I woke up with Flicker pacing in my head. I can feel the anxiety flowing through my veins. I check the time. Damn, it's 10:30 am. I don't remember the last time I slept this late. This happened because I couldn't sleep all night trying to figure out how I would talk to him, which result in me sleeping till 10.

I tried asking Flicker what's wrong, but she ignored me and keep pacing. I swear she is trying to give me a heart attack.  " Ohh shut up. You can't have a heart attack, that's not possible. " She screamed and kept pacing.

 
" Please tell me what the hell is wrong. The suspense is killing me. " I begged her.

 
" I don't know what is happening. Rudy is scared and I can't help but catch his feelings. " She replied.

 
" It has to do something with his mate. " I told her.

I mind-linked Jay and asked him to meet me at my office in 15 minutes, which means I have 10 minutes to get my shit together and 5 minutes to reach my office. Thank goodness, I don't use makeup otherwise getting ready in 10 minutes would have been impossible. I was on my way to the packhouse where my office is when I met dad. He has the exact same expression as me. We nod at each other and entered the office.

 
" So you're feeling it too." He asked.

 
" Yeah! " I replied, just then Jay came in with Tyler along with him.

 
"Jay I need you to go to blood moon pack and since we can't enter in the pack. I want you to stay at the border and if you see Stephen. I want you to bring him back to our pack. And if anything seems suspicious or wrong, call me." I told him.

He nods and leave. Then I turn to Tyler,  " I need you to keep an eye on Kyle and make sure he won't do anything stupid."

He nods and starts leaving when I said, " Tyler we might need to prepare for conflicts. "

" You think his mate is in trouble? " Dad asked me with worried expression.

 
" I checked on that pack's history. Stephen was telling the truth, they would never accept his relationship with Kyle. And would do anything to stop them. I just hope we are not late. " I told him.

 
"Don't worry. We'll handle it. If that son of a bitch needs a war we'll give him one. Cause nobody messes with my kids." Dad said bringing me in a hug.

This day is getting really long. Jay is waiting at blood moon pack's border for hours and still got nothing. Kyle has come to asking permission to leave the pack border, which I politely declined. I have a pretty clear idea where he wants to go. I told him that everything is fine and he's just being paranoid. I know I'm lying to him but when it comes to our mate we wolves don't tend to use our brains a lot. Since I can't expect him to think rationally, I can't tell him that I have already sent a little expedition to bring his mate home.

 
It took lots of explaining and time to convince him that I'll do everything in my power to bring Stephen back to his new home.

It's almost 4 pm and I'm really trying hard to stop myself from calling Jay and telling him to screw the rules and just go and bring Stephen back. I know this will only increase trouble and we can't have that. I was just sitting in my office holding my head when Adrien came in. Then it hit me we were supposed to talk today. Could this day get any worse?

 
" Hey you're okay? " He asked and came to me.

 
" Yeah!" I didn't even believe myself. He too didn't and hold me tightly to himself. His warm embrace made me relax like I can feel all the tension leaving my body. I should just stick to him and I won't feel tense ever. Maybe I could use glue or something.

" I thought we were going to talk about something. " He said and I was thinking it's impossible to tense when he's holding me like this. Guess I was wrong.

 
" Yeah about that. I swear I'm not trying to avoid the inevitable, today has just been distracting. " I told him while nuzzling more into his neck.

 
"Inevitable, huh?" He chuckled.

And I just took the moment to enjoy the peace I'm feeling right now.

 
"Eddy"

Flicker finally stopped pacing and is purring because of how close we are to our mate.

 
" Eddy"

I can't even remember what got me worked up the whole day.

 
" Eddena"

" Hmm" I don't want to let go.

 
" Your phone is ringing " He said amusingly.

 
" Just 1 more minute. " I said still clinging to him like it's matter of life or death.

 
"Eddena it's Jay. It might be important." He said and that got my attention. I literally jumped to pick up the phone .

" Jay what's happening? " I asked.

 
" I got him Eddy and we are halfway to our pack," Jay replied.

 
" But.. " I asked not really wanting to hear.

 
" But he's hurt. Like really hurt. And they are kinda coming after us or him. " He said and I can feel tension through his voice.

 
" How bad? " I asked.

 
" Like several stab wounds with silver knife and..... and with the rate of the healing process I can say that knife was coated with wolfsbane. And I'm not sure how the hell he made it to the borders." He said.

 
Shit Kyle. He's going to be mad... no furious. Rudy must have felt his mate's pain.

 
" Eddy, find Kyle and stay with him till I reach there. " He said and I told him that I would do that and he should be careful.

"What happen? " Adrien asked. I totally forgot that he was still there.

 
"Kyle's mate is hurt. Really bad. " I told him. I mind-linked Tyler and told him to meet me at the pack's hospital with Kyle.

 
" We need to get to the hospital and make sure everything is ready for their arrival and I need to talk to Kyle. " I said and start walking out. Adrien take my hand in his and gave them reassuring squeeze.

I was talking to the doctor telling him what Jay told me when Tyler came with Kyle.

 
" What's wrong? " Kyle asked.

 
" Jay is coming with Stephen and he's hurt. " I told him.

 
It took him a couple of seconds to understand what I said and when he did he just sit on the ground holding his head in his hands.

 
" How bad? " He asked.

 
" Pretty bad. " I told him.

 
Just then Jay entered with a bloody and unconscious Stephen on his shoulder and we all rushed to him.

 
Doctor and nurses came and took him inside the room. Kyle tried entering with his mate but the doctor asked him to wait outside and we all had to hold him to stop. I turned to Jay to ask him what happened there.

 
" I was just waiting there for anything and at that point, I was thinking whether I should enter or just wait outside. When I saw someone stumbled just a foot outside the pack border. I went to check who it was. And I heard people coming toward us. I saw that it was Stephen so I took him into my car and start driving. And this is how I reached here. " He explained.

"Eddy blood moon pack's alpha is at our borders and demanding that we surrender Stephen and his mate. " Tyler informed me.

 
" I'll handle that bastard. How dare he hurt him? " Kyle growled.

 
" Kyle stay here. Your mate needs you right now. I'll handle him. " I said putting my hand on his chest to stop him and to calm him slightly. I told Jay to stay with Kyle and ask Tyler to come with me. I also called dad to join Kyle and Jay at the hospital, I really don't want him near the border right now.

 
" I'll come with you. " Adrien said.

 
" Adrien I don't think that's a good idea. It might be dangerous. " Tyler told him with genuine concern.

 
" I know I'm not trained like you guys but Eddy I'm not letting you go without me. " He said while looking deeply in my eyes.

 
"Okay. But you have to promise that whatever you see or hear. You would give me a chance to explain before you reach any conclusion. " I pleaded him.

 
" Okay! " He said.