Chapter 64 - Found

**Hopes pov**

“ So, I check out for a few minutes and you run off to find new besties?!!”

Everybody around the fire stands up with their weapons in there hands. I spin around so fast to the sound of the voice that I almost fall..but I don’t see her. Mayas voice were in my head, but in front of me I see a bunch of very familiar wolves. Callum stands in the middle, Beacon is as big, black and handsome as ever, he scans the cave and the people in it, looking for threats. Reece and Chase, Cathy and Freespi, Leo, Lucas and Olivia was there to..and between Callum and Chase was a wolf I had never seen before, but I knew who she was instantly..Luna knew it to..the first wolf she had sired since the big creation..and she was beautiful. Her fur was somewhere between ginger and silver, she still has her round blue eyes and she is almost as big as Chase.
I fall to my knees and cry, days of grief and anxiety roll off me.
“ It worked! Thank you Selene! Thank you!” I cry and laugh as I throw my arms around the wolf that is Maya. Soon I’m covered by wolves and Luna is howling with joy in my head..but someone is missing. I look around and I see Callum standing in the cave opening. He hasn’t moved..I see the pain in his eyes and my heart almost breaks. A bag is on the ground next to him, I assume it’s clothes, he takes it in his mouth, turns and walks out. I turn to Joe.
“These are my friends, my family from Great Falls. They mean you no harm” I give him a reassuring smile and he nods and scratch his head.
“ If you want to change you can go further in to the cave, If you are hungry you are welcome to sit and eat, but here we only do that in our human form.” He says to the wolves and sit back down on the log.
I see Cathy run out and return with the bag..but not with Callum.
“ You should go and talk to him.” she link me before going further in to the cave with the bag.

I am so nervous leaving the warmth of the cave..I step out and I see him leaning against the big rock. My rock..He is wearing a black T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, he is barefoot, his hands is in his pockets. I can see on his muscles how tense and how on edge he is. He feel me coming and turn to look at me, his eyes are glossy with unshed tears
“Callum..” I see how he clenches his jaws, he doesn’t answer.
“ Callum, I’m sorry..I couldn’t stay..I just had to get away” I step a little closer, I want so badly to be in his arms but I can feel he is guarded, but finally he speak.
“ A Luna doesn’t leave her pack..A Luna doesn’t leave her Alpha..a mate doesn’t leave a mate.” His voice and his words are so filled with pain and as much as it hurts to hear them, I know he is right.
“ Luna didn’t..I did..Callum..I panicked, I thought I got my best friend killed, Reece spoked the truth, it was all my fault and I knew you would agree and look at me differently..I had her blood in my mouth, on my clothes and on my skin..I was disgusted with my self..so sure that I could be Luna, fix it somehow and I..” Callums lips crash on to mine before I can say another word. He kisses me with such hunger and passion and I return the same. I grab his hair as if I can pull him closer, merge with him, make sure I’m never away from him again. He picks me up and I lock my legs around his waist as he carries me to the back of the large rock. With my back pressed against the hard surface, he leaves my lips and leaves kisses down my neck..my lips instantly feels cold. As he comes to the crook of my neck he inhales deeply and his hands start to unbutton my overall..it takes to long, the buttons and zipper give him a bit of trouble and his patience is wearing thin, so he tears it of instead, exposing my naked body to the darkness around us. I can swear the crisp evening air turns to steam against my warm bare skin. Still holding me up against the rock he undoes his pants and let them fall to his feet, I pull his t-shirt over his head, feeling his skin tight against mine. Its like firework, even though I know the story behind it, the origin, I’m amazed every time I feel them, the sparks, they are so strong since the unbinding. He enters me in a hard thrust and I draw a quick breath from the pain but still revel in the feeling of having him inside me. He stays still, let me catch my breath and adjust to him, then he thrusts hard while he growls in sync. “Don’t..ever..leave..me..like..that..again..and..don’t..ever..let..me..find..you..in..another..mans..clothes..again!” The hard uneven surface digging into my back, the cold air all around us, the mosquitoes more than happy to feast on the naked meal...everything fades away, all I’m aware of is the feeling of Callum as he is pounding harder and faster, desperate to erase the pain and longing of the past few days. The familiar build up in my lower stomach comes with rocket speed and my legs start shaking so I have a hard time keeping them locked around him, so he pushes me harder against the rock to keep me in place and goes faster and that triggers it. My orgasm comes like big waves, threatening to pull me under. Callums fingers digs in to my hips as he finish inside me, I can feel the pulsating and then the twitching of his member as the last drops leave him. He put his arms around my waist, holding me hard as he burying his face against my neck to catch his breath. My feet slowly touch the ground again, my legs are still shaking so I lean my head against his chest and we stay in each others arms for a few minutes. He is holding me tight and his fingers is drawing patterns on my skin..I feel like I’ve come home..I feel safe again.
Callum puts his t-shirt on me before lifting me up again, this time, bridal style. I rest against his bare chest, listening to his heartbeats. Hearing them I realize how much I have missed them.
He carry me down to the river and put me down in the cool water before he takes my face in his hands and pecks my lips and looks hard at me.
“ I mean everything I said Hope..don’t you ever do that to me again..and don’t ever think that I could love you any less. I would never look at you any different no matter what. You are my mate, chosen by the Goddess herself and if my heart doesn’t beat for you it won't beat at all..I knew it the day I found you at the zoo..I was yours as soon as your scent hit me and I looked into your beautiful green eyes and saw your cute freckles.”
“ I’m so sorry..” I whisper, my voice doesn’t hold..everything from the past days catches up to me and I come undone right here, in front of my mate as he pours his heart out, I’m crying my eyes out! I’m sobbing and shaking, my nose is running in sync with my eyes, there’s probably some drool too and I must be the world’s unsexiest woman..the thought of this of course makes me cry even more.
He holds me tight and wait for me to calm down before he lets me go.
“ Hey..calm down..we will learn from this ok..I know I can be a bullhead and I’m sorry about that..but please Hope..don’t be sad..don’t cry..I hate it when you cry..if it isn’t by happiness..or euphoria, he winks at me and I cant stop a giggle slipping out between my sobs.We stay like this for a little while and when he feels it safe to let me go he crouches down and start cleaning me.

Coming back to the cave a while later we are met with a wonderful sight, both groups are chatting an laughing together.
“They are from Kevins old pack, The Sunset Pack.” I whisper to Callum as we stand in the entrance, watching them.
“ What? They have been here for twelve years?”
“ Yeah, more or less.. I want them to come with us.. I want them to join the pack. “ I say and look at him with pleading eyes.
“ Of course, you don’t have to look at me that way, its your pack too, you don’t need my permission” He chuckles and kisses my temple before pulling me with him to join the others at the fire.
The rest of the evening was spent in a harmonic environment, there was a lot of storytelling from both sides, a lot of questions to me about Aayla and Luna, and when it was time for bed I asked Joe if it was ok to move the candles from the
the indentation in the wall, Aaylas sleeping-place. He answered he wouldn’t have it any other way.
I cuddled up to Callum, laying my head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat and with the familiar stonewall at my back I am close to fall asleep…I hear some voices outside the cave..a heated discussion? Then a scent hits me..a scent very familiar to Luna..Vampire!