Forsaken by the Moon Goddess novel Chapter 61

Benedict

Why couldn’t my mother just listen and leave it alone?

Why couldn’t she just stop? Why did she force my hand?! don’t know the answers to those questions, but I will tomorrow.

“Less than eight fucking hours,” I murmur against Sloane’s neck. Marrok was ready to tear Jennete, my mother’s wolf, to shreds for her insubordination and insolence. Of course, he was already out for blood because Elena threw herself into my arms, trying to make it look like there was something going on between us. If Sloane hadn’t punched her, Marrok would have thrown her across the room.

Thankfully, my wolf likes watching our mate show her strength as much as I do.

I breathe in Sloane’s honey scent, letting it wash over me and calm me and Marrok.

Sloane begins running her fingers through my hair and even though I’m angry, hurt, and frustrated, my body responds. Which reminds me …

“Did you have to give me an erection in front of my mother and sister? I’m pretty sure Bethany threw up a little in her mouth.

I feel Sloane’s body shaking with laughter. “I was proving a point. You were obviously not at all interested in her.

And I barely touched you,” she says, pulling back enoughso she can look me in the eye.

“I’m sorry all that had to happen, especially on such an important night for you,” she says seriously.

I pull the clip out of her hair, letting the part that was up fall down. I run my fingers through its silkiness as I ontinue to take deep breaths , going through everything in my mind again.

“You knew when you walked in, didn’t you? You knew I was being set up,” I say, watching her.

“Your mother was being nice to me. Even Bethany looked at her like she was crazy. If she wanted her little charade to be believable, she shouldn’t have been so eager to get me into your bedroom.”

“I’m eager to get you into my bedroom,” I growl.

“I’m here, aren’t I?”

“Yes, you are. You’ll stay with me tonight, won’t you?” I ask her.

“Well, I can’t exactly leave you alone, can I? You apparently need me to guard your exquisitely magnificent body,” she says, looking down at my chest.

“You like my body?”

She glances up at me and gives me a look.

“There’s not a woman on this planet that wouldn’t like your body, Benedict.””I don’t care about every other woman on the planet.

There’s only one woman’s opinion that matters to me.

Yours, in case I need to be clear,” I say, making her grin.

“Well, perhaps I should explore this body again tonight, you know, just to be sure that it really is the most amazing male form l’ve ever seen,” she purrs.

I wrap my hands around her waist and lift her up. She wraps her legs around me and I carry her to my bed. When I lay her down, she moans.

“Oh goddess, your bed smells so good!”

“Do you know what smells better?” I ask, pushing her dress up and spreading her legs before running my nose over her inner thighs. “You,” I growl.

Thank the goddess I was smart enough to buy another box of condoms on my way back to the pack after dropping Sloane off this morning. We went through what was left of the second box before we fell asleep, then we went through close to half the second box as we woke off and on through what was left of the night.

In the morning, I pulled her into the bathroom, bent her over the sink and took her again before we showered together.

“I think my bag is still in the room I was supposed to sleep in last night,” she says as she gets out of the shower. “I’m assuming you know which one that is?” she asks.”I do. I’ll go get it,” I say, kissing her quickly before pulling. on a pair of shorts and walking into the hallway.

“Alpha, Luna Beatrice is asking to be released from her room,” one of the guards says.

“No. But order a tray of food for her and two for me, please. Has my father emerged from his room this morning?”

The two guards look at each other. Your father didn’t sleep on the Alpha floor last night, Alpha.”

I reach out in the mind link and find my father’s mind shut tight. I’m not sure if that’s meant to keep everyone out or possibly meant to keep my mother out if she’s been harassing him all night.

I leave him be. I’m not ready to meet with my mother yet anyway.

I get Sloane’s bag and return to my bedroom. When I walk in, she’s wearing a towel around her body and she’s using a second one to towel dry her hair. I get a flash of my life with Sloane, living like this, having her here, in my bedroom every night and every morning and I’ve never wanted anything more.

“Oh perfect, thank you,” she says, walking over.

I tug her against me. “Yes, you are perfect.”

I kiss her again because I can, then force myself to get ready. I have a long day ahead of me.We ve just gotten dressed when there’s a knock at the door. “That will be breakfast,” I say, opening the door to the omegas. I take the tray of food and thank them before closing the door and setting our food out.

“Do you want to talk about what you’re going to do with your mother?” Sloane asks me.

“What would you do?” I ask her.

“You said you warned her? What kind of warning did you give her?” she asks.

I grimace. “It’s no surprise that she doesn’t like you.”

She huffs a sarcastic laugh. “No, it’s no surprise at all.”

“She doesn’t want us together. She’s been very … vocal about that. I’ve been very clear that she has no say in what I do or don’t do and that I won’t tolerate her speaking ill of you.”

“Well, technically, she didn’t say anything ill towards me last night. I mean, besides telling me that I had no right to be on the stage with you, and that you are a pussy-whipped fool,” she says, making Marrok snarl angrily.

“I mean, she said I must have a magic pussy, and I was going to ask you about that,” she says, ignoring Marrok’s snarl and smiling at me.

“Your pussy is definitely magical. It takes me to places l’ve never been before. But that doesn’t change the fact that she not only tried to interfere with us, but she alsodisrespected me to a member of a very powerful family

“And disrespect can’t go unaddressed,” she says seriously.

“No. She burned those bridges. I don’t know the whole story, but if she acted like this, I can understand why they don’t want her back.”

Sloane reaches out and takes my hand. “Whatever you decide, Benedict, I’ll support you. It really sucks that this has to be your first act as Alpha.”

“Yeah, it does. Thank you for standing beside me. It means a lot to me.””Well, that’s what future allies do, right?” she asks.

“And current lovers?” I ask, leaning forward and sliding my hand into her hair.

“And current lovers,” she agrees.

Tean forward and kiss her, slowly and tenderly, letting her know how much I appreciate her.

“Are we done here?” I ask her when I pull back.

“Yeah. I think I was hungrier than you,” she says, looking at her empty plate and mine that is only half empty.

“I’m sure it will catch up to me later. We burned a lot of calories last night. But right now, my stomach is in knots. I need you in that room with me. I know that’s asking a lot, but this involves you. I want you there.”

“Then, I’ll be there,” she says.

“Thank you. I’m going to link Bethany and dad, and then have mom brought to my new office.”

“I’ll clean this up while you contact them,” she says.

I link my sister, who seemed like she was waiting for me to link her.

‘Is it time?’

‘Yes, meet me in my office.’

Then I push into my father’s mind. I’m going to meet withmom. Do you want to be there?’

‘Yeah, I’ll be there. Are you meeting now?’

I’m about to head downstairs!

TIl meet you there!

He closes the mind link but not before feel his heartache and frustration at my mother. He sounds like he hasn’t slept all night. I’m guessing he’s been trying to decide what he wants to do, knowing that there is only one decision for me to make about my mother.

When I’m ready, I take Sloane’s hand and walk past the guards outside my mother’s bedroom.

“Bring her to the Alpha office in ten minutes.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

I lead Sloane to the Alpha office, my office, and sit in the Alpha chair, ready to make my first difficult decision as an Alpha.