Chapter 26: Chapter 26

"What?" She asked me her voice barely in a whisper.

"I mean... If you don't want to be the Luna, it's fine. I'd really understand." I said lying just like I had when I told her I didn't mind her not saying she loved me back.

"No, that's not what I mean. Chris, I would love to be your Luna but the pack... they... Do you think they'd want me as their Luna?" She asked voicing her concern.

"Of course they would. Who wouldn't love you? You're kind, funny, feisty, cute, strong physically and mentally, you're strong willed. You're amazing and to top it all off you're gorgeous. Now tell me who wouldn't like you?" I listed speaking from my heart.

"Thank you Chris." She said standing up. She stood in front of me and hugged.

"But, I feel like I'm broken Chris. Any sleep without you sets me off. I scream like a crazy person whenever I'm alone. I am broken, Chris."

"You're not broken Belle. Come on, really? Is this some sort of insecurities? Who would go through that kind of horror at such young age and still be fine? Isabelle, you went through it and you're still here. Some would have abandoned everything and killed themselves. Yet, you fought through it all by yourself. With no one else to fight alongside you. Belle, you're not broken... You're strong. You have faced a lot in your life yet you're still here. Do you know why? It's because you're strong willed and I love you for that and many more. You're not mentally unstable, you're sweet, you're funny, you grew up fine. You're okay Isabelle and you're the best version of yourself. Don't let some insecurities tell you otherwise, alright?"

"Chris..." She whispered and then I heard more sobs as she cried into my chest.

I carried her off her feet so her legs was wrapped around my torso as she cried while I rubbed her back gently patting her down.

How could she say she was broken? She is perfect and more than perfect for me. I don't know and don't care how she is to other people but I knew she was special and forever would be special to me.

After a while I heard nothing until she moved her head from my shoulder as she looked into my eyes. Her face was stained with dried tears which hurt my heart. I brought my hand up and cleaned it placing a kiss on her cheeks as I did.

"I love you."

We said simultaneously before we both paused and then we laughed at ourselves.

I enjoyed this types of moment with no doubt. I felt someone calling me at the back of my mind before I opened my mind to let in the mind link.

'Sorry to disturb you, Alpha.'

'If you were truly sorry you wouldn't be mind linking me right now. Goddess, I sometimes wonder whether you're my best friend or Beta. I'll be there soon.' I replied and cut off the mind link.

"Work?" She asked once I cut off the mind link.

"Unfortunately hmm." I replied resting my forehead on hers before she giggled and smiled.

"Then we should leave." She said after a long while moving her forehead from mine so I could see her face very well.

"But I don't want to go." I whined.

"Chris... You know you have to."

"Ugh." I groaned and kissed her lips lightly before dropping her to her feet.

She giggled before entwining our hands and we walked back to the pack.

"What do you say we go on a vacation?" I asked.

"For reals? Where to?" She seemed excited at the mention of a vacation.

"Hmm... You can choose. How about that?" I asked winking at her.

"Ooh! Thank you! But we'll have to like after I'm appointed the Luna right? Wouldn't that be like all jammed up?" She asked looking at me while we walked.

"Well, I mean we could always run... Hold on, are you trying to say you're willing to become my Luna?" I asked excitedly.

"Oops. Did I blurt that out?" She said giving a low chuckle.

"Yes you did. Are you for reals?! You wanna be my Luna? Really? Really?"

"Woah! Stop wiggling my arms so much and yes, Christopher... I'm willing to be your Luna." She said smiling at me.

"Oh my Goddess! You'd be like the baddest and most beautiful Luna. You'll rock that position for sure." I said before I lifted her off the ground and twirled her around.

"Baddest?" She asked once our laughter had died down.

"Yeah I mean... You'd be like a really strong headed Luna. You have no idea how happy I am."

"Okay." She said while chuckling.

"Come here." I said and pulled her into my embrace which she hugged me back almost immediately.

Goddess, I loved this woman.

"So we heard you're becoming the Luna!" I heard Dolores yell suddenly with joy in her voice. I could only imagine her face.

Yeah, I couldn't hold it in. It was so much excitement to keep all bottled in and more so, Dolores was going to dress her up for her Luna ceremony that was coming up in a few days.

Once I set my eyes on Antonio, I couldn't help but hug him reals tight.

"Chris? What's the occa-?" He asked once I released him to take a deep breather.

"She's going to become my Luna!" I yelled cutting him off.

"For reals?! Congratulations man!" He said and hugged he really tight.

"Hold on, this definitely calls for a celebration." I said pulling away.

"But we can't get drunk." He said frowning.

"Not with that stuff we can't." I said winking at him.

"Chris... are you sure?" He asked making me pause.

"Come on, Toni... Don't be such a party popper." I said rolling my eyes before I made my way to the study.

"But on second thoughts, you're the Alpha. We shouldn't run into any trouble unless Jacob decides to pull some string." He said following me.

