Karen Santos

Enemy Mate
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 Contents

1. Prologue
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter 26
27. Chapter 27
28. Chapter 28
29. Chapter 29
30. Chapter 30
31. Chapter 31
32. Chapter 32
33. Epilogue
1
 Prologue

Charlotte Midnight
‘Change’, I said through mind link to the Rogue stood in
front of me. The wolf version of myself stared down at the
rogue that had entered my fathers land. When I turned
sixteen and changed into my pure white wolf with orange
ears, my dad let me begin going on rounds, this is the third
rogue I have ever come across so I am really nervous. If you
are wondering my name is Charlotte Midnight and I am alpha
Midnight’s daughter. I belong to the midnight moon pack and
I am seventeen years old.
I got Austin, my second in command, to throw the rogue a
t-shirt and boxer shorts. The rogue walked behind a tree and
changed into its human form and dressed in the clothes we
offered.
From behind the tree walked out a young, petite female
girl. She had light brown hair just like mine, with green eyes,
which aren’t like mine, my eyes are a mix between blue and
silver. She must have noticed that I have Alpha blood because
she bowed her head in respect.
I walked on four paws until I was behind a tree and
changed into my small human form. I put on my bra and
underwear, shorts and a singlet before walking in front of the
tree.
“State your name and business in our land and we might
let you live,” I said with power dripping from my mouth. I
wouldn’t really kill her but its just the standard thing we say
to any rogues that trespass into our land.
“M-my name is Jessica. I ran away from my old pack, the
Red Blood pack. I didn’t realise this was part of your land, I-I
was just planning on passing through until I find a n-new
pack,” she said nervously.
“Let me guess, you’re a spy sent by the Red Blood pack,” I
stated.
“N-no I promise, I couldn’t stand that pack, running
seemed like my only option.”
“And if I let you go, what would you do?” I said, my words
flowing with confidence.
“Find pack, I mean, uh, I would try find a pack, that would,
umm, let me join,” Jessica stumbled as she nervously looked
around at the wolves I was with.
“Would you like to join our pack Jessica?” I finally asked.
“I-I don’t know,” she pondered.
“Don’t worry we are not like the Red Blood pack, we are
considering and caring and we can give you a nice home,” I
offered.
She didn’t do anything but nod. I walked over to her and
gave her a warm smile. “Don’t worry, you will fit in perfectly
here, how old are you?” I asked and began walking back to the
pack house with Austin behind us. The rest of the wolves that
we ran with continued doing rounds to look out for other
rogues or Red Blood spies.
“Sixteen,” she softly replied
“Huh, we are only a year apart, maybe we could be
friends?”
“Are you sure Luna?” she questioned
“No, no, no I am not the Luna,” I laughed, “I’m Alpha
Midnight’s daughter, you can just call me Charlotte or
Charlie.”
“Okay Charlotte.”
 We continued walking to the pack house for another 10
minutes, just talking about ourselves and what we do. As me
and Jessica walked into the house while Austin changed into
his human form, everyone stared at us, well mostly staring at
the new pack member. I walked towards my dads office and
knocked on the door waiting patiently with Jessica.
“Come in,” my dad said from inside. I nodded towards
Jessica and she nodded in reply before we both walked into
my dads office.
“Hey dad, this is Jessica,” I said motioning to Jess with my
hands.
“Charlotte Ava Midnight! What have I told you about
picking up every rogue that enters are land and inviting them
into our pack, we have to have some boundaries.”
“Yeah but its just Jess,” I smiled cheekily knowing that I
have won. My dad does anything for me as I am his only
daughter. Its kind of funny because my two older brothers get
really jealous of the special treatment I receive from dad.
“Hello Alpha Midnight,” Jessica said and bowed her head,
“my name is Jessica Elder and I would highly appreciate it if
you could allow me to join your pack,” Jess began. She
seemed really confident and highly ranked, obviously her
voice had no affect on my dad since he was an Alpha but it just
leaves me questioning who she is and why she ran away.
“Yes you can join my pack, I couldn’t leave a young pup
like you on the streets,” my dad chuckled. Yeah my dad may
seem tough when you first meet him but he truly is soft as a
kitten. “Lottie can you take Ms Elder’s to her room? Room
C34.”
Yes, my dad calls me Lottie… but no one else in the world
can.
“Sure dad,” I replied before walking out of his office with
Jess following behind me.
 As I walked with Jess to show her to her room, my dad
reached to me through the pack link, ‘keep an eye on her, if
she starts to act suspiciously, we will interrogate her.’
‘Will do, dad,’ I replied.
We finally reached her room and I left her to settle in. I
walked down stairs to the lounge room and rested on the
couches with Austin and some other pack members.
Ayden Red
I ran at full Alpha speed towards the place where I smelt
the rogue. I cant deal with this at the moment. I let my pitch
black wolf with orange ears lead the way. I saw the boring
brown wolf ahead of me and I pounced on it. The mutt fought
back before practically giving in. I bit into its neck and it
dropped down to the floor dead.
Some people may think its ruthless to kill them on the spot
but I do it to every rogue or Midnight moon spy that enters
my land.
The rogues that enter my land must be extremely stupid
because every one knows what I do to rogues.
I left the body of the dead wolf lying on the floor for my
men to clean up and dispose of and I walked away in victory.
No one can beat me in any fight, I have trained so hard for
this, I have trained so hard to defeat Joseph Midnight, the
Alpha of Midnight Moon which just so happens to be the
murderer or my parents.
I let out a growl as I run back to my house. Just at the
thought of what that man did to my parents makes me sick.
He will pay for what he did.
I decided to go to my pack house instead of to my house so
I can plan war against the Midnight moon pack. At arrival I
ran into a changing room and shifted into my human form.
Since we have many wolves arriving at our pack house (and
there is a no wolf in the pack house policy) I put changing
rooms outside of the house with clothes stored in them for
the privacy of my pack members. I may be know as a
murderess Alpha but I care about my pack a lot and I only do
the things I do to protect them.
I walked into my office and ordered a highly ranked pack
meeting through mind link. Within ten minutes the
conference room was full of my highly ranked pack members
and some of my best fighters.
“Okay I have called this meeting to order another attack
against the Midnight Moon pack.” I began softly but spat out
the words Midnight Moon Pack.
“Excuse me Alpha, do you really think its wise to attack
again? We only came out of battle with them 4 months ago,”
the only female in the room began. She is my pack warrior,
that is the only reason she is here. Most woman seem to be
nosy and complain about everything that is the reasons I
don’t normally involve them in pack business.
“Are you questioning my ability as Alpha?” I roared using
my powerful Alpha tone.
“No sir, I just think it would be better if we held off for a
while,” she started confidently. Non of the people in the room
are cowards so no one would be nervous when I use my Alpha
tone… unless I am really angry.
“I will ‘hold off’” I said mocking her voice, “when Joseph
Midnight and his mate are dead!”
She nodded her head to me understanding what I meant,
they also killed her parents in battle. Her name is Georgia and
she is very young I think, somewhere around 18. She is quite
beautiful but I am not the type to play women, I am waiting
for my mate, or an odd fuck. I used to find joy out of playing
with girls hearts, but after my parents were murdered, I
realised what it was like to get my heart torn into pieces. Now
I only have the occasional fling, but the women know that
nothing will come out of it.
 We stayed in the room until we had finished planning our
attack. We are going for the surprise option and in two days
we will attack from our north-east border.
Hopefully, if I don’t kill Joseph himself, I will kill one of
there family members in this battle. He will feel the pain that I
felt all those years ago.
In my story I will use formal titles:
Alpha (commander of the pack)
Beta (second in command)
Gamma (third in command)
Delta (fourth in command)
Epsilon (fifth in the command)
Luna (Alpha female)
To help you remember the title orders just think of the
alphabet:
A (Alpha)
B (Beta)
Almost a C (Gamma)
D (Delta)
E (Epsilon)
2
 Chapter 2

Charlotte Midnight
Jessica and I have gotten along really well since I found her
and I was currently giving her a tour of the land. My dad
allowed me and Jess to go out alone as long as we were back
before 6pm for dinner. It was fine with me because he barely
lets me out without my second in command so it was really
rare for this to happen.
I suddenly came to a halt as I smelt an unusual smell off in
the distance.
Red Blood pack spies.
I changed my direction so I was going in the direction of
were I smelt the rouges. I couldn’t smell anyone from my
pack going to the scene so I knew I was alone in this fight.
I walked up to the 6 werewolves. I was a little
outnumbered but I might stand a chance with Jess following
behind me. There were 5 in wolf form and one female in
human form. They didn’t look like they were ready to fight so
I guess they were here to talk. I nodded my head at Jess before
walking behind a tree and changing into human form and
putting on some clothes I had in my backpack I carried
between my teeth.
“State your name and purpose in my land and I might let
you live,” I stated clearly as I walked out from behind the tree.
The group snickered at my statement. I noticed two more
wolves have changed into human form, both fit male wolves.
“Your land?” one of the men questioned.
 “Did I stutter? You heard my correctly now state your
name and purpose,” I growled impatiently and frustrated
because they didn’t think it was my land. My dad may be
Alpha but it is still my land.
“Do you think you could hurt six wo—” one man began
but was silenced by the woman.
“My name is Georgia Hartley, Pack Warrior of Red Blood
pack. My purpose is to talk to Alpha Midnight about a treaty
with Alpha Red,” the woman said. She had long natural red
hair that flowed naturally down her back. I couldn’t see her
eyes from this distance but she was certainly beautiful.
“Alpha Midnight is busy, I don’t believe in such treaty,” I
said questioningly
“Yes, the treaty was arranged earlier, we just need Alpha
Midnight to sign,” she lied. It was obvious she was lying,
especially to me. I growled loudly and powerfully. Birds
nearby fled from there tree’s at the noise and the leaves fell of
the tree’s at the vibration of the noise.
The wolves in front of me were shocked. I was also a bit
shocked but I wouldn’t tell anyone that.
“I don’t appreciate being lied to.”
With one nod of Georgia’s head the three wolves attacked.
They all launched at me while the other three in human form
just stood back and watched. Jess jumped in front of me and
pushed one of the wolves back leaving me with the other two.
I jumped at one of them which appeared to be the weakest
and changed into my snow-white wolf, with orange ears in
mid air.
I bit into the wolves neck and left it there. I made sure the
bite would leave him in pain, unable to move, but not enough
to kill him. He could be useful for information.
I felt a sharp pain in my left leg which caused me to
whimper in pain. The pain continued to shoot through my leg
as the other wolf didn’t release its grip. I kicked my right leg
causing the wolf to release its bite and back of slightly,
leaving me with time to turn around in preparation of a
defence attack.
As the wolf and I stared into each other’s ferocious eyes,
an aggressive growl reached our ears.
All fighting stopped and I turned to look at where the
growl came from. Out came my second in command, Austin;
my dad; and his Beta, Christian. The wolf behind me sank his
teeth into my left leg again causing even more pain to ripple
through my body. I whimpered again and was about to turn
around to snap at him before Austin jumped in the air and
changed into his light brown wolf and attacked him, killing
him on spot.
Jessica had already killed the other wolf and was standing
proudly in victory. Snarling down at her old pack members
limp body.
Georgia and the other two men in human form looked
around before turning and fleeing from the scene like the
cowards they are. Within seconds of them disappearing into
the distance, I collapsed to the ground in pain and changed
into my naked human form. My bare light skinned leg had a
deep bite mark in and was drowning in blood.
My dad’s Beta who was still in human form took of his t-
shirt and handed it to me whilst looking away to show
respect. I threw the shirt over my head and sat up with my
legs in front of me.
“Are you okay!?” Austin asked heading towards me in a
pair of shorts he found somewhere. I must admit Austin was
pretty cute, he had messy, light brown hair like his wolf and
had dark brown eyes also like his wolf. He was 19 years old
and I really wish he was my mate because we get along so
well, but we both haven’t found our mates yet.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I replied.
“Are you sure?” my dad asked inspecting my leg.
 “Yeah, the wolf over there is still alive, you know, for
questioning,” I said trying to stand up but failing miserably
“Austin carry Lottie back to the pack house, Christian take
the Rouge back to the pack prison,” My dad said.
Austin picked me up bridal style while Christian threw the
naked body of the unconscious rouge over his shoulder. I
cuddled into Austin arms and relaxed. Jessica followed behind
us in wolf form and my dad followed Christian, I guess he was
going to question and most likely torture the Rouge.
Once we arrived at the pack house, Austin carried me up to
pack doctors room and knocked on the door.
“Come in,” the familiar feminine voice said.
Austin pushed the door open with his foot and laid me
down on Dr Muller’s bed.
“Oh my, what happed Miss Midnight?” Dr Muller
questioned as she inspected my leg.
“Red Blood pack spies near the border,” is all I said.
She nodded her head and attended to my leg.
‘Red Blood Pack has declared another war, all fighters to
the southern border immediately!’ my farther roared to the
entire pack trough mind link.
My head snapped towards Austin and he was looking back
at me. I smirked and nodded my head.
“Oh no Miss Midnight, you will not fight this time!
Especially with your injury! You will stay back here this time
and wait for the battle to finish,” Dr Muller stated.
“I have to fight! I am fine, my leg doesn’t even hurt,” I
cried out even though my leg was still throbbing from the
pain.
“I will not allow you to fight! You will most likely die with
your injury!”
“Fine,” I mumbled, I knew she was right, I just wanted to
be useful to my pack, “Austin I know you want to go, so go.”
 “Alright, you better be healed by the time I come back,” he
said playfully before heading out the room. I heard Jessica yell
“IM COMING TO!” which made me smile. I made a good
choice allowing her to be part of the pack.
I sighed and got up from Dr Muller’s bed and limped to my
room.
“You better not even think about fighting or I will tell your
dad and your brothers!” Dr Muller yelled at me as I left her
room. I gulped, why did she have to mention my over
protective brothers?
I sat in my room in deep thought. I heard howls of pain and
victory in the distance and I knew it was time for me to fight. I
jumped of the chair I was sat on and pain fired through my
leg. I collapsed to the ground and in that moment I knew
fighting wasn’t an option… but who said anything about
shooting?
Since wolves don’t really have the need for guns, I picked
up my bow and arrow and started walking towards my
window. I jumped out the window that was on the second
story of the pack house and landed on my hands and right leg
with ease.
I began running towards the scene of the fight with only a
little difficulty since my leg was already healing due to my
wolf healing abilities. After five minutes of running my leg
was feeling fine but I knew it wasn’t fully healed.
The battle was only a couple of hundred metres away so I
climbed up the closest tree and jumped from one tree to
another.
I was finally on view of the battle and it appeared that Red
Blood pack was winning, our pack members were dropping
like flies. I settled on a branch of a tree in close view of war
and I began shooting at the Red Blood pack members.
I saw a Red Blood pack member launch it self at the wolf I
recognised to be as Austin. I shot the wolf in mid air and it fell
to the ground, dead. I smirked in victory and my inner wolf
howled. I kept shooting at the ruthless wolves for a couple of
minutes until an unfamiliar scent hit my nose.
I stopped shooting and looked around for the scent. It was
a mixture between woods, mint and the morning dew. It was
beautiful and my wolf craved it. My wolf, Aria, was howling
for joy and I couldn’t quite understand why.
I looked around and my eyes stopped when they hit a large
black wolf with orange ears, just like mine. His eyes looked up
at mine and they shone brightly.
‘MATE! MATE!’ my wolf screamed at me. This is not a
good time to find my one true love, my soul mate.
Ayden Red’s POV
I proudly lead my pack onto Midnight Moon territory to
attack, I know this surprise attack will lead to something
good.
‘They know you are coming Alpha,’ one of my pack
fighters said through mind link, ‘I’m sorry, they tortured me
until I told them.’
I growled loudly.
I notified my pack members that this is no longer a
surprise attack but is know a usual war. Within two or three
minutes Midnight Moon pack fighters were fighting back.
We were winning until all my pack members began
dropping to the floor without being attacked. Someone from
round here was shooting at us. I know my pack doesn’t
always play by the rules but this is dirty tactics.
I continued fighting trying to ignore the shooter until I
took in the most beautiful scent I have ever smelt. It was a
mix between roses, the woods and peaches. I loved it so much
and my wolf was shouting at me to look for it.
I looked up and saw a girl sat in the trees with a bow and
arrow in her hands. Its her. My mate.
‘OUR MATE!’ my wolf yelled at me, ‘Our beautiful mate.’
 ‘Everyone retreat when safe to do so,’ I called to my pack
members in mind link, ‘I have found my mate.’
3
 Chapter 3

Charlotte Midnight
We stared into each others eyes for what felt like eternity. I
have no clue of what is names is but I know I already love
him, in a way.
I saw a low grade fighter wolf from my pack launch
himself at my mate. I quickly aimed my bow and arrow and
shot him. I just shot my own pack member to save someone I
just met. What is wrong with me?
‘He isn’t just someone, he is our mate!’ My wolf cried out
to me.
I aimed my bow again but this time to shoot a Red Blood
pack member but stopped when I heard a growl from below
me, below the tree I was sat in.
I looked down and saw my black and orange mate glaring
at me. I put my bow down and looked at his penetrating gaze.
He jumped up the tree and climbed onto the branch I was sat
on. His eyes still gazing into mine, I lifted up my hand and
patted his muzzle. His eyes shut in ecstasy and leaned into my
touch. Sparks flew all around my body causing me to forget all
about the war taking place below us.
I looked down and saw all Red Blood pack wolves
retreating. My pack members howled in victory and returned
pack to the pack house. I stayed in my place, just petting my
mate softly.
After a couple of minutes of sitting in silence, my beautiful
mate changed into his human form. There, sat in front of me
was my naked, extremely hot and muscly mate. He had dark
brown hair and deep blue eyes. His eight pack was on display
for me to see and he had a beautiful smile covering his face.
“I finally found you sweetheart,” he whispered, caressing
my face. A smile wiped across my face and bliss took over.
This is the best moment of my life, “you’re mine,” he
exclaimed with a growl that had so much power that it made
me jump back and gasp.
“I’m sorry,” he said moving closer to me without falling
out the tree, “what’s your name sweetheart?”
“Charlotte Midnight.”
“As in the daughter of Joseph Midnight?” he growled. I
nodded my head cautiously which caused him to growl even
louder with more power then ever. His growl made me jump
and fall out of the tree we were in. I squeezed my eyes shut as
I waited for the hard impact of the ground but it never came.
Instead I felt myself fall into a warm and hard chest, sparks
flew and I knew exactly who it was.
“I’m Ayden Red, Alpha of Red Blood,” my mate said
proudly.
“A-Alpha Red?” I questioned. Why did I stutter? Ugh I’m
an idiot!
“Yes sweetheart, come on, lets go back to my land,” he
said and started walking south, with me in his arms, still
naked, away from my land. I tried to get out of his arms but he
kept his grip tight. I really didn’t want to go to Red Blood
land, especially with the ruthless Alpha.
‘He is our mate, he wouldn’t hurt us,’ my wolf practically
shouted at me.
‘how would you know? He is the ruthless Alpha Red that is
trying to kill my whole family!’ I snapped in reply to my wolf.
‘Well even though I haven’t spoken to his wolf yet, I can
already tell that he is sweet and caring deep down, I’m sure he
love us as much as I love them, and-’ my wolf kept saying
more things but I blocked her out. She can get really annoying
sometimes.
“STOP STRUGGLING!” Ayden snapped at me. My eyes
widened at his tone of voice and I did indeed stop struggling.
We finally crossed the border between our land. This is the
first time I have ever been in Red Blood land and it gave me
the shivers.
“Are you okay?” my mate asked with concern, “I didn’t
mean to scare you, I’m sorry.”
“Um, its not that its just,” I began but then looked down
and shock my head, “its nothing.”
“Tell me sweetheart.”
“This is the first time I have ever been in Red Blood
territory, and I don’t want to be here,” I mumbled the last bit
quietly.
“You are mine! You will stay with me in our land,” Ayden
growled. My wolf and I whimpered at his tone of voice and I
lowered my head in submission.
We continued to walk for a little while, about 200 meters
before Ayden put me down. He turned me around to look into
my eyes before speaking.
“Would you like to go for a run?” he asked and I nodded.
“Okay we can run back to my house which is away from
the pack house,” he said and smiled at me, “but if you even
try and run away there will be punishments,” he said and I
gulped loudly, “Got that?” he questioned and I nodded.
I didn’t bother changing out of my clothes that I put on
earlier so I just changed where I was and ripped out of my
clothes.
“You’re so beautiful,” Ayden said walking up to me and
putting his hand softly on my head. I looked down slightly
and leaned into his touch. I might not want to be on this land
but I want to be here with him, I want to feel his touch.
 After a couple of minutes he changed into his wolf. I must
admit we looked perfect together. His large black wolf with
orange ears protectively standing next to my smaller white
wolf with the same shade of orange ears.
We began running through the woods, he was in front of
me leading the way and he occasionally glanced back at me to
see if I was still here.
I considered running away from him multiple times but
every time I was about to he looked at me like he knew what I
was going to do.
We ran until we approached a building. It had a nice
cottagey feel to it. I looked over at Ayden to see he had
changed and was stood in front of me completely naked once
again.
“I know you will probably feel slightly uncomfortable
shifting in front of me since we just met, so I’ll quickly go
inside and grab us some clothes,” he said before turning
around and walking into the house.
I looked around at my surroundings and figured out which
way we came. If I ran now I should make it half way to the
border before he realises I’m gone, that is if I run in wolf
form. With one last look behind me a began running in the
direction we just came in. I sprinted as fast as I possibly could
towards the border.
I heard leaves crunch behind me, there were too many
footprints to be just one wolf. I felt claws scrape against my
back as an increasing amount of pressure was placed on my
back. I was tackled to the ground, the wolf above me rolled off
me and growled lowly at me.
I got off the ground and looked around at the four wolves
surrounding me, they were all much bigger then my small
wolf but I still had Alpha blood in me so I could take on at
least two of them, not all four though. They all changed into
human form and pulled on some shorts, the one that had just
tackled me to the ground threw me a yellow summer dress.
“Change,” he growled. It was obvious he was either a Beta
or Gamma because he had a strong voice.
I had no choice but to change in front of the four male
wolves. I changed from my wolf form and into my naked
human form and slipped on the dress. I glared at the wolves in
front of me as three of them stared at me with lust, I knew the
other one had already found there mate.
“I’m Vince, Pack Gamma,” he said proudly, I knew he
sounded like a third in command, “You know what we do with
rogues when they trespass on our land?” he said with a smirk
plastered on his face.
“W-what?” I asked. I know I should just tell him who I am
but I want to know what they do. I am not feeling optimistic
about the outcome though. Even if I did tell him im not a
rogue what would I tell him? Oh I am just Charlotte Midnight,
daughter of Alpha Midnight, you know the family you have
been trying to kill? Or would I say I am your Alpha’s mate, I
am running away from him right now, please let me go? No so
I am just going to stick with rogue.
“We kill them,” he said and began laughing sickly. The
men behind him laughed as well. My eyes widened in fear as I
took steps back trying to make space between me and the
monsters in front of me, “don’t be scared young one, it wont
hurt that much,” he smirked and began laughing again.
I backed up until my back hit a tree, with only two large
steps his was in front of me, breathing down on me. He took
one of his large hands and wrapped it around my neck and
with ease he lifted my whole body up like I had the mass of a
feather.
“I lied about this not hurting,” he said and chuckled
darkly, I began squirming in his grip. I didn’t everything in
my power to stop him from chocking me. I tried removing his
hand from my neck, I tried kicking him in the balls, I tried
poking his eyes but nothing worked. As soon as I felt my
consciousness disappear, a large growl rippled through the
area.
Vince dropped me and turned to the growl, which I know is
Ayden’s. Not because of the power that poured out of the
growl but because of his god-like scent.
I began coughing like I hadn’t breathed in a millennium, it
truly did feel like that though. I looked up at Vince’s back,
sending him glares which he couldn’t see.
“Alpha,” Vince said and bowed his head. Vince was
suddenly pushed out the way, his body was sent flying across
the area we were in and his limp body slammed into a tree.
“Charlotte, sweetheart, are you okay?” He worried and
bent down and picked me up. He pulled me into a tight hug
and whispered sweet nothings into my ear, maybe he’s not so
bad. He turned around to face his men and pulled me
protectively behind his back. I couldn’t see over Ayden’s tall
figure but I could feel the fear radiating off the men, mostly
Vince.
“How dare you lay your hands on your Luna!” Ayden
snarled, his voice was in full business tone and I hate to admit
it but it was a bit of a turn on.
“Alpha, we were unaware she was our Luna, we believed
she was a rogue,” one of the other wolves spoke up, he also
had power dripping from his mouth, not as much as Vince so I
am guessing he is the Delta (fourth in command).
“You may be my Epsilon (fifth in command) but I wont
hesitate to rip you to shreds,” Ayden threatened, “since Vince
was the only one to hurt my mate, and since I can not kill my
Gamma, he will be the only one to be punished.”
An audible gulp was heard from Vince whom had stood up
and joined the rest of the men. That the only thing I could see
from over Ayden’s shoulder.
 “Carter, take Vince and his mate to the pack prison, cell
42, no food or water,” Ayden said before turning back round
to me. I looked behind Ayden and saw the Epsilon, which I
now know is Carter, taking Vince away and all the other men
followed him.
Ayden looked me in the eye before speaking a lot softer
then I expected him to, “why did you run away from me? You
could have gotten yourself killed! You nearly did, people in
my pack don’t know your my mate, they would kill you on
site, I couldn’t live with myself if you had died,” he said
softly. He almost looked broken? His eyes were slightly
watering and his voice cracked in parts when he talked.
“I’m sorry,” I croaked. My throat still hurt a lot from
nearly getting strangled to death but I was quickly healing
because of my wolf. His eye’s softened a lot more and he
looked disappointed but not in me, in himself.
“Lets get you home so you can rest,” he said and wrapped
his arm around my waist and began walking towards his
house, or should I say our house, “I’m never letting you out
of my sight ever again, well not until I can trust you again.”
I guess my chance of escape just flew out the window.
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 Chapter 4

Charlotte Midnight
When I got back to his house I was shocked to see how
clean it was. He led my upstairs and into a small cosy room. It
appeared to be a master suite since it had two doors coming
off it leading to a bathroom and a walk-in-robe. The room
was quite small but it just added to the cottagey feel to the
house, the room had a double sized bed in the middle and bed
side tables either side, it also had glass, French doors leading
onto a balcony.
“Sleep,” Ayden commanded before walking away. As he
was about to walk out the door I spoke up.
“Is that all you are going to say to me?” I questioned in a
small voice.
“I don’t have anything else to say to you,” he spat, he was
about to walk out the door again before he turned around to
look at me again, “Why did you run away from me?” he
questioned but before I could answer he rose his voice, “HOW
DARE YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME! I didn’t do anything to hurt
you. There was no reason to run away from your mate. We are
supposed to want to be together!” he roared in his Alpha
tone, I uncontrollably whimpered at his tone and so did my
wolf, his eyes softened and so did his tone, “don’t you want to
be with me?”
“I ran away because I don’t want to be here, I don’t want
to be here with you,” I whispered, if Ayden didn’t have wolf
hearing he probably wouldn’t have heard it. I looked down at
the ground, well, I looked anywhere away from his eyes. The
truth is I did want to be with him, just not his pack, he may be
a mean, ruthless Alpha but he is still mine, my mate.
Without any warning, Ayden stepped outside of the room
and slammed the door shut, causing the whole house to shake
from the vibration. I whimpered again at the loud noise that
truly did scare me, he truly did scare me. But the slamming of
the door wasn’t the thing that scared me the most, it was the
locking sound that came next.
I quickly ran towards the door and pounded my fist against
the wooden surface, “Ayden don’t do this!” I shouted through
the door, but it was too late. I knew he had already walked
away.
I sighed and turned around to look at the bed, I wasn’t
tired at all, I was more awake then ever to be honest. I walked
over to the French doors and opened them. I walked onto the
balcony and saw a small round table with two chairs around
it. I pulled one of the chairs out and sat down, just looking at
the scenery and taking in the fresh air.
I probably could have jumped off the balcony right now
and left, but I didn’t feel the need to. I had a gut feeling this is
where I am supposed to be, like I have a purpose for being
here. I would just much rather be at home with my family for
a little longer.
I was about to go back inside the room when I heard the
front door open and slam again. I stood up and peaked over
the balcony rail to see a frustrated looking Ayden. He was
pacing back and forth under the balcony I was stood on. He
threw his head back and roughly rubbed his face.
“What the fuck am I going to do?” he groaned, he was
obviously talking to himself.
He sat down on the pebble surfaced road and picked one of
the pebbles up only to throw it across the road. He picked
another pebble up but kept it in his hands, just playing with it.
 He looked up at the roof but luckily he didn’t see me, his
eyes had tears in them which surprised me. I had never seen
any Alpha cry before, all though I had only met my dad, Ayden
and two other Alphas.
A man from before, which I had recognized as Carter, was
walking over to the house. I ducked down behind the rails
hopping he hadn’t seen me. I sat down and pressed my ear to
the rail trying to listen as carefully as possible.
“Hey man, what’s up?” Carter spoke, I could tell he was
still walking over to Ayden since footsteps on the rough
surface was audible. I heard a frustrated sigh which I am
assuming left my mates lips and the footsteps stopped, I
guess Carter had reached Ayden.
“What’s wrong? I haven’t seen you this upset since…”
Carter said and mumbled something at the end which I
couldn’t quite catch.
“My mate,” Ayden begun, it pained me to hear his voice so
broken, especially knowing that I was the cause, “she doesn’t
want me, she doesn’t love me.”
Ayden Red
“Of course she wants you, man, she just might not be used
to it yet. Show her you care about her, trust her and most of
all love her, and I promise you she will open up about it,”
Carter said as he sat down next to me, “Oh and if it makes you
feel better, I want you,” he said and batted his eye lashes like
a girl.
Carter has been my best friend since I was about 5 years
old and he has been with me through everything. He is one of
the only people alive that can me laugh and smile in times
when I really just want to murder someone. He is also my
Epsilon and one of my very good pack fighters, probably my
most trusted fighter and that’s the reason why a couple of
years ago I said to him when I find my mate, I wanted him to
be her guard. So not only is he my best friend, pack fighter,
Epsilon and the Luna’s guard but he is also someone I trust
with my life.
I laughed at his joke, “Sorry man I’m taken now,” I
groaned and dropped my head to the gound before lifting it
up again and looking at Carter, “I just, I don’t know what to
do, how can I show her that I love her when she runs away
from me?”
“Do you want me to talk to her? Ask her why she ran
away?” Carter asked. I let out a animal-like growl in
response. Just the thought of my mate opening up to someone
that wasn’t me made me want to attack my best friend. “You
know I would never do anything to hurt my Luna, and you are
going to have to trust me to be alone with her as I am her
guard,” he stated proudly.
“Fine,” I growled. My wolf wasn’t happy at all letting
Carter alone with our mate but I knew Carter wouldn’t touch
her, he would only protect her. I knew I couldn’t handle
myself or my wolf if I was in the house while Carter was with
my mate when I couldn’t be, so I decided to run to the pack
prison to check on Vince, “I’m going for a run, if you touch
her in any way, I will kill you. Best friend or not.”
I took my shorts off and shifted into my mostly black wolf.
I picked my shorts up with my teeth and ran away from the
house. As I got closer to the tree line that surrounds my
house, I looked back and saw Charlotte walk through the
balcony doors and into our bedroom. Damn, she must of
heard the whole thing.
I shook my head slightly and ran towards the pack house
and pack prison. Before entering, I shifted into my human
form and slid on my shorts.
I walked around the pack house towards the prison, I
punched in the code to unlock the bullet-proof, silver, double
doors that lock the prisoners in. I only made the doors like
this after three rogues escaped two years ago, now, I manly
kill the rogues on site, however, if they are lucky enough to
have a chance and come to the pack prison, the doors are
impossible to break unless you know the code.
I walked down the stairs to the underground prison, I
walked past the many guards and many prisoners until I got
to cell number 42. Inside the dark, dingy, smelly prison cell,
held my Gamma and his mate, Victoria. Vince found Victoria a
couple of years ago, she was a rogue at the time but has soon
fitted in nicely to the pack, if she wasn’t Vince’s mate I would
have killed her though.
Victoria was sat on the bed crying and Vince was holding
her in his arms, trying to sooth his mate. Normally I would
not feel sorry for them at all, but since I found Charlotte, I
understand their pain, I feel rather empathetic. As soon as
Vince saw me he stood up and bowed his head in respect.
Nobody said a word, the only thing that could be heard is
Victoria’s sobs.
“Explain yourself,” I demanded in my Alpha tone. Victoria
whimpered back further but Vince held his ground, he knew if
he showed weakness, his title of Gamma would be dropped.
“Alpha ,” he bowed his head again, “Since the incident last
year with the escape of the rogues, you ordered us to kill any
rogue on site, I was just following orders.”
I growled loudly causing everyone to be silenced, even
Victoria’s sobs quietened.
“It was quite obvious by her scent she was not a rogue! It
was obvious she was a very powerful she-wolf from the
Midnight Moon pack! You shouldn’t have killed her on site
anyway!” I growled. I was still furious that he even touched
my mate, if it wasn’t for his title and these silver bars in
between us I would have ripped him to shreds.
“My mistake Alpha, I apologise,” Vince bowed his head in
defeat.
 “As punishment you will stay in the cells for two weeks
unless an emergency occurs, you will be treated as
prisoners,” I punished. Victoria’s cries became louder and
Vince nodded his head before returning to help his mate.
Carter Haynes
Before I walked inside Ayden’s house I turned to look at
him run off into the tree line. He turned around one last time
to check up on his mate then ran towards the pack house. I
assumed he was going to either do some pack business or
punish Vince.
I opened the door to Ayden’s house and walked inside. I
have only ever been inside this house two or three times
before so I don’t really know my way around. Normally if me
and Ayden hang out we chill in the pack house since we have a
really cool games room and screening room. Also Ayden
doesn’t really like people in his house because he thinks home
is just a place for family, no visitors.
I walked up the stairs and knocked on Ayden’s bedroom
door. I didn’t hear a reply so I went ahead and opened the
door. I stepped inside the room and realised it was the guest
bedroom not the master bedroom and I had accidently opened
the wrong door. I sighed and closed the door before moving
along to the next door in the small hallway. I knocked on the
door again and this time I think I got the right door because I
heard a reply.
“Who is it?” A small, soft voice spoke.
“It’s Carter,” I replied. I don’t think she will know who I
am but I guess she was asking because she didn’t want it to be
Ayden, well that’s what I assumed after what Ayden said.
“Come in,” she sighed. I turned the handle and tried to
open the door but it was locked.
“Can you unlock the door?” I said and chuckled slightly.
That’s one thing about me, Most of the time, I can never take
thing seriously, I always joke and laugh.
 “Uh, no,” she responded which left me confused, she just
said I can come in but she wont unlock the door, does she
want me to climb through the window? That actually sounds
fun I might go do that. I was about to walk away when she
spoke again, “the door is locked from the outside, you might
have to find a key.”
Did Ayden really lock her away and then complain to me
that she doesn’t love him? I wonder why.
I sighed and walked away, into the guest bedroom that I
recently found. It had a large window inside which was easy
to open. I opened the window and sat on the window ledge,
right next to the window I was sat on was the rail for Ayden’s
balcony.
I put my hand’s on the rail of the balcony and swung off
the window ledge, only to shortly after pull myself up and
onto the balcony. I knocked on the glass, balcony door and
waited for Ayden’s mate to open the door.
Since she wasn’t facing the door, she got startled and
jumped slightly when she heard the knock. She had a shocked
expression on her face and cautiously came over to the door
and opened it.
“Are you Carter?” she asked, even though it looked like
she already knew. I nodded in reply and stepped into her
room, “well its nice to actually meet you.”
“It’s nice to formally meet you to Luna,” I said and put my
hand out for her to shake it. She pushed it to the side and
opened her arms for a hug. I was a little weary to hug her
because if I did I might get my scent on her and then Ayden
would think the worst and probably kill me, but I couldn’t
turn down my Luna, or a hot chick.
I hugged her back and once she pulled away she smiled and
sat down on the bed, she patted the spot next to her and I sat
down beside her.
 “You can call me Charlotte by the way,” she told me, “or
Charlie,” she paused and looked at the balcony doors before
she looked back to me, “how did you get up onto the
balcony?”
“Why? Thinking of escaping?” I joked and smirked.
“I already tried that but I almost got myself killed,” she
joked in reply, she sighed and looked down at her lap where
she was playing with her hands, “I just want to go outside,
but Ayden locked the door.”
“You know he only does it for your safety,” I began in a
serious tone, “he really does love you already Charlie.” She
smiled at the sound of her nickname.
“Are you sure? Because I think he does it to lock me up and
keep me away from everyone,” she groaned and leaned her
head on my shoulder. My wolf howled with joy because we
were getting along with our Luna so well, its always nice to
have strong bonds with an Alpha or Luna.
“Once he introduces you to the pack, he won’t lock you up,
it’s just because no one knows you are here and he doesn’t
want you to get hurt,” I retorted looking down at Charlotte.
“I guess, but I really want to go outside and explore,” she
whined, still playing with her hands on her lap.
“Well I might be able to take you,” I blurted out, she lifted
her head off my shoulder and looked at me questioningly,
“I’m not just pack Epsilon you know, I am also your guard,” I
stated proudly.
“Really?” she exclaimed and I nodded. She jumped off the
bed and grabbed my arm to get me off the bed, “well lets go
then!”
I got off the bed and was about to walk over to the balcony
when the bedroom door slammed open to an angry Ayden.
“CHARLOTTE WHY DO YOU SMELL LIKE CARTER?”
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 Chapter 5

