83: If he’s here, you’ll stay hidden.
**Zion pov**
“How about we take a quick walk around the woods while Aife is asleep?” Kala suddenly offered, jumping to her feet and offering me her hand.
For a while there, I just looked at her and gave myself a moment of selfish satisfaction to take her in. This woman was my mate, in all senses of the word - mine and mine only. This beautiful, loving, pure, kind and hard working woman was mine.
Kala was the gift from the Goddess I didn’t dare to dream about, and yet, here she was, standing in front of me, grinning at me like I just hung the moon for her.
And as if that wasn’t enough, she was also carrying my child. I still didn’t have any idea what we had made together, given that technically we weren’t the same species, but that didn’t matter much to me.
Even if our baby was more of a cat than it was a wolf, I knew that I would still love the little one more than I ever loved anyone else.
I kind of feared that I might love the child more than I loved Kala, but she kept reassuring me that it would be completely okay with her since Kala herself was sure she would love the child more than me too.
“Yeah,” I finally agreed, my voice hoarse with emotion as I took her hand and stood up. “Let’s have some alone time, I don’t recall the last time we had a chance to just talk and enjoy each other without any drama surrounding us.”
In true Kala’s fashion, she simply nodded, smiled at me and squeezed my hand a little tighter as we started walking down one of the trails.
“I wish I could truly forget the mess our life is just for this moment,” she whispered, one hand on her baby bump, her eyes wandering the surroundings.
“Just focus on this moment, love,” I said as softly as I could, not being able to do the very thing I told her to do.
While this moment meant the fucking world to me, I couldn’t deny that I was panicking inside. The truth was that I couldn’t shake off the fear of what tomorrow might bring. Fuck it, I was scared what might happen in an hour or less than that.
With everything that was going on with Bane and the entity that lived inside him, I didn’t know anymore. My main priority was to protect my family - Kala and the baby, but the Beta in me also was desperate to protect my Luna.
“You’re thinking about it,” Kala said as she led me down the trail and I finally realized I had blindly followed her without caring to remember our way back to the cabin in case we got lost.
Trying to downplay my sudden realization, I chuckled and winked at her. “Can’t help it, some things are easier said than done, you know that.”
She smiled at me, the kind of smile that made my knees weak and my heart raced just a little faster than usual. My mate truly was the most beautiful woman I had ever met - inside and out.
“It’s fine. For this moment only, we can forget everything. Maybe we have a few minutes, maybe an hour, but you’re right, I want this to be only about us. Our little family.”
I liked the way it sounded - our own little bubble of bliss, if only for now.
We kept walking in silence, taking in the scenery around us, watching the snowfall and just breathing in our freedom until we reached the end of the trail. Kala pointed at a bench not far from us, probably used by anyone who enjoyed hiking to catch their breath, and muttered, “maybe we should sit down?”
I nodded and led her to the bench, but instead of letting her sit, I cleaned off the snow, sat down first and pulled her onto my lap. Wrapping my arms around her, I nuzzled her neck and finally felt like I could breathe without the lump in my throat. “That’s much better.” I mumbled.
Kala shook her head, clearly amused by my antics, but didn’t try to stop me. Instead, she let me enjoy the moment like she always did and remained silent until she gasped, “Zion.”
My body tensed immediately, eyes already darting around to find any source of danger, but Kala only laughed and placed her hand over mine. “No, no, nothing’s wrong, I just remembered something.”
While my body did relax a little, my eyes still didn’t stop darting around, just double checking, or at least that was what I told myself.
“Hmm?” I hummed, waiting for Kala to tell me what she had remembered.
“We haven’t thought of names,” she whispered, gently running her fingertips over my hand. “Do you have any ideas on how we could name our boy?”
I couldn’t help but grin, even despite the unease that started growing inside me as the forest slowly became darker and darker with every moment we spent here, hidden away in our little bubble.
“How about Theo?” I offered and carefully held her just a little tighter, then nuzzled the crook of her neck again. “I really like the name Theo, but I don’t mind if you have other ideas. Whatever makes you happy, my love, whatever makes you happy,” I added and pressed my lips to her neck, right on my mark.
Kala shivered and leaned into me, as she always did and muttered, “it’s a beautiful name. I think it would fit our little one perfectly.”
I smirked and trailed kisses up her neck until I reached her ear and gently bit her earlobe before whispering, “how about we keep it as an option and once our little warrior is born, we will decide if the name really fits? In the meantime, we can always think of more options. Sounds good?”
“Yes,” she almost moaned and leaned her head back, just enough to give me untitled access to her neck.
I didn’t waste time and instantly did what I knew she craved, I tightened my hold around her and trailed kisses all over the skin I had access to. Just as Kala started grinding in my lap, we both were startled by what sounded like a loud crash of a tree closer to the bottom of the mountain.
We jumped up to our feet and apart that same moment, both of us on high alert as we heard shouting in the distance - those had to be Killian’s men.
I turned to Kala, grabbed her hands in mine and met her gaze, “we need to get back to the cabin. If he’s here, you’ll stay hidden. Promise me you’ll stay hidden,” I pleaded.
Although clearly panicked, she nodded in agreement and we took off, doing our best to walk back the same trail we took from the cabin. I held her as closely as I could while the only thought on my mind was the fucking prayer that crash wasn’t Bane.
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