Mates with the Enemy

CHAPTER TWENTY NINE

Elle's POV:

Leaving our mates behind was hard, but we didn't have a choice. Even our wolves desperately wanted to stay, but we just couldn't. And that kiss that Aaron had given me. It still made me swoon. My wolf had taken over, and she had wanted to mate with him right then and there. Thank god Aaron was sensible, or else I would have given the others one heck of a show. Just the thought of it made me blush with embarrassement. On the plus side, finally shifting felt so wonderful and freeing. I knew there would be nothing stopping us from returning to our mates, but first we had to go home and let everyone know that we were okay. 

I miss Felix so much. And my parents as well. I knew they were gonna be so worried, so I urged my wolf to run as fast as we could. I could tell Jia and Soph felt the same way. 

The woods were mildly foreign, because we had never explored this part, considering it belonged to Aaron's pack, but our wolves had superb navigating skills. Jia, especially. She was leading us because pack warriors were taught in great detail how to find their way in strange territory, along with combat. As Alpha's daughter, I knew a little bit about that, but my studies focused more on leadership. Soph's studies focused on diplomacy and strategy because she was the Beta's daughter. 

I always knew our studies would be important in our lives, but now that we met our mates I think it's even more important. Aaron was an Alpha, and I would be his Luna, so all the Alpha things I grew up learning would help him immensely. Likewise for Jia and Soph. 

We had been running a while, when I noticed that Jia seemed somewhat nervous. 

"Is anything wrong?" I mindlinked her. 

"I'm not sure, I think I sense something but I cant tell what it is," she replied. 

"Let's take a break then," I suggested. 

"Are you sure? I think we can keep going for a bit longer?" Soph mindlinked

"We've been running for a long time now, we can take a break to rest up for a bit and gain our strength just in case Jia's instincts are right," I explained. 

"Okay," they both replied and we slowed down. 

I didn't even notice how hard our wolves were breathing but we were all pretty tired. Aaron and his pack had brought us over in cars, and it made sense to me now considering how far away our packs were. And not exercising our wolves for so long might've been part of why we were tiring so quickly as well. Thank god Emerald was still fast asleep. She hadn't stirred even once so far and I had been grateful. Running while having to soothe a crying baby would have been very difficult. 

We sat down under a tree, and I realized that none of us had been able to actually tak about how we were feeling about our mates now. The last week and a half had been hectic, with so many new things happening. We had all been so busy processing our own emotions and feelings, that we hadn't talked to each other.

I looked up at the girls and noticed the sublest of changes. Soph looked happier in a sense. She was always quiet, but ever since meeting Rayden, it seemed as if the air around her was lighter. Like now, she had a small smile on her face, as she doodle on a notebook that Rayden had given her for the journey back. It made my heart burst with happiness seeing Soph so much happier. 

I turned to look at Jia. She was rummaging through the bag of snacks that had been given to us, but her face had a brightness to it. Her eyes were shining, and that mistrust that I always saw when we were around others was gone. Thinking about it, I hadn't seen that mistrust around Damien either. I hoped that she had talked to Damien about what that stupid guy from the past had done to her. Jia had already been hurt once, but seeing her trust a guy besides Felix or Sean made me happy.