Charlotte Midnight
“CHARLOTTE WHY DO YOU SMELL LIKE CARTER?” Ayden
growled as he burst into the room. His eyes were a dark shade
blue, almost black; his jaw was clenched shut; and his hands
formed tight fists at his side. He truly did look like the
terrifying, ruthless Alpha he is known to be.
I noticed I was still grabbing onto Carter’s arm and I
dropped his arm immediately. Ayden looked down at our
hands and growled when he realised I was previously holding
on to him. I whimpered slightly at his loud growl that echoed
through the room. Carter’s and Ayden’s eyes softened when
they heard me whimper but they still held their ground.
“We were just talking, I swear!” I tried to cover up. I don’t
know why but I felt like I had to explain myself to Ayden, even
though we weren’t technically together, I felt the need to
explain I am a faithful mate.
“Charlotte and I were about to go outside for some fresh
air, since I am her guard,” Carter said, ignoring me and
Ayden’s question but answering to why I was holding his arm.
“You’re not her guard any more,” Ayden snarled. He
started to walk over to me but I stepped back and put my
hands up, telling him to stop walking.
“What do you mean he’s not my guard? Does that mean I
don’t have one?” I asked.
“No, Vince or my Delta will be your guard,” he seethed,
trying to stay calm.
 “No! Vince scares me,” I confessed, “I want Carter to stay
my guard, he is nice and friendly.”
Ayden growled and looked like he was deep in thought, or
he was having a discussion with his wolf.
“Fine, Carter will stay your guard,” he hissed, “Carter
you’re dismissed.”
Carter waved goodbye to me before walking to the balcony
and jumping off. I gasped and I was about to see if he made it
to the ground alright and that he wasn’t hurt, just as I turned
around to look, Ayden grabbed my wrist and pulled me into
him. He removed his hands from my wrist and pulled me into
a hug. He pushed his head in between my neck and shoulder,
breathing in my scent and also blowing his scent on to me,
probably trying to mask the smell of Carter.
“Charlie would you like to meet my pack?” Ayden asked
after a fair time of hugging. I was a little unsure whether or
not I wanted to meet the pack members, I feel like I still
belong to my old pack but if I get introduced to them, it pretty
much confirms I have moved packs, “Don’t worry Charlotte,
they will love you,” Ayden continued. I didn’t even think
about that, what if they don’t like me? What if they want
someone else as Luna? I didn’t even think about becoming a
Luna.
I didn’t trust myself to talk because if I did I would
probably blurt out all the things I was thinking. I have been
known to have verbal diarrhoea when I am in stressful
situations, which is not good when trying to keep a secret. I
just nodded my head and looked up at my mate.
“Good,” he smiled, “We can have a pack barbeque
tomorrow, around lunch time,” he said. Tomorrow is the
Friday I was meant to organise dinner for my pack, I was
really excited to do it but I guess I wont be able to do that
anymore.
 “Okay,” I said but it came out more of a whisper, “can we
go out?” I asked politely and a little bit louder.
“Where do you want to go, sweetheart?” Ayden asked. He
seemed to be showing me he was a lot nicer then what I have
been told about him, I like this kind side of him. I noticed his
eyes had changed back to his normal shade of blue, maybe
even a little bit lighter.
“Just for a walk around the land,” I smiled.
“I don’t know,” he said cautiously, like he was thinking it
over in his head.
“Please,” I whispered and ran my finger down his chest. I
always did this in my pack to my second in command, Austin,
when I wanted to go out by myself. He would always insist he
would go with me but as soon as I played innocent but slightly
flirty, I got my way.
I looked up at Ayden and he nodded his head, his eyes had
now changed to a darker shade of blue, they were filled with
lust. Maybe its not so difficult to get what I want. Now that I
know Alpha Red has a weak spot, I can use it to my advantage.
Ayden turned around and walked out the door, I followed
behind him until we got outside. We stood side by side and
began walking around. Ayden’s hand reached for mine and we
intertwined our fingers as we walked.
If Ayden would have shown me this nice side of him when
we first met, I probably wouldn’t have run away and I
wouldn’t have said those horrible things about not wanting
him. Because I honestly cant fight the attraction I have to
him. Not just because of the mate bond but also because he is
extremely attractive, I’m not even going to try to deny that.
He is hotter then all of the guys in my old pack, probably even
hotter then most of them combined.
After about 20 minutes of walking around the land, hand
in hand, we approached a large building, it was much bigger
than my pack house.
 “What’s that?” I asked pointing to the large building in the
distance.
“That’s the pack house, do you want to see it and meet
some people?” Ayden questioned and I nodded. As we got
closer, I saw lots of children playing on the large grass area
outside the house. As soon as they saw Ayden and me, they
stopped playing and looked at us, some of the younger
children even ran away to their mothers that were sitting and
watching.
“Why did they all stop playing? Is it because of me?” I
whispered to Ayden.
“No,” Ayden said shaking his head, “None of the children
here like me, they are all scared of me,” He said and he almost
looked sad about it but soon covered it up. I can see why they
kids would be scared of Ayden but I thought that Alpha’s were
meant to get along with the pack children.
We walked inside the pack house and as soon as we did I
heard the children began playing and laughing again. We
walking into a huge kitchen that looked like every cooks
dream. I must admit I have always loved cooking and I would
love to cook in this kitchen. I saw a lady who appeared to be in
her mid fifties cleaning the bench tops. Ayden cleared his
throat which caught her attention.
“Ms Parkston, this is my mate. Charlotte, this is Ms
Parkston, the pack cook,” Ayden introduced. Ms Parkston
looked shocked but soon covered her expression with joy.
“How wonderful Alpha! You finally found your mate,” Ms
Parkston cheered, “It’s lovely to meet you Luna,” she said
and put out her hand for me to shake it.
“It’s nice to meet you too, and please, just call me
Charlotte,” I replied and shook her hand. Ayden looked down
at me and gave me a questioning look but I shook it off, “You
have a really nice kitchen Ma’am, its really beautiful.”
 “Thank you Charlotte,” Ms Parkston smiled and places the
dirty dish clothe she was previously cleaning with in a
washing basket.
Ayden growled at her, “You will address your Luna
formally.”
“Sorry Alpha, Sorry Luna,” Ms Parkston bowed her head.
“Ayden,” I hissed and lightly slapped his chest, although I
think it hurt my hand more then it hurt him, “I told her she
could call me Charlotte and I meant it.”
He sighed and mumbled something under his breathe that
I couldn’t quite hear.
“Come on Charlie, lets go to my office and meet my Beta,”
Ayden said and walked away. He went to clasp my hand with
his again but this time I moved my hand away from his, he
needs to know when he is rude he doesn’t get what he wants.
We walked into large office that had five desks in it. It had
a large book shelf filled with books that covered one whole
wall and a large cabining file that filled half the wall on
another side. There was one man inside the room, he had his
head down and he was reading some paper or a book, I
couldn’t quite tell.
“Joshua,” Ayden called, getting his attention, “I would
like you to meet my mate. Charlotte, this is my Beta, Joshua.”
“Alpha,” Joshua bowed his head at Ayden then turned to
me and glared, “Are you saying that Charlotte Midnight,
Daughter of Joseph Midnight is your mate,” Joshua hissed. He
spat my name and my dads name out like it was venom.
“Yes, you heard me, and you will treat your Luna with
respect otherwise you can join Vince in his cell,” Ayden
snapped. Joshua’s eyes grew wide and nodded his head at
Ayden, he then turned to me and hesitantly bowed his head.
“Sorry to bother you Alpha, but we have an urgent matter
we need to address, to do with the Midnight Moon pack,”
Joshua blurted. My head snapped towards him when he
mentioned my old pack, I looked up at Ayden and he sighed.
“Do you want to go and talk to Ms Parkston or find Carter
while I sought this out?” Ayden asked me. I knew he wouldn’t
let me listen to what is happening because he won’t fully be
able to trust me yet, I nodded and walked out the door. Just
before I walked out, Ayden pulled me back and kissed my
forehead, “Be safe and call out if you need any help.”
“Okay,” I said and walked out of the office. I walked
towards the kitchen and when I got there I couldn’t see Ms
Parkston anywhere. I saw the laundry basket was missing so I
assume she want to do some washing up or something like
that.
I decided I would go and try find Carter. I walked round the
first floor of the pack house, knocking on doors to see if he
was in any of them. I found out that none of the ground floors
were bedrooms, so if they were not locked I could just walk
straight in them. After trying about 10 doors and not finding a
single person around here I was about to give up.
I heard a male yell out of excitement, not a sexual
excitement but a cheerful excitement, a couple doors down. I
walked down to that door and I slowly opened it. Inside it was
a very darks room but had many lights. It looked like an
arcade since there were many games and things you could
win. I walked inside and I was about to close the door when it
slammed shut.
I loud growl echoed through the room and I looked up to
see a very tall man with large muscles staring down at me. My
breathing rate sped up and I stepped back a little trying to get
away from the man in front of me. A lot of other men had now
crowded around to see what was going on, not that they could
see much since it was dark.
“What are you doing here little thing?” The man in front
of me asked, he gently put his hand up to my check and
stroked it. I gulped in disgust and tried to turn away from his
touch, “how did a member of the Midnight Moon pack get
into our pack house?” he questioned again, talking to himself.
I maneuvered my hand which was behind my back and
grabbed the door handle. I slowly turned the handle and
prepared myself to open the door quickly and run. As I was
about to move, the man in front of me, quickly gripped my
forearm causing me to drop my hold on the door handle.
“And where do you think your going?” he asked again in a
dark voice. The tone on his voice was evil and unpleasant, the
men around him chuckled. I gasped at his strong hold on my
arm which hurt like hell but I managed to stay strong.
“Anywhere away from you,” I spat. Oh god, not my verbal
diarrhoea. The man in front of me chuckled, I decided I would
call him Evil Chucky from now on. He raised the hand that
wasn’t holding my arm and slapped my across the face. I
didn’t think to much of it actually, yeah it hurt like hell but I
found it funny that I just got slapped by Evil Chucky.
When he slapped me, my head automatically turned to the
side with the pressure of his slap. I turned my head back to
face him and spat in his face. Everyone around us laughed but
I could tell by Evil Chucky’s face that he wasn’t happy at all,
he was fuming.
Before Evil Chucky could say or do anything else, the lights
turned on causing everyone to look at the other door which I
assume is were the light switch is. Carter was stood at the
door with his eyebrows furrowed together. I don’t think he
could see me because I was behind evil chucky, he was just
looking around to see why everyone was crowded together.
“CARTER!” I yelled out. Carter finally looked over to me
and his eyes widened, he ran over and pulled Evil Chucky
away from me, even though Evil Chucky was a lot bigger and
had more muscles then Carter.
 “Charlie are you okay?” Carter asked, his eyes visible
roamed my body for any sign of harm. I nodded my head in
reply and he pulled me into a hug. Once we pulled from our
hug, Carter turned to Evil Chucky and growled at him.
“Why are you protecting that pathetic Midnight Moon
spy,” Evil Chucky spat, “that bitch spat on me,” he continued
as he wiped the spit of his face. This made me laugh but I tried
not to, I put my head down and tried to muffle my laughs.
“What are you doing hurting our Luna,” Carter snapped
back. Gasps were heard all around the room.
Evil Chucky’s face was covered in fear… and still a little bit
of my spit.
“L-luna?” Evil Chucky chocked out. I looked around the
room and I noticed everyone in the room was male.
“Well I prefer to be called Charlotte or Charlie,” I smiled.
He may have just slapped me in the face but I find it hard to
not be friends with people or at least be nice to people.
“It’s nice to meet you Luna,” Evil Chucky said ignoring me
telling him to call me Charlotte or Charlie, “I’m Pack Delta,
Carlos.”
Yeah I am still going to call him Evil Chucky, not to his face
or anyone else, but in my mind he will always be, the one and
only, evil chucky.
“Its nice to meet you too,” I replied, “well its nice to meet
you when you’re not slapping me,” I laughed. Everyone else
laughed to, I’m not sure if they laughed because it was funny
or because I’m Luna but oh well, the only people not laughing
was Evil Chucky and Carter. Evil Chucky just looked really
guilty and murmured ‘sorry’.
“I cant believe you slapped your Luna!” Carter shouted, “I
cant wait to tell Ayden.”
“NO! you cant tell Alpha Red! He will kill me, please
don’t,” Evil Chucky pleaded, looking not so evil.
 “It’s up to Charlie,” Carter said and looked at me, actually
everyone in the room was looking at me.
“Don’t worry, no one has to tell Ayden, you didn’t know,
you were just trying to protect your pack,” I smiled at Evil
Chucky and he let out a breath that he was holding.
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 Chapter 6

Charlotte Midnight
I was sat in what is called the games room in the pack
house with Carter, Evil Chucky and a couple of other guys.
Some of the people in the room were playing on the games or
just chatting to each other but some were sat round me
listening to me.
“I honestly don’t see how you could be Alpha Red’s mate,
your so nice and fun, more innocent then him,” One of the
guys said, I learnt his name is Logan, I smiled at him taking
what he said as a compliment, “Alpha Red is cruel and
doesn’t have any fun.”
“I know! He can be such an ass some times, like, I haven’t
even known him for a day and he has still had enough time to
yell at me, such a dickhead,” I complained and everyone
laughed. A second after everyone started laughing they all
suddenly stopped, their eyes widened.
“Charlotte,” warned a familiar voice from behind me, I
mouthed a curse word to the people in front of me and they all
smiled or laughed, I turned around and smiled innocently at
Ayden.
“Hey Ayden, did you finish with your work already?” I
asked in a sweet voice like nothing happened. The guys that
were now behind me since I was facing Ayden chuckled and I
flipped them off behind my back as a joke.
“Were leaving,” Ayden stated with a straight face.
 “Can’t I just stay a little longer? I haven’t managed to talk
to everyone yet.”
“Now,” he snapped. I sighed and got off the couch, I
waved good bye to everyone and walked out next to Ayden.
“So now you’re not only trying to run away from me and
hate me but your also trying to humiliate me in front of my
pack,” Ayden hissed, grabbing my arm and dragging me
down the hallway since I wasn’t walking fast enough.
*
I woke up to the sound of birds tweeting outside my
window. It was really nice and relaxing, not annoying at all. I
looked at the alarm clock that read 8:34am.
I pulled of the blankets that had kept me warm last night
and stepped out of the king size bed. I walked to the closet and
pulled out some clothes to wear today. I wanted to make sure
they were decent clothes since I was being introduced to the
pack today. I didn’t want to look desperate, slutty, over done
or not put any effort in so it was actually quite difficult. Since
it was just a slightly more than casual barbeque, I decided to
wear something simple but elegant. I am so glad that Ayden
had stocked half his closet with women’s clothes, he said he
put them their just in case he found his mate but I’m not so
sure.
Once I picked out my outfit which was a floral maxi skirt
and a plain white singlet, I brought my clothes into the
bathroom and stripped out of Ayden’s sweat pants and t-shirt
that he leant me last night. After I had my shower, got
dressed, brushed my teeth and hair, I slowly walked
downstairs. I saw Ayden lying asleep on the couch, last night
it took me an hour to make him sleep on the couch, he kept
insisting he should sleep next to me.
I slowly crept past him and made my way to the door.
Ayden said I wasn’t allowed out today because of all the
things that happened yesterday, that’s why I had to sneak
past without him waking up.
Once I had successfully opened and closed the front door
without him realising, I made a run for it. I wasn’t planning
on running away, I was actually running towards the pack
house. I had gotten along with everyone so well yesterday, I
actually liked the people here. All my old pack members said
everyone here was awful, but I think its just Ayden that’s
mean.
Once the pack house was in sight, I walked instead of
running. There were more children playing outside today
then there were yesterday, maybe because its nice and sunny
today. As I was walking towards the house, I saw a little girl,
around the age of 4, fall over on the stairs. She started crying
and it didn’t look like anyone was coming over to help her.
I walked over and knelt down beside her.
“Hey sweetie, are you alright?” I asked in the softest voice
I could muster.
“N-no,” she cried, “I h-hurt my ankle.”
“Well do you want me to get you inside and we can put
some ice on it. And maybe, I could find you a lollipop that you
can have, that might make it feel better huh?” I questioned.
She nodded her head and lifted her arms asking to be picked
up. I picked her up and sat her on my hip while walking in
side.
“What’s you name hun?” I asked her, looking down at her.
“Mackenzie,” she replied. She had stopped crying now but
her ankle looked a little red and swollen.
“Hi Mackenzie, my name is Charlotte but you can call me
Charlie,” I said and sat her on the kitchen bench top. There
was nobody in the kitchen yet so I had no one to ask for help
finding an ice-pack.
They had a massive row of fridges and freezers in this
kitchen, there were about 5 of each. I took a guess on which
one it would be in and I found it in the second one I looked in.
I wrapped the ice-pack in a towel and placed it on
Mackenzie’s ankle. I got a lollipop out of a jar that was sat on
the kitchen bench top and gave it to Mackenzie.
“All better?” I asked and she nodded, she stayed sitting on
the bench, just eating her lollipop.
I sighed and then turned to where I heard someone enter
the kitchen.
“Oh, hello Charlotte,” Ms Parkston said carrying in
shopping bags, “sorry if you needed me, I was just shopping
for the things we need for todays barbeque.”
“No I was just helping out Mackenzie,” I said and pointed
to Mackenzie’s ankle, “would you like some help bringing in
the shopping bags?”
“You don’t need to do that dear,” Ms Parkston denied.
“I insist,” I exclaimed, she smiled at me and sighed
through her nose.
“Come on then,” she laughed. I followed her out to her car
and there were so many shopping bags in the car.
It took us four returns to bring all the shopping bags in. We
carried the last lot of bags through the house chatting away. I
asked if she would like me to help with cooking tonight and
once again she denied but after I said I wanted to help she let
me.
As we walked into the kitchen for the last time, Mackenzie
was nowhere to be seen but Ayden and Carter came running
in.
“Charlotte! I thought you ran away again,” Ayden said
running over to me and hugging me after I put the shopping
bags down. He held me in his arms for a while before he
pulled away and looked down into my eyes.
“Sorry,” I murmured.
“Come on, lets go home and get to know each other before
the barbeque,” Ayden said and began to pull me away.
 “Wait,” I quickly blurted out, Ayden stopped in his tracks
and looked at me, “I promised Ms Parkston I would help her
cook for tonight,” I said and smiled. Ayden looked really
disappointed and sad, he looked legitimately heartbroken,
“but we have a lifetime to get to know each other, we don’t
have to do it now,” I reassured him.
“I feel bad for you,” Carter started, “you have to put up
with a lifetime of Ayden.”
I laughed lightly and Ayden just glared at Carter. Ayden
really needs to lighten up sometimes.
“Okay, you can help out Ms Parkston, I’m going to set
some things up but I will meet you back here at 3pm when the
barbeque starts,” Ayden informed me. And with that both
Ayden and Carter walked out the kitchen, leaving me and Ms
Parkston to put away the groceries.

Me, Ms Parkston and a couple other she-wolves had just

finished cooking and serving the hungry pack wolves. Every
single pack member was sat around an extremely long table
in the front garden of the pack house, where the children
liked to play. I sat down on the seat next to Ayden that he had
reserved for me. As I sat down he rested his hand on my hand
that was leaning on the table and he smiled at me, I shot him
a smile in return. We all began eating and I must admit I was
really hungry since I spent the whole day cooking.
After we finished eating, Ayden leaned over to me and
whispered into my ear, “are you ready to be officially
introduced as my beautiful Luna?”
I nodded in reply, blushing slightly at his compliment as
Ayden stood up. He motioned for me to stand up next to him,
which I did. He cleared his throat loudly which caught
everyone’s attention, causing the whole back garden to be
coated with silence.
 “CHARLIE!” a little voice called out. I saw Mackenzie run
up to me with open arms and I picked her up and sat her on
my hip. Ayden looked down at Mackenzie, slightly angry but
then turned his head back to the waiting crowd.
“You may all be aware, that we have called this pack
meeting here today, to introduce your new Luna,” Ayden
exclaimed loudly, loudly enough for the whole pack to hear.
Everyone burst out in cheers, it made me feel really
welcomed, “SILENCE! Charlotte is not only my mate and your
Luna, but also a hard working pack member like yourselves,
as you can see by the lovely meal she helped make. You will
treat her with much respect and—”
“ALPHA!” someone in the crowd exclaimed interrupting
Ayden’s speech. I could tell Ayden was not happy with the
little interruption since his eyes went dark and his fists
clenched, it is obvious he has some sort of bi-polar disorder,
no one but him could get mad that easily, “Midnight Moon
pack members have been spotted on the North-West border.”
Ayden nodded his head towards a couple of men that were
sat near us, they must be of high rank, pack fighters most
likely. They stood up and followed the man who interrupted
Ayden, Joshua and Evil Chucky also followed after the other
fighters.
“I’m so sorry sweetie, I have to go,” Ayden whispered to
me before following the other men.
“Please don’t hurt them!” I called out after him, he just
shook his head and shifted into his black wolf with orange
ears, running off into the distance.
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 Chapter 7

Charlotte Midnight
As soon as all the men ran off, the pack she-wolves just sat
down and continued chatting or looking after their children.
They are acting like these things always happen! And I know
they don’t because my old pack never send out pack spies
anymore because they always get killed, there shouldn’t even
be any here right now. What the hell is my father doing?
I sighed and sat down on my seat, I still had Mackenzie in
my arms so I sat her on my lap.
“So Mackenzie, what shall we d—” I begun but got cut off.
“Luna,” someone cleared their throat, I looked next to me
and saw a familiar looking girl standing there. She had copper
hair, blue eyes and she did look very beautiful. I know I have
met her before but I cant figure out were or when, “you may
not remember me Luna, my name is Georgia Hartley, Pack
Warrior.”
I gasped slightly, now I remember were I know her from,
she was the she-wolf that attacked me on my old land
yesterday before the battle. I stood up from the chair and
stepped back, putting distance in between us. I wasn’t scared
of her, it was just because I had a child in my hands and I was
trying to protect her.
“Luna,” she began again, “I wanted to apologise for what
happened back on Midnight Moon land, I hope we can have a
fresh start and get to know each other.”
 Normally I would forgive people without giving it a second
thought, but she did get her men to attack me, well
technically it was Ayden’s men so I should be mad at him.
“Apology accepted,” I smiled at her, she smiled back at
me, “It was nice talking, and thankyou for apologising but I
think I am going to head home now, I am starting to get a
headache.”
“Okay Luna, is there anything I can get for you? Water?
Tablets? Ice pack?” she questioned and I shook my head.
“I just need some rest, but thankyou for asking,” I said
before putting Mackenzie down and telling her to play with
some of the other little girls, “Oh and Georgia, just call me
Charlotte.”

***

It was 12:30am. I had already took a nap, woken up, had a

shower and cooked dinner for myself. I was now watching the
TV Ayden had in his lounge room.
He still wasn’t home.
I was beginning to get a little worried and my wolf was on
edge. What if he had been killed?
I began to freak out a little more and my heart raced. What
if I never see him again? I never even showed him how much I
truly loved him, we never mated, we never started a family
and grew old together.
I was about to run to the pack house to demand
information until I smelt the beautiful smell that is my mate.
The thing that worried me is that I didn’t just smell him, I
also smelt blood.
I jumped off the couch and ran out of the house. I ran into
his arms, ignoring the blood that covered him. We stood there
and hugged for minutes, not one of us saying a word, not one
of us moving away.
“Why are you back so late?” I mumbled into his shoulder.
“I had business to take care of,” he mumbled into mine.
“Why are you covered in blood? Are you okay?” I asked
worriedly as I pulled out of the hug. My eyes roamed around
his body, checking for any sign of injury.
“Don’t worry, its not mine,” he said with a smirk on his
face. I knew what that meant, it’s a Midnight Moon pack
members blood.
“I told you not to hurt anyone,” I scolded. I was really
angry he hurt them when I said not to, I thought I was meant
to be Luna and we decided things together, plus they are my
old pack members.
“They came onto our land and attacked us, I had to do
anything to protect you and my pack,” he explained. I sighed
and nodded, I know he is right. Even thought I would like to
fight and stand up for the my dads pack members, I know he
is right and that’s what any Alpha would do.
“Come on Charlotte, lets go to sleep,” he said leading me
towards the house.
“I’m just going to change out of these clothes and take a
shower, then we can go to bed,” he mentioned as he locked
the door behind us.
“You mean I will go to bed, you are sleeping on the couch
again,” I grumbled.
“No,” he snapped, looking me dead in the eye, “I need to
be there to protect you, I need to keep you safe.”
“I am fine and I can protect myself,” I argued.
“No Charlotte,” he said sternly, “I will not sleep on that
couch again, I am Alpha and you are my mate, you will do as I
say.”
“You can’t make me do whatever you want! I am your
mate and Luna, you need to respect me and my decisions,” I
exclaimed in his face.
He gripped onto my wrist and glared down at me.
We were only centimetres apart, almost touching.
“You will treat your Alpha with respect,” he growled lowly.
His grip was so tight, I could almost feel his wolfs-nails
penetrating my skin.
“We are meant to be equals, mates, Alpha and Luna. If you
are not going to treat me with respect, why should I give you
any?” I growled back, I was not going to lose this fight.
“YOU WILL TREAT ME WITH MORE RESPECT, I AM
ALPHA OF RED MOON AND YOU ARE JUST A FILTHY
MIDNIGHT MOON SLUT!” he roared.
I was taken back by his words and his tone of voice. My
anger built up to the point of no control and I slapped him
across the face, as hard as I possibly could and pulled my arm
away from his hold. I stormed out of the house as fast as I
could, hoping he wouldn’t catch me.
I wasn’t even 5 steps out the door before the loudest growl
I have ever heard ripped into the air. I turned around and
came face to face with a very pissed off Ayden. His breathing
was heavy; his chest rose up and down; his eyes were as dark
as the midnight sky; his jaw was clenched tight; he looked like
he was having a battle with his inner wolf.
I knew I shouldn’t have tried to run away from my pissed
off, possessive, Alpha mate.
Just when I thought he was going to calm down and come
to his censes, he shifted into his wolf. His wolf was taller then
me, even when I stood in my human form. I knew if I shifted
it would only make things worse as his wolf would take it as a
threat.
I also knew his wolf was in control and wouldn’t have any
regrets if he did something bad to me right now.
I slowly stepped back, trying not to show my fear. It clearly
wasn’t working.
 I really wish we didn’t get interrupted at the pack barbecue
yesterday, if we hadn’t, the pack bond would have been fully
set up and I could contact Carter to help me.
I low growl ruffled out of his chest as he stepped forward.
Every step he took forward, I took one back.
Ironically, I wasn’t looking where I was going as my eyes
were kept on Ayden and I tripped over and fell backwards. I
landed on my back and within seconds Ayden’s wolf was on
top of me.
I stared up into his yellow, wolf eyes as his breath poured
down onto me.
“Alex,” I spoke directly to his wolf, “Please don’t hurt me,
you don’t want to hurt me, me and Aria are your mates.” I
knew if I mention my wolf, Aria, it might give me a better
chance to get out of here untouched.
He growled again and I whimpered. I turned my head to
face the dirt, away from Ayden’s glare. Since he couldn’t talk
to me in his wolf form, he growled at me again, trying to tell
me to look up.
I looked back into his eyes and a tear involuntary slipped
out of my eye. The glint in his eyes showed he truly didn’t
care if I was crying, he was heartless.
I cant believe not even ten minutes ago, I was worried
about him not coming home, now I wish he never came home
at all.
“You know Aria told me all these nice things about you
Alex, why cant you show me all those things, instead of
showing me you are heartless and cruel,” I sniffled.
His eyes softened and he lowered his head. He whimpered
slightly before backing away from me and running off into
the woods.
I looked around to make sure he was gone before I curled
up into a ball on the ground and cried. I cant believe what just
happened, even when Ayden’s wolf hadn’t taken over, he was
still an asshole.
I sobbed lightly before my eyes got heavy. I slowly shut
them and let my thoughts drift off into other thoughts.
Just before I fell asleep, I heard a howl of pain in the
distance; Ayden’s howl of pain.
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 Chapter 8

Charlotte Midnight
I woke up with the day light shinning into my eyes. I
yawned as I sat up and stretched. I looked around at my
surroundings to find I was still on the floor outside Ayden’s
house, I guess I must have slept here last night.
I stood up and decided to walk to the pack house to freshen
up, I am sure I had dirt and twigs all in my hair. As I
approached the pack house, I saw Mackenzie playing outside
by herself, it must be too early for the other kids to come out
and play.
“Hey Mackenzie,” I smiled at her. She looked at me and
gasped before bursting out laughing.
“What happened to you Charlie?” she said in her childish
voice, I guess I really do look like trash.
“I camped outside last night,” I laughed, “do you know
any place I could have a shower?”
“You can come to my room, my daddy is away so its just
me at home,” she smiled. I smiled back at her as I followed
her through the pack house. I was really curious as to where
her parents were. But I wont ask because you know what they
say, Curiosity killed the cat.
‘Satisfaction brought it back’ my wolf, Aria, butted in. I
inwardly laughed at her stupidity.
After walking up a couple flights of stairs and many
corridors, I finally came to Mackenzie’s room, which seemed
to be at the very end of a hallway, away from everyone else.
 After I finished showering, she leant me some of her
mothers clothes, which were surprisingly in style, and let me
use her hairbrush to do my hair.
“So where are your parents?” I asked Mackenzie. I felt like
smacking my wolf because I know for a fact she made me say
that.
“My mommy died a long time ago and my daddy went on
an adventure, everyone says he committed suicide but I don’t
know what that means, but I hope he is having fun with it!”
she exclaimed. I gave her a sympathetic smile, why do bad
things have to happen to good kids.
I probably should have told her what it meant but if she
believed he was on an adventure, then its better to think that
then know the truth.
“Shall we go downstairs now?” I asked, trying to change
the subject. She nodded and began skipping down the
hallway, I laughed and followed her.
*
After me and Mackenzie had finished cooking and eating
breakfast, a familiar person walked in.
“Mackenzie, would you like to play in the garden while I
talk to Georgia?” I asked and she nodded before jumping out
of the seat and skipping out the door. I turned to Georgia and
smiled, “Hi.”
“Hello Charlotte,” she said and smiled. She began pouring
herself a cup of coffee.
“Do you have access to the pack prison?” I asked getting
straight to the point.
“Yes,” she said but it came out more like a question.
“Can you take me down there?” I asked nicely.
“I don’t know if the Alpha would let me,” she said
cautiously. She began taking small sips of her coffee but she
kept her eyes on me.
 “But aren’t I Alpha Female? Therefor you should do what I
say,” I smiled, I knew I had won because she sighed and
nodded. Pack members also do what ever possibly to please
their Luna, it must be out of loyalty.
She put her empty cup down and motioned her hand to
follow her. We walked out the pack house and around the side
of it until we came to another building that I didn’t even know
existed. We approached a large door and Georgia put all types
of passwords, finger scans and eye scans before we could get
in the door.
“I actually have to go and train some pups today so I will
have to leave you here, just ask one fo the guards to let you
out when you are done,” Georgia said and I nodded.
I walked down a long flight of stairs before I came to
another door which had a lock on but the key was hanging up
on the wall so I just unlocked it.
As soon as I walked into the prison, I smelt a familiar
scent. I couldn’t quite tell who it was though because it smelt
horrible down here. It smelt like sweat, dead rats and blood.
Not a very good combination.
I knew I needed to find the person that scent belonged to. I
couldn’t quite distinguish who it was but I knew it was very
familiar to me.
I walked past a lot of cells and saw mostly old men,
drunks, Vince and his mate and a couple or Rogues. When I
got to the end, I saw I highly secured prison cell, I couldn’t
see who was in it but I knew that was where the scent was
coming from.
“Excuse me? Guard?” I asked and a middle aged man
turned to me, “I would like to go inside there, open it for me,”
I demanded as I pointed to the cell.
“Are you sure Luna? The man inside is very dangerous,”
he warned, I replied with a nod of my head, “alright but I will
come with you,” he said as he was about to open the door.
 “No, I would like to go alone, if anything happens it will be
all my fault,” I replied smiling.
He seemed to be discussing things with himself in his head
or using pack link to contact someone, “Fine,” he growled. I
raised an eyebrow at him, “yes you can go in, Luna.”
He opened the door and I stepped inside. I turned around
and the guard closed the door and looked it. I sighed and
looked around the room, in the corner of the room, a man was
sat, staring at the wall.
“Austin?” I questioned cautiously. He smelt like Austin
and he had his hair done the same way. (A/N if you don’t
remember who Austin is, its Charlotte’s second in command
from Midnight Moon pack).
The man in the corner snapped his head round to me. It
was Austin. He got off the floor and ran over to me before
embracing me in a hug.
“Charlie are you okay? Have they hurt you? What did they
do to you? I swear if they hurt you..” he growled.
“I’m fine Austin,” I smiled at him but when I looked at his
body I noticed he was covered in scratches, cuts and bruises,
“are you okay?”
“I am okay now that I have you,” he smiled at me. Me and
Austin are like this, everyone thinks he have a brother-sister
type relationship but we act more like a couple. We fight, we
cuddle, we spend most of our time with each other and we
have made out once or twice. In my defence we were both
drunk and how could you not, Austin is hot.
“Still corny as ever huh?” I asked and chuckled. He just
smirked at me and nodded.
“Do you mind me asking what you are doing down here? I
didn’t see you in any of the cells when I was brought down
here,” he said looking at me with a confused expression
wiped across his face.
 “It’s a long story,” I laughed. I would have told him but I
don’t think I could. I have no idea what his reaction would be
and I wasn’t prepared to find out, “Come on, let me get you
out of here,” I said. I told Austin my escape plan, he just
nodded and stood behind the door like I told him to.
“HELP!” I yelled and banged my fists against the door
until the guard opened it.
“H-he tried to hurt m-me,” I sobbed. The guard stormed
in the room and looked around, trying to find Austin. I
grabbed Austin’s hand and we quickly ran out together before
we slammed the door shut, locking it in the process.
“Hey!” the guard began banging on the door, “Let me out
of here!”
Me and Austin burst out laughing before running up the
hallway.
“Charlotte,” I voice warned me as I was running. I stopped
and looked in the cell it came from, “what are you doing?”
Vince asked.
“Just going for a walk,” I said and shrugged my shoulders.
“You know what I meant,” he growled, “with the
Midnight Moon pack spy.”
“Nothing that concerns you,” I smirker before running
again. Its not like Vince could have done anything anyway. He
is locked in a cell and you cant contact anyone using mind-
link when you are in the cells.
I walked out the first door and up the stairs with Austin
right by my side. Before we got to the guard that was meant to
open the door for me, I tied up Austin’s hands. I walked the
rest of the way holding onto Austin like he was a convict.
“Guard, open the door, I am transferring this prisoner on
orders from the Alpha and Pack Warrior,” I demanded. The
young guard nodded and opened the door for us. He smiled at
me, most likely pleased that he helped his Luna.
 Once me and Austin were outside and far enough away
from the prison that no one could see us, I untied his hands
and we began running towards our border.
We were almost half way and using my judgment of the
suns position in the sky, it was around 10 or 11 in the morning.
“You know,” Austin began, “Everyone back home thinks
your dead, even Alpha Midnight. I refused to believe it so me
and a team came out searching for you.”
I stopped walking and looked at him with shock. Did my
father really not even bother to come looking for me?
“So my dad didn’t even bother looking for me?” I voiced
my thoughts.
“We all just assumed Alpha Red killed you, you know,
because of the feud between both packs,” Austin said and
shook his head. I was honestly so shocked that my father
didn’t even try to find me or take revenge. I thought I was my
fathers little princess..
We continued pushing forward until I suddenly stopped.
Fires burst inside my stomach as I felt a sudden warmth
around my thighs. I looked down to my stomach then back to
Austin.
His eyes were now pitch black, but not as black as Ayden’s
were yesterday night.
“Charlotte,” he paused, “You’re in heat.”
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 Chapter 9

