Chapter 28: Chapter 28

"We should go to bed." I mumbled.

"We could stay here?" Isabelle replied. Right now I was resting my head on her shoulder having told her about my father.

I don't understand why he couldn't just watch me be happy or something. When he realized Isabelle was making me happy, he started to hate her.

He's nothing but a bastard and a monster.

"Nah. Let's go." I said pulling my head off.

She sighed and stood up stretching her arm to me. I smiled and took her hand standing up. I staggered and soon found my bearing with Isabelle resting her body on me.

I smiled at her. God, I love this woman. I took her hand and we walked up the stairs.

Soon we reached the bedroom and I saw her phone on the bed and a pillow- my pillow against the bed board.

I tilted my head looking at my pillow and turned to her. I saw her look at the pillow then her eyes widened as she blushed scarlet looking at her feet.

I chose not the tease her about it as I kissed her hair and walked to the bathroom to have a shower.

I stepped out of the shower only to remember I didn't bring my pajamas. I sighed and grabbed the big towel wrapping it around my lower waist.

I walked out to see Isabelle on her phone with her brows furrowed. I wanted to walk towards her go ask what has gotten her brows in a knot before I remembered I wasn't in a proper dress. Not that I minded or she minded, I just wasn't in the mood for a tease.

I walked to the closet pulling out my pajamas and wore the top. I slid the towel down and then I heard a shriek.

I picked the towel up in a hurry and turned around to see Isabelle closing her eyes with her hands on her face.

Oh. I immediately slipped on my trousers and walked to join her on the bed.

"Hey you can umm- look now." I said prying her hands from her face.

She pulled her hand down and glared at me. I just shrugged at her and smiled. She blushed and picked her phone back up.

"Now what's got your brows in a knot?" I asked looking at her phone.

"I can't seem to get past this stupid level. Ugh!" She groaned dropping her phone.

"Here. Let me teach you?" I asked taking the phone from her.

"Yeah? I would actually like to see you try." She replied with a smirk.

Oh this girl was trying me.

"...so you shoot... Shoot that bird! Shoot it!" I yelled pointing at the game.

"Die! Die! Oh yes! I did it!" She said dropping her phone which had "You Win." on the screen and jumped on me and kissing me all over my face.

"Wow you seem really happy than when you saw that tent on our date." I said pouting.

"Of course not. I'm just so glad. I can't believe you know how to play this game." She said pulling her golden yellow hair from her face.

"Of course. I know how to do many other things." I said winking at her as I pulled the hair stuck to the corner of her lips.

"Like what?" She asked sitting on her knees as she crossed her arm.

"Oh I could show you?" I said moving near her. She seemed to know what was going on as she blushed scarlet.

Oof! How disappointed she would be. I leaned in and I closed my eyes before I opened it to see she had closed hers as well.

I reached for the phone behind her and sat back down.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" I asked hiding my laugh.

Her eyes snapped open suddenly and then she realized what happened. In a split of a second or rather in the blink of an eye, she had jumped me.

"What are you doing?" I asked once she had calmed down with her knees on both side of on my waist so she was straddling me.

She glared at me ignoring our position right now.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" She asked.

"Did what? I told you I was going to show you. Look. I took your phone and you didn't know." I replied waving her phone.

"You... prick!" She yelled punching my arm.

"Ow! Belle... My hand... Ah, help me. I think it's broken." I said rolling as I squeezed my eyes tight.

I heard no shuffling whatsoever so I peeked open my left eye to see her back in the position she was in as she glared at me.

I sat up straight seeing she didn't buy my acting. I looked at the closet behind her. She moved her head to block my vision and I quickly looked the other way. She moved her head once again and frowned.

I turned my head before I felt hands on my cheeks making my face burn. Her soft lips landed in mine as she leaned back and smirked at me.

She moved to stand up from straddling me as I pulled her arm back. I took in her lips melding it with mine.

"Come here." I said lying down with her still on top of me. She placed her head on my chest and then closed her eyes.

