"Um,I'm a little sore, and my throat is dry",I tell him .
"You seem to have healed quite nicely, but you shouldn't wander around on your own just yet",he admonished.
"I was just...".
"I understand you went to do chores, however, you need rest, and as the pack doctor, I'm ordering it",He cut me off.
"But I'm not allowed..."
"You are now," he cut me off again.
"I will have a nurse bring you some ice water,"
I just nodded.
What the hell was going on? Had the sun risen from the North Pole today?
"I also went over your blood work,and it appears that you are severely anemic . I am going to give you an iron injection, potassium,and vitamin B12.I also suggest that once you are released, you go stand in the sun for about thirty minutes a day to get some vitamin D,"The doctor began to list things that she needed to do.
I nodded again , and he gave me a few shots before leaving.
"Jacob?"
"Alpha".
"Leave us".
"Sure thing," he said and got up.
"Luna," he bowed his head and walked out of the room.
I looked back at the god-like man sitting next to me and wondered what was going on here.
"Why has he kept calling me Luna?"
"It's because he is respectful but mostly because he is just excited to have a Luna".
I recognized his voice,it was the soothing voice from last night .
"Who are you?" I ask him.
"My name is Raven Sadler, I'm the Alpha of the Gray Wolf Pack," he replied and took my hand.
I immediately felt a jolt of electricity shoot up my arm it wasn't painful but it was rather sensual and amazing.
"What's your name?"
"Layra Crest".
"Did you say Crest?"I nod my head.
"Any relation to Matthew Crest?"
"He was my father. How do you know him?"
Raven sighed softly.
"He was a friend of my father's,when my father was still Alpha. We heard about what happened to your pack,and that Crimson Wolf pack was responsible for it. We had no idea that there were any survivors".
"I was hidden away during the fight, and was found by Sylvester when they were clearing the house".
"Do they know that you're an Alpha's daughter?"
I shook my head,I had not told anyone except Kade.
"Only Kade knows".
"How does Kade know?"
"Because I had to use my title when I accepted his rejection".
"Wait, are you saying that you were Kade's mate?"
I nod, suddenly ashamed to be affiliated to Kade in anyway.
"I found out the morning of my birthday. He rejected me immediately, and I accepted without incident.I didn't want to be his mate.I refuse to be the Luna of this pack of murderers".
"No wonder he was pissed when Isaac brought you back to me"
"I don't understand , why are you being so kind to me? You don't even know me , "
"I know that you are my mate, and apparently, I am your second chance", he said and kissed the back of my hand.
I gasped softly at the tingling sensation it gave me. I didn't feel like this with Kade,I had only felt disgust and would have begged him to reject me but this guy was different. So freaking different.
"Alpha Raven".
"It's just Raven darling, you don't have to be formal with me,"
"Raven, I don't know if I can do this,*.
"Do what,beautiful?",he asked softly.
I immediately blushed at the endearment.
"I'm not worthy of being a Luna, let alone yours.I'm broken, and I am technically a rogue,"
"Well, that's not up to you to decide . It's the moon goddess' . She gave you to me , and I plan on keeping you . So, don't even think about rejecting me , that is unless of course , you want me to die of heartbreak," he smiled .
What the hell ? had he just used reverse psychology on me?
"I... uh..." he smiled again.
"Layra, my darling, will you at least give me the chance to earn your trust and your love?" he asked with the utmost sincerity.
I looked into his eyes, and all I could see was desire and plea . He hadn't done anything to hurt me, and I could already tell that he was a better Alpha than Xander could ever be . Besides he'was so hot and well ..
"Yes, I can I do that".
He smiled and kissed the back of my hand again.The tingling feelings came back, my heart started to race , and my core started to burn up. For a split second, I wished the back of my hand were my lips.
Was this the mate bond ?
(Kade's P.O.V.)
I sat in my office deep in thoughts.
How had she gotten a mate almost as soon as he rejected her?
Was this the moon goddess's plan all along?
He had seen his mother and sister harassing her and like always,he had kept quiet about it.
After all,she had been so eager to get rejected by him.
Why of all people did it have to be Raven Sadler that Layra was mated to,the thought of them made him even more angry.
He couldn't get her out of his mind and was constantly thinking about her.
He had thought she was cute from the moment she arrived at the pack but his father had warned him to stay away from her that she was a rogue they were going to keep as a slave for the pack and so he had avoided her like the rest of the pack.
As the years passed,she had become more and more beautiful and the females had noticed it and tried to hurt her for it while the males had just been waiting for her to turn eighteen so that they could get her.
Even when she had been beaten,the pack had still denied her medication care while she was injured and Kade had stayed away from her.
He had disliked her because she was a rogue and had treated her terribly, unknown of course to him that she was actually an Alpha.