*Piper's POV*The sun poured into the bedroom. It began to hit me in the face letting me know it was time to get up. I adjusted myself and looked up to notice mate, Matteo looking down on me with a smile. I couldn't help but smile against his chiseled chest."I like waking up next to you." Matteo spoke as he looked down on me with his beautiful brown eyes. His hair was a dark brown and it was short on the sides but the top had some length so he could style it into a comb over."I like waking up to you too. But we have things we need to do." I responded as I began to sit myself up in the bed. "As the upcoming alpha and luna we need to make sure we don't fall behind on anything."He let out a sigh. "I know."I got out of the bed and picked out a pair of jeans and threw them on along with a charcoal grey tank top. I looked in the mirror as I tied my dark brown hair into a ponytail. My fierce blue eyes stood out even without any make up right now."Are you ready?" Matteo asked as he came

*Jaxon's POV*My grip was firm on Piper's hand. I wasn't giving her any opportunity to pull away. She was going to be mine and I planned to make that clear. The first order of business was to get her home where she can take a shower. She had Matteo's scent all over her from that hug. I didn't like seeing his arms around my mate.I let out a low growl to myself just at the thought of it again.My growl caused Piper to look at me for a moment. When I looked back at her and our eyes met she looked away quickly. I knew she was trying to avoid the feelings of desire when she looked at me. She didn't want to give into it. With time I was confident that would change.We led ourselves back through the woods we had come in. We had brought our cars as the drive from our pack territory was long. We needed to conserve our energy for the fight we had anticipated. However, by a strange twist of events that fight never really came. We only ended up hurting one person from the pack I set out to eradi

*Piper's POV* "Piper! What are you doing?!" Matteo's voice came through and brought me back to reality.I opened my eyes. I felt horrified with myself. I gave in to Jaxon too easily. He raised himself off and I felt the fight within me. I pushed him off of me. He was confused as he didn't expect my reaction considering what I just let him do. I moved myself as far as I could to the other end of the bed and wrapped myself in the red sheets."Stop!" I shouted. "How could you make me do that?!"He thought for a moment with a serious look on his face. His hazel eyes looked into mine. "Piper, I didn't force you." He stood up from the bed. "I don't know what you've heard but I would never force someone into that, especially my mate. You acted on your own desires."I was silent as I glared at him.He sighed. "Why don't you take a shower? I'll come get you when the food is ready."I kept my silence. He could tell he wasn't going to get anywhere with me on this right now. He turned and left t

*Piper's POV*Three days. I sat here for three days thinking about his question. For the most part he gave me my space during this time without me needing to ask for it. Part of me was grateful for the distance he was giving me, but part of me got excited every time I could smell his scent coming closer to the bedroom. He'd come in and do what he needed and then leave, which in return made me feel disappointed. Curse this damn mate bond we had.I let out a frustrated sigh. After these three days of thinking I still was coming up blank. I couldn't remember a damn thing before being with other children. I never thought too much of it before. How could I worry about parents I had no proof of even having?But everyone comes from somewhere. Where were my parents? Someone had been responsible for giving me life. I felt a little guilty that I never worried about it until now. Something must've happened to them, or to me. Whatever it was Jaxon seemed to know something about it or he wouldn't

*Jaxon's POV*"Jaxon... Jaxon." Nikko called out to get my attention."Sorry." I apologized for zoning out. "I was mind linking with Piper.""I see." He responded and a smirk crossed his lips. "Are you ready to get back to the matter at hand or are you needing to go tend to your mate?""I'll be tending to her later." I knew what he was getting at so I shot him a warning glance. The only warning he would get to not press the matter any further than he already had."Very well." He cleared his throat. "The pack is wondering what the next plan of action is towards Moon Stone. They don't like that they have been let off the hook.""Have I not made it clear enough that Moon Stone is still on my shit list?" There was a slight annoyance in my voice. The pack seemed to think because I had found a mate from the enemy pack that I had lost all my common sense."You have. They're still just worried about what effect Piper might have. Like what if she happens to convince you to let Moon Stone go?"