Chapter Thirty

Chapter Twenty Nine

Chapter Twenty Nine

Elle Pov:

The dust has settled around me. The void, Draco, and Silas are gone. The only moments I had with my father are gone.

I'm confused.

My knees have hit the floor moments ago and I don't realize I'm screaming until I feel warm arms wrap around me. A tingling sensation going up and down my arms.

God damnit. This bond.

How do I know if anything is really real between us?

"Shhh, I have you. You're safe." Rain is scooping me up into his arms and for some reason I'm bringing my head to his shoulder letting my body be cradled by him.

"We're going to the pack house Hilda."

I can hear Aunt Hilda huff.

"You can't protect her like we-"

I lift my head long enough to look over at him.

His eyes have turned cobalt blue and his breaths are ragged from rage filling his lungs.

"I said ENOUGH WITCH".

"I told you as a courtesy but nothing else. If you step foot on my land, I'll kill you."

Hilda steps back in shock. "How dare you talk to me like that! What about the elders? Don't you still need help?"

Rain is already walking with me through the woods.

"Fuck the elders." I hear him say as we tread deeper and deeper into the woods.

Rain continues to stroke my hair. and murmuring, “It’s alright, I’ve got you.”

My vision blurs and I find myself going to sleep in his arms as he carries me to where I don’t know, but I drift off hoping it is someone where safe.

POV Rain:

I’ve got to get Elle to the pack house. My men flank my side. Max is the first one to shift matching my stride naked. He looks over at me with his eyebrows furrowed. “What do you want to do with her?”

Elle shifts in my arms as trucks pull up for us to continue our journey home. “She has to come home with us, I know the pack house was just attacked but so was this place. She needs warriors not witches. I mean where the fuck was the coven anyway when this shit happened?”

Max looks at me nodding. He takes a deep breath as he climbs in the back of the truck with me and Elle. I have her draped across my lap, her head being cradled by my arms.

Max takes a deep breath while looking out at the trees. He looks back at me, eyes shifty. I can tell there is something he wants to say but doesn’t exactly know how to say it.

I nod and go ahead to him.

“Rain I’ve trusted you like a brother my entire life. But, what was that witches storm out there? You know Elle got almost captured because of that storm. Do you think the coven turned against her?”

Shit. I didn’t want to have to tell him about our fight so soon, not when every single thing right now was a mess. I still didn’t know what the pack house was gonna be like when I returned. The men left in charge had captured the rogues that had been moving onto my territory and held them in the cellar. They had told me that there was minimal damage.

I sighed deeply, taking my free hand and running it through my hair.

“I wasn’t gonna say anything until later but Elle and I..”

Max looks at me with disgust and a small laugh escapes his lips.

“Rain you bastard you fumbled things with Elle. Didn’t all your time in jail teach you that life is precious. How in the hell did you fuck up so badly she put a witches storm after your ass. Also, good for Elle for not putting up with your shit.”

I told Max the whole truth he sat there not judging but smiling at me instead the entire time. As we pulled up to the pack house I looked at him and said, “You’re just gonna sit there and say nothing, no words of wisdom for me?”

“No, I don't, I think Elle gave you a taste of your own medicine. The alpha Rain I know is no coward so stop acting like one. Oh, and I’ve been thinking. I’ve made a choice, while you had Elle to fuck I got with the Elders privately. I told them I’d be willing to give up my forever mate in order for their help.”

“What- Max nn- no.”

Max turned back to me with a wink. “It’s done alpha now go take care of our future Luna and stop being a bitch.”

I brought Elle to my room and laid her down on the bed. I sent for doctors to come privately taking the back entire to my room. I didn't want any of the wolves to know Elle was here. The moment people saw her with me she would become bombarded with questions and well wishes. I have never brought a female home, I swore if I did it would be their Lunar and only the pack’s Luna, that didn’t mean I didn’t sleep around. I had a little but only with other she wolves. Truthfully I wanted Elle to myself. While she slept I could pretend our fight never happened. I could pretend I wasn’t the hugest ass in the universe and she didn’t hate me. I laid down next to her unable to keep away from her scent. She was home and even if that meant for a few moments that I could have her this was it. I was whole and the anxiety in my heart was gone. Elle stirred closer to me and that was when darkness took over.

Elle POV

I woke up and felt so deliciously warm. A kind of warmth I wanted to stay in. The scent of the woods and pine needles hit my nose, almost overpowering my senses. I then felt a strong arm on top of my stomach and an equally large leg draped over my leg hooking me further into them. What. The. Fuck. I tried to move and see who this was but I couldn’t. Their hold on me grew tighter the more I tried to move away.

“No, No, you’re safe here, don't go not yet.” Rains voice whispered into my neck where he had marked me and my body wanted to fucking melt into him. No, stupid horny body we hate him stop wanting to fuck him.

I shifted again and again and his leg tightened and pulled me closer.

“If you keep moving around like that you won’t be getting out of this bed for the next few days with all those dirty thoughts you’re having.”

“Rain let me fucking go I hiss.”

As quickly as the words flew out he released me like I had slapped him, then I did exactly that. I slapped him so hard and so fast I was certain my hand had broken, The loud smack vibrated around the room. Reality hit me hard. Rain didn’t love me, Silas was my dad or was Ann or was both of them? Silas, he was fucking gone. But, gone where? I wanted to cry but my pride wouldn’t let me, so instead I chose rage.

“Where the fuck am I? Who the fuck do you think you are to take me anywhere? The last time I checked fuck boys don’t offered protection just a good time and I’m done with that and you.”

Part of Rain's face fell into a grimace. Rain reached out for me and I jumped back. “I will literally set you on fire again if you fucking touch me.” Rain sat up looking like a fucking god with his tattoos rippling across his arms. Ugh, why. Did he have to be such a dick and attractive?

“Also, what do you mean you can hear my thoughts? Like every single one?”

Rain cleared his throat. A smile creeping in. “The really loud ones right now yes- Listen Elle do you remember anything that happened in the woods?”

A knock at the door interrupts us.

Rain rolls his eyes so far back I think for a second he's having a seizure.

Another knock.

“Alpha you’re needed at the front.”

A man's voice comes through that I hadn’t heard of before.

“I’ll be one my way. “ Rain says while jumping up and down to change clothes.

He turned to look at me holding my face with his huge tattooed hands. “Please stay here, I’ll explain anything you want to me too, give me one hour. I’ll send someone in with food.” I look back at him as a challenge in my eyes. “If I don’t?”

His hand goes from cupping my face to gripping my throat, he pulls me close to his face, his breath hot. “If you can’t listen to me for your own safety I will tie you to the bed and force you to stay while I eat you for my own breakfast.” My eyes go wide and a gaspe comes out of me.

Rain laughs and head’s out the door. I want to hate him and I do. But, I’m also still wildly attracted to him. Someone please help me.