Beatha (completed book 7 of the blood moon saga)

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Beatha was becoming more and more restless but I refused to go for a run and leave Arthur. I just felt like he could die at any minute and the thought freaked me the fuck out. As I put on the next movie Arthur groaned and looked to luca

"Please make her go for a run I can't stand the feeling radiating of her and beatha it's making me and my wolf crazy"

I rolled my eyes and sat back down beside Arthur. Luca looked at me sympathetically, he can feel me better then anyone but he hasn't pushed me to leave because he can feel my fears.

"Maybe he's right baby, it won't take long and we won't go far"

He was watching me like I was a ticking time bomb they all were. I get it my mood might be up and down but I can't see a run and leaving Arthur helping that. If anything it sends my anxiety sky high.

"And who is going to stay with him? No I'm not ok with this"

"We will stay with him, we can even keep him warm and we promise to be at his beck and call and we won't even smoke all the weed"

Arthur chuckles at Ailm shaking his head.

"See I will be fine with these 2 turds, come on do it for me and my wolf if not for yourself please"

I groan and rub my hands down my face. I looked at the girls and narrowed my eyes at them

"Best behaviour and I want to know immediately if anything is wrong. I won't be far so all you need to do is shout Marco Polo out the door and I'll be back"

They scrunched up there face and looked at me

"I'm not saying Marco Polo I'm coming up with something better than that"

"Ohh what about the alpha shit himself come home and change his nappy"

Arthur's face fell and he flung a bottle of water at their heads

"If you say that I swear I'm coming back to haunt you both"

We all laughed our asses off

"Ok what about Lucas not gay but takes dick"

Me and Arthur snort and laugh as Luca growls at them.

"Ok let's go before I kill them both"

I chuckle and get up kissing Arthur and leaving the house with luca, I start to strip outside the door and Lucas jaw drops

"Aspen, put your damn clothes back on. Someone is going to see you!"

"Luca I'm going for a run and I'm pretty sure beatha is enough of a cover to not need Clothes"

He growls and pushes my shirt back down and throws me over his shoulder.

"What are you doing, you pain in the ass giant!"

"You are not stripping in The street you can wait until your in the forest"

I huff and roll my eyes

"Fine, have I told you that your giant butt is quite nice to look at"

He shakes it a little and makes me giggle

"Still not sticking my finger up it though"

He stops and laughs loudly, his entire body rumbles. He slaps my ass and bites my thigh making me squeal and jump around.

He sets me down on my feet and he kisses me then pulls back

"I love you, now strip woman"

He stands back against a tree with his arms folded and his ankles crossed giving me his look. I slowly pull off my shirt and spin it on my finger and throw it at his face. He bites his lip as I turn Around and bend over sliding my pants and trousers off with my shoes. I stand up and turn around and pull my hair from my bobble and swish it around. Then I turn and wink at him.

"Your turn alpha"

Then I shift and he gasps and walks towards me, beatha meets him and he falls to his knees and starts to rub her head.

"You are beautiful beatha, iv never seen you in daylight, I have never seen a coat like yours before"

Beatha
What do you know the boys got taste

I roll my eyes then giggle as she starts to prance about on her toes showing off to him. He chuckles at her and kisses her nose then stands up and unbuckles his jeans

Beatha was impatient and wanted to see him naked so she started to nose up his shirt to take a look at his delicious abs. He laughs at her and tries to push her away but she starts to lick his belly.

Beatha
Ohh he really is as hard as brick I like it

Me
Oh you dirty dog would you leave him be and let him do a little tease for us

Beatha
Ugh fine

She whines and sits down watching him. He strips off then shifts into the most mesmerising black wolf with piercing green eyes.

Beatha
There's my man isn't he handsome

Me
He really is

They nudge each other's nose, licking each other down. Then Lupin nudges her and they take off, we don't go far but it does feel good to get out and I suddenly regret not coming out sooner.

