Beatha (completed book 7 of the blood moon saga)

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"He has cancer. He has been battling it since he was 12. 6 months ago he was cured and today he found out it grew back twice as fast and he's dying. He has 2 months 2 live and your gran can't heal him"

Everything stops. Everything goes quiet. Nothing is left in the world but me and him. And he's screaming in pain and I can't help him. All I can do is hold him.

What the fuck was I going to do?

How the fuck was I going to survive this?

He's mine and I'm his and he's dying. Dead. Gone forever. My heart shatters as his strangled screams ring in my ears. He's mine and he's dying and I have to watch it happen. My heart explodes in my chest and the world around me falls to shit. Anything I ever thought important, no longer was. Anything that I held dear didn't matter. He was it all and he was going to die and leave me forever.

What was I going to do?

How the fuck was I going to survive this?

He's mine and I'm his and he's dying. Dead. Gone forever. My heart shatters as his strangled screams ring in my ears. He's mine and he's dying and I have to watch it happen. My heart explodes in my chest and the world around me falls to shit. Anything I ever thought important, no longer was. Anything that I held dear didn't matter. He was it all and he was going to die and leave me forever.

What was I going to do?

Then I snap

"Someone move there ass and get a car around here he need the doctor"

I pull him in closer and i hold his head tighter

"Ssssh sssssh baby I'm here I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. What can I do until I can get you to a doctor"

"Paiiiin"

"Someone get gran she might not be able to heal him but she might be able to ease the pain"

Fay gets up and runs inside with Arden by her side. Arthur's screams get worse

"Ssssh grans coming and she will help then I'm taking you home and we are going to get you so high you'll be flying with the fairies"

He chuckles and I smile but bite my lip to stop the sob from escaping as tears run down my face. Dad wipes them and gives me a reassuring smile.

"I don't care what you say he's sleeping beside me tonight"

Both dad and Arthur laugh and dad nods

"He can move in if he wants in fact I think he should"

"Yep. Just imagine the trouble we will get into when we have all the time in the world to lay with our feet up Eh?"

He nods and a sob pushes past my lips as I try to hold it back.

"Who will we prank first? I think we need to start with Arden, he did after all ruin my perfect first kiss"

I cry the last bit and dad crumbles in front of me as gran runs out the door and lands on her knees beside me. She takes his head in her hands and yelps as the pain hits her she lets go

"Keagen, and sophie go get them now"

She closes her eyes again and cringes. Grandpa is behind her watching the scene unfold. Keagen and Sophie sit around him. Both look at me sympathetically but grab onto Arthur, both of them whimper and cry. after a minute Arthur gasps and his head swings back.

My gran and aunts all gasp and blood runs from his nose. I go to move them and tell them to stop but mum hugs me

"Don't touch them. Not until they are done they won't hurt him. If he's bleeding he is meant to be bleeding"

Blood flows from his nose like a tap, it runs down his throat and seeps into his shirt. His eyes open and more blood leaks out of there. I gasp as he grabs my hand and looks at me. I place my hands on his forehead and he starts to relax. But the blood doesn't stop until my family pulls away gasping for air and he falls back into my arms.

The 3 of them try to catch their breaths as they watch him tears streaming down their own faces.

"He was. That was close, what happened when he took the pain?"

I look at gran and my brain wouldn't work I thought back

"I walked out and Arden told him not to leave me and I asked what was wrong and then he fell. What happened"

"The tumour in his head is big and the stress made him have a bleed on the brain and that started another and another. If we weren't here he would have died. But we stopped the bleeding and flushed it from his system. He can't have much stress, you need to make sure when he gets home that he rests"

I sob and hold him. I've only had him for 2 days and I already can't see my life without him. I sob while I hold him. He seems to wake up and looks at me. He looks himself over and rips his shirt off and wipes his face with it then he pulls me into his arms and I cry into his chest.

"Sssh shh baby I'm so sorry I'm so so sorry. I wanted to give you the best damn night of your life and tell you tomorrow and I ruined that"

"If you wanted to give me a good night you should have started with kidnapping me and keeping the beauty gurus away"

He laughs loudly

"Next time ehh? I promise I'll never make you wear a dress again. Not even when we get married"

I feel him move and lift me up

"You want to marry me?"

A fresh set of tears fall. He wants to marry me and he's dying. I'll never have his babies or run his pack together.

"Of Course I want to marry you, do you think I'm a damn fool? Look at you. I might not have a long time love but I'm not going to waist it. Nope, if you want me then you have me, all of me"

"I want you. I want you so bad. I just can't believe I'm going to lose you"

I sob harder into his chest and I hear a door open and he climbs into a car.

"Here boss, Luna do you want a smoke"

I sit up a little and wipe my face and smile at Frank who looks a little white.

I lit the smoke then lit Arthur's and I try to calm my breathing down.

