Chapter 43

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"Oh, kind sir please let me sleep for a few hours. We had a long night and I could really do with a few hours of sleep before I'm forced to start my day."

"What I am not doing anything, I'm only appreciating my mark that looks so good on you by kissing it. You can sleep, I won't do anything else. I swear," he said, and to prove his point he kissed the mark again.

My whole body trembles as the kiss left the trail of tingles down my body. He keeps doing that in every five minutes and he has been doing that right after he found his mark on my neck. And I understand his happiness and amazement at the mark, I do but now I'm tired and need some sleep so that I could focus on other things. But the devil beside me definitely has different plans as he keeps doing that while giving me that smile that had my heart struggle to beat and left me gasping for breath. Was he always looked like an angle or it's just the bond? But he won't stop till I gave him the taste of his own medicine and I know exactly what's needed to be done. I turned my face to see him leaning in again to kiss, I stared at him and put my hand on his lips to stop them from touching my neck and like a child who couldn't get his candy he groaned in complain. I pushed him back that gave me a clear view of him, he looked more......more confident, more content, more him. I haven't seen him looking like this in a very long time. I like this sparkly version of him, the version which is oozing with joy, warmth and love.

His groan broke my train of thought, I realized that I still had hand on his lips which is stopping him from reaching to his mark which made him impatient. I bet if I stay like this any longer, he will start whining. How the hell I was able to score this gem for me? I smirked at him and lean down to where my mark rest and lick it, he shuddered and his whole body melted beneath me. Liking the response that I'm getting I did it again and he whined with my hand still on his lips. I went to do that again but I sticky wet feeling on my hand stopped me and I jerked it way. He licked my hand.

"I get it. I get it so you don't have to punish me more. I'll let you sleep. Okay."

Luckily after that we both got some sleep and regain some energy for the big day ahead of us. As much as I want to spend this time in peace with my family, I know there are some matters that need instant attention, like this war situation. I need to plan our strategy with lead warriors for which I had arranged a meeting in the afternoon after lunch and that arrangement give me about threeish hour of sleep. Everything can be put aside but the fact that my human mate marked me needs my attention most right now.

We were siting in our room eating brunch, I can't help but look for something that might give me any idea about the changes he might have gone through. He smells a little different but that could be the mating, he still feels human. He feels more than human but not exactly a wolf. So, what it might be?

"Do I have something on my face?"

"No, why?"

"Then, why are you staring me like that?"

"I was just trying to figure out how you were able to mark me and what other changes you went through."

"Yeah. I was thinking about that too. I don't know if it was a one-time thing or. But I don't feel any different."

"Have you tried bringing them out again?"

"No.....I don't know how. That time they came out on instinct, everything in me was telling me to mark you and make you mine. So, I don't know what and how it happened."

"Okay I will tell you how. First take a deep breath and close your eyes. Now, imagine the moment you marked me, try to replicate that moment that feeling."

I shifted closer to him as I felt his breath hitched and it took him a couple of minutes to open his eyes. And when he did, his eyes looked like molten gold and they were glowing so beautifully. He catches my dazed expression as he smirked his toothy grin and I can see his elongated canines, now I understand how he was able to mark me. He converted into some sort of hybrid, more than human less than wolf. And right now, he smells heavenly, his fragrance is so strong that hit me like a wall. He put his hands on mine and gave them squeeze to bring me back to him. I looked at our hands, only to finds his clawed hand on mine, it only made me more curious to how further this change goes.

"Hey, earth to Eddy. Tell me what are you thinking."

"You look breath taking and all mine. Your eyes are the most beautiful one I've ever seen."

He smiled and I watched wheels turning in his head. Then he frowned and brought his claw to his wrist and dug it in his flesh. He made a long cut as he dragged it making me hiss in the pain he might be feeling. No, the pain he is feeling. I can feel his pain and his emotions. I was looking at his wrist when I heard holy shit in my head, it's not me nor Flicker.