Luca
'Your wolf is so beautiful'

Me
'Mmm so is Lupin, are you ready to go back?'

Luca
Yeah I'll race ya

Me
You better win or I'll never hear the end of it

Beatha
Oh Please it's a piece of cake

We take off so fast, faster than Iv seen beatha go ever before

Me
See what you can do when there's tail chasing ya

Beatha
Oh be quiet or I'll let them win

I giggle and before I know it we are back at our clothes. I shift quickly and just as I turn to find my clothes Luca shifts and tackles me right into a bush. I scream in surprise.

"Luca what the fuck"

He chuckles laughing at me, he pushed me right into a thorn bush

"What the hell i've got thorns in my butt"

"Sorry but a warrior was walking past and I didn't want him to see you naked"

"Well next time let him! I have thorns where their never ever should be thorns"

He giggles and lifts me out. I wrap my legs around his waist and he yanks me free pulling my hair along the way.

"Ughhhhh"

"Oh don't be so grumpy"

He snaps at me then he kisses me. I go to pull away and jump down but he deepens the kiss so I give in and let him. I tangle my hands in his hair and he pushes me up against a tree. One hand trails down my chest and in between my legs.

I moan as his finger glides into my soft folds. I groan and throw my head back. Luca's dick is hard against my ass so I lift myself slightly and he lines it up.

I slide down it softly, his lips crash against mine, his tongue prodding at my lips. I sink into the feeling as he starts to move and fuck me.

He catches each groan in his mouth. I pull my nails down over his thick strong arms, his dick hits me right in the cervix as our movements become more erratic.

I wanted it harder and faster, he pulled away and placed me on my feet and he pushed me down over a fallen tree and covered my mouth then he slammed into me.

He fucks me so hard, eventually taking his hand from my mouth and grabbing onto my hips. He jammed my hips back against him as he pummelled into me. I cry out as my legs start to tremble and my insides contract pulling him deeper

"Fuccccck yesss baby cum with me"

I let go and cry out as I'm thrown over the edge as he cums inside me with a grunt. I lay there breathless for a minute but then I hear a crunch and I pull away and dive onto the ground for my shirt. Luca throws his head back and he laughs as I'm now completely covered in dirt and thorns.

"Hello?"

My eyes go wide as I throw on the first shirt that I see and pull it down my legs. It was Lucas so thankfully it covered me well enough

"Em hey, Eh what's up?"

Luca snorts again as I try to find my pants and I instantly regretted giving him a damn strip tease

"Luna, is that you? Are you ok I heard screaming"

My face goes beetroot red as the boy no older than 18 appears around the tree. I probably resemble a deer in headlights right now as I freeze on the spot. Luca doesn't even blink like what we were doing was perfectly normal.

"Oh hey alpha oh-"

His eyes widen and his face goes bright red

"-Ohh you were- in the fores- oh I'm sorry I'll be going now em bye"

He runs of faster than i've ever seen anyone run before. I pull on my trousers and grumble under my breath as Luca chuckles at me. I roll my eyes and throw on my shoes.

I storm of and Luca chuckles but runs after me and grabs my hand i swat him away but he just laughs harder then he lifts me up bridal style and pouts kissing me

"Stop being grumpy"

I huff crossing my arms

"We could have waited until we got inside"

"We both know it's too hard to do that in there, we haven't done it in a week and my balls were severely blue"

"I know it's just hard but I feel guilty"

I answer him relaxing a little in his embrace

"I know, so do I but it's ok to feel that way"

He sets me on my feet and opens the door wide, I hear giggling and laughing from the living room. As we enter Arthur and the girls look around and burst out laughing.

"What the fuck happened you!"

I cross my arms and growl

"Someone walked past when I shifted and to avoid him seeing me naked this douchebag pushed me into a thorn bush"

They roar and laugh and i flip them the bird and look to Luca

"Come on you need to get the thorns of me"

They laughed harder as Luca followed me to the shower. I stripped off and looked in the mirror. My face was brown with muck, my hair was standing on me with twigs stuck all over it. I groaned and turned around

"I seriously look like shit"

Luca burst out laughing then he started to remove the twigs from the bird's nest that was my hair.

