Chapter Seventeen ~ You stupid girl

Freya Rose

I sat up quickly as I awoke back in the real world.

“Freya! Thank the goddess. You made it through the transition, we'd lost you there for a bit. It's a miracle,” the Dr said as she helped me sit up more comfortably in the bed.

“Where's Tristan?” I asked in a low raspy voice. I was expecting him to be by my side when I woke up.

“Um, he just popped out for some fresh air, I'll get Aiden to call him back,” she replied, but she sounded flustered. She left the room and I could hear whisper's down in the living room. I didn't know if I was strong enough yet, but I wanted to know what was going on. I got out of bed and I felt surprisingly fine, so I continued and walked to the top of the stairs to listen in. “She's asking where Tristan is, I told her he'd gone out for some fresh air. After what she's just been through, I didn't want to tell her that she'd died, and in his grief, he shifted then run off into the woods,” she spoke quietly but I was able to make out most of it. Did she just say that I fucking died? I thought to myself.

“I have been trying to link Tristan, he's either too far away, even for my Alpha link or he's switched it off. Either way, I can't get a hold of him. I've sent some trackers out to find him and tell him that Freya's awake, and that he needs to get back here asap,” Aiden replied. He tried keeping his voice down, but he had such a booming tone, that I think it would be impossible for him to actually whisper.

“We need to ask her if she remembers anything about the moon realm. We haven't had any humans go through the transition in over twenty years, and we need to document everything she saw. I for one, really want to ask Freya about Selene,” a young man's voice said. I think I recognized his voice, but I couldn't place where. He didn't make any attempts to be quiet, and quickly got hushed by the other two. I used this opportunity to make my entrance. I strolled down the stairs with my arms crossed and an angry look sprawled across my face.

“I think we have some things to discuss, don't you?” I said as I eyed each and every one of them. I walked past them and sat down in the armchair, keeping my arms folded. I then crossed my legs and pointed at the young guy. “You! Make us some coffees,” I pointed my finger at the Dr then at Aiden, and then pointed at the couch. “You two, sit!” Dr Dobson obeyed without saying a word, but Aiden growled and folded his arms. I stood up and glared at him, illuminating my eyes just enough to let him know that I meant business. He huffed, and as slowly as he possibly could, he walked around the couch and finally sat down. The young guy had finished with the coffees and placed them down on the coffee table for us.

“Thank you, um..?” I hesitated, realizing I didn't know the guy's name. He smiled at me as he held out his hand and said,

“hi, I'm Danny, it's nice to meet you.”

I shook his hand and smiled at him, then sat back down. He tried to squeeze himself in between the Dr and Aiden, and it was quite funny to watch. He was shuffling his butt around trying to fit in between them, Aiden finally huffed at him and moved over slightly for Danny to fit in. I struggled to keep my stern face on.

“Right, so Tristan's gone AWOL because he thinks I'm dead, is that about right?” I asked as I eyed all of them. They all nodded in unison. “Well, the mate bond has gotten stronger, he knows I'm alive and he will be back soon,” I stated as I picked up my coffee and took a sip.

I was lying, I didn't know if he'd sensed that I was alive or not. To be honest, I was petrified that he would do something stupid, but I couldn't let them see my fear. I came back from the moon realm with a new purpose, I am done being seen as a liability within this pack. I will be their Luna and as Clara said, I need to start acting like it. So, no more nice girl Freya, I will be cool, calm and collected from now on, no one is going to question my intentions anymore. I am Freya Rose, the first hunter to become a werewolf, and I will be the strongest Luna, this, or any other pack has ever seen. I looked over the top of my cup and saw all three of them had shocked looks on their faces.

“What?” I asked them with a shrug of my shoulders.

“How do you know? You can't know you're his mate until your first shift, and you can't possibly have any mate bond feelings until you have both marked each other!” Aiden said in disbelief. I put my coffee down on the table and sat back putting both of my hands on the arms of the chair, then closed my eyes.

I didn't know if it was going to work, but Selene told me that she would be watching over me, and I am guessing that she could still hear my thoughts now that I'm her favorite child. It was worth a shot, and if I could pull it off then none of these three will question anything I have to say in the future. It will show them that I am different, I am special, and I am strong, strong enough to be their leader alongside Tristan.

“Selene? Are you there?” I asked in my head.

“Freya my dear, miss me so soon?” She replied and then giggled to herself.

“Sorry to disturb you, I know that Tristan and I aren't mates yet, but I was wondering if you could possibly allow me to be able to mind link with him? He ran off when he thought I was dead, and I'm scared he might do something terrible,” I begged her. I knew if I could just talk to him he would know I was ok and come home. I didn't hear anything for a few seconds, did I just make a huge mistake asking her for a favor? I began to panic.

