Page 25 of Unbelievable Faith
Chapter 12
Luna layin Michael’s arms, waiting for the moment he came to his senses and pushed her away. She should have told him. She should have warned him. It had been cowardly not to admit the truth before he’d done something irrevocable like mark her. But that’s what she was, a coward, a weak wolf that was in no way the right mate for this incredibleman.
She’d known he would figure it out. He was smart. He must have had questions about why her wolf hadn’t shown herself even after her human side opened up to him. He must have known that if she felt safe enough to shower with him, to touch him and let him touch her, to let him take her to bed, that her wolf should have trusted him enough to show herself too. But he hadn’t pressed her on the issue or asked about it and she was a coward for not admitting it before it was too late forthem.
Now he was stuck with her. Stuck with a mate that wasn’t an Alpha. Her wolf wasn’t even dominant and it would be an issue for him, for both of them and for thepack.
They wouldn’t take her seriously. They’d pick and prod at her each time he turned his back. They’d look for any weaknesses and when they found one, they’d exploit it. She would be challenged because in a pack one thing was valued above all else, strength, and despite being fated to a Pack Alpha, she didn’t haveit.
He would hate her for this. Maybe not immediately. Maybe not right now. Still in the throes of heat and bonding, he probably meant it when he said that she was his and nothing would come between them. But eventually it would get old. He would get tired of having to protect her and stand up for her and he would wish that fate had given him a better mate, someone better suited for him thanher.
It would be easier on her heart if he let her go now. She didn’t want to have to watch the passion fade from him as he realized how inferior she was. She didn’t think she would survive losing him, not after everything else she’d lost. He’d saved her but eventually he would tire of her needing a hero and she would be castaside.
Heartbroken. Alone.Packless.
“Stop it.” His gruff voice near her ear sent a chill down her spine and she felt her wolf shiver at the power she heard there. “Don’t pull away from me, Luna. Don’t think for a second that I’m going to let you go. I can feel your fear through the bond, your worry and your doubts but baby, you don’t have to worry anymore. I’m here and I’ve got you and together we can beatanything.”
“But…”
Michael rolled them when she tried to argue and she ended up on her back with him looming above her, his eyes serious as they traced her face softly, “Fate put us together for a reason, Luna. You have to believe that. I do. Have faith in fate and if you can’t, have faith in me. We’re mates. Have faith inus.”
Luna stared up into those intense hazel eyes and fought the urge to cry. How was it possible that he was this good? This kind and sweet? Gentle and giving? Accepting? All her life she’d been around Alphas but she’d never met one like Michael. Was it just because they were mates? Was he only this soft with her? And if he was, how had she gotten so lucky as to have him find her and save her just in the nick oftime?
Fate.
She reached up and brushed her fingers through his hair, reveling in the feel of the silky strands. He nuzzled into her touch, his eyes closing as he gave a hum of contentment. Her heart walloped in her chest as she took him in, took in what it was she had the power to do tohim.
Maybe she wasn’t powerless, at least not when it came to hermate.
He’d asked her to have faith in Fate. He wanted her to have faith in them. They were mates, true mates and they were bonded. It was the greatest magic in the world, this ability to recognize your soulmate and truly share your life because you could feel what the other felt, sense what the other needed and be the other half that made a wholebeing.
If there was one thing in the world that Luna had never doubted, it was fate. It had brought her this far. It had given Nova that vision. It had sent Michael to that house. It had gotten her out of that basement and into this bed with this gorgeous, sexy, amazingman.
She bit her lip and nodded, “Okay.”
Michael’s eyes slid open again, “Okay?”
“I’ll have faith in you.” She managed a small smile, “Inus.”
He lowered his forehead to hers so that they were eye to eye, breathing the same air, “You don’t know how much that means to me, Luna. I’ve waited for you all my life. You’re mine and if the fates saw fit to make us mates, they must know something we don't. Right? They wouldn’t have put us together if they didn’t think it wouldwork.”
“Iknow.”
“Then trust me. Love me. Be mine and I swear that we will make it work. Even if I have to step down from Pack Alpha, wecan…”
“No.” She gasped at his words and shook her head, “No! You can’t! I won’t let you do that for me. I don’t want youto.”
“Luna.” He frowned, “If it comes down to you or the pack, I’m going to chooseyou.”
“But…”
“Rafe is back now. He’s… healing. He’s mated and he’s getting steadier every day. If I stepped down he could take over. He’s the elder and he was supposed to be the leader anyway. It would beokay.”
“No.”
“Luna,”
“No.” She bristled when he said her name in that calming tone, “You are not stepping down as Pack Alpha because of me. Promise me, Michael. Right here and right now, you swear to me that you won’t do anything that crazy. I’ll keep the faith but you have to as well. I can’t believe I was sent to you just so that you could lose something else. Your pack is our pack now. We’ll find another way to make this work if we have to but you’re not steppingdown.”
