Chapter 43: The Girl who Crossed Over-3

"Oh I see!" Cole exclaimed while I was still lost in the enormity of what he had suggested so causally, "That's it! You wanted to confirm whether she could really cross over again, signifying an error in the shield, or if it was just an accident, a chance event having something to do with her being the King's mate. That's why you let the Luna go into the woods again!" "You WHAT?!" We both jerked our heads to the door in shock where now stood a furious Alpha King staring at us with so much anger that I could almost feel the heat of his gaze melting layers off the wallpaper in my office. "A-Alpha!" Cole exclaimed in shock. "You let her go into the woods again?!" Alpha Zuerien seethed, "How dare you? Even after I forbade it!" "She didn't go alone. Talon went with her", Cole added quickly trying to calm the Alpha down a little but I knew that at this point that was nearly impossible. "What the hell John?!" he yelled storming up to me, "Why do you insist on putting her in situations like this even after I told you to leave her the hell alone!" Oh!...he is reacting...he is openly displaying his concern for her...this could be my chance! "Alpha please calm down" "Don't you freakin tell me to be calm!" he yelled making the doors and windows rattle at the power he was exuding. I may have underestimated how angry he would be...but this could still work...if I can just trigger him enough.... "You don't have to worry Alpha. She is quite safe in the woods with Talon. Besides, why are you so concerned?" "How the hell can I not be?!" Here goes nothing... "Why would you be?" "Because she already has hurt herself in the woods once before!" Damn...he didn't say it... "All the more reason for her to exercise caution this time around", I replied calmly, "Besides Talon is with her-" "Is that supposed to freakin reassure me?!" he yelled making Cole cringe as the Alpha uttered his words from earlier. "Well...Alpha, if it is any solace at all, I do have a valid reason for letting her go-" "I heard it already! But you know what? I don't give a damn about your reason. I don't care what you thought you could discover by letting her go into the woods again. Her being in the woods is dangerous!" Alright...here we go...one more time... "I know that Alpha but it could be the perfect opportunity for us to discover how she crossed over the territorial shields. If we can only observe her-" "To hell with your observations John! Her actions are not something you have the right to investigate! Her safety is not something you have the damned right to compromise! Alpha of Wisdom or not, you don't decide things for her! She is my mate. MINE!" He said it! I felt it immediately, like a rush of power and warmth intermingled together. It flowed through my veins, it radiated through my body. It blended into my blood and became a part of me. Yes, I felt it. I finally felt it! The Alpha's bond with the Luna. The same bond he had tried to deny a week ago. The same bond he had been on the verge of rejecting. The same bond that had caused him to rush to the hospital to see her even though he had denied it saying he had had work there. The same bond that had driven him to ask Roma to constantly care for and attend to her while she had been on leave. The very same bond that had made him so extremely jealous when Alpha Marco had tried to touch what was his. His mate, our Luna, the Queen. Cole's face was a blend of shock and elation and I immediately knew he had felt the bond too. Alpha Zuerien was still seething, unbeknownst to what he had just done. He had finally accepted the bond he had been so hell bent on rejecting. He had accepted it, accepted Ms. Winters, no, Luna Winters. I involuntarily smiled at how right it felt to say that, forgetting that the furious Alpha was still glowering at me. His eyes had turned pitch black with the golden flecks appearing and disappearing repetitively. My smile had obviously pissed him off even further as almost instantly the lamp in my office exploded into a thousand shards. From the corner of my eye I saw Cole cringe and move away from the now shattered lamp. "I'm sorry Alpha. I over stepped", I admitted, "but you must know that once the Alpha of Mazes was done examining the territorial shields we would have to get her to go into the forest again anyway, just to ensure that the shields were in fact intact." "That could have waited longer", he fumed, his voice coming out deeper and huskier, and I knew that soon I would no longer be speaking to Alpha Zuerien; I would be speaking to his wolf, Kai. "Either way, you should have asked me before you let her go!" "If I had asked, would you have permitted me to let her go, my King?" "NO!" That's exactly why I didn't ask... Before I could say anything else Cole's frantic voice filled the room. "WHAT?!" he cried making both me and the furious Alpha King turn our attention to him. He looked shocked and his eyes kept glazing over and returning to normal meaning he was mind-linking someone. When his gaze found mine, I saw panic flooding his eyes and I instantly knew what this was probably about. Judging by how the King's body tensed, I guessed he probably had an idea as well.