The True Luna He Wants

CHAPTER TWENTY

ODETTE’s POV.

His gaze remains on me as I continue to pace up and down the room. What the heck happened a while back? How did we get in that position? How did he…

Fuck!! That wasn’t supposed to happen. Yes, I felt it and none of us could stop ourselves but that didn’t mean we could commit such an atrocity against the moon goddess.

I gently touch the nape of my neck and I can still feel the roughness from his fangs. How was he able to mark when he had a mate? At this point, I don't even know what has happened.

“You are going to get dizzy pacing like that” his voice halts me and I turn to face him. He looks indifferent like we haven’t just committed a sin. How can he sit there looking so relaxed and so….

“Do not forget that you are pregnant” Malachi further adds.

“Really?” I plop down on the chair opposite him, “we just did something wrong and all you care about is the fact that I am pregnant?”

“What did we do wrong, bubbles”

“You have a f*****g mate”

“A mate whose presence I never felt or whose bond I never felt?”

“Malachi” I throw my hands up desperately, “can we not do this”

“What do you want me to do? You are acting like you don’t see what’s happening. I am able to read your thoughts and get in your head and we have been mated, what more do you want?”

“Is this like a f*****g joke to you?” I flare up, abruptly standing up from the chair. He clearly does not understand the severity of what has occurred.

“I am trying to make meaning out of the situation and you are just….

“Sit down, Odette”

“Don’t…

“Or I will sit you down” he cuts me off and he looks dead serious, “I am not joking about that”

Sucking on my teeth lightly, I lower myself on the chair again.

“We need to think about this logically”

“What’s there to think about?” His voice reaches me again, “didn’t your dad do it?”

That sparks a light bulb in my head. Yes, dad. He would be able to tell me something.

“I should call him.” Pulling out my phone, I dial in his number and he answers almost immediately like he has been waiting for my call.

“Hey princess” his voice filters through.

“Hey dad” I try to make my voice as calm as possible, I don’t want him finding out yet until I am able to make out the situation.

“How are you dear?”

“Fine dad, how’s mum?”

“Babe” I hear him call in the background, “Odette”

“I will call her once I am done here” I hear mum’s voice from the background and I can’t help but smile lightly. I can’t lie that I don’t want what they have, they are the most beautiful and loving couple I have ever seen and I actually thought I would be in that position with Zach but I guess the reverse is the case. Now I am here, marked to another woman’s mate with my ex mate’s baby growing inside of me.

“Princess” dad’s voice cut into my reverie.

“Sorry dad… I was just…

“Is everything fine?”

“Hmm” I nod, my gaze traveling towards Malachi, “I called to ask a question dad”

“Tell me, what is the matter?”

“Uhmmm, dad..” I scratch the back of my head lightly. I know this topic is sensitive for the two of them and I hate to be the kill joy for them.

“Talk to me, love”

“How did you know mum was your mate?” I blurt out, “she had another mate and you….

“I felt the connection almost immediately,” he says after a while, “It was a bit funny because I had a mate whose death I caused and your mum just got out of a relationship but it was love at first sight. The day I met her at the hospital, I knew she was mine and I was ready to lay down my life for her”

“So mum too felt it?”

“Yeah” he replies, “but it was more on my part. I fell first and she fell harder”

My lips unknowingly curl into a small smile, dad loves mum so much and I can see that every day of their lives.

“Okay dad, talk to you later”

“Is everything fine, dear?” He asks, “you and Zach?”

Bile rises in my throat at the mention of that name. I want to scream and tell him everything is not okay but instead I nod as I force a smile on.

“Yes dad, everything is fine. I love you”

The moment I end the call, I see Malachi's face break into a smile. He clearly doesn’t care about what is happening.

“Did you hear that?” He blurts, “you should learn from him”

“Look, I am not into fighting for a man, malachi” I tell him, “what my parents have is different from anything I have seen before”

“And you think we can’t have something more beautiful than that?”

“I am not doing this with you”

Pulling my body off the chair, I inspect the people who are lying on the bed. Their wounds are healing now and they should come around soon.

Grabbing my back, I walk out of the room to see aunt Izzy and her husband. My face curls up seeing her, I love her the most.

“I thought you were going to take all the time in the world to come out”

“I was just making sure they are all fine”

I hear a sound behind me and Malachi comes to stand beside me. This man can’t even turn down his aura a bit, he is too intimidating.

“I see you came with company” uncle Xavier chips in.

“He is just a friend”

“A friend?” Aunt chuckles lightly, “can anyone just be friends with Malachi Bromte?”

