The Summer Moon
Chapter 71 -

Malia

I ran forwards without thought, lashing out to reach Chloe. Ty pried her arms off of him and stepped in front of me, blocking my path to her. As I jumped forwards he caught me in his arms and I felt myself being lifted off the ground. "Ty!" I screamed feeling the warmness of his touch radiating through me. I smacked my hand on his bag and squirmed in his arms but he held me tight, my chest pressing against his. His eyes were dark as they watched me curiously. Over his shoulder I watched as Chloe's face turned to pure shock as she glared at us. Suddenly I felt more angry than I had before. Ty had blocked me from reaching her, he was defending her.

"I love you," he whispered interrupting my thoughts. I turned back to lock onto his eyes and the whole scene around us seemed to drift away again. Chloe, our friends, the anger, it all drifted far into the distance. Nothing else mattered anymore but the electricity pulsing between the two of us. "And I love that you love me this much, but you're a human still and Chloe's not. I finally just got you, there's no way in hell I'm letting anything happen to you," Ty explained himself and I felt myself melt into him. He set my feet gently back down onto the ground but I knotted my hands in his hair and desperately pulled myself back up. His lips met mine with the same fire, consuming me.

"What the hell is this! Get your hands off my mate!" Chloe suddenly screamed and we broke apart. The same anger rising in my chest once more as I looked out behind Ty to meet her eyes. We turned to face her, Ty loosened his grip on me but his one hand still held firmly to my hip and I knew I couldn't get so much as a step away from him without being pulled back into his arms once more.

I narrowed my eyes at Chloe and gritted my teeth, I'd had enough of this false claim she seemed to think she had over Ty. "Chloe," Ty began but I quickly cut him off, having my own things to say to her.

"Tyrese is my mate, this is our pack, and you are on our territory. Something that you well know. So I suggest you get lost before someone here kills you," I practically growled at her. Ty's grip on me tightened once more as I threatened to step forwards. I looked back up to meet his eyes surprised to see him smiling at me admirably.

'You are my perfect Luna," his voice echoed into my mind and I couldn't help but break out into a smile as well. This was my home, he was my home, and I sure as hell wasn't going to let some girl come along and thing she had any sort of claim to him.

"But-but-but your father, my father, they agreed," Chloe stuttered out stepping back from us and the crowd of people that was now gathering. Clear shock was crossing her face, obviously not expecting this rude welcoming. "You haven't marked her, technically your bond can still be broken," Chloe stepped forwards again this time focusing her gaze on Ty and ignoring me completely.

I gave her a sly smile and turned my side to her. I pulled Ty's sweater up to give her a good view of the mark that now settled just below my rib cage - Ty's mark claiming me as his. Her eyes widened as she laid eyes on it, her eyes shot between Ty and I panicking. I let my sweater fall again and heard cheers coming from Jesse and Emily who had come to join the conversation.

"Finally!" Jesse shouted clapping his hands and Emily squealed beside him jumping up and down a few times. We hadn't exactly told the rest of the pack members that Ty and I had completed our bond yet, but everyone seemed more than happy.

Chloe suddenly turned and ran from the beach and I couldn't stop the smile that came to my face, glad she was finally accepting that she couldn't have Ty as a mate because he was already mine. I turned back to face Ty again, wrapping my arms around him as he turned to walk back down the beach.

"Lia?" he looked at me curiously as I held him in place.

"I love you too," I whispered back to him and his eyes softened on mine. He pressed his lips to mine gently, and when he pulled back I just had to add in, "but whenever I turn into a wolf I hope you know I'll kick anyone's ass who tries to take my place as your mate and say they have any sort of claim over you.

Ty burst out laugh and he picked me up off the ground once more, spinning me around in the air. "No one could ever replace you," he promised me and I knew it was true. Ty and I were destined to be together, just as no one could ever replace him for me. And in just one more day, I would finally be a wolf just like him and our whole future would fall into place together.

Ty and I dropped Alana off at her hotel once more before he drove us back to his house. My heart beat fast in my chest, eager to have some alone time with him again. Ever since he'd marked me I was replaceing it harder and harder to be away from him, I just wanted to be with him, touching him, kissing him, all the time. So as we drove across down, his hand resting on my thigh, I felt my whole body heating up with need.

"Doing okay?" Ty looked over at me with a smirk on my face, obviously realizing how I was feeling. I blushed and shook my head.

"I can't wait to get home, "I said to him, giggling.

"We're here baby," he looked over to me with a wink as we turned into his driveway. As soon as the car was in park I was hoping out of the car so fast Ty couldn't even get to me in time to open the door. His lips met mine as he shut the door and pressed me back against the car.

"I want you so bad," I moaned, enjoying the feeling of his lips as they ran along my jaw. Ty chuckled against me, his hands roaming up and down my sides.

"You're feeling the bond more since I marked you, but you just wait until you're a wolf. I don't think I'll be able to get you out of my bed for days," I giggled knowing he was probably right, although I couldn't imagine loving Ty anymore than I already do. I love everything about him.

"Are you ready?" He asked pulling back from me and extending his hand out towards me.

"For what?" I asked looking at him curiously.

"We have to tell my parents I marked you," he winked at me and I smiled brightly thinking about the mark on my skin and wondering how they would react.