Page 10 of Unbelievable Faith
He wanted to find a way to resurrect that bastard just so he could kill himhimself.
“There you are I was…” Darius must have felt his presence before he turned around because as soon as he did his mouth fell open, “Fucking hell! You found one ofthem?”
“It’sLuna.”
“Jesus, is she alive?” Darius started towards him, his long strides eating up the space between them and he reached out, “Give her to me andI’ll…”
The snarl that ripped out of Michael’s chest stopped his best friend in his tracks. Darius flinched, his wolf no doubt wanting to backpedal from the growl of his Alpha, but he held himself firm. His eyes went big and confusion flickered in his gaze as he glanced from Michael to the girl in his arms and back again, before his jaw fell openagain.
“Are you fuckin’serious?”
“Deadly” Michael held Luna tighter even though he knew Darius wouldn’t dare try to take her from him again. “She’smine.”
Not after a growl like the one he’d released. It was a warning and even if he hadn’t intended to snap, his wolf wouldn’t back down. Nobody else was going to touch Luna. Nobody. It didn’t matter if it was a friend or a foe, she was Michael’s mate and he hadn’t marked her yet. No other male was getting anywhere near her. Not over his headbody.
Darius scrubbed a hand over his face, “Leo is going to flip shit over this. You know thatright?”
Leo. Right. Michael had forgotten all about his friend. Luna’s twin brother. The one that had brought the problem with the Crescent pack to his attention and had asked for his help in getting his sisters back. Leo, who wasn’t getting Luna back because she was Michael’snow.
“Leo doesn’t get a say.” Hegrowled.
“Okay. Yeah, that’s true, but…” Darius was looking from him to the door now, “You’re going to have to break it to him a little easier than that,Michael.”
“Idon’t…”
“That’s his sister. His twin sister. He’s been going out of his mind for weeks worrying about her and trying to get her back. He’s not going to let you just run off withher.”
“He doesn’t get asay.”
“Michael…” Darius scowled, scrubbing a hand over his face again. “Why don’t you letme…”
“They’re here.” Andy spoke up from his spot by the window, cutting off an argument that Michael didn’t evenunderstand.
Was Darius actually arguing with him? It was such a foreign concept, he wasn’t even sure. Everything about this night was a mess. His best man, his best Enforcer, his best friend since he was eighteen years old had never questioned him openly like this. Not once, in private, they talked and Darius advised and he helped Michael make decisions for the pack but in public, he didn’t question. He backed every move that Michael made and if he disagreed with it he waited until they were alone to call him on it. But Darius was arguing with him about his right to claim Luna, hismate.
It didn’t make a bit ofsense.
Darius was the one that had privately scolded Michael for trying to interfere in Rafe and Zoey’s mate bond. He’d ripped Michael up one side and down the other. He’d reminded him that he had no right to try and keep them apart yet here he was, doing the samething.
Michael glared at his friend, taking a careful step back away from him. Did Darius think he had some sort of claim on Luna? The same claim that bastard Maddox had thought he had? Just because Darius had been the one to kill Maddox didn’t mean he had some sort of right to her. Michael was her true mate and he’d fight anyone he had to in order to keep her now that he’d foundher.
Darius narrowed his eyes in return and then shook his head, “Jesus, Michael, think. I’m not trying to take her from you. I’mjust…”
“Oh my God.” Another male voice cut Darius off this time and they both turned as Leo came through the door, a small girl on his hip that he instantly put down as he started towards them, “You found her. You foundLuna.”
Michael growled when Leo reached for Luna. He couldn’t help it. He couldn’t stop it. His wolf didn’t care that Leo was her brother. All he saw was another wolf, another Alpha, trying to take his mate from him. He bared his teeth but before he could lash out, Darius stepped between them, stopping Leo before he could touchher.
“No. Stop. Stop.” Darius surprised him by turning his back to Michael and facing Leo, corralling him against his chest when he tried to push past him, “He’s not thinking straight right now and I don’t want him to hurt you.Stop.”
“But…” Leo tried again but Darius wrapped him up and pushed himbackwards.
“She’s his mate, Leo. She’s his mate. You can’t take her from him. Not now and not like this. She’s hismate.”
“No.” Leo made a face at Darius, disbelieving, “No she’snot.”
“Yes.” Everyone in the room turned to the small girl standing in the doorway, watching the scene. She was smiling as she looked at Michael and Luna and he didn’t understand why. She looked to her brother and her smile softened as she nodded, “Yes, Leo. Yes. Luna is his mate and she belongs with himnow.”