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I didn’t know what was happening right now but all I knew
was I wanted someone. I needed someone. I looked at Austin
as lust filled my eyes. If I cant have Ayden, then I will have
Austin.
“You found your mate?” Austin asked trying to ignore the
lust and desire that poured of my body. I bit my lip and
nodded.
I slowly made my way over to Austin and put my hands on
his chest, I looked up at him while I was still bitting my lip.
“Wh-who?” he stuttered. I knew I would have this effect
over him, any un-mated wolves near a she-wolf going
through heat will find it impossible to resist them.
I leaned up and bit on the bottom of his ear-lobe slightly,
“it doesn’t matter,” I whispered into his ear, “I want you.”
He nodded his head as I began kissing down his neck. I
began to nibble and tug on the skin slightly causing him to
moan. Every time I went a little bit further with him, the heat
in my stomach and between my thighs died down a little.
“Do you want me too?” I whispered into his ear again. He
began to nod his head but then he pushed me away.
“You have no idea how much I want you but you need to go
back to your mate, this isn’t right,” he shook his head. Since I
was no longer touching another wolf, the heat came back, it
was so bad it began to feel really uncomfortable.
 “Do you want to go back to your mate?” Austin asked. I
squeezed my eyes shut and nodded. I tired to walk but the
pain just got worse and I fell to the ground. I gripped my
stomach as tight as I could hoping that would somehow stop
the pain. It didn’t.
It felt like period cramps but about 10 times worse. My legs
felt like they were in the pits of hell.
I felt Austin pick my up and carry me in his arms. It took so
much strength not to fuck him right here and I knew he was
trying his hardest to.
After a couple minutes of walking, a growl stopped me in
my tracks. I looked up and saw Carter’s wolf glaring at Austin.
He shifted behind a tree and came out wearing only pants. Oh
my his body is perfect, I jumped out of Austin’s arms and ran
up to Carter. Austin and Carter continued to glare at each
other as I ran my hands up and down Carter’s 6 pack.
“Wha-what are you doin—” Carter asked, finally looking
at me, he sniffed the air for a second before his eyes widened,
“Charlotte you are in heat!”
Just like I did with Austin, I bit my lip and nodded. I moved
my hands up his 6 pack and down his arms that were fully
muscle.
“I-I mind linked Ayden, he is on his way. I a-also mind
linked the pack guards, they are also on there w-way,” Carter
stuttered as he was still being felt up by me. I pushed him
back and growled loudly.
I don’t care if I am in heat, nobody is taking my best friend
back to the pack prison. I maintain my defensive stance in
front of Austin as I glared at Carter.
“Charlotte what are you doing?” Carter asked.
“You are not taking my best friend back to prison, that’s
an order,” I growled. I tried so hard to ignore the constant
pain inside of me, it wasn’t really working since I let out a
whimper.
 “Charlie, are you okay?” Austin asked as he put his hand
on my shoulder. It did relieve a bit of the pain but not much.
“Don’t you dare touch my Luna,” Carter growled as he got
ready to attack.
“L-Luna?” Austin stuttered, this sounds to much like the
conversation between Carter and Evil Chucky.
Carter and Austin continued there conversation but I
blocked them out. I put my nose in the air and sniffed out my
mate. My eyes locked in the direction were his scent was. I
began running away from Austin and Carter, ignoring there
calls.
As soon as I saw Ayden I ran faster and jumped into his
arms. He lifted me into the air and spun my around once
before putting me on my toes again.
“Your in heat,” Ayden stated emotionlessly.
“I want you,” I said ignoring his statement.
“I’m all yours,” Ayden smirked. All I wanted to do was
wipe that smirk right of his face, and that’s exactly what I did.
I leaned up and connected my lips to his. Bombs exploded
as we kissed for the first time, his arms were still wrapped
around my waist and mine were around his neck. The heat in
my stomach got replaced with fluttering butterflies and the
fire between my legs felt like it got put out by a ton of water.
Ayden’s hand roamed around my body, feeling every curve
and shape. His hands moved down to my ass and he gave it a
rough squeeze. I gasped and opened my mouth giving him full
excess. His tongue dominated my mouth as he explored. His
hands moved lower and pinched my thighs slightly, and with
that small indication, I jumped up and wrapped my legs
around his waist.
Ayden left no time for anyone to interrupt us as he began
walking away. To where he was walking was unknown to me
but I was hoping it was private. My hands tangled themselves
in his hair and pulled roughly causing him to moan.
 After a short walk we arrived back at Ayden’s house. We
were still passionately making out and let me just say his lips
fit mine perfectly, we were definitely made for each other. He
pushed the door open with his back since he obviously didn’t
lock it and he carried me inside.
I removed my hands from his neck and trailed them down
his chest until I came to the hem of his shirt. I tugged at the
end of his shirt and pulled it up slightly. Since he was still
holding me tightly and we were still kissing I could lift his
shirt up the whole way but that didn’t bother me. I felt his abs
up and down with my hands softly and he moaned into my
mouth.
I didn’t even realise Ayden had walked us up the stairs
until he placed me down onto the bed with him on top of me.
He straddled my lower waist- near my hips as he laid my
down. He pulled away from our kiss and my wolf whimpered
inside me. I looked into his pitch black eyes as they stared
back into mine.
His fingers trailed down my body while his eyes still stared
deeply into mine. His touch gave me shivers running down
my spine and into my toes, my breath got caught in my throat
as I thought of the things we would be doing.
“I have been waiting so long to be able to do this to my
mate,” he growled before ripping my shirt to shreds. He bent
down as he straddled my waist and began kissing my
stomach. He left small kisses up my stomach and towards me
cleavage. He licked across my cleavage, causing me to arch
my back in pleasure. His hands dove behind my back and
unclipped my bra and ripping it away from my arms.
Whilst one of his hands supported him up, the other
grabbed onto my revealed breast. His tongue talentedly licked
across the band on my shorts. I let out a loud moan that filled
the room. With my finger I lifted his chin up to my face and
kissed him passionately and roughly on the lips. His hand
moved over to my other breast giving it the same amount of
attention.
I had honestly never really been touched like this by a guy
before, it was the most pleasurable experience of my life and I
am so glad it is with my mate. I lifted his top up and over his
head, breaking away from the kiss temporarily. My hands
roamed over his body before they moved down to his pants.
Luckily for me he didn’t have a belt on so I easily slipped
them off, his boxers going down with them.
My eyes widened at the sight and Ayden just smirked onto
my lips. His lips removed themselves from my needy lips and
they trailed down my neck. I let out a loud moan as he found
my sweet spot.
He growled in approval as his hands now tugged at the
waistband on my shorts. He slowly unbuttoned them, which
was killing me at how slow he was, and he pulled them down.
After pulling off my shorts, he slowly and painfully slipped
off my lace underwear.
He lined himself up to my entrance and quickly pecked my
lips with his lips before he thrusted into me.

***

I lied my head onto Ayden’s chest, his heart was beating fast,
just like mine. Our sweaty bodies were pressed up against one
another and our legs were tangled. I smiled against his toned
chest, we had just nearly finished the mating process. I
thought it was strange that he hadn’t marked me yet,
especially since he is an Alpha. Normally they are a lot more
possessive and do it nearly straight away.
“Why haven’t you marked me yet?” I questioned softly as I
rubbed my hand up and down his abs.
 “You don’t deserve it,” Ayden snapped. I could feel him
tense up and I could feel the rumble in his stomach as he
growled. We just made love and now all of a sudden he is
snapping at me like this.
“w-what?” I questioned. What does he mean I don’t
deserve it? I am his mate, surely he would want to mark me,
right?
“You ran away from my Charlotte, now you need to accept
your punishment,” he growled. I pushed myself off his chest
and sat up looing down at him. I pulled the blanket up with
my hand to cover my naked body, he doesn’t deserve to see it
now, “you will be sent to the pack prison with that animal of
yours. What’s his name again? Oh yes, Austin.”
“YOU CANT DO THAT!” I exclaimed, he just glared at me
and nodded.
“yes I can Charlotte, I am your Alpha and you will do as I
say,” he replied quite calmly.
“You’re an asshole Ayden! I cant believe you used me like
that for sex when I was in heat and now you are just chucking
my away like an overused toy!” I shouted as I was getting
frustrated.
“I did that for you! I satisfied your needs before I locked
you away! If I didn’t, you would still be in heat and you would
be in pain! Not to mention all the horny, male wolves that
would be all over you!” he yelled. I knew he was right but that
doesn’t mean what he is doing is right. Ayden sat up in the
bed and slid his boxers on before standing up next to the bed
and turning towards me.
“That doesn’t mean you have to lock me up!” I exclaimed,
“I know what I did was wrong but you cant just lock me up! I
am your mate and Luna!”

“Don’t you dare try and guilt me out of this, I have made up
my mind. Now get up and get changed before I drag you out of
bed,” He snarled before storming out the room. Well that’s
not exactly how I wanted my first time to go.
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 Chapter 10

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

“YOU CAN’T DO THIS!” I yelled as I punched his back. My
head was beginning to spin as I had been upside down for a
long period of time. Ayden had slung me over his shoulder so
my head was facing his back when we were at the house, then
he carried me all the way to the pack prison.
“I can Charlotte, and I will. Just be grateful you are my
mate otherwise I would have killed you for running from the
pack, not to mention this is the second time you ran,” He
laughed sinisterly as he attempted to open the pack prison
door with only one hand since the other was holding me
down.
“Just kill me now! I don’t even want to be here,” I snapped
at him. I stopped hitting his back and let my arms hang.
He growled ferociously. He stopped unlocking the door
and gripped my hips tightly, not enough to be painful but
tight enough to cause irritation. He pulled me down off his
shoulder and looked down at me, gazing into my eyes.
“I would never,” he said softly as his eyes soften. I
expected him to yell at me, this is completely out of the
ordinary, “I love you Charlotte, there, I said it, I love you and I
don’t think I could live without you.”
I gasped slightly as butterflies exploded in my stomach.
My wolf howled with joy, **Did you hear that Charlie?**
she questioned **Our mate loves us!**
I ignored Aria as I was too swept up in my thoughts.
 Ayden loves me? Love. It’s a strong word, just like its
antonym. Do I love Ayden?
“If you love me, why are you doing this?”
How could he possible expect me to retort it when he is locking
me up in a Prison.
“Because you need to be punished, come on,” he replied.
He looks slightly angry again, possibly because I didn’t tell
him I love him, but it is obvious he is trying to mask his anger.
Either when we were talking or when I was thinking things
over, he managed to unlock the door because when I looked at
it, it was open. He gripped my forearm and pulled my inside.
He slammed the door shut loudly and dragged me down the
stairs before opening the other door.
His grip released from my arm and his hand moved to the
small of my back as he pushed me through the familiar
hallway. The wolves in the cells all turned to look at us, some
of them smirking, some glaring but most were giving me
sympathetic smiles.
We got near to the end of the prison when Ayden shoved
me into a cell that already had an open door. He shut the
barred door and locked it. I turned around to face Ayden and
put my hands on the bars and looked at Ayden through the
bars.
“Where’s Austin?” I asked. Before Ayden could answer, I
heard a manly scream of pain coming from the room Austin
was in. Ayden looked at me and smirked. That fucking
bastard.
“Please tell them to stop,” I pleaded. Ayden just shook his
head and laughed, “it wasn’t Austin’s fault though! I
persuaded him to run away, I should be the one in there not
me!” I exclaimed.
“Does it look like I care,” Ayden smirked and turned to
walk away.
 “I hate you Ayden,” I yelled which caught his attention, he
stopped walking but he didn’t turn around, “I hate you and I
mean it! I could never love someone like you,” I spat. He
growled lowly but just continued to walk away.
I pushed myself away from the bars and sat on the end of
the bottom bunk bed in the cell. That’s pretty much the only
thing in this cell. Its fitted out with one bunk bed pushed
against the brick wall and on the other side it has a rusted,
metal sink and matching toilet. No privacy what-so-ever.
I looked at the cells across from me. I could only see three
of the cells from where my cell is and since the wall were
brick, I couldn’t see who was in the cells next to me. The cell
in front of me held two teenage boys, they looked around my
age. On the left cell I couldn’t see anyone because they were
under the blankets, probably sleeping and the cell on the right
of me held a couple, they were obviously mates since they
appeared to be fully in love. I wish I had that with Ayden.
I sighed a slumped my shoulders.
“Are you okay?” One of the teenage boys in front of me
asked. I nodded my head slowly. Was I okay?
**No you’re not** Aria butted in, **Ayden is a
dickhead**
**So now you think he is a dickhead? I thought you loved
him** I purred inside my head.
**He is hurting Austin** she cried and I agreed.
“Are you listening?” the same boy before said again. I
shook my head and laughed.
“sorry, I have a lot on my mind,” I apologised, “what were
you saying?”
“Well my name is Nathan and this is Parker,” Nathan said
and pointed to the boy next to him when he said Parker.
Nathan had short brown hair that was messy, but sexy at
the same time. With this shitty light I couldn’t see much else
about him but he was attractive and rather muscular. The boy
next to him, Parker, had long, blonde, shaggy hair and he
wasn’t quite as muscular as Nathan.
“I’m Charlotte,” I introduced
“Having fun with alpha, I see?” Nathan laughed. I didn’t
answer his question because I didn’t want to tell him about
Ayden and I.
“why are you guys in here?” I asked softly, trying to
change the subject but now I’m not really sure I want to know
the answer.
“We were doing rounds and we came across I family of
Rogues, a mother, father and a young child. We did our jobs
and killed them all. When we came back Alpha Red told us we
weren’t meant to kill the kid and he locked us up,” Nathan
explained. Nathan and Parker were now leaning on the bars
looking at me.
How long ago was that? It must have been recently because
its unlikely Ayden would lock them up for that long for a
mistake. I mean, yeah, they killed a child but that’s what this
pack does with Rogues.
“It was seven months ago,” Parker chuckled dryly, as if he
was reading my mind.
“S-seven months?” I stuttered, to say I was shocked
would be an understatement. They both nodded, “Is Ayden
allowed to do that?” I gasped.
“Ayden? Wha- oh, you mean Alpha?” Nathan asked
confused. I just nodded, not giving him the satisfaction of
telling him why, “why do you call him Ayden?” he questioned
after he realised I wasn’t going to answer.
“He is an ass, he doesn’t deserve the gratification of me
calling him Alpha,” I snapped. I wasn’t angry at Nathan or
Parker, just the thought of Ayden gets me pissed off.
“True, but he has the power to kill you. If I were you, I
would call him Alpha,” Parker says, staring right into my
eyes. I stood up from my bed and stood by the bars, looking
back at them.
“I already asked him to kill me, he said no,” I grumbled.
Both their eye brows furrowed.
“What do you mea—” Nathan began but got cut off by a
booming voice.
“SILENCE!” The voice roared, “Everyone stand back from
your cells, hands behind back.”
I shut my mouth and looked at Nathan and Parker who had
know stood back from the bars. Why would they do what that
person says? I removed my hands from the bar but I didn’t
stand back, they aren’t any better than me. I could hear many
footsteps echo through the hallway. Everyone I could see was
now standing back, even a middle aged couple in the left cell
that I couldn’t see before.
Around 5 men stopped in front of my cell, they all looked
down at me since they were a lot taller. I glanced from the
men to Nathan and Parker, they both visibly gulped. They
motioned with there hands that I should move back, but I
stayed put.
“Luna,” The same voice from earlier echoed loudly
through the prison hall. I glared over at the voice that said it.
“what?” I snapped rudely.
“We have someone for you,” he said awkwardly as he
avoided eye contact. He motioned to someone behind him and
he grabbed someone by the collar. Austin. He had blood all
over his clothes and face, cuts on his arms and rips in his
shirt.
“Austin!” I yelled as my hands gripped the bars again.
Austin groaned in reply. A different guard opened the door
to my cell and the one that was holding Austin earlier, threw
him Austin inside my cell. I moved towards Austin to support
him and help him but he pushed me away sharply. I couple of
low growls rumbled in the hall but my focus was on Austin.
He pushed past me and sat on the bottom bunk, in the far
corner.
I turned back to the guards, “thankyou,” I smiled up at
them.
“Don’t thank us, thank Alpha Red, he demanded that we
brought him here,” The original guard said and turned away.
They all walked back to where they were before and all the
people in their cells went back to what they were doing
before.
Did Ayden really do this for me? I thought he said no.
Especially after I told him I hated him. I sort of regret that
now, I hate him in a way but most of my loves him. How could
I not love him, he is my mate. I wish I could see Ayden again
to apologise to him, even though he should be the one
apologising to me.
I looked over at Nathan and Parker, they stared back at me
with capacious eyes. My eyes wandered from theirs to
Austin’s. He glared up at me but I didn’t return the look. I
smiled down at him. None of us said a word.
After minutes of tension-filled-silence, Austin spoke,
“Luna?” he said in an aggravated tone, his tone was almost
mocking.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you, I didn’t think it was
important,” I murmured softly. I didn’t want anyone else to
hear.
“Didn’t think it mattered?” He yelled, well so much for not
wanting anyone to hear, “Charlotte, I practically stole the
Luna of the most dangerous and ruthless pack in the world,
and you didn’t think it mattered,” he continued to shout. I
flinched at his tone of voice, “I have been though a lot of shit
for you Charlie, but never have you put me through
something so dangerous and immature. They would have
killed me on spot Charlie, but they decided to torture me a
little first. Do you ever think of anyone but yourself?!”
 “I’m sorry,” I murmured softly.
“Sorry’s not fucking good enough this time,” he snapped
sharply before turning and facing the wall.
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 Chapter 11

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I sighed and turned away from Austin. Austin is one of the
most important people in my life and now he hates me. I had
the best intentions when I ran with Austin, I honestly just
wanted him to be safe. If it wasn’t for my stupid heat, we
probably wouldn’t have stopped. This is all my fault. Austin
was right, I am so selfish.
“Charlotte?” A voice called. I looked up to see where the
voice came from, “your Alpha Red’s mate?” Nathan asked. I
walked over to the bars that separated us and leaned against
them, facing the two teenagers in front of me.
“umm, yeah,” I said awkwardly. They gaped at me and
their eyes widened.
“Dude!” Parker shouted as he turned to Nathan. This is the
first I have seen Parker so energetic and lively, normally he is
the quite one out of the pair, “we’re talking to the Luna!”
I giggled at his excitement and I heard Austin huff from
behind me, and knowing Austin, he most likely rolled his eyes
too.
“Chill man,” Nathan replied then turned to me, “So if you
are the Luna, why are you down here?”
I knew this question was going to come, I wish it was
before Austin got here though, “Lets just say, I was trying to
protect someone I love, Ayden wasn’t happy so he locked me
down here for god knows how long,” I sighed and looked
down at the ground in the hallway.
 “Don’t worry Luna, Alpha will realise he has done wrong
soon,” Parker explained empathetically.
“Please just call me Charlotte or Charlie, people call my
mother Luna,” I laughed but straight away gasped and
covered my mouth after I said it.
“wait, your Charlotte, as in Charlotte Midnight?” Nathan
asked as they stared at me, both looked confused, angry and
shocked.
“Umm yeah,” I said as I scratched the back of my neck
awkwardly. Why am I so mortified with my name? I should be
saying it with pride, pride of my past fathers as well.
“why would you be Luna?” Parker spat, “why would Ayden
even accept you as his mate? Your just an enemy to this
pack.”
I loud growl rippled through the atmosphere from behind
me, “how dare you talk to her like that!” Austin roared. He
can act very bi-polar at times, but he is and will always be my
solace, “you should be treating her with respect! Not just
because she is an amazing, beautiful girl or because she is
your Luna but also because she could have you killed in
seconds.”
“Sorry Luna, Parker and I offer you our Veneration,”
Nathan’s voice shook with fear. He bowed his head towards
me and so did Parker, hesitantly.
“It’s okay, and I insist you call me Charlotte or Charlie,” I
smiled back at them. Many people say forgiveness is my best
and worst quality. I forgive people too easily and too quickly.
I turned away from Nathan and Parker just as I saw them
bow their heads, I wanted the conversation to end right there.
I looked Austin right in the eye and saw he was standing up by
now. He shrugged his shoulders and slumped back down onto
the bed.
“Thanks Austin,” I mumbled softly, he didn’t reply so I sat
down next to him, he didn’t look up. He growled lowly which
made me whimper and lower my head, even though I am
higher rank I still respect him and his boundaries. He raised
his head to look at me and his eyes immediately softened.
He opened his arm and pulled me into him. My head
leaned on his chest as he had his arm draped around my
shoulders. I miss this. Austin and I used to always cuddle on
the couch and watch a movie together, it’s not really the same
now we are in a prison cell but I couldn’t find more comfort
right now.
I shut my eyes and relaxed as I listened to the calming
sound of his heart beating inside his chest. Beat after beat, my
eyes fluttered closed then open again. After a while I couldn’t
fight the fatigue that had suddenly taken over and I closed my
eyes, hoping to drift off to sleep.
“Does he treat you right?” I heard Austin’s voice murmur
softly. I opened my eyes and stared blankly at the wall. I was
now wide awake, his question has really gotten to me.
Did he treat me well? Well he’s locked me in a prison,
argued with me plentiful times and practically used me for
sex. Not to mention his domineering and possessive side.
“I don’t know,” I eventually replied.
“What does that mean? What has that bastard done?”
Austin growled. Austin has always been more of a big brother
to me then my actual brothers, they never had time for me.
“Nothing really, he just over reacts to everything,” I
replied. I sat up, out of the comfort of his arms and I looked
up at him, “He is also extremely controlling and
overprotective.”
“So there’s not really a reason to punch him in the face
other then the fact he has almost finished the mating process
with you,” Austin said openly like he was talking about the
weather.
“w-what?” I asked shocked, how did he know Ayden and I
had sex?
 “You aren’t in heat anymore and you haven’t finished it
because you aren’t marked,” he said in an obvious tone.
“oh umm yeah,” I said awkwardly.
“Why are you so awkward when it comes to sex talk
Charlie?” Austin laughed. Probably because we have almost had
sex numerous times before, I thought subconsciously but I
didn’t say it, I just shrugged my shoulders.
“How is the pack?” I changed the subject.
“Pretty stressful, everyone is panicking,” Austin
answered. I looked into Austin’s eyes in the dark light of the
prison cell. My light blue eyes into his brown.
“what do you mean? What’s happened?” I asked feeling
slightly unnerved.
“Well you know how I told you they all think your dead
and that Alpha Red killed you?” he asked and I nodded, “well
your dad is planning to attack.”
“what! No!” I snapped, “I have to warn Ay—” I began but
cut myself of for two reasons. One because he locked me down
here, and two, I think the only reason Austin told me was
because I could keep it a secret and not tell Ayden. Knowing
my dad he will be planning a secret attack.
“You cant tell your mate,” Austin demanded sternly.
“and why not?” I interrogated.
“because, err, I don’t even know! You just cant!” he
exclaimed.
“Fine, I won’t tell Ayden about the attack,” yes I will.
*
“Excuse me! Guard?” I called out as I stuck my head
through the bars.

“Yes Luna, what is it?” a middled aged man asked as he

approached my cell.
“I need to go to the toilet,” I said and smiled at him
innocently.
 “There is a toilet in your cell,” he replied, pointing to the
metal, bucket-type-toilet in the cell.
“I cant use that when there are so many males around,” I
said straight-forwardly.
“Well I can’t do—” he began but I cut him off.
“Call Ayden, Carter or Carlos down here if you cant let me
out yourself,” I demanded. He sighed and held his hand up
telling me to be silent. At first I was rather offended but then I
realised he was mind-linking someone.
“Alpha Red allowed you to use the private toilet, also
Carter will be down soon to give you some food,” The guard
said as he dug out his keys from his pocket. He unlocked my
cell and opened the door for me to exit via. I turned to Austin
and gave him a sheepish smile before leaving. I felt sort of bad
that he had to use that awful toilet in the cell when I didn’t.
On my return from the bathroom, I saw a young, teenage
boy in a cell. He looked around the age of 13 or 14. He was in
such a bad condition, I felt appalled and sympathetic at the
same time.
“Why is he down here?” I asked the guard as we stopped
outside his cell. The boy looked up at me with eyes that read
‘dead-inside’.
“Beats me. I don’t put ‘em here, I just keep ‘em ‘ere,” the
guard laughed, “now hurry up Luna, Carter will be here
shortly,” the guard suddenly went serious as he guided me
away from the troubled young boy.
Once I got inside my cell, I walked over to Austin and sat
on his lap since he was cross-legged.
“I’m bored,” I whined.
“Tough shit,” Austin replied. His tone wasn’t wrathful,
more humorous.
“Treat her with respect, dog,” a voice from outside our cell
rang. I looked up to find Carter stood outside, glaring down at
Austin.
 “Carter!” I called out, happy to see him, ignoring his
remark about Austin. I jumped off Austin’s lap and hugged
Carter through the bars, he gladly hugged back.
“I got something for you!” Carter cheered. My smile grew
as did my eyes. I have always been fond of surprises, it always
pumps adrenalin thought my body, “well I got told to bring
you some food down,” he began to explain, “so I asked Ms
Parkston to whip you up something real good!”
“What is it?” I asked excitedly, almost to cheerfully. I must
admit, this girl does love her food.
“Macaroni and cheese!” Carter announced like he was
announcing the arrival of the Queen. I laughed at his
childishness but my cell mate wasn’t to happy.
“Macaroni and cheese?” Austin sneered as he came and
stood next to me, “isn’t that a little childish?”
“Shut up mutt, its my favourite meal,” Carter snapped, his
tone full of venomous anger. Oh, but I like playful Carter.
“Don’t fucking call me a mutt, your part of the Red Blood
pack,” Austin growled.
Carter was about to reply but I cut in before him, “Austin,
I’m part of the Red Blood pack, stop being so disrespectful,” I
scolded.
“You are not one of them,” he laughed sourly, “You are
the daughter of Alpha Midnight, member of Midnight Moon.
If you are part of Red Blood pack then why are you locked up
here.”
“She’s not anymore,” Carter cut in. wait, did he just kick
me out the pack? He motioned a guard over and he unlocked
the cell door. Carter pulled me out the cell and slammed the
door shut again, but I took notice that he didn’t lock it, “She
is a proud leader of Red Blood, and is no longer locked in a
cell.”
I smiled up at Carter but my grin soon faded into a frown.
Ayden is not going to like or allow this.
 “Ayden won’t like this,” I said and motioned my hands to
the cell.
“Well, you can hide out at my place and I will take full
blame for everything, also Ayden’s in a meeting at the
moment, its not going so well, he has been in it for a while
and he might not leave for a while either,” Carter explained. If
the meeting isn’t going well then an infuriated Ayden will
walk away from it.
“Are you sure about this? Ayden will be furious if I leave
and—” I began but got cut off by a livid growl. All eyes made
there way to the source of the sound.
Messy hair; dark, squinted eyes; tight jaw; clenched fists;
rigid stance. Hmm, must be my mate.
“You’re going to leave me again?” Ayden roared. I hate
angry Ayden.
Ayden marched over to me, his strides extended so he
could reach me faster.
“how dare you!” he spat. Before I could react to anything,
he raised his hand to my cheek. In result of the brutal contact,
a sharp sound echoed through the building.
Lots of brawling occurred but I wasn’t in the right state to
witness it, although I am sure Austin started it. My face was
still looking in the direction the slap had sent me. I closed my
eyes as the shock still rippled through me. My possessive,
domineering, Alpha mate just slapped me across the face in
front of his pack members.

**How degrading,** Aria sneered in a mocking tone.

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 Chapter 12

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I raised my hand to the point of impact, the sting of the
touch ran through my body. I held the side of my face as I
sunk to the floor, leaning against the bars of the cell.
The fact that my own mate would lay a hand on me hurt
more than the stinging sensation. How could a mate do that
to their own mate? And worse, he didn’t even let me explain
what was going on. I felt a tear fall down my face, oh god, why
do I have to cry?
I felt so alone even though I am in a room full of people, but at
the same time I felt suffocated. Although I was just in a prison
cell, I now feel more caged then ever. There is no where I can
run to get away from these people, they are chocking me.
The pain of the slap feels like nothing now, but the pain
between me and Ayden is increasing. Something between the
mate bond had broken and I can definitely feel it, I don’t
know if Ayden can feel it but its very strong on my side.
I start to feel light headed, I try to take another breath but
no air comes in, I literally feel like I am being chocked. Images
flash before me; some are light, happy images of me and
Ayden spending our time together, the others are dark,
depressing images of our lives without each other.
‘Shit, Charlotte!’ I hear a voice in the distance. More things
are being said but I cant hear them, they are more like distant
mumbles.
 My eyes begin to drupe as I feel unconsciousness take over.
Images are still flashing through my brain, raking any
information they can.
Finally, my eyes shut and the world blanks out. I have
finally found my peace.
Ayden Red’s POV
I am absolutely fuming. My wolf is ready to take over any
second now. My pack fighters, Joshua and I just had a meeting
about a Midnight Moon attack. One of the prison guards
overhead Charlotte and her second talking about a surprise
attack. It was to be expected but Charlotte wasn’t going to tell
me.
My wolf was ready to surface during the whole meeting
but I tried to keep my calm. I am now on my way to confront
Charlotte about it, hopefully we will have a civilised
conversation about it and my wolf won’t take over.
I closed the pack prison door behind me and walked down
the hallway towards Charlotte’s cell. I still feel bad for putting
her in the cell but she needs to learn. I was only going to keep
her here during the day, I don’t think I could sleep knowing
she is locked up down here.
“— Ayden will be furious if I leave,” I heard my mates
angelic voice sing. I stopped in my tracks, does she really want
to leave me again? I growled loudly and the thought of living
without my mate. She has got to know by now that even if she
does leave, I will find her.
“You’re going to leave me again?” I shouted at her. It was
supposed to be more of a calm question but that didn’t work
When she looked up at me, eyes glazing innocence, my
wolf just lost it and took over control.
*
I finally finished my internal battle with my wolf and put
him in his cage. I cant remember a single thing that has
happened, the last thing I remember was walking towards my
beautiful mate.
Shit, where is she? I looked straight forward and the only
thing I saw was black. I groaned as I felt my back on a hard
surface. I sat up of the ground I was lying on, a sharp pain ran
through my back put I pushed it away, all that matters to me
is Charlotte.
When I sat up I saw three figures surrounding something
on the ground, just a couple of metres away from me.
“Charlotte, come on, stay awake!” I heard Austin yell.
“Charlie don’t do this! It’s going to be okay,” Carter
sobbed.
When I heard Carter’s voice, I snapped out of my trance. I
jumped off the ground and ran over to the huddle,
“Charlotte!” I shouted out. I pushed the guard out of the way
that was stood round her so I could get a better look.
Her body laid limply, ashen-faced.
I went to kneel beside her but a sharp shove to the chest
stopped me.
“No!” Carter snapped at me. I growled at him lowly, why is
he doing this now.
“No what?” I snapped, “I am going to see my mate!” I
pushed past him but he just shoved me back again.
“As her guard I will not let you hurt her again!” he
growled. I could tell his wolf was about to surface, if it wasn’t
for Charlotte, I wouldn’t hesitate to fight him right now.
“Move Carter,” I growled, taking advantage of my Alpha
tone. He hesitantly bowed his head and moved out the way for
me. I leant down beside my angel, I could still hear her faint
breathing and I could see her chest rise up and down.
Ignoring the demands coming from Austin, I scoped
Charlotte into my arms and carried her up the stairs of the
pack prison. Using my emergency exit button and finger
scanner, I rushed Charlotte out the prison and towards the
pack hospital which is located on the third floor of the pack
house.
“Doctor Finn!” I shouted as I ran through the double
doors.
“Just a moment sir,” The nurse at the reception desk
muttered without lifting her head, “Doctor Finn will be out
shortly.”
“Your Luna’s life is at risk right now!” I growled. She lifted
her head and gasped, her eyes enlarged.
“R-right this way A-alpha,” she stuttered. She got up and
ran through another set of doors, I followed shortly behind.
She walked into a private room and motioned for me to put
Charlotte on the bed in the room.
“Doctor Finn, attend to Luna immediately, room B03,” the
nurse spoke into her pager. Almost instantly Dr Finn walked
into the room and started attaching tubes to Charlotte and
running tests.
I was to worked up about Charlotte’s health, I didn’t
realise it wasn’t just Charlotte, Dr Finn and I in the room;
Carter and Austin had also joined us.
“I think the most likely cause of Miss Midnight’s
unconsciousness is due to stress, may I ask what happened in
the past couple of hours?” Dr Finn asked.
“Yeah Ayden, what did happen?” snapped Carter. I raised
an eyebrow at his attitude but ignored him.
“I locked her up in a prison cell as punishment,” I told Dr
Finn, feeling slightly guilty.
“Don’t forgot the fucking part where you hit her!” Austin
yelled, his eyes turning black.
I growled loudly, showing I am not to be messed with, “I
would never do that to my mate.”
“Ayden, you did,” Carter said empathetically.
“Your lying, I would never do that!” I growled. Dr Finn
flinched at my tone and backed away slightly.
 “sorry man,” Carter stepped forward and put his hand on
my back, “I guess your wolf took over.”
I pushed his hand off my back and stood defensively in
front of Charlotte. I shook my head sharply, “No! I wouldn’t!”
“Fuc—” Austin began but got cut off by Dr Finn’s small
voice.
“That would explain everything!” he said in such a small
voice, it was almost a whisper.
He rushed over to Charlotte and switched off a couple of
machines, pulled out some tubes from her body, including the
drip.
Carter, Austin and I just stood and watched in confusion.
Dr Finn pulled a needle out his pocket, he flicked the top of it
and injected the point into Charlotte’s arm, near her
shoulder.
Within seconds she shot up out of her sleep with heavy
breathe. She looked around the room, looking at every face
individually, everyone was silent, waiting for her reaction.
“Carter, Austin,” she said softly and smiled at them both.
“Hey Charlie,” Austin cooed. Carter didn’t say anything
but he smiled in admiration.
“Babe?” I said and gulped. Will she hate me?
She looked towards me and tilted her head to the side. Her
face showed no sign of anger, mostly confusion. She was
about to say something but shut her mouth, her mouth gaped
open and closed once again but she said nothing. It was
almost as if she was lost for words.
The third time she opened her mouth, words finally came
out, “I am sorry, I genuinely can’t remember you, you look
familiar, but I just cant remember where I have seen you.”
What does this mean? Charlotte cant remember me. My own
mate doesn’t know who I am. She has such a honest face on,
she isn’t smiling or laughing, she must be telling the truth. I
felt my heart shatter into billions of pieces, I could feel the
mate bond slowly fade, what is going on. Soon my sadness
was taken over by anger, my blood began to boil. What did
Doctor Finn do!?
“Everyone out,” I growled and they all scurried out the
door, “Not you Doctor Finn.”
Austin McCord’s POV
Me and Carter walked out of Charlotte’s room. We sat on
the chairs outside the room and heard the yelling from inside
the room, I hope Charlotte will be alright.
My wolf and I are at rest now that she is awake and we
have talked, I feel like I’m not needed anymore.
“Are you going to go?” Carter asked me. He still had his
head in his hands, he looked pretty torn up.
“Aren’t you gonna’ lock me up again?” I questioned. I sat
back on my chair and looked down at Carter.
“Ayden will, but I will let you run,” he said and sat up
properly. He looked directly at me, “but this is only for
Charlie. I will let the pack know to let you leave freely. Now
go.”
I stood up and hesitated when I looked towards Charlotte’s
room. Who will look after her? Will she be upset I am gone? I
can’t just leave like this.
“Austin,” Carter spoke, I turned my head towards him and
he smiled, “I will protect her with my life, don’t worry/”
I began walking down the hallway, thankful that I’m not
locked up anymore, “thanks Carter, I mean it bro,” I said
before running away from the Red Blood pack.

