Chapter 13

I just learned that Malachi has a brother, and he doesn't seem happy about him being here. “What

could have happened between them to make him feel this much anger at seeing him?’ I wonder,

glancing between Malachi and his brother. "What's going on, Malachi," I ask. He looks at me, finally

taking his gaze from his brother. "Let's just say, he is bad news," he vaguely answers. "What

happened to you two?" I question further, but he doesn't answer; only stares at the man that is now

coming towards us.

"Malachi, it's been many years, brother,” The man says, then turns his eyes to me. "Who is this

beautiful creature?” He asks. Malachi wraps his arm around my waist and moves me behind him.

"She is none of your business,” He snarls. Not liking his answer, I move from behind him to speak. "I

am Chloe,” I announce, holding out my hand to shake his. He takes my hand and kisses the top

softly. “A pleasure to meet you, Chloe,” he says in almost a whisper.

"Alaric, keep your hands off her. Do you hear me!" Malachi growls as if his wolf is going to show

himself. The man, Alaric, simply stares at Malachi, unfazed by the threatening man in front of him.

"Calm down brother. I have only come to give my best wishes to the happy couple,” he says calmly.

"But I can see you are not happy to see me," he smirks. "Well, you figured right, brother,” Malachi

answers maliciously. "Can you both stop!" I demand. They both turn to look at me. "I believe the

lady has a point brother. Let's be civil for the sake of your friends, but I would like to say one thing:

Malachi. You have found yourself, one gorgeous human, as your mate,” he says, eyeing my body

and Malachi lost it. He grabs his brother so fast and throws him to the floor. In seconds Malachi is

on top of him, throwing punches.

"Malachi, Stop!” I yell, but that doesn't do any good; they are both throwing punches now. Paul runs

over to break it up. "Stop! The two of you outside, now!" Paul demands and keeps himself between

the two brothers as they walk out. Amelia comes over to me. "What just happened?" she asks. "I

have no clue, but they seem to hate each other," I state. Amelia looks towards the door they left out

to see Paul coming back with both the men in tow. "Amelia, I'm sorry, my love," He apologizes to his

wife. "It's okay, let's get back to our dance,” Amelia smiles, pulling him to the dance floor.

Malachi reaches me, giving me a look like we need to talk as he walks past me, and I follow him.

Once we get around the corner, he turns to face me. "Alaric is not someone you can trust. Please

promise me you won't let him fool you," he asks softly. I see the hurt in his eyes that his brother has

caused. "Okay, I promise,” I say. Malachi lifts me bridal style and carries me back to the dance floor. I

couldn't contain my laughter the whole way.

He puts me down slowly on the floor, holding me close to him, and we sway to the music, our

bodies never breaking away. He caresses my cheek and I peer up into his eyes. "I love you, Luna,”

He declares. Before I can say it back, Paul comes over with Amelia hand and hand. "Hey, guys!"

Amelia says. I'm beginning to think her disruptions are on purpose. "Malachi, some of the guys from

the Centralia pack would like a word with you," Paul says. "Okay, let's go,” Malachi says. He looks at

me and cups my face. "I'll be back, my Luna." He declares and kisses my forehead, then they both

walk off.

"What do you think so far?" Amelia asks. "It's so beautiful, Amelia. I'm so happy for you!" I declare

and she wraps her arms around me, hugging me tightly. "Love you, Chloe! I have to get back to

Paul's parents now. I'll find you later, okay,” she states. I blow her a kiss as she walks off.

I walk to the balcony to get some fresh air. I haven't been feeling well lately. I think all of the stress

is getting to me. I hear the door behind me close, and I turn around thinking Malachi came to find

me, but I come face to face with Alaric. He stands not far from me, looking at me as if he can read

me like an open book. "Can I help you?" I ask. "Oh, I'm sorry for staring; you're just so beautiful it's

hard to resist." He claims. I look around to see if I can find Malachi, but I don't see him. "Well, I

better go," I say, not wanting to be alone with him.

