The return of Shane Moss has not just been a thing of concern to Alpha Jax. It had given him quite the scare too. He was not expecting Shane Moss to return in search of his Mate. It was not just a mere return where Alpha Jax could use his influence to shut him up as he did before. But Shane Moss came back as an Alpha of a legendary pack. A large and powerful pack that even with its former Alpha, Alpha Jax had only thought of befriending them. Creating a good relationship between both of them. But now since such a relationship has been severed, the prospect of a war with the night wolf pack does not excite Alpha Jax.
Lately, the thought of Shane Moss has been in everything he does. It made him look weak, and he feels pathetic and disgusting to himself. He has no one to console him or anyone to seek advice from. Not even his sister or his mother. Both of them have been against the idea of him having so many sex slaves and no real woman to call a wife. And if he should go to them with this, they would only nag.
There is someone else he knows would be glad to listen to him. But she is the one he cannot even table this discussion to. It would be horrible and degrading to talk to Ava. For some reason, even with his hatred of women, the moon goddess had decided to test him by giving him a mate. A weak mate. He had gone to Ava’s pack the day he learnt about her existence. Ava’s father as it seems was not interested in any prophecy from the moon goddess. He was a ruthless man. He had agreed to collect one hundred and fifty thousand dollars from Alpha Jax, and he would keep shut about Ava and the prophecy. Ava’s dad had been finding ways of disposing her. He hates her mother, and he thinks Ava is not his child. Ever since Ava began living with Alpha Jax, he had made sure to make life a living hell for her. He wants her to renounce him being her mate, but she is a masochist.
And since he could not talk to other people about his fear of Shane Moss’s return. He resolved to having discussion with his Wolf. Rama is the only soul he could talk to now. And Rama is an extension of himself in reality, except in the dream world, where Rama is like his best friend. And now two months after he heard about Shane Moss, he is still dreaming about the same thing every day Rama consoling him and telling him everything would be okay. The only thing that gets different in the everyday dream was the change in places where he will be with Rama. At times in this dream world, it could be in their pack or any other place he had been. Once, he had a dream where he was discussing with Rama on the top of Mount Everest.
And for Rama it was nothing. It was just a way of helping himself. A survival mechanism. Once Alpha Jax woke up, Rama would ask him if he was feeling better and less depressed or scared. Alpha Jax would believe yes, but by afternoon when he would go to meeting with his council, and the reality of how other packs are in subscription with Shane Moss’s idea of war against him hits him, he becomes sad again.
But today, his dream did not just end with Rama consoling him while rowing a boat across the Atlantic Ocean. His dream extended to where he saw Natalie. The woman who had turned him into what he is now.
After Rama told Alpha Jax that Shane Moss isn’t a threat by himself. It’s the packs that he is rallying that Alpha Jax should be scared of. And with good diplomacy, Alpha Jax could get them back. He was drawn back into their world. Alpha Jax saw her from afar. He went close to her.
He tried touching her. He has a smile on his face. In his dream, he seems excited that she is there. That he will be able to talk to her. He walks slowly up to her.
“Natalie?” He called softly. Alpha Jax could hear himself sounding like his younger self.
“Natalie is that you?” He called again with a calmer voice. He kept on walking toward her. He does not remember any of the hatred he had towards her. All he saw was Natalie, the sweet little girl he had been in love with. She wasn’t looking at him. She was looking down at her feet.
“Jax my love!” She called him. Her voice was as calm as ever. He did not realise how much he missed her voice.
“Natalie, I miss you. Where have you been? My world has been in ruins without you. I have searched the world and I haven’t seen a perfect woman like you. Why did you leave me? I love you, Natalie,” he said. He kept walking and has not been able to touch her even though he has been stretching his hands at her. She seems so close yet he could not touch her. He increased his pace.
“Oh! My dear Jax. I miss you too. I have been expecting you all these while. You left me here cold. It’s cold,” she said, and a bit of freezing starts happening around her. Her body starts becoming pale.
“Reach out your hand! Hold me. I will make you warm. Look at me,” he said. Now he is running. She raise her head slowly and looked at him. Instead of him seeing her perfect feminine face, with her large eyes looking meek and innocent as ever, and her lips smiling, he saw Shane Moss’s face with a large scar over it.
“You left me cold, and I will come for you,” Shane Moss said and suddenly, Alpha Jax was able to touch the body. The body of Natalie with Shane Moss’s face hugged him, and immediately he could feel her claws going deep into his stomach. She twist her hand in him and went for his heart. She squeezed it a bit. Alpha Jax gasped and he lost his balance. He felt himself falling through a hollow space. He was falling at a very fast pace and all of a sudden, he could feel himself land with a bang.
Alpha Jax stood up from the floor that he just rolled over on from his bed. He felt the sharp sting in his stomach and chest. He retched and he could feel himself almost vomiting. He rushed to the toilet and vomited a large amount of blood, that smells just like the potion he drinks from the bottle.
“What is this?” He asked himself, confused about the dream.
“Even I do not have an idea of what that was?” Rama replied him.