***

I shifted from my wolf form and into my human form, I

pulled on some shorts and ran into the pack house. I sped
through the house and towards Alpha Midnight’s office. I
burst through the doors to his office, not caring to knock.
An Alpha-strength growl roared around the room, “what
do you think you’re doing? Interrupting our meeting!” Alpha
Midnight shouted.
“It-It’s Charlotte, Alpha,” I panted. I was out of breath
from all that non-stop running. It was a really long distance
from the centre of Red Blood territory to the centre of
Midnight Moon territory.
Alpha Midnight dropped his things and ran around his
table towards me, “What is it? Is she alive?” He asked
desperately.
“yes,” I panted again, I put my hand up indicating I need a
breath. I bent over and put my hands to my stomach. Once I
had caught my breath back a stood back up and looked around
at all the pack members in the room before I turned back to
Alpha Midnight.
“She found her mate,” I began. Gasps were heard all
around the room, before Alpha Midnight could say anything
else I continued, “It’s Alpha Red.”
“w-what?” Alpha Midnight stuttered. He looked very
confused and disappointed, his eyebrows were furrowed, he
appeared to be deep in thought.
“Can I just add something else Alpha?” I asked and he
nodded, “Alpha Red seems- how do I put it? Abusive. He hit
Charlotte in front of me, and I don’t think it was a first.”
“Advance the war to Next Thursday, I will get my daughter
back before that bastard kills her,” Alpha Midnight growled
out to the other men in the room.
“But Alpha that’s in 10 days, we wont be ready,” A pack
fighter said.
“We have been ready for years, we were ready for the last
battle, we will be ready for this one.”
 “We still have fighters recovering from the last battle, we
also need to have a funeral for the lost fighters, we cant fight
so soon,” A different fighter butted in.
“We will be ready,” Alpha Midnight growled. Everyone in
the room bowed there heads in submission as they began to
plan for the war.
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 Chapter 13

Rosaline Midnight’s POV (Charlotte’s Mother)

I paced around the room as I folded up Charlotte’s clean
laundry for the seventh time since she diapered. I placed her
clothes back in her draw and I began to dust again. The only
way I can stop myself from bursting into tears is when I keep
myself busy.
“Mom, what are you doing in here again?” my youngest
son, Derek asked as he walked in the door. Derek is 19 and his
elder brother, Jace Midnight, is 22 and will soon be the Alpha
of the pack. They are both very similar in their looks, much
like Charlotte; I am a very proud mother of my three babies.
“I am just cleaning up, love,” I said as I reached up and
dusted on top of Charlotte’s book shelf.
“Mom,” Derek whispered as he put his hand on my
shoulder. I jumped and turned around, looking up at my son.
He was around 6 ft, like his father and brother, were I am 5 ft
4’, like Charlotte, “you have already cleaned this room, like,
10 times since she…” he cut himself off, not wanting to admit
what had happened.
I looked up at him with tears sitting in my eyes, as I
blinked; a tear escaped one of my eyes.
“Oh mom,” He cried and pulled my into a tight hug.
“My baby is gone,” I cried into Derek’s shoulder, “that
bastard took her and I know it,” I seethed.
“Charlotte will be back soon mom, just you wait,” Derek
cooed softly. It shouldn’t be like this, I should be the one
comforting my child and telling him everything will be okay.
Just the thought of Charlotte made me burst into tears
again. I sobbed loudly into Derek’s shoulder.
I just want my little girl back.

***

Derek, Jace and I had just finished eating our family dinner.
Joseph (Alpha Midnight) couldn’t make it to dinner tonight
because he was planning things with the pack. Joe thinks I
don’t know what they are doing, but I’m not stupid like I was
in my young age. I know they are plotting revenge on that
asshole that took her, possibly killed her.
I looked down at my lap, not wanting my boys to see the
tears in my eyes or the worry on my face.
“Hi Hun, sorry I couldn’t make it to tea,” Joe came in and
kissed me on the cheek. He looked down at my blue eyes and
frowned. I looked into his green eyes and knew exactly what
he was thinking, call it a mate instinct.
“Don’t cry Rosaline,” He said looking directly at me, I
nodded my head and wiped my tear stained face, getting rid
of the fresh tears. Joseph looked up and looked from Derek to
Jase to me, “I have some news to tell you all,” he said and
clapped his hands together.
“I hope it’s good, mom could really use some good news
right now,” Jase said and smiled at me. He has always been
very caring of me.
“Some of it is good,” Joe told us.
We all waited patiently for Joe to begin talking, he sat
down on the chair next to me and intertwined our fingers,
“Charlotte is alive.”
 A smile instantly spread across mine and Derek’s faces.
What confused me was that Jase and Joe held a straight face.
“But?” Jase questioned.
“She found her mate, that’s where she is now,” he
commented.
Jase and Derek growled lowly. They always have been the
over protective brothers that no girl wants, trust me, my
brothers were the same.
“Who is it?” I exclaimed, I was so happy, my little girl
found her soul mate.
“Ayden Red, Alpha of Red Blood pack,” Joe grumbled. Jase
pushed his chair back, causing it to screech along the tiled
floor. He began to storm out of the room, not looking happy
with the news at all.
“Jase,” Joe snapped, “wait.”
Jase stopped at the door but didn’t turn around, “We have
brought the attack forward to next Tuesday,” Joseph said
directly at Jase.
“What! Why?” I exclaimed, Is Joe seriously going to fight
Charlotte and her mate?
“He hurts her, Rosaline, he’s abusive,” Joe said, and that
is all it took for Jase to storm out the room.
Charlotte Midnight’s POV
“Everyone out,” the mystery man growled, “Not you
Doctor Finn.”
He sounds very demanding and not very nice, but I feel like
he has always been like that, even though I don’t know him.
Deep down, I know he is someone special in my life, but I
cant just see why.
“What have you done?” the man snapped at Dr Finn.
“S-sorry Alpha, it was the only way to save your
relationship,” Dr Finn stuttered, he looked very afraid. So
mystery man is the Alpha?
 “What the fuck are you talking about? She doesn’t
remember me! How the fuck did you save our relationship?”
Alpha roared again.
“A-Alpha, can we t-talk about this outside? The stress will
be bad for Charlotte,” Dr Finn murmured and motioned
towards me while he said it.
“No! We will talk about this now and here!” Alpha shouted
and I flinched back at the sound. Alpha noticed me flinching
and his face softened.
“I gave her an injection to forget everything about you,”
Dr Finn began, “the mate bond was breaking and Charlotte
was feeling all the pain of it, if I didn’t give Charlotte the
injection, she would be seriously ill and there is a high chance
the bond would have been broken all together.”
Mates? Me and the Alpha are mates? That is a lot to take in.
“Will her memory come back?” Alpha whimpered slightly.
“Not all of it, but most of it,” Dr Finn confirmed.
“How long will it take?” Alpha asked. His voice is very
tranquil now; he seems very bi-polar.
“It ranges from days to months; it’s all up to your
relationship. Seeing you haven’t marked her yet, it might take
a while,” Dr Finn tutted. I looked up at my Alpha mate; he
appeared to be deep in thought.
“Thankyou doctor,” I croaked out, all eyes snapped to me,
“can you please give us a minute?”
Dr Finn nodded his head and placed a clip board at the end
of my bed. He stepped out of the room quickly, probably
trying to get away from anymore conflict. I looked up at the
Alpha; he was still looked deep in thought, not looking at me.
“Alpha?” I questioned timidly.
“Ayden, call me Ayden,” he said quickly. He looked down
at me but stayed standing next to my bed. I pressed the
button on the remote control on the side of the bed that
moves the bed into the seating position.
 “Ayden,” I began, “are we mates?” I asked. I know Dr Finn
pretty much already said we were but I needed confirmation.
“Yes, Charlotte,” he said and sat down on the chair next to
my bed. He leaned forward and rested his elbows on his
thighs, gripping my small hand in his large ones.
“Okay, so tell me about yourself.”

***

After Dr Finn had done some final check-ups and ran a couple
of tests, I was free to go. Dr Finn told me to take it slow for the
next couple of weeks and he specifically told me not to have
sex for the next week. My face flusters at the thought, I went
bright red when he told me, all Ayden did was chuckle at my
response.
Ayden and I walked hand in hand out of the hospital.
Ayden had been really nice, he has done everything for me so
far, I think I got the perfect mate. We walked downstairs and
onto the first floor of the pack house.
“Hey Ms Parkston!” I exclaimed as we walked into the
kitchen.
“Hello Charlotte, did you enjoy your mac and cheese?” She
asked as she grated some cheese.
“The past couple of days have been a bit of a blur to me, I
can’t remember if I did, but I am sure I would have,” I giggled
and she smiled at me, but her smile didn’t reach her eyes.
“You didn’t eat it babe,” Ayden told me and kissed the top
of my hand that he held protectively.
“Okay, sorry Ms Parkston, I am sure it would have been
lovely,” I laughed and she joined me before turning back to
her cheese.
 I turned around and began to drag Ayden down the
hallway, towards where I think the games room is. I
remember talking to some really nice people there, and I
remember some not so nice things, like when I first met Evil
Chucky aka Carlos.
“Where are we going?” Ayden questioned as he followed
me. It clicked in his head where I was dragging him to and he
came to a stop, causing me stop.
“No Charlotte, I don’t like you going to the games room,”
Ayden said sternly.
I turned to face him and played my best pouty face,
“please Ayden?” I said dragging out the ‘e’ sound in ‘please’.
Ayden shook his head sharply but I could see he was going
to crack soon.
“pretty please Ayden,” I said and stepped towards him so
we were almost touching. I dragged one of my fingers down
his chest and leaned up to press a kiss on his jaw. I trailed my
kisses up his jaw line and to his ear, I nibbled slightly on his
ear before whispering, “please baby.”
“Fine,” he growled playfully before he chuckled slightly,
“You can go but I need to do some things in my study.”
“Okay, thank you,” I said and pressed a quick kiss on his
lips. That is the first kiss we have shared, that I remember
anyway, and it is as perfect as I thought.
I walked away from Ayden and into the game room. Loud
noises suffocated the room. I slowly walked in, making
myself familiar with my surroundings.
“Charlotte!” someone in the room exclaimed when they
saw me. Most people in the room stopped and looked at me,
some continued with their games.
“Aye Charlie!” Evil Chucky called out to me. I smiled and
ran over to him. I wrapped my arms around him, embracing
him in a hug.
“Hey Carlos!” I replied, pulling away from the hug.
 “You want to play?” he asked as he pointed to the machine
he was stood next to. I enthusiastically nodded my head when
I saw it was air hockey. I am the best at this game.

***

“Yes!” I cheered as the winning puck went into the goal he

was defending. I jumped around and did a small victory
dance, “In your face Carlos!”
“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” he muttered.
“You kicked ass Charlie!” Carter exclaimed as he walked
towards me.
“Thanks Carter!” I smiled at him then something dawned
on me, “where is Austin?”

“Don’t worry Charlie, he went home, he is safe,” he cooed

and pulled me into a hug from behind. His arms wrapped
around my waist as we swayed in a slowly manor. It was a
nice friendly thing to do, but it was obvious the pack
members in the room didn’t like Carter touching their Luna
like this.
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 Chapter 14

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

Evil Chucky and many of the other wolves were giving
Carter dirty looks. It was quite unsettling, but I don’t think
Carter cared, he just hugged me tighter.
“I think you should step away from the Luna,” growled a
pack member. I few other wolves nodded in approval but
didn’t speak up.
“We’re fine,” Carter growled back, causing me to giggle.
“dude, back off,” A different pack member growled, I
remember talking to him last time we were in here, I think his
name was Logan.
“I said NO!” Carter growled again, causing me to flinch in
his arms.
Suddenly, Carter was ripped away from me. I gasped at the
loud contact of a fist to his face. I looked up to see Logan
standing with pride on his face.
“How dare you!” I shouted and slapped him across the
face.
Without warning, memories of Ayden came swarming
back. When I first met him during the battle, his possessive
side that is almost always there, when I ran away and nearly
got murdered and when he locked me in his bedroom. There
wasn’t anything good that came with these memories, just
negative thoughts about the mate I thought was perfect.
I pressed my hand to the headache that began to pound in
my cranium. I whimpered as the pain intensified.
 Ayden Red’s POV
I walked into my crowded office and began to get
bombarded with questions. I brushed everyone off and sat
down at the head of my meeting table.
“SILENCE! One at a time,” I roared causing everyone in
the room to immediately hush.
“Alpha,” An elderly man whom was sat at the table spoke
first, “I have a farm just east of the pack house and I was
wondering if you could supply the funding to raise cattle
there as well as sheep.”
“Yes, next,” I demanded as I relaxed on my chair.
“Alpha,” The pack’s high school principle began, “we
need more funding for school equipment, like smart
whiteboards, laptops for the new students next year, books
and sports equipment.”
“You can have the money for laptops, books and half the
sports equipment you want, we don’t have a big enough
budget for smart boards yet.”
“Alpha,” A small blonde headed woman bowed her head,
“The primary school is having a school ballet and all the kids
were hoping you and the Luna will come and watch.”
I thought about the option for a moment. I should be
planning our defence against the attack Joseph Midnight is
planning, not going to school plays, but maybe Charlotte will
like it.
“I will discuss it with Charlotte,” I stated firmly, relief
flushed her face as a smile grew.
“Alpha,” A teenage boy began, “We only have one skate
park in Red Blood territory and all the little kids use it now,
we need a new one, man.”
“No.”
 This is going to be a long day.

***

After 20 minutes of listening to people’s suggestions or

money pleading, they had all finally gone. Joshua, my Beta sat
down at the table next to me.
“Do you think it was right to grant so many wishes? You
haven’t done that many in years,” Josh asked as he began to
set out some papers in front of me.
“Yes, why wouldn’t it be right?” I asked as I ran my hand
through my hair.
“Well with the up and coming war, it would be wise to
spend all time and money on planning or training,” he
exclaimed.
“We can’t ignore our person, that’s what Joseph wants, we
can train, plan and maintain our pack at the same time,” I
said, almost in a shout.
“What has that girl done to you,” Josh muttered under his
breath. Ever since Josh met Charlotte I knew he hated her,
even more when he found out her name. Josh thinks she is
bringing me and my reputation down, that I am becoming
weak because of her, but that’s just the opposite. Charlotte is
making me mentally stronger, I feel complete with her
around.
“That girl is your Luna and you will respect her!” I
growled at him, standing up from my seat. I leaned over the
desk, glaring into his eyes, showing I am not be messed with,
“Charlotte has done nothing wrong! Why do you hate her?”
“She is your Enemy, Ayden! She shouldn’t be your mate;
you should have rejected her and killed her on the spot! Ever
since she got here she has only caused trouble, all our lives
would be better if she wasn’t here!” He shouted back at me,
also standing up, showing he is putting up a fight.
“I would never reject her! I would never tell you or ask you
to reject your mate if you found her! She is the only good
thing I have in my life and I would fight the Midnight Moon
pack by myself if I had to!” I yelled. My fists were clenched by
my side as I tried not to punch him in the face, he is a good
friend to me and I respect that.
“She is the worst thing that has happened to you! You have
become weak Ayden! You are considering going to a fucking
ballet! She is no good for you,” Josh disapproved.
“I am considering it for her because I love her! Nothing
you say will change the way I feel about her,” I snapped,
getting fed up with our arguing.
“Do you think your mom and dad would be proud?” He
murmured.
“Don’t,” I growled lowly.
“What about your vendetta? Did you just forget about
that?” He said, angry lacing his voice.
“That’s nothing anymore and you know it!” I yelled in
reply. By now we were both standing up face to face, fighting
our own angry.
“So you are not going to get revenge on the people who
murdered your parents?” He snarled back, knowing he was
right. Josh is barely ever wrong.
“You know I still have my plans to kill Joseph Midnight!
Just because my mate is his daughter won’t stop me killing
that son of a bitch!” I argued back.
“Knew it,” he smirked and smacked my back in a friendly,
playful way.
“Fuck off mate,” I playfully cursed.
“Hey! we-” Josh got cut off by someone barging in the
office door.
 “ALPHA!” A young man shouted as he ran into my office. I
growled at his interruption which made him stop in his
tracks, he cleared his throat before he stuttered, “S-sorry
Alpha, Th-there is a fight in the games room, The Luna,
she-” before the awkward young boy could say anything else,
I pushed past him and ran out the room towards my
Charlotte.
I ran into the room and Charlotte was on the floor as was
Carter. Carter was shuffling over towards Charlotte as he held
the side of his face, blood leaking from his hand.
“Charlotte? Are you okay?” Carter said as he struggled to
move towards her.
I was about to run over to Charlotte and Carter but a man
stepped in front of Carter, blocking Carter from Charlotte. I
remember then man’s name, his name is Logan and he is a
very good fighter.
“Don’t touch her!” Logan growled at Carter. My face fell
with concern and worries for my mate.
I stormed into the room and pushed Logan away. I shoved
him harder than I thought and he went flying across the
room. I shrugged it off and gave Carter my hand. I pulled him
up before bending down next to Charlotte.
Charlotte had her hands pressed to her temples, she was
shaking in pain.
I wrapped my arms around her and held her as I
whispered, “Charlotte it’s going to be okay.”
“NO!” She shouted and pushed me away from her. She
pushed herself away from me and towards Carter, causing
male wolves in the room to growl.
“Charlotte?” I questioned, “What’s wrong baby?”
“I-I remember y-you,” she stuttered. Those three words
made my heart stop, not in a good way. I wanted to hear
certain three words, definitely not these ones.
 “What do you remember Charlie?” Carter exclaimed as he
sat down next to her.
Charlotte never took her eyes off me as she continued to
shake, “he t-took me from my home. He f-forced me away
from them. From Family,” she badly strung her words
together as a tear began to fall down her beautiful cheek, “He
locked me u-up in his room, th-that’s it, that’s all I r-
remember.”
I sighed in relief, if she knew some of the things I had done
I don’t think she would be sat here right now. Carter looked
towards me then back to Charlotte, he leaned over and
whispered things into her ear. After about a minute, he pulled
away and stared at her.
Her mouth gaped open and she stared at him with shock,
“really?” she asked.
He nodded his head and she looked at me. She smiled at
me and began to giggle.
What did he say to her?
“That is so cute!” she squealed. Carter helped her off the
ground and she ran over and hugged me, “I’m sorry,” She
cooed as we hugged.
“Why are you sorry?” I whispered in her ear.
“Because I overreacted,” she laughed as her head rested in
my chest. She still had her arms wrapped around my neck and
my hands were around her waist.
“Don’t worry babe, It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have done
those things,” I murmur and kiss the top of her head.
“Let’s go home,” she said as she pulled away from our
hug. I intertwined our fingers together as we walked out the
room, leaving the gamers stunned, “can we get some Advil
for my headache first?”

“Sure baby,” I said and kissed the top of her hand that was
intertwined in mine as we walked to the kitchen.
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 Chapter 15

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I woke up with a jolt. My family running through my mind.
Do they miss me? Do they even care that I’m not home? I
shook my head, trying to dismiss the thoughts.
“I need to pee,” I mumbled to myself. I sat up on the bed
and looked around the large master bedroom. The sun was
rising and the shine of the sun was just flowing through the
thin curtains. The large bed felt empty with just me in it.
I sighed as pushed myself off the bed and did a slow jog
towards the bathroom. In the last couple of days my bladder
has been getting smaller and smaller. It’s really strange. After
I did my business, I walked out the bathroom door.
My eyes were still half shut because I was so tired. As I
walked out, I tripped over an object on the floor and fell face
first.
“Oww,” I groaned as I sat up from the ground.
“What the fuc- oh shit are you okay Charlotte?” The object
I tripped over asked.
“Ayden?” I murmured.
“Yeah baby, it’s me, are you okay?” he asked again as he
sat up from the ground at the same time as me.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I laughed at how stupid I was to fall over,
“why are you lying on the floor?”
“Oh umm, I slept here,” he said awkwardly.
“Why? I thought you slept on the couch or the spare
room?”
 “yeah but I wanted to watch over you and make sure you
were alright,” he started, “and I knew you wouldn’t want me
to sleep next to you in our bed so I stayed down here.”
I laughed at how cute he was. He even had a pillow and a
blanket on the floor. I pushed myself off the floor and offered
him my hand to help him stand up.
“What?” he asked, looking extremely confused.
“Stand up,” I exclaimed and he just shrugged before
pushing himself of the ground, ignoring my offer to help him
stand up. I grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the bed,
“let’s go back to sleep.”
“I-in the bed?” he stuttered pointing towards the bed I
just woke up in.
“Yes silly, in the bed,” I laughed as I let go of his hand to
sit down on the plush mattress.
“Both of us?” he asked. He was still stood at the edge of
the bed, looking at it as if it were alien.
I nodded and chuckled. He smirked before almost diving
into the bed and getting under the covers. He pulled me close
to him and nuzzled his head into me neck, “this feels so right,
me and you, cuddling together.”
“We fit like puzzle pieces,” I murmured as I felt my eyes
droop. The warmth from his body radiated onto me, making
me feel at peacefully tired.
“You know this is the first time we have shared a bed and
actually slept,” he said and a deep chuckle erupted in his
chest, “I like this.” I hummed in response before I drifted
back to sleep.

***

I woke up for the second time today rather gracefully. I

opened my eyes and looked around the room, the sun was
now higher in the sky and sunlight poured into the room. I
looked down and saw Ayden’s arm wrapped securely around
my waist, our legs were wrapped together and small pecks
were being trailed down my neck.
I turned my head slightly so I could see him since he was
behind me, “Morning sleeping beauty, sorry I woke you babe
but I have to get up for work and I wouldn’t be able to leave if
I knew my mate was in my bed, waiting to be showered in
kisses.”
“Morning,” I yawned.
“You’re so cute when you yawn.”
“Do you really have to work today?” I complained,
ignoring his statement.
“Yes, I have a lot to do in the next week, I can’t get out of
it,” he said with sad eyes. He pushed himself of the bed
slightly and sat with his back against the headboard, I copied
his actions.
“Can I come with you then?” I asked as my hopes started
to rise. I really wanted to spend more time with my mate; we
had sort of just become a lot closer recently.
“I wish you could but I have a lot to do and you would just
be a distraction, especially your ass,” he growled playfully.
“Please,” I dragged out the ‘e’ sound to make me sound
like a whining child, “I won’t bother you at all!”
 “No Charlotte,” he stated firmly. He pushed of the
mattress, getting out of the bed to leave. I grabbed his hand
causing him to look back at me.
“but—”
“What part of NO don’t you understand!” he shouted,
using his Alpha tone. He ripped his hand away from mine and
began to walk to the bathroom.
“Don’t you use your Alpha tone with me!” I shouted back
but it was too late because he had already slammed the
bathroom door.
Pain. That’s what I felt. My mate ignored me. I guess this is
what he feels most of the time.
*
I sipped on my lemon, lime and bitters as tears streamed
down my face. I was four pages away from finishing the book
I started reading today and it had just got to the most
emotional part. The wind gusted past me, blowing my brown
locks all over the place.
I put my book down on my lap as I sorted out my hair. I
wiped under my eyes and looked up at the garden, Earlier on,
after Ayden left, I decided to go to the pack Library and get a
new book to read. I found the front of Ayden’s house very
peaceful and silent, the perfect place to read.
The sun had now set and Ayden still hasn’t returned home.
What is taking him so long? I thought. It is nearly quarter to 9.
I picked up my book and finished reading the last couple of
pages.

***

Once I had finished the emotional ending of the book and

finally calmed my tears, I walked inside deciding to make
dinner for myself. There wasn’t much in the fridge or freezer
so I decided on making myself some chicken, pasta dish.
The dish was quite tasty but I couldn’t eat much of it. I
think it might be stress, but I haven’t been feeling very
hungry lately. I picked up some of the chicken with my fork
but put it down again.
I wasn’t sure whether I should wait for Ayden to get home
or not. In the end I decided to just go to bed and discuss
things in the morning. That is if he isn’t working.
I placed a blanket and pillow on the couch, hoping he
would get the indication that I want him to sleep there. I
walked upstairs, got ready for bed then slipped under the soft
blankets. Before long I was dozing off.
That’s when the nightmares begun.
Ayden Red’s POV
It was nearly 1am when I finally left my office. Considering
I walked into the office at half past ten in the morning, I have
been in there for a bloody long time. All this shit going on
with the upcoming battle has got me stressed out. I cant
fucking think straight!
I spent all of today going over the attack plan, strategies
and training. We found their weaknesses and planned to use
them against them. We also found our weaknesses and
planned to fix them in the next week.
Some of the men pointing out that both side have the same
weakness, being Charlotte, and that we should use her to our
advantage. Straight away that idea was banished, never to be
spoken of again. During the battle, I will be locking her away;
no one can hurt my mate.
The thought of my mate makes me smile; I wonder if she
tried to stay awake for me? I really like how our relationship
has grown over the past couple of days. I stop walking for a
moment as a freeze, I frown begins to grow on my face. Has
our relationship only grown because she forgot who I am?
Fuck, I mentally cursed.
I continued walking home through the eerie darkness. I
would be lying if I said the frightful blackness didn’t scare
me, I used to have re-accruing childhood nightmares that
still terrify me to this very day. I would not admit that to
anyone, I am supposed to be the petrifying Alpha of the Red
Blood pack, not a boy afraid of the dark.
I put my key into the key hole of the door of mine and
Charlotte’s house. I never used to lock my house because no
one dared to enter it, but with Charlotte being here and the
upcoming war, I am being as safe as possible.
When I entered the house, the lights were off so I assumed
Charlotte had gone to bed. I flicked on the lights and walked
further into the house. When I saw the pillow and blanket on
the couch, I lost it.
I let out a ferocious growl that echoed across the room,
“CHARLOTTE!” I shouted through the house.
I heard her soft feet hurdling down the stairs before she
ran into the lounge room, “What? What’s wrong?” She asked
frantically as she searched my body, looking for signs of
harm.
She looked wide awake but I could see from her pyjama’s
and her messy, bed hair that she has previously been
sleeping.
“What’s this?” I asked and pointed towards the pillow and
blanket on the couch.
“I figured since you were so eager to leave me alone this
morning you can continue to leave me alone,” She raved. Her
hands were sat on her hips and one of her knees was bent,
classic bitch pose, I laughed internally.
“That’s not what I fucking meant, I had to go to work,” I
roared in response.
 “I was keen to go with you,” she mumbled, still in classic
bitch pose.
“Well I didn’t want you there, Charlotte!” I shouted,
“Never fucking do,” I mumbled under my breath, hoping she
wouldn’t hear it, but I forgot about wolf hearing.
“If you don’t want me here then I’ll leave,” she snapped,
tears brimming her eyes.
“Good,” I shouted as she walked out the door and
slammed it shut behind her.
Last time she walked out, I made it my mission to get her
back, but right now I cannot be bothered to put up with her
bitchy drama.
She’ll come crawling back anyway.
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 Chapter 16

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I woke up to the beautiful smell of cooking bacon. Is there

anything better? I lifted my head off the plush pillow and
looked around the room. I’ll be the first to confess, it wasn’t
the place I was thinking I would wake up in. I honestly had no
clue where I was.

Unfortunately, I pulled myself out of the comfortable bed

sheets before my feet touched the fluffy rug. I looked down
and noticed I was still in my pyjamas from yesterday. I
thanked the moon goddess that I was still in clothes and
nobody had taken them off.

I followed the smell of bacon; out of the bedroom, down the

hallway and into a large kitchen/dinner. A recognisable young
man had his back to me as he cooked away, only wearing
socks and boxers.

“Carter?” I questioned. Carter turned around from the stove

and smiled at me. He turned back to the stove and flipped
some bacon over before talking.

“I didn’t think you would be up so soon, you came to my place

sort of late last night,” he said rather awkwardly as he walked
around the kitchen, collecting some toast out of the toaster
and putting it on a chopping board, “I was going to make you
some breakfast in bed.”

“umm thanks,” I laughed and sat down on a stool that was

tucked under the breakfast bar in the kitchen. I tucked a stray
piece of hair behind my ear as I smiled up at Carter.

“Here you go,” Carter said a few minutes later as he served

me up some bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast. He got a
plate for himself and sat down next to me. I picked at my food
since I wasn’t feeling that hungry again.

The silence of the room gave me some time to think about last
night, about Ayden.

“I didn’t want you there, Charlotte! Never fucking do.”

My heart broke into a million pieces just thinking about it

again. A shiver ran down my spine, not in a good way. I put
my knife and fork down, giving up on my food. Carter looked
away from his food for the first time and looked towards me,
raising an eyebrow.

“It was nice but I’m not really that hungry,” I murmured,
avoiding eye contact with him.

“You didn’t even touch your toast or hash brown,” he said

concerned, you could tell he was worried about me just by his
eyes, “not to mention you ate 2 bits of bacon and half an
egg.”

“Like I said, I’m not hungry,” I snapped quietly.

“Charlotte,” he said putting his hand on top of mine, “Please

tell me what happened last night, I’m worried about you.”

“It’s nothing,” I snapped again, but this time louder. I moved

my hand from under his and stood up. I looked into his eyes
and it looked like he was going to break, he looked so worried
and scared for me. I couldn’t deal with his looks anymore, I
just had to leave.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” I whispered. I walked towards

the hallway, where I had previously come from, “Please don’t
worry about me,” I said before walking back to the room I was
in when I woke up.

I shut the door and flopped down onto the bed. How hard
could it possibly be to avoid the Alpha all day? I questioned
myself.

… Fuck.

***

A howl in the distance woke me up from my midday nap.

When I woke, I wiped my eyes before turning over so I was
lying on my back. I stared at the ceiling and just thought. Last
night…

“CHARLOTTE!” Someone shouted from downstairs. I jolted

out of bed when I hear the shout. Shit, what has happened? I
mentally cursed.

I scarpered down the stairs and into the lounge, where I heard
quickened breaths, “What? What’s wrong?”

“What’s this?” he asked, obviously furious, as he pointed to

the little surprise I left for him on the couch.

“I figured since you were so eager to leave me alone this

morning you can continue to leave me alone,” I stood up for
myself. I was truly hoping he would come to bed with me
tonight, I was hoping he would apologise.

“That’s not what I fucking meant, I had to go to work,” he

snapped making me flinch. He scared me so much when he
was angry like this, it wasn’t a pleasant sight.

“I was keen to go with you.”

“Well I didn’t want you there, Charlotte! Never fucking do,”

he mumbled the last part. Tears swelled in my eyes,
threatening to fall. I held them back, showing Ayden that I am
strong; I can take the shit he throws at me.

“If you don’t want me here then I’ll leave,” I chocked out.

“Good!” he shouted. I let out a sob, although I think it was too

quiet for him to hear. I turned away from my mate, my mate
that was supposed to love me and want me. I walked towards
the door, took a deep breath before I opened it.

I slowly stepped outside and closed the door. I was half

expecting him to follow me like last time, but he didn’t. I
guess he really didn’t want me.

I felt so rejected.

I didn’t really know where to go, I could easily escape and go

home? But I didn’t feel trapped here anymore. This is my
home now, and they need a Luna here. Little Mackenzie,
Nathan, Parker and even Georgia need me here, to guide
them, to be a role model.

Without thinking, I found myself walking towards the pack

house; I needed a place to stay tonight.

I looked behind me, hoping to see Ayden running after me,

but he wasn’t.

I sighed and turned back round, the first tear escaped my

eyes, I even surprised myself that they weren’t followed by
anymore.

I walked straight through the doors and the first person I saw
was Georgia. (A/N If you don’t remember Georgia, she is the
one that attacked Charlotte at her old pack) She looked at me
and gasped.

“What happened, Charlie?” she asked.

I ran over to her and wrapped my arms around her; I really

need a mother or a best friend right now. I realise now that I
am not close to any women in the Red Blood pack, maybe I
could get close to Georgia? She is only a couple of years older
than me.

“Do you want to go somewhere more private so we can talk?”

She asked when she saw that some people were walking by
and giving us weird looks. I nodded my head and she leaded
my somewhere I would not be able to recall later.

“Please talk to me Charlotte, girl to girl,” she smiled at me as

she held my hand in hers in a friendly gesture. We were in a
small office type room, sat on the edges of two couches. I was
sat on one couch and she was sat on the other, the corners of
the couches were pushed together so we were close.

“H-he doesn’t want me,” I stuttered. I realised tears were

pouring down my face, I also noticed a wet, tear stain on
Georgia’s long sleeved shirt.

“Who?”

“Ayden d-doesn’t want me. H-he told me he—” I began but

couldn’t continue because a sobbed loudly.

“Of course he wants you, what would make you think he

wouldn’t?”

But he doesn’t want me… “He told me he never wants me and

he n-never does.” I sobbed.

“The Alpha loves you, it’s obvious to everyone.”

Everyone but me. “N-no,” I shook my head as tears cascaded

down my face.

She stood up from her seat and engulfed me in a hug

whispering sweet nothings in my ear, “Did you want to stay
at mine tonight?”

“N-No,” I sniffled, “Do you know where Carter lives?”

She looked taken back for a moment before she nodded her
head, “I’ll take you there.”

Once we had gotten to the top floor of the pack house she
pointed to a door, telling me that’s Carters room.

“Do you want me to go with you?” she asked nicely.

“I’ll be f-fine thanks.”

She nodded before walking away, leaving me standing in a

deserted corridor. Lonely, huh.

I knocked on Carter’s door, waiting patiently for him to open

the door as I held back a sob. Carter opened the door, he
looked like he just got out the shower since his hair was wet
and he only had a towel wrapped round his waist. He looked
pissed off, probably because I just interrupted his shower.

When he looked down at me, his eyes immediately softened,

“hey Charlie, what are you doing here?”

Before I could say anything I broke out into sobs once again. If
you were in my position and the love of your life just turned
you down, you would realise why I’m crying so much.

“No, Charlotte. Please don’t cry,” he cooed before he wrapped

his arms around me, holding me close to him.

We stood like that for a couple of minutes; me sobbing lightly

and Carter holding me.

“I hate seeing you cry Charlotte,” Carter said as he pulled

away from his hold. He wiped some falling tears off my cheek
with his knuckles, “what happened, Charlie?”

Instead of answering I just sniffled loudly since my nose was

beginning to run. I shook my head and looked down at the
floor.

“Do you want to come in?” he asked softly. I nodded my head

and he led me into his lounge room. I felt like it was harder to
talk to Carter then it was with Georgia since Carter is Ayden’s
best friend.

**Carter is also your guard, you should trust him,** My wolf,

Aria, spoke to me for the first time in a while. I was beginning
to wonder where she was.

“Is it something to do with Ayden?” Carter asked me softly,

he was probably praying the answer was no.

I nodded my head and he sighed in frustration.

“What did the fucker do? I swear to the moon goddess if he

hurt you again Charlotte I will kill him,” He growled.

“What do you mean ‘again’?” I wept.

He sighed and ran his hand threw his hair, “It’s a long and
complicated story Charlie,” he grumbled. Ayden probably told
him not to say a thing; Ayden probably thinks he can get away
with whatever he did just because I lost my memory. I was
going to push him further but he spoke before I could, “What
did he do to you?”

“He told me he d-didn’t want me and he never did,” I

whimpered, as did my wolf.

“That fucker,” I heard Carter mumble quietly to himself.

He wrapped his arms around my waist, embracing me in a

hug. I hugged back with all the emotion I could pour into it.

“Do you want to stay here tonight?” he whispered. I nodded

my head into his chest. We stood there for a couple of minutes
before he lead me to his room. He showed me where the
bathroom was and where all the necessities I needed were.
After that he tucked me into bed like I was a young child, he
kissed my forehead sweetly before he flicked of the light and
left the room. I presume he was sleeping on the couch.

I shook my head in disbelief of yesterday before I got out of

bed. I decided I would try and find Georgia or someone that
would lend me some clothes today since I didn’t have any
with me and I was certainly not wearing Carters.

I crept out the door, making sure Carter didn’t know I was
leaving. I honestly don’t think Carter would have let me leave
knowing what state I was in. I think his protective side is
starting to show, especially since he is my guard.

I softly shut the door behind me and began my search for

clean clothes.
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 Chapter 17

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I walked downstairs to the first place I knew I would find

someone. To see Ms Parkston in the kitchen. I walked into the
kitchen; the smell of garlic filled the air.

“Mmm, what you cooking Ms Parkston?” I questioned as I

shut my eyes to breathe in the smell.

“Garlic pizza bread for the pack lunch,” she smiled at me.

“Special occasion?” I asked curiously.

“Well it’s a beautiful day outside, why not?” she laughed as

she opened the oven to check on the food.

I joined in with her laughter, all though it wasn’t funny, it

was just a nice thing to do, “do you know where Georgia is?” I
asked politely.

“I think she is in the office,” she smiled, “that or she is in her

room; room A6, top floor.”

“Thanks Ms Parkston can’t wait to try your garlic pizza,” I

offered her a smile.

She smiled back and nodded.

I walked over to the office which Ayden had showed me

earlier. I idly wondered what Ayden was doing; I wonder if he
was thinking about me. After taking only 3 wrong turns, I
finally found myself facing the large office door that read:

High Ranking Office

High Ranking Pack Members Only

Trepidation ran through my veins as I timidly lifted my hand

to the surface on the door. I doubtfully knocked on the solid,
wooden surface. I hoped that luck was on my side and that
Ayden wasn’t on the other side of this door.

The door swung open and a large chest was at my eye level. I
looked up and saw that Joshua, Ayden’s Beta, was glaring
down at me.

