need in our arms.”
I couldn’t agree more. When Todd doesn’t say anything and takes a step back, I start moving again. I move with Mack to bypass everyone else in the room. The next Beta Female seems to have lost her ability to speak, which is for the best. The current Beta couple have tears in their eyes while their shoulders are slumped. Is it in defeat or relief?
It doesn’t matter. Serenity is mine now. They knew I would be back for her, and they didn’t protect her.
I’ll be dealing with that later, but right now I need to get Serenity back to Blood Rising and make sure she’s safe.
When I climb into the backseat of the SUV, cradling Serenity on my lap because I can’t seem to allow anything else, Mack slides into the front seat. He starts the car, and we start driving back home without a word.
“She’s perfect. I’ve missed her,” my wolf rumbles, sounding relieved, an emotion that flows through me as well.
I stare down at my beautiful mate and breathe in her scent, needing it to calm me. I growl, “They will pay for hurting you, my sweet mate.”
Mack growls as well, telling me he’ll be standing next to me as we make anyone suffer who caused our Luna pain. She’s a warrior. A survivor.
Now I’ll make sure she knows she’s also my Luna.
CHAPTER 7
SERENITY
My head is pounding as I start to wake up. That’s not the only thing that hurts though. My entire body feels like it’s been run through a meat grinder. It’s not a new sensation, but I hate it all the same. What the fuck happened?
I take a deep breath and freeze, my body screaming in protest at how much it hurts, but I can’t help it. I’m surrounded by the scent of cedar and berries. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside and has my wolf purring in my head. Yeah, purring like she’s a fucking cheetah and not the wolf she is.
“Mate smells wonderful,” she sighs dreamily.
