Chapter 38

Scott's POV

After sleeping nearly an hour, I had just walked in the apartment when I noticed her moving. She didn't feel right through the bond, like something was off.

I set the groceries I got on the counter in the kitchen, then placed the suitcase of clothes by the door. I walked over to the bed ad kneeled down. Her cheeks were red and her skin looked drenched in perspiration.

I placed my hand on her forehead, only for her shield to block me from touching her.

"Brooke, baby, drop the shield." I said worrying why it was up to begin with. Her gorgeous brown orbs held mine in a vice. "It isn't me, Scott!" She said in a tired voice and closed her eyes.

"Can I command you to drop it?" She rolled into her side and faced me, Brooklyn gave me a small smile. "Anything at this point will help. I need your help getting another shower."

"It's just the shift," I mumbled and she nodded her head. I cleared my throat and let my aura flow over her. She inhaled a deep breath as it washed over her. "Stop blocking me from touching your delicate skin, amoureux!" I ordered her. She giggled and I watched her muscles relax when I dropped my aura.

"I got a gift for you!" I reached out to grab her hand, thankfully she dropped it. I pulled her up and Brooklyn leaned into me resting her cheek on my chest.

I dug in my pocket and pulled out the small box. "Your siblings helped me do this." She placed her hand on my chest by her face as she watched me open the box.

I pulled the necklace out and held the small pink teddy bear in my hand. "We put her ashes in it!" I whispered. Brooklyn lifted her head up and pushed off of me. She looked at me then back at the necklace.

With a small tremble in her hand she took the necklace from me. "She will always be with you. I placed a spell on it, so it won't come off when you shift."

"This is..?" She said, she swept her thumb over the face of the bear gently before sniffling. "It didn't feel right doing it without you." I told her and she turned to face me.

"Can you put it on?" She asked me. I gave her a smile when her eyes locked with mine. I took the necklace from her and she turned back around, Brooklyn moved her hair and I reached around her with one ha d then brought it arou d her neck and latched the necklace.

As she looked down at it I got up and held my hand out for her. Brooklyn glanced at it before placing her hand in mine and I pulled her up. "Bath or shower?" I asked nipping at the skin of her neck.

"A bath sounds relaxing!" Brooklyn moaned just at the thought of it making me chuckle at her.

"We need to bring somethings over tonight. Like the rest of the bed..." She giggled. I nodded my head, that floor was not easy to get up from..

She slipped her shirt off, I reached for the faucets and turned the water on to the temperature she liked it on. After adding some bubbles I turned back to her and helped her strip off the rest of her clothes. Her skin formed goosebumps from the air in the room.

I grabbed her hand and helped her step into the bath. I went to the side and sat on the rim of the bathtub.

"Scott, I want papers drawn up to keep him away from me!" Brooklyn grabbed my hand with her wet one. "I also need-"

"We can worry about all of that tommorrow! Tonight we have enough to worry about." She sighed and dropped the topic.

Having it to where Ryan wasn't allowed near her only did so much, and that's if he obeys the restraining order.

As she slowly washed her body, I leaned down and kissed her cheek before getting up and going for my phone on the kitchen counter. I dialed her mother then placed the phone to my ear.

After a couple rings she answered with a giggle. "Noah, go.." I looked at the ceiling and waited for her to realize she was on the phone.

With another giggle and finally gave me her attention. "Sorry, yes?"

"Ma'am, have your boys contacted you yet?" I asked her. It was quiet for a while fore she replied.

"No, are they alright?" I could hear slight panic in her voice.

"Yes, they are alright. We just have a small issue that showed up this morning." I told her. "Ryan is back!"

I jumped when she popped up in front of me. She pointed her phone at me, fury in her eyes as she glared at me. "Why wasn't I told when it happened?" She snarled at me.

"Because I'm helping your daughter prepare for her shift tonight." I told her coldly. Her eyes kept their glare as her eyes glazed over.

I couldn't imagine being in this pack while she was Luna! She was fucking fierce.

Her boys showed up a few minutes later. Their heads bowed and she turned to them.

"Keeping secrets?" She asked them. Levi hid behind Zachary like he could protect him from his mother.

"We just wanted to find a few things out mom! We didn't intentionally keep it from you!" Jordan narrowed his eyes at me because I was the one who told her.

"Where?" They looked away from her, not answering her.

She took a step twards them and Levi caved. "Packhouse. He is staying in the packhouse." I fought myself from laughing at how scared he was of his mother.

"Where's, Brooklyn?" She asked me over her shoulder. I pointed to the bathroom where I left the bedroom door open. "Bath, she isn't feeling well." I said and she nodded walking to the bedroom.

Brooklyn's POV

I wrapped the towel around myself when I heard the bathroom door open. I looked up and saw my mom, I gave her a smile only she didn't return it.

"Hey, mama," I murmured. When I turned to let the water out her arms wrapped around me from behind.

She didn't say anything, but because of Scott I could hear what she was thinking. My power picked up on everything and I just wanted it to stop surprising me.

"I'm alright mama..." She nodded her head, but refused to let me go.

"I'll kill him if you asked me to!" She mumbled and tightened her hold on me. I sighed and placed one of my hands over both of hers. "He is human now mom. You can't without the council finding out."

My mom huffed then let me go. I turned around and gave her a smile. "Can you help me?" I asked her, her brows furrowed for a second before she gave me a smile.

"How high has it gotten?" She asked and cupped my face then rested the other on my forehead. I shrugged and closed my eyes ather soothing touch.

"Not sure, but that's not what I need help with!" The warmth of her hands faded so I opened my eyes. "Every partof me hurts,I know why,but I also know Scott can't feel it or he would be on the floor."