“Umm, hi,” I whispered. I licked my dry lips as I stared

nervously into his eyes.

“Hello,” he said sweetly with a smile on his face, however,

the smile soon faded into a scowl, “Luna,” he spat.

I stepped away from him quickly, afraid of what he could do. I

truly was afraid of Joshua, he was just like Ayden; ruthless,
angry, dangerous and power hungry.

“I-is Georgia in here?” I stuttered. He smirked knowingly.

“She isn’t, sorry, Luna,” he spat out again.

“O-okay, I will just be going to her r-room now,” I said

before hastily turning around. I couldn’t even take one step
because Joshua’s hand wrapped around my forearm, stopping
me. I turned around to face him; my eyes were wide in fear.

“Stay safe, Luna,” he laughed bitterly. I promptly pulled my

arm away from his tight grip and swiftly walked away.

After I was far enough away for comfort, I stopped and let out
a breath. I swallowed a lump in my throat before continuing
to try and find Georgia.

I made my way to the top floor of the pack house as I

curiously wondered around. I haven’t been up here many
times so it still looked new to me. As I walked around I found
myself facing door A5. I wasn’t sure if this was the room Ms
Parkston has told me to go to because my mind sort of went
blank after my run in with Joshua.

My hand shook as I lifted it to knock on the door. I was still

scared from what happened earlier, what Joshua said had
sounded almost like a threat.

I slowly knocked on the door as I prayed that this was

Georgia’s room. After a few seconds the door unlocked and
opened. I looked up and saw Evil Chucky smiling down at me.

“Charlie!” he exclaimed and engulfed me in a hug. I laughed

and hugged him back.

“Hey Carlos,” I smiled as we pulled out of the hug.

“Why are you wearing your pyjama’s?” he asked, muffling a

laugh.

“What— Oh,” I cut myself when I looked down. I forgot I

have been wearing my kitty-cat pyjamas the whole time,
“yeah, I forgot I was wearing these.”

“You should probably go home and change,” he said.

“I can’t,” I mumbled, causing Carlos to raise an eyebrow.

“Why not?” he asked, anxious about my answer.

“Ayden kind of kicked me out,” I sighed and looked at the

ground. I couldn’t bear to look at Carlos right now. I felt so
ashamed.

Carlos pulled me into another hug and whispered into my ear,

“I’ll talk to him for you.”

I nodded my head as he pulled away from the hug.

“Do you want some clothes? I have a younger sister so you

borrow some of her clothes,” he smiled down at me.

“Yes please,” I smiled at him. He pushed the door so it was

open the full way; he held it open for me as he motioned for
me to walk in.

He led me through the hall ways in his house until he got to a

room that was a light shade of pink. There was clothes
scattered along the floor, the bed was unmade and it was in a
bit of a mess. It looked like a typical teenager’s room.

I walked in to the room but noticed that Carlos didn’t follow

me. I looked back at him and raised an eyebrow.

“I-I haven’t been in here since she left,” he murmured. He

was so quiet, if it wasn’t for my wolf hearing, I wouldn’t have
heard it at all.

“Your sister left?” I questioned and he nodded.

“She—” he began but cut himself him, “Her-” he began

again but shook his head instead.

“Do you want to talk about her?” I asked and he nodded in

reply. I grabbed his hand and walked into the lounge room, it
was actually really easy to find since I had walked past it on
the way inside. We sat down on the couch next to each other
and I looked up at him -since he was taller than me- and
waited for him to start talking.

“Her name is Jessie,” he smiled as he paused. I squeezed his

hand, reassuring him that I am still here.

“She is 5 years younger than me, around your age; she was
the best thing I had in life. She wasn’t just my sister but my
best friend as well. She looked very different to me because
we have different moms. She took after her mom’s brown
hair and green eyes where as I took after my mom’s black hair
and brown eyes.

“This year, when she turned 16, Joshua started taking an

interest in her,” Carlos let out a low growl that stopped him
from talking, “She wasn’t interested in him at all, so she
began to ignore him. Let’s just say Joshua wasn’t happy about
being ignored by my little sister and he got mad at her pretty
fast. One thing you need to learn round her pretty fast is that
you should never get on Joshua’s bad side,” I let out an
audible gulp knowing that Joshua hates me already.

“Joshua can make your life a living hell pretty easily. Most
pack member think he is worse than Alpha because Ayden
does have a weak spot, he now has two considering he has you
as well,” He smiled at me for the first time since he began this
conversation, “Anyway, people have conspiracies that all the
bad things that Ayden does, Joshua has talked him into it,” I
let out a small gasp but didn’t interrupt.

“So before Joshua couldn’t even begin to make her life

miserable, she ran. We have no idea where she is, if she has
joined a new pack or even if she is alive,” he paused and
looked me straight in the eye, “she could have been killed.”

He looked up at me as tears swelled in his eyes. I was trying to

think of anything I could say to make him feel better but
nothing came to mind, although Jess did sound familiar.

“What did you say her last name was?” I asked him suddenly
as a thought came to mind.

“I didn’t,” he shrugged. I gave him ‘the look’ and he flashed

me a toothy grin, “Elders, Jessica Marie Elders.”

I gasped and took my hand out of his so I could cover my

mouth. I shook my head in disbelief. How could I have not
seen this earlier?

“I know her,” I mumbled. Carlos’s head shot up and looked at

me, just waiting for me to continue, not saying a word, “I
found her about two weeks ago, she was trespassing on my
packs land.”

“You didn’t hurt her, did you?” he questioned, he looked

angry but worried at the same time.

“No!” I exclaimed, “Not at all,” I shook my head.

“Then what happened? Is she okay? Was she hurt?” he

interrogated.

“When I found her, she was so sad and scared, I felt really bad
for her. I offered her a place in my pack, which she gladly
accepted. I helped her settle in, and we got along really well.
We actually became close friends just before I got taken,” I
murmured the last bit.

“So she’s okay?” he asked with a smile on his face.

“She’s better then okay, she is happy,” I smiled back. He let

out a breath of relief, I guess he had been worrying about her
for a long time.

***

“Do they fit you alright?” Carlos shouted through the door.

“Yeah, they are good,” I smiled and opened the door. I had
just changed into a pair of Jess’s shorts and a singlet of hers
and luckily for me they fit perfectly.

“Thank you by the way,” Carlos smiled at me.

“For what?” I asked.

“For listening and being there for me, I really needed it,” he
said.

“Don’t be such a sook; it was no problem,” I laughed, “Thank

you for lending me these clothes.”

He nodded in reply, “so do you want some lunch?” he

questioned.

“Well actually I was going to go downstairs and join the pack

lunch, did you want to come with me?”

“Hell yeah, let’s go!” he shouted. I laughed and followed him

out the door, we talked as we walked round the hallways and
down the stairs. I was laughing at a joke Carlos said as we
were about to walk into the kitchen.

That’s when I heard his voice. I froze and my eyes widened. I

stopped in my tracks pulling Carlos back with me.

“What are you doing?” Carlos said as he tried to pull me into

the kitchen.

“I can’t go in there,” I whispered. Carlos furrowed his

eyebrows and waited for me to explain, “I can’t go in the
kitchen when Ayden is in there.”
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 Chapter 18

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I eyed the kitchen suspiciously. I can’t see him; I’m not ready
for this. I need to time to prepare myself to see him again.

My heart broke at the sound of his voice.

“Charlotte,” Carlos pulled me out of my thoughts, “Calm

down, your hyperventilating.”

He put his hands on my shoulders and stared into my eyes. I

closed my eyes and began to deep breathe. In and out. In and
out. Repeating the motion.

“We can go back to my room if you want?” he offered and I

nodded in reply. The voices from inside the kitchen got louder
meaning they were walking our way. My eyes widened as I
looked at Carlos. I shook my head frantically and he knew
exactly what I meant.

He put his hand softly on the small of my back, leading me

away from the kitchen and towards the stairs, where we just
came from. We were nearly out of sight when I heard his
voice, loud and clear.

“Charlotte!” He shouted out to me. I couldn’t bear to turn

around and look at him, let alone talk to him. I shook my head
again and looked towards the ground. I wish I could just
disappear into thin air right now.

Carter Hayne’s POV

I knocked on my bedroom door, waiting for Charlotte to open

the door. I have been really worried about her, since she
hasn’t told me what’s going on between her and Ayden, I
have no idea how to help her.

She has been locked up in that room for hours so I decided to

bring her some tea and biscuits. I held the warm mug in my
hand as the biscuits were placed on the coffee table next to
the door, giving me the spare hand to knock on the door.

After around half a second of waiting I shouted her name

through the door, but there was still no reply. I figured she
was sleeping so I opened the door and walked into the room. I
never kept a lock on my door since I lived alone.

When I walked into the room, Charlotte wasn’t on the bed, or

anywhere I could see. I ran into the bathroom and wardrobe,
looking everywhere for her; and spilling her tea in the
process.

She was gone. Fuck!

I threw her tea across the room, smashing the china mug in
the process. Pieces of china were shattered on the floor and
tea dripped down the wall.

I need to find her.

I also need to find out what happened last night.

***

I banged my fists against the wooden door, waiting for a

reaction on the other side. After a couple of seconds of things
moving and shuffling on the other side, the door swung open.

I didn’t recognize then man who opened the door. His eyes
were red and had bags under them; his hair was a mess; his
shirt had food stains dripped down it; and it appeared that he
forgot to put pants on since he was only wearing boxers and
his shirt,

He squinted due to the sunlight, almost as if he had never

seen sunlight before, “What?” he snapped.

“Man, you look awful,” I shook my head at the sight of my

Alpha at his worst.

“If you just came to tell me that then you can piss off,” he
growled and went to slam the door in my face but I pushed it
open before he could. I know it was something very
disrespectful towards my Alpha but I had to talk to him.

“I came to talk to my best friend and ask him what happened

last night,” I stated as I pushed the door open fully. He glared
at me, probably because I disrespected him, however, he
ignored it.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” he mumbled.

“Funny,” I sneered, “That’s exactly what Charlotte said.”

Now that caught his attention.

“You spoke to Charlotte? Is she okay? Where is she? Did she

say anything about me?” He said all at once.

“How about I come in and we can sit down and talk about
this, yeah?” I suggested and he nodded. He walked in and I
followed him after I closed the door. We sat on opposite
couched, he seemed stiff and agitated, I guess he was truly
worried about his mate.

“So are you going to tell me what happened last night?” I said
after a moment of silence.

“Are you going to tell me where she is?” he snapped.

“After you tell me everything,” I spoke and he nodded.

“I-it was a stupid mistake. I over exaggerated, I have been

trying to win her back but I seemed to have made things
worse. She just wanted to be with me, like a normal mate
would, and I-I pushed her away. I got pissed off at her for
defending herself; I got pissed off so easily. All she did was try
to make me sleep on the couch.

“Then I-I told her I didn’t want her anymore. I know it was a
stupid mistake and I should have just said it was a mistake but
I was to in the moment to correct myself. My ego got in the
way and my fucking wolf was making me get even angrier at
her. My wolf only likes her wolf, not her. It’s fucking fucked
up.

“And to make matters worse, when she walked out the house,
I didn’t even chase after her. How did I know she would be
safe? She could have got hurt, or she could have been killed.
Oh god, she could have been killed. Just because of my fucking
mistake.”

The whole time he said it, he stared off into the distance. Even
though he looked everywhere but me, I could still see the hurt
in his eyes. I knew I should have said something to make him
feel better but it was his fault, and he was being a dick.

“No wonder she was crying so much last night, I can’t

imagine how heartbreaking that must have been for her,” I
murmured.

“Sh-she cried? About what I said?” he stuttered.

“All she told me was that you said you didn’t want her and
never did, so I am a hundred percent sure she cried about
what you said,” I shook my head at my best friend.

He looked so heartbroken, even though I knew what he did

was wrong, he was still practically my brother, so I had to
cheer him up, “umm,” I tried my hardest to think of
something to say to him but nothing came to mind.

“What?” he mumbled.

“At least she got lots of sleep, unlike you,” I murmured the
last bit.

“Do you think I could sleep after what I said and did to her?”
He yelled at me. Although he was yelling, it seemed like he
was yelling at himself, rather than me, “Last night, even if it
was too late, I still slept on the couch. For hours I tossed and
turned, trying to get a good night sleep, but I couldn’t, not
even a wink. I finally realised it was her who I was missing, so
I went upstairs to the bedroom and hugged her pillow,
imagining it was her. I guess she was what got me to sleep.”

“Cute story bro,” I mocked him. He flashed me a smile but it

didn’t reach his eyes, “But we actually have a serious issue
now.”

His face dropped as he looked at me, “what?” he asked

worriedly.

“I can’t find Charlotte anywhere,” I muttered.

“What do you mean you can’t find her?” he shouted at me.

“You’re the reason she is gone in the first place so don’t get
angry at me!” I yelled back. He knew I was right so he didn’t
argue back, although I could see him and his wolf really
wanted to show me who the boss was in this situation.

“When did you last see her?” he asked me, surprisingly

calmly, after a few seconds of silence.

“Well she turned up at my apartment last night crying her

eyes out so I let her in and we talked about it. I gave her a
place to stay and when we woke up we had breakfast. I
actually cooked some fresh bacon that Ms Parkston gave me
and cracked some fresh eggs from outside. They were so good
even though Charlotte didn’t eat much I ate—”

“You’re getting off topic,” Ayden snapped as he cut me off.

“Sorry,” I mumbled and laughed half-heartedly, “After

breakfast she went back to her room and when I went to check
on her in the afternoon, she was gone,” I shrugged my
shoulders as if I was care free, but in reality I was so worried
about her.

“Carter you only have one bedroom in your apartment, please

tell me you didn’t share a bed with her, I really don’t want to
snap your neck today,” Ayden growled.

It honestly made me laugh, but the look in his eyes told me he

wasn’t joking, I gulped, “She had my bed and I took the
couch, we weren’t even in the same room.”

He looked at me with what appeared to be pride, “I am so glad

I chose you to be her guardian,” I smiled at him and nodded,
as if to say thanks, he stood up from the couch, as did I, “now
let’s go and find my little spitfire,” he exclaimed but I could
see past his frontier and I knew he was equally as worried as I
am.

***

“Have you seen Charlotte?” Ayden asked a random pack

member. He has done this about 20 times but I know it’s not
going to work. Everyone in this pack is clueless.

“No, sorry Alpha,” the pack member bowed their head in

respect. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. None of
this shit is working. We have been looking for ages and we
can’t see her anywhere.

“Ayden, it’s almost midday, we have been looking for her for
hours, don’t you think we can take a break now?” I asked.
Ayden glared at me, almost as if he was silently demanding
me to stop talking, “Why don’t we look inside the pack house
now?”

Don’t ask me why, but Ayden is positive she wouldn’t be

inside there. He has been searching the land and has even told
the groups that are doing their rounds to look out for here
and make sure she doesn’t cross the border.

“She won’t be in there!” He exclaimed.

“And how do you know that?” I shouted back at him, “She

went there last night! She could have run away but she chose
to go to the pack house!”

Ayden growled at me, but nodded his head. We were

surrounded in silence as we walked towards the pack house.

Once we reached the doors he pushed past me to get inside

first, sometimes I wonder if he really is an Alpha and not a 5
year old boy that sulks in a corner when he doesn’t get his
way. There where people sat round a table, chatting and
waiting for something. I guess Ms Parkston was cooking a
nice lunch today, I wonder what the occasion is.

“Alpha, Epsilon,” Ms Parkston recognized our presence and

bowed her head. Ayden nodded his head at her, which I
thought was really disrespectful considering she is like his
second mother.

“Hey Ms Parkston,” I said with a smile on my face. I walked

over to her and hugged her, she is like my second mother as
well, and she is practically the mother of the pack. Normally
that is the Luna’s job but since we only just got one, Ms
Parkston had been doing it.

She smiled at me but I knew she wasn’t happy. Most people

knew that she never found her mate and she never settled
down with anyone and had children, but not many people
knew how much she hates it. She hates her life so she
constantly keeps her self-busy so she doesn’t have to think
about it.

“Do you boys want some lunch? I am serving up some garlic

pizza in 10 minutes,” she smiled up at us.

“No thanks,” I said politely, “We are looking for someone at

the moment.”

“Have you seen Charlotte?” Ayden blurted out. He was

looking around the room frantically whilst he was fiddling
with his hands; he must really be worried about her.

“Yes, she came down to see me this morning,” she said, “She
is really sweet that girl. I’m proud of you Alpha; you got
yourself a good catch.”

Ayden’s head snapped towards Ms Parkston and his eyes

widened, “Where did she go? What did she say?”

“Ah, she was looking for Georgia, I told her she was either in
the office or her room so if you want to find her, I would start
there,” she told us.

“Thanks,” I said and turned around to walk towards the

office.

“Wait,” Ms Parkston stopped us, “She did say she would be

down later to try some of my garlic pizza so it might be worth
it for you to stay here.”

“No,” Ayden snapped, causing Ms Parkston to flinch back

slightly, “The only person in the office today is Josh, he
absolutely hates Charlotte. If she knocked on the door and he
answered it, only the moon goddess knows what he could
have done to her or said to her.”

My eyes widened, “Let’s go then.”

We started walking away from the kitchen and towards the

office, “I swear to god, if he hurt her, it will be the end of
him,” Ayden said rather furiously.

I was about to agree with him when we walked into the

hallway, however, we saw her. She was walking away from us
next to someone I couldn’t see because his back was to us. His
hand was touching her back, it seemed friendly to some
people but I knew that Ayden would be pissed off that she was
with another guy and he was touching her, heck even I was
pissed off and she’s not even my mate.

“Charlotte!” Ayden called out after her, she didn’t turn

around all though the guy next to her did.

“Carlos?” I said, confused as hell.

Why is she with Carlos if she went to see Georgia?

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 Chapter 19

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

“Carlos?” A familiar voice, which I recognized to be Carter,
called out.
A jealous growl ripped through the air, making my jump
into the air slightly. I knew it was Ayden because I have heard
it so many times before. I hated that sound; it almost scared
me to death.
Carlos kept pushing me forward, trying to get us to leave
faster, to avoid this awkward situation.
“Carlos, stop!” Ayden shouted using his full Alpha tone.
Carlos had to obey the authoritative tone in his voice. If it
were me, I would have stood against it, but then again, I’m
Ayden’s mate.
Carlos looked over at me with a sympathetic look as he
stopped in his tracks. He shook his head. I knew there was
nothing I could do to drag him along because he had to obey
his Alpha. He turned around and bowed his head to his Alpha,
like any logical wolf would do.
“Alpha,” he acknowledged.
At this point, I had also stopped walking but I refused to
turn around, I couldn’t bear to face him.
“Charlotte,” Ayden whispered, his voice laced with hurt.
He actually sounded genuinely upset, I almost turned and ran
into his arms, but I held myself back. I repudiated to forgive
him so easily. I would not run back into his arms, “Please,
Charlotte.”
 I let out a low whimper and then a sniffle to hold back my
tears. Just knowing he was hurting made my pain intensify by
a million.
“No, Charlotte, please don’t cry,” I could hear his voice
break mid-sentence. I let out soft sob, followed by a sniffle.
I could hear footsteps walk towards me and I knew just by
the bond, that it was my mate. I still denied turning around.
Every part of me, especially my wolf, was telling me to turn
and jump into his arms, but I knew better.
“Can we please talk,” he whispered as he placed his hand
on my shoulder. I shivered at his touch, “in private.”
I didn’t trust my voice, I felt like as soon as I would open
my mouth, all that would leave would be sobs. I nodded my
head. His hand left my shoulder but it soon reconnected with
my skin, only this time it was my hand. He tugged on my
hand slightly, telling me to follow, which I did.
I finally turned around and looked at him. His eyes had a
slight glow to them, showing he truly did want to make
things better, because he was willing to show he was weak in
front of his pack for me.
We walked in silence towards his office, where I guess we
were going to have our talk. Ayden pushed through the door,
not bothering to knock. Upon out entry, Joshua, whom
happens to be the only one in the office, stood up.
“Alpha,” Joshua acknowledged Ayden but didn’t even look
at me. Ayden let out a low growl and Joshua automatically
knew what he had to do, “Luna,” how bowed his head and
looked directly into my eyes, giving me a cold stare.
“You can leave now Joshua, Charlotte and I have some
things to discuss,” Ayden excused him.
“We still have things to discuss about the attack that is
going to occur in just over a week, we need to up our training,
spend more money on-” Joshua began but Ayden cut him off.
 “We will discuss it later, not now,” Ayden said sternly.
Joshua nodded his head and made his way over to the door
that Ayden and I were standing next to.
Before reaching the door, Joshua stopped and looked at
me, “remember what I told you Charlotte,” he leaned closer
to me so only I could hear the next part, “stay safe,” he
whispered, “oh, and watch your back.”
He walked out of the door, leaving me gapping after him.
Did he threaten me?
“Do you want to sit down?” Ayden asked awkwardly as he
pointed towards a leather couch that was pushed up against
the wall. I nodded my head again and sat down, Ayden sat
next to me. Not too close to make me feel uncomfortable, but
close enough to feel his warmth.
He looked down at his hands that were twisted into each
other; he looked nervous, “I’m really sorry Charlotte. This is
my entire fault and I know I need to fix, I just don’t know
how. I have nothing been in a situation like this before. I
thought of a million ways I could have this conversation or do
something to make it better, but I realised the best thing I
could do was tell the truth.
“I love you Charlotte, I love you so much it hurts. I love to
see you smile, to hear your laugh, to make you happy and to
feel your happiness. I love how your eyes change from blue to
silver in the sunlight; I love your naturally wavy brown hair; I
love your curves, especially your hips; I love how the sight of
children make you so happy; and I pray that we can have kids
together one day.
“I know I have caused you so much pain ever since we first
meet and I know I have been the worst mate you could have
ever think of, but your all I have and,” he let out a breathe-
like-sniffle, “you’re all I need.”
He took a pause and looked into my eyes, I stared right
back into his dark blue ones. I didn’t dare to interrupt his
speech.
“I have made all the wrong choices and I want to try and
make them right. I can’t fix this by myself through; I need you
to help me. Tell me what I did wrong and I promise you I will
fix it. I need you to know that I never meant to hurt you, it
was never my intention. I promise from this day on that I will
do anything in my power to make you happy and to give us
the best relationship possible, I just need your help.”
A small tear rolled down my cheek. Ayden hesitantly lifted
his hand to wipe away the stray tear.
“What did Carter tell you last time? When we last had a
misunderstanding, Carter told you something that made you
instantly change your mind about me, what was it?” He
asked, his hand was still resting on my cheek.
“H-he,” I coughed slightly, trying to get my voice back,
Ayden removed his hand from my face and put it back on his
lap, “He told me you are actually a good, genuine guy, I just
needed to give you time. He told me last year, you got tired of
waiting for me, your mate, so you went looking for me. You
didn’t find me but what you did find was a rabbit.”
“Oh no, I know where this is going,” he chuckled, causing
me to smile.
“You named her ‘matey’. Apparently you still have her;
you will have to introduce us soon. I would love to meet the
girl that stole your heart,” I chuckled.
“All you have to do is look in the mirror and you will find
her,” he smiled at me.
“That was too cheesy for your own good,” I laughed and
he joined in.
After a minute of looking into each other’s eyes, the mood
of the room changed, from joking to serious.
“So, does this mean you forgive me?” He asked as he
scratched the back of his neck.
 I sighed and looked down, “For now, yes, but that doesn’t
mean you have my trust. You have to earn that, you have to
want to earn it.”
Ayden jumped up as soon as I finished my sentence. He
wrapped his arms around me, making me feel protected and
wanted, “thank you, thank you, thank you! I was going to go
crazy if I spent another day without you!” He exclaimed.
I laughed, “We were only in an argument for about twelve
hours,” I chuckled slightly. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks,
I did what I said I wouldn’t. I practically came crawling back
to Ayden, it’s only been 12 hours and I am wrapped up in his
arms once again. I froze; I think Ayden took notice because he
looked at me with concern. I relaxed and smiled at him,
reassuring him it was nothing and I was just being stupid.
“I know we only just got back together but you need to
work, you have an upcoming battle to plan,” I smiled as I
snuggled further into his chest. We were currently snuggling
on the couch, just enjoying each other’s company.
“I don’t want to leave you though,” He cooed as he buried
his head into my neck, taking in my scent. We both knew he
had to go, with the upcoming war, the pack took first priority.
“How about you walk me home, then you can come back
and do some planning,” I smiled as I turned my head slightly
so I could look into his eyes.
“Why don’t you stay in my office and we can plan
together?” he asked quietly. I knew he was only asking now
because this was what we fought about last time. I have now
figured that what I did was stupid; I shouldn’t have come to
the office because I would just be a distraction. I guess the
whole fight was my fault.
I decided to voice my thoughts, “No, I would just be a
distraction. I shouldn’t have even asked about it yesterday
morning, I’m sorry. This whole fight was my problem and I
haven’t even apologised for it.”
 “No, it’s not your fault at all, baby. You have every right to
want to come to the office with me and helping me out. You
are my equal, if you want to do something then you can. I will
agree with you at one part though, you are a bit of a
distraction, but only to me; and that’s because I love you so
much, I can’t stop looking at you,” he said, causing
butterflies to erupt in my stomach; my heart to flutter; and
my smile grow.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
“So do you want to stay?” he asked with a smile on his
face.
“No, I think I will go home. I need a long shower and a
long nap,” I laughed, “Plus my ankles hurt like hell and have
been swelling up so I think I need to rest them.”
“Do you need to see a doctor?” Ayden questioned, looking
worried.
“No, I just need some rest,” I chuckled lightly.
This fight seemed to have affected him a lot. He seemed
more caring, protective and concerned then ever; and we only
just made up.
“Okay, I’ll walk you home, or maybe carry you so your
ankles don’t swell anymore,” he chuckled. We stood up from
the couch and looked into each other’s eyes. He bent down
and gave me a small peck on the lips, nothing much, but it
was drowning with love and care.
*
“So you know all about my pets I had when I was a kid,
what about you?” Ayden asked as we approached the front
door. We had talked about so many different things on the
way home like family, our favourite things, holidays we had
been on and we even talked about other, smaller packs; but
we never once mention anything to do with the battle, we
didn’t want to dwell on it. I had eventually led the
conversation back to his rabbit, hoping that he would show
her to me.
“I didn’t have any, we were quite the boring family,” I
shrugged my shoulders. I had always really wished I could
have a pet to look out for when I was younger, I still wish for
one.
I was amazed by how much of an animal person Ayden is.
He has had 2 pet dogs, 3 rabbits, 2 Guinea Pigs, a duck and
even a turtle. I hadn’t expected big, bad Alpha to care for
animals so much.
“Not even one?” he questioned and I shook my head,
“Wow, I couldn’t live without pets.”
“I can tell,” I laughed.
Once we reached the front door, the mood changed. Our
friendly discussion had been forgotten about and we were
now staring deeply into each other’s eyes. He leaned down
and planted a peck on my forehead, another on my nose,
cheeks and finally my mouth.
He looked down at me as I stared right back up. He leaned
down again, this time going for a longer kiss. The kiss was full
of passion and love. The type of love I wasn’t sure I could give
him back. Ayden had told me plenty of times that he loves me,
but I have never said it back.
I wrapped my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss
and pushing our bodies closer together. He responded by
snaking his arms round my waist. Ayden moaned into the kiss
when I denied him entry, I knew he would force his tongue
into my mouth since he was being careful, not wanting to
anger me like last night. I opened my mouth for him to
explore, which he seemed to take for granted.
We soon pulled away and rested our foreheads together,
listening to each other’s high-paced breaths. He kissed me
again and mumbled into my lips, “I love you.”
 He pulled away all together, leaving my body cold without
his touch. He was about to walk away but I held his hand,
stopping him from turning away.
“Aren’t you going to stay?” I asked, trying my best to be
seductive. My hands found their way to his muscular chest as
his hands wrapped in my long hair. I know I told him to go
back to work but I was so turned on right now.
He licked his lips as he looked down at my own, “I don’t
think I would be able to control myself if I did.”
“Who says I want you to,” I whispered.
He pulled me as close as possible and connected our lips
together. He was fierce and passionate while being gentle and
loving all at once. We moved our lips in perfect sync as he
moaned into my mouth.
He pushed me up against the brick wall, outside the house
as his hands travelled my body, up and down. I felt his touch
everywhere but I knew I needed more. I have never been
touched like this by anyone before, well not that I remember,
I’m not actually sure what Ayden and I have done together. I
think we have mated because I feel connected to him but I
can’t remember because of the memory loss.
“If you want to stop now, just tell me, but I don’t think I
will be able to stop myself later on,” he panted; his voice had
a husky tone to it.
“Please don’t stop,” I whispered in his ear. He lifted me up
by my legs and wrapped them around his waist. I could feel
his growing erection push against my core. I wanted him so
badly.
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 Chapter 20

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

He carried me somewhere, I was unaware of where
because I was so caught in the moment. Our lips were still
connected, moving together, almost as one. He slipped his
tongue into the kiss, it became sloppy and messy.
My back hit the soft fabric of the bed sheets as Ayden
crawled on top of me. Ayden pushed my t-shirt up so my
stomach was showing. He softly rubbed my stomach and my
hips, causing me to moan.
He removed his lips from my mouth and trailed kisses
down my jaw line and towards my neck. He slightly nibbled at
my skin, the part where he would mark me. I moaned once
again, hoping that he would finally mark me.
“Say it,” He mumbled into my neck.
“Say what?” I asked but it sounded more like a moan.
“Say it,” he demanded once again; his voice was dark and
husky.
It suddenly clicked what he wanted me to say; he wanted
me to plea to him, to beg him to mark me, “Mark me,” I
moaned again, “Please.”
He didn’t hesitate when he sank his teeth into my skin.
After the sharp pain, pleasure took over my body. So many
emotions ran through my mind and body, most of it was
pleasure but part of it was love. Did I truly love Ayden?

***

The bright sun light woke me up from my peaceful sleep. I

lifted my head up from my pillow to realise it wasn’t actually
a pillow, but it was Ayden’s naked chest. My face flushed at
the memories of last night and the first time we mated.
When Ayden and I had sex, or ‘made love’ as my wolf likes
to call it, it brought back memories of the first time we had
sex. The first time wasn’t as good as this time. The first time,
I was in heat, so it seemed more rushed but this time Ayden
was slow and loving about it.
I lifted my hand off Ayden’s chest to wear my mark laid. It
tingled when I touched it, but it had a special type of tingle
when Ayden touched it, it felt right.
“Charlotte,” Ayden mumbled in his sleep. I hummed in
response, I waited for him to continue but he didn’t. I looked
up at him a saw he was still sleeping.
“Don’t go, Charlotte,” he murmured. Now that Ayden and
I were fully mated, I could feel his emotions when they were
strong. At the moment I could tell that he was scared, worried
and hurt. I wanted to wake him from his nightmare but he
had stopped talking now and was sleeping peacefully again.
What did he mean by ‘don’t go, Charlotte’? Was he
dreaming about me leaving him? Or me dying? My wolf was
happy that her mate was dreaming about us, even though she
didn’t understand what it was about.
“NO!” He shouted as he woke from his dream. My head
shot up from his chest since he made me jump. He frantically
looked around the room. When his eyes landed on me, he let
out a breath and smiled at me.
“Morning princess,” He cooed as he wrapped his arm
around my waist and pulled me closer to him. Our bodies were
fully pressed together since we were both naked.
“Good Morning,” I smiled back at him as I cuddled into his
chest.
“How was your sleep?” He asked before kissing the top of
my head.
“Serene, how about you?”
“Perfect night’s sleep I have ever had,” he said as he
looked up towards the ceiling as if he was thinking, he turned
to look at me, “because I was lying next to you.”
A slight blush crept into my skin, leaving my face a light
shade of red. We were left in a comfortable silence, staring at
each other.
I broke the silence, “I remember some more things.”
His eyes widened slightly but played it off with a grin,
“How much do you remember, baby?”
My heart fluttered when he called me baby, just like it did
when he called my princess earlier on, “I think I remember
everything. The last thing I remember is when we finished,
umm, mating for the first time,” I said awkwardly.
Ayden chuckled at my shyness, “That’s not everything but
it is most of it,” He wrapped his arms around me tighter,
“I’m glad you remember more things.”
“What else don’t I remember?” I pondered.
“There’s not much actually, just going to hospital when
you lost your memory,” Ayden shrugged. I noticed that his
eyes never landed on me. I may not have known him long but
I can tell when he is lying, just by his eyes.
“How did I get to hospital again? I kind of forgot,” I joked
around.
 Ayden gulped, “I took you, you umm, weren’t feeling
well,” he said nervously. He may be an Alpha but I he can’t lie
to me at all, “I should probably take you to hospital now, with
your swollen ankles and everything.”
“I don’t need to go to hospital for swollen ankles!” I
exclaimed.
“But the pack needs a healthy Luna,” Ayden smiled at me,
“And I need a healthy mate.”
“Your mate and the packs Luna is healthy, she just has
swollen ankles,” I laughed at him. He was about to say
something in reply but my stomach let out a growl, “Your
mate and the packs Luna is also hungry.”
“Maybe we should find out if there is any food in this
house,” Ayden laughed and got out of bed. I was about to
follow in suit but Ayden picked me up bridal style before my
feet even touched the floor.
“My princess can’t walk if she has swollen ankles!” Ayden
exclaimed.
“Thank the goddess my knight in shining armour was here
to save the day!” I joked as he carried me downstairs.
Ayden plonked me down on one of the breakfast bar chairs.
Ayden walked into the kitchen and began looking through the
cupboards for something to eat.
“Since I have never been food shopping in my life, do you
want toast for breakfast?” he asked with an innocent smile on
his face.
“Do you seriously not have any food apart from bread?” I
questioned.
He smirked, “Well I could always eat you out if I’m
hungry.”
My jaw dropped. Never in my life did I think I would hear
something like that come out of his mouth so casually.
“Aww baby,” he cooed, “You’re so innocent and cute.”
I blushed again, “I’m not innocent,” I grumbled silently.
 Ayden leaned over the kitchen counter bench top and
pinched my cheeks like my grand-mother used to do to me,
“innocent little pup,” he cooed.
I growled, “I am not a pup.”
“You growl like a pup as well,” he laughed as he pushed
away from the bench top.
“I am not a pup!” I exclaimed.
He laughed, “Whatever you say,” he smiled at me. I
smirked, feeling like I had accomplished something, “pup.”

