Chapter 27

Kyles pov

"She kicked me!"

"He hit me first!"

"She spat on me first!"

"He...."

"Kids, kids, I don't care who did what to who first, just stop screaming and fighting!" I watch Sarah and Jeremy and wonder how the hell I this happened. Why am I suddenly the one the kids go to when they want someone to mediate? "Go find your mom or dad!" And shockingly they smile at me and run off.

"It's because you're the Luna, the pack members, and especially the children, are naturally drawn to you for advice," I turn around and see a very happy looking Alpha holding what I can only assume is a picnic basket in his hands. "I think it's about time I take you on a date," as he saunters towards me he lifts up the basked dangling it in front of my face, and the smell of food wafting from it had me salivating in no time.

Me and Anders have been a mated couple for 5 days, and it has been 5 days filled with love and happiness, it's so sappy I'm making myself cringe thinking about it. But who cares? It's about me and him, and damn, that man knows how to take care of me.

He grabs my hand and pulls me behind him as he starts walking, "I took care of all my paperwork for the day and instructed Carl to only disturb me if the packhouse is invaded by aliens, so now I am taking my man on a date."

I smile and happily follow behind as he heads for the woods, admiring the view. "I can feel your eyes burning into my ass, stop it, please! This date will consist of us sitting down together, talking and catching up, and if you keep staring like that you will get me all distracted and we end up fucking, again." I suppose he's right, ever since we mated the first day we have spent a lot of time together. But talking? Not so much. I guess it would be nice to just spend time together, with our clothes on and having a real conversation. So I lift my eyes and watch my surroundings instead.

"So where are we headed?" I'm pretty sure we're headed towards the river, but I'm not yet familiar enough with the land to be sure.

"There's this really nice place by the river where we can sit down and enjoy ourselves away from prying eyes," and just then we arrive at the river. The spot is beautiful, it's a place where the river turns into a serene pond with a waterfall. It's nicely shielded by trees, but the growth is not thick enough to block the sunlight completely.

"Anders, this place is perfect, I love it."

"I know, Axel told me about it, he used to go here to think. And the first time I saw it I knew I had to take my mate here one day." He gives me a soft smile and pulls out a blanket from the basket. Then he proceeds to pull out the food, and the sight makes my stomach growl. There's chicken, pasta salad, buttered corn on the cob, sandwiches and a bottle of iced tea and two glasses. He sits down, leaning his back against a tree, and pats the spot between his legs, and I gladly sit down, leaning my back against his chest. Then we start digging in. The food was so good, we both moan in pleasure as we eat until we feel like bursting, and the company was even better. We talk about everything and nothing, joke around and laugh until our sides hurt. I would really call this the perfect date. And then Anders reaches into the basket and pulls out some glasses with what looks like layers of cream and jam.

"And for dessert, Pennys special raspberry cheesecake pots." Did I say the date was perfect? Well now it's better than perfect, it's berfect! I grab one of the jars and twist open the top as Anders hands me a spoon, then I take out a spoonful and show it into my mouth. Holyyyy, that's good, I have to remember to get the recipe for this. On second thought, I would probably make a mess out of it, I'll just have Penny make it again.

After all the food and relaxation I can feel my tiger getting restless, he wants out.

"I'm gonna let my tiger out, I think he wants to swim. Do you wanna join us?" I turn and peck Anders on the lips then I get up and strip out of my clothes.

"Nah, it's been a hectic couple of days, I just want to sit here and relax and watch you have fun.

I feel the tingling in my body as my body starts to shift into my tiger. As soon as the shift is finished my tiger leaps up in the air, then he spins around and jumps head first into the river. He chases fish and curious birds, splashes around and just lets the small currents take us on a ride. The whole time Anders watch us, he smiles a happy smile and laughs out loud at my tigers antics.

After a while my tiger gets sick of being on his own though, so he gets out of the water and heads back to Anders. He shakes some of the water from our fur but he's still wet as he walks up to him and lets out a happy purr as he starts to rub our body all over Anders. He just smiles and seems to enjoy the treatment as my tigers rough tongue starts to slide over his body, he lays down on top of him, pinning him to the ground. But pretty soon the feelings move from simple grooming to something far less innocent, so I decide to take back control before he ends up humping Anders in wolf form, that's just to weird. I lay down beside him and purr as Anders starts to run his hand through my fur as he leans back on the tree and closes his eyes.

"Well that was interesting, was your tiger trying to hump me?"

