2. Trouble in Paradise

Angel

Sia only stopped whimpering in my mind when the Alpha snapped from his haze and, in a swift movement, crossed the crowds, heading directly to me. Before I could even fully register what was happening, he lifted me by my hips and took me in his arms. My legs wrapped around his torso on their own accord and my eyes met his grey ones from very close. Goddess, they were beautiful!

“You are MINE!” he claimed with a feral growl before crashing his lips on mine. His tongue swirled into my mouth as his hands ran down my spine and one of them set on my bvtt.

Damn, my panties were completely ruined and he – along with everyone else – could surely smell it.

Without parting from our kiss, Alpha Aaron strode somewhere, and when I noticed, we were deep into the forest. My eyes snapped open and I gasped into the kiss. Confused. Overwhelmed. Horny.

So many intense and contradictory emotions wind-whirled inside me and made my stomach churn, moving faster than a washing machine.

“Alpha Aaron, I–” I started, but the Alpha cut me off.

“Tell me everything about you, Mate,” his voice was husky and lst shimmered in his eyes.

“I am Angel – Angeline,” as I started talking his lips roamed from my chin to my neck in delicious open-mouth kisses and nibbles. What I heard about Alphas seemed to be true, Aaron was pure desire and passion, and I could feel it in every buzzing nerve of my body. Definitely no complaints here; those lips were really doing their magic.

“I went to listen to your speech because my dad died yesterday during the attack,” as I said those words, a strangled cry hitched in my throat and Alpha Aaron stopped his kisses while his gaze wandered up and met my glistening eyes.

“Angeline Chantara? Your father was my Chief Warrior Julius?” he asked and I nodded.

“I am sorry,” he murmured, sitting on the grass and wrapping me in his embrace. I let my tears fall freely as my mate covered my face with soft kisses. Those kisses did wonders to soothe Sia’s and my broken hearts. My wolf was right; having a mate and love now was a good thing.

After wiping my tears away and listening to me talk about my father and his last words, Alpha Aaron wrapped me in his strong arms and walked towards the pack house.

“No, Alpha. I have to go back home, my sister is waiting for me there–” I murmured.

“My Angel, I can’t leave you alone. You shouldn’t be out of my arms. You are mine and I take good care of what is mine. I will take care of you, run you a warm bath, wipe your tears. Someone else will tend to your sister,” his words had a tone of finality, but I didn’t like this idea. Little Stella was all I had left from my parents, and she needed me. She was so little, not even six years old yet and she had already lost so much!

“Angel, come on! We just found our mate, and he is so sexy, hot and amazing! We can’t leave him now. Julia is a good friend and she will understand. Besides, our Alpha will make sure Stella is taken care of.” Sia told me and even though I was torn, I agreed with her.

“And Angel, call me Aaron. You are my female and soon will be my Luna.” Once again, just like a mindless doll, I replied only with a nod. This all-swooning mate bond thing made me act so unlike myself, but for now, I didn’t care; I was tired, sad and I wanted him.

Aaron did as he said and asked an Omega lady to prepare a bubble bath for me. After a long and relaxing time among the bubbles, she gave me a very revealing sleeping gown to wear. My eyes popped open, I’ve never even thought about wearing something that sexy.

“Is there another option? And where are the panties and bra?” I asked, touching the seeing-through red lacy.

“No, Miss Angeline. The Alpha expressly told me to give you that. There is no lingerie. Alpha Aaron wants easy access; that’s how he does things,” Her words made me gasp as an uncomfortable feeling grew in my chest. The way he does things?

“Angel, don’t overthink this. He is our mate, and he wants us, that’s only natural. We could use the distraction, but if you want him to wait, just tell him so. He won’t ever do anything to hurt us. Trust me. I know it, it’s in my wolf’s DNA. The Goddess gave us to him, so it means that he is the one who can love us the way we need, want and crave,” my wolf coaxed me, and once again, I agreed. She seemed to know much more about this matching and mating thing than I did.

Dressing in the tiny lacy thing, I headed to his bedroom where he was waiting on a table set for two with delicious-smelling food on it.

As soon as he saw me, he stood up with a jolt and ran towards me, taking me in his arms like the last time. “You look amazing, little one. I might skip dinner and end up eating you instead,” with fast strides, he pressed me against the wall, his mouth covering mine and his hand snaking between us and finding my unclothed girly bits. He caressed me there, making me gasp and pull away from his kiss.

“Alpha— Aaron, no. I can’t do this right now. I am still grieving, lost. I don’t want to mate while I am like that,” I told him.

A frown formed on his face, and his eyes gleamed slightly. His wolf was on the surface and the beast didn’t seem happy. Yet, the Alpha nodded and put me down.

“Alright, Angel,” he walked back to the table, and seemed lost in thought for an instant, “I will give you time; three days and the mating ceremony you deserve, my sweet little Luna. Now come here, I have to feed you,” he said, motioning for his lap. Doing what he said, I sat there and we ate together as his wandering hands played with my nipples. Let’s say that it was hard to focus on the food. My body, my mind and my whole being were so conflicted – I didn’t know how to react to this pleasure when my heart was still shattered with so much pain.

After eating, we went straight to bed and I slept in his arms, hoping that the mate bond would help me, heal me, make me feel whole again.

~ *

For the last two days, I woke up to his kisses and the warmth of his muscular body. Damn, I could get used to that. We spent all the time he wasn’t working together.