"What are we going to do"

I whisper to him. He kisses my head

"I don't know. But right now we are going home and I'm going to wash this blood off of us. Let's just take one step at a time"

I can do that. One step in front of the other. But what about when he's not stepping by my side anymore? What about when I need to do this alone when he's gone

Beatha
You won't be alone you have me and I have you

Me
But we won't have them

The thought destroys me again and I crumble into a pool of tears in his arms. I look up at his face. I take in every detail of it. Memories it as he watches mine. I run my finger over his head and across his nose. I remember how it feels. How his skin feels under my skin. How the sparks feel. How his lips feel.

I just lay there studying his face and use it to calm my breathing down. When the car stops I open the door and step out, never letting go of his hand. We climb the steps and go inside. Everything looks different. Like the world is without light anymore. all of a sudden it's 2d, flat and boring, dreary and boring.

I walk towards the elevator and he stops, I look past him to frank

"Frank, will you bring his stuff up to my room on the beta wing. You can collect your stuff to and stay up there I'll have dinner brought up for the 3 of us"

"Ofcourse Luna"

I pull Arthur toward me but he stops again.

"What?"

"Are you sure? Are you sure you just don't want me to leave?"

"No!"

I say firmly and I turn my body to face him before I finish

"I'm sure that you're not leaving anywhere without me. Do you understand me? You don't get to run out that door and leave me. You don't get to run off and die. You don't get to steal the time I have with you. Do you understand me Arthur?"

He smiles and nods

"Yes Luna"

"Good. Now please stop saying it"

I snap. He bites his lip and nods then he grabs my waist and kisses my cheek and walks me to the elevator. When I'm inside he lifts me into the air so I'm above him and he looks up at me.

"You are MINE!"

I smile as he slides my body slowly down his until our faces are even.

"And you are MINE"

I answer. He kisses me, an urgent kiss, he pulls on my lip so I open my mouth and let his tongue invade my own. I wrap my legs around him as he pushes me up against the wall and growls lowly.

"I love you"

Tears spring to my eyes as I pull back and run my fingers down his cheek

"I love you to baby"

And I did. Any walls that were up were gone, any stubbornness no longer exists. Any reservations I had are forgotten and for once in my life I knew exactly what I felt.

He kissed me again as the elevator dinged and the door opened. He let me down and I lead him out

"Welcome to my humble abode"

I wave to the general area

"You live on this floor by yourself?"

"Yeah I like the quiet"

"Me too. I built a separate house from the packhouse."

I smile. We are more alike than we know. I lead him into my room and I throw my shoes off and unzip my dress. I walk into the bathroom and turn on the shower and wait for him to enter. I frown and look for him. He's standing in the room like an awkward Annie

"What are you doing come here"

He looked nervous but I stomped out to him

"What now?"

"Well that was your first kiss?"

"Yes?"

"Well that means you have never done other stuff and I don't want to go in there then you see me because I see you then you feel like you need to do stuff to please me"

I try to keep up but I give up and shake my head and drop my dress.
His jaw drops open and his eyes rake down my body and he swallows.

"I'm your mate. You're my mate. There is no pressure here but now that you have seen me I need to see you it's only fair"

He kicks his shoes off and unbelts his trousers and shimmy's them of, his eyes never leave my body. When he drops his boxers I nearly fall over and frown, he wasn't joking when he said he was blessed. When he's done freaking out and pulling his socks from his feet like a total lunatic he slowly walks towards me.

"Can I touch you?"

I snort and shake my head

"Seriously"

I grab his hand and pull him into the bathroom and push him under the stream of water then I walk into his arms. His fingers run down the side of my face then he leans forward and kisses me. I wrap my arms around his neck and his hands go to my ass. He lifts me slightly so I jump and wrap my legs around his waist.

"Your so beautiful"

He kisses the side of my face and down my neck. I groan and my hips buck against him. I tangle my fingers in his hair as he kisses down my chest. He sucks a nipple into his mouth and I fall back and moan. Sparks spread throughout my chest and I almost cry at the sensation

His hand snakes between my my legs and I cry out as his finger runs over me sex. Sparks send my body into overdrive and my hips buck against him. He walks out of the shower and carries me to bed and sets me down. His lips suck on my skin and his fingers run down my wet slit. I cry out grabbing his hair tighter as his finger slides inside me.

His lips move down my body and his lips suck on my clit. I bounce all over the bed and he pushes my legs apart. I don't know what I was expecting but I wasn't prepared for it to feel this good, This right.

His fingers move Inside me curling and working slowly, building up friction. I hold onto his hair as my insides contract. His tongue prods at my opening, swirling around and pulling my clit between his mouth then swirling his tongue around it again. I scream as my entire body starts to shake and tremble. My insides sucking on his fingers like a lifeline and suddenly an explosion goes off in my mind and I cry out as he uses his tongue to lick up my juices.

