Chapter 32

Aziz

I still can’t believe it, my mate is beside me, sleeping soundly and she’s so damn beautiful. How could the moon goddess bless me with her? I was really worried about her rejecting me. I don’t know what I would do if that happened. After finding her, everything seemed so good. 

‘Yeah and you even plan on pushing her away until you find all your siblings,’ Alpha said, and I chuckled.

‘So stupid of me to think of that. I wouldn’t realize how precious time was until I fought that vampire. Though I was fine and alive, I couldn’t help but wonder what if something happened to me and I was unable to tell her how much she meant to me.’ I replied.

‘To us, don’t be so greedy. She’s ours.’ he snarled at me. Yeah, she’s ours and we’re hers alone. I thought, smiling. Then I let my fingers play with her hair as she slowly opened her eyes. 

“You have a good sleep, woman?” I asked, she must have not realized that she was in my room since she was blinking her eyes continuously before she stared at me. 

“You’re here,” she said and I nodded, smiling.

“Are you hungry?” I asked. We hadn’t eaten our lunch yet since I brought her straight here from the bunker after Athena and I fought the vampire. It was unexpected for me, but after what has happened to us, I am not going to let her go if she tries to run away from me again. 

“Uhm,” she hummed. I smiled and told her,

“Where do you want to eat, here or in the dining hall?” I  know that it would be very awkward if we ate there, but she had to face them sooner or later. I might have put her in the kitchen, but not to disgrace or dishonor her, but also for her to be safe and for her to know the pack members. I admit that she didn’t have a great experience there, but at least now, the omegas knew who she was in the pack and even if they didn’t want her, they had no choice but to accept her since I already marked her.

“Can we just eat here?” she asked, just as I thought.

“OK, but you have to know that you need to eat there and meet the pack. You can’t hide from them for a long time.” 

“I am not hiding, it just feels awkward. It’s just earlier that I was with them in the kitchen. Preparing meals for the warriors and helping with the omegas and now I am their Luna.” 

“I understand,” I replied and mind-linked Carter and told him to tell Hera to bring us our food. “I think I need to welcome you and Hera into the pack. It was difficult to relay messages just so I could talk to my sister.” I added.

“Is that necessary?” she asked,

“Of course,” I replied, “I don’t know if you will be able to do the mind link since you are a human, but Hera will be able to communicate with everyone without exploiting her power and ability.” I added and I noticed her looking sad, “What’s wrong?”

“I am a human. I was supposed to be a blessing to you, but I am more of a curse. I can’t even defend myself to anyone around here.” 

“Don’t say that, the moon goddess blessed me with you because she knew that you were going to be a perfect mate for me. She didn’t pair anyone with just anyone without thinking. She made sure that mates would become each other's strength and source of power.” I replied,

“Then why were there some who rejected their mates because the other is an omega?” 

“Because they were idiots. They didn’t know the true power they could unleash if they were with their fated mates,” I answered. Her questions made me happy. Even if she doesn’t have a wolf, she knows what one should be. Another is the fact that she was angry at my kindness but she was still considerate and thought about how she should be to me and the pack. Certainly, the moon goddess never makes mistakes in pairing us with our mates, because she gave me the perfect one.

“Are they not going to think that you're one when they find out that you accepted me? I heard an omega was rejected and she was in so much pain.”

“Whoever her mate was, I’m sure that the moon goddess will punish him severely,” I replied and she nodded. “Mica,” I said as I held her face, “I can’t change the past, I can’t make every species submit to me and do as I say. So, I cannot promise you that everything’s going to be OK because I know that it’s not. There will come a time when there are things that I won’t be able to handle alone. But with you here, I know that I will be able to get through it. What happened to your parents is something I can’t change. But I am going to try to save as many humans as possible so they won’t be able to suffer at the hands of those who had power and strength who chose to use it the wrong way.”

“I know, and I keep on telling that to myself as well. But the pain of losing my parents and what came after made me lose my reasoning and became irrational. All the pain and suffering that I have been through, I don’t think that I would be able to get through it if I didn't hold on to my anger. It gave me a reason to live, thinking I would be able to get even with them even if I didn't have the power they possess. It was all I could hold on to, to lighten the guilty feelings that I had, especially for my mother, who exchanged her life for mine and became my reason not to give up, even if I was already broken because of my stepfather. She had died, so I could live. Even if I had to suffer after, I don’t think that it was enough to even compare to what she had done for me.” she said. It was long and I don’t think she was breathing as she spoke, but I could see the pain in her eyes.

