The Summer Moon
Chapter 68 -

Malia

"Nervous?" Ty smirked knowingly as he sat in the seat beside me on the plane. His hand held mine, soothing my nerves. I'd almost forgotten my fear of flying, and the butterflies that normally filled my stomach with the plane about to take off were nearly unnoticeable. I snuggled in further into his side.

"Not too bad but maybe you should cuddle me more, just in case I start feeling like ruining your shoes later," I giggled.

"Gladly," he wrapped his arm around me and I sighed. Everything was so much easier with him.

"Okay seriously what did my angel say? Is she coming?" Liam leaned over use, interrupting our perfect moment. I couldn't help but laugh, it kind of was adorable how into her he was. "This is going to get annoying," Ty mind linked me, only making me laugh more.

"Be nice, I think it's cute how totally obsessed with her. I never expected to see him like this. Were you like this with me?" I said back and Ty chuckled. I looked up to see his blue eyes sparkling. "Of course I was like this with you, I still am. But of course my mate had to be stubborn and wouldn't freaking call me or give me her number," he narrowed his eyes at me jokingly. "Guys!" Liam suddenly shouted drawing us out of our conversations. "Stop distracting her," he reached over to smack Ty resulting in a flurry of hands as Ty laughed trying to defend himself. "Boys!" I shouted putting a hand on each of their chests and pushing them back from each other. The three of us fell back into our seats laughing. "Alana said she will come, she's flying in later today and actually needs someone to pick her up at the airport if you're willing?" I turned to ask Liam. Alana would probably be mad at me for sending Liam to pick her up but really I was doing it for her own good. If the mate bond truly is as serious as Ty says than I trusted Liam would treat her right and Alana deserves a love like what Ty and I have.

"I will so be there!" Liam practically jumped out of his chair in excitement and Ty shook his head making me laugh once more. This was easily the best flight I had been on and it had hardly ever started. I leaned into Ty's side and settled in for the rest of the flight, my nerves now completely faded.

A few hours later we landed back in Florida and as I settled into the passenger seat of Ty's Audi, his hand wrapped in mine, I truly felt at home. This was exactly where I was meant to be. "Well, my shoes survived the flight," Ty winked at me as he pulled out of the parking lot and I groaned, I would never live down our first day together.

"You make me feel better," I smiled at him and he smiled back. We drove over to my dads house to see the whole family already out in the yard. Kali and Thomas were running through a sprinkler, while Savanah and my dad sat together on the bench. His arm wrapped around her shoulders and she leaned into him, flipping through a magazine. I smiled at them then looked up at Ty as he grabbed my bag out of the trunk.

"What?" He looked at me curiously then back over to Savanah and my dad.

"Nothing, "I shook my head at him, but truly I couldn't stop smiling. I was happy here, I was happy to call them family. And watching them all together I began to wonder what the future held for Ty and I. I didn't even know if he wanted kids, or a family. Or where would we live? I assumed with Ty's pack we'd stay in town here. There was just so many things I wanted to talk to him about but when you've only been dating someone less than a month it seemed kind of weird to bring these things up. I only hoped that our future would be something like this, thst even when we watched our kids playing, Ty and I would still be just as in love as we are now.

"You're home!" My dad exclaimed, jumping up from the bench as he saw us approaching. Savanah stood beside him, and the kids ran towards us, hugging the both of us. "Hi everyone," I smiled to them all then went to give my dad and Savanah a hug as well.

"Tyrese," My dad nodded towards Ty who returned it quickly.

"I'm just going to put your bag inside, okay? Be right back," Ty said kissing my cheek then hurrying off to the house. When he returned we sat and spent some time with my family, telling them all about our time in New York. We even told them about the accidental stabbing thanks to mom, which Ty thankfully was now fully healed from.

"No attacks while you were gone thankfully," my dad said looking to Ty, and Ty nodded his head but he didn't dare smile. It had nearly slipped my mind that the last attack had been only a few days ago and supposedly near my house. I rested my hand on Ty's thigh and his body relaxed a little beneath my touch. "You don't need to worry Tyrese, Malia is safe here as long as she chooses to be here," my dad said to him and I wondered at his words. Did my dad not know I had already decided to stay in town permanently?

"I just wish the attacks would stop entirely," Ty mumbled back. "I hope you won't take offence if I had a few extra warriors on nightly rounds at this edge of the border?"

"Of course not, I'd expect nothing less," my father returned.

"I just want you to be safe," Ty mind linked me as he turned to meet my eyes. Raising my hand in his he pressed his lips gently against the back.

Ty stayed for dinner and then headed back to his house, promising that I would see him again tomorrow morning and I already couldn't wait. Once my dad and Savanah went up to bed I returned to my room and began unpacking my suitcase once more. This time though, I wasn't planning on repacking it again. I was staying here, this is my home now.

Once I was done unpacking I took a shower then pulled on a pair of pyjamas. I brushed out my hair then walked out to my room in my bra, searching for one of Ty's t shirts to sleep in. But my eyes quickly caught on the mirror noticing the dark mark that had formed on the side of my rib cage. A dark ring surrounding a wolf in the woods - just like the mark on Ty's chest.

"Ty! Ty! Ty!" I screamed over and over again through my head trying to mind link him and he replied almost right away.

"What? What's wrong?" He sounded a little panicked and I willed myself to calm down so I didn't scare him, but I was just so excited. "Your mark," I said back, running my fingers over it's edges, admiring it's beauty.

"What about it?" He replied.

"I have it, I can see it," I couldn't stop smiling back at myself in the mirror.

"Of course you do," he said chuckling this time. "You're mine."