Back To The Pack House

As we left the hospital, Atto opened his mouth to speak to me, but hesitated. Opening and closing his mouth like a fish. As we sit on the benches outside the hospital, Atto looks at me and utters words I, again, never expected to hear. “I am so sorry Ororo.” he said “I shouldn’t have rejected you. I am so fucking sorry! I should have been a better mate and understand things from your point of view. I am so fucking sorry. I take it all back, I take everything back! I Atto Xavier Grayson take back my rejection and accept you, Ororo Niha Akio Marvel as my mate and luna.” I smiled, tho solemnly, and got up, dusting my skirt back as I did. As we walked to the car park, I stop and nudge Atto’s foot with my own. He stops and looks at me as I point to my wrist as a means of asking the time.

“Is your wrist hurting?” he asked. I shake my head and put my hands at a ninety-degree angle, imitating a clock. A look of confusion paints its’ way onto his face when suddenly, a voice comes from behind him.

“I think she wants to know the time, dude.” he jumps and turns around revealing the pack’s beta, Wyatt Jones. “Oh.” he replied, “It’s ten-thirty.”. The drive back to the packhouse was quiet. I sat in the back seat, dwindling my thumbs whilst planning how to get past the guards. “Are you really going to do this?” Ivory asked me. I sighed, catching the attention of Atto. “something the matter little one?” he asked looking at me through the rearview mirror I shook my head and he looked back out the window.

“Yes, Ivory, I am leaving tonight.” As we arrived back at the pack, Atto stopped by the door, blocking my way, he looks down at me and apologizes again, I pat his arm as a means to cheer him up, causing myself pain in the process.

He opens the door to the packhouse and everyone just stood still. It was as if time had frozen, until Midnight, Calypso and Nyx came together bowing before me, “Luna.” was all they said before everyone else joined in greeting me.

Some apologizing, some staying away to avoid Zaria’s wrath.

“What the fuck are you assholes doing bowing to her!” Zaria wailed while walking down the steps in a really miniskirt, “I am your Luna! Not this bitch!” she said pointedly at me. I pushed past her and walked down into the basement, shaking my head. As I got down I looked around and realized all my books were gone. I shook my head and plopped myself down on the broken couch. I heard two sets of footsteps coming down the stairs but didn’t bother to look as I already knew who it was.

“What are we doing down here Atto, it’s cold and dark.” she whined.

“I never told you to follow.” he coldly replied. “Oh and I really like the clothes you had Wyatt go pick out for me, tho they’re three sizes too small,” Zaria whined and I rolled my eyes and closed them.

“They weren’t for you!” he retorted, “Now stop bending over in front of me. I don’t want my clothes stained by your pussy juices.”

“Oh, well I’ll keep the bed warm until you are finished with this bitch.” she said, spitting out the last word.

Atto looked at her, smiling devilishly, “Oh I forgot to tell you, this bitch, is the Luna, not you.”.

Zaria’s face fell. “W-w-what?” she chuckled out nervously, “I thought I was going to be Luna. We already mated!” tears began to pour from her eyes.

Atto laughed, “I never said that, all we did was fuck. Nothing more.” At those words, Atto walked over to me, lifted me into his arms, and walked past Zaria and out of the basement. He walked into the foyer and up the stairs to the third floor. The third floor was for the Alpha, Beta, Gama, Warrior, Luna Guardian, and their respective families. He walks down to the room at the end of the hall. Beyond the door revealed a large bedroom. With a four-post queen-sized bed, a walk-in closet, a standing closet, a couch set off to the left a fifty-inch led flat screen television to the center, with an X-box one and Play Station four connected to it. A work desk and computer desk off to the right. As I walked in and looked around, on the right side of the bed, was a little bookshelf of all my James Paterson, Maximum Ride series books, in chronological order. I turned to Atto and looked at him.

“I had your stuff moved up here while you were at the hospital.” he said shyly. I looked at him, using spiritual raptor vision, I read his heart, mind, and soul. “Man I was so stupid for listening to those rumors, my father and her brothers. I mean come on, she couldn’t have done that! She was five! I’m such an idiot. I’ll take her and run away! Far away where father can’t hurt us.” he thought.

I placed my hands over my mouths to stop myself from gasping and crying out. I walked into the closet and changed into a workout suit. As I walked out he looked at me quizzically and I jogged  in place as to indicate where I was going.

“Promise to stay within pack borders?” he asked. I nodded. As he took me down to the forest in the back. As I got to the tree line Ivory piped up from the back of my mind "Can you at least hug him for me?" so I obliged and hugged him and took off into the woods. It felt good to run, to feel the wind whipping through my hair. As I continued to the border, I ran faster jumping through. I felt a small pang in my chest but continued anyway. A snapping sound made me stop in my tracks. I placed my hand on my hearing aid to increase the volume to hear better. I stooped down, placing my hand on the ground using my seismic sense, I felt for any disturbances, any unnatural vibrations. There was one, a loud one that came with an ominous growl and broken branches. I took off in a sprint, the creature following close behind me.

Atto’s POV

I began to feel panicked all of a sudden, then I felt it, the wind being knocked out of my system as she left the pack territory, she was scared. I took off in her direction, shifting midway to get to her, my primal instincts taking over. I caught the smell of another wolf, a lycan. And not just that, a rouge. My vision became red as they came into view, she tripped and fell over, he was stalking towards her. I couldn’t take it, I tackled him, breaking his neck and walking over to her sniffing her to make sure she was okay.

Ororo’s POV

Looking back was my mistake, as I did so, I saw another one closing in behinds us. I closed my eyes and ran faster, tripping over a raised tree root. I turned over and tried backing away on my injured hands, causing me to cry in pain, but I was saved by the other wolf. He killed him and came stalking towards me, that was when I caught his scent. It was Atto. Atto saved me, he sniffed and nuzzled me to make sure I was okay, then he shifted, looking angry and hurt. “What the fuck are you doing out here?” he asked angrily, “I thought you weren’t going to leave!” I began shaking my head furiously, pointing to the lycan he just killed. Seeing that he didn’t understand and was still angry, I sighed, wanting to cry when Ivory gave me both an idea and courage. I walked over to him and as he was about to open his mouth to speak, I tiptoed, hooking my arms around his neck I pulled him into a kiss.

“I take it this is your apology,” he said smiling stupidly at me. I nodded and collapsed in his arms, the cold of the evening clinging to my body. He lifted me into his arms and walked back to the packhouse. My head bobbed back and forth as I fought the urge to sleep. He pressed my head between the crook of his arm and chest and began to sing me to sleep. “Distant moon, so big and bright, your softest silver glowing through the night….”