Returning to my room a book under my nose I yelp when bony arms embrace me. The girl.
"You have no idea what you just saved me from." She sobs. "I am indebted to you Luna, whatever you want me to do consider it done."
I don't think anyone has really referred to me by that title and said it with such reverence. It's weird.
Patting her back gently she lets me go wiping the tears from her face.
"I'm sorry Luna, I shouldn't have done that. I uh it's just so wonderful to be away from that psycho." She blabbers patting at the wet spot on my shoulder tenderly as if that action will break me.
In all honesty she's the one who I should be treating with extra care, she looks like she's been through hell and back. I feel bad for her.
"Please don't do that." I say gently grabbing hold of her hand. "You can call me Tatiana and hug me as much as you want."
She smiles nodding.
"I never got your name?"
"Oh I'm Dylan. I know you can't tell right now but I'm a wolf, a weak one but I am." She takes pride in being a wolf by the way she straightens her back. I admire her confidence, I want that.
"I envy you Dylan." I confess entering my room further sitting on my couch motioning for her to follow.
"Envy me?"
I nod,"I have to tell you, I don't want to be here."
Her eyes grow wide,"Why is Alpha abusive? I can't imagine that, he's so generous. I mean he has his ruthless moments but never towards any of us in the pack unless it's necessary."
Her shocked response makes me feel a little selfish, we all have skeletons in our closest.
"Lun- I mean Tatiana, listen. I don't know what you don't like about him or what he's done to you behind closed doors, just know that today when I saw the way he looked at you my heart panged with jealousy. He loves you so much, he's never changed a law and did without second thought just to make you happy."
I didn't know what to say to that so I just nodded my head. She's right. "But I don't love him."
She snorts resting her head back shaking it, "Who are you trying to fool? Being on the outside looking in you do, ya know what I think?"
"What?"
She closes her eyes grinning, "You are just scared to love him because of what you know, that's just a small piece of the pie. Alpha Alessandro is a great man."
We enjoy the silence for a little me thinking about whether what she said was true. There is an attraction there, but I don't feel love.
"I loved Thomas once."
"What happened?"
"He's crazy. He didn't love me back he wanted a personal punching bag and I let him... I let him beat me,starve me, rape me." She choked on the last part.
Tears welled in my eyes, her face mirrored mine.
"He thought loving me was being in control. I wasn't allowed outside because he was scared someone would take me from him."
That partially sounds familiar except if I got outside I was planning on running away.
"I couldn't have guy friends but that's all I hung out with, he's an extremely insecure man. Thinking all that they want from me is sex. I couldn't even speak to my brother."
I shake my head in disgust of this piss poor excuse of a man. He deserves to be killed.
"I can talk to Alessandro for you. We could-
"No! I don't want him hurt, as crazy as it may seem to you, I still love him. He is my mate and killing him would kill me."
My face must've given my apprehension for the situation away.
"I can feel him right here", she points to her chest,"When you're marked by your mate you can feel what they feel. He's livid and heartbroken, it's killing him to be without me."
"It didn't seem like it to me." I shoot back. "He acted as if you were disposable, like you didn't matter."
"That's how he is." She shrugs. "On the outside a total dick but here." She points to her heart again. "He's dying just like I am, he'll be begging for me soon. Promise me you won't let him take me. That Alpha won't allow it."
"If you think he really cares for you and you for him then why not?" I challenge, I really need some help understanding here because right now I'm confused.
Her eyes grows the size of saucers as she shakes her head furiously, "I told you he has a sadistic way of loving me. This time he'd kill me just so I would stay. The reason he rejected me now is because I grew some balls and hit him over the head with a bat."
"Oh."
"Before I got sent to your room he whispered in passing that he'd kill me when we meet again and we will meet again."
"How do you know?"
"He's one of Alpha's advisors."
Not anymore he's not. "Wait here." Rising from my seat she follows behind me.
"Wh-what are you going to do?"
"Talk to Alessandro about his trusty advisor."
"But-
"No Dylan, he will not threaten your life and expect to get away with it. He has to get through me to get to you. I won't allow it."
She nods,"Spoken like a true Luna."
I knock lightly on Alessandro's bedroom door. "Alessandro we need to talk, now."
The door rips open a bewildered Alessandro looking me over. "Were you crying? I can smell your tears." He hugs me kissing my cheek backing into the room shutting and locking the door.
"Yes, Dylan-Thomas's mate- Alessandro you can't let Thomas work here anymore."
Releasing me he leads me to the bed laying down. "Talk to me."
Smoothing the hair out of my face he scowls.
"He's um, he wasn't nice to her and I don't want him in the same vicinity as Dylan."
"I already separated them what more can I do that hasn't already been done? What is really going on. Say the word and I'll have him killed."
"No!" I cry gripping his shirt. "Don't do that don't kill him, you'll hurt Dylan more than she already is. She loves him but she's afraid to let him go even if he wants to kill her now." I sniffle burying my face in his chest.
"Princess, let me do my job then. I can't have her afraid to be here and you crying like this." Pulling away from me I yank him back on the bed kissing his face.
"Don't kill him." I whisper.
He stills for a moment before turning into me kissing my lips, "I promise I won't."
"Okay." I mouth.
"I love you." He breathes wrapping me in the cover. I lay my head down on the pillow crying.
"Don't cry princess, consider the situation handled."
I nod.
"There's something you're not telling me Tatiana."
Sighing the tears stream down my face,"We talked alot and it made me think about us."
"I would never hurt you, whatever it is that Thomas has done to her I'll never do it to you."
Holding my hand up to his mouth he shuts up pecking my fingers.
"I trust you Alessandro, I want you to hold me."
He holds me to his chest rubbing small circles on my back. "I don't love you Alessandro."
He stops breathing.
"I do care for you, I could learn to love you but you have to help me."
He exhales slowly kissing the top of my head. "I've been dying to hear you say that."