After that the night went quickly and by the time we got Arthur to the pack house he was already exhausted. Gran healed him to give him a boost but he was so tired he fell asleep halfway through. We left after that and my family stayed on and had their own movie night.

I woke to coughing in the middle of the night, as I rolled Arthur wasn't in bed. I got up to find him and he was on his chair. I got up to go to him and his entire body was shaking as he fought with a lighter.

"Here let me"

I light the joint for him and placed it in his mouth but only then did I realise his shirt was wet and covered in blood.

"Arthur, why didn't you wake me?"

"Because there is no point love"

He answers sharply. He might have a point but I didn't care. I go to the closet and grab a fresh shirt. I take the joint out of his mouth and pull his old one off, then I put on his fresh one and put his joint back to his lips. I grab a blanket and put it over his shoulders then I sit at his feet.

"You worry to much"

He played with my hair twirling it around his fingers.

"It's hard not to"

"Mmm I know"

We sit in silence for at least an hour, but then he starts to cough and I look up and his nose is bleeding again. My Gran can't do anything about the blood so I just grab a towel so he can spit on it.

But after 20 minutes it's still bleeding and I start to panic

"I think we should get you to the hospital"

"No love. I don't want to go. Please just let me die at home with you"

My chest constricts at his words.

"It can't be time Arthur. I'm not ready"

He grabs my hand and squeezes it

"It's time I can feel it"

Tears brim at my eyes and I cry into his knee. He holds me tight but stops when he begins to cough. I stand up and clean him up a little.

"I think I need to lie down"

"Do you want to smoke before you do?"

I ask him.

"That would be nice. Maybe wake Luca it would be nice if he could be with us to"

I go to Luca and put on the side table light and I wake him up. He moans and opens his eyes but jumps up when he sees the blood

"What happened?"

"Arthur wants to have one last smoke with us. He thinks it time"

I say softly, tears streaming down my face. He pulls me in for a hug and he sobs into my shoulder. After a minute he coughs again so we go to him, Luca pulls chairs over for us to sit beside him and we both hold his hand.

"I just want you both to know that I love you both so much, I love everything about you both. You have given me the best few months of my life and I'm dying a happy man because I had you"

I sob into his arm Luca kisses him with tears streaming down his face and pulls back.

"I love you too and this has been the best time of my life"

I cry harder. Luca hands me a joint and the 3 of us smoke one very strong joint each. But Arthur is weak and half way through his nose bleeds again and he starts coughing up blood. We go to move him but he stops us.

"One last sunrise with my 2 mates"

By now we are all crying buckets. We watch the sunrise and smoke. When the sun is up Arthur starts to heave, so Luca carries him to bed. I get in infront of him and heat up my skin. His body is shaking, from blood loss and cold. Even my skin can't warm him up now and that breaks me. I kiss his lips and climb out of bed. I need to wake my parents and I need coffee.

"I'll be right back"

"I'm not going anywhere"

"You better not because I'll follow you into the afterlife and kick your ass"

He chuckles but coughs so I go straight and wake the girls. They start to cry but get up and go to him. I go to my parents room next and wake them but mums already up.

"It's time isn't it?"

I break down and cry, unable to answer her. She pulls me into a hug and dad gets up.

"I'll make coffee"

I stood there for a while then went to wake up arden but dad had beaten me to it. Fay was crying at the counter waiting for coffee. Dad hands her and me a cup and I return to the room. I lay on the floor beside his head with Luca by my side.

I could feel him dying but it didn't hurt the way it did last time. This pain was worse, it was emotional and both me and Luca felt the same. I rested my head against his and took a sniff of him.

