An Alpha's Revenge

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SAF

Saf stared at the wall over Jonathan's head.

She knew she should probably be freaking out about the whole moonmate thing or maybe she should be thinking of the battle she'd left behind but instead she could only stare at the wall as she waited for him to wake.

She eyed the bandage on his leg. The healers had removed the bullet and she knew he'd be fine soon.

She wasn't sure she would be.

Blood had dried on the edges of her nails and in her hair from where she'd decimated the man who'd attack Jonathon.

It wasn't the violence that shook her or her anger at him being injured, but instead the fear that had gripped her. The knowledge that he was hers and she might lose him.

That fear was much harder to shake than the anger that had left her so abruptly.

So, she returned her stare to the wall and continued to wait for him to regain consciousness.

She knew the second that he did. Felt his gaze crawl up her skin, roaming her form - probably to check for injury, before finally settling on her face.

She knew all she had to do was look at him and then her life would change forever. Because, he'd been right. They did belong to each other. And she loathed that all this time he'd been right.

She also had a feeling that she might never hear the end of it.

So, she sat there, on the precipice of their future for as long as she could.

Of course, she should have known that he was tired of waiting. He'd been claiming she was his for years now.

So, it was no surprise when he sat up, gripped her chin in his giant hand and twisted her head to face him as he pressed his lips against hers in a crushing, possessive kiss that left her breathless as she tore herself away from him.

She panted slightly as she stared at him. His face a picture - a smirk that she wanted to punch off his face, eyes that devoured her every movement.

She went to speak but he pushed himself from the bed. She stumbled backwards, up and off the small stall she'd been sitting on.

A healer tripped past them as Saf continued to back towards the tent flap as Jonathon matched each stride with a longer one, intent in every step. There would be no waiting, no time to digest. He knew she knew that she was his. Whether it was because he'd heard her or because his wolf had sensed the change in her wolf, she wasn't sure.

She made it as far as the edge of the tent when he lunged. So she ran.

Letting her wolf free, she ran from the pain of the injured wolves, from the sounds of the battle, she ran and ran and ran.

Until Jonathon caught her.

Over and over they tumbled, a furry blur as he launched into her and sent them rolling down a hill.

As they came to a rest, both of them transformed into their human forms, Jonathon braced above her.

They stared into each other's eyes for a moment and before she could speak, Jonathon leaned down and sniffed, licked, then bit her neck.

There would be no waiting. No preamble. She'd made him wait long enough already.

Her body arched into him at the mixture of pain and ecstasy as he claimed her in the old way.

Not one to be outdone, as he finished licking clean the newly made wound, she leaned up and did the same.

A low pulse echoed through their chests, momentarily stealing Saf's breath before a bright light slammed into her brain.

And just like that she could sense him. His happiness. His ownership. And just like that, she was his and he was hers, how it was always supposed to be.

"You're mine. You were always mine." Jonathon practically growled from above her, smirking that same smirk.

Anger bubbled beneath her skin but was tangled irrevocably with her need for him. "Yes, so it would appear." She snapped, sounding more breathless than she cared for.

"I told you I was right." He purred with pure male satisfaction, making her skin itch with anger.

Saf rolled her eyes, knowing he'd be painful about this until the end of time. "And, here we go."

They may have continued talking. Well, if Saf was honest she had anything but talking that she planned to do with him hidden in that forest...naked...but all thought, all hope, ended the moment they heard that howl.

It tore across the land like a tsunami of pain, leaving nothing but devastation in its wake.

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A/N:
Announcement: there are TWO more chapters left!

Then, a two part epilogue...