Page 27 of Unbelievable Faith
Chapter 13
Michael lay on his side,watching the way the light played off of Luna’s luminous skin in the morning light. He didn’t know how long he’d been awake. A while, if he was guessing, but he hadn’t forced himself to get up the way he normally wouldhave.
He hadn’t gone to work out. He hadn’t gone to check in with his Enforcers and see what business needed to be handled today. He hadn’t even checked his phone formessages.
He’d simply stayed beside his beautiful mate, watching her sleep, and silently thanking the fates for giving her tohim.
He felt… happy. Happier than he could ever remember being. It was a strange feeling for him because he’d always thought that hewashappy.
He had a good life. He was a good leader. He’d made the best of a bad situation when he stepped into the role of Alpha and most of the time he enjoyed his position within the pack. He enjoyed his life. He had friends. He had money in the bank and a roof over his head. He had the respect of his people. He’d even gotten his brother back just last week. He’d thought he was happy, until he woke up beside Luna this morning and realized he’d had no idea what happiness trulywas.
This. This feeling in his chest of warmth and hope. This was truehappiness.
He wanted to reach out and touch her to make sure she was real. She was really here. She was with him. And God, she was so beautiful it made his heartache.
She’d finished healing overnight. Her cracked lips were full and lush now, rosy and just begging for his kiss. The cut on her forehead was gone, healed completely with no sign it had ever been there. He’d checked and the same was true of the cuts on her hands and her nails. The only visible reminder she would carry on her body of what that bastard had done to her was the gash on herbicep.
It had healed but it had left a scar and he hated that for her. He didn’t want her to carry anything into her future with him from that dark time in her recent past. He thought that maybe, if she wanted him too, he’d mark her over it. He liked the idea of marking her in a place that would be so visible and he loved the idea of covering up that bad memory with a betterone.
He reached out and traced it before he could stop himself and when Luna grumbled and twitched in her sleep he winced. Her dark lashes fluttered and he knew he should feel bad about waking her. But then those dark eyes of hers opened and focused on him, a smile tipped up that full, lush, rosy mouth, and his heart tripped overitself.
“Morning,beautiful.”
“Mmmm….” Luna stretched and rubbed her face against the pillow, “Morning,mate.”
Michael chuckled, “I really, really like thatendearment.”
“Do you? I didn’t notice at all last night.” She smirked and the glint in her eye made him grin right back ather.
“God, I love that mouth of yours.” He rolled towards her, pinning her to the bed and kissing her softly, “So sassy, I swear I can tasteit.”
Luna moaned and kissed him back. She wrapped her arms around his neck and his cock hardened just that fast and easily. He wanted her again. He thought he might always want her this way. Wondered if she would be opposed to simply spending the next few years naked in their bed so he could have her anytime he wanted. She licked at his lips and he opened for her, was just moving the sheets out of the way so he could really feel her, when a knock came at thedoor.
She collapsed back to the bed with a pout, “Noooo.”
Michael chuckled and kissed the end of her cute little nose, “Dutycalls.”
“You’re really going to answerit?”
He wanted to give her the answer she wanted. He wanted to ignore it and spend the entire day in bed with her, making love to her, feasting on her. But when the knock came again, harder this time, he knew that he couldn’t ignoreit.
He was Pack Alpha. It was his job to take care of things. He’d never gotten a single day all to himself, not since he took over, but they’d given him last night. They’d given him an entire night alone with Luna, to bond and mate, and he couldn’t ignore that gift by ignoring themnow.
Whoever was on the other side of the door, they must have a good reason forit.
“I have to. It could be important. “ He began to untangle himself from the sheets and called out louder, for the intruder to hear, “Out intwo.”
Luna sat up on her elbows and watched him as he dragged on his clothes. He could feel her gaze eating him up and he grinned as her. She bit her lip and smirked right back, slowly lowering the sheet to below herbreasts.
“My mate the tease.” Michael groaned, “I have to go. I’m sorry. Maddox is dead but there are still people out there that might want to hurt you. I can’t rest while that’s the case and you don’t want me to. You want me to make sure our family is safe,right?”
“Yes.” Luna pouted as she pulled the sheet back up over her breasts, “You’reright.”
“I know. You’ll learn. I’m alwaysright.”
She rolled her eyes and he chuckled. He pulled a t-shirt over his head to go with his jeans and then stuffed his feet into his boots. He moved back to the bed as soon as he was done and kissed her softly, lingering over the taste of her lips, wanting to imprint it onto his own so that he would taste her no matter how long business took him away from hertoday.
He pulled back after a long moment, “Stay here and rest today,okay?”
