Chapter 29: Your girl

**Mateo**

It was two in the morning and my fucking cousin Liam was calling me for what?

" It has to be something very urgent, Liam, or I'll rip your head off."

" Well, I met a girl today here in Moscow, her name is Natsuke, she's from Kyoto, and she reminded me a lot of your girl. I'm sending you a picture to see if it's really her."

"Damn, Liam! I would never forget her, of course it was her, and she was even more beautiful. Liam, where are you guys?"

"At the stadium, I came to watch the championship and I found her with some Russian wolves."

"What? How?"

"Are you lying down, cousin? Get ready! She recently discovered that she's... a wolf!"

" What? Don't joke about it, Liam... Fuck!"

"I wouldn't joke about it, but I think you better come get your girl soon because there's a man eyeing her already."

I let out a loud growl that I believe woke everyone up. — What pack is she in?

" In Moscow, actually. Snowblood."

" Are you waiting for me there?"

"Sure, cousin, I'll call my brothers, we'll need backup to get her out of here, I mean, if she wants to come."

"She's mine, Liam! She's coming with me."

" Bring backup. The boys here are tough."

"I'll rip the head off anyone who gets in my way."

"Are you going to start with me, then, son?"

"Dad, for the love of the goddess, don't get involved in this. I've already wasted too much time."

"Who is she? What pack? What family?"

" She is my destined mate, father. When she gets here, you will meet her."

"That's nonsense, you can't be sure of that."

"I can, if my wolf meets her she-wolf, and for that to happen I need to go get her."

"You have duties here."

My mother entered my room:

"No, Krig! This time, his only duty is to go get this girl and make sure whether or not they are mates. That decision is his, his alone."

"Loren, you can't be agreeing with this boy's whim." — My father said.

" He's not a boy anymore, Krig. All that's left is for you to see that. Besides, I believe in him and what matters to me is my son's happiness. Alpha or not, if his luna is the destined one, it will be the best for the whole pack. Maybe if we had been destined, you would understand how he feels."

" Weren't you predestined?"

"No. We chose each other, but that doesn't make our love any less. I love your father. But I love you too, my son. So go get her before it's too late."

When my parents left the room my head exploded with thousands of thoughts. What if I hadn't been so scared that Natsuke wasn't the right woman for me, and I had already been brought into the pack?

Why didn't I be honest with her and tell her right away that I was a wolf, a stupid wolf? 

Even John suspected she might have a wolf in her family tree, but I didn't. I didn't want to lose her, I thought it was a teenage crush, I didn't want to bring her into my world and now I could lose her permanently to another wolf.

I was an idiot in every way. Deep down, I didn't believe in the strength of our love? Or did I really believe she was human and didn't want to force her to be the monster she feared?

How many tests did the moon goddess give me? And I didn't know how to see...

Was it fear of facing my parents and their traditions and thinking about what I was going to say to others because of her past?

I almost died when I didn't see her for a long time. I never told anyone but it was the lack of it that made me sick. I needed to fix all of this. She was perfect for me, she was a survivor and at the same time she never lost her sweetness.

Well, everything has its time. I now needed to pray to the moon goddess that she would still love me. So that there wouldn't be another wolf with her... Well, I would have to challenge him and kill him because I wasn't going to give her up, not anymore. 

I hope she doesn't hate me for it, but if she's with someone else I'll have to...

"We're going to kill him" - my wolf said. "You were an idiot, but I won't lose my mate again. I'm sure her wolf will recognize me."

Calm down, Shake, her wolf wasn't born with her, they just met, we need to know how to do things. Don't scare her.

"Scare her? I'm going to love and adore her like you should have done from the beginning."

But she fainted when she saw you in Japan, do you remember that? You scared her and I was afraid you would lose control, so I pushed you away at that time.

"What she had was a shock, because deep down she recognized me as her companion, but she didn't know how to understand" - He snorted. Shake wasn't wrong, but we had to act together. And someone with a rational mind, with a preference for control.

I had to plan a lot of things. It was difficult to sleep, but I needed to save energy for tomorrow. I wanted to travel as soon as possible. I was going to get her. She was my girl, and now she would be my wife.

I remembered your perfume and your body, your images filled my dreams. 

Goddess! I loved her, always have and would love her forever. I hoped she would forgive me for so many omissions.

I needed to make it up to her. 

I ran my hand over my chest, just above my heart. She needed to see, she needed to know that I never, ever forgot her.

Sleep came after I managed to let some tears fall. It brought peace to my heart and made my soul lighter.