The Summer Moon
Chapter 70 -

Malia

With introductions over with, the group of us began a game of volleyball on the beach. Liam and Ty hadn't returned yet but I was sure they would be back still. Unfortunately for all of us, Alana and Jesse had been placed on the same team, and rather than playing, Alana's attention was focused solely on Jesse.

The ball flew out of play and Emily ran after it to retrieve it. I turned my attention back to Jesse, unsure what to do when Alana walked over to Jesse and put her hand on his arm, giving him a flirtatious smile. Jesse looked at her curiously as if he were unsure how to react.

"Ty we have a problem," I called through my mind to him.

"We most certainly do," he called back almost too late as I saw Liam rushing towards Jesse at full speed. He tackled Jesse to the ground, Alana jumping back away from them. "Woah," Ty pushed himself between the two as they stood to their feet prepared to fight. Everyone went silent, but the dark eyes and deadly looks being exchanged by the three boys told me they must be opting to have this conversation silently between them. I wondered momentarily how many of these conversations had occurred right in front of me before I knew the werewolf secret.

"What the hell is this guys problem? Like violence issues much?" Alana came to stand next to me. She crossed her arms over her chest, obviously becoming very fed up with Liam interrupting all of her romantic encounters. I just wish she could see it was because she was with the wrong guy. Although if moments like this kept continuing, I doubted Alana would ever give him a chance.

Ty's hands that had been pressed against Liam and Jesse's chest to separate them then dropped to his sides and he strolled towards me. I watched carefully as Jesse and Liam shook each other's hands with narrowed eyes, clearly whatever had just happened wasn't entirely over but an agreement had been reached.

"Is everything good?" I asked Ty and he just nodded his head at me in response. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and leaned in to kiss my forehead gently. "Jesse knows to keep his distance from Alana now, he didn't realize she was Liam's mate, but were definitely going to have to help Liam get a date with her now," his voice called into my mind and I nodded in agreement. This was only getting more complicated.

"Come on, lets just enjoy the beach now. Enough drama," Ty pulled back smiling at me. And that's exactly what the group of us decided to do. Liam surprisingly kept some distance from Alana for the rest of the day, but I saw a few longing gazes coming from his direction towards her. Alana took another shot flirting at Jesse, who surprisingly was quick to shoot her down this time. The group of us played a few more games of volleyball, then the girls moved to spend some time suntanning.

As I propped myself up from my towel I scanned the crowd of people on the beach searching for Ty. I had the sudden urge to see him, missing him even though it had only been a couple hours since he had last been by my side. Finally my eyes settled on him, laughing with Jess and Conner as they played another game of volleyball. My eyes travelled over his chest, over those perfectly chiselled abs, and falling a little too low as I felt my need grow between my legs. I looked back up to his eyes to see they were on me now.

"You look so hot," I linked to him, the lust in my words very clear as his eyes lit up and he smiled at me brightly, then gave me one of those breathtaking winks.

"I think I'm going to go for a swim," I said standing up from my towel. Carefully I stepped down to the shore just getting my feet into the water, when Ty's arms wrapped around my back and his lips pressed to my neck.

"I missed you,” he whispered in my ear and I thought the same thing, not even understanding how it was possible to miss someone as quickly as I missed him in his absence. "We need some alone time, sleepover at mine tonight?" I looked up at him, his eyes were dark and I knew he must be feeling exactly as I'm feeling, this insatiable need that only he can satisfy. I nodded my head, already eager to spend the night with him. Not only did this mean we'd get more time alone together but I always slept so much better by his side.

"Walk with me?" I asked him, reaching my hand out towards him and he wrapped his own hand around it. Together we walked along the shore of the water, only our feet getting wet as the waves crashed down and rushed towards us. The sun began to set and I felt a shiver run down my spine as the wind cooled me off. I leaned into Ty's side trying to get some warmth from in but he pulled back.

"Hold on," he whispered then jogged off to his car and I groaned, feeling cold as his touch disappeared. Though I was entirely grateful when he jogged back to me in a fresh t-shirt, holding a navy blue hoodie in his hands.

"I swear you only wear sweaters for me," I giggled as he pulled the hoodie over my head. I rolled the sleeves up to just above my hands and leaned into him once more, sliding my hands up under his short to rest on the warm warmth of his stomach.

"Mm sometimes, you just look so good in them," Ty sighed and pulled me in. He placed his hands on either side of my face, then pressed his lips so gently against mine. I leaned in, wrapping my hands around his waist now.

"I love you," I whispered between breaks in our kiss but his lips quickly found mine again.

"I love you too." The waves crashed onto the shore around us, the sun beginning to set in the distance, and I couldn't have imagined a more perfect moment.

The moment ended when Jesse called Ty back to their volleyball game and I groaned but let him go, knowing he had promised time to me later, and I was going to enjoy every uninterrupted second of it. I returned back to the girls who were now sitting in a circle gossiping and just as I was about to sit down my attention was captured by something else.

"Tyrese!" I heard a sudden squeal in the distance, and shot my head around to where it came from. Only to see Chloe running towards Ty, her arms flailing in the air as she approached and threw them around him. "I'm so excited you've accepted me as your mate!" She squealed again. My jaw dropped open and anger rushed through me. His mate? Who in the hell did this girl think she was? The beach around me turned dark and the only thing I could see was Ty. Chloe needs to get her hands the hell off of my mate.