“Freya, I don't talk to many of my children. Only oracle's get to enjoy my company, but as you are my special child I will allow you to contact me. But be warned I tire easily, I am here to observe you, not to be at your beck and call, do you understand?” She said in a stern voice, and somehow I could feel her anger at my request.

“Yes, of course, Selene, I'm sorry I didn't know what else to do. I won't do it again I promise,” I apologized to her hoping it was going to be enough.

“Well, I do enjoy your company, so you can talk to me any time you'd like, just make sure you don't ask me for any more favors. I can't have my other children thinking they can all call out my name, and demand I do things for them, now can I? Right, I will do this one thing for you, but you have to do something for me in return, deal?” She asked me and then paused waiting for my response.

“Of course, anything,” I replied, hoping it wasn't something that involved slaughtering someone.

“Ah good, I'm glad you agreed because I was wracking my brain trying to figure out how to get him out,” she said with relief in her voice.

“Sorry who? Out of where?” I asked in confusion.

“Leonard, he's been left in the basement to rot since Landon found his new mate. I don't even get to watch the torture anymore; it has become so tiresome. The poor lad just cries and begs me to kill him. It's becoming quite irritating, like a gnat buzzing around in my brain. I don't really care what you do to him, kill him, set him free, the choice is entirely yours, but please just shut him up!” I could hear her getting more infuriated the longer she spoke about it.

“Yes, of course, I'll let him out as soon as I can, you have my word,” I said, and to be honest, I felt a little guilty, I'd forgotten about Leo too. I was happy to have an excuse to set him free, he'd been through enough with Landon, the guy deserved his freedom.

“Yay!” Selene squealed like a banshee. “Ok, your mind link will be done once you open your eyes. I look forward to speaking to you again Freya Rose.” With that said my mind became silent once more, and I slowly opened my eyes.

I quickly jumped back in my seat, as I had three faces, way too close to mine, and they were just gorping at me. They had shocked and intrigued looks on their faces as they quickly sat back down in their seats.

“Were you just talking to Selene?” Danny blurted out with excitement; his eyes were fit to burst right out of his skull.

“Um yes, how did you know?” I asked him in shock, I thought our chats were private.

“You called out her name, then you went into some sort of trance, and we couldn't wake you!” Dr Dobson said with intrigue. I didn't know how to reply, because I didn't want them knowing that I had just asked her to let me mind link Tristan, as they'd then know that I'd lied.

“Are you an oracle?” Aiden asked with a furrowed brow.

“No, I'm not an oracle, but yes I was talking to Selene. I have only just come out of the moon realm and we still had that link, but she has severed it now, she was furious that I called her. I just called her to ask her to speed up my shift so that I can complete the mating bond with Tristan, but she said no and threw me out of the realm,” I said, trying to be as convincing as possible. I couldn't let them know I had a speed dial button to Selene; it would be mayhem. Werewolves and vampires would be coming from all over, to get me to ask her questions or ask her for favors. I bet a few would even try to kidnap me if they had the chance, and keep me as their own personal link to Selene.

It looked like they bought it because they all sat back in their seats, the excitement and hope faded from their faces, quickly being replaced by pure disappointment. I took the silence as an opportunity to try and call Tristan.

“Tristan? Are you there?” I called out over the link, well at least I hoped I had, this was all new to me.

“Freya? Is that you? How? You're dead!” I heard him loud and clear, and my heart nearly jumped right out of my chest, he was alive and ok.

“I'm alive Tristan, come home, please! I will explain everything when you get back. I love you,” I said back to him, I was so excited that it had worked.

“I don't understand it, but I don't care, I'm so happy right now, I'll be back in ten minutes. I love you too Freya,” he replied, and he sounded so relieved and happy.

“Can you mind link your dad in about thirty seconds, and tell him that you'll be home in ten minutes? I'll let you know why when you get home,” I asked him, it was going to be fun to see his dad's face. I stood up and walked over to the stairs, I then began to slowly walk up them.

“Where are you off to?” Aiden asked with his eyebrow raised.

“I'm going to get Tristan some clothes, he will be home in about ten minutes,” I replied as I turned around to face him. He went to say something but then his eyes looked up to the ceiling like he was listening to something. His eyes came back down and met mine, a cheeky grin grew on his face as he chuckled. I smiled back and carried on up the stairs. He now knew that I could mind-link Tristan. That should help with the rest of the pack in accepting that I am Tristan's true mate.

I know Selene said that she had already made a mate for Tristan, and I need to make sure that she doesn't stand a chance with him or the pack. I'll do everything I can to prove to them all, that picking me is the best choice. I grabbed some boxers, jeans and a t-shirt for Tristan then went to the bathroom, I looked into the mirror.

“Wow you look like crap,” I said to my reflection. My hair was all stuck to my head where I'd sweated and it had dried, I had black lips from the sludge, I guessed, and I just looked rough. I decided to take a quick shower. I stripped and jumped into the shower to have a quick wash. I finished in the shower and dried myself off, then wrapped the towel around myself. I walked into the bedroom and opened the closet to get my clothes out.