As I looked at the river in front of us, Aaron took my hand in his and we walked towards the lake. As soon as the water was reaching my waist, he pulled me into his arms and started to assault me with his delicious lips again.

“Aaron, we have to talk,” I told him. I loved these hot make-out sessions that we were having over and over, but I had an important thing to say.

“Yes. Talk to me, my Angel,” he replied, moving his lips down my collarbone and making me moan out loud. This man wanted to make me lose my mind.

“I can’t focus when you are distracting me like that,” I told him, earning a whimper from my h.orny wolf.

“Let’s talk. We do have many things to talk about, Angel. It’s hard to keep my hands and lips off you, so we can try to be brief. I’ve already talked to the Pack Elders about the ceremony. We all agree that you will be an amazing Luna. Your father was a good wolf, a man of worth who served the pack well until his last breath. When we are back to the pack house, you can start your first duty as my Luna: organise our Mating Ceremony. The Beta female and the Omegas will assist you,” he told me.

“That would be great. Julia can help me too, my sister will be so happy about it. Maybe even she can help a little,” I beamed. Stella would love to help me to pick the flowers and choose things. Even though she was little, she loved helping. She was such a sweet and good pup.

Aaron nodded, “Great, my Angel. After that, the Beta female can instruct you in the Luna duties. Don’t worry, they aren’t very extensive or tiring,” he told me, running his fingers down my hair as he stared at my lips. Hungry much, Alpha?

“That’s good because I want to conciliate it with my warrior training–” I started but he cut me off.

“Angel, the Luna duties require your undivided attention. From now onwards, your duty with this pack is something much more important than fighting for it. You will give birth to the next Alpha,” he told me with a smile.

“But I–”

“Baby, you want to be a warrior to save your pack and Alpha, right? Do something for your people? You have the same ideals as your father, is that right? Julius would do anything for this pack.”

My head nodded. He was right; my dad always valued our pack and would do anything for our people.

“Now you are serving your people and Alpha in a very special way, a way only you can do. Your father would be proud,” he told me. He wasn’t wrong since people could only have children with their fated mates, meaning I was the only one who could give this pack a new Alpha and that was fundamental.

“Yes, Angel. That’s why the Moon Goddess mated us to Alpha Aaron. Stop overthinking and dwelling on it. Just enjoy it, like I do. Frankly, humans think too much, that’s why we wolves have much more fun. We just roll with it, live through instinct, passion, nature,” Sia argued and I sighed inwardly.

Dreams change, right? Now I was set to be a Luna, I didn’t need to be a warrior. Ironically, my cousin Bea was both Luna and Chief Warrior in her pack. But even she paused it now that she is expecting twin pups. Maybe, one day, I too could have both things, and now I could roll with it like Sia said, right?

“Yes, you should wait, now you are a mated woman. Don’t be the freak impatient train you used to be. Be wise, a grown-up Angel. Everything will work, the mate bond is perfect,” Sia reassured me.

I wasn’t one for compromises, yet it seemed like I was doing it more and more lately. Lost, numb and confused — that was how I still felt. So, maybe this change was good and I had to grow up.

Yet there was something I couldn’t give up on, or better said, someone. I’ve raised Stella since our mum died two years ago, and now I haven’t seen her since the Alpha scooped me into his arms for the first time. It wasn’t right. And that’s not even taking Dad’s last words into that equation.

“When is my little sister Stella moving with us?” I asked and Aaron looked surprised for a moment.

“Stella should be raised by someone else. What’s the name of that friend of yours again?”

A little frown formed on my face. I have mentioned Julia’s name many times; don’t men listen? What was the purpose of Alphas acute hearing, then?

“Do you mean, Julia?”

“Yes, she has no mate or duty, so she can raise Stella,” he replied as if it was a casual matter and resumed his kisses on my collarbone. As far as he was concerned, the problem was solved!

I knew Julia and her family would do it for me and my little Buttercup. She loved Stella like family too, besides that we had Bea – she too was like family and could help. But nope, I didn’t want that. I should be the one with my Buttercup, she is my sister, my baby, my little love and the last breathing treasure I have from my parents. Even if I hadn’t promised Dad to take care of little Stella, I would never ever leave her.

“No, Aaron. I can’t do that, Stella will be where I am. She is my pup now.” I told him.

A deep exhale left Aaron and his forehead creased slightly.

“Angel, Sweetheart, you aren’t thinking straight. I can’t have a Luna with any baggage, this pack and our family deserve better.”

My eyes widened at his words. “Our family? Stella is my family and part of this pack, Aaron!”

“My Love, this doesn’t mean you won’t see Stella anymore; she will be living close by. You on the other hand should focus on your pack, me and our future pups. You shouldn’t have this kind of responsibility now, but rather enjoy and get used to being my Luna and fuck in every way possible, in every single corner of the pack house. A newly mated couple shouldn’t have a small pup around.”

My chest fell as disappointment spread through my mind. I was about to say something when my wolf barked in my mind.

“Don’t worry, Angel. We will convince him to accept our pup. After we mate, I will have him and his wolf wrapped around my paw.”

“I can’t wait. I can’t accept that.”

“Angel, please wait! Trust me. Everything will work out: we will be mated and the Luna in a couple of days. Then, little Stella will be with us and everything will be perfect. Promise me you will wait?” she asked and even though it broke my heart, I agreed with her.

Swallowing hard, I tried to settle myself among the chaos of my unsettling thoughts. Alpha Aaron made me happy, so I could be patient and wait a few days, right?