"Can you blame him? You are one sexy man," he chuckles and I burrow my head into his side and enjoy the feeling of my mates touch. Pretty soon we both drift off to sleep.

We are both ripped out of our sleep as a panicked voice comes through the pack line, "Alpha! We are under attack! There are several rogues attacking us from different sides, they came out of nowhere. The main attack seems to be concentrated on the northern borders."

Anders is up on his feet and moving within a second, he shifts and heads off in the direction of the northern border. "Kyle, I need you to head back to the pack house, make sure all the nonfighters are safe in the shelter, post warriors around the perimeter to stop the rogues from getting to them and do what you can to safeguard them. And Kyle, be safe! I love you."

I break off and move toward the pack house, this is my job as Luna, I will keep them safe. "I love you too Anders, come back safely!" The thought of what might happen to him sends a bolt of pain through me, but I can't think about that now.

As I run I get a feeling that I'm not alone, and suddenly five wolves jump out of the brush surrounding me. They quickly circle me in and force me to stop. They have red eyes and growl in my face, making spittle fly my way. I'm not overly worried though, five wolves should be easy enough to handle so I go straight for the throat of the wolf closest to me and before he even has a chance to defend himself I've torn out his throat. Spitting out the fur and blood I turn and ready myself to attack the rest when I suddenly feel a sharp pinch in my side, the pinch is followed by a burning sensation and immediately the spot begins to feel numb. I turn my head and see some kind of dart sticking out of my fur, I must have been dosed with some kind of anesthesia. The burning and numbness spread at an alarming rate, time to call for help, "Anders, I was attacked, I think I might have gotten drugged, I'm starting to feel numb."

"What? Where are you? I'm coming right now!" Anders sound both mad and worried and I feel better knowing he's coming for me.

"I'm on the path between the river and the pack house," this numbness is spreading incredibly fast, I can already feel my brain shutting down, and not even 20 seconds have passed since the dart hit me, "I feel really..." I'm cut off when a man steps out of the bushes holding a dart gun, he smirks at me as I start to sway on my feet and tumble to the ground. I recognize this man, I saw this him in the hunting party who chased us onto this land.

"Well, well, well, we finally got you, cat," he walks over to me and kicks me in the side, by now my body is out of my control so I can't do anything about it. "We wanted both you and the female, but I guess one is better then none, we can always get our hands on the other one later. You're coming with us, you filthy beast." He bends down and spits in my face. "Pick him up, let's get out of here before his fuckbuddy arrives."

Just before I lose consciousness I manage to link Anders one more time, "There are hunters, I love you." Then there's only darkness.

As I slowly wake up the first thing that registers is an intense pain in my wrists. I'm in human form, naked and in a cold, damp room with concrete walls. I'm suspended by my wrists and as I glance up I find the reason for the pain. I'm not tied with rope, they have used some kind of wire, and since I have been unconscious and dangling from them it's cutting deeply into my wrists. I try my best to stand on my feet and get some weight off my wrists, but I have been tied at such a hight that I have to stand on the balls of my feet. An additional problem is that my wounds are healing, and sealing the wire inside the flesh. So try as I might, I can't help making small movements, causing the flesh to get ripped back open from the inside, and I can feel a steady stream of blood running down my arms, dripping onto the floor.

I try to link Anders, but they must have taken me to far away, I cant reach him. I close my eyes and focus as hard as I can and I can pick up some emotions, there are extreme anger and anxiety flooding our mate link, and I try my best to send my own feelings his way. I try to let him know that I am alright, at least for now.

The door opens with a creaky noise and a man steps inside carrying a bag. Now, this man I know, he is the hunter who has shown up several times before, this is the leader of the last attempt at catching me and Leila.

"So you're finally awake? About freakin time. Do you have any idea how long I have been trying to get my hands on you? After my father killed that worthless mother of yours we figured we would get our hands on you and your sister in no time, but I have to give you some props on your skills at avoiding us. I even had to work with those disgusting wolves to get you, but I guess it will be worth it in the end when I have finally removed you and your kind from this earth."

He moves over to a table and opens his bag and starts to pull things out, setting it down on the dirty table, there are knives, wires, whips, pliers and even a car battery with cables.

His words are filled with malice, "I will kill you, eventually, but seeing as I had to chase you for such a long time I think you owe me some fun before you go. And don't worry, we're gonna have a lot of fun."

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This chapter was short, but with the arrival of the hunters, shit has officially hit the fan for poor Kyle.

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