Welcome Home Mate
Chapter 93

ROXIE

I woke up early the next day after spending the evening and night with Lex. It was nice to relax and have him to myself. We talked about the Luna ceremony and the ultimate fight challenge and even had hot s*x a few times. I looked over to where Lex was, and his soft snores flooded my hearing. I couldn't help but look at him. I removed his arm from my waist and placed it on his stomach.

I moved quietly and quickly got dressed into some gym stuff.

I wanted to go for a run.

I knew training would happen soon, and running helped me warm up. You never know with Uncle Keith; he may say a few days, but he could actually mean today. He was annoying like that.

I placed my trainers on and looked over to Lex to make sure he was asleep, which he was.

I know he wants to help me train, but I think he will be a distraction, a good one, but also one that will keep me from keeping me from training.

I got up from the bed and walked out of the room.

Bex was flat out in my head, which was a good thing as she would have wanted me to wake up Lex for him to join us.

I needed to run on my own, it was the only time where I could keep my mind focused on what was happening on hand.

I walked down the stairs and headed out the front door.

I placed my ear pods in and ran.

I ran for miles.

I kept my mind clear, ignoring any mind links and whatever was going on. I needed to keep it together.

After an hour, I ran back home and headed inside.

I took my ear pods out and listened. I could hear Lex soft snores.

I looked back into my head, and Bex was still out cold.

I smiled.

I might as well make food for Lex and me.

I walked into the kitchen and started to cook.

It wasn't too long after I cooked the sausages that I heard movement upstairs and I knew Lex was awake.

I knew today I was spending it with Sofia, we were going over ideas for the Luna ceremony. I knew she was the right person for the job. I knew I needed help, training was going to be my main focus. I heard Lex's coming down the stairs as I was dishing up the food.

I turned around as he walked into the kitchen.

I smiled, as I held two plates and placed them on the table.

"Foods done," I said as I pulled my chair out and sat.

"Where were you?" he asked as he sat next to me and started to place food on his fork. "Blaze sensed you were gone, but didn't know where."

I ate what was in my mouth and looked up at him.

"I went for a run this morning," I said. "I needed to clear my head. I will be doing this every morning as it's my way of warming before I start training." Lex nodded.

"You could have woken me," he said. "I would have joined you."

I smiled.

"I know," I said. "The thing is I needed to clear my head, I feel overwhelmed."

Lex stared at me, but movement in my head got my attention. I looked back at Bex, and she c****d her head to the side. "Mate can help us," she said "We can use his help."

I stared at her, but I didn't say anything.

"Roxie," called Lex, bringing me back to look at him.

I stared at him.

His eyebrows were raised.

"Bex," he said and I just nodded.

I needed to change this subject. "So, what are you going to do today?" I asked. "Sofia is coming here soon to help me come up with stuff for the Luna ceremony."

Lex stared at me, but stared with a blank expression. Someone was clearly mind linking him.

When he got back to me, he frowned. "Well, I was going to ask if I could help you train today, help you get started," he said. "But Jason mind linked me and mentioned I have a ton of paperwork to get through and also Keith wants to talk to me."

I stared at him arching my eyebrows slightly. "Why would my uncle want to see you?" I asked.

Lex shrugged.

"I have no clue," he said.

I felt a sense something was up, but knowing my uncle it was most probably to do with my training.

Lex and I ate everything I had done.

Lex picked up all the dishes and placed them in the sink. I couldn't help but watch what he was doing. He turned to me and smiled. "I will do these," he said. "Go and have a shower before Sofia comes, I will join..." he started to say something, but a mind link came through, it was Sofia.

"Hey Rox," she said. "I am on my way to yours now."

"Ok," I said and closed the mind link down, and stared back at Lex, who was now frowning.

I hear Bex grunt in my head, but I ignore her. I guess she wanted the shower with mate. "I did," she muttered as she turned in my head.

