Chapter 9
Maybe it was the whole mate bond thing, she didn’t really know. It felt like they were connected somehow. It felt deeper than just love alone. Adira was getting really comfortable with Duncan, she never thought that she would ever be able to trust anyone again.
Here she was though, on her back floating in the water with his arms under her. It felt wonderful if she was going to be honest about the whole thing. Once he was confident that she at least knew the basics of swimming, they got out of the water.
She sat on the edge of the bank with her feet swaying in the water as she became lost in thought. So many memories, so much pain, so much betrayal. Why? She never wanted anything more than their love. She wanted a family. When she started sneaking out and following her father and uncle, she wasn’t sure what she was going to find. It was far worse than she ever thought it was.
When the family would go on vacations, she would go down to her father’s office and look for stuff, she found plenty of bills of sale, documents, fake visas, bank account records and account books for profit and loss.
She also found another account book separate from the others, she wasn’t an accounting genius but she could tell that her father was keeping this book to keep track of the money he was stealing from their businesses.
Wonder if Uncle Alpha knew about that? Not that she was going to tell him. Who knows neither of them liked each other, so it’s a good bet that Uncle is also doing the same thing to dear Dad.
She drifted off to other memories, the one where she and another girl were playing together in the woods and Uncle Alpha came up behind them. He just stood there and watched them, it gave them both the creeps. Finally, Cathy’s mother called out for her and she never saw her again.
A week after Cathy went missing, there was a note taped to her attic door. She remembered it word for word……..
{I Don’t Ever Want You to Play in The Woods Again. }
The note wasn’t signed but she knew who it was from. She never went to that spot again, but when Artemis showed up she needed the woods again. She would always wait till the end of her shift at the hotel and run in the woods behind it. It wasn’t all that much, it was enough to get them through some bad stuff.
Adira noticed that she was shaking and was having trouble breathing, she couldn’t get enough air. The world around her started to dim as she could hear the voices and all the terrible things they were saying to her. She could hear Duncan screaming her name off in the distance and then it was all gone.
She was back in her room in the attic, tied to a support beam and being beaten by her father because she got caught using the downstairs
bathroom.
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Duncan was in a panic, she was fine for one moment and then she went quiet. The next thing he knew she was screaming NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! over and over. He picked her up and carried her to the tent, as he held her yelling her name over and over hoping that she would come back from her nightmare.
He saw the scars on her back and legs, he wished he could have been there for her so none of this would have happened. He could not because he was not. He will do anything she needs to get through this, for now, he will just hold her tight to him till she wakes.
He laid her down on the rug and got out the blankets, and the pillows and made her a bed. He then went to the sides of the tent and shut the curtains, so that when she woke up she would be surrounded by white. He lovingly put her down right in the middle of the bed he made, then cuddled up next to her and gathered her into his arms. Falling asleep as close as he could get to her.
An hour later Duncan woke to the sound of Marco in his head, Marco was waiting outside for him. He slowly disentangled himself from her body and went to meet his Beta. When he stepped outside the tent, he gave Marco an angry stare. Marco held up his hands in surrender.
I have a message from Jack, “he says that there were enforcers sent into his territory. Jack and his Sleuth of Bears took care of them easily and sent
a rather nasty message back daring Alpha Micheal to send more.”
As far as he knows they still believe that Adira is with them in their territory. He said he will play as long as you want him to.”
‘He also said that he can be on the move at a moment’s notice if needed. All you have to do is give the word.”
“That is good Marco, send this message back to him. Tell him he can play as long as he wants, just let me know when he gets bored with it and I will change it up for him.”
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Also Marco I need a favor, Adira had a bad PTSD attack. I don’t want to move her through the forest and wake her. Can you bring one of those futon mattresses here and some extra blankets? Ask the Pack cook if she can send along some of her homemade herbal tea.”
‘I’m going to keep her here overnight and possibly most of tomorrow.”
“The Doc warned me about this, I think just keeping her here away from everything for a little bit, might help her sort some of it out.”
“I can’t believe that those flea–bitten mongrels did the things they were doing to her, not to mention all that shit they were dishing out in their own pack.”
“You stay here, I will make sure you have all you need, keep her here a couple of days while the weather is good. Give her some time to just be with you and maybe heal her heart a little.
“Then you can come back and declare her your Luna. The pack has waited a long time for its Luna, I can tell you that they are all happy and are with you both all the way.”
“Don’t worry about pack business, I will take care of it till you come back and I will mind link you to any developments going on as well as any
problems.”
Now go back to our Luna, I will be back shortly with everything you’re going to need.”
Duncan pulled back the curtain and just looked lovingly at his Luna. She was so beautiful in her sleep, he could see that she was sleeping peacefully now. He lay back down beside her and fell into content sleep of a happy wolf.
The next morning Adira woke up to the most wonderful warmth, Duncan’s scent hit her and she just snuggled in closer to him. He, in turn, held her tighter.
Duncan had been awake for some time when he felt her awaken, he was surprised when she snuggled deeper into his arms. Mated or not if he were to die right now he would die happy. When he heard her soft breathing turn into sleep once again, he gently got up and went to see what
his Beta sent him.
When he opened the curtain what he saw made his jaw drop. How in the hell did he manage this without him waking up? Then it dawned on him, that Marco went to the pack mages and asked for help.
There was a small cabin not more than 10 feet from their tent. He went inside and it was a cozy inviting little cabin. The kitchen was old- fashioned but workable, there was a table with two chairs, and on the other side of the room was a couch and two end tables, with oil lamps. A fireplace adorned the other wall complete with wood.
He went into the bedroom and realized that Adira was going to love this room, it was old–fashioned in decor, and the bed though looked like a big fluffy cloud. He opened an adjoining door and it was a bathroom.
The door on the other side was a huge closet, with some of their clothes in it, as well as more blankets and towels. There was a note on the bed, he picked it up and read it.
Dear Alpha Duncan,
This is to inform you that you are on vacation for the next three days, this cabin is magically built.
Everything you need is all here, running water, hot water, an oven, and a fridge. Stocked with all the food you would like. However, there aren’t any electrical lights or TVs. Enjoy and bring back our Luna.
Sincerely,
Your faithful,
Mages.
Duncan just shook his head, he had two elder mages who lived with them in their retirement. They were a couple, going on 50 years now. Mathew and Cheryl. He will have to come up with a nice thank–you gift for them.
He went back to their tent, Adira was awake and sitting up. He looked at her….“Are you ok?”
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“Yeah, I am sorry about that yesterday.”
“Do not say you’re sorry ever again. You will have these for a while and I am here to help you through them. Come and see what my two mages did for us in the night.”
Chapter Comments
Sandra Sa
Seems like this pack is what an extended family should be. I really hope they destroy all bad in the pack she came from
Thelma Cataldo
My heart melted and I almost started crying when Duncan’s mages did all of that for him. My heart broke for poor Adira and the pain and abuse she has been through in her short life.
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