"Yeah... Jacob." I said with a stiff voice.

"It doesn't matter. We would party till we're drunk tonight." He said raising his hand to give me a top five.

I slammed my hand against his as I grinned at him.

"But first we need to work."

"Oh come on Toni! Just for once! Drop this pack and just feel free like a normal wolf." I said making him roll his eyes at me.

"Dummy." He muttered smacking my head.

I shook my head laughing as I sat on my table and he started the report.

Isabelle's POV

"So we heard you're becoming the Luna!" Dolores yelled bursting into the house with an almost the same level of excited Elena after her.

"Umm hello to you too." I said rolling my eyes at them.

"How was your night?" I continued mimicking Dolores voice.

"Oh my night was fine and cold, but thank you for asking."

"Oh I hope you weren't too cold." I said in Elena's voice.

"Oh not at all, El. Thanks for your concern." I said before pursing and looked at them with a look that said 'Really?!'

They replied "Really?! You're talking that?!" They yelled pulling me to sit on one of the black couches.

"So we're sitting." I said to myself.

"Yes we are. Now are you truly becoming the Luna?"

"How did you hear about it anyways? We only got back just, I don't know, one minute ago?" I said in disbelief.

"Oh you have no idea how happy your mate is. He's like literally over the whole universe. He told Dolores in a mind link." Elena replied.

"He's that happy?" I asked in confusion.

"Of course! The happiness is like you saying yes to... oh! his marriage proposal. Imagine how happy he would be!" Dolores said.

"So I'm taking that as a yes?" Elena fired without letting me open my mouth to talk.

"I mean... Yeah... It's true." I said shyly.

"Yes! Fucking Yes!" Dolores screamed pulling me into her embrace.

"We have to party." Elena said suddenly.

"Wait what? No no..." I said shaking my head.

"Oh come on. It's just little alcohol and moreso, Chris doesn't have to know."

"I already promised myself not to ever drink again. I'm willing to keep that promise." I said making them pout.

"We can't get drunk anyways. Then we would just throw a little bachelorette party." Elena said shrugging.

"Bachel- I'm not getting married!" I blushed covering my face with my palms.

Someone please bury me?

"Oh right right. You're only becoming the Luna." Dolores said in a tone that said 'Continue fooling yourself.'

"Ah! Can we please talk about something else?" I asked sighing as I rested my back on the chair.

"Sure. How was last night? Did my choice of underwear come in handy? How was it? Fill us in." Dolores started making me look down at my cloth where the wet patch was last night subconsciously.

"Umm... It was the best date of my life." I said smiling to myself.

"That's all? Really? You're that cruel? No details?" Elena asked crossing her arm.

"We want details gurl." Dolores yelled.

"That's all I'm going to say. Now if you'll excuse me... I would like to go and have a shower." I said getting up on my feet.

"Hold on!" I heard Dolores yell but I made no intention to stop.

I ran into our room closing the door behind me. I patted down my chest feeling my heart wanting to explode out of my chest.

"Are you okay?" I heard suddenly making me turn my head to a naked Chris.

Sorry, half naked. A towel was hanging loosely on his waist making his v-line exposed yet again.

"Huh?" I hiccuped before I blinked at him my eyes feeling like it was about to betray me.

Don't fucking look down! Don't do it. I'm warning you.

My eyes looked at his hair that was wet with water as droplets fell from the strands of hair that fell on his face. The water rolled down his chest down to his abs before it fell on the towel which I assumed soaked it up.

My eyes followed another droplet of water till it reached the towel before I gulped down on my spit harshly.

"Like what you see?" I heard making me break eye contact with the droplet that had reached his abs. Only just a little more.

Isabelle! What are you doing?!

"What?" I asked making him smirk at me.

"I said... like what you see?" He said walking towards me slowly that smirk never leaving his face until he reached in front of me.

I looked to his face and then his abs feeling my breath hitch for the umpteenth time.

Focus, Isabelle. Focus. You can do this.

I looked up into his eyes mirroring his smirk as I pushed my hand up and touched his shoulder lightly.

His head turned from my face to his shoulder where my hand still sat and I saw his smirk drop.

"You know... Chris..." I said trailing my hand down his shoulder moving it to the middle of his chest where his chest bone habited. My eyes returned to his flushed face making me almost snicker. But I couldn't snicker and ruin this.

I returned my eyes back to where his chest bone was where my hand was also presently before I started trailing down his abs feeling them rock solid against my hand.

How much did this guy work out? I raised my left hand using it to feel the left side of his packs and my right hand was feeling the right side of his packs.

I heard him growl in content before I dropped my hand though I didn't want to. Well, Mission Accomplished.

I smiled at him and then wink before I trailed my hand on his abs again and then sideways to his arm till I finally left his body and away from him.

I had not taken more than two steps when he caught my hand. I gasped in surprise and turned my head around to see his ocean blue eyes more deeper and darker in colour.