***

Ayden and I walked into the pack house, hand in hand. After
we went into a human town, about 30 minutes away, and did
some food shopping we decided to come down to the pack
house.
“How long do you think it will take for people to notice you
marked me?” I whispered into Ayden’s ear.
“Not long, you scent has changed,” he whispered back.
“Good or bad way?” I asked quietly.
“Good,” he turned to me and smirked, “you smell more
like me.”
“I don’t see how that is a good thing,” I joked. Ayden
frowned and was about so say something but he got
interrupted by someone running into the room, squealing.
“YOU CAN’T CATCH ME!” Mackenzie shouted as she was
watching her back, waiting for someone to run in the room
after her. As she wasn’t looking where she was going, she ran
straight into Ayden’s legs. She looked up at Ayden and her
little eyes popped out of her head.
“S-sorry Alpha,” she bowed her head as she was shaking
in her own skin.
 I knelt down beside Mackenzie, “Hey Kenzie,” I smiled at
her.
She freaked out for a second before she realised it was me,
“Charlotte!” she exclaimed before she wrapped her small
arms around my neck, embracing me in a hug.
“I’M COMING TO GET YOU!” A loud voice shouted from
round the corner.
Mackenzie squealed and ran to hide behind me, “Help me
Charlotte!” She laughed as she cuddled behind my legs.
Carter came running into the room, looking around for
Mackenzie, “Where are y—” He said in a singing voice before
he cut himself off. He lifted his nose into the air, like he was
smelling Ms Parkston’s freshly baked cookies.
His eyes landed on me, then to Ayden, then back on me,
“He marked you?” he asked, his eyes wide, face ashen.
“Yes, I did,” Ayden growled, “Do you have an issue with
that, Carter?”
“No,” Carter snapped, “I just think you should have told
her what happened before you did it.”
“Told me what? What happened?” I asked.
Ayden and Carter ignored me, “I think I did what was best,
with the upcoming battle, I need to do anything in my power
to keep her safe,” Ayden growled in response.
“Or did you do anything you could to keep her here,”
Carter fired back.
“To keep her safe,” Ayden pushed, “We can contact each
other via mind link now we are fully mated.”
“So why didn’t you just tell her before you marked her.
You have a week before the attack. Are you afraid she would
run?” Carter chuckled dryly.
“Don’t push it Carter, I am still your Alpha,” Ayden
growled.
“Do you always say that when you start to lose?” Carter
smirked, “why don’t you just tell her now?”
 “Tell me what?” I shouted.
“Yeah, just tell her, Ayden,” Carter said at the same
volume as mine.
“Please stop yelling,” a small voice from behind me
whispered. I turned around and looked at Mackenzie who was
sat in a small ball with tears in her eyes. I bent down and
picked her up, kissing her forehead in the process.
“It’s alright, baby,” I cooed in her ear, “we’ve stopped
now.”
“So are you not going to tell her then?” Carter said at
normal tone, trying not to make Mackenzie upset anymore.
Before Ayden could say anything, I spoke up, “If Ayden
doesn’t want to tell me yet then I respect that. This is
obviously between me and Ayden so you don’t have to but in.”
“No!” Carter growled, “You don’t know anything
Charlotte!”
“Get out!” Ayden demanded. Carter and I turned to him
with a confused expression, “Get out of the pack house now.
You will not talk to Charlotte like that.”
“Wha—” Carter began but got cut off by Ayden.
“You can go for a run, when you come back, come
apologise to Charlotte for the way you spoke to her,” Ayden
used his Alpha tone. After a quick nod of his head, Carter
turned around and ran out the already open door.
“Now who is going to play chasey with me,” Mackenzie
pouted.
“Ayden and I will!” I exclaimed, tryning to ignore the fact
that Ayden just kicked Carter out the pack house because he
was rude to me.
I put Mackenzie down and she started to jump up and
down with excitement.
“Okay, Ayden you cover your eyes and count to ten, then
you have to chase us, okay?” I asked him and he nodded,
“The rules are, you can’t leave the first level of the pack
house and you can only go in doors that are open or leave
them open after you go inside, got it?” I asked them both and
they nodded, “Count Ayden.”
Ayden covered his eyes and Mackenzie ran off into the
house somewhere. I should have followed behind Mackenzie
but instead, I ran outside. I managed to catch Carter just
before he was going to shift.
“Carter!” I called out.
“Does Ayden know you are out here?” Carter asked,
looking behind me as if he was waiting for Ayden to follow
me.
“No, I just need you to tell me what is it about?” I asked.
“What is what about?” he furrowed his eyebrow.
“The thing Ayden needs to tell me,” I said, “What is it
about?”
“The reason you can’t remember anything,” He stated,
“Just ask Ayden what caused your memory loss,” Carter said
before turning around and shifting into his large wolf. He ran
off into the woods as I turned around and walked back into
the house, ready to play some chasey.
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 Chapter 21

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I sat down on the grass as I continued to watch Ayden play
chasey with the pack children. They had really bonded with
their Alpha over the past hour as all the children joined into
the game.
It was originally just Ayden, Mackenzie and me playing
chasey but after all the kids found out that the Alpha and
Luna were playing games on the grass area, all the kids ran
out. All the children kept ganging up on Ayden and me, so we
were continuously being tagged ‘it’. After a while, I got too
tired to run around.
“May I sit with you, Luna?” A mother to one of the
children asked.
“Of course you can, and please, just call me Charlie,” I
smiled at her. She sat down next to me.
“Thank you Lun- Charlie. I’m Eden by the way,” She said.
Eden had dark brown hair, almost black. She had blue eyes
and a couple of freckles spotted along her face from her
younger years. Eden looked very young for someone her age,
Not that I am calling her old, but I know she is much older
then she looks. She appears to be around the age of 25 but I
know that her son is one of the older children here.
“Nice to meet you Eden,” I began, “Your Luca’s mother,
right?”
She nodded, “That little boy can be very difficult when he
wants to but he is still my little angel.”
 “How old is he?” I questioned. I had now noticed that a
couple of mothers had sat down beside us, probably around 4
of them, only two of them I recognized or had seen before
“He turns ten tomorrow, we are having a party here in the
front garden, you should come,” She encouraged, “He would
love it if his Luna attended his birthday party.”
“I would love to, I don’t think Ayden would be able to
attend though, he is way too busy,” I said, not getting into
any details about the upcoming attack.
“I didn’t expect him to, he has always hated kids,” she
sighed.
“But with you here, he seems to have changed,” Another
mother chipped in.
“He has never played with our kids before,” A younger,
blonde woman chirped.
I blushed, “I have noticed he seems to be kinder and nicer
since when I first got here.”
“You’ve got him whipped girl, you may not see it but you
do,” The blonde said.
I chuckled, “I don’t think I do, I think it will take some
time.”
“Well now that he has marked you,” Eden started, “You
will see a large difference in him.”
“What do you mean?” I asked. We weren’t really taught
these kinds of things in school. We got taught why we had
mates, the physical sides of mates -marking and mating- and
the benefits -feeling each other’s emotions and mind link-.
We were never taught anything about the emotional sides of
mates.
“He will become really possessive—” Eden began but I cut
her off.
“Even more than he already was?” I gasped. All the mated
females laughed as I had my jaw hung open.
 “Yes,” Eden giggled, “It’s hard to believe,” she said as she
looked deep in thoughts.
The blonde shock her head, her long locks flying in the
wind, “There are others things as well, “She began, “They
become more romantic, caring, worried, protective and
loving. They also won’t be able to keep their hands off you,
plus, you will never get any sexual satisfaction from anyone
but your mate,” She looked down with tears in her eyes.
“Are you alright err-” I cut myself off, not knowing her
name.
“My name is Scarlett and Eden you tell her,” She didn’t
look up.
“Scarlett’s mate was killed by a Midnight Moon pack
member, two weeks after they fully mated. Two years later
she managed to move on, but it would never be the same,”
Eden muttered. All of the mothers around me, whom had
obviously heard the story before, just gave Scarlett
sympathetic looks.
I am not sure if it is whether I am now the Luna of this
pack or I have just grown fond of it; but I felt enraged at my
old pack. I was angry that they could have killed Scarlett’s
mate, even though I didn’t know him and I barely know her.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love my old pack and the people
in it -almost like a still have a bond with them- but it’s my
job to protect this pack. I love both packs and I don’t want
anyone in either pack to get hurt. Okay, maybe Joshua can get
hurt a little, but only enough to teach him a good lesson.
After I had thought about what Eden had just told me and I
had calmed down slightly, I turned to look at Scarlett. She had
a distant look in her eye, like she was remembering the short
time she shared with her mate, before he got ripped away
from her.
“Don’t you have a daughter?” I asked Scarlett hesitantly
when her eyes looked into mine.
 “Serenity,” She smiled at the thought of her little girl,
“Her father is my mate, most wolves get pregnant the first
time they mate.”
My eyes widened, “what do you mean?”
“Didn’t Alpha Red tell you?” Eden asked in shock.
“N-no,” I stuttered, “I’m not ready to have kids yet, I’m
still a kid myself.”
“I can’t believe he didn’t tell you! There’s a higher chance
that you will be pregnant now because he is an Alpha,”
Scarlett gasped. She seemed to have gotten over her lost mate
quickly. It must have been over 5 years ago, since Serenity
looks around the age of 5, so I guess she can quickly recover,
though it must be hard.
“I-I ca-can’t b-be,” I gasped as I covered my mouth. It
would kind of make sense though, I have been really hungry
recently, my ankles have swelled and I have had strange
cravings.
“Babe?” A voice pulled my out of my thoughts. I looked up
to see Ayden staring at me with a worried expression, “you
okay? You look shocked.”
“Fine,” I mumbled.
I don’t think Ayden believed me but he nodded his head
anyway, “I have to go back to work now,” He said and kissed
my forehead.
“Okay, I hope Joshua doesn’t yell at you too much,” I
giggled. Since Ayden decided to spend the night with me last
night, Ayden didn’t end up going back to the office to work
with Joshua. So we both predicted that Joshua is going to be
really angry.
“Yeah,” Ayden laughed. He turned around and was about
to walk away but he quickly turned around and softly pecked
my lips, “You forgot that,” he smirked and winked at me.
As he walked off, all the mothers around me awed and
gushed about how cute we are together.
 “Yeah, yeah, I get it, we are cute,” I chuckled as did they,
“But can we get back to the topic of p-pregnancy?” I
whispered the last part, just to make sure no one but the
mom’s heard.
“Do you think you are? I mean it would be extremely likely
that you are, the chances of weres having babies the first time
they mate is around eighty-five-percent and even higher for
high ranking couples,” A brunette chirped in, I recognized
her as one of the nurses in the pack hospital.
“Well my ankles have swollen and I am hungry all the
time,” I complained and they laughed.
“Do you want to come into the pack hospital and check
soon?” She asked. I was going to agree now since Ayden had
left, but in the distance I could see Carter watching me.
“When I get some free time to sneak out, I will. I don’t
want Ayden to find out what I am doing,” I told her and she
nodded.
“Just tell him,” Eden commented.
“It won’t be that easy,” I commented, “he has the
tendency to get angry, really quickly; plus, like you said
earlier, he doesn’t like kids.”
“Yeah but we also said he has changed. He wouldn’t get
mad at you though, would he? I mean, he helped create it to,”
Scarlett questioned.
“I don’t know,” I shrugged, “That’s why I’m scared.”
I rested my hands on my stomach and looked down at it.
What if there is a little Ayden growing in there. What if Ayden
doesn’t want the baby? Would he make me get rid of it? I need
to stop thinking like this; I might not even be pregnant.
**You heard the nurse, it’s highly likely you are, **my
wolf, Aria, butted in.
I didn’t bother replying to her since I know she is right,
also because she hasn’t spoken to me in days. Even when
Ayden marked me she didn’t say a word. It honestly really
confused me because she was the one that also wanted this
and now she is silent.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I remembered Carter
was watching me from a distance. Shit, he probably knows
now.
I quickly moved my hands from my stomach and got off
the grass, “Girls,” I got their attention, “I have to go now,
what time should I be here tomorrow for Luca’s party?”
“Lunch is served at twelve but most people are getting
here at eleven,” Eden smiled.
“Okay, I’ll see you all then.” They all waved good bye to
me as I walked away. I walked over to Carter and smirked as
he stood up next me.
“Ayden sent you to spy on me, huh?” I questioned.
He chuckled, “He sent me to apologise but I didn’t want to
interrupt while you talk about, um,” he said and motioned
with his eyes down to my stomach. My eyes widened slightly,
he saw.
**Of course he saw, you made it pretty fucking obvious, **
Aria snapped at me.
Once again I ignored her and focused on Carter, “wha-
what are y-you talking ab-about?” I stuttered like the fool I
am.
He raised his eyebrow at me with a knowing look on his
face. I felt like I was 15 again, getting told of by parents
because they caught my making out with Seth Johnson down
by the river. I sighed, “Please don’t tell Ayden,” I rushed out.
“It’s not my news to tell,” he smiled softly at me before he
suddenly looked deep in thought, he sighed, “I just don’t
want you to get hurt. You do realise I’m your guard. If you
don’t tell my important things like this, how am I meant to
protect you?”
“I’m sorry,” I said and let my head drop. I feel comfortable
to tell Carter anything, I just don’t understand why I don’t.
 He laughed, “Ayden sent me here to apologise to you, not
for you to apologise to me,” he smiled and the mood changed
slightly, “Sorry for overreacting back there Charlie,” he said
and pulled me into a hug.
His hugs weren’t as comfortable now that I had been
marked but they were still warm and welcomed.
“It’s fine,” I said as I pulled out of the hug, “So, do you
want to go steal some of Ms Parkston’s freshly cooked
cupcakes?”
“Hell yeah!” Carter exclaimed before we ran off to the
pack house.
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 Chapter 22

Ayden Red’s POV

I walked into the pack house as soon as I finished talking
to Charlotte. I knew something was wrong with her. I could
sense it, but when I looked into her eyes that weren’t
sparkling like they normally do, I knew something must have
been bad.
I didn’t mention in front of all the she-wolves because I
was hoping I could talk to her later when we are alone. I really
want to do something special for her; I just don’t know what
yet. I walked into my office without knocking, like I always
do.
“Where were you last night?” Joshua questioned as soon
as I walked in.
“Busy,” I snapped. Joshua gets on my nerves so much, he
disrespects too often and I am so close to snapping at him. He
thinks that just because he is my Beta he is better than the
rest of my pack members, but he is wrong, I can still dispose
of him.
“Please tell me you didn’t waste your time with that
whore?” he spits.
“Don’t call her that!” I growl at him. Before I know it, I
jump over the table he is stood behind and wrap my hand
round his neck, cutting off his air supply.
“Sh-She i-is,” He chocked out.
I let out a ferocious growl as I slammed his head against
the wall behind him, knocking him out cold. A hit like that
may kill a human but not a wolf; he will wake in a couple of
hours.
I sat down at my desk and began to figure out my defence
plan. Since Midnight Moon is attacking us for the first time,
we need to scrap our attack plan and create a new plan. We
need some of our best fighters on the front line but also some
weaker distractions.
I know its selfish to put weaker fighters out there to die
but it’s what I am known for. If we mix the weaker with the
strong then the weak will become a distraction as the more
advance fighters kill.
I also need to strengthen up some of the pups. Not the ones
that haven’t shifted or the ones that just have, but the pups
that are ready to fight, but are too weak. For the next two days
I will start off small, only adding an extra hour onto normal
training times. In three days’ time I will up the training to six
days a week for three to four hours instead of the regular 4
days a week at only one or two hours.
If we do it right, we should have the strongest wolves in
the battle, enough to take down the pack and hopefully kill
Joseph Midnight.

***

I have been working hard for over two hours now, I have
almost completed half the battle plan and organised most of
the pack training.
I heard a loud groan from the ground and I automatically
knew Joshua was now waking up and I would have to talk to
him about crossing the line. I know he dislikes my mate and I
can’t force him to change his mind but he will respect her,
she is of greater power than he.
 “Good afternoon Joshua,” I said as I continued to type on
my computer.
“What time is it?” He groaned as he sat up. He looked
around the room as he rubbed his head.
“Quarter past one, you were out for just over two hours,” I
chuckled lightly. I heard him get off the floor and walk over to
me, in a slow, sluggish manner.
“Why did you hit me?” he questioned. He seemed to have
got his head “back in the game” as his speech wasn’t slurred
like before. He sat down at his desk which was in front of
mine.
“Why did you call my mate a whore?” I snapped back at
him. I wasn’t in the mood for this bullshit.
He opened his mouth to reply to me but shut it straight
after. He’s smart to consider what he has to say.
I printed off copies of the new training schedule and place
it on his desk, “what is this?” he asked.
“New training schedule, it will become active tomorrow. I
need you to make sure every wolf that is fighting here knows
about this by tomorrow. I don’t care what you have to do,” I
told him.
“Why can’t you do it?” he asked, furrowing his brow.
“Because I am the Alpha and I told you to do it,” I growled
at him, “Plus I have other business matters to handle.”
“Or will you be spending all your time with your mate,” He
spat out.
“Wasn’t last time enough warning?” I roared, “Disrespect
her again and you will no longer be a Beta or a pack member
of the Red Blood pack.”
“You wouldn’t, I am your most trusted pack member,
that’s why I am your Beta,” he argued back.
“Trust me I would,” I chuckled dryly, “You’re actually one
of the least trusted and you are only my Beta because my dad
told me you would be the best for me and I was foolish
enough to believe him.”
“Fine,” he growled as he stood up from his desk, “I will
leave. Find yourself a new Beta and a new fighter because I’m
leaving for good.”
I laughed and stood up with him, “See ya’ then, you won’t
be missed, rogue.”
I watched as my Beta for three years walk out the door and
soon to walk out of the pack. As he got to the door, he turned
and gave me his classic ‘evil’ smirk that had people running
for the hills, although it didn’t work on me, it was still an
awful sight.
“You better watch your mate carefully, she played with fire
and she is soon to get burnt.”
Before I could respond to what I thought was him
threatening my mate, he ran from the room. That coward,
how dare he threaten Charlotte then run off.
I sat back down at my desk and got back into my work,
without Joshua here anymore it will take a lot longer than
expected. Joshua always did most of the work because he
wasn’t a very social person so I pretty much have three times
the amount of work to do, with less than a week to do it in.
After only half an hour of working; which mostly consisted
of me worrying about Charlotte; a younger pup came running
into my office. Normally I would have growled at him and
demanded he told me something important of he would be
sent down to the prison, but today I was just feeling
emotionally drained. I’m not sure whether it’s Joshua that
caused it or it’s Charlotte’s emotions being passed on to me.
“What do you want?” I questioned calmly.
“Alpha,” he bowed his head, “It’s the Epsilon, he’s gone
missing,” the boy exclaimed.
“What do you mean Carter has gone missing?” I shouted. I
can’t have two of my high ranking pack members leaving in
one day just days before one of our hardest battles.
“Beta Joshua commanded that he left Luna alone and
followed him into the woods. Ten minutes later I heard a
distress call from Epsilon through mind link, so did some
others, I think they are endanger,” he told me.
“Joshua went rogue,” I informed him, “Get Charlotte into
safety and call all pack members into a meeting. We need to
hunt down Joshua and we need to find Carter. I don’t want
Charlotte to know any of this under any circumstances,
understood?” I asked and he nodded, “Lie to her if you have
to. Make sure she is safe.”
“Yes Alpha,” the pup nodded his head.
“I will be in the front garden in ten minutes, make sure
everyone else is as well. Tell Charlotte to go baby sit the
children in the safe room with the other mothers,” I tell him
as I leave my office.
If Joshua has harmed my mate or best friend in any way,
he will not breathe again.
Charlotte Midnight’s POV
After having some of Ms Parkston’s cupcakes, Carter
walked me home as I was getting tired and he didn’t want me
to walk home by myself. We walked along the pathway and
towards the house where we saw Joshua sat on the front step
with a smirk on his face, the one he always has on his face.
“Ah, Carter, I was just looking for you,” Joshua said as he
stood up to great us both.
“What did you want Beta?” Carter questioned. I was
momentarily confused at why Carter called Joshua Beta when
they are both high ranking, but I guess it is because Joshua is
higher than Carter. In fact, I have only heard Ayden call him
Joshua.
“Alpha Red ordered me to take you with me in a mission.
Apparently a rogue has been spotted just east of here and
Alpha would like you to sort it out,” Joshua informed.
 “Okay, you will be okay by yourself, right Charlotte?”
Carter asked me as he looked away from Joshua and looked
towards me.
“Yeah I’ll be fine,” I shrugged it off like it was nothing but
in reality I was so scared of Joshua I was almost shacking in
my own skin.
“I’ll see you later Charlie,” Carter waved to me as he ran
off with Joshua and shifted into his wolf form. Carter’s light
brown wolf looked so much better compared to Joshua’s dull
brown colour.
After I watched them run off, I unlocked the house with
the key that was in the pocket of my shorts and walked inside.
After pouring myself a cup of tea and walking upstairs into
the bedroom, I curled up in one of the chairs and sat down
with a good book that I have been reading ever since we got
here.
I was half way into the book and the further I read, the less
aware I was of the space around me. In my mind, the only
thing in the world right now was my tea and my book.
Although I was so caught up in my book, my mind always
managed to make its way back to Ayden and the baby.
As I continued to read about the typical love story with a
twist, I heard a knock on the door which dragged me away
from another plot twist in the book. I folded the corner of the
page I was on and closed the book before setting it down of
the coffee table next to my empty mug of tea.
I dragged myself off of the extremely comfortable chair I
was sitting on and down the stairs. I swung the door open,
only to be faced with an unfamiliar boy.
“Luna,” The boy greeted me and bowed his head.
“Umm, hi,” I said awkwardly. I had an internal debate on
whether I should trust him or not, “Please just call me
Charlotte, what was your name?”
 “D-Declan,” he said as he became really nervous. I wanted
to laugh at how nervous he was but I knew that would be too
rude.
“Well Declan, what can I do for you?” I asked, in a cheerful
mood. I love meeting new people, especially ones as cute as
Declan. He must have been around the same age as me but he
was still adorable and baby-faced.
“A-Alpha asked if you could h-help out and look after the
children in the s-safe house,” Declan stuttered.
“Safe house?” I questioned and he nodded, “Why? Has
there been a problem?”
“N-no!” He exclaimed quickly, “It’s just a routine so the
children will know what to do when the other pack comes to
attack or any other problems occur.”
I could tell he was lying, call it a Luna instinct but I knew
he was. Also the grin he played told me that he was proud of
his lie.
“And why do they want me there?” I inquired.
“Just because the children have been asking for their
Luna,” he said.
“Okay, I will go,” I agreed, “But if I find out you were lying
to me, I will not be very happy with you. I will be very
unpleased in fact,” I tutted him. I have learnt from my
mother that all pack members truly want love and approval
from there Luna, even more than they do from their Alpha.
He looked like he was having a battle with his wolf inside
his head; normally it’s the wolves inside of the human that
will do anything to please their Luna.
“So Declan,” I began, “What is really going on and why
does Ayden want me to go to the safe house?” I asked,
smirking knowingly.
“They are having an emergency pack meeting in the front
yard in five minutes. Please don’t tell Alpha Red I told you or
he will send me down to the prison, or worse, he will cut my
head off,” He pleaded.
“I won’t tell him anything, he won’t even know I am
there,” I smiled at him. I hate to think what Ayden would do
to the poor kid if he found out what he told me. I knew what
Declan said was true and Ayden would pull a heartless act like
that, so I will keep my word and not tell Ayden a thing.
“Do you want me to walk you to the pack house?” Declan
asked, “Alpha is really worried for your safety and he doesn’t
want you to get hurt,” he told me.
I nodded my head as a walk with Declan would give me
some time to get to know him a little, then maybe I could
have some more friends in this pack.
We began our walk in silence, but Declan soon broke it,
“Do you hate me, Luna?” he asked. I was about to tell him I
don’t but he jumped in before me, “It’s alright if you do, I
mean, I did lie to your face. My wolf really wants to know
because he is a mess right now. All he wants is for you to like
us and be proud of us, so he is pacing around my head like he
is in a mental institute. I don’t want you to lie to us either,
even if the truth is painful, I want to know it.”
“I don’t hate you, Declan,” I laughed.
“Thank you, Luna, you have no idea how much it means to
me to hear you say that,” Declan let out a breath of relief.
“What did I tell you about calling me Luna!” I scolded,
“Please just call me Charlotte or Charlie.”
“Sorry,” he murmured. After nearly a minute of silence, he
whispered, “do you hate me now?”
I laughed, “No, I don’t hate you Declan, don’t be so silly.”
I was about to start up another conversation but we had
already got to the pack house were around a hundred wolves
were stood outside. I knew there were still more to come since
Ayden had a really big pack.
 I suggested to Declan that we separate since Ayden will be
looking out to see if Declan had done his job and got me to the
safe house.
Within a couple of minutes, Ayden was stood in front of
everyone and commanding them to be silent.
“Some of you may know, some of you may not know that
there has been a disturbance inside the pack,” Ayden began,
“My Beta Joshua has gone rogue for many reasons,” I gasped.
Had he gone rogue when I saw him with Carter? I had never
seen this coming, “Today he told my Epsilon, Carter to join
him on a mission,” he roared with such power coming out of
his voice.
“Carter has not been seen since and has sent out a distress
call. We will be sending out teams looking for him and Joshua.
If you have an interest to look for him, stay put, but if you do
not, please leave here and make sure you stay in the pack
house. We have no idea what Joshua could be up to, we want
you to all remain safe.” As Ayden finished, just less than half
the people here left and walked into the pack house.
I stayed right where I was standing though; I need to help
find Carter.
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 Chapter 23

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

“Thank you everyone for staying to help find Carter in his
time of need,” Ayden shouted as soon as everyone that
wanted to leave, had left, “I want you all to split into your
groups that you do your rounds in, since I know you all work
well together already. If you don’t do rounds and don’t have a
group, join me or Carlos at the front and we will place you in a
group,” Ayden finished.
I started to panic. I don’t have a group; I have never done
rounds in this pack. If I go up the front to get put in a group,
Ayden will catch me out, or smell my scent, then I will never
be able to go. The only reason Ayden can’t smell my scent
right now is because I masked it, plus there are so many
wolves here, it’s hard to smell a certain one.
I looked around for someone I know when I saw Declan
staring right at me and motioning for me to go over to him. I
walked up to him, keeping my head low and out of sight.
“If you want, you can join my group,” Declan whispered in
my ear when I reached him.
“Really? You would do that for me?” I asked in shock. He
has gone against his Alpha in nearly every way today for me.
“Of course I would Charlie, your my Luna, I would do
anything for you,” He smiled at me. I almost blushed, but
something held me back. Whether it was my mate bond, my
wolf or the possibility of a little person nesting inside my
stomach.
 “Thank you,” I exclaimed and hugged him. He pulled back
from the hug quickly, his eyes large and his face ashen. It
reminded me of when we met, not even an hour ago, he was
so shy, but eventually got used to me.
“Wow dude, who’s the chick?” An unknown man
commented as he walked over to us. I assume he is one of
Declan’s friends.
“This ‘Chick’,” Declan spat out, “Is your Luna, so treat her
with some respect.”
The unknown man turned to me and bowed his head,
“sorry, Luna.”
“No worries,” I laughed, “And please, just call me
Charlie.”
“Okay Charlie, I’m Dean,” He smiled at me, “Are you
joining our team for the day?”
“Yes,” I replied sharply. It seemed like I had had a sudden
mood change. When Declan asked me to join the team, I was
happy that I would still get to go in the mission, but now I just
feel angry. I’m angry at myself more than anyone else, even
more then I am angry with Joshua. How could I let this
happen to Carter? They were right in front of me. They were
right in front of me.
It’s all my fault.
I was the last one with Carter, I could have stopped this. I
should have seen the warning signs. Joshua acting strangely
and demanding that Carter go with him. Why would Ayden
even ask Carter to go with Joshua if Carter was meant to look
after me, he just wouldn’t do that.
I should have read the signs.
“Are you okay, Charlie?” Declan snapped me out of my
thoughts, “You haven’t been listening to anything we have
been saying.”
I looked at him with wide eyes, before my eyes started to
fill with tears, “It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault he is gone,” I
sobbed. My anger had soon turned into tears, I hope these
mood changes aren’t signs of pregnancy.
I walked into Declan’s welcoming arms; not feeling the
comfort of my mates arms made me feel slightly worse. As
Declan and I hugged, I sobbed lightly as tears splashed from
my cheek onto his shoulder.
“It’s not your fault, don’t think that,” Declan pulled away
from our hug but still held onto my shoulders and stared into
my eyes, “We are leaving now, okay? Can you do this?”
I nodded my head. I looked around at everyone to see they
were in their underwear, getting ready to shift. I decided
against stripping down into my underwear, especially since
my team was only male wolves.
After most people had shifted into their wolves, I stepped
away from Declan and shifted into my white wolf with orange
ears. I was sure that I am the only white wolf with orange ears
in my pack so if Ayden spotted me, I would be a goner. I knew
I would have to get rid of my colouring somehow and the
easiest way was to roll around in dirt, so I did.
Once most of my fur was coated in think, almost black
mud; Declan and I sprinted after our team that had left
seconds earlier.
Declan’s group had been given the south-east area of the
pack land, however, Carter and Joshua are said to be on the
north-east side. So in order to find Carter, I will need to
separate from the team. It is going to be difficult since I am
there Luna; all they want to do is keep me safe, especially
Declan.
I dropped back from the middle of the group so I was at the
back. My plan is to slowly get pushed back, further and
further away from them. Declan, who was next to me, nipped
at my foot, telling me to go faster. I inwardly sighed as I speed
up slightly, but not enough to catch up to the group.
 After about two hours of running, we had seen nothing. We
had almost covered all of our given section, so this was the
only chance I had left. I was finally at the back by myself, so I
quickly gave myself a detour to the left. I fled in the other
direction, hoping they hadn’t noticed and followed me.
After a few minutes I figured that they hadn’t been
following me, so I changed my direction, heading north.
I didn’t know the land very well and I had no clue what
runs the pack did so I tried my hardest to stay inside of the
pack borders and away from groups of wolves, especially
Ayden’s group.
I kept running north, not knowing if I was past the pack
house -which is in the middle of the pack land- or not. I was
continuously looking around me for any signs of Carter or
Joshua, sniffing the air every now and then, and trying to find
their scents.
I slumped down next to a tree, admitting to myself that I
was in fact lost. I had been running for well over three hours
now, normally I would be fine but I was so tired. I think I
know why I am so tired but I won’t admit it to myself or
anyone else. Some people would say I’m in denial, but I just
don’t believe I could be— p-pregnant.
I rested my head on my paws, a heavy huff leaving my
muzzle. I could hear the heavy pounding of paws behind me
but I didn’t bother to move, I knew my pack wouldn’t hurt
me, and I also knew I wouldn’t find Carter by myself. And I
was really tired, I couldn’t bother to run.
About five unknown wolves stood in front of me, glaring
down at me. One of them walked away, only to return in there
wolf form; fully clothed. The man looked strangely familiar,
but I couldn’t tell exactly who he was.
“Change rogue,” the man spat. It confused me
momentarily; why would he call me a rogue? Did he not
recognise me as his Luna, or maybe I had masked my scent to
well, especially with my mud coloured fur.
He chucked me an oversized shirt and shorts and nodded
at me, almost as if he was telling me to take them. I walked
behind the tree I was sat under and shifted back into human
form. I slid the clothes on and brushed my hair back so it was
out of my face. I was still slightly covered in mud but it wasn’t
as bad as when I was in wolf form.
I walked back in front of the tree and watched as all the
wolves roamed their eyes over my body.
“Why are you trespassing on Midnight Moon Territory?”
growled the man from before.
My breath hitched, “M-midnight Moon?” I questioned in
disbelief. I don’t believe that I could have run out of Red Blood
territory that easily. When I actually wanted to leave, I
couldn’t get anywhere near the border, now I don’t want to
leave, I accidently run onto their territory.
“Yes, state your name and purpose on our land or we
might let you live,” he growled again. I remember when I
used to say that to scare the rogues.
“I’m really sorry, I ran too far I will go back immediately, I
am from the Red Blood pack and—” I was about to continue
when a large, dark brown wolf lunged at me. I gasped as I
covered my stomach and crouched down into a ball. I would
have fought back if there was less of them and if I wasn’t
possibly with child.
Before the wolf could even get to me, another, larger wolf
pounced on the brown one. The brown one went down to the
ground easily, without a fight. I soon understood why the
wolf didn’t put up a fight; the larger wolf was his alpha.
Dad.
The wolves around me bowed their heads and stayed put,
not daring to try and hurt me again. I slowly stood up from
the ground, trying not to draw any more attention to myself.
 My father turned around and shifted into his human form
and pulled on some shorts. As soon as he turned back around
he ran over to me and hugged me tightly, pouring his love
into me. I truly was a daddy’s girl and I knew he truly did miss
me because he didn’t care that I was covering him with mud.
“Lotte,” my dad whispered.
“Dad,” I replied and smiled largely. I never thought I
would see him again, at least not for a long time.
“I missed you so much, my daughter,” he whispered as he
pulled away from our hug, “I am so glad you are safe.”
“I missed you too dad, it’s good to see you again,” I sniffed
slightly; my emotions had taken over once again. A tear of
happiness slid down my face and my dad laughed.
“Always the one to get emotional,” dad laughed and I
joined in.
“How about we go home and talk some more? Your mother
really misses you; she wants to see you again. She thought
you were dead, we all did,” he shakes his head.
Although I really want to see my mom and the rest of my
family again, I know I can’t go back there. It’s not my home
anymore, my home is with Ayden and the Red Blood pack.
“Dad,” I began as I shook my head, “You know I love you
guys, but that’s not my home anymore, my home is the Red
Blood pack, I need to get back there.”
My father scrunched his face in disgust, “Don’t be stupid,
they took you from your home and know they have convinced
you that you belong there. Come on sweetheart, let’s go to
your real home,” he said and reached out to grab my arm but I
pulled back. I stepped back, putting distance in between me
and my dad.
“Dad, I can’t stay here. I have to go back home to Ayden,
my mate,” I told him.
“You will not call him that!” He demanded, “You will not
call that monster your mate! He hurts you and I will not allow
you to go back to him!” He growled using his Alpha voice that
has little effect on me now. Now that I have moved packs and
that I am on the same level of authority as him, I barely notice
it.
“You have no right to call him a monster!” I fought back,
“You don’t know him at all, and he is a good person.”
“Austin told me what he did to you and I will not let him
harm my only daughter, that’s the reason I called this war in
the first place!” he shouted.
“Well call it off because I am fine! Ayden doesn’t hurt me,
he could never hurt me, I am his mate,” I roared.
“NO!” He yelled, “I will not let you return to—” My dad
began to demand once again but got cut off by one of the
wolves behind him.
“Red Blood pack members, the girl must have brought
them with her, shall I call for back up?” The one that had
shifted said.
“NO!” My dad and I shouted at the same time.
“I didn’t know they followed me,” I spoke up before my
dad did, “I thought I had lost them.”
“What do you mean?” My father questioned.
“We are looking for a rogue that had kidnapped my pack
member who is also my best friend and guardian. Ayden
didn’t want me to go looking for him but I snuck out
anyway,” I told them, “They won’t fight you, there is no need
to call for back up, just as long as you let me leave with
them.”
“Stand in defence positions, men,” My dad commanded. I
watched as the people behind my father got prepared to
attack, I momentarily turned around to see a group of my
pack behind me. It wasn’t the group I was in today but it was
Carlos’s team, I could see his large wolf standing at the front
of the group.
 “Carlos tell them to stand down,” I ordered. Carlos
growled at me which I did not take very well, “Carlos!” I
raised my voice, “Now!”
After a few seconds Carlos and his men bowed their heads
and stepped out of attacking position. Carlos walked behind a
tree and shifted into human form. After taking some shorts
out of a back pack another wolf was carrying and sliding them
on, he walked over to stand by me.
“Alpha Midnight,” Carlos acknowledged with respect but
didn’t bow his head. I think if someone did that to Ayden he
would have his head.
“Carlos, I do believe that is your name, if my daughter is
correct,” my dad looked over Carlos with caution.
“She is,” Carlos nodded.
“And what is your business on my land, Carlos?” My
father spat his name out like he was dirt.
“I am here to keep my Luna safe and make sure she is
escorted back to her land safely,” Carlos said calmly.
“Well considering you and your mutts entered my land, I
would call it an attack on me and my pack,” My father spat.
“I don’t want any troubles, I would just like for my men,
Charlotte and I to return back to our lands. We would also like
to return as soon as possible, so if you don’t mind we will be
leaving now,” Carlos said, the wolves behind us turned
around and began walking back to our lands.
“Lotte is not leav—” My dad began but I cut him off.
“Dad I am leaving and that is final. I promise you we will
find a way to see each other again but for now I am going to
you can’t say anything that will change my mind,” I told him
sharply. I was about to turn around a walk away but my heart
was too big to do something heartless.
I ran up to him and hugged him whispering, “I love you
dad. I’ll see you soon.”
 I turned my back on my dad and walked away safely. When
I reached Carlos he started to walk with me as we followed
behind the wolves.
I turned around and waved goodbye to my dad and he
waved at me. I wondered why he thought Ayden hurt me. I
idly thought that it might be something to do with what
Carter told me to ask Ayden, but I shrugged it off.