He climbs up my body and kisses me. I moan as I taste myself on his lips and I love the taste. Sweet and satisfying. He pulls away

"I love you"

He goes to climb off but I pull him back.

"Where are you going?"

"To find something to wear"

"No we haven't finished"

I sat up to look at him. He frowns

"I don't want to do something your not ready to do"

"I am ready Arthur and if you stop now I might shoot myself"

"Are you sure"

"Oh I'm sure"

He smirks and gets back into bed and sits up at the headboard. He reaches for me and pulls me onto his knee and he kisses me again. I wrap his head in my arms and I deepen the kiss giving him all of me. He moans and I feel his dick slide along my slit teasing me. I cry out around his lips and I slowly sit on him.

I pull back slightly as I feel myself tear and I whimpers, His finger goes to my clit as he watches my face

"It's ok baby if it's to sore we can stop"

"Will it hurt for long?"

"No just until you adjust"

I nod and drop on him he gasps and I cry out as the pain rips through me

"Bit of warning next time"

He looks like he's choking and I can't help but laugh. He smiles and peeks my lips. The pain subsides as a feeling of fullness overwhelms me and I groan. I roll my hips and lift off him slightly then push back down and a shiver runs down my spine as my brain registers the pleasure.

"So fucking tight. So fucking perfect"

He sucks on my neck and helps me move and soon the rhythm starts to build the nought in my stomach again and I cry when they feel impossibly tight. He pulls me down harder as he pushes up. He kisses me again but it feels so good I can't concentrate and I cry out dying for
The relief

"Just hang on a second longer baby"

I tighten the muscle and hold onto his shoulders for dear life as the pressure becomes unbearable

"Arthur I aaah I cannnt"

"Cum with me baby"

I cry out and let go. My canines protrude and I sink them into his neck as he cums inside me and fireworks explode in my own head, I pull back and lick the wounds and fall against his chest.

"You marked me?"

He sounded so happy. I look up at him and he's watching me.

"Yes but you didn't mark me"

He looks sad again and I trace the frown line with my finger

"Because I can't"

It's barely a whisper but I heard it. He looks devastated by the fact

"Why?"

He runs his finger down my cheek

"Because you'll die and I can't let that happen. One of us has to live on. One of us must survive this. I beg you baby. Please no matter how bad it gets never give up. Never give up on life. You need to live on for the both of us. Promise me"

Tears spring to my eyes again and I sob. I don't say anything, because really I don't want to lie to him. I don't want him to ever think that I want to live on without him because I don't want to. But I'll not say it out loud if it makes him feel better. He kisses my lips and he wipes my tears.

"I smell food. Get dressed and I'll go find myself something to wear"

"The last room on the right is the tv room, we can eat in there with frank"

I climb off him after giving him another kiss. I grab a towel and pass it to him, then I find my fluffy pyjama bottoms and a vest top and I join him in the tv room where he is pulling on shorts. Frank is sitting with the food on his knee already eating and my stomach growls as I grab my own and lay on the cosy couch.

"So what about the pack? When do we go there?"

They both look at me and I frown

"What?"

"I thought maybe you would want to stay here?"

I frown

"Why would I want that?"

"I don't really know. To be close with your family while I decline?"

"Don't be silly. Your pack needs to know and they will find out when we arrive tomorrow. Frank has a mate to go home to and you have a pack that needs to be told and we need a Luna ceremony although I'm wearing jeans and doc martens"

Arthur coughs and splutters making frank laugh

"You ok?"

"You want all of that really?"

"Why would I not? Your my mate I'm there Luna and someone needs to be around to kick frank in the ass when your not fit to"

"Oh please I already have my mate I don't need your foot up there too, you can definitely kick Fred's ass though!"

I snort and laugh.

"Fred your gamma?"

"Yep, he will like you. A lot more direct and honestly more alpha than us both, sometimes and so moody. I think you will have fun bending him to your will. It will be quite entertaining to watch"

Arthur replied with a smirk

"I look forward to annoying him then, so I was thinking about the estate with the big fancy house. What if we turn that into the new school?"

"That would actually be a really good idea, they have the working kitchens, the gym areas, everything they will need"

Arthur replied and I smile. We watch a movie while we eat and I see Arthur start to drift off to sleep so I gently wake him and lead him back to bed. I get in beside him and he rolls over and pulls me into him and holds me like I'm a teddy bear. I relax instantly, exhausted from the day of horrors.

I wake up with a gasp remembering my dream from the night before, only in my dream Arthur never wakes up, I turn around and see the bed is empty and I freak.

"Arthur, where the hell are you? This isn't funny!!"

I jump out of bed and run to my closet, then the bathroom then up the hall! Where the fuck is he!!! The elevator dings and he walks out of it and I sigh in relief and fall to my knees and sob

"Hi hi hi baby what's the matter, what's wrong??"


