Alpha Markus and Celeste novel Chapter 19

Markus Chapter 19 – Markus 

Markus R.O.V 

I had a hard time sleeping alone in bed. I could smell Celeste just in the other room. She had left the door slightly ajar and as much as I knew if I closed it i’d be able to fall asleep. I couldn’t bring myself to close that connection with her. I knew it was a sign of trust. 1 looked up at the ceiling thinking of everything that had happened in the last week and everything that was coming.

You worry too much. We will protect mate. We will not fail. – Atlas grumbled sleepily.

If only I had your confidence, if what dad said was true, there’s bound to be more than just Alpha Geoff looking to get their hands on

our mate.

The Moon Goddess Selene doesn’t make mistakes. If we were chosen to be her mate, it means we’re able to protect her –

Atlas

puffed his chest out.

How can we protect her from danger we aren’t aware of?

Well, we can always lock her up in a tower – Atlas teased. I was surprised at his personality change in the last week.

I don’t know what you ‘re talking about. I have always had a clever sense of humor –

Atlas countered.

Telling me how you want to dismember our enemies is not what I’d call a clever sense of humor –

Icountered.

That’s because you have zero sense of humor. – he confirmed and I rolled my eyes.

Mate is supposed to change us. She is our other half. The ones that make us better

– Atlas schooled me.

You never seemed interested in this mate stuff before.

You were not ready for mate before. After what happened, I knew the only way to change your mind was to meet her. –

confessed.

So what do we do buddy?

We protect mate. We will know when the time is right what we need to do. The Moon Goddess and our Tuli will guide us. Trust in the

mate bond. It will not lead us wrong. – Atlas assured me.

I sighed- I hope you’re right.

I am always right – Atlas said as he curled up in a corner of my mind and fell asleep.

I could hear Celeste’s heart beat steadily on the other side of the wall. I had memorized that beat during the 3 days she was

unconscious in the hospital. I knew it as well as my own. Listening to its steady rhythm, sleep finally claimed me.

I woke up the next morning to the phone ringing.

“What,” I grumbled.

“Everyone’s waiting for you downstairs for a meeting” Gillian’s voice came through.

“Why couldn’t you just mind link me?” | grumbled, trying to wake up,

“I have been trying to for the last 2 hours. You never responded.”

“2 hours…what time is it?”

“It’s almost llam”I sat up.

“THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE” I growled.

“Oh it’s possible, look at your clock. You slept in.”

I looked at the clock. 10:45. That surprised me. I may not be a morning person, but I never slept past 7am.

“Who’s all waiting?” I said, getting up and heading to the closet to change.

“Your father, Daniel is on conference call as well as Alpha Rhett.”

“s**t, OK. I will be right there. Give me 5mins.”

“Rhett wants to talk to Celeste,” Gillian said carefully. I suppressed the growl rising in my chest.

“They should be outside your door. She grabbed a couple for Maya already.”

“Thanks, we’ll be right down. Can you have someone bring a couple of bagels from the kitchen to the office. I need to get some meat

on her bones,” I said as I grabbed the clothes outside her door.

“You got it.”

I went through the door and inhaled her intoxicating scent. She was in the middle of the bed, hugging a pillow. The covers were on

the floor. I dropped to a squat next to the bed, trying to memorize every feature of face. I sighed, I would let her sleep, but something told

me she would want to be in this meeting.

“Celeste?” I caressed her face. She scrunched her nose but kept sleeping. “You have to wake up my little Tuli. There’s people waiting

for us” I saw her eyes flutter open. She smiled at me with sleepy eyes as she inhaled deeply. I smiled.

“Good morning,” I said.

“Good morning.” She blushed. She squinted at the windows and then got up in a flash. “What time is it?”

“Almost 11,” I said, and her eyes went wide.

“I’m sorry. I never sleep that long. I’m usually up by 4am. I don’t know what happened.”

“You were healing. That’s understandable.”

She somewhat relaxed but still looked uncomfortable. “What’s wrong?” I asked.

“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. I usually cook and clean most of the day.”

“Right now, you will rest, heal, and shop for some clothing so you don’t have to wear my baggy stuff at night,” I said and she blushed. “After, we can talk about how you want to approach your Luna role and life in the pack.” She nodded.

“Here, you can wear this today. Kelley dropped them off. Now I’m afraid we have to hurry. We have to talk to some people.”

“OK,” she said, then pouted.

“What’s wrong?”

“I can’t change with you here,” she blushed.

I couldn’t help the laugh that came out of me. “Are you sure?” I teased as I went to her door. “I’ll be right outside.”

Atlas grumbled something in my head, but lignored it.

We made our way down to the office. Gillian and dad were waiting for me there. I could hear random noises on the speaker phone

indicating people were on the other end.

“Good Morning,” I said to the room.

“Alpha, Luna”

“Good Morning”I heard Alpha Rhett

“Apologies for the delay,” I said as I sat behind my desk. I pulled Celeste to my side. Delighting in the blush that spread through her face, though she didn’t pull away.