Derick holds my hands in his, leading me toward the lake, we stop in front of a rock and he helps me take a seat. Thereon he sits beside me, and we both stay in silence for a while enjoying the cool breeze and the wonders of nature, this place is indeed beautiful.
I take in a deep breath, as my eyes wander around. Derick moves his hands toward mine, he picks up my hand and entwined my fingers with a sad smile on his face.
” Derick, I know I owe you an explanation, with everything that has happened these past few days, but I…I don’t even understand a thing about what’s going on with me,” I try to explain.
” Macy, I am the one who owes you an explanation, I mean, I lied to you all this time about who I was. I should have explained everything to you sooner, I was simply waiting for the right time,” Derick says as he stares deep into my eyes.
” Hmm, you hid your identity from me, finding out the way I did was so scary, I never expected someone I thought to be human to suddenly transform into a big wolf.”
” I’m sorry Macy, I only hid it because I was frightened you would not accept me and end up dumping me,” he says in a sad tone.
My heart sinks at his words, guess I already dumped him by lusting over his brother.
” Derick I…I am genuinely sorry for hurting you the way I did, it was never intentional, I…I never wanted to push you away or…or lie to you, please don’t hate me,” I say, already feeling my tears streaming down my cheeks,
Derick stays silent without uttering a single word to me, I feel his arms wrap around me pulling me closer to his body.
I felt safe in his embrace, this man has been nothing but great to me, Derick has loved me more than I ever imagined I could be cared for.
” Macy, I can never hate you, not now or ever. At first, it hurt a lot because you hid it from me, but now that I have come to realize the reason for everything, I completely understand,”
” You understand everything?” I asked confused.
” Hmm, I do, soon enough Macy, soon you’ll understand everything too,” he says.
I shrug at his words, why was everything so illogical, I only wish things could go back to normal, and we can finally go back to our day-to-day life.
We both sat in silence, without uttering a word, until I decided to ask a question that had been on my mind for a while.
” Uh, Derick, can I ask a question?”
” Mmm go ahead,”
” What is a Luna?”
Derick turns to look at me with his brows creased, “Macy I think Liam is in the best position to answer your question,”
” Why? I mean, you could just tell me what it means, or do you not know?”
” I promise Liam is the best person to tell you what it means,” Derick says with a bit of seriousness in his voice.
I don’t understand why he would not just explain to me what it means, I shrug at Derick’s behavior.
” Well, that’s your call if you have decided not to tell me what it means,” I say to him with anger laced in my voice.
Derick shrugs at me before getting up and dusting his black jean trousers he had on, looking at him now he looked so handsome and hot as always, he paired the trousers with a white shirt and his favorite black boots which I gifted him on our anniversary.
” We should start heading back to the pack house,” he declares.
I nodded my head at his words, Derick offered his hand to me in other to help raise me from where I was seated, which I willingly accepted. He helped me get on my feet and held my hands in his own, then we left for the mansion.
The walk was a fifteen walk back to the pack house, as they called it, nevertheless, to me that house is a mansion.
Derick and I strolled into the house and the living room was filled with servants moving from one place to another, the house seemed busy.
My eyes move further, and I notice Liam standing at the far end with his hands in his pockets, his face showed no emotions as he walked towards us in fast strides.
I catch a glimpse of Greg, seating on a bar stool at the mini bar in the living room, with a glass that I’m guessing contained whiskey, he had his attention on us,
Immediately, Liam arrives just an inch from me, unexpectedly he pulls me into his arms, holds my head in his large hands, and locks his lips with mine in a kiss.
This is not any simple kiss, but a French one involving the tongue and all that. He holds my head in his large hands as he devours my mouth. Liam bites my lips, which earns a moan from me, he pries open my mouth and sucks on my tongue, he tastes every inch of my mouth.
My legs go weak at his actions, I hold unto him, so I do not fall to the ground.
Finally, Liam lets go of my mouth, allowing me to take in air, as I am short of breath.
” I missed you,” he says, placing a kiss on my forehead.
” When did you get back?” I ask.
” A few minutes ago, did you have lunch yet?”
I shake my head at his words, indicating that I have nothing to eat. His countenance changes the moment he hears my answer.
” Go upstairs, I’ll be there in a short while, and then we can have lunch.” He says it more like an order which I adhered to.
I took a glimpse at Derick, who gives me a warm smile which I returned, I felt bad for him, I cannot believe Liam just kissed me in front of other people, most, especially Derick. He seemed hurt, of course, he’ll be hurt.
I shrugged as I walked past them and climbed the stairs, tension was all over the room, I had a feeling something bad was going to happen. I kept looking back at them until I disappeared into the corridor which led to the bedrooms.
Liam’s POV
The moment I walked into my room and did not find her, I lost it, she was supposed to be resting, where is she?
Rage is already feeling restless with her disappearance, I have been gone for three hours and I needed to see my mate to perceive her sweet scent that calms me and my beast.
The room smelt of her, but I needed my mate to touch and hold, Quickly I go downstairs.
” Where on earth is my mate?!” I yelled at the top of my voice, the servants all halted in their actions, Greg walks up to me with a concerned look on his face.
” Alpha?”
” I can’t find Macy in the room,” I say in a panicked voice.
My Beta furrows his brow at my words,
” She might be around here somewhere, there is no way she can go missing here just like that,” Greg explains, however, I was not buying that idea.
Rage howls in my head, his emotions going wild for his mate, “Then where is she?” I mutter.
” None of you have seen Luna?” Greg asks the servants and guards who were visible,
They all shake their head, “Fuck! How can none of you not know her whereabouts when she was right upstairs when I left?” I yelled! My aura slowly seeped out.
” I just mind-linked some pack members, she was last seen in front of the training grounds,” my Beta explains,
” Training grounds! What would she be doing there?”
” Alpha, that is not all, she was last seen with Derick an hour ago at his spot by the lake,” Greg continues.
My blood boils with anger at my Beta’s word, Jealousy consumed me and my beast. Rage never wants her near Derick, the fact that he has a claim on her is enough to make us lose our senses.
” Why don’t you stay back, I’ll go bring her to the pack house,” Greg says with concern on his face.
” There would be no need for that, Greg,”
” Why?”
” Because they are here already,”
Her scent hit me strongly and hard, she was close, and it made my wolf relax a little.
However, what I saw the next minute pissed me off. Derick held her hands in his own while they strolled into the room together.
My jealousy rose above the roof of this room and without thinking, I moved in fast strides toward her, holding my mate in my arm, I kissed her hard, In front of everyone.