Tatum's POV:
I had gotten caught up in chatting with a few clan members as well as sending away some of the many women I was going to have to deal with tonight that I didn't notice when she walked in but her scent was stronger and I felt something pulling at me. Per usual the meeting isn't actually a meeting but more of the clan just getting together to hang out. The new soft, sweet, intoxicating scent lingered strongly in the air and I did a quick sweep of the room before resting my eyes on a woman sitting behind the bar. She was looking down so I couldn't see her face but her hair was a silky black and her skin was fair. I looked out over the room and noticed that several of our younger unmated clan members had also taken notice of her.
I waited a few moments more when I noticed Trevor, a fellow clan member and underling walking towards the opposi
Luna's POV:I couldn't ignore the moment I locked eyes with Tatum and I couldn’t completely ignore the sudden spark and pull I had to him. I sighed to myself trying to ignore the feeling due to the events over the last year and I was a bit taken back when mentioning my parents to someone as casually as I did. It's been over two years but it still hurts like it was yesterday. I glanced at the men I had just met. Trevor was blonde with short spiky hair, small in build and short with a bubbly personality. Tatum was the complete opposite. His hair was black like mine and was just below his broad shoulders. He was tall and well built. His arms fit snugly into his suit sleeves and his white shirt defined his muscular chest. His chiseled jaw gave him an intimidating look and the edge of a tattoo peeks out from the collar of his shirt. I've also never met a wolf with eyes as golden as mine. I laugh inwardly
Tatum's POV:I get to the door and stop as my hand touches the knob. What am I doing? I ask myself just before I sigh loudly then fling the door open and walk in. I see Jack and Luna at the bar as her scent envelops me pulling me in. She has her hair pulled back today and I notice a small tattoo just behind her ear and recognize it as the mark of the witch. Kin said she was a witch, wolf, and demon. If I'm correct she should also have the demon mark just behind her other ear. I walk up to the bar and have a seat directly across from where Luna's standing." Well hey there stranger! It's been a few days where have you been?" Jack says with a mischievous smile."I've been busy." I replied."You want your usual?" Jack asks, heading towards the cabinet.
Tatum's POV:It had been more than two months since that day in the bar with Luna and I'm casually sitting at the bar listening to Jack try to convince Luna once again to leave for the evening. As I listened to them go back and forth I recalled Kin's phone call just the day before. Luna was in fact the missing clan member from the Connerys and Samael had offered a huge bounty for anyone who brought her back. My wolf swelled with anger at just the thought of Samael claiming her as his. She was mine and I would wait however long I had to to show her I wasn’t going anywhere that easily. I casually snuck glances at Luna's face while she cleaned the bar. Her hair was straight and she looked tired and a hint of torment rested in her eyes. Her usually chipper attitude and bright golden eyes were now dul
Luna's POV:"So how exactly are you going to help me?" I ask."Easy. We just make sure you don't get found." He replies with a grin."So that's your brilliant plan?" I ask as I glares at him from the passenger's seat."Just stick with me princess and you'll be fine." He replies."Well I've tried masking my scent already if that's what you are aiming for but it clearly didn't work." I say sarcastically."And how do you know that?" He asks as we pull into a popular night club on the outskirts of town."Because you just said I've turned the head of every young unmated pack member in your clan." I quipped back.
Tatum's POV:I pull into my garage and I try to lay my wandering mind to rest. I swiftly carry Luna inside and place her in my bed. I search my room for something she can wear and run across one of my old tee shirts that is now too small for me. I lift her slightly and unzip her dress pulling it off carefully. I'm just about to put my tee shirt on her when I see several scars and almost healed bruises across her chest, abdomen, and upper thighs. I inhale sharply and stumble backwards at the realization of what her words actually meant. I approach the bed again and gently touch a scar and watch it disappear under my fingers as a dull pain radiates through the tips of my fingers. He has beaten her and from the looks and feel of it he had been doing it for a while. I begin to touch every wound and scar I can see, vanishing them in the blink of an eye. Occasionall
Tatum's POV:I had awoken at the first light of dawn as the soft light flickers through the brown and beige curtains hanging over the glass double doors in my room. Luna was still sleeping and seemed more at ease now and her back was facing me. I gently remove my arm out from under her and get out of bed. I move quietly around the room grabbing a pair of jeans and a black tee shirt before getting dressed and heading into the living room. I sit down on the couch and start scrolling through my phone and begin reading a few messages that have come through when I hear the sudden downpour of rain hitting the tin roof and a faint vibrating. I look towards the sound and see Luna's phone where I laid it last night on the brown end table next to me. I grab it and glance at the screen. I see several missed calls and messages from Samael and a few other numbers listed as Seth and Paul. I click the home button
Tatum's POV:I'm lying on the bed listening to the sound of the shower as the smell of my shampoo mixed with Luna’s scent begins filling up the room. Feeling myself slowly begin to lose control I get up and go into the living room to wait for her. I'm sitting on the couch reading the local paper when Luna emerges from the bedroom. She's dressed in a pair of dark denim skinny jeans and a dark brown off the shoulder sweater. Her black hair was straight and hung loosely over her fair shoulders."That's a neat trick." I say as I close my paper laying it to the side."I could say the same thing to you." Luna replies as she looks down at the floor."Well I guess we need to get this day started." I say as I stand
Tatum's POV:I feel her body tense then relax and lean into me and my wolf growls in satisfaction. I open the passenger door and hold her hand as she gets in. I go to the driver's side of the car and take one last look out at the water before getting in. It's late afternoon and the already grey sky is getting dark."So out of curiosity where did you get this car? Is it something you just snapped your fingers and made appear?" I ask Luna as I steal a glance at her."No!"She says with a laugh."It was my dad's. When I came back I found some keys in his old office and when I went to the garage it was just sitting there. My father loved sports cars. He was always tinkering with something and on the weekends we'd go to the races."She replies with a distant smile.