An Alpha's Heart

CHAPTER 19: The Night Before.....

SUNDAYE

Tonight was the last night before Phoenix would fight and compete against Ezekiel in the Aloha Games.

I have played it in my mind with what he told me as the reason being in why he's doing it and it's not that I don't believe he can defeat Ezekiel but I have seen what Ezekiel can do and to be honest even though I have been a bit afraid of Phoenix when he gets upset and saw how he could get, I just don't think he's as crazy though like Ezekiel who LIVES to torturing and causing others pain. It's as if he feeds of people's fears and inflicts pain with much pleasure that to me, is the scariest thing. He truly is the definition of what you'd think a monster was.

Now that Phoenix and I are about to have a baby, I worry about him. Our baby needs a father for crying out loud. And even though he has told me numerous times that I didn't have to come and watch, of course I had to watch. Also the Elders were gracious enough to allow me to sit next to them in the seat that Phoenix would have sat in.

I felt a little better as Neil and Delanee had both promised me they would be right next to me the entire time.

Tonight though, Phoenix was taking me out for some alone time together as he has been busy training while I've been caught up in the baby shower planning. Which did help me not think too much about the Alpha Games.

While I was finishing getting ready in front of the mirror and look at myself in the full length mirror where I looked more at my stomach and held it and smiled.

"You look beautiful." I hear Phoenix day while looking at me from the bedroom doorway as he leans against it with his hands in his pocket dressed in his usual nice attire (a buttoned down shirt and nice jeans).

I smile in return at him.

"Thanks." I reply and turn to face him. "So do you."

"Thanks." He smiles again.

He walks up to me and stops right in front of me, centimeters away as he reaches out with his hand and gently caresses the side of my face while looking into my eyes.

"I love you." He tells me.

"I love you too." I tell him.

"Come on." He says as he laces our fingers together and walk hand-in-hand downstairs and out towards the car and then head to the restaurant.

He took me to a really nice authentic Italian food restaurant and we started talking about so much except for the Alpha Games tomorrow.

When we were finished with dinner, we sat there and had some dessert also and while eating some cheesecake, he sets down his fork.

"I know that you're worried about tomorrow." He says.

"I'm sorry." I tell him. "I'm trying not to but can you blame me? You're going to be competing in something that could end badly and I just..." I stop myself as I begin choking up on my tears. "I just am trying not to think about that. Especially since there is a risk of you not coming out of it." I confess as I now look down at the napkin on my lap and fidget a little to hide my tears.

Then the next thing I notice is his hand touching mine and I look and see him on one knee as he looks into my eyes.

"Please listen to me when I tell you this." He begins before taking a breath and then letting it out before continuing.

"What are you doing" I ask.

"Now, I know I can't promise you a lot of things. Of course I can buy you whatever you want, I can take you wherever you want to go, but it kills me at the same time to know that I have caused you pain and that I can't promise you anything about tomorrow's games. But do you remember that scene from The Notebook that you made me watch, when he read out loud what the girl wrote to him saying if he reads that to her, she'll always come back to him and then they grow old together?" He asks.

"Yes." I struggle to say through tears I begin fighting back.

"That's gonna be us. Unfortunately I'm not a good writer and there aren't enough words in the world to describe how I feel about you to where I can write it in a journal. But I have something else." He says and then starts reaching into his pocket and pulls out a beautiful amethyst color ring with two diamonds all over the band connected.

"I want you to wear this knowing that no matter what happens tomorrow night or anything else that comes our way in the future, I want you to look at this knowing I will ALWAYS come back to you. I love you and need to know that you love me enough to have my last name and...." He stops as I notice him getting choked up as well on his tears and that's when I take the opportunity to place a kiss on his lips while pulling his face closer to me.

I pull my head back for a little bit to tell him, 'Yes!' Before I continue kissing him again as the tears beginning falling and he stands up and picks me up in his arms and starts spinning me around kissing me back as everyone cheers.

Then once he sets me down we look into each other's eyes and next end up going back to the house and before going to bed, we make slow sweet love to each other and fall asleep in each other's arms as we say 'I love you'. To each other.

Please Moon Goddess or whoever is listening, don't take him away from me. Please.

Next chapter will be posted soon! :)