Annabelle’s POV
The past few days have been heavenly. I’m not gonna go into a whole lot of detail, let’s just say that Jonathan and I spent a lot of time in our room and going on dates. It was by far the best days of my life, just as Jonathan promised.
Now my days are gonna go from amazing to bleh.
My mate is leaving, and it could be months until I see him again. While he’s gone, I’m gonna be staying on Sunset Guardian territory. Since I’m Luna, I have responsibility over the pack, meaning I’ll fulfill the Alpha duties and run the monthly meetings- with the help of Daniel of course. Also, Thomas, Ariana, Kelly, and Ford are supposed to stay with me. Quinn already left. Kelly was getting tired of being a third wheel, and Ford was getting mopey.
Jonathan asked them to come so they can cheer me up while I miss him. I doubt it will work though. Nothing can compare to my mate. He’s my whole world.
“Anna!” Ford exclaimed as he ran out Thomas’s car and into my arms. Okay, forget about Jonathan being my whole world, I need my little brother too.
I tightly hugged Ford and kissed his head. “I missed ya, squirt” I stated.
Ford wrapped his small arms around my neck. “I missed you, too” he mumbled. “It was so lonely without you” he said sadly.
“Hey!” Thomas exclaimed, looking hurt. “I was with you the whole time” he stated.
Ford shrugged. “You’re boring” he deadpanned.
The girls and I laughed while Thomas pouted. “Aria!” he whined. “Ford called me boring”
Ariana rolled her eyes. “Go play in the sandbox, ya big baby” she teased, making Ford laugh at Thomas.
“Thomas’s a big baby!” Ford sang.
“No, I’m not!” Thomas huffed.
“Yes, you are!” Ford argued.
“Am not!”
“Are to!”
“Nuh uh!”
“Yeah!”
“No!”
“You’re a big big baby!”
“N-”
“Would you two stop it!” Kelly scolded them. Ford and Thomas started poking their tongues at each other, so the girls and I went inside the pack house. “Well isn’t he mature” Kelly stated sarcastically.
“Hey!” Ariana protested. “He’s my mate. Only I can call him immature” she said with her arms crossed. “But he is really childish at times” she admitted.
I rolled my eyes at her before my skin started tingling. Jonathan wrapped an arm around my waist and the firey tingles erupted on my skin. This is probably gonna be the thing that I miss the most. Being able to feel those tingles. The tiny prickling that only happens around your mate.
I instantly leaned into his touch, wishing this moment would never end. That I could just freeze time and stay like this forever. Stay in Jonathan’s warm embrace for the rest of my life. I closed my eyes, trying to savor the moment.
“Aw” Kelly and Ariana cooed. I blushed a deep shade of red and attempted to hide behind my blonde hair.
The front door burst open and Ford ran inside the house. “Jona!” he exclaimed before wrapping his arms around Jonathan’s legs.
Jonathan picked up my brother and held him on his waist. “‘Sup bud” Jonathan greeted him. I watched as Jonathan talked to Ford. I actually tuned out everyone’s voices while staring at them. They were the only real family I had left. My mate and my brother.
“Earth to Anna!” Thomas yelled while waving his hand in front of my face.
“Huh?” I asked distracted.
I heard Thomas talking, but I tuned him out again. Jonathan started tickling Ford. He was wiggling in my mates arms as his stomach was attacked. Jonathan had a huge smile on his face while Ford was crying from laughing so hard. I looked at Thomas who was also looking at me. He seemed like he was waiting for me to say something, so I just nodded.
“Really?” he asked in disbelief. I don’t even know what I said yes to.
“Yup” I said while popping the ‘p.’
Thomas smirked. “So you think its a great idea to go skydiving today?” he asked.
My eyes went wide as I frantically shook my head. “Oh hell to the no!” I shouted. I’m terrified of heights. There is no way that I will go skydiving. I don’t even like flying on airplanes.
“You weren’t listening to anything I was saying” Thomas whined.
I gave him an apologetic smile. “But they’re just so cute” I gushed as I motioned to Jonathan and Ford. Ford was punching Jonathan while Jonathan pretended to be hurt by the hits.
Thomas rolled his eyes. “Back to my real question” he said. “When’s Jonathan leaving?” he asked.
“About 20 minutes” Jonathan answered from right behind me. I leaned against his chest while his arms wrapped around my waist and his hands connected near my bellybutton.
I frowned. “Can’t you stay like another hour?” I asked sweetly.
Jonathan shook his head. “We were supposed to leave this morning, Anna. I can’t keep pushing the times” he stated.
“Bu-”
Jonathan cut me off by putting his hand over my mouth. I slipped my tongue out and licked his hand, but it had no effect on him. “Does my hand taste good?” Jonathan asked while turning me around to face him.
I rolled my eyes at him. “I don’t want you to go” I told him through the mind-link.
Jonathan sighed. “I know. But I have to. We talked about this already. I don’t want to leave you. But it’s for the future, our kids” he reminded me.
“Let me go with you” I suggested. Jonathan quickly shook his head before I even finished my sentence. “You don’t want me to go with you?” I asked, slightly hurt.
Jonathan finally took his hand off my mouth and rested both hands on my hips. “I don’t want to leave you, but you can’t go with me. It’s dangerous. I would rather torture myself by leaving you, than you getting hurt on this trip” he said as he rested our foreheads together.
“But if its dangerous, you can get hurt” I whispered softly. “What would I do if you got hurt? I don’t want to sit around all day while my mate risks his life out there. I want to go” I ranted.
Jonathan shook his head. “You’re staying here” he said sternly.
I moved out of his arms and paced in front of him. “I don’t want to stay here. I want to go with you!” I shouted. After the words left my mouth, I realized that I sound like a little kid who’s parents are leaving. Except I’m not a little kid, and my parents aren’t with me anymore.
“You’re not going with me” Jonathan stated.
“Well, I’m not staying here. You can’t make me stay here. I want to go with you”
“Dammit, Anna!” Jonathan shouted. “You’re staying here!” he ordered, using his Alpha voice. I was shocked, to say the least. He used it on me when I had my emotions off, but I completely deserved that. It doesn’t even work on me. I’m a Royal, therefore, I’m a higher rank. But he still used it.
He tried commanding me to do something. I didn’t think he would ever use the Alpha voice on me. And it made me hurt and mad. He’s basically getting mad because I care. I don’t want him to be out there possibly getting hurt, while I’m safely sitting on the couch doing nothing. It’s not fair and it scares the crap out of me. “Yes, Alpha” I hissed.
Jonathan looked guilty and he reached out for me. “Anna” he said softly. I shook my head and teleported out of the living room. I ended up at a clearing where Jonathan took me yesterday. There was a small lake and a waterfall. I slipped off my shoes and put my feet in the water. I listened to the splashing of the waterfall, until Jonathan so rudely interrupted my moment of peace.
“Baby” he cooed. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do it, Anna. Please come back. I’m so so sorry”
He sounded so sad, so broken. It hurt me to know that he was hurting, but then I remembered why I’m even mad at him. He used his fucking Alpha voice. I’m his mate, I’m the Luna, I’m the fucking Queen of the Werewolves; and he used the Alpha voice on me.
“Just leave, Jonathan. You can’t keep pushing the times” I stated before putting my wall up. I sighed and looked up at the cloud-filled sky with one thought floating around my mind.
Why couldn’t my life just be simple?