"I'm going to miss that scent"

"I'm going to miss yours too"

He whispers back, I run my finger over his features, trying to commit them to memory, trying to remember each indent and grove, his face was gray and his breathing shallow. His heart was beating so slow and I could feel his body shutting down.

I sobbed and kissed his lips again.

"I love you so damn much"

I cry against his head, choking on my pain as I hold him tight. Luca presses his face against both of ours and he cries too.

The pain in my heart gets stronger as his heart gets slower.

"I love you both so much.. look after each other"

I can't bare the pain as he closes his eyes and gives in. Then his heart stops.

I thought a heart attack would hurt but it didn't. It felt like half my body was being ripped apart slowly as he dies. I scream as the pain bleeds into my soul, tainting it forever. I scream and cry as his body goes limp and my mate dies.

Everything else didn't matter and when the howls rang throughout the packs I realised it was official and he was gone.

They all felt their alpha die and I felt it too. He managed to win my heart, make it bigger then shatter it into tiny acid filled pieces. Everything hurt as I sobbed. Every breath I took felt like breathing in sand, every muscle that moved felt like acid being poured over me.

I can't take the pain I can't even breathe. I fall away from him and push my body to my feet and I make them walk out of the door and past my family. I fall out the front door screaming in pain. I scream into the morning and fall to my knees.

My skin felt like it was burning alive, I tried to brush it off but I couldn't. I pushed myself back up not realising there was anyone behind me. I open the car door but dad jumps in front of me and closes it

"You can't drive like this"

I turn and run to the forest and I punch the first tree I can find but nothing can take me away from this pain. It's like nothing I ever imagined. Rippling through my blood like acid. He was gone. All gone forever

I scream again and shift but even that doesn't stop the hurt. So we ran. We run anywhere but here, we run and run and run and run and we don't stop. My heart hurts with every single beat and my body trembles at the loss of my mate. My other half, my epic love.

Because that's what we had, our love was stronger then the mate bond and now he was gone and I'd never be able to live him again, kiss him again. Be with him, sniff him. Warm him up and he won't be able to kiss me, or comfort me. He left me and I couldn't save him. I was never going to see him alive again. Everything hurt and I had no idea what to do, I couldn't run from the pain or punch it because there was nothing but it. It was all consuming and completely overwhelming.

By the time we stop for a drink I realise I have no idea where I am and right now I don't care so we lay down and close our eyes hoping this is all a bad dream.

I wake up to voices that I don't recognise. I open my eyes and standing in front of me are 3 humans. They were in hiking gear, a man, a woman and a child on their shoulder.

"Shit it's awake stay still"

I could feel the fear radiating from them as they stood with their backs against a tree, their eyes wide. We slowly rise from the spot where we were sleeping at, there hearts were thumping in there chests and I was afraid they would pass out

I retreated into the trees backwards, then I took off following my scent home. When I get there it's evening time, we open the door with our paws and walk into the house

"Thank the heavens your home"

Dad said standing up, I sniff the air and follow Lucas scent down the hall, he was in Arthur's chair smoking as I entered. Arthur still lay on the bed peacefully at rest. I go to Luca and whine resting my head on his knee.

"Hey"

He whispers, running his fingers through my hair.

Me
'I'm sorry I took off'

"It's ok, you needed time. Are you going to shift"

He answers out loud, I shift on the spot and crawl on his knee, he wraps his arms around me protectively then pulls Arthur's blanket over us both. I took the joint from his mouth and smoked a little

"How long have I been gone?"

He kisses my forehead and takes a sniff of my scent, then he rests his head on the side of my face.

"A few hours, where did you go?"

I snuggle closer , enjoying his warmth.

"I'm not sure we just ran until we passed out then woke up and came home. I missed you"

"I missed you too, the funeral is tonight"

I break down and sob at his words, unable to hold them back any longer. It didn't hurt as bad in Lucas arms but it did hurt. I wanted the pain gone, it was too much.

"Will you mark me"