Chapter 40

Mica

After Aziz called me last night, I felt somewhat relieved knowing he was fine. But he had not called me this morning, so I was so worried that something might have happened to him. I was in our bedroom and I didn’t want to leave unless he arrived. I was always by the window checking whether he was back, only to be disappointed. 

I heard a knock on the door, so I opened it and found Carter with a tray of food in his hands. “The omegas said that you hadn’t eaten your lunch, so I brought you your snack. You know that Aziz will get mad when he finds out that we are not taking good care of you,” he said as he entered our bedroom and placed the tray on the small table near the double-seater couch not too far from our bed. It was five o’clock and almost time for dinner.

“I’m sorry, I was just thinking,” I replied and he smiled. Then I asked, “Is this how your mate bond works? I mean, worry about everything for your mate, especially when you are not together?”

“I don’t have a mate yet, but I guess that’s how it goes according to our pack members who have found their mates. They said they always wanted to be with each other as they feel like they are stronger when they are together,” he replied and I nodded before I sat on the couch. “You have to eat. You eat burgers, right?” 

“Of course, I always eat that at a diner.”

“It’s because I asked Lottie about it,” he said, and I laughed before I took one and took a bite.

“Athena is Reeves’s mate, right?”

“Yes,” Carter replied,

“Why does she look so calm when he is away? Isn't she worried about him?” I asked, curiously.

“Maybe because they had their issues. Just like you on Alpha before you accepted him. I think Athena was worried too, so she only wanted to make sure that she was going to make the right decision.”

“Is Reeves bad?” 

“Of course not! But you know, we have our wolves and while we haven’t found our mates yet, we want to, you know, be with other women. Please don’t take it against Alpha. But I can assure you that ever since we were children, he has wanted to meet his mate. He was inspired by his father. The former alpha tells him how lucky he was because of his mom and how happy they were together. He just didn’t want to find you yet at this point because of the vampire king that’s why he tried to ignore you at first.”

“So that’s the reason why he only approached me when he got back with Hera.” 

“I was not with him that time, but Reeves told me that he was extra annoying that time. And that explains it when he admits that you’re his.”

“When he was fighting that vampire with Athena, I was so scared and I didn’t know where it came from. I only know about your mate's bond through the customers in the diner. I often heard them talking about it and I felt relieved when I found out about rejection a little too late.”

“Why?”

“Because I might have done it the first time he showed up in front of me and told me that I am his.” 

“Then we have a broken alpha now,” he replied, and I nodded.

“Can we go out?” I asked,

“I’m sorry, Luna. We can’t at this time. Alpha and Reeves are not around and everyone was on alert just in case someone attack the pack.” he replied,

“I understand,”

“But once alpha is back, you can ask him to go anywhere you want,” he added.

“Thanks.” 

“I am going to leave you here for now. If there’s anything you need, don’t hesitate to look for me.”

“Alright, you can go and do your thing,” I replied with a smile on my face so he wouldn’t have to worry about me. I understood that the pack might be prone to an attack once the neighboring pack found out that Aziz was not around. But the way I saw everyone, the fighters and the warriors, they all looked very reliable. 

I continued eating and I didn’t know I was so hungry until there was nothing left on the tray. I was so shocked that I ate everything. I didn’t eat because I was so worried about Aziz. What is he doing to me? After I was done, I decided to go down and take the empty tray to the kitchen. It would be better if I would just talk to someone so I wouldn't have to think about him. 

“Luna!” Carter said when he saw me as I opened the door. “Here, Alpha called,” he added, and handed me the cellphone. I took it from him and he took the tray in my hand, so I went back to our bedroom.

“Woman, what have you been up to the whole time?” he asked. Why does he always call me that way? “Carter said, that you didn’t eat your lunch. Did you miss me so much that you have no appetite without hearing my voice?” he added.

“Don’t be so arrogant, it was only because of your mate bond,” I replied and he chuckled.

“Why can’t you just accept that you miss me?”

“Because I don’t!” he didn’t call and now he’s teasing me?

“Woman, you have to eat while I’m away because I am going to fu** you without rest once I come back,” he said. “You better have your energy full,” he added.

“Stop it, what if someone hears you? And Hera was there and she would be able to know everything that you’re spewing right now!” I exclaimed. “Dirty mouth!” I added and he laughed again. 

“I miss you so much, woman. I will be home the day after tomorrow. We will just finish some things here,” he said, and I felt sad. It seems that I won’t be able to see him for two more days. 

“No need to worry about me here. Just do what you need to do there.” I replied so he could do things without worry.

We talked about a few more things before we ended our call. He said he still had a meeting with the Lunar Pack’s alpha. They were requesting Aziz to help their pack train their warriors to fight a vampire. Oh, I miss him so much. I should have let him know about that.