"I can't reach the duvet. Can you get it instead?" I asked.

"Sure." She said pulling the duvet. I smiled at her as she leaned back.

I sighed in content wrapping my hands on her waist as I closed my eyes to sleep.

"Chris?" Antonio called.

I turned around to see him dressed in a black tuxedo.

"Your Mum is here to see you." He said and Mom stepped in dressed in an onion coloured dress.

"Hi ma." I greeted.

"Hey baby." She answered hugging me before she pat my head.

"So..." She drawled out.

"So..." I answered.

She nodded towards mine and Isabelle's bed as we made our way to it.

"I guess it's time to say Congratulations?" Mum started.

Today was the Luna ceremony. I hadn't laid my eyes in Isabelle since we had our breakfast. What am I saying? I didn't get the chance to finish my food before my mate was dragged away from my front.

By of course, Dolores and Elena.

I didn't get time to blink when Antonio came along and pulled me into our room.

Since then... I've been stuck in this room with Antonio and Mike watching me like a hawk.

This reminds me of my Alpha Ceremony. It was all busy and pushy just like today. I didn't have one tiny space or a second to breathe.

I'm sure that's how Isabelle was feeling in her former room. It had been three days after myself and Antonio's little celebration party. By little, you know what I mean.

I remembered everything that happened the following morning and did I regret telling Isabelle? No, I did not.

In fact, it made us become more close.

Antonio on the other hand was flushed as heck. He has after all called Isabelle wicked the day he was drunk.

FLASHBACK

Antonio knocked on the door. I walked to the door and opened it.

"Good Morning Chris. Does she remember? I was like really really drunk. I just spewed out nonsense." He asked peeking into the room which I immediately blocked his vision with my head.

I opened my mouth to talk when Isabelle jumped out of the bathroom with her toothbrush still in her mouth to open the door more widely.

Antonio looked taken aback by her fierce face. I chuckled at his frightened face.

"Lu- Lu... I mean... I- I-I sa- belle. Good... umm... Morning." He stuttered rubbing the back of his neck.

I stood by the side with my lips slightly turned upwards at his expression. Oh shit. He looks really really scared.

Isabelle had pulled out the toothbrush from her mouth. Her hair was tied in a messy bun with untrapped streaks standing out here and there making her look so damn cute.

I really felt like kissing her again for like the nth time that morning. But I couldn't as we had a "guest". Emphasis on guest please.

"So, Antonio, How are you?" She asked with a smirk on her face.

I looked to Antonio who looked like a chicken drenched in rain.

"I'm fine actually. Do you..." He asked trailing off.

"Do I what? Remember what happened last night? Oh which part? The one where you called me wicked when I said you couldn't crash at my house?" She asked with a smirk.

I loved the way she said my house. She was laying claim on my house. I loved it.

"Okay hold on baby." I said and took the towel that she hung on her neck and cleaned her mouth to wipe the soap the tooth paste had formed.

"Thanks." She said to me with a smile.

"It's nothing." I said and we both turned to Antonio who was smiling and then he dropped his smile.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing." He mumbled looking down.

"Hold on, he called you wicked because you said he couldn't crash at our house." I asked turning to Isabelle.

"Hm." She replied still keeping her face on a faced down Antonio.

"How could you say that about your Luna?" I asked him faking my fierce voice.

He turned the side of his head up to me and raised the eyebrow as if saying 'Dude, really?'

I rolled my eyes and looked away from him. I looked at Isabelle who had an amused expression on her face.

"Apologize to her then." I said crossing my arm.

"Forget it! I was just pulling your legs. You should have seen your face though. You looked like really scared." She said and Antonio snapped his head up in disbelief.

"See you!" She said waving as she slipped her hand into the pocket of her leggings walking to the bathroom.

"I should smack you." I said and used the opportunity to close the door almost immediately.

I went to work really late that morning after snuggling with Isabelle for a very long while. When I say a long while, we were in bed all morning.