"I was going to mention I would join you in the shower, but I guess Sofia is on her way," he said, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Yeah," I said and moved toward him. I leaned up onto my tippy toes and placed a kiss on his cheek. I pulled back as Lex placed his hands on my waist and looked down at me. "I will have the shower on my own," I said. "Maybe we can have one later when you finish in the office."

Lex smiled and leaned down to capture my l!ps, placing a tender k!ss in its place. He moves back and his hands full to his side. "I best be off," he said.

I nodded as I watched as Lex moved away from me and headed toward the living area.

I followed him, but he was about to walk toward the stairs to go up when someone knocked on the door. Lex looked at me and headed toward the door and opened the door, there stood Sofia.

"Morning, Alpha," she said and looked toward Lex, her eyes landed on me and her grin widened. "Luna," she said as she stepped inside the house.

Lex nodded and looked over at me.

"I will be going to the pack house," he said. "I can grab a shower there. I will see you later."

I nodded and smiled.

Well, it looks like I will have to shower later after all.

Lex left, leaving Sofia looking at me.

"Shall we get started?" she asked. "We have loads to plan. I even got a notebook to put everything in."

I smiled.

"Come on," I said, turning back around and heading into the kitchen. "I will put the kettle on," I said. "I think we will need all the coffee we can get."

Sofia giggled as she followed me.

I could feel Bex move around in my head, but I knew she was settling in for the next few hours as it was going to be long. We had to plan everything and I had to leave Sofia plan it all, this was the only time we could do this and all before I started training. I flipped the kettle on and heard the chair scrap behind me, I knew Sofia was getting comfortable to start. After a few moments, two mugs of coffee where ready and I placed them down in front of us.

Sofia had a pen in her hand and a notebook opened up.

"Shall we begin," she said.

I nodded and started to tell her everything I wanted.

Three hours, four mugs of coffee later, Sofia and I had a list of everything I wanted for my Luna's ceremony, from the flowers to the suits I wanted Lex to wear. We had it all planned. We chose the pack house for the ceremony, as Sofia told me that Alpha Frank had a place to hold the ultimate fight, which I learned was outside.

The only thing on the agenda was my dress I knew what I wanted, and it wasn't in any stores.

"Finally, the dress?" she asked as her eyes met mine for the millionth time. "What are you looking for?"

I stared at her for a few moments but sighed.

"Actually," I said. "Can I show you something?"

Sofia looked at me with a confused look. We both moved from the table and walked toward the stairs. I didn't want to tell her, I wanted to show her instead.

We walked passed all the bedrooms and stood below the attic hatch. I grabbed the hook and hooked the latch handle, and pulled it toward me. Stairs came down and I walked up. Sofia was right behind me and as we both stood in the attic, I took in everything. My Dad never threw any of my things, especially her clothes. I walked over to a wardrobe in the back and pulled it open. I knew which dress I was looking for as I remember my mother wearing it one evening for a day. It was white and laced, it went to the tops of her knees, which I wore it might mean it would be longer, but I didn't care.

Sofia stood behind me, I could feel her eyes on me. "This is all your mother's stuff," she said.

I nodded.

"Yeah," I muttered. "My Dad could never part with any of it. I think he might have forgotten all about this stuff too now, might since it was a few years ago, but I remember him putting everything up here one evening when he was done crying."

I skimmed over the dresses and spotted it.

"Here it is," I said and pulled out the dress. The dress had a plastic cover over it, so it looked new inside.

I held it up and looked back at Sofia, who smiled.

"It's gorgeous," she said and sighed. "What do you want to do with it?"

That was a question, what did I want to do with it.

I shrugged.

"I want to use this dress and wear it," I said. "I will give you permission to make it more updated. Do you know anyone who can alter it for us in time for the Luna ceremony."

Sofia stared at me, blankly for a moment and nodded.

"I know someone," she said. "We can come up with something in the next few days, only she might have to come to measure you and design something, but I am sure you won't mind doing that." I smiled.

"That be fine," I said. "Uncle Keith and Lex won't mind."

Sofia smiled.

