I felt Seleste’s discomfort most of the night. It took her a long time to get to sleep. I can’t believe that my choice to be with Theresa in the past could ruin my relationship with my mate. I hope she knows I am not the type of male that would be in a relationship with two females at one time. My mother raised me with more respect than that. I need to talk with Theresa and let her know it is over between us. Now that I have my second chance mate, I can’t imagine being with any other female. Seleste is everything to me. I need to slip away in the morning and call my beta. I need him to get to Theresa and keep her away from me until I tell her about me finding my second chance mate. I wasn’t lying to Seleste when I said that I forgot about everything else when she projected herself in the room with me and her cousins. My only focus was on rescuing her.
“Well now, your focus better be on keeping our mate. I will never forgive you if anything happens and I lose another mate because of you. I will ask the moon goddess to take me away from you. You didn't listen to me when I told you to stop having sex with that female.
“Come on Onyx. How was I supposed to know that we would get a second chance mate?”
“Regardless human, you should have listened to me and followed my instinct. Have I ever led you wrong? I told you that female was not the right one for us. Even if we ended up with a chosen mate, she was not the one. She has a mate out there. If we chose her, she would have left us when her mate came or stayed with us for our power and nothing else.”
“You are right, Onyx. I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you. I will do everything I can to protect our mate and make her happy. I will let Theresa know it is over. I want to do it face to face. I feel like I owe her that much.”
“I don’t agree with that. Our mate will not be happy about you meeting the female you were intimate with alone and in secret. Are you trying to ruin things for us?”
“Nothing is going to happen, Onyx. It will be a quick conversation and Seleste will never know.”
“Why are you getting so dumb all of a sudden? This is a bad idea. You need to cut all ties with Theresa before we get back to the pack. You need to call her and end it before we leave.”
“I will not do that, Onyx. That would not be fair to Theresa. She has done nothing wrong. I found my mate, but she was important to me at one time. I shouldn’t just discard her like trash.”
“I am going on record and say this is a bad idea and when it blows up in your face, don’t blame me. If you value our mate and want things to work, end it with Theresa before we get back to the pack, so there won’t be any issues for our mate.”
‘Onyx, I will not break up with Theresa over the phone. That is not right. I will end things with her face to face.”
“Hump, if I didn’t know any better, I would think you just want to see and be with her one last time,” Onyx says and closes our link.
I think about what Onyx said, but no, that’s not it. I just want to end things correctly. Before long, it is morning and time for us to get up and head to my pack. My mate is up and dressed, looking beautiful. She is the most beautiful female I have ever seen. Why would I need to see another female when she is everything I could want? Onyx is wrong. I have no desire to be with Theresa again. I’m just trying to do the right thing.
“Keep telling yourself that. I hope it comforts you when our mate leaves us.”
“I thought you blocked me.”
“I did. I just want to remind you that I warned you this will not end well. That’s all.” Onyx says and closes the link again.
Onyx is worried about nothing.
My mate is silent this morning. I try to keep her close to me, but she keeps pulling away. She must be still upset about our conversation last night. Maybe Onyx is right about me letting Theresa know it’s over before I get back. If Seleste is this quiet now, she will be pissed if she found out that I met with Theresa.
I called my beta and tried to get him to bring Theresa into the office so that I can tell her about my mate, but my beta says that Theresa is not currently there. She went on a trip with her friends for a couple of days. I am relieved that Theresa won't be there when Seleste and I get there. I won’t have to worry about anything.
I let my beta know that my mate and I will head that way within the hour. It will only take a couple of hours for us to get there via helicopter.
After a hardy breakfast, we all load up in the helicopters and the bus and head towards my pack. I notice that my mate is still quiet. I’m not the only one who notices.
“Let, are you ok?” Talia asks my mate.
“Yes, I’m good. I guess I’m just a little nervous about meeting the pack.”