Carlos patted my back with his hand and smiled, “Ayden is

pissed,” he laughed, however, I wasn’t laughing; angry Ayden
is not good for me.
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 Chapter 24

Rosaline Midnight’s POV (Charlotte’s Mother)

I sat on Charlotte’s bed, just thinking about the day that
she would return home. I would spoil that girl rotten, just to
make up for the torture she has been put through.
I shut my eyes as I remembered the times we shared
together. My only daughter.
“Mom,” Jase, my eldest son ran into the room, “Dad just
got back, he talked to Charlotte.”
I dropped my thoughts and ran out of the room faster than
anything. If Joseph talked to Charlotte then surly there would
be a chance that I could talk to her as well. I ran into his office
and saw him sat down at his desk, as usual.
“Charlotte!” I exclaimed, “Where is she?”
“She was just inside of our pack border with the Red Blood
pack, she was—” he told me but I cut him off. That’s all I
needed to know.
I was just about to run out of the room to try and find her
but Joe stopped me, “Rose, don’t.”
“Why?” I complained, “I need to see my baby.”
“She went back to her new pack, she went back to her god-
awful mate,” Joseph scowled. I knew how much Joseph
absolutely hated Alpha Red so it was wise to not bring up the
topic of him.
“You didn’t bring her back with you?” I questioned. My
heart felt like it was going to shatter all over again.
 “She didn’t want to, love. She wanted to go back to her
mate. I tried to force her to come back with me, but some of
her pack members showed up and took her back,” Joseph
said, anger laced his voice.
“I-is she h-happy?” I stuttered but then composed
myself, “Is she happy with her mate?”
“I do believe she is, they have fully mated, so I suppose he
is doing something right,” Joe shook his head, as if he didn’t
believe it himself.
“Grand children!” I exclaimed. I clapped my hands
together as a smile graced my face.
“I didn’t even think about that,” Joseph frowned. He
looked deep in thought before he remembered something,
“She promised she would visit.”
“Do you honestly think her mate will let her leave their
territory?” I asked honestly. I really wanted to see my
daughter but I didn’t want to get my hopes up just for them to
shatter.
“If he loves her, then yes. She is a strong girl, Rose. She
will manage to get her way; you should have seen her
commanding her pack. Like mother, like daughter,” he
chuckled and I blushed. I was always very commanding when
it came to my pack, they always did what I said as well.
“I can’t wait to see her soon,” I smiled.
After a few minutes of a peaceful silence between the two
of us, I spoke up, “does this mean you will call off the
attack?”
“No,” Joe began in full Alpha voice, “He still hurt my
daughter and took her against her will.”
“Joseph, you don’t have to go through with this.”
“I do,” was all he said before he got up and walked out of
his office.
Ayden Red’s POV
 I watched as all the search teams ran off. This team there
special requirements had changed. No longer were they
looking for Carter and Joshua, but now there Luna.
I almost lost my mind when I returned home and found
that she was missing. I searched all around the pack house
before I found Declan.
“Declan,” I called using full Alpha voice. Declan was stood
talking with the rest of his team, they all looked nervous, but
when they saw me, fear crossed their faces.
“Alpha,” Declan bowed his head and the rest of his group did
as well.
“Where is Charlotte?” I commanded.
“Wh-when I last saw her she was- in the safe house,” Declan
looked up at me and gulped, “definitely in the safe house,” he
squeaked.
I launched forward and gripped his neck in one of my hands,
“THEN WHERE IS SHE?” I growled.
Declan began to choke in my grip, his face started to turn fifty
shades of red.
“Alpha stop, you are going to kill him,” A member of his group
shouted out, in a desperate attempt to stop me.
“WHERE IS SHE?” I growled as I threw him down onto the
ground. His hands flew to his neck as he began to cough; I gave up
with him, and turned to the rest of his team, “Where is she?”
After minutes of silence, I was going to demand they answer
me, but one of them began to talk, “She went-” he began but got
cut off.
“Shut up, dude.”
“No, talk now,” I demanded looking at the guy that began to
talk first.
“She went on rounds with us and ran off. We tried to find her
but it was no use. We tried to find her scent but it was masked,
sorry Alpha,” the boy bowed his head.
 “You are sorry?” I asked softly, “SORRY?” I shouted, “IS THAT
ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?”
I felt myself shaking, I knew my wold wanted to get out and
kill these fools for doing this but I knew I couldn’t. With the
upcoming battle, I need as many wolves as possible.
I growled and turned to look at Declan, “I told you to take her
to the safe house and you disobeyed me.”
“I-I couldn’t lie to my Luna, m-my wolf didn’t want her to
hate us,” the boy in front of me sobbed, showing weakness in
front of the other pack members.
Although I was happy my pack members began to like my
mate and want her approval, what Declan did would be
considered a crime in every pack. Depending what pack,
depending on the punishment, but in my pack, the punishment
would be death.
I walked straight up to Declan and bent down next to him,
“Stand up and face your punishment like a man you would have
become.”
He gulped as he stood up, his head was down and a tear fell
down his cheek as he knew what was going to happen. Pack
members were now crowding round.
“Please don’t Alpha, not in front of my family,” Declan
sobbed. You could hear people crying in the background so I
assumed it was his family.
“I might have lost my mate, I have no mercy for you or your
family,” I spat before I reached my hands up to his neck. After I
heard the snap I was listening for, I let his body drop to the
ground.
Family members ran to his limp body, as tears poured down
there cheeks. I didn’t care; all I cared about was my mate and her
safety. I turned around and looked at his group members, their
eyes were wide with fear and their faces were pale.
“I will spare your lives, consider yourselves lucky. Gather all
pack members, apart from mothers, elderly and children to find
my mate. We will meet in the same place as this morning,” I told
them and I walked into my office.
“Are you going as well, Alpha?” A pack member asked me.
“No, If I shift, I will not be able to control my wolf and I
will have no control over who I harm,” I told them. I sat down
on the steps outside of the front, knowing that this is the
place Charlotte would arrive first.
‘Alpha,’ a pack member called through mind link. Instead
of replying, I waited for them to continue, ‘We have picked up
on the Luna’s scent, we’re tracking it now.’
‘Where is she?’ I demanded.
‘We are crossing over into Midnight Moon territory now,’ He
told me. Did she try to run away from me again? I wondered.
She couldn’t have done, we are fully mated, it would have
been too hard to make that decision.
‘Get her back to me as soon as possible,’ I told him in a
threatening voice.
I didn’t think he would say anything else on the topic but I
soon heard, ‘yes Alpha’.

***

I heard a team arriving back and instantly I smelt out my

mate. I stood up upon their arrival, trying to see my mates
beautiful white wolf. I saw her wolf; however, it was covered
in mud. I was curious as to why but shrugged it off, my mate
was here and that is all that mattered.
I waited for her to shift in one of the special changing
rooms we have outside before running over to her. She met
me half way in a tight hug, I missed her so much.
“I’m so sorry, Ayden,” she cried. I pulled away when I
heard a sniffle, proving that she was actually crying.
 “Why are you crying, baby?” I whispered as I wiped away
her tears.
“I didn’t run away, I got lost. I just w-wanted to find
Carter and I knew I wouldn’t be able to do that of I stayed
back here, I’m so, so sorry,” She whispered.
“Don’t worry about it, your back now and that’s all that
counts,” I smiled at her as we both leaned in. My lips attached
to hers with a possessive manner, my mate.
“Let’s go back home,” I whispered in her ear. She shivered
and I grinned at the effect I had on her.
“Okay,” she smirked up at me. I can tell that my attitude is
rubbing off on her.
We began to walk off but she stopped, holding me back
with her, “wait,” she began, “I just wanted to thank Declan
for letting me go with his team and telling me the things he
did. He didn’t have to do those things, but he did for me. I am
just hoping you weren’t to mean on him,” she chuckled
softly.
“You can thank him later, he is busy at the moment, let’s
just get back home,” I told her. I know it was wrong to lie to
her, but I couldn’t tell her the truth just yet.
“Alright, let’s go,” She smiled up at me and pecked my lips
before we started walking again.
I know I will regret telling her this lie, I just hope it’s not
anytime soon. I want to spend some precious time with my
mate before everything goes wrong.
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 Chapter 25

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I woke up when I heard the shower start. I sat up and as
soon as I did I felt the soreness between my legs.
I contemplated going to join Ayden in the shower, but I
knew that if I did, we would be in there for a while. He needs
to get work done otherwise the pack will not last in the
upcoming attack.
The thought of what will be happening in less than a week
makes me sick. My old pack, full of my family and friends,
will be attacking my new pack, the one I am meant to protect.
My new pack are all like family to me anyway; because I’m the
Luna, I have gotten a sudden need to protect them.
I don’t want anyone to get hurt in this fight; I just don’t
want the fight to happen at all.
I thought that talking to my dad yesterday might have
convinced him not to attack anymore but I guess I was wrong.
I just don’t see my father’s reason for fighting. He knows that
I am okay; I just wish that I knew what he was talking about.
“You will not call that monster your mate! He hurts you and I
will not allow you to go back to him!”
“Austin told me what he did to you and I will not let him harm
my only daughter.”
Why did my father say those things? I really need to talk to
Ayden and find out, or maybe someone else will tell me.
Austin could tell me since he told my dad, but how would I get
to talk to Austin?
 Carter could tell me. I know Carter knows something and I
know he told me to ask Ayden about it; I just wouldn’t know
how to approach the subject.
I heard the shower turn off and the bathroom door open. I
looked up and saw Ayden walk out in his full glory. I almost
melted at the sight of my naked mate. He smirked; knowing
the affect he has on me.
Ayden walked over to the bed and sat down next to me,
wrapping his arm around my waist at the same time. He
kissed my cheek, “why didn’t you join me?” he whispered in
my ear.
“You have a lot of work to do today and I didn’t want to
use up your time,” I giggled as he bit down on my ear slightly.
Ayden began kissing down my jaw and just before he
kissed my lips, I stopped him. I shot out of bed and ran into
the bathroom; just making it in time. I knelt down next to the
toilet bowl I threw up everything that I ate yesterday.
Within seconds, Ayden was by my side; holding my hair
back and soothingly running his hand up and down my bare
back.
Once I finished, I shooed Ayden out of the bathroom so I
could clean myself up. I washed my hands and my face before
I brushed my teeth. After I felt the slightest part refreshed, I
wrapped my naked body in a towel and walked out the
bathroom, hoping Ayden hadn’t left yet.
“Are you okay, Charlotte?” Ayden questioned as soon as I
walked out. Before I could even process a thought, Ayden
wrapped his arms around me in a tight embrace.
“I’m fine, Ayden,” I whispered into his chest.
“I don’t think I should leave you today, my wolf doesn’t
want to be away from you knowing that you are sick and
neither do I,” He told me as he pulled out of the hug and
stared down into my eyes.
 “I’ll be fine, I must have just caught a bug,” I laughed at
my pathetic excuse, “Plus you have a lot of work to do in the
next 6 days, you need to go.”
I could tell he wasn’t convinced at my excuse.
“But you need me, Carlos is now the second in command,
he can handle it by himself,” he tried to convince me.
“What about Vince?” I asked as I tilted my head to the side.
I still don’t like Vince ever since he tried to kill me when I first
got here but he still deserved his title back. I didn’t want to be
the reason why Carlos moved to the Beta position and Vince
didn’t.
“I forgot all about him,” Ayden confessed as he looked
deep in thought, “I will need to get him out of prison before
the battle so he can train and fight. He will stay as Gamma
though; I will also need to update him on all the events that
have occurred.”
“Maybe you should do that now,” I said, trying once again
to get him out of the house.
Ayden nodded his head and after a few seconds of silence
nodded his head once again, “yeah I should do that. Someone
is on their way over to look after you now, please stay inside
the house until he gets here.”
Ayden sounded really distant, like everything that
happened this morning was just a blur. It worried me but
before I could say anything to him, he kissed my forehead and
walked out the room while saying his goodbyes.
I slouched down on the bed and pondered whether to get
dressed or not. Knowing that the person Ayden sent would be
here in about 10 minutes, I got up and dressed into a simple t-
shirt and shorts.
I quickly tied my hair up, taking into account that the
person could be here anytime soon. I ran down the stairs and
out of the front door as quickly as I could.
 I knew that if Ayden where home, he would never let me
leave the house; especially after what happened last time I
managed to sneak off by myself.
I began to walk away from the house, making sure I
listened for footsteps.
I arrived at the pack hospital only minutes after I left the
house. I was nearly caught out by Ayden but I his well enough
that he couldn’t see me. The Hospital looked really familiar
but I had never been into this entrance before. I remember
waking up in the hospital but not arriving into the Emergency
room.
I walked up to the front desk and waited for the lady at the
desk to look up and acknowledge me, after a minute of
waiting, she looked up and quickly apologised for taking so
long, “I’m here to see a nurse, I don’t know her name but she
has brown hair and I met her yester-” I started but she cut me
off.
“Oh you must be talking about Nurse Mayella, yes she
hasn’t stopped talking about you this morning,” the nurse in
front of me chuckled.
“Could you possibly get her for me?” I asked. I looked
around the room once, just making sure nobody in here would
tell Ayden about my whereabouts. There were only two people
in the waiting room. One of them must have been a pack
fighter that injured his leg and the other was an elderly man.
“She is just about to leave for the day actually, she is going
to Luca’s birthday party,” She nodded at me.
“Oh my,” I gasped, “I forgot all about Luca’s birthday.”
 “It’s alright Charlotte,” a voice from behind me said, “A
lot had been going on.”

I turned around and saw the nurse from yesterday, the other
nurse said her name was Mayella.
“Yeah it has, are you going to Luca’s party then?” I asked
her. From what I remembered, his party was at 11am but right
now it was only 9am.
“I was going to go round and help set up the party but
since you are here now, we can go to my office and check you
out,” She offered.
I smiled at her and nodded, “thank you Mayella, you have
no idea how hard it would be to get away from Ayden a
different time,” I laughed.
“It’s fine, anything for my Luna and possibly future
Alpha,” she winked at me and laughed.
I laughed along with her as I followed her into a private
room where she would do the ultrasound.
“Lie down on the bed please and lift your shirt up,” she
said politely. I did as she told me and I watched as she pulled
some gloves onto her hands.
“This might be a little cold,” she chuckled as she poured
on the ultrasound gel. I hissed at the feeling of the cold gel on
my skin, “Sorry,” she apologised.
“It’s fine.”
“Now let’s get started,” she clapped her hands together
before she wheeled the machine over towards us. She turned
on the machine and picked up the ultrasound wand. She
rested it on the gel that was on my stomach before she began
moving it around.
The machine began beeping as she moved it all over my
stomach. My heart was racing at the thought of what was
about to happen.
I couldn’t bear to watch the machine, I kept my eyes shut.
 “Luna—” She begun but got cut off by a growl coming
from the front door.
I opened my eyes and looked over to the door that was now
swung wide open. Ayden originally looked furious but when
he looked down at me, his eyes only held confusion.
“Ayden, I-i—” I began but Ayden cut my off.
“What are you doing?” he said in a sharp voice, once he
had composed himself.
“I-I-” I began but I didn’t know what to say. I was
honestly lost for words, I didn’t know whether to tell him the
truth or make up a shitty lie. I looked over to Mayella in
desperation, hoping she would say something for me.
“Sorry Alpha, I am going to have to ask you to leave as we
are going through some private medical treatments and
examinations,” Mayella spoke up but her head was low. She
was probably terrified of what the consequences would be.
Ayden didn’t even look at her; he kept his eyes on me. He
slowly walked over to the bedside; he looked very hesitant as
he walked over to me. Once he reached my bedside, he knelt
down next to the bed and took my hand in his.
“A-are you p-pregnant?” he ask me as he gasped. He
looked from my eyes to my stomach and back to my eyes.
“I-I don’t know, I was about to figure out but you
interrupted,” I told him as I gripped his hand a little tighter.
Ayden looked over to Mayella and so did I, we both
patiently waited for the results, “Are you sure you are alright
finding out with the Alpha in the room?” Mayella asked me.
“Yes, she does,” Ayden spoke for me. Mayella nodded but
still turned to me for confirmation, which I gave her with a
quick nod.
“Alright, well I am happy to tell you,” she smiled largely at
both of us, “Luna, Alpha, you are having a baby!”
Ayden Red’s POV
She’s Pregnant.
 She’s Pregnant.
My beautiful mate is going to be having my child.
I grinned and turned to look at Charlotte. She looked back
at me with wide eyes and ashen faced.
“We’re having a baby!” I exclaimed as my eyes lit up. She
looked at me; she looked as if the information hadn’t sunk in.
After a few seconds of staring at me, she finally smiled.
Her smile soon turned into a grin and she whispered,
“We’re having a baby.”
“Yes, we are.” The smile on my face wouldn’t leave. I am
so glad that I decided to come and find where Charlotte is
because otherwise I would have never found out about this at
this very moment.
“I’d like to be the first to congratulate you both,” The
nurse chirped in, “Due to the rapid growth of a werewolf
fetus, the baby is due in just under four months. In human
fetus growth, you would be 6 weeks into your pregnancy.”
“Only four months?” she shouted as she sat up from the
bed.
“I know it sounds soon, but I’m sure that when the time
comes, you will definitely be ready,” She said positively.
“I’m only seventeen,” Charlotte whispered.
I gripped Charlotte’s small hand inside of mine, “we will
get through this together, I can’t wait for when our baby is
with us. We can finally be a little family,” I cooed.
“A family,” She beamed, “I like the sound of that.”
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 Chapter 26

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I sat in the front garden of the pack house, watching the
children run around and enjoy themselves. The thought about
my little future running around with them made my eyes
prickle with tears. I wouldn’t let many people know this, but I
was happy having Ayden’s children, even at this age.
I was glad I managed to get to Luca’s birthday party in
time; I thought I might miss it because I was so caught up at
the hospital. It turned out that there were many procedures to
go through and many things I couldn’t do or couldn’t eat.
I don’t think I can go 4 months without some cheese and
ham.
I leaned back into the arms of my mate. He was sat behind
me and I was sat in between his legs, his arms were around
my waist as his hands circled around my stomach. I leaned
my head back on his chest and looked up at him.
“Hey, hey,” he whispered as he lifted his hand up to my
cheek, “Why are you crying?”
Instead of replying to him, I simply rested my hands on his
that were covering my stomach and smiled up at him.
He nuzzled his head into my neck and spoke softly, “Are
you happy?”
“Very,” I cooed as I bathed in his warmth and love.
“I love you, Charlotte,” he smiled down at me, “I know
you said you could never love a man like me, but I swear to
the goddess, I love you so much.”
 I furrowed my eyebrows, “When did I say that?”
“When I locked—” he suddenly stopped and gasped,
“never mind.”
“Please tell me, Ayden, I want to know these things,” I
said as I twisted my body round slightly so I could see him
easier.
“It doesn’t really matter right now, what matters at the
moment is our baby, Luca’s birthday and Carter,” Ayden said
and kissed my forehead.
I gasped and sat up fully, “I forgot all about Carter! I am
the worst Luna ever,” I held my head down low in shame,
“What’s been going on with trying to find him?” I asked as I
crossed my legs, sitting in front of Ayden.
“We have half the men out looking while the other half
rest and do rounds and they swap over every five hours, I have
heard from another Alpha that they saw Joshua run around
their land. They questioned me about it because they thought
he was still the Beta and the packs Alpha though we were
planning to attack,” Ayden informed me. I almost thanked
him for including me in the packs business but I didn’t think
it was the right time to mention it.
“Okay, is there anything I can do to help? I could go out for
a run and help-” I began but I was cut off by a growl.
“You can help by staying at home or with me so I don’t
have to worry about you,” he said with a slight growl, “My
wolf is on edge knowing that you are now carrying my pup.”
“So you care more about our pup then me?” I asked, faking
a pout.
“No, no, no, that’s not what I meant! I just meant that I
would normally be on edge but with the baby i-i—” He
rushed out causing me to laugh. I cut him off by pressing my
lips to his.
 “I was joking, babe,” I giggled.

Eden walked over to Ayden and me with Luca dragging on

behind her.
“Mom,” he dragged out the ‘o’, “I don’t want to.”
“Be quite, Luca,” Eden hissed, “After you do this, you can
go back and play.”
“Alpha, Luna,” Eden nodded her head at us, respectfully.
“Hi Eden,” I smiled at her then turned to Luca, “Hello
Luca, happy birthday!” I exclaimed.
Luca just looked up at me and glared, I guessed he wasn’t
very happy to see me. His mother nudged his side, “thanks,”
Luca said bitterly.
I smiled softly; I was the same as him when I turned ten. It
was the age when you are no longer able to play with the
younger children and you can’t play with the older children.
Ayden, however, did not like the way he had treated me
and he made sure we all knew of it. He growled at the young
boy, making Luca’s eyes almost jump out of his head.
“Respect your Luna,” Ayden snapped causing the birthday
boy to burst out in tears. He sobbed hysterically onto his
mother’s stomach which he was hugging, making me to feel
worse than I did before.
“Ayden,” I scolded and smacked his chest, “Apologise.”
“He should be the one apologising to you,” Ayden
complained.
“Ayden, you made him cry on his birthday!” I yelled at
him, “Apologise.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Eden said cautiously, “thank you
for coming Alpha and Luna.”
“No Eden, I am worrying about it,” I told Eden then went
to look at Ayden. I raised an eyebrow at him and gave him a
certain look, the look saying ‘If you don’t apologise, you will
regret it for the rest of your life’.
 Ayden groaned in frustration and looked from me to Luca
and back to me. I gave him a little glare which caused him to
fully turn to look at Luca, “Sorry for making you cry on your
birthday, Luca.”
Luca snuffled and innocently looked up at Ayden, “It’s
okay Alpha. Sorry Luna,” Luca apologised as he looked up at
me with tearful eyes.
“It’s fine, Luca, thank you for apologising, now go have
fun on your birthday!” I exclaimed. He nodded
enthusiastically and ran off to play with the other children.
“I’m sorry Eden, I think Ayden and I will leave now,” I said
as I glared up at Ayden.
“You don’t have to, I would love it if you could stay, me
and the girls decided we could use today as a gossip session,”
She gleamed.
I looked up to see Ayden had a stern face but wasn’t saying
anything. Ayden wanted to talk to me in his office today; well
that’s what he told me after we left the hospital this morning.
I knew he wouldn’t be very happy if I stayed, and I wanted
him to be happy, so I politely declined Eden’s offer.
After saying hello and goodbye to some of the girls I met
yesterday, Ayden and I began walking to the pack house. We
walked into the empty office and Ayden went straight to his
chair and sat down. The only other chair near to his desk was
too far away to have a conversation with him, so I sat on
Ayden’s desk.
“What did you want to talk about?” I asked. I moved a
couple of papers and pens out the way so the desk was more
comfortable to sit on.
“When the time comes, and your father attacks our pack, I
want you to stay in the underground safe house—” he begun
but I cut him off.
“But I—”
 “Just listen to me Charlotte,” he demanded, “I am doing
this because I love you and I have no idea what I would do if
anyone hurt you. If you were to get hurt because I didn’t lock
you up on the day of the attack, I would never forgive myself.
I am doing this for your safety, Charlotte,” Ayden finished.
“I don’t—” Ayden cut me off again.
“Please, can we just talk about this later? I don’t want to
fight right now, I just want to focus on my beautiful mate and
our future Alpha,” Ayden said as he pushed forward on his
wheelie chair and rested his hands on my stomach.
“Okay,” I whispered as I rested my hands on top of his,
“We can talk later.”
Red Blood pack finally felt like my real home. With my
mate and I so close together, I was at bliss.
I have truly, never felt so loved.
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 Chapter 27

Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I trudged home as my belly was full of food. If I wasn’t
actually pregnant, I would think I was pregnant with food.
Ayden and I had just had a three course meal, courtesy of Ms
Parkston. It was actually really sweet, after Ayden and I had
been working for a while; he surprised me with a meal and
roses.
It was like going on a date, a human type date. Mates don’t
normally do these types of things because we don’t need to
impress each other, so it was really sweet he would do it for
me.
We walked home together, hand in hand. In Ayden’s other
hand he held my bouquet of roses that he had offered to take
home for me.
“I’m so full,” I complained in a whining voice, “and
tired.”
“Then I guess I will have to carry you,” Ayden chuckled as
he dropped my flowers to the ground and scooped me up into
a bridal carry.
“You dropped my flowers!” I whined.
Ayden lowered his head to whisper in my ear, “I would
drop anything for you.”
I blushed at his words as he kissed my cheek, “let’s go
home.” Ayden’s voice was dark and husky and his eyes had
turned dark with lust.
 I groaned as I leaned my head against his chest, “not
tonight, Ayden. I already told you I was tired, I just want to go
to sleep.”
Ayden sighed but kissed my forehead anyway, “Okay.”

Once we got home, Ayden put me down on the front porch so

he could unlock the door. Once he opened it, he went to pick
me up again but I pushed past him and slumped on the couch
inside.
“Do you want to go to bed?” Ayden asked me as he raised
an eyebrow at me since I was sitting on the couch with my
legs open. I was wearing shorts so I wasn’t revealing anything
and it was the most comfortable position I could find so why
not.
“No, I want to talk!” I exclaimed, “Sit down and talk to
me.”
Ayden seemed hesitant, probably because I have never
asked him this before, but he nodded his head and sat down
next to me anyway. I scooted back on the couch so I was lying
down with my head resting on his lap. His hand soothingly
ran through my hair, calming me down to a blissful state.
“What do you want to talk about?” Ayden asked in a
humming voice. Well, I don’t know if he used that voice but
that was all I heard.
“Let’s talk about Carter,” I suggested.
“Can’t we talk about us?” Ayden said as he grabbed my
hand. He intertwined our fingers and gave my hand a small
squeeze. I looked up into his eyes with all the love in the
world.
“No,” I growled, wiping the smile right off his face, “We
are talking about Carter.”
“Okay,” Ayden agreed but it came out more like a
question.
 “Do you think we will ever find him?” I questioned as tears
started to well in my eyes. The thought of him not being
around suddenly stung me. What if he is dead or being
tortured by Joshua? So many what if’s flew into my mind and
left almost instantly as another flew in.
I looked up to Ayden but he wasn’t looking back at me. He
was staring into the distance as distance stared back at him.
Almost as if he could feel my gaze on him, he turned back to
look at me, “I think he will walk back to the pack house as if
nothing happened with hundreds of fake stories of how he
fought off bears, rogues and Joshua at the same time,” Ayden
tried to reassure me and himself.
I could tell Ayden was hurt. Sometimes I forget that Ayden
and Carter have been best friends their whole lives, they have
been together through thick and thin and now Carter is gone.
I know Ayden must be hurting more then he lets on.
I looked down to our hands that were intertwined and I
rubbed my thumb over the back of his hand.
“Tell me your thoughts,” I told Ayden, snapping him out
of his thoughts, he was just about to open his mouth before I
cut him off, “honestly.” He shut his mouth and sighed as he
nodded.
It took him a couple of minutes to perk up the courage to
say something but he finally did, “I’m scared, Charlotte. I
haven’t been this scared since my parents died. I was all alone
then, well the only person I had was Carter; and now he is
gone. I hate to sound weak like this because I’m the alpha but
I can’t stand the thought that I might have lost him forever.”
“Ayden, I-” I began but Ayden stood up quickly, pushing
my head off his lap as he did. I sat up and reached out for him
but as soon as I did he stepped away from me.
“I’m going for a run,” Ayden said as he walked to the door.
“Ayden- please let’s talk about this. I’m here for you now
—” I was saying before Ayden walked out the door and
slammed it shut. I didn’t know whether or not he shifted until
I heard his howling in the distance, a howl of pain.
I knew he was hurting because of Carter and then the topic
of his parent’s death but he didn’t have to shut me out like
that and he didn’t have to run away from his problems.

I jumped awake in the middle of the night to a slamming of

the front door. I already knew what Ayden’s foot step sounded
like so I already knew it was him running up the stairs. Before
he even opened the door to our bedroom I could smell the
alcohol that coated him. He pushed open the door and
stumbled inside.
“Babe, I need to tell you something,” Ayden slurred as he
approached the bed.
“What is it, Ayden? I’m tired, just go to bed and—” I began
but Ayden cut me off.
“I killed Declan,” Ayden stated.
My eyes widened and I jumped out of bed. I stood on the
opposite side of the bed that Ayden stood on.
“Wha-what?” I gulped.
“I killed Declan,” Ayden repeated. I guess in his drunken
stage he thought a wanted him to repeat himself.
“NO!” I shouted as I shook my head, “you wouldn’t do
that! You couldn’t do that to him!”
“Why do you even care?” Ayden snapped as his eyes
turned black, “You don’t even know the kid. You shouldn’t
even care about him.”
“He helped me Ayden. He trusted me with his life and you
took it from both of us,” I yelled at Ayden. Even though I had
only had about two hours of sleep, I was now wide awake.
“Don’t be so dramatic! You hadn’t even known him for a
day,” Ayden shouted as he walked round to my side of the
bed. I widened my eyes at his deadly eyes and large steps
towards me.
 Ayden grabbed my wrist and pushed me back against the
wall, his grip was so tight I could already start to feel my hand
go numb.
“Ay-Ayden, what are you d-doing?” I gasped as the pain
ran through my wrist.
“Just taking what’s mine,” he said in a dark and husky
voice before he trailed kissed down my neck. Normally I
would find this the most pleasurable thing but right now I
was petrified. There has not been many occasions where I
have actually been scared of Ayden but right now was one of
them.
“Please don’t, Ayden,” I whispered as tears started to
build in my eyes. I tried to push him away with my spare hand
but he just held that one back to.
“Stop,” I sobbed but Ayden continued. Moments like these
made me wonder if Ayden even had a heart.
“I know you have hurt me badly before. I can’t remember
what you did but I know you did something,” I said, causing
him to stop kissing my neck. He didn’t look up and he didn’t
let go of my hands either.
“You have hurt me once before and now you are going to
do it again,” I added as I sniffled, “Only this time you will be
hurting our baby as well.”
With this said, Ayden pushed himself away from me as
quickly as possible. From the look in his eyes, he appeared to
have sobered up as his wolf must have told him to. His eyes
were no longer black but they were still dark.
“I-I-” Ayden began but couldn’t get the words out.
“I’m going to go sleep on the couch,” I snuffled as I picked
up a pillow of the bed and slowly moved forwards.
“No, Charlotte, you won’t,” Ayden told me as he took the
pillow off me and placed it back on the bed. I thought he
would soon say something really possessive about how I must
sleep with him, but he didn’t, “I will go. You need to stay
comfortable and I can tell you don’t want me around you
right now.”
He looked down, almost ashamed of what he had done,
“I’m sorry, Charlotte. Please remember I will always love
you,” Ayden reached out to caress my cheek but moved his
hand when he saw me flinch back.
“I never ever meant or mean to hurt you. What I did in the
past was unacceptable and I will tell you one day, but not now.
I’m sorry, Princess,” Ayden dropped his hands and reached
out for the pillow I just picked up. He was about to walk out
the room but he turned back to look at me instead, “Just
shout out if you need anything.”
I nodded and watched him leave the room. I got back into
bed and laid there looking at the ceiling for about ten
minutes, before I just couldn’t take it, and I broke out into
loud sobs.
Ayden Red’s POV
Hearing my mate cry is one of the worst things in the
world; but knowing she is crying because of me is even worse.
I can’t believe I did that, all because of alcohol. This is why I
barely ever drink, not only is it bad for my health and a bad
look as an Alpha but it also makes people do stupid things.
For example, trying to force myself onto my pregnant
mate whom I just told I killed someone she obviously cared
about.
Just when I think I can’t make any more mistakes, I go on
and fuck everything up.
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Charlotte Midnight’s POV

I stretched my limbs as I opened my eyes. The sun light

poured in through the open curtains; that I was positive I
closed last night. I sat up and lifted an eyebrow in confusion.

The room had changed since last night. The bed sheets were
no longer crumpled on the floor but were neatly folded at the
end of the bed; there were flowers in a vase next to me with I
card tucked inside; and all of my clothes were folded on the
corner chair and not on the floor like they were before.

Just by the smell of the room I could tell that Ayden was the
only person in here and that it wasn’t too long ago that he
was here. I sat up on our king sized bed and leaned over to
grab the dozen of red roses sat by my bedside.

I picked the card out of the roses, being careful not to prick
myself on the thorns; only to find out that every single thorn
on each rose had been cut off.

My Dearest Charlotte

I read the front of the envelope. I slowly opened the envelope,

not wanting to rip any the paper. It is an old habit I learnt
from my mother; it would take hours for me to open all my
birthday cards because I would always make sure the
envelopes weren’t ripped.

My beautiful mate,

I hope you read this letter I have wrote for you and not tossed it in
the trash. I know I don’t deserve your time, especially after the
way I have treated you but I need you to read this. I need you to
know that I never mean to hurt you, I never mean to act the way I
do. I know you will never forgive me for what I have done but I
need you so much, Charlotte.

I thank the moon goddess every day because she gave me such an
amazing, sweet, caring, loving and beautiful mate and Luna. You
don’t understand how lucky I am to call you mine. Unfortunately
with the way I have been acting, I won’t be calling you mine for
much longer. I would fully understand if you decided to leave me,
although it would kill me inside, I would let you live the life you
want to live. I just pray to you that you look after our baby and
you keep it safe.

I just want to warn you that if you do leave, I will fall, causing my
whole pack to fall. Many people will rejoice over the fallen pack,
but my pack members, your pack members won’t be able to live
by themselves. I’m not trying to guilt you into staying with me but
I don’t want you to leave our pack, although if that’s what you
really want, I won’t stop you.

I just want you to be happy, Charlotte, and if you find happiness

when I’m not with you, then I will leave, for good.

Lots of love from your mate,

Ayden.

P.S. if you decide to go, please say goodbye before you do.

After I read the letter for the third time, I let a laugh slip from
my lips. I scrunched up the piece of paper and tossed it on the
ground.

Ayden is a fool if he thinks I am leaving him. One, I love him;

two, he may make a lot of mistakes but I will always find a
way to forgive him; three, he got me pregnant and I am not
raising this baby by myself; and four, I will always love him.

Yes, it will take me a long time to forgive him for what he has
just done but I will eventually forgive him and I know I will.
The flowers were I nice gesture but that won’t help speed up
the process.

I shrugged the thin sheet that covered me in the night off my

body and stepped out of bed. Once I had finished in the
bathroom and thrown on a nice patterned playsuit, I walked
downstairs.

My mouth dropped when I saw I plate full of delicious

breakfast food dished up on the breakfast counter. A little
note places next to it read:

Just place the plate into the microwave and heat for a minute. I
would have stayed to cook you some fresh food but I had pack
business to take care off. Sorry love -Ayden

I chuckled as I lifted the plate up and placing it in the

microwave. I clicked the one minute button and watched as
my food spun around in the microwave. The microwave
dinged as my food was ready. I picked up my plate, taking it
out of the microwave only to drop it straight to the floor as
the shock of the heat hit me.

The plate hit the floor with a loud smashing sound, causing
me to gasp and jump back. Because it’s me and I am rather
clumsy a managed to jump onto a piece of China plate that
had just smashed onto the floor into a sharp triangle shape. I
hissed in pain and began to hop around on my other foot
away from the kitchen.

I hopped over to the sofa and plopped down. I easily pulled

out the china from my foot since it was a rather large piece. I
know that my foot will heal in a couple of hours due to my
heightened wolf senses but my foot was bleeding heavily so I
hopped into the bathroom, trying not to drip my blood
anywhere and wrapped my foot up.

I decided that going on a walk today would be the best thing

for me. Fresh air. All I need was a little bit of fresh air.

Leaving the smashed plate and now ruined food on the floor, I
slipped my shoes on and walked out the door, into the very
fresh air.

Whilst I was walking through the trees, which was a different

way to what I normally walk to get to the pack house, I felt
like I should have been in a Disney movie. With the birds
chirping and butterflies fluttering around, I felt the need to
sing and skip around as a random deer would join me in a
song.

My mind continued to drift off to Disney movies, I didn’t

realise someone was following me. I spun around quickly as
my hand gripped my stomach trying to protect my unborn
child from any possible threats.

To my surprise, there was no stranger, no danger, no threat

at all; but my youngest, older brother, Derek.

“Charlotte,” Derek said breathlessly as he walked over to me

and wrapped his arms around me. His hug was welcoming,
especially since I hadn’t seen him in a while.

“Derek,” my voice matched his. I was more than shocked to

see him in Red Blood territory but I still wrapped my arms
around him. My brother is no threat to me or my baby, I
thought.

After pulling out of the hug, “I missed you so much, little

sister!” Derek exclaimed with a large grin on his face.

“I missed you to, Derek,” I giggled. Derek hadn’t changed

much since the last time I saw him. He might have gained a
bit more muscle but other than that he was still the dork I
remember.

“I hate to believe the rumours, but I heard I was going to be

an uncle pretty soon,” Derek chipped in, still a smile spread
across his face.

“Yeah,” I confessed as my head shot to my stomach, “how

did you find out?”

“Dad told me, he told everyone actually. And before you ask
how he knows, he could smell it on you, he could smell that
you had mated and that only means you are pregnant,” Derek
informed me.

“Oh,” I whispered as I looked down toward the ground, I

looked back at my brother, “Even I didn’t know I was
pregnant then. I’m surprised dad could guess it, or smell it.”

After a couple of minutes of dead silence, I felt Derek rest his

hand on my stomach. At first I jumped a little because I
wasn’t expecting it, it also might be because of Ayden and my
argument last night and the plate breaking this morning; but
after I realised what Derek was doing, I relaxed.

“How long?” Derek asked quietly.

“In about four months’ time I will have a real baby,” I

chuckled. Derek wasn’t as shocked as I was when I found out
the timing. He seemed like he already knew it would be about
this amount of time. That’s probably because mom actually
taught him and Jace about these types of things; she couldn’t
be bothered when it came to me. Plus she was too busy
dealing with the pack.

I smiled up at him when a thought suddenly dawned on me,

“what are you doing here? Did Ayden ask for you to come?” I
exclaimed.

“No, Charlie,” Derek chuckled, “Actually, dad sent me to get

you as far away from here as possible.”

“What, why?” I questioned.

“Because dad isn’t attacking in 5 days’ time anymore, he is

attacking now.”
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Charlotte Midnight’s POV

“WHAT?” I yelled at him as I took a step away. How could my

father think it’s the right thing to do, he told us he was
attacking in 5 days’ time, he can’t do this! Why would he do
this anyway? He knows that I am happy with Ayden; he knows
I’m with child, why would he try to take all of this away from
me.