“You know him?” My eyebrows hit my hairline.

“Hello” Malachi’s deep baritone voice rings in my ear.

“I wonder the kind of relationship you have with my niece.

“It’s nothing aunt” i immediately cut her off, “he just decided to help me”

“What happened to your neck, sweetheart?” Uncle Xavier asks and all eyes fly to my neck.

Fuck, i should have covered it.

“Are these…” aunt’s voice trails off as her eyes dart across the two of us, a look of surprise on her face.

“It’s probably nothing aunt, I just….

“Did Zach do that?” Malachi retorts and a frown appears on my face. Why the hell does he sound sarcastic?

“Oh my” aunt’s face lights up, “you aren’t even hiding it now”

“I will be waiting in the car”

With that, malachi walks off. For the love of the moon goddess, is he upset? Why the heck is he even mad?

“Aunt, I will talk to you later okay?”

“Sure baby”

After hugging the two of them, I hasten towards the car.

Malachi is leaning on it lazily and as soon as he sees me, he opens the passenger’s door for me.

None of us say a word to each other until we reach his house. I even tried getting into his head to read his thoughts but he blocked me out. Why the heck is he so upset anyways? It’s not like I said something wrong.

After about thirty minutes, he brings the car to a stop and immediately alights, coming to open my door for me.

“I can open the door myself, Malachi”

But he does answer, instead he keeps looking until I step out of the car and he slams the door close, finding his way into the house.

Now, I am not a fan of men throwing tantrums and definitely not this big and bulgy man.

The moment I enter the house, I see him seated on the couch with a glass of water in hand. One thing I noticed, I haven't seen him drink wine before.

Part of me wants to ignore him and just go upstairs but the other part of me is wondering why he is so upset. What’s there to be upset about anyways?

“Can we talk?” I finally ask him, going to sit beside him.

“I am all ears” he responds nonchalantly.

“Why are you just being a baby?” The words are out of my mouth before I can even stop myself and his head swerves towards me.

“What the heck is wrong with telling her that I was the one who marked you? It’s going to come out sooner or later”

“Is that why you are upset?”

“The man you are struggling so hard to protect doesn’t even care. He is probably out there somewhere f*****g the woman he cheated on you for. Look at me, I didn’t plan on falling in love with you but it happened. A month before I met you, I could already feel your presence and hear your thoughts. You think I came to save you that day because it was a coincidence? Hell no”

I flinch lightly, f**k he is so mad and what is he saying about knowing me before he met me?

“What do you even mean, Malachi?”

“Have you looked at yourself in the mirror?” He blurts, standing up, “you are f*****g gorgeous, so f*****g beautiful and any man who sees you is bound to fall in love with you. Why is mine so bad? You have my f*****g mark on your neck. You are mine, Odette”, he stood “It annoys me so much that you are giving that man a hold over you. You and I know what we have is f*****g real even before we figured out what happened. We were both into each other”

I can’t lie, I am definitely into him. Everything about me wants him but how can I do that? How can I make another wolf lose her mate because of my distorted feelings?

“That doesn’t change the fact that you have a mate”

“Is that the problem? I am ready to break the bond between us”

“No, you will not!!” I half yell, “then you won’t be any different from Zachary”

“f**k me, Selene” he combs his hair with his hands, his jaw clench together. What the heck is wrong with me? Why am I suddenly so interested in him? I should be leaving and not looking back at him.

“Look baby” he covers the distance between us and cups my face, “Bryer and I share no kind of relationship, I don’t like her in that way and she knows that. I don’t know why the moon goddess would make us mates when she knows I do not want her. I want you, Odette and I am f*****g serious about that. You know me too well for you to know when I am f*****g serious”

“You don’t understand”

“Of course I do” he tells me, “you are mine now”

“Why do you even want me”

“I know no other reason to want you than just want you, baby” his voice comes out in almost a whisper, “just give us a chance”

“And Bryer?”

“I will take care of her” Malachi blurts, “okay?”

I let out a sigh as I bite down on my lower lip lightly.

“Don’t do that again, princess”

“What?” And I do it again.

He immediately pulls me into his embrace and cups my neck.

“I told you not to do that again”

“We aren’t even…., he shuts me up with a hungry kiss, his hand cupping the small of my back in the process and guess what? I open up to him, my mouth and my whole being. He slides his tongue deep into my mouth and I moan lightly, my whole body heats up.

“What is going on here?” A familiar voice asks behind us and i immediately push him away to see his junior brother staring back at us, disgust written on his face.