Rogue Moon (unedited(complete)

chapter 52

Seraphina~

My body felt heavy and warm, opening my eyes I could see the wood ceiling of the shack and light peeking through the small window.

Damien laid atop of me with his head resting on my chest and his eyes closed, peacefully asleep... Despite being trapped I never felt more at peace... It was strange...

Damien moved slightly in his sleep holding me close, and I moved one of my arms to the back of his head enjoying the warmth of his body. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the peace while it lasted, im not sure how much time passed but Damien awoke opening his eyes before moving his hands up the sides of my body.

I peeked down at him and followed his gaze as he sat up with his arms on either side of me. He started down at me with that same burning gaze that he had the night we met and I was breathless.

He leaned down and planted a kiss on my shoulder muttering a single word. "Mate."

Wrapping my arms around him I pulled myself against him in a hug.

"Damien..."

"How do you feel?" He pulled back to look at me and my face flushed as I avoided his gaze.

A small smile graced his lips but it quickly disappeared as a sound could be heard outside. He turned to the door and paused for a moment listening before looking back at me.

Grabbing the blanket I quickly covered myself with it a bit embarrassed about being nude.

"Get dressed...he will be coming soon..."

Those words were enough to cause the dread to creep back in. As Damien turned away and crouched near the door I grabbed my clothes and dressed myself.

The sound of bones cracking room my attention as Damien shifted into his wolf form. The Realization of our situation had me worried, about what Renard might do to Damien and Henry...

'Dont be afraid...we will escape...' His voice spoke in my mind.

"How? We're are surrounded by hunters we can't get out of here without alerting the guards and he has Henry trapped in his tent as a hostage..."

'Hmm... For now, we wait until dusk...'

"Damien..." My gaze lingered on him as he watched the door and listened for any sign of someone coming, my eyes traveled down to his neck where the silver collar that kept him bound was tightly secured around his neck.

'I will protect you...' I looked up startled at his words but he didn't even glance back at me, it was as if he knew what I was thinking... 'No matter what happens...even if I start to lose control...ill make sure I don't hurt you...that you make it out of here...ill tear out my own heart if I have to...'

"What?! No!" I stood up abruptly and his eyes found mine.

'He may try to use me again... To hurt you, I can't let that happen...ill fight it the best I can...but even with the pendant cracked it will only delay the inevitable... If I start to slip then I want you to run to flee this place...I'll tear out my own heart to keep myself from harming you or anyone else...That should give you and the others time to run... Renard won't expect it...'

"Damien your not doing that! It won't come to that you've broken free from his control before you can do it again!"

'I've also nearly killed you each time...we've been lucky... I've come within inches of killing if not harming you time and time again, no matter how hard I fight it... We are in enemy territory sera if regard wants you dead....if he wants me to do it there will be nothing to stop me...'

I shook my head in disbelief. "No! I'm not going to just run away and let you kill yourself! I won't let it come to that!"

"He doesn't know! Your collar is damaged he doesn't know how unstable his control over you really is! If we can just buy enough time to find the key to your collar then we can get rid of it for good!"

'...sera I don't know if that's going to change anything...I've barely been able to hold myself back before...'

"It's different this time! I've helped you snap out of it before, miss Irene said my bond to you is the one thing that can snap you out of it, we are mated now, right? That means the bond between us is even stronger than before! Damien, I can figure a way out of this... Renard has no idea the charm is weakened. I can find a way to fix this I just need to come up with a plan to get Henry out of harm's way and warn gramps of the danger, then somehow free you from renards control!... I will find a way to make sure he never uses that damn collar to control you ever again.'

He watched me hesitantly unsure, before glancing back at the door. I could hear his sigh as he looked back at me and sat down. 'Sera...'

We both stayed silent unsure what to say to each other, so much has happend to us, and this almost feels like the end... I'm almost scared of the outcome... And my mind constantly thinks of the worst-case scenario...what if we don't win... This isn't some fairytale where the heroine defeats their arch-nemesis and lives happily ever after, the lives of my friends, my family, and those around me are at stake...

This wasn't going to be simple in any way...my mind wanders back to when I killed thane. That was a mere accident while I was forced to defend myself I never wanted to kill him back then, what if our lives are put in danger will I be able to take another person's life to save my loved ones?

'You seem worried...' Damien's voice brought me out of my thoughts and I looked back up at him, as he sat in front of the door watching me.

"Of course I am worried... There's always a chance of things going wrong, of me messing up and ruining everything... "

'Heh... I understand... When I first found you... I thought that I was the only one who could protect you that I was responsible for keeping you happy and keeping you safe, I didn't trust anyone else and ended up taking you far away from here... In the end, I was the one who hurt you most and put you in the most danger... I didn't realize until we had been found by the pack that I was wrong. You had made friends so quickly and they still protected you just as fiercely as I had wanted...even from myself... They kept you safe when I couldn't and made sure you were happy... In turn, I let go of my fears and started to trust you and the others...'

I watched Damien surprised by his words.

'I'm not the best with my words or explaining things but I guess what im trying to say is don't try to take it all on yourself... Trust in me and trust in your friends... We didn't come here without a plan...'