Chapter 7

~~Stephanie

My heart pounded as I screamed as someone kept pounding on my safe room door. I had no clue who they were and I didn't recognize their scent. They kept screaming that I need to let them. That they needed to see the new Luna.

I'm not the Luna. Jackson's mom is still the Luna. Jackson and I aren't even together. Barely talking in all honesty.

If this is what being a Luna is, you can count me out. Adaline would get hurt. I look at Adaline and she is kicking back at the door telling the person on the other side of the door to go away. This girl is her father through and through.

All of a sudden there was silence followed by two huge crashes. I hear glass breaking and growling. Jackson is here. I could smell him. I could smell blood too. I knew it wasn't his because I would have felt him get hurt. I just felt anger from his side. Chance was there....I knew it was him the way he growled and walked through the house.

A knock came to the door as we both screamed again.

"Jackson?" "Daddy?" We both asked at the same time.

"Kind of..." Chance chuckled.

"Its Daddy's wolf baby. Its ok." I turned to Adaline as I unlocked the door. I swung the door open and his eyes were pitch black.

"You guys ok?" I asked him pushing a strand of hair back on his face. His face fell as he grabbed up Adaline and I.

"I can't lose you." Chance whispered. Chance was never emotional unless it was anger or trying to hit on me. I buried my face in his neck. He held us tighter as he led us out of the house.

A couple of houses were on fire. My front door and back door were completely off their hinges. 5 of my windows were broken and someone had trampled through the flower garden. Adaline threw a fit when she saw someone had stomped on her peonies. I laughed and looked up, Jackson was back and just staring at us like he didn't know what to do.

"Hey hey hey.....We are ok. We can fix all of this." I said quietly as grabbed his elbow. Damion came running up with Jessica. Jackson pushed my arm off and walked away from us. In that moment my heart broke a bit and I couldn't stand the fact that he still had this much pull after all this time.

Tears came to my eyes threatening to spill out as I wrapped my arms around myself and walked back in the house. I took a deep breath to think of how I could fix everything. my tool kit was in the basement which I quickly retrieved as I saw Jessica meet me at the top of the stairs.

"Jessica, can you help me with the doors?" I asked. She nodded eyeing the two boys. They had walked off together to talk and they didnt want either of us in on the conversation.

I hated it when he shut himself out. He has done it our entire lives. The first time he did it I punched him in the arm when he wouldn't talk to me. That just pissed him off even more. I remember him just growling at me and I growled back. We didnt even have our wolves yet but we still growled at eachother. Him being an Alpha his growl was supposed to make me submit. It never has but I have seen it work on everyone else. Whenever he would try to get me to submit I would laugh at him or roll me eyes and walk away. Which of course made him mad. In all honest I didn't really care when it made him mad either.

Jax walked back into the house. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed. "You wanna talk now? I asked. My hand on my hip. My dress had dust spots on it and some dirt from dealing with everything.

"I cant lose you again." He whispered quietly.

I dropped the broom and ran over to him wrapping my arms around him. "You won't and you never lost me to begin with. I stayed right where I was and right where I will be. Nothing can change that. But now I'm worried about Adaline. Did they come after us because I'm your mate?" I asked honestly.

He nodded his head and I shoved my face in his chest clinging on to his shirt. I inhaled his scent because it calmed me down. My wolf purred in the back of my head and grumbled at his scent curling around us.

"I want you and Adaline to move in to my house." He said running his hand through my hair. "I need to keep you safe. There is enough land for another garden, more rooms for us to grow in to, and even closer to the pack school for you and Adds. I can't have this happen again. Tonight was too-" My yells interrupted him.

"ADALINE RAIN!" I yelled. She stopped dead in her tracks. A guard looked up at me, "Luna. I apologize. Alpha Jackson told us to surround the house." He said. "Rocky. Call me Steph. You always have even when Jackson was gone. Don't change it now. And Adaline you need to apologize. You don't scream at Daddy's guards."

"Sowwy Rocky." She mumbled and gave him a hug. Rocky laughed and I grabbed Adds hand and we walked inside. "Let me pack up some stuff and we will go to your house."

"You need to get used to your title Luna." Jackson whispered into my ear.

My breath hitched when he was so close to my mark, making me want to have him do it again.

"You need to get used to the fact that I don't like the title and they will call me by my name Jackson." I said seriously while poking his chest.

