Mother of the Moon - Chapter 183 - Three Weeks
Zelena.
Then of course, I remembered why.
“Oh” I said breathlessly.
“I wanted to hurt you, and her. I wanted to hurt everyone. The darkness was inside me. It was so strong, and I couldn’t see past it. It was controlling me, I guess. I don’t really know what happened next. I was looking at Selene and the black smoke was all around her. Then nothing, I woke up here with you”.
“That sounds about right” Gunner said slowly.
“Okay, then what happened? After I passed out or whatever, what did she do to me? How did we get back here? What happened during the fight? Is everyone else alright? Smith, your dad, Tobias?” I began to ramble, my voice going up an octave and speeding through my many questions. Gunner cupped one of my cheeks and ran his thumb over my lips to quieten me down.
“One question at a time little wolf” he said smoothly, looking at me with all the love and adoration in the world. My heart swelled at the love in his gaze.
“What did Selene do to me?” I managed to ask breathlessly,
“She expelled the darkness, cast it out of you. You're back to yourself again now” he said with a soft smile.
“Really? No more rage, no more urges to kill?” I asked him, full of hopefulness.
“You will still feel anger, just like anyone. You will still get mad and sad, and sometimes you’ll want to wring a neck. But that is just you, no more persuasion and temptation from the darkness” he answered me solemnly. For some reason he doesn’t look happy. If anything he looks scared, or maybe even a little sad. No more darkness, this should be a good thing, right? I gave the darkness to Gunner, through the bond, I shared it with him. So if it was my darkness to begin with, that would have to mean it is gone from him now too.
“This is great, right? We don’t have to fight it anymore. It's gone. We can go back to living our lives” I asked him brightly. But he still didn’t look too thrilled.
“This is very good. You'll be able to raise our pup with love and light” he smiled up at me,
“You mean WE. We'll raise our pup, together” I said cautiously. Gunner was hinting at something, trying to be subtle about it. But I don’t need him to spare my feelings right now, I just need to know what the fuck is going on.
“Right Gunner. WE!” I said harshly.
“No little wolf” he said and dropped his hand from my cheek.
“Selene expelled the darkness from you. Only you”. I stared at Gunner with wide eyes. Why would she save me and not him? That doesn’t make any sense.
“Why would she do that?” I whispered, scared to hear the answer.
“Zelena, I failed her. I failed you. I didn’t even try to save you from the dark, instead I stepped into it with you willingly. She is unsure if I am strong enough to stand beside you. This... this is my test”.
My head spun like a kids spinning top toy. She is testing him. Why? How could she do this to me. We are True Mates, I can’t survive without him. She said he was the perfect choice, she said we would thrive together. And now she is changing her mind. She can’t do that!
“Calm down Zelena, I can feel you getting all worked up” Gunner said soothingly as he ran his hands up and down my thighs.
“Calm down. Calm down! How can I calm down when she is threatening to take away my Mate, the father of my pup? That is what she is threatening isn’t it? She's going to kill you?” I asked as a hot angry tear fell down my cheek.
“Of course not Zelena. She is firm in her punishments, but she is not cruel” he answered with a forced chuckle.
“Explain” I growled through my clenched teeth.
“She has given me three weeks to let go of the darkness, to expel it on my own” he answered me,
“And at the end of those three weeks?” I asked hesitantly,
“If I haven’t found a way to get rid of it on my own, she will take it away, along with my wolf”
“Can she do that?” I asked shocked. Would she really strip him of his wolf? Our wolves are a part of us. A really big part of us. Who are we without our wolf?
“She is the Moon Goddess, she created us all. Yes, she can do it”.
Wow. I never thought this could be a possibility. Roe explained to me once, that once you’re a Were, you can’t go back. There is no cure or anything like that. Would Selene really do it though?
“Well, I mean that isn’t so bad, is it? You can live without your wolf, right?” I said quietly. I was still reeling from the ultimatum handed down to him. If he can’t expel the darkness, he will still be alive. We will still be together. I can still love him, even if he can’t change form anymore.
“It’s not that simple. Without a wolf I can’t be an Alpha. Without a wolf I can’t do and feel things like a normal Were can. Including having any kind of Mate bond”
“You mean we won’t be Mates?”
“Correct”
“But we can still be together. I love you. And not just because of some stupid bond. I know I will love you, with or without it” I cried out. I gripped Gunner shoulders as my body started to shake from fear. I can’t lose him. Gunner is my everything. We are having a baby together for fucks sake. We can make it through anything. Gunner laid his head in my lap, his hands came up to rest over my stomach. He stayed like that, silently for what felt like hours. All the while, I sat and quietly panicked to myself about possibly losing the one person that showed me what love is.
“I don’t know, Zee. But I promise I am trying” Gunner eventually said as he lifted his head and looked up at me. His red rimmed eyes, tear stained cheeks and pale skin proved just how hard this is going to be. I took a deep breath and nodded.
“I won’t let this happen. We will figure this out together, you and me. The way that it should be. Okay? Together?”
“Together” Gunner nodded weakly.
“But first, you need to eat. I can already feel your hunger and it's making my teeth tingle”.
Gunner stood up and wrapped his arms around me. He lifted me up off the bed so that my legs locked around his waist and my arms around his neck. With one hand under my ass and the other around my back, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine. I leaned into the kiss, throwing myself into the delicious way it made me feel. Gunner’s plump lips and warm breath tickled me. His tongue sought entrance into my mouth and I complied, parting my lips and letting him in. Before too long I found myself grinding my hips against him. My skin heated up, and that wanton ache throbbed between my legs. Gunner growled and took my bottom lip between his teeth. He pulled it out slightly before letting it go with a pop.
“Food first, we can finish this later” he growled seductively. Gunner is and always will be my favourite distraction.
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