"My dream- you - you were gone then I woke up and you were gone"

I punch him on the shoulder a few times and growl

"Don't leave me alone without telling me your leaving I thought you were dead"

"First of all awchh and secondly I was down dropping my bags to the car"

He swoops me up into his arms and he kisses my nose then my lips

"You need to pack a bag and get dressed, we have a ceremony tonight"

"We do?"

"Yes and I promise you can wear jeans and doc martens"

I kissed him and he stopped, moaning into my mouth. He carries me to bed and sets me on the edge and he kisses me while his hands grab my trousers and yank them off me.

"We don't need those"

He whispers then unbuckles his jeans. I close my legs but he reaches out and opens them again

"Don't hide from me"

I feel the blush come to my cheeks at how exposed I feel but I widen them for him. He pulls his dick out and I watch as he pumps himself

"Fuck yourself baby"

Red faced and embarrassed I reach down and rub on my clit. The contact makes me jump and close my legs but he opens them and watches while I fuck myself with my fingers. I moan, rolling my hips as he pulls on his dick.

He comes closer and runs his tip down through my folds watching the entire thing carefully and slowly pushing into me. I cry as he fills me up and he groans, closing his eyes, enjoying the sensation.

He builds a steady rhythm but soon I'm ready to cum and I squirm under him, he smiles down at me as he increases the pace and I grab his arms and hold on as he fucks me hard pushing against my cervix and building a steady frickin 'up.

Something similar to a rope wraps around my pelvis and squeezes it. But I hold onto that rope and don't let it go in the hopes it will burst and it does. He explodes inside me and it breaks the rope and my pelvis explodes in ecstasy. He falls in the bed beside me and pulls my body into his own. His heat warms me up from the inside out and I snuggle in deeper.

"Baby you need to wake up we will be leaving in an hour"

I groan I must have fallen asleep. I wake up and peek him on the lips and go to my closest and throw stuff into a duffel bag, enough to do me for a few weeks and I can have the rest sent over another time. I choose what to wear and decide on
A yellow summer dress with black tights and yellow doc martens, I shower quickly and get dressed. he waits for me watching everything I do.

I check the time and realise we are going to miss breakfast so I make sure I have everything then I take his hand and we go to breakfast with my family

"You look beautiful, I thought you hated dresses?"

"It's not dresses I hate more so the getting pampered crap, I don't mind this kind of outfit"

I lean against his chest, he wraps his arm around me and pulls me close to him and kisses my head. As we walk into the kitchen everything goes quiet, most of them look like they had a good night.

"Jez, did you all swim in a pool of alcohol? This place stinks of a brewery"

Most of them just grumbled and waved me off but dad and mum were smiling at us. I sat beside them and Arthur pulled me onto his knee.

"How do you feel Arthur?"

"Good. Feel a little nauseous but other then that I'm good"

He smiles down at me and pulls me closer resting his head beside my face. I lean into him and sigh.

"I'm going to stay with Arthur at his pack for a few days and we are going to have the Luna ceremony tonight."

Everyone looked at each other a little panicked

"We will be back in a few days you don't need to worry I'm not stealing her for long"

Arthur says to them, mum smiles but dad shakes his head

"It's not that. We are just worried about you Arthur, we want to help in any way we can and that includes help with the pack. We don't want you stressing over anything and myself and Baylee were going to come stay to help out if that is ok"

Arthur looks a little stunned

"You would do that for me? I honestly thought you didn't like me"

He snorted a little and chuckled. Dad shook his head

"I never said I didn't like you, I'm not happy with you being a man whore but I also understand it now and you're my daughter's mate. Just like Fay is our daughter you are our son and we would do anything for our children so yes we are more than willing to help in fact we insist on it. It will give you both the time you need to spend with each other without worry"

I could see Arthur's eyes glaze slightly and he nodded

"Thank you, that would be great. I'll have a room ready for you when you arrive"

"Good. We will be there before the ceremony tonight"

I stick my finger up to stop mum before she talks

"We are not having a party. Just a ceremony"

She laughed but Arthur looked away a little guilty and I growled and looked him over.

"What did you do Arthur"

"My pack have waited 10 years for a Luna love, it's no big deal just a bbq and it's casual you won't even need to change for it"

I sigh and nod

"Fine"

He smirks and kisses my cheek as frank comes in

"Car is ready to go and the men want to know where to bring the car from the scrapyard"

"Bring it to your pack please frank, I need to get some tools from the garage and then I'll be ready to go"

"Ofcourse Luna whenever your ready"

I stand up with Arthur and wave to the table

"Since it's turned into a party you're all welcome to come but I'll see you all soon"

Arden and Fay follow us out to the garage, Arden and Arthur help me fill a few boxes with everything I'll need to work on my new car, when I'm done they load it up and I turn to Fay