My mother nodded her head and pulled me into a hug. Her hands placed on my back warmed up, my bones felt like styrofoam ready to break at the slightest touch. I could feel her power fill me, warming up my insides, but everything still hurt.

"I don't think I can help baby!" She lifted her head and looked over me. "Let Scott know. He may know how to help you."

"Maybe I can ....not shift?" I giggled wanting nothing than to sleep the night away with no pain. "Come on, lets get dressed and I will help you bring some things over." She hit my bottom making me flush red, now embarrassed at what she just did.

I went over to the door, I knocked on the frame gaining Scott's attention. "I need some clothes." I told him quietly. He looked down at the bag by the front door and went over grabbing it.

He came back over to me and set it by my feet. "While were out tonight under the moon, what do you want brought over?" He moved some of my hair behind my ear.

"Just the heavy things. Like my dressers and bed frame. I can worry about the other things later." He leaned down and kissed my head.

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A few hours later, my brothers had decided to go on and bring over my bed frame and dressers from the storage unit. My sister came over to help me put things away as mom kept popping in and out with random things from the unit.

My brothers kept giving weird looks all night too, I even asked them why they kept looking at me the way they were but they didn't know what I was talking about.

Once the dishes were put up, my sister came over with a bottle of red wine in her hand. Once she poured two glasses I took one and took a huge gulp.

Going for another, the glass was taken from me. I whined as I saw Scott finish the glass. "You have to be clear headed." He said with a small smile.

"Sorry sis!" Bailey bounced her way out of the kitchen and into the living room with the bottle of wine. I narrowed my eyes at her.

The warmth of Scott against my front made me look back up at him. He glanced at his watch then focused back on me. He placed both of his hands on each side of me trapping me against him and the counter.

He inhaled deeply his eyes flashing brighter for a second. "Your scent is really, really strong." He said leaning down and nipping at my lower lip before leaving open mouth kisses along my jaw.

"You've been real clingy ever since I came back!" I moaned softly as he nipped the skin near my mark. "Worse since you left that mark!" I told him closing my eyes.

"Thats because you smell ravashing! Good enough to eat!" He growled and bit harder at my skin making me shiver against him.

I tilted my head back and to the side giving him more access, he wrapped an arm around my waist. He grabbed my hair and made me look back up at him, I knew he wanted me, but I didn't understand how he wasn't satisfied yet. All wr have done since yesterday is have sex.

"You know if I didn't know any better I'd say you were trying to get me pregnant again." I teased him.

He nipped at my skin again and growled. "What if I was?" He asked.

"Then I'd have to get you neutered!" I said sweetly and kissed his cheek.

I tried to go around him but he gripped my hips and lifted me off the floor making me squeal at how sudden it was. I laughed as he set me on the counter standing between my legs.

He thrusted his hips up against the opening of my legs and leaned closer nipping my ear. "Want to rephrase that?" Scott asked, his beard tickling my face.

I hummed and closed my eyes, I let a giggle out when he tickled my sides. I pushed his hands away and he nezzled his face back in the crook of my neck.

I closed my eyes and took in his scent that was making me feel intoxicated.

My arms wrapped around his waist and kept as quiet as I could, I could already feel my bones trying to break. I've no doubt the second I'm under the moon light it will happen without giving me a moment to prepare.

"
Ezekiel, said that you are hurting. But I don't feel anything!" Scott lifted his head up and looked down at me. I buried my face in his chest and nodded my head not wanting to talk about it.

"I'll grab the bag and we will go!" He murmured, he pecked my lips then walked into the bedroom where I had clothes threw everywhere.

Levi came over and rested his head on my shoulder. "The police won't do a restraning order because there's no proof he did anything wrong." I told him and put my head ontop of his. He stiffened for a moment but then relaxed.

"Well your security system is set up." He handed me back my phone, he was adding .everything to it while he and Jordan hooked up the camera. "Thank you!" I said taking it.

"Can I give you something?" He lifted his head and dug into his back pocket. I trusted all of my siblings so telling him yes was a easy answer.

He grinned and pulled out a bag. "I got this from a girl-"

"A girl?" I giggled while wiggling my eyebrows. He stuck his tounge out at me. "What is it?" I asked him and took the small bag from him while looking at the contents.

"I'm not sure, did nothing for me. So since you're hurting, it might help with that. But you need a needle." I instantly shook my head.

"Nope, I don't do needles!" I handed him back the bag. I could tell he didn't want to waste the stuff and looking at him he was debating on to take it all or flush it.

"Did Zach, say something to you?" I whisper-yelled. It was supposed to be a secret for a reason. I've never told anyone about the mate he had and had to kill because she was a hunter that tried to go after the pack. How could he go around telling my other siblings about my past.

"I'm not stupid, Brooke." He said nonchalantly. "We all have our pasts." He said while looking over at our brother. Levi and Jordan were all mated to the same woman. So Zachary killing their mate put a wall up when it came to the topic.

They all still love one another, but they wanted to help change her mind, I think. I was just starting my relationship with Ryan when it happened, so Zachary didn't give me much information.

I held my hand out for the bag and Levi looked at it before placing it in it. I closed my hand as Scott came out of the room. "Just so you know, he knows!" Levi whispered using his head to point at my hand then to Scott.

I wanted to ask him how he knew but he walked away and over to our mother. Scott stopped in front of me, I looked at my brother before looking at him. I asked Zena to put up the block so he couldn't hear what I was thinking but she wasn't there.

"Let's go. They are gonna put your entertainment center together before leaving." He wrapped his arms around my waist and picked me up. I wrapped my legs around him so I wouldn't fall.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" My sister yelled out just as Scott opened the front door. "I'm not making any promises!" I called out to her and I heard my brothers all groan.

"TMI ladies!" My mother yelled. I grabbed the door handle as Scott walked out and closed the door behind him.