Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 7

***Auri’s POV***

I couldn’t function. Here I was, sitting in Alpha Logan’s fancy car, driving towards my house to pick up my things. My mind still reeling from what just happened.

'I told you our mate wouldn’t reject us.' Kai was smug and she had been ecstatic to hear that our mate was an Alpha.

I was not. I was not even entertaining the idea of being a mate, let alone a Luna I had heard the confusion and anger in his voice when he asked why he would reject me. I thought it was obvious and especially coming from a man who was notorious for throwing out the weak.

'We aren’t weak though.'

'Right, but he doesn’t know that. He only can judge me by how I look. And we look like we’ve been through hell and back again.'

'And like he said, we are strong for it, strong for surviving it.' Kai was chastising me as we drove down the road.

I gave directions where I needed to, but for the most part, we stayed quiet. I could feel him glance over or stare for a little bit before looking back to the road. Truthfully, I was melting under his gaze, his scent, like firewood and fresh rain. It was a hell of a combination but it made me want to either run away into the forest or bury my face in his chest.

He was so built and so large that I felt towered over. But instead of being intimidated, I felt protected and safe. He had pulled me to him and hugged me. I just about lost my mind. Having a mate was so much different than what I thought. How was anyone able to reject this feeling, or even come close to fighting it? He was in all of my senses and my overly heightened ones were making me lose my head.

Looking at him, he oozed strength and sex. Kai finally forced her eyes on me and I stared at my mate, his black hair was messy and fell past his ears when it wasn’t slicked back. He was tan and his eyes were an ice blue that lit up as though the moon was staring into me. My heart had hammered a hole in me and I wondered if it would ever work properly again.

We pulled up to our street and I directed him to which one it was. I panicked for a second.

“I’ll…be right back.”

He laughed, unbuckling his seat. “I’m not going to allow you to carry your stuff to my car alone.”

I nodded and took a deep breath. It was fine. This would be the last time I would be back here right? I walked up to the door, still carrying the To-Be-Donated shoes and reached down to the planter to pick up the spare key. Turning the lock, I walked in. I listened for anyone but after confirming it was just us, I allowed Logan to come in.

“Is this the Beta’s house?”

I nodded. “My father is Beta Issac.”

He chuckled. “Well, looks like they aren’t doing too bad.”

I didn’t answer as I walked into the hallway. Opening up my little walk-in-closet, I looked around. Really, when I said a couple things, there wasn’t much I could bring. Most of my clothes were from hand-me-downs from Ty that I had mended and altered. I felt my mate behind me and I spun around.

“What the fuck is this?” His eyes were flashing back and forth. I couldn’t tell if he was angry or just having a conversation with his wolf.

“This…this is where I…sleep…” I turned from him, not wanting to see the look on his face. Leaning down, I grabbed my small purple box that had a bunch of photos from the time before Melissa.Everything else had been removed and burned from the house.

“Auri, will you tell me why you sleep in the closet and not a room?”

I cleared my throat a couple times, mimicking Melissa’s voice. “I don’t deserve a room. I am thankful for my father and Melissa keeping me and giving me a roof over my head. They provide me a place to stay and I don’t complain.” I sounded gross as it came out and it was regurgitated from all the times they had said it.

“I’m sorry, what did you just say?”

I chuckled. “Don’t worry about it. It doesn’t matter.”

I heard him back up against the wall and I looked behind me to see Logan taking deep breaths, trying to control his wolf.

'Kai, can you help him?'

'I can try, but you will lose your sight for a second. I’ll try to talk to Cato.'

I nodded and my vision went back to normal and I waited for a moment, listening to his breathing slow. I felt his hand move and listened as he ran his hand through his hair.

“I want an explanation before we leave.” It wasn’t a question, it came out more of an order.