Chapter 69 — Explain It To Me

Luna's POV:

“You’ve heard your queen. Release him.” Drew says with a nod.

“If any of you ever hurt my mate or our families I will hunt you down and kill you myself.” I say with a snarl as my eyes begin to return to normal.

The demons immediately release Tatum and I run up to him and embrace him as his strength begins to return.

“You shouldn’t be here.” Drew says from behind me.

“I wouldn’t be if you hadn't taken my mate.” Tatum snarls at Drew from over my shoulder.

“Your kind does not belong here.” He replies.

“His kind? You mean my kind?” I say as I turn to him and cross my arms.

“No my queen, you are part demon and part witch. Your place is among us.” He says thoughtfully.

“I am also a wolf and he is my mate! If he is unwelcome here then so am I.” I snarl as I stand protectively in front of Tatum.

A few moments of shock and silence linger in the air before Drew clears his throat.

“Well it seems as if there are many things your parents kept hidden, my queen. I look forward to and welcome the future changes.” Drew says with a knowing chuckle.

“Very well your majesty, your mate and his family are welcome here. I shall send word that no one is to harm them.” He says as he turns away from us.

“If you will follow me, my queen, I will show you to your room.” He says and motions for us to follow.

I grab Tatum’s hand as we begin to follow Drew cautiously through the large castle and into a large room.

“Amelia will be along shortly, my queen.” Drew says with a bow before leaving Tatum and I alone.

“What is going on here?” Tatum says with a look of confusion.

“It's a long story that I don’t even know if I believe myself.” I reply with a hesitant smile.

“I’m glad you're ok.” I say as I walk up to Tatum and place my hand on his chest feeling his heartbeat beneath my palm.

“What happened back there at the bridge?” He asks as he places one of his hands on mine and one under my chin to lift my face up forcing me to look at him.

“I don’t know. It’s like something snapped and I saw everything in slow motion. I couldn’t see anything but I felt anger. More anger than I've ever felt before and I wanted to eliminate what was causing it then in an instant I felt pain. Your pain.” I say as tears fill my eyes and I look down at my hand on Tatum's chest.

“All I could think about when I realized you had grabbed me was how much it hurt you and how badly I wished to take that pain away. I never wanted to hurt you.” I say in a whisper as I begin to move my hand and back away.

“Luna..” Tatum starts to speak.

“I’m sorry.” I say interrupting him in his thoughts just as the door to my room opened to reveal Amelia.

“Hope I wasn’t interrupting any...holy mother of witches this is your mate?!” Amelia says with a shocked expression on her face as she looks at Tatum.

“I knew wolves were usually handsome by nature but you take the whole cake. You didn’t tell me your mate was this good looking.” She says as she gets closer to him.

“Are you sure you're just a normal wolf? It should be a sin to be that good looking.” She says as she circles him.

"Wait, aren't you the Alaricks boy?" Amelia asks as Tatum gives me a cold look.

"Your father aided me in my search for Luna after her parents died." Amelia continues.

Tatum’s expression never changes as he looks at me with his usual cold expression and for the first time in a long time I am unable to tell what he is thinking. I look down at the ground pitifully to avoid his gaze as memories of a few hours ago flash in my mind. What does he think of me now? I ask myself as I steal a glance up at him just to see him staring at me with the same expression almost as if he's searching for something.

“From that expression I would say it's safe to assume I am correct and that I have also come at a bad time?” Amelia says when she notices the somber air surrounding us.

“Tatum, this is Amelia.” I say with a small nod in her direction.

“She’s a witch and she and Drew were explaining some things to me.” I continue with my head down.

“What happened tonight?” Tatum says harshly.

I glance up at him to see him crossing his arms and begin to speak.

“I already told..” I started to reply.

“I want to hear it from her. What happened tonight?” Tatum asked again more sternly.

“Ok which part?” Amelia says with a hand on her hip as she eyes Tatum.

“All of it.” He replies.

“Ok where to begin.” Amelia says as she motions for us to follow her.

She leads us into a room just off the bedroom that has a fireplace with a sofa and a few chairs around it. She sits in one of the chairs and gestures for us to sit on the couch in front of her. I wait as Tatum sits down first then takes a seat on the opposite end of the sofa, avoiding Tatum's glare, which I can feel raking over my body. Amelia clears her throat, forcing us to both look at her.