FLASHBACK ENDS

I smiled at the thought and looked to my right to meet with my Mum's smiling face.

I blinked at her face in confusion.

"What, ma?" I asked.

"She's the reason isn't she?" She said with her eyes still twinkling.

"Who? Belle?" I asked.

'I didn't even say her name. You love her don't you?" She chuckled.

"Very much." I replied nodding my head.

"How sweet! And does she love you?" She continued.

"Yeah. Why are you asking all this questions ma?" I asked raising an eyebrow at her.

"Goddess, don't look at me like that. It's funny." She said looking away.

"What is?"

"My ignorant boy. That look when you raise one eyebrow and look at someone. It's really funny." She replied chuckling.

"It is?! That must be why Belle was laughing that day." I replied nodding my head.

"Hey guys... Sorry for disturbing the mother son bonding. But I've got to talk to ma." We heard a voice that we both knew.

"Oh come in Lores. You're not interrupting anything." I said sarcastically making Mum chuckle.

"Can I?" She asked with a teasing voice.

"One more time. Or you're not coming in again." Mum said sternly.

The next thing I knew, Dolores was sitting on the floor in front of us.

"Come here." Mum said patting her left side. I was on her right side so her left side was the only vacant space.

Dolores grinned and jumped onto her side.

Mum wrapped her arm pulling the two of us to her body. I looked to Dolores the same thing going through our mind.

What's wrong with ma? Dolores shrugged but she hugged her back. I hugged ma back as well as she rocked us to the left and right.

"What's wrong, ma?" I asked.

"Nothing. Why would you ask that?" She asked looking at my face.

"Oh come on, ma. We know you. We're your children. What's up?" Dolores asked rolling her eyes at Mum.

"Nothing. I'm fine. Really." She said and I swore I heard her heart skip a beat.

I looked at Dolores and I saw the same look on her face. She also heard it.

"Where's Jacob?" I asked and I noticed her breath became uneven before she looked to me.

"He's fine. He's umm- working. I mean he's-"

"Oh come on ma. If there's one thing I know best about Jacob. He never works. All he does is steal and cheat. So where is Jacob?" Dolores asked.

Yes, Dolores knew all about Jacob and how she was born prematurely. I made sure she knew it to avoid Jacob.

I had to protect her from the monster. She's after all my younger sister. But somehow, he never raised the attempt to beat or hit Dolores in anyway.

"What do you mean by that? He works... sometimes." She added making her voice low at the end of her sentence.

I rolled my eyes at her sentence before I paused as realization hit me. My eyes grew cold in a blink as I turned my head to Mum who was looking at Dolores. No, behind Dolores.

"Ma?" I called making her turn her head to look at me.

"Where. Is. Jacob?" I asked stressing each words.

"I already told you. He's-"

"Cut the bullshit, Mum. Where the fuck is Jacob?" I asked. I only called her Mum when I was angry or perhaps serious.

"Language Pumpkin." She said glaring up at me.

You can't deny that glare. She was still the Alpha's daughter. She had that blood running in her veins.

"Fine. Tell us where is Jacob?" Dolores asked standing by me.

"He's gone alright?! He's gone! The bastard is gone! Alright. He hit me just yesterday and then when I yelled at him, I guess the Alpha blood just- I don't know spilled out and I told him to get the fuck away from me and my family and he ran away!" She yelled at us suddenly standing up on her feet as she walked to the bathroom rubbing her face.

"Ma..." Dolores called but I wasn't in that room anymore.

"He hit me just yesterday. He hit me just yesterday. He hit me just yesterday..." I clenched my fist as I felt my eyes turn red with all the memories from my childhood flashing through my eyes.

He had the guts to lay his hands on my mother. My own mother. Who the fuck did he think he was?!

"Chris?" I heard and I turned my head with a growl to Dolores who immediately bared her neck in submission.

"I'll kill him." I said in a voice I didn't recognize. The voice wasn't mine. It was Xerxes's. It was low, gutteral and dangerous.

