Sold To The Alpha
Chapter 23

For the next 48 hrs, every warrior was on guard, waiting for word that the ambush was imminent. Training was intensified, meals were increased to help the warriors fuel their bodies and a curfew was put in place to make sure everyone was at their best for the coming war. Charity spent most of her time with Mary as Alistair, Aaron and Justin were all busy with strategy planning and their training programs. Charity was getting more and more worried, fearful of the amount of deaths that would follow in the name of keeping her safe. She tried to squash the constant nagging that lived within her gut, making her feel nauseous and going so far as to cause her to feel faint on occasion.

On the eve of the expected battle, Aaron and Charity lay on his bed watching reruns of old comedy series whilst sharing a tub of ice cream that they had snuck out of the kitchen after Aaron had insisted he needed the calories to keep his strength up, though Charity was pretty sure she had eaten a good two-thirds of the tub herself.

'Maybe I should just go and meet this Marcus' she finally blurted out, Aaron looked up in shock, his eyes burning through her with anger and horror at her words. 'No' he growled roughly, 'I will never hand you over to another Alpha as long as there is breath in my body! You are MINE!' he said forcefully, reaching for her hungrily. Swatting his hands away she smiled sadly, 'I know, and you are mine, but I don't feel comfortable letting members of our and the Red Moon's packs get injured and possibly killed over me! I can do something to save them, I should do something to protect them' she added desperately.

'Just as any Luna would feel. Aaron said quietly causing her to sit up suddenly. 'Luna?' she said warily, Aaron smiled sheepishly, 'yeah well when I become Alpha you will become Luna' he replied, suddenly replaceing his bedspread pattern extremely interesting to avoid looking her. 'Mr Cross' she said surprised, his words driving the looming battle from her mind momentarily, 'did you just ask me to marry you?'

She arched her eyebrow at him, putting her finger under his chin and forcing his eyes to hers. As he gazed into her beautiful aquamarine eyes, that portrayed the shock she was feeling he sighed and grabbed her hand. 'You are possibly the most amazing woman I have ever met' he admitted, 'you make me experience feelings that I didn't even know I had, I can't bear to be away from you and when I'm forced too my whole being is trying to force me to replace you. I can't concentrate on anything, my days and nights are filled with you and only you' he whispered, dropping his gaze again. 'I can't live without you Charity' he suddenly grabbed her hand and held it to his chest, staring at her face, devouring her features with his eyes as if trying to ingrain them into his memory. 'Charity Shaw, will you do me the honour of becoming my Luna, will you lead this pack with me, love my family as your own, protect them from harm to the best of your ability? Will you take me as your Alpha, guide me when I go wrong, support me? will you love me for eternity?' he asked watching her eyes widen with surprise before being filled with love as she leant toward him and kissed him with so much passion it took all his willpower not to throw her to the bed. 'I accept your proposal Aaron Cross' she whispered smiling shyly, as he let out a triumphant howl and pounced on her, his mouth hungrily seeking hers.

Laughing, she battered her fists against his chest playfully, 'Not tonight Mr Cross' she admonished, 'You need all your strength for tomorrows fight, you need to come back to me afterwards, safe and whole! The pensive look returned to her eyes, 'Do you promise to be safe? promise me you will come back to me' she whispered as tears came to her eyes, threatening to fall. Pulling her into his arms, Aaron cradled her to his chest as they lay on the bed, smoothing down her hair with his hand as he softly kissed her forehead. 'I promise' he said sincerely, 'nothing and no-one will stop me from returning to you,' the strength of his conviction calmed Charity's racing heart and soothed her worried brow, turning into his shoulder she sighed quietly as her eyes started to close and her breathing fell into the quiet rhythm of sleep. Posted by Narugi.com; visit us for more free novels.

Waiting until he was sure she wouldn't awaken, Aaron slid his arm carefully from underneath Charity's body and rose from the bed, making his way to the desk where he took a seat in the swivel office chair and went over the plan for his group of lambs tomorrow, making sure it was committed to memory. As the first line of battle, the could not afford to get their part wrong. Henry had confirmation from his scouts that had been trailing the Red Moon pack for the last 2 days, that they had seen the group they assumed would attack first make camp half a days march away from the south side Silver Cross-boundary. One of the brothers had tracked the second scout group and sent word that they too were a half days march from the Northeastern boundary. From the look of their camps, they were not showing signs of an early morning advancement, the brothers had confirmed they would stay with their groups until they made signs to move and then would bring the word and return to their home, wanting no part in the arguments of the two packs.