I turned back to the wardrobe and closed it. I handed the dress to Sofia, and we both walked down. I made sure everything was as I found it, as I didn't want Lex to nose up there.

We walked down the stairs. Sofia hung the dress from the hanger on the banister and stared at it. "I have to say," she said as she looked at me. "There is something about his dress that screams Luna material." I smiled.

Her eyes lingered on the dress more and looked back at me with a weird expression on her face.

"Rox," she said. "I have an idea, I can design the dress to suit you and even have the person I know draw it for you to see. You can let me know what you think, if not, we can think of another way."

I smiled at Sofia.

"I like that idea," I said. "I trust you Sofia, just get the design down and we can go from there."

Sofia nodded, as a beaming smile slide across my face.

We went back into the kitchen and sat down. We talked for a bit about a few other things, but Sofia stood up and made some tea. Coffee was getting to us now, we needed something else to drink.

I watched as my brother's mate made the tea, but I wanted to know.

"How are things with you and Jason?" I asked, which made her stop what she was doing and turned around to face me.

"You know?" she asked.

I nodded.

Sofia leaned back against the counter and sighed.

"We are getting there slowly," she said and looked at me. "It all came to ahead when I went to replace out more information from Amber, but everything was worse. She tormented me, not the other way around. She told me all the things that her and the other girls did with him."

I stared at her, she clearly wanted to vent and I was going to let her. I have been in them situations many times and they aren't nice.

"I knew I shouldn't have let her get into my head," she said. "I tortured her but I couldn't get anything else out of her."

I nodded.

Something comes to me and I feel movement in my head, which was Bex. I knew she had been sleeping for a while, but I knew she was now listening into the conversation. "What happened to Amber after the rogue attack?" I asked. "I haven't seen her around."

Sofia stared at me and sighed.

"It seems someone got into the cells and killed her," she said. "The guards were dead outside, some rogues probably went into the cells and tried to take her."

I stared at her but nodded.

"She was torn apart," she said as our eyes met. "Someone didn't want her around."

I cleared my throat.

"You know," I said, trying to put my Luna position into good use. "Having my brother on a s*x ban is something but have you tried talking to him since? I mean, he is your mate and he needs to learn to respect you."

Sofia stared at me, but I carried on talking to her.

"The past should stay in the past," I said. "I know I am a fine one to talk, but what with everything that has happened, us women are completely badass when it comes to making men pay."

I noticed a hint of a smirk, itching Sofia's lips.

"Sof," I said, as I leaned toward her, placing my arms on the table. "I am not saying to forget what happened, but at least forgive Jason. I mean, there is one thing about being mates, there is always ways to make it up to one another." I smiled. Sofia couldn't help but laugh.

"I assume you did that with Lex," she said as I leaned back into my chair.

I c****d my head to the side and looked at her. "Your talking about Lex," I said. "There will always be something I won't agree when it comes out of his mouth on times, but I do like the fact we can make up afterward."

Sofia gave me a knowing look and turned back around to carry on with the tea.

A mind link was trying to open up and it was from Lex.

"Hey," he murmured. "How's it going? It's getting late."

"Hey you," I said. "We all planned and she knows what I want, we might have to meet up for one or two things, but it won't take too long."

I heard him sigh.

"That's good," he said. "It seems like I have to stay here for the night. Dad needs my help with one or two things, never have an old man do a leaflet."

I gave a slight laugh.

"Not funny," he muttered. "He doesn't know what to do and Jason is training for a while."

"It's okay," I said. "I will ask Sofia to stay, we could have a girl's night or something."

"Sounds like an idea," he said. "I miss you."

I felt tingles though the mate bond as the words.

"I miss you too," I said. "I will mind link you later."

"Ok," he said and closed the link.

I looked at Sofia, who was now sitting in front of me.

I smiled.

"It seems Lex is sleeping at the pack house tonight," I said. "Do you fancy a girl's night in?"

Sofia beamed.

"Yeah," she said. "I would love to."