"It healed. Did you see how fast it healed? Now I can too heal like you guys. Wow. This is the coolest thing ever. I should try it again."

"Are you crazy? No, once is more than enough. Next time you want to do something stupid or absolutely crazy, a little warning would be nice."

This boy would be death of me, I'm telling you. He acts like kid sometime; I agree that it looks cute but that's only half of the time other half is scary.

"Are you done or is there anything else you wanna try?"

"There is this one thing," he said that like he was deep in thoughts and the longer he is taking his time, more I'm getting worried. I heard the next sentence in my head, "raison d'être."

"What does that mean?"

"A reason for existing. You are my reason for existing...... And this also proves that I can talk to you in your head. We now have link."

"Way to spoil the mood."

"What did I do?" he said with a pout, god he cannot get any cuter.

"Nothing. So, you have mind link with me, good. Do you have it with pack too?"

He shakes his head in negative with a no through link. He is going to make a game out of it. Why do I think that I'm forgetting something? Something important.

"Are you not getting late for the meeting?" he asked me through link.

"Shit, I totally forget. We need to get ready we can't be late."

"I'm not going with you. I know I've been performing like the alpha but that was in your absence and now you are back. So, there is absolutely no need for me to go there."

"What? You haven't been performing like an alpha, you're their alpha and that little mark on your neck is proof of that."

"But, what would I do. You can handle it all by yourself. I know that."

"It's not about me handling or not, it's just that you are their alpha too and it's your duty to be there. Besides, I know you are going to fight in that damn fight, so you should be aware of everything."

"Can't you just tell me afterwards."

"Adrian, what is it exactly, I can feel your worry and discomfort through the bond. And I can also hear you saying you don't belong there."

"First stop hearing my thoughts and second, I'm right. It would be ridiculous to be there when I'm an outsider and partial cause of this mess."

"So, by that logic Stephen shouldn't be there too as he is too an outsider and partial or more than that reason for this mess. It's his previous pack after all. Should we blame him too?"

"No, I'm not saying that.......okay I will come."

"You, my dear mate, are not an outsider and you are definitely not the cause for this mess. Only person who is responsible are those bastards who cannot accept diversity."

I didn't give him another chance to argue as I pulled him by his shirt to kiss him and that successfully put end to all that mental banter he was having. This is a nice way of shutting him up and I'm also not telling him how to block his thoughts from me, at least not now. This meeting is really important, we need to determine our moves against our enemy.


Adrian POV

She managed to drag me to the meeting even though I tried not to come. She just doesn't take no for an answer, my stubbornly beautiful mate. And of course, she heard that, I am really hating this mind-link thing. She never let me hear her thoughts and I don't know how to keep her out.

"I'll teach you later. Probably," she replied through link.

As I'm seeing everyone sitting around this conference table looking like business, I cannot compare them to the group of goofs they actually are, but with the severity of situation they transformed completely. It's hard to imagine me as a part of them.

"So, we all know why we are here today, our enemy could attack at any moment and we need to be prepared for anything," she said after giving me the knowing look for the comment that I had in my head about myself.

"Starting with obvious, kids, elderly and anyone who cannot fight will stay in the pack house and few warriors will be posted to guard them. Stephen, you know them the best, so tell us about how they might strategies."

"Mark (alpha) is an egoistical maniac, he cannot accept defeat, he cannot let other look down on him. And when his plan to stop me from coming here failed, he set down on getting revenge on me and my mate, only to find even bigger bruise on his fragile ego when he was sent away by a girl. But he is not impulsive, he is very calculative. That's why he went to elders instead of going to other packs for support, cause he knew that if elders were to agree to him, he would be killing two birds from one stone. First being getting rid of us, second getting superiority against other pack. This attack won't be in any sense unprepared or weak, he had two months to think of best route to enter our pack and our weak links. I can bet this was the only thing on his mind."

