What in the hell is Darien doing here? Why is he still alive? Why did Caleb lie to me about killing him? Why does he keep him tied up in here?

"Caleb get the fuck in here now!" I yell through mindlink. I hope it reached him and no-one else this time. I really need him to explain the situation, like now!

"Cupcake, is everything okay?" he asks sounding concerned.

"I found Darien. Come explain now before I let Cia take control"

He doesn't reply but a few minutes later I hear him run down the stares.

Darien reacts to the sound of the creeking stairs and tries to move further back from the door. What is he so terrified at?

When Caleb enters the room he grabs my hands and pulls me away from the man that ruined me. But that same man, the one with the twisted look in his eyes and the perverted mind is nowhere to be found. The Darien that's tied to a chair less than 3 feet away from me is scared to death, terrified and trembling just by looking at... Caleb ? He is terrified of Caleb.

"What is happening? You said you killed him. You said he was dead!" I yell and Caleb steps away from me, taken aback by the sudden rise of my voice.

"Let's get somewhere else to talk. I will explain everything" he says with low, cautious voice.

I take one last look at Darien before I storm out of the room. I climb the stairs and start walking deeper in the woods.

I feel angry. I feel betrayed. My own mate hid my abuser and the murderer of my family. He lied to me. Caleb lied. My skin starts to burn from the heat and my fur comes up. I shift, not caring about ruining my clothes, and start running deeper into the forest. Jumping over logs and tree roots, I only faintly hear Caleb talking to me through mindlink, begging me to stop running. He's following me. I can hear him running behind me, and I know that if he wants he can catch up with me and outrun me but he's giving me some space.

He begs for me to stop running and listen to him, and the more I hear his voice the angrier I get.

"Shut up!" I yell.

"Babygirl, please stop and listen to me. I can explain" he says once more and I can hear he's a few feet behind me.

Before I can fathom what's happening, I turn and attack him. I bite his neck and he falls down whining in pain.

I take a step back. I hurt him. I bit Caleb!

What the fuck? He's your mate!

I shift and run to his side. He shifts too and my eyes tear up when I see the damage I've done. His neck has a huge bite mark and there's blood  everywhere.

"Oh my god Caleb! I'm so sorry!" I cry. I pull him on my lap and try to mindlink anyone from the pack to come help.

His eyes are slowly closing and his breathing is weak. It's painful. I can feel he's in pain. And I'm the reason. Again! I hurt him. Again...

"Faye is coming, please don't die on me, please baby, I'm so sorry" I cry and he squeezes my hand.

"It's okay" he whispers before closing his eyes.

I sit there crying and yelling for someone to help. No! I can't let him die. I can't bear the thought of killing my mate! He's the best thing that ever happened to me. And I destroyed him. I hurt him. I killed him.

No!

I stand up and grab his body. He's too heavy to carry but I can at least drag him towards the pack.

Faye is on her way. Kyle is too. They're coming to help. All I need to do is drag him closer to the pack. The closer we are the quicker they'll find us.

"Emma!" Faye yells running towards us and I see Kyle and some pack warriors behind her. I fall down with Caleb in my arms.

"What happened?" she screams and covers us with a white sheet which quickly turns red by Caleb's blood.

"He needs help right now!" I yell, using my Luna voice without realizing. She cowers away and the warriors carry Caleb to the pack doctor. I shift and run behind them.

When we reach the pack I shift again and Faye gives me a bra and some jeans, before I storm into the doctor's office.

"Luna, I need you to stay outside so I can save your mate. Please" the doctor says and I take a step back. I fight the urge to run to my mate.

The doctor will help him.

Tears blur my vision, my heart is going crazy and my senses are blocked. I can't do anything. I killed my mate.

I killed my mate.

After some time pacing back and forth outside the doctor's office, the door opens and the pack doctor comes out looking troubled.

"Is he okay?"

"He is stable and not in danger. But he's in a coma. He needs to rest so his wolf is forcing both of them to sleep until he heals. He is going to wake up but no-one knows when. It's completely up to him"

My mate is in a coma because of me.

Tears are filling my eyes and it gets even harder to keep them at bay. This is too much to handle.

I'm taking over!

For the rest of the day Cia has control of my body. She acts like the strong Luna the pack needs right now that their Alpha is hurt. But I know she's in pain too.

I am too afraid to face the pack and tell them what happened exactly. Who hurt their Alpha. But I know that sooner or later they will demand the truth. Especially Faye. It's her brother we're talking about.

Cia is avoiding any unnecessary contact with any pack member and only barks orders to them with our Luna voice. If they're afraid they won't question us. And they understand our anger and anxiety. Our mate is hurt. We need our space. If only they knew...

Emma you have to take over. They know I'm in control and they will think you're weak if they don't see you and not your wolf being a Luna.

I know.

I take over and I'm immediately overwhelmed by guilt. I feel guilty for what I did to Caleb. I feel guilty for not telling Faye and the pack what I did. I feel guilty for putting the pressure on Cia and not facing the consequences of my actions by myself.

I let the tears run uncontrollably. If I have to be a strong Luna I need to get this out of my system. I'll cry my eyes out now but after that, I'm not gonna shed another tear. Not until Caleb wakes up. Not until everything is okay and under control.

"Faye I need to talk to you" I say trough mindlink when my eyes stop looking puffy from crying.

Minutes later Faye knocks on my door and enters the room carefully. Everyone knows that I have been easily irritated lately and the last thing they want is their Luna angry at them. So she steps into the room warily, careful not to disturb or anger me in any way.

"Yes Luna?"

"It's me, Emma. You can relax. Cia is taking a break from barking orders" I say sadly and she runs to me and hugs me.

"I thought we lost you too" she crys and my heart falls.

"Faye I'm the reason he's hurt" I blurt out and she looks at me confused.

"What do you mean?"

"I bit him. I found Darien and I was so angry at him for lying to me for such a thing. I was running away from him and he was catching up and the next thing I know he was at the ground bleeding. I hurt him"

"If you expect me to say that it's not your fault, then you'll be waiting for a long time. Because it is! No matter what he does! You never turn on your mate! I'm surprised you could even do it! You should be dying in guilt after that!" she yells at me angrily.

Cia growls at her tone but I don't let her show it. Faye is right.

"I know. I am. But either way I can't let the pack without someone to care for them. You can be as mad at me as you want, I deserve it. But I need your help with the pack" I say and after thinking about it, she nods in agreement.

"I'll tell Kyle, because he's the Beta and we need his help. But no-one else must know what you did. Not until Caleb wakes up. If they turn against you, the pack is done for" she says and I nod.

I have to do this, for Caleb.