"Where's Thor?" Martha and I looked toward the direction where Ash's voice comes from.
She stands, a forlorn figure at the entrance to the living room, looking around eagerly as if we're playing a prank by hiding her mate from her.
"Ash, you're awake..." Martha says with a smile but it's as if Martha is talking to herself since Ash's gaze is trained only on me
"Eric, where's Thor?" She looks directly into my eyes as she asks again. Making me wish there was something I can hide behind right then.
"Oh fuck!" I swear softly under my breath. I don't regret coming to check on her but right at that moment I kinda wish I'm not there with them in Martha's living room.
What am I going to tell her? How do I filter my words in such a way that wouldn't hurt her too much? I thought as her amber eyes pierces accusingly into mine
"He's not here, is he?..." She asks softly in disappointment, and I can only shake my head to reply 'No'
She casually nods back at me as if she-wolves lose their mates to each other all the time and she perfectly understands now that she's just lost her own mate
"He's never coming back to me, is he?" She asks coolly but the single fat tear that slowly trickles down the side of her right eye, which she quickly wipes away with the sleeve of her shirt betrays her true emotion
"Come here... There's something I need to discuss with you" I pat the space beside me on the double-seater couch I was sitting on for her to come to join me but she isn't having it
"It's a 'yes' or 'no' question Eric! There's no in-between. You should know there's nothing you can tell me right now that will lessen the pain of my mate not ever coming back to me. I just want to know the truth. I deserve to know the truth. So please tell me, is he ever coming back to me or not!?" She demands so sharply that I almost bow my head in submission
Right at that moment, I can't help but wonder who her real parents were. I can tell from me almost going into submission under her authoritative voice that she's a true Alpha female. An Alpha female who is born by an Alpha plus Alpha and not an Alpha plus Omega mating.
I smile to myself as it dawns on me that whether Nate and Miranda like it or not, Ash is the true Luna of the Silver Moon pack. She's a Queen whose queenship had automatically been conferred on her the day she had had sex with Thor.
Thank god that I'm a thoroughbred myself. Thor would laugh at me if I tell him his mate nearly made me cower in fear before her like an Omega.
Sitting down before her now kinda makes me feel like a boy in the presence of the school principal. So I stand up and walk up to her. My crushed ego becomes re-inflated when I tower over her in all of my six feet two inches of height.
I look her square in the eyes before I answer her yes or no question that she asked me.
"It's yes, Ash..." I confidently say and watch with happiness as she let out a huge sigh before leaning on the wall with relief.
"Oh god! I'm so glad!" She says. Before I can respond, she pushes away from the wall and suddenly crashes against me, giving me a fierce hug. Her action surprises me
She was sobbing softly while murmuring words I can't hear to herself. Right then, she isn't the Luna, but a woman child that needs to be consoled. I want to hold her but it feels as if Thor is breathing down my neck in disapproval so I settle for patting her back instead
I know instantly it's Thor calling the moment my phone starts vibrating inside my pocket. I'm wondering how to speak with him on the phone without upsetting her when pulls away from me and says...
"You should get that."
"Okay," I reply, reaching inside my pocket to bring out my phone. I check the caller id and see it's indeed Thor.
'I knew it was him!' I thought myself
I know I dare not answer the call in her presence, so I smile apologetically at her...
"Please excuse me while I quickly settle with this person," I say and she nods in understanding.
I hurry off to where I'm sure I won't be overheard. Immediately I slide up the answering button, his voice thunders ...
"Where the fuck are you Eric! Nobody seems to know where you went off to! How could you just leave like that without telling anyone?"
"I'm busy carrying out my duties as your best friend and Beta so you don't end up killing me one day... " I jokingly say but he didn't find my words funny
"What duty is that?... I know you're trying to sound funny right now but seriously, you're not. I need you to come home right now! "
"Why? What's up?"
"For pete's sake, Eric! Must I have a reason for wanting to see you?" He snaps
It's obvious to me that he isn't in a good mood so I decide to also cut the crap and be serious with him.
"Thor, right now I have an urgent matter I need to attend to that I can't talk to you about... Even though I can't tell you what I'm doing right now. I assure you it's for your benefit, you'll thank me for it sometime in the future.
So whatever it is that's happening with you right now. I implore you to be patient. I'll be with you as soon as I'm done." I say and immediately disconnect the phone not giving him the opportunity to reply to me
After the call, I go back to Ash and Martha, going straight to our discussion as soon as I sit down
"Thor is under the influence of sorcery. He cannot recognize who you are to him right now but he remembers your name..."
"He remembered my name, how?"
I laugh dryly
"He sees Miranda as his mate but calls her by yours ."
"Why call her by my name? Couldn't he have asked her for her own name, so he would be able to use it instead of mine?" She asks in anger, jealousy written all over her face.
"It's not his fault Ash, so please don't blame him too much for what he has no idea is happening.
She sighs. I'm not blaming him. I just can't help myself. How do you expect me to react to the knowledge of my mate in another woman's arms? How do I deal with him calling her by my name "
"I understand..." I reply.
I remember the seer said the worst is yet to come but I'm not about to tell her that.
"Everything will be okay soon," I say to her instead.