The Moon Goddesses Warrior.

Chapter 5: Beth

Beth's POV

Over the next few weeks it was torture, the same pain every night, some night it would only be 15 minutes or so, other times it would last a couple hours. It felt as if someone was twisting a knife in my heart.

It was the night before 10 warriors from the Dark Moon pack were coming to help some of the pack train for defense. Aiden, Danny, Erin, and C.J took turns staying with me, it helped me through the pain knowing my family was there and they distracted me. Minnie, however, was with me every night. We talked and watched movies, and when Damon was doing his dirty deed, she would go on a run with me. The further away we were, the less it hurt. I was mid leap over a fallen tree when the worst pain imaginable hit. Worse than my first shift, worse than any time he had slept with Melissa. It felt as though someone was taking my veins out of my body, every nerve screaming as my skin crawled like a thousand fire ants in a frenzy.

"Danny......... Danny the pain........" I whimpered His face twisted into anger and I felt my heat sink because he confirmed what I hoped wouldn't be true..... Damon had marked Melissa. Danny scooped me up and ran with me to the pond nearby. He tossed me in without ceremony and my skin began cooling with the soothing water. I surfaced and the pain hit full force again, searing my skin. I blacked out.

I woke up feeling like I was falling. I bolted straight up in bed, tucked in. I was also dressed in some workout gear but completely dry.

"Beth thank goodness you are awake, how are you feeling?" Minnie asked. "The warriors got in sometime when we were still asleep, everyone is buzzing about them! Apparently, they are very eye catching." She tells me with a wink.

"Warriors? Minnie, I can't even think straight. I remember what happened last night, but now, now I just feel numb. No.... I feel... rage." I said calmly. I had caught the scent of Damon, and I saw red. I climbed out of bed and headed for the bathroom to calm down. I looked in the mirror and my eyes were golden with how close my wolf was to the surface. I had not heard her speak to me, though many others say their wolves hold full blown conversations with them. I took some deep breaths, my eyes slowly going to green before I left the bathroom. I didn't feel like changing clothes. I didn't feel like doing anything other than getting the hell away from the smell that caused me so much pain.

Throughout the day though, I hadn't seen any of the warriors or Damon or Melissa. I know it isn't her fault, but I can't help but be angry with her too. All day I heard about the warriors and their beauty, and how excited everyone was for a wedding and a baby shower, how they couldn't be happier for the alpha couple. I doubt he had even told anyone else he rejected me. By the time it was time for bed again, I couldn't sleep. I told my brothers and Minnie I wanted to be alone tonight, and thankfully they let me be alone. I put on my swimsuit and grabbed a couple towels then tip toed down the stairs and out the back door. I decided the hot tub would be a nice distraction and found the timer, cranking it all the way to the 15 minute mark and slipped into the warm, bubbling water. I was relaxing and enjoying the jets on my back when I heard the gate to the pool area open. I paid no attention knowing there was no danger and heard someone walking up. I sniffed the air, and it wasn't someone I recognized, but with the warriors here it didn't strike me as odd.

"Mind if I join you?" came a foreign voice, it was deep and I felt it rumble in my chest. I got goosebumps and felt butterflies swim around my stomach. I looked up and saw he had the most beautiful eyes of silvery white, and he was taller than any of my brothers, he had to be at least 6' 8". He was very well built with big muscles, but you could also see he didn't have the usual six pack, I liked my guys a little chubby. His hair was in a crew cut and was black as night. His eyes were laughing eyes, and his smile was one you could tell he wore almost all the time.