The Girl Who Changed The Alpha's Life (UNDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION)

Chapter 7

EDITED.

(Zeke's POV):

The silence that follows me telling Avery I love her hurts. It causes a pain in my chest, the feeling of rejection. A feeling I have never experienced before, and I'm beginning to feel like I'm not a huge fan of it. But my own mate of all people is the one who doesn't have feelings back?

I guess I could understand if she doesn't love me back, but I wish she would say something. Anything.

The light gray ceiling seems to spiral around, and I feel like I just stumbled off of one of those spinning teacup rides at an amusement park. I feel sick. Should I have kept my feelings to myself longer? Let her say it first? Waited a few more weeks? What could I have done to make this go right? 

"Zeke," Avery whispers. My attention diverts from the spinning ceiling and my swirling stomach to what Avery has to say.

She leans in close to me, her lips brushing my ear as she speaks. "I love you too."

The spinning ceiling comes to a stop, and falling sensation in my stomach dissipates. The rotating teacups feeling comes to a halt and is replaced with a feeling like I've just gotten off of an exhilarating rollercoaster ride. I feel like one of those people on a game show who made the right choice and have confetti released on top of themselves. The music blaring in the background, and the host congratulating them. "You win!" They would say, as the person jumps for joy, happy tears streaming down their face. 

She loves me. 

The thought races around my head; Avery loves me. Avery loves me. She loves me. She has feelings back. She loves me.

My hands reach for her face, her lips still grazing my earlobe, and smash my lips to hers. This kiss is more wild than the others we've shared, filled with excitement and passion.

My hands still cupping her face, the adrenaline rushes through my veins. She seems caught a bit off guard by the kiss, but slowly relaxes into my touch and kisses back.

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I have difficulty sleeping through the night, my mind still racing with thoughts. I wake with bursts of adrenaline coursing through me, each time with the memory of Avery admitting her similar feelings to me. 

Avery loves me back. 

My wolf is grinning ear to ear just from the thought.

I wake up for the third time in the night, and check the clock to find that it's 2:30 AM. The memory rushes back to me once again, but as it replays in my mind, the sound of howling outside cuts it short.

Those damn rogues are out there again. I'll sit this one out, Mac can handle them this time. 

Mac, I link to him. 

What dude? It's the middle of the night. He responds, sounding frustrated with me. 

Your turn with the rogues. Good luck out there man. I've been doing my fair share of protecting the pack from the rogues during the night, and now Mac needs to do his. 

He groans in response, but I can tell he's going to take care of the issue.

I'm getting sick of these rogues, but the scouts haven't been able to find the source. It's getting out of hand, and I need to protect Avery. A luna, especially an unclaimed one, is the perfect target for rogues.

With no bond between the two to contact one another, it could be so simple to pick off both the luna and alpha. 

After all, if you take down one mate, the other inherently falls with it.