“Dad said this is something he needs to do, to protect you, to

make sure you are being treated right,” Derek informed me as
he stepped closer to me.

I put my hands up telling him to move no further, “I’m not

leaving with you, Derek. I need to go tell Ayden.”

“Dad told me that if you don’t leave with me, I’m going to
have to take you by force,” Derek sneered.

“When have you ever done what dad says? We all know that
you hate not being able to become Alpha so you never do
anything he says,” I retorted. Before Derek could respond to
my accusing, I spoke up, “Anyway, did you really think you
could walk onto Red Blood territory and just take the Luna?
Not to mention she is pregnant!” I exclaimed.

Derek shot forwards and gripped my wrists, making sure I

couldn’t move anywhere, “Listen,” Derek seethed, “I don’t
want to do this to you, Charlotte. You are my baby sister and I
love you but I have to do this to protect you.”

“If you take me away from Ayden, you are practically killing
me! I can’t live without him because I love him! There I finally
said it! I love him,” I rushed out. It felt like the world had
been taken off my shoulders. I haven’t confessed it to anyone
yet but it’s true, I love him. I just need to say it to him next
time.

Derek looked confused for a moment but shrugged it off, “I’m

not taking no for an answer, we need to leave. Now,
Charlotte.”

“Tell dad to fuck off! I’m not leaving, in fact, I will be fighting
against you and dad, to save my own pack,” I argued.

“You’re a traitor, Charlotte,” Derek tutted, looking at me

with disgust.

“I am not a traitor!” I yelled at Derek, “I am the Luna of this

pack and I will act like one, if I were a traitor, I would leave
with you,” I spat in disgust.

“Charlotte-” Derek growled but was cut off by an innocent

giggle. As soon as Derek heard that someone else was in the
area he dropped my wrists and I immediately stepped away
from him.

“Charlie! Charlie!” The innocent voice flowed. I just knew be

the sound of the voice that it was Mackenzie.

“Mackenzie!” I exclaimed with joy as she ran up to me and

jumped in my open arms. I picked her up and spun her in a
circle before settling on my hip.

“What are you doing out here, Charlie?” Mackenzie inquired

softly, “and who is this?”

“This is my brother, Derek. He and I were just having a chat

but we finished now. I was actually about to get breakfast at
the pack house since I forgot to eat some this morning, would
you like to join me, Mackenzie?” I asked her in the softest
voice I could muster at this point in time. I was still angry at
Derek, but I couldn’t show it in front of little Mackenzie.

“Do you want to join us for breakfast, Derek?” Mackenzie

asked sweetly.

I almost laughed at how cute and unknowledgeable she is.

Any grown wolf would be able to tell that there was
awkwardness and tension between Derek and I, “I don’t think
Derek can. Sorry Mackenzie, maybe another time,” I told
Mackenzie.

“Charlotte,” Derek growled making Mackenzie jump within

my arms, “We need to leave.”

I shook my head and walked away with Mackenzie still in my

arms. I thought that Derek would make me come back with
him but to my surprise he didn’t, all he did was yell at me
from a distance, “I’m only trying to protect you from the
monster that harms you.”

I didn’t realise I was crying until Mackenzie pointed it out and

wiped away my tear. She didn’t say anything about it, which I
thought was very wise for a six year old girl, especially since
what she asked earlier.

It pained me even more that my own brother would try to take

me away from my mate and say those things about my mate.
He doesn’t know anything about us.

As soon as the pack house came into view I was immediately

confused. Normally there are always children and mothers
playing or sitting in the front garden, but there was nobody
here. I thought it might be because of the attack, but how
would they know about it? Even if they did know about it, I
still needed to find Ayden; I had so much to tell him.
Especially my love for him.

I walked into the pack house and it was like a ghost town.
There was not a single person in sight. After standing around
for a couple of seconds, a younger fighter ran into the room,
looking ready to fight.

“Oh- Luna?” The fighter looked confused, “what-what are

you doing here? You are supposed to be in the safe house with
the other women and children.” This only confirmed my
thoughts about them already knowing about the early attack.

“No, no, I need to speak to Ayden,” I told the fighter, “Do you
know where he is?”

“He is near the border of Red Blood and Midnight Moon, the
attack was announced early, a fight has already broken out,
Luna. I need to get you to the Safe house, Alpha wants to
protect you,” the fighter informed me as he tried to lead me
towards the safe house.

“Take her,” I told him as I handed Mackenzie into his arms.

This action took him by shock which gave me enough time to
flee from the house. I ignored the shouts from the fighter as I
ran as fast as I could on my injured foot. It was feeling better
but still stung every now and then.

As I got closer and closer to where I assumed the battle field

was, I heard ferocious growls and ripping skin. I have only
heard the sound of battle four times before, because when I
was younger, my father wouldn’t let me leave the safe house.

I slowly crept further towards the attack, trying not to draw

any attention. Suddenly, without any warning, a giant grey
wolf stalked out of the bushes near me, eyeing me up like I
was a poor, helpless foal.

I gently staggered backwards, trying not to create any sudden

movements. The wolf looked up and took a large whiff of the
air, before its eyes settled back on me. I knew the wolf was not
a part of my pack but my father’s pack, so if the wolf attacked,
it would kill me. As if the wolf could not attack me or had
orders not to, it turned around and walked in the direction of
the attacking wolves.

After staring of into the distance for a couple of minutes, I

continued my walk towards the attack, in the same direction
the grey wolf went in. Within ten seconds of my walk, a
familiar brown wolf jumped out in front of me. Almost as
soon as the wolf landed, it shifted into its human, naked
form.

Austin.

“Charlie, what are you doing here?” Austin questioned as he

looked around, watching for any wolves that might attack.

“I need Ayden,” I told Austin.

“Don’t you think he is busy right now, Charlie?” Austin

asked,

“Well-” I began but Austin cut me off.

“And besides, you don’t need someone that hits you!” Austin
exclaimed but then quickly covered his mouth as if he was a
saint committing a sin, “I wasn’t meant to tell you that,
Charlie. It wasn’t for me to tell—” Austin started but I cut
him off with a muffled scream as I threw my head into my
hands and collapsed to the ground.

My head started pounding as memories poured into my head.

Everything from when I was just learning to speak, to my first
boyfriend, to when I first shifted into my wolf, when I met
Ayden and to when Ayden locked me in a prison cell.

My heart began to ache as my head began to burn. My cheek

started to sting as I remembered the horrifying truth.

Ayden hit me in the face and refused to tell me about it.

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Charlotte Midnight’s POV

Although I felt like collapsing to the floor in a dramatic
breakdown, I knew I needed to face Ayden about this. And I
didn’t want to be attacked and murdered.
“I need to talk to him about this,” I confessed before
foolishly running towards the battle field, almost as if I had a
chance of living out there.
I was pulled back by a grip on my arm. I turned around to
face a very sorry looking Austin, “I am so sorry, Charlotte.
Please don’t do this now, you will get yourself hurt.”
I frowned upon his words. Did he not think I was capable of
taking this on by myself? Oh fuck it, who am I kidding? I know
I can’t just walk into a battle field and expect to walk out of it
unharmed. Instead of trying to defend my lost cause, I bit
back at him, “You have already hurt me enough today, I think
I can handle what’s next.”
Austin looked breathless for moments, as if my words had
stung him deeply. After a few seconds he composed himself
and spoke up, “I didn’t mean to hurt you like that, Charlie.
You’re like my little sister, I would never do that to you,” his
words were soft, “You would have found out anyway and I
just-”
Austin was cut off by a ferocious growl coming from the
side of the tree line. The black wolf with orange ears could not
be mistaken for any other wolf when it stalked towards us.
The alpha of Red Blood pack, Ayden.
 Austin quickly let go of my hand and gently pushed me
behind him. Ayden growled even louder and Austin’s
protective act and lunged forward at him. Austin had no
choice but to shift into his brown wolf and fight back.
There was no chance that Austin would win against my
Alpha, I was worried about him. I wasn’t worried about
Ayden, I knew he would win, but I didn’t want Austin getting
himself hurt or killed.
The only thing I could hear was growls coming from both
the fighters and the sound of flesh ripping. The noise was far
from music to my ears.
I knew I had to stop the fight somehow, before one of them
ends up seriously injured.
“Ayden!” I yelled, “Stop it!”
“Austin, stop now!” I commanded in my Alpha tone that
was passed down by my father. Nothing at all. I guess when I
moved packs I lost my ability to control them.
I really had no choice but to use the lowest tactic I have
thought of, “Ayden! Austin! Help me! Please, help!” I shouted
and immediately the two stopped fighting. Austin looked in
my direction and around, checking for any signs of danger,
whereas Ayden ran straight over to me and protected me from
the “fake” danger.

Once Ayden knew I wasn’t in danger he shifted into human

form and so did Austin only seconds later. They were both
naked, letting me see the battle scares they just received. It
appeared Ayden had already received some earlier on that has
already started healing, but the ones he just got from that
fight looked fresh and painful. I tried not to look at their
naked bodies but my mate was just so tempting, he was so… I
don’t think you want to ponder on my thoughts.
“What’s wrong, Charlotte? Is it the baby? What are you
doing out there? You can’t be giving birth yet?” Ayden rushed
out as he looked all over my body for any signs of harm,
trailing over my stomach for longer than necessary.
“I’m fine, I just needed you guys to stop fighting,” I
confessed, “The baby is fine, Ayden.”
Ayden wrapped his arms around me, engulfing me into a
large hug. I almost melted into his touch but I when I looked
over at Austin, he was giving me a stern look, reminding me
of what I just remembered.
I pushed Ayden away from me with an unyielding look. I
would not back out of this one, not this time. I will not give in
to him only hours after we fight.
“Go back into the fight; be there for your pack. We can talk
later,” I said surprising myself that my voice didn’t crack
halfway through. I honestly wanted to cry into his arms and
have him tell me everything was okay but I couldn’t have that
right now. Especially not with this battle going on.
“Charlotte, what’s wrong? Please tell me, baby,” Ayden
pleaded as he stepped closer towards me.
“Nothing is wrong, please just leave, help out the pack
and-”
“CHARLOTTE!” Ayden growled, cutting me off and
stepping towards me. I could see Austin getting anxious in the
background; he looked as if he was ready to kill Ayden in an
instant if he hurt me, “TELL ME!”
“You hit me!” I bellowed.
“I-I-” Ayden stuttered as he took a step back in shock. He
looked as if he was trying to gasp in the air around him but
just couldn’t get any. His mouth was wide open, his eyes
popped wide and using my werewolf hearing I could hear his
heart beating faster.
“I remember it, Ayden. I remember it all,” I said with my
head low and a trembling lip. I didn’t just feel sad about what
happened, I felt embarrassed about it to.
 “I’m so sorry, baby, I wish I never did it, I really do,”
Ayden confessed. His eyes looked so full of sorrow, I nearly
forgave him but I knew I couldn’t. I wouldn’t let this one go.
I shook my head as a stray tear left my eye. I truly did love
Ayden with all my heart but I couldn’t do it. I still hadn’t told
him I loved him, and I guess I never will anymore. I think
leaving Ayden will be the best thing for everyone, especially
myself and our baby.
“I can’t do this anymore Ayden; I think we need a break.
We can call this whole battle off and I can go home with my
dad,” I said in a shaky and quite voice.
“I can’t live without you—” Ayden began but was cut off
by a deep voice behind me.
“Is that what you really want, Lotte?” Asked the husky
voice. I turned around to see me dad standing with most of his
fighters. When I turned back around to look at Ayden, I saw
all of his men approaching out of the tree lines to stand
behind them. They had all chucked on shorts so they gave a
pair to Ayden and Austin. Austin then quickly came to stand
behind his own Alpha.
It seemed to be that it was two packs against me, with a
pack on either side of me and me stood in the middle of them.
When I looked into my father’s eyes I saw emptiness, like
he always looks while dealing with pack business but when I
looked into Ayden’s eyes I saw pure emotion. He looked like
he was going to break, whether it was into tears or anger I
couldn’t decide.
“Charlotte I will do anything for you to stay with me,
please don’t leave me, I-I-” Ayden began but couldn’t finish
due to his stutter.
“Red,” My father took Ayden’s attention, “I hope you
respect that if Charlotte decides to leave you, you will let her
leave in piece.”
 “I will do anything to keep her happy,” Ayden said looking
me straight in the eyes as if he was talking to me and not my
father, “Well, Charlotte? Baby?”
“I don’t know,” I mumbled as I put my head in my hands
and looked down.
It seems that it was all in slow motion when I lifted my
head back up and moved my hands from my face. I looked to
the side and jumping out of nowhere was a giant grey wolf,
the size of a Beta.
It was lunging towards me, nobody saw it coming. Before
anyone could jump in the way, the wolf lunged at my
stomach, ripping its claws across my small baby bump.
I couldn’t see anything else when I fell to the ground and
clutched my stomach. The pain was agonizing but the only
thing I could think about was the baby. It was gone and I knew
it. The baby was the only thing keeping me strong through all
of this.Gone.
My future was ripped away from me in an instant and I
knew it.
I looked down at my hands that covered my stomach and
they were soaked in my own blood. Tears poured out of my
eyes when I saw another pair of hands join my own on my
stomach.
Ayden was here for me.
I could tell he was trying to apply pressure to stop the
blood from flowing out but I couldn’t feel it, it was as if my
body had gone numb or I had gone into shock.
I moved my eyes away from the lower half of my body and
looked over to where the wolf landed. My angry grew when I
saw that the wolf had shifted into their human form, the form
of Ayden’s old Beta, Joshua. He was being held down by
Ayden’s pack members as he let out a sinister laugh at my
fragile body.
 I wanted to kill him myself for what he did to me and my
baby but before I could even think of how I would do it, my
father snapped his neck. Killing him in an instant.
I looked away from the commotion and looked up to
Ayden. This was the first time I have ever seen him cry, and it
wasn’t a sight I enjoyed seeing. I could feel myself start to get
faint from blood lose and I knew my battle was finally over.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered before everything went black and all

noise stopped.
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Dad growled at me with frustration, “Charlotte, it’s been over

five months. We are never going to find that friend of yours,
we might as well give up!”

I growled back at my father “His name is Carter! And I will

never give up on him dad, I can tell we are so close to finding
him,” I softened my voice as I got to the end of my sentence.

“I don’t like this Charlotte, I don’t like talking to Ayden.”

My heart ached at hearing Ayden’s name. I haven’t seen my

mate in about two months and that does things to a person.
Everybody knows I haven’t been the same since I got back to
Midnight Moon pack, I guess I just miss my mate too much. I
think that if Ayden and I hadn’t mated and he hadn’t marked
me, then my feelings would be a lot less.

No matter how much my wolf wanted to see Ayden, she knew

it was wrong. Looking back at the time I spent with him I
realise the best decision I ever made was leaving. The way he
treated me was awful and I never really fully understood why
I forgave him after the things he did to me and the people I
cared about. My wolf told me it was because he was with me
and he being near me was affecting my ability to thing
rationally.

“Please dad, just give it another month at least,” I pleaded.

“Fine, but only one more month,” My father agreed. He

immediately sat down at his desk, put his head down and
began working. That’s the only sign I needed to tell me that I
was no longer welcome in his office and he wanted me to
leave.

I walked out of his office and slammed the door behind me.
Ever since I got back, things between me and my father have
been rocky. Before I found my mate, my father was the best
man I had in my life. I looked up to him and respected him so
much; now I do neither. It’s funny how finding my mate has
changed me from daddy’s princess to a dad’s worst
nightmare,

“What happened this time?” My big brother, Derek, asked.

Ever since I got back the only friend I have had was my
brother. It seemed like nobody wanted to talk to me or be seen
around me anymore, I guess they still saw me as the Luna of
the enemy pack.

“He tried to cancel the search again!” I exclaimed.

“I know you want to find Carter, but can you at least see
where he is coming from?”

“No, no, no, please don’t tell me you are siding with him!
Why is everyone in this fucking pack against me?” I yelled in
frustration.

“Don’t swear or yell in my house,” my mother walked in and

scolded me, “And hunny, I’m your mother, I can’t be against
you.”

“Yes you can because you always side with dad,” I told her.

“Well of course I side with your father! I love you Charlie but
he is my mate,” she chuckled.

I looked at the ground as a tried to swallow the lump that

began to build in my throat. I closed my eyes as I willed
myself not to cry. One of the hardest things I have been
through since I got back was listening people talking about
mates or seeing mates together. It really brought my mood
down.

My mother realised what she had done and gasped a little,

“I’m sorry hun.”

I shrugged and turned around and began walking to my room.

I felt like no one knew what I was going through; the only
person I could confide with was myself.

“CHARLOTTE! CHARLOTTE! WAKE UP!” A male voice yelled

as my door swung open.

I immediately sat up in my bed with wide eyes, “What?” I

asked Derek. The first thing I worried about was what if
something had happened to Ayden and his pack; it worried
me that I didn’t think about the pack I was in now first.

“They found him, Charlie; they found Carter.”

That was all I needed to hear before a smile spread across my

face and I shot out of my bed. I ran out of the room and almost
feel down the stairs I was running that fast. When I got to the
bottom of the stairs, there was a small group of men stood
around with my father and my brother, who was now the
Alpha.

“Where is he?” I exclaimed with joy.

Jace, my brother, was the first one to speak up, “We weren’t
the ones that found him Charlotte, Alpha Red just informed
us that they have found Carter and he is safe in their territory
now.”

I ignored the pain and want that ran through my body when
Jace mention my mate, “Can we go and see him?”

“I don’t think that would be wise,” my father stated, “With

your past with that pack, we decided not to.”

“WHAT?!” I yelled at my father, “We have been looking for

him for months! Now that someone has found him you are
stopping me from seeing him? I can’t believe you,” I ranted.
My father was about to speak up but I beat him to it, “All of
this just because you want to keep my away from my mate,” I
shook my head in disbelief.

“I know what is going to happen when you see him again and
that’s why I’m trying to keep you away from him! I am doing
this for your own good,” My father exclaimed but didn’t look
so sure of himself. The key to being an Alpha was always be
certain of what you are saying and right now my father looked
like he was letting himself down in that aspect.

“Please dad, I just need to see Carter,” I pleaded giving him

the best puppy dog eyes I could muster. Before I found my
mate, this used to always work, but those were the days
where my father actually cared about me.

My dad looked like he was about to refuse anything I had to

say but Jace cut in before he could, “Go get your things,
Charlotte. We are leaving now.”

I ran up to my eldest brother and hugged him tightly before

running back up the stairs. I could hear him chuckle and my
father growling at him. Once I was upstairs I changed into
some comfy day clothes and packed a bag for light travel; I
wasn’t sure if we were travelling by car or in our other form.

I picked up my ruck sack and walked towards the group once

again. I stopped halfway down the stairs to listen to the
conversation that was going on downstairs.

“You’re not the Alpha anymore, dad,” Jace spat, “It’s my

choice and I made the right one.”

“You know what will happen when she sees Ayden again,” my
father growled lowly.

“Yes I do, that’s why I am doing this. Don’t you want Charlie
to be happy? She has been miserable ever since she came
back,” Jase paused, “She belongs to be with her mate.”

“She was never really happy with him, she just—” My father
began but I had decided I had enough of this conversation. My
father abruptly stopped talking when he noticed I was
walking down the stairs. Everyone in the room looked at me
before most of them turned to look at their Alpha, Jace.

“Are you ready?” Jace asked which I replied with a nod,

“Okay, 20 fighters will be going and some of their mates will
be joining. I won’t be going as I have pack work to take care of
but Derek and Dad will be going. You will be travelling by car
so you should make it there by midday. You will only be
staying there for one night and will leave at midday
tomorrow. Any problems, just call or mind link me and I will
come as quickly as I can.”

I could see that the people going were ready standing by the
door. None of them had bag so I’m guessing they already
packed them into the cars we were travelling in. I hugged Jace
and my mother one last time before heading off with the
pack.

After the long car ride, we finally made it to the pack house of
Red Blood. There were many people stood outside the pack
house waiting upon our arrival. I let out a shaky breath before
opening the car.

I looked up at all of the faces that awaited the arrival of my

team. The first person I noticed was the tallest, Carlos, or as a
like to say, Evil Chucky. I then looked towards Ms Parkston
and then other pack mothers like Eden. I smiled at everyone
and they all smiled back. I was shocked that they would smile
back at me, I left there pack for over 8 months.

I looked around for Ayden but he was nowhere around. I was

disappointed but I didn’t let that ruin my happiness of being
back where I feel like I belong.

I felt someone grip onto my leg and tug on my tracky-pants. I

looked down to see Mackenzie smiling up at me, “Charlie!”
she exclaimed, “Your back!”

I chuckled and picked her up, sitting her on my hip, “Hey

Kenzie, I missed you,” I cooed before placing a light peck on
the top of her head.

“I missed you too!” She exclaimed.

“Charlie,” I looked up from Mackenzie to see Carlos looking

down at me, “You were very missed here.”

“Is that your way of saying you missed me?” I smirked up at

him.

“You could see it that way,” he chuckled. He awkwardly

pulled me into a hug while I still had Mackenzie in my arms,
“I know you missed me too,” he said which I nodded in
agreement, “But you didn’t come here to see my, you came to
see Carter.”

“Well that is the main reason for my visit but it’s lovely to see
my pack again,” I smiled at him.

“I feel offended little sister,” Derek butted in jokingly, “I

thought Midnight Moon was your pack,” he faked hurt by
putting his hand on his heart. Derek seemed to be the only
pack member of Midnight Moon to realise that I will always
belong to Red Blood pack; we joked about it often.

“She belongs with us, kid,” Carlos growled at him. Carlos

obviously didn’t hear Derek’s joking tone.

Derek put his hands up defensively, “You can keep her,” he

laughed.

“Thanks,” I said sarcastically, “Um, Carlos this is my big

brother, Derek. Derek this is Red Blood’s Delta, Carlos.”

They shook hands and nodded at each other which I hoped

was a good sign, maybe they will be friends.

I looked around and noticed most of the men were standing

around doing nothing but watching; I guess this is a little
awkward for them. My father was in the middle of a
conversation with Vince who I only vaguely remember since
he was locked up the whole time I spent in Red Blood
territory. Considering he is the one talking to my father I
assume he is either still the Gamma or has bumped up to Beta.

In the distance I could see a little red head running over to us;
more precisely me. When she got closer, I realised that it was
Georgia.

“Hi Georgia,” I smiled at her. She didn’t even say anything,

all she did was grab my hand and drag me away, “Whoa
okay,” I chuckled.

“I have Alpha orders to bring you straight to the pack

hospital, Carter is still awake but they believe he will be going
into a state of a come anytime soon,” Georgia told me, her
voice was serious. I nodded my head but didn’t say anything. I
noticed that my father, Vince and a couple of pack fighters
were following behind us.

When we got to the pack hospital, I stopped right outside of

the door. Not only could I smell my mate inside of the room,
but I didn’t know what to expect when I walked inside; I was
never told what kind of condition Carter was in.

“What’s wrong?” Georgia asked in a whisper.

“I-I-is it bad? What does he look like?” I gulped.

“He doesn’t look to good, he was tubes in his arms and down
his throat. They cleaned the blood so he doesn’t look as bad as
he did but; it’s a bit of a shock when you first see him,” She
informed me. She frowned slightly and looked towards the
ground, she looked back at me and smiled softly, “He has
changed a lot.”

I nodded my head at the information. After finding the

courage inside me, I turned the handle on the door and
pushed it open. The smell of my mate was the only thing I
could smell; it was almost like the first time meeting him. I
wasn’t here for my mate though, my eyes were only on Carter.

He no longer had a tube down his throat so that put me at

ease. He had cuts and bruises all across his face and down his
arms; I wasn’t sure of the rest of him because he was covered
in a light blanket. He had needles in both arms, both for
different purposes. Georgia was right; Carter’s appearance
had changed drastically. He was a lot skinnier then he used to
be, in an unhealthy way; his eyes were dull and his smile
didn’t shine.

Carter looked at me in the eyes and I smiled widely at him, “I

didn’t think you would visit,” he said seriously; which was
not like him at all.

“Of course I would!” I exclaimed joyfully, “I missed you so

much, Carter.”

He didn’t say anything, he just moved his eyes away from me

and to the corner of the room. I wish I didn’t, but I followed
his eyes which led me to my oh so attractive mate sitting in
the corner of the room. His eyes met mine and I gasped. I felt
happy again as I looked into his eyes, it was like my other had
reconnected with me. I couldn’t tear my eyes away from him.

We stared at each other for what felt like an eternity before we

were pulled away from each other’s eyes when a growl rippled
through the air. We both turned to Carter to see that he was
glaring at my father. My father gulped and his eyes widened
to the size of golf balls.

“Ayden,” Carter growled, “That’s one of them.”

It was silent for a while as they all stared at each other, “One
of what?” I asked.

Ayden looked over to me, “Your father is one of the men that
took and tortured Carter.”
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 Chapter 32

Charlotte’s POV
“M-my what?” I stuttered. There was no way this was
possible. My father was a loving family man, he was the
kindest man I knew.
“Don’t believe them Lotte,” my father told me, using that
childish name, as he softly looked into my eyes.
I looked over to Ayden, I looked at him to see if he was
lying. When I looked into my mates eyes I knew my father was
a guilty man. It is incredibly hard for mates to lie to each
other, even though my mate had done it to me many times
before, I knew this wasn’t one of those times.
“Dad,” I sighed with a hint of disgust in my voice.
“How could you believe him, Charlotte. After everything
he has done to you!” My father snapped.
“I never said I believed him, dad, but I do believe my best
friend that had been captured for over eight months! Derek,”
I turned my attention to my brother as he popped his head in
the door, “call Jace and inform him what happened, get men
from any pack to bring dad to the pack prison for further
question, get him out of this room now.”
I turned my eyes away from my father as he struggled
against the men who were trying to drag him out of the room.
I looked down towards Carter and took in his injuries. They
weren’t as bad as I had expected, but it still hurt to look at
him this way.
 “I’m so sorry, Carter,” I said and kneeled in front of his
bed, taking his hands into mine.
Carter’s once hard eyes turned soft as he now looked down
at me from his bed, “I’m fine now, that’s all that matters,
right?” he small smile brought tears to my eyes as I saw how
much pain he was in.
“I’m so happy to have you back home,” I cried as I moved
my hands from his own and wrapped them around his neck,
embracing him in a one sided hug. His groan of pain made me
immediately release my grip and sit back. Carter looked to the
corner of the room and chuckled lightly. When my eyes
followed his, I was met with the pitch black eyes of Ayden
staring at the two of us.
“He misses you way too much, it’s getting funny how
much he has talked about you since I got back,” Carter
smirked up at Ayden before turning back to me, “I have only
been here for about a day.”
“Well, I missed the both of you as well,” I confessed not
taking my eyes off of Carter.
Carter and I spent quite a while catching up after that with
Ayden commenting every now and then. It felt like it was
coming back to old times with Carter and I. It was clear he was
still hurt badly, which is understandable, he had been
tortured by my father for months.
After a while, Carter looked really tired so Ayden and I left
his room so he could sleep.
It was now just Ayden and I stood in the hallway of the
hospital-like area. It’s been months without each other and
now it’s just silence. How awkward.
“Well- I should leave,” I stated looking up at him, hoping
he would stop me.
“Charlotte- don’t,” he begged, “please just stay and talk.
“Okay,” I finally agreed before taking a seat just outside
Carter’s room.
 “How have you been?” he asked gently.
“Good,” I lied, “yourself?”
“A mess.”
“Me too,” I sighed.
“I’m so sorry, I’m sorry for hurting you, I’m sorry for
lying to you, I’m sorry for losing our baby,” he whimpered,
“I’m sorry for everything.”
“I’m sorry for leaving you,” I whispered, I placed my hand
on top of his, “that was a mistake.”
“Can we just start this all over again?” he begged,
squeezing my hand gently.
“No,” I said bluntly. I watched as his face fell in
disappointment; heartbreak all over again, “but I would like
to try for us again, I just can’t forget about everything that
has happened. We need to face our mistakes and our faults
and move on.”
“I agree,” he grinned, “so to confirm, you’re agreeing
with me? That we should get back together?”
“Yes- but slowly! I don’t want to rush everything again
and end up getting knocked up straight away again,” I
laughed.
“I fully agree, I promise we won’t rush things again.”
Little did I know at that point that it was going to be the
exact opposite of taking things slow.
“What are you going to do about your father?” he asked.
“Shouldn’t I be asking you that? You are the Alpha after
all,” I joked.
“But you are my Luna, you always have been, and you are
my equal, I realise that now. I truly am nothing without you.”
“You’ve changed a lot,” I responded, “In a very good
way.”
“Well let’s just say it took losing you and my baby to
realise I’m not the man I should be.”
“I wish it didn’t take all that.”
 “Me too,” he repeated my saddened words from earlier. He
paused, “so what do you want to do with your father?”
“I want him to be put to death, torture him until he tells us
who helped him and kill them too, I need justice, we all do.”
So that’s what we did.
On a less dark side, Ayden ended knocking me up a few
months later like he promised he wouldn’t and well, the rest
of that is just happy families.
Sorry it’s really short and three years after I said it would
be published, my bad.
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 Epilogue

A small hand gripped onto my sweaty palm. I looked down at

the small, perfect child that held my hand tightly. I smiled at
Mackenzie before letting out a deep, long breath.
“Calm down, Charlie, it’s going to be ok!” she exclaimed.
I let out a shaky breath before nodding my head at the
seven-year-old. I grinned as I bobbed my head at the suited
man in front of me; my smile stayed stretched on my face as
the chapel doors swung open. I was left at the back to watch
my best friend from Midnight Moon pack, Jessica, walk down
the aisle in a stunning pale, pink dress. Her hair was clipped
back into a neat bun with bangs hanging down the side.
Mackenzie let go of my hand as she stepped forward to
walk. Her flowy, pale, pink dress swayed as she slowly walked
down the aisle, her hair the same as Jess’s. As she walked
down the aisle, I nervously looked down at my small bump of
a stomach. I smiled at the little bump that was covered by my
elegant white dress.
As I looked up again, I started to walk down the long aisle
with the flowers in my hand. I beamed as big as I could, trying
not to let my nerves show on my wedding day. I looked at my
guests that were stood up and staring down at me.
I saw my mother, brothers, Austin, Vince and Victoria, Ms
Parkston, Carlos, Eden, Serenity, Scarlett and many more
pack members from both packs. Everyone was smiling;
everyone was happy. I only wish my father was here to see
this day.
 I continued my walk, towards the end of the aisle. Stood at
the end where the priest, my bridesmaids and two handsome
young men. My soon-to-be-husband and his best man.
Nothing made me happier than seeing them both stood their
together
When I got to the end, I smiled at the priest before turning
to the man I would spend the rest of my life with; the father of
my child; and my mate. Ayden was dressed in a full black suit
with a black tie and a pale pink hanker chief tucked in his
breast pocket. His best man was dressed the same as him, the
smile and all.
Ayden leaned over and pressed a quick kiss on my cheek.
We smiled at each other as we stared into each other’s eyes
before turning towards the priest.

***

“You may now kiss the bride,” The human priest declared.
Ayden leaned forward and I did the same, our lips touched as
the guests applauded.
We pulled away from the short kiss and held each other’s
hands. We walked down the aisle as people threw flower
petals over our heads. I heard my two bridesmaids and
Ayden’s best man follow behind us as we walked out the
church.
Once outside the church, we were waiting for our guests to
pile out when Ayden leaned down and whispered in my ear,
“You look rather beautiful today, wife.”
I blushed at his compliment as I pulled him into a hug.
While we were hugging a saw the flash of a camera out the
corner of my eye, “Eden!” I scolded as both Ayden and I
pulled out of the hug.
 “I want to keep these memories forever. If you didn’t want
me to take pictures, you shouldn’t have hired me as your
wedding photographer,” she hummed. I laughed and so did
Ayden.
I turned away from Ayden and looked directly at the best
man. We smiled each other before hugging.
“I’m glad to see that you got out of hospital in time for my
wedding, Carter,” I said sincerely.
“Wouldn’t miss it for the world,” he responded playfully.
It’s been almost a year since the exact day Carter went
missing and we only found him three months ago. We found
him severely injured in an unconscious state after both packs
had been looking for the entire time he was missing. He was
the reason Ayden and I started talking again.
After the day were Ayden and I lost our child, I went back
to my pack and he stayed in his, we never talked after that but
my parents talked to him about pack businesses. They still
hated each other but had a mutual agreement as they both
discussed Carter. Even though I had left Red Moon pack, still
cared for him like a brother and my dad knew that.
Once Red Moon pack had found Carter, me and my family
went over there to visit him and obviously I bumped into
Ayden. We talked for a little while and made an agreement to
take things slow and start seeing each other again; well, that
was after a rather heated argument.
Things didn’t go so slow because two and half months
later I found out I was pregnant. The first thing I did when I
found out was tell Ayden, just so there was no repeats of last
time. He was so happy when I told him I was pregnant again,
he proposed to me the very next day.
I was pulled back to reality when Carter unwrapped his
arms from around me. I felt an arm wrap around my waist
and I looked up to see a cheerful Ayden looking down at me.
He turned to Carter, “are you trying to steal my wife away
from me?” he said playfully.
“I would never,” Carter put his hands up defensively but
laughed at the same time.
I turned to my husband and grinned at him. “So,” I started.
“I guess we should…” he continued.
“Go?” I finished. We both looked into each other’s eyes
and giggle a little.
“You guys are so weird,” Carter shook his head with his
nose scrunched.

***

I was four months pregnant now and I was almost ready to

pop. The baby was getting even more active but I couldn’t let
her come out yet. Yes, we also found out we were having a
girl, which Ayden wasn’t too happy about because he wanted
a boy first but he still is happy.
Today we have the biggest meeting we will ever have. We
are talking to my old pack about combining the packs
together, to create the biggest pack in history called Midnight
Red. It was a big thing for everyone and it’s been pack gossip
for months now. It was almost as big as the fact that I was
pregnant again.
So far, we have been sat in this room for hours now and it
hasn’t gone anywhere. My eldest brother, Jace, who is now
officially the Alpha of Midnight Moon didn’t want to give up
Alpha position and neither did Ayden. Everyone knew it would
just be a disaster if they both stayed Alpha, they would forever
be fighting with each other and the packs would never
combine fully.
 “Alright,” my mother began, “How about we draw a name
out of hat and the name is the Alpha?”
We were all getting so tired and everyone was running out
of ideas. My father said this wouldn’t work from the start and
that we were all stupid for thinking it would actually work.
Nobody talks about my father anymore, I know it hurts my
mother every day but she also agrees it’s bad to mention him
again, especially after what he did.
“We all know that wouldn’t work,” Derek, my other
brother, said frustrated.
“I think this is total bullshit!” I growled as I stood up and
slammed my hands on the table, “The responsibilities will be
divided between the two of you and if you can’t decide things
then I will do it. Jace, since you don’t have any kids, when
Ayden’s and my child turns 18, she will become a female
Alpha. That’s it, the final decision has been made. You can
write the responsibilities in a hat and draw them out like
mom said.”
Everyone in the room was stunned into silence, I sighed, “I
need to lay down and rest my feet.”
I turned around and walked the door and up the new, posh
stairs. Just after the wedding, we started building this place in
the middle of the two packs. It’s twice the size of both the
pack houses combined.
I slowly walked up the stairs to the top floor which
happened to be up 5 flights of stairs. With a giant stomach
and a painful back, it wasn’t easy. Instead of opening the door
to Ayden’s and my bedroom, I opened the one next to it. The
door opened to a small, pink bedroom dressed with a crib,
change table and other necessities. Our baby wouldn’t stay in
this room at the start but after 6 months or so, she would
move into her very own room.
Ayden and I decided it would be the best for us and our
new, expanded pack if we moved into the pack house. There
our family could spend more time with the pack.
I smiled as I continued to day dreamed about our family. I
closed the door to our baby’s bedroom before walking to my
bedroom and collapsing on the bed, falling to sleep almost
instantly.

***

I woke to a trickling feeling running down my leg and pooling

near my stomach. Due to everything that the pack women
have told me over the past couple of months; I was either
pissing myself or my water had just broke. I do believe it is the
latter.
I knew this was coming soon so it was best for me to just
stay calm. I rolled over on the bed to face Ayden and I gently
shock him, waking him up.
“Hmmmm,” he groaned.
“Baby, it’s time,” I whispered in his ear.
“Time for what?” he growled lowly as he tried to get back
to sleep. I have recently figured out that he is not a morning
person at all and his biggest hate is being woken up in the
morning or any time while he is sleeping.

“Time for the baby.”