Chapter 135 – The Moon Wolf

“Fuck”, he swore and pulled back again. Thinking I had done something wrong, I took a step back from him but he shook his head and pulled me closer.

“Don’t you pull away from me”, he growled slightly, his voice deepened an octave and I knew Daxon was trying to take control.

“You seem to be stressed about something”, I asked him when he finally gained control of his body back. “Do you need space?” I asked timidly and he growled in anger.

“Space? Why would I need space from you, baby?” He took a deep breath to calm himself before he spoke again. “I don’t ever want you to leave my presence again. I love you, Lola”.

I looked at him as I awaited the but, there was definitely something bugging him. “But I don’t think we have enough time for me to do all that I have in my head to you”, he whispered and put his forehead against mine.

“You’re so silly”, I laughed lightly and gently hit his chest. “There’s more than enough time and besides, the ceremony won’t start without us”, I tried to cajole him but he shook his head.

“You don’t want to know all the ways of disrespecting you I have conjured in my head”, he said before sending very graphic images of what he’d like to do to me.

I blushed crimson and hid my face in his chest. “Well, now I do”, I muttered and he laughed softly. “Now, we can both be tortured till the ceremony is over”.

“Let’s get dressed. You have me to yourself for a lifetime, our people shouldn’t be kept waiting”, he kissed my forehead before leaving the closet.

“I’ll use another room to get ready”, he shouted and I heard the door close after him. I walked over to my clothes and felt the fabric between my fingers and sighed dreamily.

I’ll just take a quick shower, I thought. “You literally showered like an hour ago,” Jasmine teased me. “That was to rid me of any smell before Adrian came back”, I huffed and she laughed.

“I’m glad we’re back”, she sighed dreamily after a while. “Me too, Jas, me too”.

I took a quick shower, if showering for 30 minutes can be called quick. I thoroughly scrubbed my body with my favorite scented soap and made sure I washed my hair till I was satisfied.

Humming happily, I twirled into the room. I did a happy dance as I dried my hair, styled it and applied a little make up. I giggled as I went to the closet to put on my dress. I was struggling with the zipper when Adrian came inside and helped me with it.

“You look so beautiful, Lola”, he placed a kiss on my mark as he spoke, sending shivers down my spine. “I love the dress so much. It’s perfect”, I turned to him with a grin.

“Not as perfect as you are”, he said. “Are you ready to go?” He asked and I nodded. With our fingers intertwined, he led us out of the house and into his car.

While he went around the car, I noticed that some things had changed in front of the house. The flowers I planted a while back with Rose had grown and made the house look more alive.

“Do you think everything can go back to the way it was?” I asked him when he came into the car. “Nothing was normal when you were not here”, he cupped my cheek with one hand, “this is normal, baby”.

I nodded my head and took a deep breath as he started the car. Here goes nothing.

My heart started running at miles per hour as we got closer to the pack house. Rose, Avianca, Nathan, all of their faces popped into my memory and I got nervous.

How is it going to be when I see them again? Is Lyla going to be mad at me? Will the whole pack just take me back?

“Stop thinking about it too much”, Adrian’s voice reached my ears. I looked up from my hands and realized we’ve gotten to the pack house.

“I’m here now. Is everybody in the garden already?” Adrian said from beside me. “You’ll see me in a minute”, he hung up the call. He must have been talking to Nathan.

“Everyone is waiting”, he said as he got out of the car and came over to my side to open the door for me. “Let’s get this show on the road”, he said with his boyish smile that melted my heart.

I nodded and took his hand before stepping out of the car. Be still my heart, I said to myself as we walked towards the door leading to the garden.

The doors opened, all eyes turned to us and we were greeted by pindrop silence.

Oh, well. That sure went well.

Lola’s POV

The whole room turned to look at us and everywhere was silent, you could hear it if a pin dropped. I scanned everyone’s faces and saw quite the number of emotions.

Happiness, shock, amazement and the one that broke my heart, anger. Amidst everyone’s frozen state, her small body walked to me, anger radiating from every pore in her body.

“Lyla”, I said her name as I plastered a smile on my face. “Is the surprise you have for the whole pack?” She totally ignored me and faced Adrian who looked angry also.

“Yes, it is. Do you have a problem with that, Beta?” He said with his Alpha voice which made Lyla bow her head in submission. “Not at all, Alpha”, she said with spite and gave me a glare before she walked away from the garden towards the house.

“You shouldn’t have done that. Everybody deals with grief and emotions differently”, I chastised him through our mindlink but he just shrugged his shoulders. “I couldn’t stand the way she was trying to be rude to you”, he said and I rolled my eyes.

“I’ll be back”. With that, I walked in the direction I saw her go, not looking back to see what other pack members thought. I followed her scent and found her in her former room, no surprise there.

“Lyla”, I called out gently as I entered the room but she refused to answer me. “Are you mad at me for leaving abruptly?” I asked and she sniffled.

“You left without even saying proper goodbye”, she voiced out in a very small voice. “You know things like death do not come with a notice, right? I couldn’t have known”, I told her before going to sit beside her.

Before I could say another word, the door opened to reveal an upset Avianca. Oh goddess, I was so distracted by seeing Lyla upset that I forgot that Avianca must be upset too. What kind of friend am I?

“Avianca”, I made to stand up but she held her hand out to silence me. “I’ll just pretend like I’m not here, you can have your reunion without me”, she crossed her hands over her chest and leaned against the door.

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