"W-What are y-you doing?" I asked nervously.

"Finishing what you started." He replied simply and then pulled my arm making me fall into his arms.

He placed both my hands on his abs before he tilted my head as if he was challenging me.

I was suddenly afraid. Oh shit! What do I do now?!

"W-What d-did I start? I didn't s-start anything." I stuttered chuckling nervously as I tried to move my and away from his rock solid packs.

"Isabelle." He muttered lowly before he leaned down capturing my lips in his our lips moving in a perfect sync.

I tilted my head wanting to take the lead. I felt his lips smile against mine before he pried his mouth open and I slid my tongue into it in no time.

His hands roamed my body with no intention of stopping- Not that I was complaining anyways. Rather I loved it. It was like he was wishing to grow more hands so he could touch more places at once.

My hand travelled from his packs upward to hook my hand behind his neck pulling his down as I had stood on my tippy toes till the end.

I felt his arm wrap around my thighs as I felt my own feet off the ground before I realized they were hanging in the air.

"Wrap your legs around me, Belle." He said huskily against my lips and I felt by body answer him almost immediately.

He pulled my neck into him further delving his tongue into every nook and cranny of my mouth not like I wasn't having fun exploring his own.

My hands moved from the back of his neck into his black silky hair making me sigh in content.

They felt so silky against any fingers. I ran my hand through them all while still kissing him senselessly.

His hands had long found their way under my dress as they fondled with my stomach like it was the most interesting thing on earth.

I pushed my head up to take a breather as I felt him suck my neck making me moan into the air above his head.

Suddenly his hands travelled up as I felt them inside my bra. Oh shit! He was playing with my boobs- Ow!

I suddenly felt something sharp and pointed graze my neck. Chris mouth was till there where he was sucking on it unless he wasn't anymore.

He had paused with his hot lips still on my neck as I looked down at him suddenly my heart started beating.

Not like it wasn't beating since we started kissing, but it was faster and louder now.

Was he going to mark me?

Christopher POV

'Bite her! Mark her! Make her yours!' were the words that kept flowing in my head.

I had to pause kissing her shoulder when I felt my fangs elongating. I'm pretty sure it grazed her a little before I could stop almost immediately.

I heard her heart beating louder and faster that I didn't need any special hearing to know how fast it was beating.

Meaning one thing, she knew. She knew about the mark. She knew that was where the mark was going to stay. She's scared. Above all, she's not ready.

Not yet. I told myself closing my eyes that I felt was now glowing bright red.

'Xerxes. Not now dude.' I said in my mind hoping he would listen and close get back.

'No! I want it now! I must make her mine fully now.'

'And when she asks why I bit her suddenly? We didn't tell her about it, did we?' I asked.

'No, we did not.' My wolf replied after what seemed like eternity and I felt him slowly back away into the back of my mind.

I let out a shaky breath and kissed where my mark would stay before I felt her shiver against my lips.

There was only one explanation to her knowing about the mark. Dolores and Elena.

She wasn't that close to Antonio or anybody in the pack in fact for them to actually tell her what the mark meant.

But she had to have heard it from somewhere. She didn't just wake up one day and decides to ask about the mark.

I slowly dropped her to her feet as she let me go before she looked up into my eyes her heart still beating.

For me. Her heart was beating for me. She loved me.

That's not the point right now, Chris.

Right.

"Belle..." I drawled out.

"Hmm?" She answered.

"You knew?" I asked. I saw her eyes widen for a second before she looked down at my abs.

"Umm could you... put on a shirt or something? It's kind of distracting." She said shyly and I saw heat spread to her face. I was about to tease hee about it when I looked at her lips and then her neck where I noticed an... hickey now sat.

Oh shit! She's going to kill me once she found out. I immediately averted my eyes away from the hickey and nodded my head walking to our closet.

"Oh yeah. And Chris?" She called and I turned my head to her.

"That was..." She paused seemingly looking for a word to describe it.

"... amazing." I finished smiling at her before I continued my journey to our closet.

"I'll be in the bathroom. I wanna have a shower." She rushed out of her mouth.

Bathroom. Shower. Bare body. Bare neck. Hickey. I'm dead!

"No." I managed to push out to see the bathroom door slam close.

No no no... Shit!

I stayed for a while before I heard her yell out my name from the bathroom making me wince.

"Chris!"

Isabelle's POV

I turned around and sprinted into the bathroom stopping in front of the mirror. I covered my face in embarrassment with a pink face.

I looked at my lips in the mirror that looked somewhat plump. I smiled my eyes moving to my neck before I noticed something pink.

Was that a reflection or...?

I moved my dress to the side a little bit to reveal something that was becoming bluish pink. The fuck...?

That was an hickey! Chris put a fucking hickey on me.

"Chris!" I yelled my eyes still glued on the hickey in the mirror.