“Let," Talia says. "I have seen your face off with countless rogues without fear, win battles against impossible odds without breaking a sweat. I can't believe you are worried about meeting your mate’s family who will and probably already loves you?”
“Talia is right, mate. My family will simply adore you. My pack is excited to have a luna again.” I say.
Seleste looks at me and Talia and smiles but does not say much. The rest of the tip is relatively quiet, with me pointing out landmarks for Seleste. She seems a little on edge. So does Onyx. I trust everything is going to be ok,
“Onyx, why are you so worked up? Chill, everything is going to be ok.”
“No, it’s not. This will not end well. I can feel it. You should have called the female and ended it.”
“I tried, remember? She wasn’t at the pack when I called.”
“You should have called her directly. You could have if you wanted to.”
“Why, beta Leighton said Theresa went away for a couple of days. I will talk to her once Seleste settles in her room.”
“Look human. I know you mean well, but you are being very dumb right now and your stupidity is going to hurt our mate and cause her to leave us. You can’t say I didn’t warn you repeatedly.”
“You worry too much, Onyx. I love Seleste. I wouldn’t do anything to hurt her.”
“All I’m going to say is that I warned you,” Onyx says.
We finally make it to my pack’s helipad, and I am glad to be home. I can feel the excitement buzzing around my pack. The word has gotten around that I am bringing my mate home. They are all excited to meet her. I look at Seleste and she is genuinely smiling. I know she can feel the excitement of the pack.
We all step out of the helicopter and head towards the pack house. We don’t get that far before my mom and dad reached us. My mom immediately grabs Seleste in a hug.
“You must be Seleste. I’m Daisy, this idiot’s mom. I am so happy to meet you. I didn’t think this day would ever happen again for us, but I thank the moon goddess for you.” My mom says.
“Thank you so much, Mrs. Blake. I am so happy to meet you.” Seleste says.
“As you can see Seleste, this is my mother Daisy and the mountain of a man standing behind her is my father, Dockson.”
“Hi, Seleste. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you in person. Talia has told us all about you.”
“Thank you, Mr. Blake. It’s a pleasure meeting you as well.”
“None of that Mr. and Mrs., None sense.” My dad says, “You are family. You can call us by our names.”
My dad and mom walk with Seleste in the middle of them. We start back towards the pack house. I introduce Seleste to rank members as we pass them on the way. Everything is going smoothly so far. Seleste has relaxed with my parents. She, Talia, my mom, and Yvette are talking about going shopping later. Seleste will need clothes since all of her things are still in the bear’s den. I know Seleste has her own money, but I will send her on this shopping trip with my credit card. I want to see her walking around in the clothes that I provided for her.
Just as we got to the front of the pack house, I hear a loud scream of my name and Theresa runs and jumps in my arms. She wraps her legs around me and kisses me on the mouth.
“Hi, baby. I missed you. When did you get back?” Theresa says and kisses me again while her legs are still wrapped around me.
I hear my mate yell in pain. Talia comes up and snatches Theresa out of my arms.
“How could you do this to my best friend? Alpha or not, I will kill you for this. You didn’t have to bring her here for this.” Talia says and jumps at me but is caught by her mates who are also glaring at me.
I am frozen in the same spot. I don’t know what to do. I never expected this to happen.
Theresa gets up and comes back over and puts her arms around me.
“What the hell Talia. Is that any way to treat the future luna of this pack? Jarvis should make you leave for that. Baby, did you see what she did to me?”
My mate just stands there and looks at me. I can see the hurt and anger in her eyes. She looks at Theresa’s arms around me and looks back into my eyes. I’m still frozen.
“Baby let’s go to your room. You have been gone for days. Let me show you how much I missed you.” Theresa says and tries to pull me into the packhouse.
Seleste is still standing there, just looking at me. Like she is waiting for something to happen. After about a minute, she drops her head and teleports away.
“Seleste, wait,” I yell, but it is too late.