**DELANEY** In an abyss of darkness, I feel cold. I don’t know if I passed out from exhaustion or if Heather came back in and killed me. All I do know is that I want to be near Orion. I have no idea why. But I have this deep seeded need to have him with me at all times. “Hello, anyone here?” I ask. Stupid, but can’t blame a girl for trying. I suddenly feel my feet smack a road. And I am now standing on a dirt trail that looks like it leads to a beautiful meadow. Field full of wild flowers next to a small running river. A weeping willow tree and a blanket underneath. If I didn’t just walk out of some sort of darkness I would think that this was a date… But as I get closer to the blanket I see an animal. I walk closer and I see a white wolf with purple and pink hues in her coat. She is the most gorgeous animal I have ever laid my eyes on. She puts Zeus to shame and I hate even saying that. She's laying down with her head in her paws. All of a sudden her head pops up and looks direct

**ORION** I keeping fucking this up. And what’s worse is I want to fix it. I have never wanted to make a female feel better, or get through their hurt feelings towards me. I just want her to smile. To feel better. I can feel her hurt running through my chest. It was bad enough I called her a whore in the woods when she was clearly running from Chris. But now I have basically called her an easy whore because of my raging Alpha Male thoughts. ‘Don’t you dare blame that bullshit on me. You’re the one who was caught on the fact of keeping your feelings to yourself. Causing her to feel like you didn’t care what she did. All you had to do was say, Yes Delaney, I do mind if you go and have dinner with Kylo, because I would rather you have dinner with me. Instead of being a full on weirdo and staring at the back of her head while she ate…’ Zeus is having none of my shit. ‘What do I do? Like fine, I’ll take the blame this time, just tell me what to do to fix it.’ I never whine like thi

**ORION** She could’ve been hurt. Killed even. And I wasn’t right by her side to help her. She is my mate. My Luna. I need to make her a part of my pack as soon as possible. But first we need to go see my mom and see if she is okay. I can tell Delaney is worried sick about her, and so am I. I can’t believe in just matter of a few days my whole perception has changed on how I view the mate bond. How I thought it would be inconvenient to have her by my side, it has actually been a blessing. We walked downstairs, her hand in mine. And all I can do is smile. My smile disappears as we enter the foyer of the pack house and I see some pack members in the living room murmuring. I know they are worried. "Hey everyone, we are sorry for the scare but the threat has been handled. We are on the way to the hospital to check on our wounded warriors, Alpha and Luna. Then we will be paying a visit to the prisoners to figure out why they chose OUR pack to attack. This threat will not be brushed of

**DELANEY** I talked Orion into bringing me to the prisoners' cells. Maybe I should say threatened. I see there looks to be a small shack type door on the edge of the pack lands, almost covered by trees. Looks worn down and not taken care of. There’s no way they are keeping three rogues in here. “That’s because it’s a disguise. Once, my father captured a few rogues and they had help escaping while getting away because the cell entrance looked so obvious. But my dad built the cells underground and added this shack on top to deter anyone.” Orion says after noticing my confusion. “Now it looks like a tiny run down shed that we keep some old tools in for show. But there is a code you punch into the wall methodically and it opens the doors.” I am in awe. That is super smart. When we get into the shack, I see Orion punch in the code of what looks like a birthday. As soon as the floor opens up, there are double doors that open automatically. We walk down the steps and the putrid smel

**ORION** Delaney protested letting me carry her to our room. Even though I begged. I never beg. But I begged her to let me tote her beautiful body to our room, where I plan on marking her. When I open the door, the scent of her hits me and I just love the fact that she is all over everything. She is almost officially mine.. I close the door and lock it. “So, marking. I guess that is like some territorial thing?” She says with a blush on her face. “Usually happens during mating.” I blurted out and her blush intensifies. “And mating is?” She says for confirmation. “Mating is well… Um… Sex..” I pause and look at her and she is listening carefully. “Marking usually happens during um.. Sex. And once the marking and mating process finished strengthening the mating bond to be unbreakable. I will be able to feel your feelings no matter the distance. As will you. And the mark will show everyone that we belong to each other.” She sighs. “ I am a virgin, Orion. I have never been intimate