The Summer Moon
Chapter 14 -

Tyrese

I had never slept so well in my whole life. Waking up with Malia in my arms was by far the best feeling. I chuckled, looking down to see her drooling on my chest, but quickly calmed myself down. She was far too adorable and I didn't want to wake her up. I looked over at my phone to see it was already nearly 4pm. Home was the last place I wanted to go, but John would be here any minute and I was doubtful Malia had told him anything yet. I wasn't sure she wanted to tell him at all, but of what little I knew about human relationships, 2 days in was definitely too soon to be playing meet the parents.

This was definitely going to be challenging with her. Part of me just wanted to confess everything to her now about being a wolf, our bond, being an alpha and her role within my pack. Maybe she already knew and this would be simple. Maybe I was worrying for no reason.

The pull of the mate bond was so strong for me and I couldn't help but wonder if she was feeling it too. As a human, she would probably feel attracted to me, but not the full pull of the bond until I had marked her. Yet, marking her would probably completely freak her out and she'd never want to see me again.

If she were a wolf though, she should be feeling the bond right now. She wouldn't have her wolf fully until her 18th birthday, so the bond wouldn't be quite as strong, but she would still feel it like a human. She had said she was comfortable and enjoyed spending time with me, and she definitely seemed attracted to me, but was that enough?

I really needed to talk to John about this, I needed to know what Malia knew about the werewolf world. I wasn't sure how he would feel about me mating with his daughter, but she would be the next Luna of our pack and I knew he would be proud of that. Plus, I had always thought John liked me most of my siblings. I'd done a lot of training with him when I was growing up and I even helped him with a lot of projects around the house when Savanah and him were doing their renovations over the years. Of all the wolves in our pack, I actually think he was one of the few that fully accepted me as the alpha now.

I slowly crawled out of bed, trying to replace my presence with a pillow, when I saw Malia's eyes flutter open. "What are you doing?" She whispered, her voice heavy with sleep. She brought her hand up to rub her eyes and rolled onto her back.

"Your dad's going to be home soon, I figured I should go unless you're ready to tell him about us now?" I asked her already knowing the answer. But I got a good laugh in when she suddenly jumped up and her eyes went wide. Little did Malia know, her dad probably already had an idea that we knew each other. He definitely saw her when I was here yesterday morning to drop off the maps, and he would smell my scent all over her even when I had been long gone. Now that Malia and I had mated she would be marked with my scent too, it would never wash away. I definitely needed to tell him before he came to kick my ass.

I buttoned my shirt back up, then threw my bag over my back and grabbed my only half finished green juice. "Can I call you tonight?" I asked her, begging her to say yes. My heart jumped in my chest when an adorable smile spread across her face. She suddenly jumped up onto her knees on the bed, reached out to grab the collar of my shirt and pulled me in towards her. Her lips pressed against mine and bit down gently and sucked on my bottom lip. I suddenly had the urge to throw her down on this bed and take her again. I groaned, that was so sexy, but I really had to go before John got home.

"Yes," she whispered as she pulled away. Both of us were breathing heavily. Malia leaned back to sit on the bed again and it took every ounce of my will power to wave goodbye to her and head out the patio door.

I decided to go burn off some energy at the gym before going home, which was definitely a good choice because as soon as I got home my mother was eagerly waiting to ask me a billion questions about Malia. None of which I was willing to answer. I kept reminding her that all of this was new, and I would bring her round when the time was right, but it also made me happy to see how excited my mom was to meet her. While my mom wanted to know everything about Malia, all my dad wanted to know was her werewolf heritage and if she was fit to be a luna. Neither of which I could tell him, so I found myself dodging the questions, much to my father's dismay. I really needed to talk to John as soon as possible. When I finally collapsed on my bed, I eagerly pulled my phone out of my pocket. I had only slept a couple hours today and was still feeling pretty tired but I at least wanted to talk to her before I went to bed. If she was a human, I would do everything I could to make her fall in love with me. I wanted to know everything about her, I wanted to talk to her all the time. I would spend every minute I could with her.

The phone only rang once before she answered and it made me happy to think she had been waiting by the phone for me to call. "Hey gorgeous," I said and could imagine the adorable blush coming across her face right now. "Hi, how was your evening?" She asked, her voice soft.

"Ah it was okay, I went to the gym after seeing you. Had dinner with my family, the usual. How about you?"

"It was good, we had some really good pasta for dinner. I loved it, my mom and I never used to have family dinners like this," my heart fluttered to hear her opening up about her mother. From what I could tell, they definitely had a difficult relationship and I was happy to know that Malia trusted me enough to tell me about it. I couldn't wait to build a family with her. We would have family dinners every night if that's what she wanted.

"I'm happy you're enjoying your time here baby," I said back. Malia and I talked for a little while longer. She told me more about her life in New York, and how she was planning to return back there in September to work for her mom's company and attend college part time. I, however, was determined to change that. Now that I had my mate there was no way I was letting her go. I would make the next two months with her so amazing she won't even consider leaving at the end of summer. More importantly though, I would give her anything she wanted in life. I would do anything to make her happy.

Suddenly there was a loud howl in the woods and several wolves began to mind link me about an attack in the woods. "Malia I'm so sorry, I have to go," I blurted out, hanging up without hearing her response and feeling incredibly guilty. We were having such a good conversation but there was an attack and, as the alpha, I had no choice but to respond. I have to protect my pack. I ran out my patio door and leaped over the balcony. My clothes ripped off of me as I shifted in the air before landing on the grass below, then I took off into the woods at full speed.