I start to move past, but Alaric steps in front of me. "Why leave so soon? You see, my brother took

something from me, and I would like to return the favor," he says with a devilish grin. "So, after all

these years you choose to get revenge, why wait so long?" I ask. "Well beautiful, he didn't have a

mate until now, so I had to wait.” he states, and I feel a lump form in my throat. "I have to go please

let me through,” I plead. "I won't hurt you, human,” he says with fire in his eyes. I've seen eyes like

that before and I started reliving the night at the club.

Relief fills my senses when Malachi steps behind his brother, but I can feel vomit coming up in my

throat, and I can't hold it in. I rush to the side of the balcony railing just in time as I puke over the

side. Malachi is at my side within seconds, and I notice Alaric has disappeared. "Chloe, what's

wrong? Have you had too much to drink?" He questions. "No, I haven't had anything to drink.” I

manage to get out before more comes up. Malachi grabs my hair and holds it back while I puke my

guts up. This was not exactly how I wanted him to see me. "Do you think you ate something bad?"

he asks. "I'm not sure, but I don't feel well. Can you take me home please," I ask, trying to catch my

breath. "Of course,” he says, wrapping his arm around me to help me walk me to his car.

While he is driving me home, I look over at his handsome face and I just want to touch it. He

catches me staring and smirks. "Is something on my face?" he laughs. "No, silly. I just missed looking

at your sexy face,” I declare, and Malachi’s smirk grows into a smile.

We pull into my place, and he parks the car. He comes to open my door and helps me to my

apartment. When we step inside, he carries me to my bed and lays me down, taking off my shoes.

He leans down to kiss me so I can go to sleep, but I grab his arm. "Please stay with me?” I ask, not

wanting to be alone. "Of course, Luna" He says, unbuttoning his shirt. He takes it off, revealing his

breathtaking body. My eyes follow him as he lays it on the dresser and takes off his pants, leaving

him only in his boxers.

I can barely contain my arousal. The more I stare at Malachi's body, the more wet I get. I know he

can see that I'm getting turned on because I'm biting my lip and he can see the lust swirling in my

eyes. Malachi crawls to me on the bed, hovering his large frame over me. I glide my hands over his

torso, tracing the lines of his muscles, enjoying the way he squirms at my touch. "Show me how

good of an Alpha you are," I whisper seductively with my lips to his ear.

He uses his knee to spread my legs, then inserts his body between them. He grabs the collar of my

shirt with both his hands and rips it down the middle. "Oooh," I squealed in surprise. Malachi's hand

moves to the back of my thigh, and he pulls my legs up to wrap around his waist. I can feel his

erection between me and press my hips into him. "Ah, Luna,” Malachi lets out. I scrape my nails

down his back, letting him know how eager I am.

"Oh Malachi. I need you so bad," I whisper, and that sends him over the edge. He removes his

boxers and makes quick work of my panties. I gasp when he takes his member and swiftly inserts it

inside, filling me. My body throbs at each eager thrust. He nudges his face into my neck, kissing my

collar bone, pushing me closer to my peak. "YESSSS!" I scream out in pleasure.

Malachi rolls us so that I'm on top, and I continue our erratic rhythm by bouncing up and down,

loud moans escaping me. I look down at him and see he is close, but he is trying to hold off like he

doesn't want it to end. He flips us over, so he is over me once again. "Ooooh Alpha," I cry out and at

those words, Malachi slams me harder, and my body spasms as I erupt into blissfulness. He pulses

above me when he explodes inside me. He falls to the bed beside me on his back, breathing so

heavy, and I turn towards him, wrapping my arm around him. He pulls me closer, holding me as we

fall asleep in each other's arms.

Waking up, I find I'm still in Malachi's arms. I look up at him and see he’s still sleeping. I bring my

hand to his face, then start tracing his lips with my fingers, and watch as he slowly opens his eyes.

"Good morning, beautiful," he says. "Good..." I couldn't even get the words out before I felt sick. I

brought my hand to cover my mouth. "Chloe, what's wrong?" he asks, raising himself to his elbow. I

shake my head and run to the bathroom, vomiting in the trash can.