"You think he might have asked for some other packs for help," Jay asked.

"Ask other and let them share his glory. No way. He wants spotlight on him for defeating one of the biggest packs of the continent. I think his attack would be focused on the main monstrosities being us. Especially you, Eddy. It will help him win as a pack can't survive without alpha."

Especially you, Eddy. Those words were ringing in my ears as the room get filled in silence as we all contemplate what we just heard. I can't help but feel my heart squeeze painfully at thought of anything happening to her. I can't lose her I won't be able to survive that. And like every word that I head thought today she heard these too and her hand hold my hand under the table.

"Okay, thank you Stephen it was really helpful. Chloe, I want some of your best warriors inside the pack house with other..."

"But alpha won't we be more useful outside with other, I'm sorry for questioning your decisions but isn't the whole point of training female warriors was to have better force against our enemies," Chloe the head female warrior said.

"The reason why I want them in is that our enemies would never expect female warriors, so if they somehow managed to get passed our first defense outside the pack house, they could be dealt with before they can hurt anyone. And from tomorrow I want some warriors to be posted on the borders, hidden from plain sight, so they can warn us about any intruder. Kyle pick one who are good in stealth. Tyler, tell us place from where they could enter easily."

"The area near river and the north-east border are the easiest one for them, cause there are several plants on both side with lots of hiding spot giving them advantage of stealth. We won't know if they enter until they are too close for comfort. Water is also going to hide their scent while north-east side has meadow making it difficult to get any scent and that area is also close to road making it hard to increase patrolling. But we can also use these in our advantage, so I don't think they would use them especially north-east because of obvious reasons. Unless he is quite desperate. The south side is closer from their pack and also near river making it the best shot they get."

"If we knew that these routes are easy for them, would they really use them. I can tell that he is an arrogant ass but he cannot be that stupid to willingly enter a trap," I countered.

"You're right. That's what increases our trouble. So, I suggest we give equal attention to all borders but with stealth which can help us know the moment they enter the pack so we could lure to them to this spot. It has tall trees which can give us an upper hand, as we know our woods better than them and this place is near the border and far away from pack house. There are several rocks making pretty good hiding spots. And if things start going down, we will have time to warn our warriors in or outside the packhouse," Tyler explains by showing the locations on the map. He also pointed at the places to hide for surprise attack.

"That is good plan. I need a quarter of our warriors on all four direction and river, they should be spread widely and in constant contact with everyone. After them I want Kyle, Tyler, Jay and Chloe with small group of warriors of your own to lure them to the location and to provide others backup. Raven are you going to join us, it's absolutely no pressure you can do what you want," Eddy ask turning towards Raven and her mate.

"I appreciate your asking but I'm going to be where my mate is," she replied while looking at her mate who looks to be having trouble accepting it. And I understand both of them, I don't want Eddy to be anywhere near danger but I also don't want her to be there alone. And on cue, she gave my hand a assuring squeeze which she ahs been holding whole time, something which I really appreciate.

"I wasn't expecting any less," Eddy said smiling, "I want Adrian, Stephen and you at the location hiding behind a rock with rest of our warriors around you guys. I also want some warriors up on the tree and Adrian would have silver daggers and a gun with him. Does anyone have problem with that?"

Nobody said anything about that, though I expected at least one voice of objection which never came. They finalized some other details which I didn't listen as I zoned out. She never told us where she would be whole time and no one asked about that. I can't tell whether it is a good plan or bad as I never in my wildest dream thought that I would live long enough to be a part of a war. To say that I'm scared would be an understatement, I'm totally out of my mind. People could die, we could die, all because a bastard cannot accept a female leader and gay relation. How stupid this is, it's our freaking life if you can't accept us then fuck off. I don't remember asking for your approval.

"Baby let's go home. I want to spend rest of the day in the bed with you. Cause I have a strong feeling we won't get any time tomorrow."

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