I look at my mate and put my arms around her. We are all covered in blood and gore. “Perhaps, we need to let my mate get cleaned and dressed before carrying on this conversation? Besides, I’m sure that you all would like to get cleaned up too before dinner.”
I grab my mate and lead her to a nearby tree with clothes in it. I toss her the shirt and I wear the shorts. We make our way back to the pack house and I see my mother standing by the entrance. She always hates when there is a fight, but I haven’t actually given all the details about Rebel yet.
Mother comes running up to us, “Rebel, oh my goddess, are you hurt? Are you okay?”
Then my mother looks at me and says, “How could you let her go out there and fight Austin?!”
Before I could say anything, Rebel grabs my mom’s hands, “Mom, I’m fine. I’m a fighter and I can level your son. He couldn’t stop me from fighting if he tried.”
My mother looks at her shocked, “You can level my son?” She says it as if she can’t believe what she is hearing.
“Yeah, Renata, I saw Rebel level him myself. Luna is a badass, complete beast on the battlefield.” Renz said walking up and grinning at me.
“Renz, don’t forget she leveled you too, within a minute if I remember correctly.” I shot back.
My mother starts laughing, “So you both were beat by a female? Some fighters you are, ha!”
Rebel starts laughing too. “Mom, I’m going to clean up and get dressed. We will be down for dinner in a little bit.” Then she looks at me as if she had an epiphany, “Austin, I’m not really hungry right now. After all the running and fighting, my energy is still good.” She looks at me with her eyes wide with excitement.
“Well, wolves should have energy dear.” My mom says. But she doesn’t know about the malnourishment Rebel suffered.
“Mom, how about I explain it to you over dinner?” I say as we head inside.
As Rebel and I make our way to the bedroom, as she strips down, she turns around and says, “Alpha Kaden is working with rogues Austin. He is going to try again. I think we only bought a couple of weeks max. But we need to do something about this situation.”
We are making our way to the bathroom, “I invited the council to witness your Luna Ceremony tomorrow. They will be coming in the early afternoon. I want to discuss everything about you and what we have figured out so far about Cullen, Kaden and your father. I was going to tell you earlier, but the attack happened.”
We get under the shower and start washing each other. It feels so natural being with my mate I don’t know what more I am capable of doing. Roxie took over when she made everyone dro still discussing it, but she says the healthier I get, the more she feels like she can do.” I can question swirling around in her head, but she isn’t voicing it.
“What else are you thinking?” I ask her.
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My father told me he broke my
“I got my wolf at 12 years old. Even you say it’s common for everyone to get it at 18 years ol. to keep it a secret. Do you think that is why he let me be mistreated? To hide my abilities? W bones and said it was training? Why he didn’t let me go to school? If he did, then, to what purpose?”
I’m gutted by the sadness in her eyes. Her father kept it from her by mistreating..er, d of course, she feels that heartache and I feel it through our mate bond.
I pull her in for a hug and kiss her gently, “Darling, no matter what is going on, we will figure it out and get through it together. I still have scouts working on getting the timing with guards and meals to have a clear plan to extract your father, stepmother and half-sister. Do you think your stepmother and sister know about this too?”
She scoffs, “I doubt it. Looking back, everything they did was to make me feel like I was insignificant. They didn’t care about me at all, plus they were very shallow. I would be surprised if they knew.”
Then to my surprise, my mate turns vixen on me. “We have some time, don’t we, my alpha?” she purrs.
“What does my mate need?” I growl into her ear.
“Your mate needs to feel you inside her, right now.” She whispers back.
I chuckle, “Anything for you darling.”
Rebel POV
I am never going to get enough of Austin. Ever since he tied me up, I have felt more needy for him. He seems to enjoy it and wants me just as much. I’m definitely not complaining. I feel closer to him since getting my fears and doubts out in the open. He’s been a benefactor in my neediness and he has been doing accept enjoying me, enjoying him.
After we were done cleaning up and finding our release, we made our way to the dining hall for dinner. Renata is laughing with Renz and Lacy, while Jessup and Jane have amused looks on their faces.
“What are we laughing about?” Austin asked.
Renata smiled and a mischievous grin, “I was just telling them about why I dubbed you my ‘cookie monster’.”
Austin’s face flushes with embarrassment and he narrows his eyes at his mother, “Mama, why would you tell that embarrassing story? How am I supposed to maintain my image as Alpha if you make me seem weak?”
I couldn’t help it, I started laughing. “I want to know this story too!”
“When he was a pup, I would make chocolate chip cookies. They are his favorite. Well, one day, while making the batter, I set a fresh batch on the kitchen counter and turned my back for only a minute. When I came back to the counter, I found Austin with his chubby fingers on the floor, eating all of the cookies from the tray. He had such a belly ache afterwards that he was growling for the rest of the night. That’s when I started calling him,’ my little cookie monster.””
What a cute and adorable story. I picture a small Austin getting into the cookie jar and I smile at him lovingly. Suddenly, my mind starts thinking about having pups that look like Austin, running around. It makes me feel possessive all over again.
Austin senses in and raises an eyebrow. “Something to say little mate?”
“Not at all ‘cookie monster’. I say giggling at him.
He mind links me, ‘I have a new favorite snack I love to eat these days mate.’
I blush furiously and everyone starts laughing, including Renata. “Stop teasing your mate tin.”
“How is everyone ganging up on me at this table?” He grumbles.
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