He rolled his eyes as Adaline and I walked upstairs to grab our clothes for a couple of days. I had work tomorrow and Adaline had daycare. It only took me about 20 minutes to grab everything and walk downstairs to meet him outside the house. A car was already waiting on us. "Adaline and I are walking to get some if this energy out." I stated staring at the car. Jacksom always hated that I never used his families vehicles whenever we went somewhere. I always walked or shifted. I felt free and that no one could control me.

~~Jackson

How is it possible she is already driving me crazy? A rogue attack and she wants to save the earth by walking.

Shes going to have to get used to being driven places. She would have to get used to alot but that didnt mean she actually would.

Stubborn woman.

Stubborn wildflower.

She drives me insane. I saw her grab Adalines hand as they walked off in the direction of my house and I slightly jogged to catch up to them. Adaline ran off in front of us singing about the Moon Goddess and daisies. Another song she has made up. "She is so much like you wildflower." I said softly. "Yes but she looks like you and has your Alpha attitude." Steph answered. "Its not that bad." I defended myself and Stephanie laughed so loudly other people stared as we walked by. It was pitch black outside but the lights from people's houses made it easy to see the road leading to my house.

Little wildflower will make a good alpha. Chase mumbled in the back of my head.

"How is Chase? He better now?" Steph asked. She always knew when he was talking to me. She knew me better then I knew myself. She smiled up at me as I wrapped my arm around her neck and brought her in.

"Hes fine. Is Cammie ok?" I asked. "Shes scared." She answered honestly. "Can I talk to her?" I asked and she nodded. She closed her eyes and her body shifted. "Hey Cammie." I whispered. "Hi mate. I'm still mad at you. Don't expect a party." Cammie sassed. I chuckled. Cammie was her sassy side. And I mean super sassy. "You hurt us and tonight was ridiculous. I should whoop those kids butts who were on border patrol. I might even see some of them headed to work in the morning. I can whoop them then." Cammie threatened. "I already took care of it. And I'm trying to make up for it. For what I did to you three. I can't change the past but I can make our future better." I promised. Cammie sighed. "Fine mate. Tell Chase I said hi. Maybe after he gets his hormones in check I can say hi to him again." Cammie stated.

I nodded thanking her silently. Stephanie came back quickly and sighed. She moved away from my arm.

Taking it slow.

We were walking up the house. Adaline was on the steps dancing up to the front door. It was a bigger house but we would be living there, plus Damion and Jessica were already there with their twins. A new start to a new life. Now to fix Stephanie and I so she is safe.

Damion's head poked out from my office beckoning me to come in.

"How did they get so close without us knowing?" I asked Damion. I was shaking, still so angry that this has happened. They had gotten so close to Stephanie and Adaline. They should live with us. Not at the edge of the forest. It's not safe. We cant lose our mate or our pup. Chase growled.

I agree. I whispered back to Chase.

"Shift change and newbies is what it boils down too. We need to get more training in. Shift change is taking 20 minutes and it should only take 3-5 minutes. I don't like the kids who are on this patrol right here. They play around too much." Damion explained

I nodded and replied, "I need to get my girls in my house for forever. They can't be out here. Tomorrow morning before school starts all students 15 and older start training. Anyone 18 and over will be training at 430pm. This can't happen again. Switch out some of the newbies with our seasoned pack members and we can get it moving like it was. If they have a problem tell them my door is always open to show them what type of Alpha they are dealing with. When their ignorance and laziness almost kills my mate and my pup there will be hell to pay." I growled out.

"I know man and we will fix it. I don't know what would have happened if I was in the position you were in to ight. Everything was perfect, it's like they knew when to strike. Maybe they have been watching our borders?" he asked.

"I wouldn't put it past them, even being rogues they are still known to be ruthless and band together to accomplish whatever they mission they feel like they are on." I answered. It had been an hour since we started talking in here and I can feel the mate bond pulling to be next to her since we had been spending more time together.

My anger rolled off my shoulders at the thought of something happening to her and I tensed when I heard a knock at the door. I sniffed the air as I realized it was Adaline and my mate when a giggle broke though the silence.

I opened the door to reveal my mate and my little pup standing there hand in hand.

"I made dessert." my mate smiled at me, "Your favorite."

It she only knew that my favorite dessert was her. I pray to the Goddess she realizes that we need each other now more then ever.