Chapter 69: Love Will Always Find A Way

Chapter sixty-nine: Love Will Always Find A Way


Elena

"Five more minutes." He pulled me onto the bed.

"Bernard!" I shrieked, trying to escape from his hold.

"You see, we wouldn't be having these problems if you just moved in with me but my stubborn girlfriend wants to live far away from me." He teased and I rolled my eyes even though I knew he couldn't see it.

"The gamma's house is literally a twenty-five-minute walk from your house. You are just being silly."

Twenty-five minutes, twenty-five hours, they are all the same to me." He nuzzled his nose into the crook of my neck from behind.

"Please stay, my love." He begged.

"You know I would lay with you all night if I could but I have been here for almost seven hours and it is already midnight. What would people say if they saw me leaving your house at this hour?"

"If you didn't notice, my love, I sent everyone home before you came and my guards never ask questions. Besides, everyone is either in their homes or at the pack center. You have nothing to worry about." I sighed.

"Bernard, we need time to miss each other. We can't just get on top of each other like that so quickly, I want us to take things slowly. Besides, you promised me that you would allow me to try the whole independence thing." He pulled me closer to him from behind, eradicating the non-existent space between us.

"I know, Elena. Can I just hold you for fifteen more minutes, please?"

"Okay." I replied.

We had been arguing, if you could even call it that over me leaving for the past hour. We spent the past seven hours together and during that time, we had watched a movie which we ended up not finishing because his lips had seemed more entertaining to me. We had made some dinner or rather I made dinner while Bernard did everything to try and distract me. I was actually surprised that I remembered the skills my mother had taught me all those years ago.

After we were done, we spent the next hours talking and getting to know each other. I loved listening to him speak and talk about what he was most passionate about. From our talk, I had gathered that he is a good man. He loved his Pack and his family even more, I loved the way he spoke about everyone he loved and cared for. Even when he spoke about his mother, he talked about her with so much admiration. I knew she had done something horrible but she is still his mother. She had also been Luna before me and I knew that I would need her when I assumed the position. I wanted to only add to her legacy. With time, I am sure that she will learn to accept me but for now, she just needs time to adapt to this new normal.

"I promise to be back tomorrow, but you need to get some rest now. You haven't healed properly." I said to him.

"I can heal with you in bed too, you know. I think I heal faster when you are close to me." He wasn't lying, mates had been known to improve each other's health when they were close but in his case, he didn't need me as much as he had in the hospital.

"I will be back tomorrow, Bern, I promise." He hummed.

"I love it when you say my name like that, say it again."

"What? Bern?"

"Hmm, it is like honey to my ears. So sweet and decadent." He kissed my shoulder.

"Okay fine, but you will have to kiss me before leaving. It will satisfy me until I see you again." A smile crept onto my face as I turned in his arms. I came nose to nose with him and stared into his eyes and then down to his lips.

"Your wish is my command." I took his lips and kissed him long and soft. This is a feeling I would never grow tired of.

Bernard took me downstairs to the door, he brought my hand to his lips and kissed it gently. A surge of spark traveled up my arm and into my chest.

"I will see you tomorrow, my love."

"See you tomorrow." I stood on my toes and kissed his cheek and let go of his hand as I walked out of his house.

I felt his gaze on my back as I walked away from his house. The sun had gone down and the moon and stars had taken over the night. There was a cool breeze in the air that had my skin prickling with goosebumps. My heart was so giddy that I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. There was still so much to tackle but at least now we were facing everything together.

I walked into the gamma's house and found it silent. It was already after midnight so everyone must have been sleeping. A lot of the gammas worked early-rising jobs like janitors, bakers, housemaids, and even bus drivers. It is work that requires one to be up bright and early. I walked towards the stairs and made my way to my room, my steps faltered when I saw that Alisha's lights were on. Great, I needed to tell her everything that had happened. I knocked on her door and waited for a response.

"Come in." She replied, I opened the door and stepped in. I found her on her bed with a book in her lap and a mug in her hands. She lifted her eyes towards me and smiled.

"What are you still doing awake? And what made you smile like a Cheshire cat?" She asked and I let out a soft giggle.

"I am actually coming from somewhere." She gave me a teasing look and put her book down.

"Okay, you have my attention now. Where are you coming from with a smile like that?"

"My boyfriend's house." I said in a sing-song voice. Her jaw fell to the floor and her eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. She stayed like that for a good thirty seconds before she finally recovered.

"Does this mean what I think it means? Are you and the Alpha finally…." Her voice trailed off as she awaited my confirmation and I nodded.

"Yes, we finally accepted each other as mates today, and then asked me to be his girlfriend." She placed the mug on her end table and got up squealing. She ran to me and enveloped me in a hug and started making us jump up and down. I laughed loudly at her antics.

A loud banging came from one side of the wall indicating someone's displeasure at the noise we were making. Alisha immediately calmed but the smile on her face did not drop once. She was staring at me like I had just told her that Santa did exist and all world problems had been solved.

"I told you that love would always find a way, Elena." She beamed at me.

"I guess I should start calling you Luna from now on. Seeing as you shall assume the position in just a matter of time." I shook my head.

"You are my friend, Ali. You showed me kindness when you never had to, you allowed me to cry in your arms when I needed to, you were there when I needed you and you went above and beyond for me. You are my friend then and you will also be my friend when I become Luna." I could see the tears welling up in her eyes.

"Thank you," she fought against the emotions lodged in her throat.

"No thank you, Ali." I pulled her in for a hug. She brushed away some of her stray tears and looked at me with a wide smile as we broke the embrace.

"So, tell me what happened, I want to hear everything."

We sat down on her bed and I told her everything that happened. I told her everything that happened between me and Bernard but I skipped the part of my past. Telling Bernard had been enough for tonight, I will tell her eventually but not tonight.

"And what about Helen? What will happen to her?" She asked after I had told her everything and I shrugged.

"I don't know, Bernard kicked her out of the house, she is currently at his parents' house. I know that she won't be here long." I replied.

"Thank goodness, she just brought horrible energy wherever she went. She would have been a terrible Luna, I am sure of it. The Pack deserves a Luna like you." I signed.

"I just hope that I can be a good Luna to you all."

"I know you will, you were created for the role." I could only hope that I would be a good Luna to them.

I was not ignorant enough to think that Luna was simply kissing a few children and attending balls and galas with my mate. It is so much more than that, I needed to learn my people and be able to play many roles within the Pack. I would be a mother to the orphan children, a healer to the sick, a friend to the lonely, a hope to the desperate, and a confidant to all. My one role was many roles all in one.

They deserve someone who would be everything and more for them and I planned on being just that.