Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three
Let's go home. I like the way that sounds. One day we will have a house and family of our own. The truth is I can't wait. Leilani is everything I want and everything I have been looking for, for many many years. It's crazy to think that the thing I gave up on searching for so many years ago, was the one girl I already loved more than anything in the world. My angel.
The ride home is silent, aside from Leilani's soft sobbing. My heart is breaking with every little pain filled sound she makes. My wolf is screaming in pain and I wish there was something, anything I could do to make things better for her. I wish I could heal her father. I wish I could do something to fix this for her.
Unfortunately I can't, no matter how bad I want to. The only thing I can do is be there for her. I will be her rock to lean on and her shoulder to cry on. She will get through this, I will make sure of that. We pull up outside of the house and I get out opening her door for her.
We make our way inside and I take her to her room. She needs to sleep, and eat. First she needs to rest though. I'm sure she will feel better after some rest. I help her change into something more comfortable and we lay down. I rub her back in soothing circles, holding her close to me. It doesn't take long for her to fall asleep.
Me on the other hand, I can't sleep. I know I need to, but I can't. I want to be awake when she wakes up, I want to be awake if she needs me. I will sleep when I know she is going to be okay. Leilani sleeps for a few hours, and I kiss her forehead when she wakes up.
"Hey baby." I say giving her a soft smile.
Leilani rubs her eyes with the back of her hands. Her eyes are red and puffy. "Did you get any sleep?" She asks, her voice still groggy.
I shake my head. "No baby, but I'm okay."
She frowns. "You need to sleep too." Leilani says looking concerned.
I give her a reassuring smile. "I will tonight baby. Don't worry."
She nods her head. "Okay good."
I give her a soft peck on the lips. "Are you hungry baby?"
"I don't want to eat." She says looking over at the wall.
Now it's my turn to frown. "You have to eat baby. Even if you don't feel like it. I need you to stay strong for me baby."
"I will try to eat something for you." She whispers and I smile.
"That's my girl. Let's go downstairs and find you something to eat." I get out of bed and help her get up too.
Taking her hand in mine I lead us downstairs to the kitchen. The cook is in there, but I decide to make her something myself. Leilani sits at the bar and I watch her. "What would you like baby? I will make you whatever you feel like eating."
Leilani bites her lip and looks down at the countertop. "Can I just have a sandwich or something?"
"Of course you can Angel." I say heading to the fridge to get the ingredients out.
I make her a ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Which is her favorite. She smiles at me when I set the sandwich down in front of her. "You remembered what I like on my sandwiches."
"I remember everything about you baby." I say giving her a wink and she blushes.
"Thank you Malakai." She takes a bite of her sandwich and moans softly.
God she sounds so sexy even when she's eating. I am slowly losing every last drop of my self control around t this girl. I swear she is going to kill me.
After Leilani finishes her sandwich she gives me a concerned look. "What's wrong baby?" I ask.
"Do I have to start my alpha training today?"
"We really need to Angel. The sooner we get started the faster you can officially take over." I say giving her an apologetic smile.
Her shoulders sag in defeat. "Oh, okay." She says it like she just lost a major war or something.
I sigh. "We can start tomorrow morning, I will give you today off baby. We have to start first thing though, I'm talking about as soon as the sun comes out okay?" I say trying to sound stern. The truth is I would do anything to see her smile, even if that meant never making her do her training.
Leilani's eyes light up with excitement and she jumps up hugging me tightly. "Thank you, Malakai. I promise I will start first thing in the morning.
"Your welcome Angel." I say hugging her. Part of me wonders if she is wanting to delay her training because of her father or because training is awful. Pack politics are easy, she has been learning about that her whole life. The hard stuff starts tomorrow. Battle training. She has to be a warrior. Our pack has never had a female warrior because of how excruciatingly painful it is to become one.
You can't be an alpha if you aren't a warrior, you have to be able to protect your pack members at all costs. That is actually what made Tiberius such a good alpha. He is the best warrior this pack has ever seen.
What Leilani doesn't know is her training is going to be just as hard for me as it is for her. Every little cut, bruise and broken bone she gets during training will feel like a stab straight to my heart. Her pain is my pain. She will know how it feels to feel all my pain once I mark her. We will be forever bonded, everything we do will be as one essentially.
We spend our day being lazy around the house, watching movies, napping, talking and relaxing. I hope she enjoys it while she can because first thing tomorrow she is probably going to hate me. Night comes faster than I hoped it would, I am dreading the morning just as much as she is.