I grabbed a t-shirt and went to get some jeans when two familiar giant hands grabbed my waist and pulled me back into his chest. He spun me around, and then gazed into my eyes. I could tell that he had been crying, his eyes were all puffy and red. I raised my hand to hold his face and stroked his cheek with my thumb. He smiled and began to cover my face in tiny kisses, I giggled as he reached my neck.

“Ah, Tristan it tickles,” I squealed. He stopped and pulled back from me and then gazed into my eyes again. He furrowed his brow and spoke to me in our mind link,

“I thought I'd lost you; I was devastated. I did something terrible Freya,” he had such sadness and guilt all over his face.

“What did you do Tristan?” I asked concerned that he'd tried to kill himself, or had hurt someone. We both got dressed then he led me to the bed, we sat down, and he began to explain.

Tristan Cole

“TRISTAN!” I heard Tyler calling me, but I couldn't stick around to explain to him. I couldn't accept myself that my beautiful Freya was gone. I ran through the trees as fast as I could until my legs couldn't carry me anymore. I stopped at a lake and saw a little island sitting all on its own in the water. I swam out to the island with the very last of my energy. I pulled myself out of the water and walked over to a large tree, I shifted back to my human form, and then sat on the ground resting my back against the tree. I lifted my knees to my chest and sobbed into my hands.

“Tristan?” A girls voice said softly. I looked up and smiled slightly. “What's wrong? Why are you out here on your own? And why are you crying?” She asked sweetly as she knelt down in front of me and swept a strand of my wet hair behind my ear.

“Freya's dead,” I managed to choke out. She gasped and flung her arms around me pulling me in for a tight hug.

“Oh, Tristan I am so sorry, no one should ever have to lose their mate. You're strong enough to make it through the bond breaking though, I just know you are. If Landon can do it I know you can. I'm so sorry you're going through this Tristan,” she said as she hugged me even tighter. I don't know what came over me, I don't know if it was the pain, the grief, her soft voice or her incredible scent. I pulled her away from me then looked into her stunning light hazel colored eyes, then down to her plump lips, then out of know where I kissed her. It was messy, rough and full of passion. I laid her down onto the ground and ripped her shirt open, she gasped at my aggression then let out a low inviting growl.

I placed kisses all the way down her chest and stomach, I reached her jeans and quickly undone the button, and then pulled them down to her ankles. I climbed on top of her and began kissing her again, and then I reached for her panties and pulled them to the side. I eased myself into her, and she moaned as I pushed all of myself inside of her.

“Tristan? Are you there?” I stopped instantly and pulled out of the girl. I then quickly stood up as I listened to Freya's voice over a mind link.

“Freya? Is that you? How? You're dead!” I replied back through the link.

“Tristan, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong?” The girl on the floor asked in a quiet voice, but still loud enough to bug me.

“Shut up you stupid girl! LEAVE, NOW!” I snarled at her, and as the words left my mouth, I realized that I sounded just like my father. But in my defense, I really needed to listen to Freya, and with the girl jabbering on, I might miss what Freya is saying.

The girl quickly shifted and ran off, I watched as she jumped into the lake and swam to shore.

“I'm alive Tristan, come home, please! I will explain everything when you get back. I love you,” I heard Freya speak again over the link, and my heart jumped for joy at her words. I didn't understand how she was alive or how she was talking to me over a mind link, but I didn't care, I told her I would be back in ten minutes and then I shifted and swam back to shore. I then sprinted as fast as I could all the way home to my beautiful mate.

Freya Rose

My mouth fell open as Tristan fully confessed to me about some girl in the woods.

“Who the hell was she Tristan? I'll rip her fucking heart out!” I screamed at him. I know I had no right to take the moral high ground after what I did with Mason, but he was my Fennid. I had no choice but to be attracted to him because of our bond, Tristan just hooked up with some random floozy.

“I can't tell you Freya, for that exact reason. It wasn't her fault, she was just comforting me, and I made the first move,” he said, as he just sat there staring at the floor.

“What!? You're protecting her? I bet it's that Amber Fucking Wade isn't it? She's wanted you forever, now she's had you, I'm going to rip her apart!” I screeched as I ascended.

I couldn't hold my rage in, Tristan kept trying to calm me down, but his voice just became a low muffle. I couldn't focus on anything except killing Amber, she had taken it too damn far. To be honest I thought she would have steered clear of Tristan after our fight at graduation. And especially now, I'm sure as hell that she knows about me being a hunter, the girl clearly has a death wish. Well, guess what bitch, wish granted!

I quickly turned around and sprinted out of the room, down the stairs and out of the front door. I then flew up into the sky, ready to murder that fucking bitch.