"Quick go get Isabelle." I heard Mum say making me snap my red eyes to her with a growl.

"Don't fucking touch my mate." I said to her making her flinch back in fear. I turned my head to give the same order to Dolores but she wasn't in the room anymore.

"Pumpkin, listen to me. Look I get the fact that you're angry. I would be angry if I were you..." She started.

"But you being you, why aren't you angry?!" I yelled at her making her move more to the back.

"Cause... He's still your father, Chris. He is. You might hate him but you can't deny the fact that he's your father." She said making me pause.

"That bastard is no father of mine." I snarled making her close her eyes as I saw a tear slip through her closed eyes.

"Chris?"

I heard making me stop. It came more like a whisper but I heard it. It was her. That voice that froze my world. The voice of the only one that I loved and still love.

I turned my head to see her standing there with her hands cupping her mouth with tears in her eyes.

I looked down at my hands that was becoming furry with claws already out pointed and sharp. I ran my tongue on my teeth feeling my fangs in my mouth.

I took a step back when I saw her take a step towards me.

"Go away." I said in a voice I now hated. I took a step back until my back hit the wall.

Isabelle kept walking towards me in the dress I had seen her in this morning. She was dressed in a black dress that had lace on the upper part and flowed to the top of her knees.

"Come on, Chris." I heard making me look up and freeze.

Isabelle was close to me her chest touching the top of my torso. She leaned in hugging me.

I couldn't bring my hand up to hug her in fear of hurting her with my claws. She pulled her head away and looked up into my eyes.

"I love you." She said leaning in to kiss my lips lightly.

"I love you." She said repeating her actions.

When she did it the third time, I wasted no time in pulling her head in and kissed her lips deeply.

"Goddess, I love you." I mumbled against her lips.

"Chris, you're back!" Dolores yelled before she heaved a sigh and sat on the bed. I saw Mum at the corner of the room looking at us with a smile on her face.

I looked down at my normal hand to see my claws had retracted and the furs weren't there anymore.

I ran my tongue on my teeth as I looked down to Isabelle who was smiling at me. I smiled back at her before returning my gaze to Mum.

"I'll be right back." I said kissing Isabelle's forehead as I made my way to Mum who was still smiling at us.

"Hey ma." I started stopping in front of her.

I heard the door close after us to see that we were the only ones in the room. I turned my face back to Mum to see her smile hasn't left her face.

"She loves you so much." She said simply making me smile.

"Belle? Yeah. I know." I replied looking down at my feet as I shuffled it.

"I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry."

We said simultaneously making me look up at her.

"Why are you sorry?" I asked.

"I mean, I shouldn't have said anything about Jacob. At least not today." She said.

"It's fine, Ma. I just lost control of my wolf. I'm sorry for yelling at you."

"It's fine. Come here." She said opening her arm for me. I slid into her arm with a smile and she patted my back lightly.

"I should probably go dress up your mate. Your new Luna." She said pulling away from the hug.

"Ma, do you think I can steal her away for some minutes?" I asked.

"Ugh! Young love though. I'll be right back but you guys should take just a few minutes. The night is approaching really fast." She said winking at me.

I kissed her forehead and she walked out of my room a knock coming only a few minutes later.

"Chris? Can I come in?" I heard Isabelle's voice from behind the door.

"Uh yeah. Yeah, sure." I stuttered.

She slid in after and gave me a smile.

"Lilith said she dropped her purse in here. She asked me to get it but I'll find it later. How are you?" She asked stopping in front of me.

"You should call her ma. She's going to be your mother in law soon." I mumbled to her which she only chuckled to.

I leaned down and gave her a hug. She hugged me back after a few seconds. I just rested my head on her hair sighing a few times.

"What wrong? You seem disturbed. Does it have to do with Xerxes taking control earlier?" She asked.

"He's gone." I said instead and I heard her gasp before she pulled me tighter into her.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too baby."