“Mothers know no boundaries when it comes to their children, just like their mother. Mine died right after she gave birth to me and my siblings. She has held on to her dear life to ensure that we will be able to see the world. It’s a mother's love that no one will and could ever explain, no matter how much they try.”

She was about to say something but we heard a knock. “That must be Hera, I asked her for our food,” I told her, then she tried to get up but realized that she was not wearing anything under the sheets. “It's fine, I'll get it,” I told her.

“What took you so long to open the door?” Hera said as she handed me the tray of food. She already got in before I could stop her, followed by Athena.

“Wow! Thank you, Mica. I knew that you were going to accept him!” Hera exclaimed as my mate's face blushed.

“Just tell me if he has ever caused you pain, I am going to deal with him,” Athena added.

“Thank you,” she replied,

“Before you do that, why don't you fix things between you and Reeves?” I told her and she just rolled her eyes. Hera sat down on the bed beside Mica as I put down the tray of food on the side table. Athena pulled the chair closer to the bed and I didn’t know if they had a plan on camping in our bedroom.

“Just tell us what you want to say and leave us alone, can't you?" I complained. I wanted to have time with my mate and here they are trying to ruin it.

“I came here so I could talk to you,” Athena said with a serious face. 

“Can I just dress up first before you talk about whatever it is that you want to talk about?” Mica asked and we all laughed. I got up and took a T-shirt and a boxer from my closet and gave it to her. Well, I mean, I clothe her with it. She was so shy and couldn’t look at either Hera or Athena, who were watching us.

“I don’t think Reeves will be able to do that to me,”  Athena said,

“He would if you would just let him,” I said and handed Mica a burger, then took mine and started eating.

“How would I, if he was so arrogant, who thought of himself as the goddess's gift to women?” she exclaimed. Well, I know my friend and beta. He is like that but I know that he had been waiting for his mate. If I knew that he was going to be such a jerk, I would never let Athena get near him. I know I just said that mates are gifts from the moon goddess, but if my sister would only get hurt, I would rather defer their bond.

“So, you don’t like him?” Hera asked and she just kept quiet. I knew that she liked him as much as he liked her. I looked at Mica who was eating but looking at Athena intently.

“Go tell her,” Hera told her.

“What?” Athena asked curiously, and Mica looked down.

“Go, Mica.” Hera encouraged her. She read my mate's thoughts, so I guess she thinks whatever it was on my mate's mind will help Athena to decide or something.

“Do you have a wolf?” Mica asked and Athena nodded. “How are you going to deny Reeves when I, as a human, had a hard time doing that? I mean, I hated wolves and vampires, so Aziz being both, I tried my hardest to push him away and hurt him in any way possible. But by doing that, I could feel myself getting hurt as well. I was able to feel his pain and, whether you believe it or not, it angered me even more because I was affected by the bond that I shouldn’t have anything to do with since I am a human.”

“That’s why you are here now?” she asked,

“When he was fighting, I was thinking about him. I was worried. What if something had happened to him? I didn’t want to regret it so I gathered my courage and did what I wanted to do from the very beginning. The moment I saw him, I felt something for him other than anger. Knowing he was an alpha, you don’t know how much I despise someone with that rank. They thought they could get all the females in the world, so I thought he was the same. And would you believe that he had hurt me with that bitch from your pack?” she asked and glared at me,

“Stop it already, woman,” I said and looked at both Hera and Athena. “You two, leave us alone. We had just started to get along and you wanted to ruin it already.”

“It’s your fault for hooking up with that bitch,” Athena said and got up. But before she left, she looked at my mate and said, “I am going to look after you, so you can relax, because I am going to break his neck once he tries to hurt you in any way.” Then she went out followed by a very happy Hera. 

“I am going to behave now and there will be no other woman in my life but you,” I said when she didn’t stop glaring at me. I know that I was at fault at that time, but I promise to make it up to her for the rest of our lives.