Chapter thirty-six-This is not going to be easy

Chapter thirty-six-This is not going to be easy

[AZRAEL]

"I need at least ten men guarding my house, make sure they're all mated and best we have! If a single hair goes missing from her head while I'm away, I swear to the Moon Goddess herself, you're as good as dead!" I spoke coldly, still making sure to sound as threatening as I could.

"Don't worry; we will keep our Luna safe. You know that all of us need her as much as you do" Colin was half asleep when I mind linked him, now each word he spoke sounded quieter than the one before. I growled at him to gain his attention.

"I'm awake, gee man, what's gotten into you?" I could feel, literally feel him smiling. He's testing me, yet again.

"Anyway, why are you leaving now? I mean, you two just got back home, and you should have some action with your mate, rather than just leaving, if you get the HINT," I swear to God, he's here to annoy me, to test my boundaries.

"The council," I sighed and hid my face in my palms, even though nobody, besides my driver, could see me now.

"Snow has arranged a council meeting. Since Ren has accepted me as her mate, she will become Luna soon. Snow and his Luna are expecting a child, and I think this might be something about our packs. Either way, I want this to end as fast as possible because I have my mate sleeping in my bed. And yes, I did get the hint, trust me there's no other place I rather am than beside her now, but I need to handle this first," I felt irritation growing inside of me. I truly wanted to be next to her, rather than looking at some old fucks talking and trying to decide things, which were two men's decisions.

"Alright, man. Well, have fun there, we will keep Luna safe. Your mother already left the packhouse; she will stay around your mate until you get back," without any reply, I blocked him out. Not the best time for conversations with my Beta- he's a good man, just too much of a man whore for sure.

I still have a feeling that something is about to happen. It's so mixed I can't understand what should I think. Like something terrible is about to happen, yet there's this mix of good in it.

I was only an hour away, yet it felt like forever. All I need is Ren to be next to me. I'm such an idiot; I should have just taken her with me; she would be much safer around me for sure.

I'm not a saint, I have more than enough enemies, and she's the target. I groaned and threw my head back on the seat. Wish this will end faster, I need to get back home.

About 20 minutes later, I was feeling uneasy. The thought of something happening wasn't leaving me alone. It's like I couldn't breathe, but couldn't die at the same time. I kept overthinking everything I need to do and everything I'd wish to do.

That is until someone decided to mind-link me- mother.

"Yes, mother?" I spoke tiredly. Thinking and worrying did have some weird impact on me. I've never before been this stressed.

"Son, are you there yet?" she sounded worried. The tone of her voice pushed me onto the edge. My wolf kept growling, pushing himself onto the surface, in fear that our mate could be in danger.

Truthfully all I could think about now is Ren, I the same as him, was afraid of her getting hurt. If we don't have her, we don't have anything at all. I'd rather die than let her get hurt.

"I'm around one and a half hour away from pack mother. Is there something wrong? Have you arrived at my house yet?" I tried to sound calm.

"I just arrived here," she was hiding something.

"And?"

"Oh, I'm just wondering how important your meeting is. 1-10, you know. Around 9? Or it might be something like 2?" now she was making me more worried. Woman, which has given me life, she never spoke like that. Even when she was concerned or afraid, never. She used to be a Luna, and she knew how to hide emotions and feelings. She knew how to hold her head high and be an example to everyone.

"Stop the car," I spoke through gritted teeth. As soon as the driver parked on the side of the road, I got out of the car.

"Mother, what's happening? Where's Ren?" I asked her straight forward.

"How important is the meeting, son?" now she was getting onto my nerves.

"0 now tell where the fuck is my mate!" I now yelled. I know I'm disrespectful, but I can't help it, my wolf is on the edge of taking over, and I can't hold him back. Both of us could leash out at any moment now.

"Azrael Valentino, don't you dare to disrespect your mother!" that was Fox. Our little temper tantrum has pissed her off.

"I'm sorry, alright, I'm sorry. Now please tell me where Ren is, is she alright, did something happen?" by now my hands were shaking. I was left between two choices- the council meeting and my mate.

And I sure as Hell will choose my mate over some dumb meeting. I'll rather burn in Hell for eternity than give up on her.

"Heat," my mother suddenly whispered. I did hear what she said, yet all the stress was being so bothering, I couldn't understand did I get what she said right.

"Excuse me? Could you repeat that?" I asked her. See, I can be polite if needed.

"Son, she's in heat, when I got here I heard her screaming, and I instantly rushed to your bedroom. She's in heat, and I don't know will Fox be able to hold back unmated males, we already heard howling. I don't know when guards will get here!"

"On my way!" I growled in pure rage and broke off the mind link.

I let my wolf take over and shifted, instantly taking off back to my pack territory.

"Colin, you fucking bitch, if I'll see you even near my house, I won't hesitate to rip you apart!" I contacted my Beta.

"Oh, you know? It's pretty hard you dumbass, I locked a few males with me in fucking cells, but it's still hard to keep away. Man, your mate has one fucking addictive scent," he growled back.

I know how hard it is to resist unmated female, while she's in her heat, still I don't want that fucker to touch her. Friend or not, nobody touches what's mine. When I got back to my pack, I sped to my house. My mother was standing in front of it, in all her glory, throwing death glares at around 30 unmated males gathered around. I growled, to get them all to stay away from my mate. I swear, I've never heard myself sounding so damn dangerous. Never in my life, I've growled this loud and deep to make myself shiver.

"Son," my mother cheerfully mind linked me.

I nodded my head and headed towards her. Still, in my wolf form, I stood next to her and looked into her eyes.

"We'll give you some privacy. Go, your Luna needs you, I know you'll make the right decision," she caressed my fur and left, yelling at males to leave. I went into my house and instantly shifted. Her scent was all over the place and Lord, there's nothing more I'd wish for than just ripping off all of her clothes and make love to her all night long. I ran upstairs and threw the door open to hear her screaming. Her head instantly turned towards me; a little smile crept on her lips.

"My love," I breathed out.

"Make this stop, make the pain go away," she cried out, biting her lower lip. She trashed in the bedsheets; I never thought that the heat might cause as much pain as she seemed to be in at this moment- this is not going to be easy.