Chapter 23 - Reunion

***Callums pov***

When I woke up in my office it was already morning. I hurried back to my room, sneaking in as quiet as I could.
Hope is asleep and I can’t help but stare at her. She is so beautiful. Her lips slightly apart, her long lashes like a fan under her eyes. Her scent is thick in the room, and I close my eyes and take a couple of deep breaths.
I wish I could climb onto the bed and take her in my arms, hold her body close to mine while she sleeps. But I don’t want to wake her up, she needs all the sleep she can get. As quiet as I can, I grab my training clothes and sneakers from my closet and leave the room.

Greta is making breakfast, so I sit at the kitchen island, waiting for my treat. She hands me a cup of coffee, followed by a plate with eggs, bacon, and fruit. I smile at the plate. Remember yesterday’s breakfast with Hope.
“Is the Miss coming down?” Greta asks.
“No, she is still sleeping and I would like her to get a couple of hours more. She had a tough day yesterday and I don’t think the coming days will get any easier. Bring her breakfast in two hours.” I answer her with my mouth full.
Greta nodded, her eyes full of compassion for the human girl she knew nothing about.
“Good morning!” I hear Reece at the same time I feel the smack on my back.
I grunt in response, trying to keep the content in my mouth from flying across the table.
Greta hands Reece a plate and his coffee and he gladly takes it and sits down besides me.
“Oh, I wish you hadn’t met your mate Greta, as much as I love Edwin, if I had met you first we would have marked and mated before you could blink, so I could enjoy your cooking for the rest of my days” He winks at her and start stuffing eggs in his mouth.
“Well my sweet sweet boy..First, you enjoy my cooking every day and I don’t se that changing any time soon, especially if you mark and mate in a blink of an eye..nothing you should say out loud, scares the ladies away.. Second, you wouldn’t be able to handle me pup!” She winks and smile at him. I laugh so hard and almost choke on my coffee.
“ I think you earned a nickname for the day. I here by name you Blinky,” I say, patting his back and keep on laughing. He muttered something into his coffee cup with a sulk expression on his face
I give Greta a kiss on the cheek and tell her she is the best before I leave the kitchen, still laughing.

About fifty members of the pack were already present as I stepped out on the training field. After my morning speech, I informed everyone that Beta Reece today is to be called Beta Blinky, BB for short. Reece took it like the fun guy he is but I’m sure he’s going to get me back. Maybe he asks Hope for another belly rub. The thought makes Beacon growl in my head.
Me and Reece aka Blinky divided them in to four groups, we would train attack and defense, his groups in wolf form and mine in their human forms.
It was a warm and sunny morning and even though I slept in a chair all night my body was full of energy, so I gave a hard lesson. After a couple of hours, I stepped aside, taking my soaked t-shirt off as I watched and corrected the others.
It started as a prick on my skin, it was hot, but it didn’t burn me, it wandered over my body and Beacon rolled in my head enjoying the attention.
I considered standing still and just enjoying feeling the attention travel over my body but I couldn’t help myself, I had to see her. I turned up at the window of my room, and there she was, looking at me. I could stand here and watch her all day. I smile at her and I get her beautiful smile in return.
“Callum!..Callum!!”
I turn to see the source of the voice calling my name and my heart leaps in my chest. Cathy! Cathy is here!
She jumps up in my arms and I embrace her and spins her around, and inhale her scent. Vanilla fudge, Goddess I have missed her. I hold her close and then I take her face in my hands, my sweet, sweet Cathy. I kiss her head, forehead, nose and cheeks and she giggles. I turn to look up at Hope, to share the happiness that I feel but then I realize I fucked up.
Hope’s eyes are pitch black and she is pissed. I can almost feel the anger and power radiating from her. Beacon whimpers and tucks his tail between his legs.
“Fuck! fuck! fuck! How the hell can I be so stupid?” I mumble to my self.
“Hey, what’s going on?” Cathy ask, a worried look on her face.
“ I fucked up..I explain later siss, I’m so happy your home but I really need to fix this” I say, kissing her on the head before running towards the house.
I climb the stairs several steps at the time and storm into my room.
“Hope! I call her name,” she is not there. “Hope!” I call again, checking the bathroom. Empty. She is not here!
What do I do? Do I send out an alert? Do I run after her? I don’t know in with direction she went. I could trace her scent..Fuck! I tear my hair and feel the panic rise in my chest.
“Callum, calm down, please tell me what’s wrong.” I hear Cathy´s voice behind me.
I open a link to Zandra, not that I want to, she is probably going to give me a lecture on what an insensitive ass of a wolf I am.
“Zandra, I need your help. Is there any way you can locate Hope?” I ask her and sent her images of what happened.
“Calm down Alpha, Ill get her.” She sigh “You enjoy the time with your sister, its good she’s home, I check in and let you know you later, don’t you worry,” she closes the link.

I slump down on the couch and reach out a hand to Cathy.
“Come, sit.” I put my arm around her as she cuddles up to me.
“What are you doing home? Why didn´t you let me know you were coming? I ask

Cathy has always been a free spirit. After our parents died, she wanted to see the world. I refused to let her go at first, couldn’t bare the thought of my kid sister being out there alone. But Cathy was a stubborn little wolf with Alpha blood in her veins, so she made mine and the pack’s life a living hell until I changed my mind and agreed sending her to a boarding school in Scotland. If she did good, she was free to take her walkabout.
“I missed you, and the pack and wanted it to be a surprise..its as simple as that,” She smiled and start telling me about all her traveling. The countries, cultures of humans and wolf packs across the world.
After a couple of hours, Greta is bringing us lunch, so we move to the kitchen table.
I can’t eat, my hearts longs for Hope.
“Hey..”I feel Cathy´s hand on mine
“It’s your turn to spill. Tell me what’s going on, Callum”
So I do. I tell her everything, from Mateivia and Mateus to Hope and how she ended up here with me.
After telling Cathy the story, its late in the afternoon and I miss Hope more. I want her with me, in my arms. Zandra has been sending me pictures to calm me. Hope angry, Hope stunned, Hope happy, Hope sad..why is she sad?..She promises me Hope is ok and I just have to take her word for it.
I look at my baby sister across the table. Her eyes red from crying.
“Poor girl..” she says, then she stands up.
“Lets go!”
“Were?” I ask
“To the hag, to get your girl” She smiles at me.
I stand up and drag her in to my arms.
“I’m so glad you’re home, I missed you little one” I kiss her head.
“I missed you to and its good to be home but seriously..eeww..you stink! Take a shower, you can not win her back smelling like that!”
She pushes me to the bathroom, and I chuckle and relax a bit.