Diana's POV

I picked at the food in front of me with my fork. Xavier stopped chewing, putting his fork and knife down.

"Diana, you need to eat."

I put my fork down, making a clicking sound and rested my chin on my hand. Xavier stood from his chair, scratching the wood and grabbed the plates in front of us.

Xavier put them in the sink, making his way back to me. He cleared his throat and clapped his hands loudly.

"We should do something! What do you want to do?"

I shrugged my shoulders, playing with the hems of the tablecloth.

"Why don't we take a walk? I know a pretty good place to relax."

I stood up from my chair as Xavier grasped my hand, pulling me out of the kitchen. I jogged a tiny bit so I could catch up to him, it didn't help too much.

"Slow down Xavier," I said between my heavy breathing.

I crashed into his back as he came to a complete stop, I groaned from the painful impact.

"Not what I meant."

I rubbed my forehead, making a pouting face. He chuckled and pulled me into a side hug. What the heck? I tried to pull away from him, but that only made him pull me more into his side.

We continued to walk in very awkward silence until we made it to a very beautiful place in the middle of the forest.

It was very green, the smell of wet trees took over my senses.

There was a small pond to our right, with birds taking baths. I squealed excitedly and ran to the birds. I LOVED birds.

"Diana, hold on! Wait for me!" Xavier yelled behind me.

Ignoring him I knelt down on the damp wood chips, gushing at the birds. They were finches. I folded my hands together and started whistling a tune hoping they would respond.

Xavier bent down and sat next to me, resting his arms on his knees.

"You need to wait for me. I can't have anything happen to you."

"Sorry."

He shook his head before asking me,

"You like birds?"

I only nodded my head before giving him a smile.

"I love them."

He gave me a smile back before giving his attention to the birds, as did I.

"I have two birds of my own. They are, well were my everything."

He licked his lips, scooting closer to me. I continued to whistle and heard the finches sing back making me laugh happily. I clapped my hands letting out another cheerful giggle. I put my finger out slowly, wanting to hold one.

"That's really cute," Xavier said under his breath.

I saw his eyes turn dark and cloud over with lust. I stuttered, grinding my teeth.

"W-what?"

He closed his eyes quickly, covering his face with his veiny hands.

Once he opened his eyes, they were back to normal, the icy blue color that I could stare into all day.

A rustling in the woods interrupted our time together, making me slightly annoyed. Xavier's head jolted up as he moved closer to me.

The rustling continued and out came Matt, breathless. He put his hands on his knees, trying to get in as much air as possible.

He raised a finger up, trying to tell us to give him a minute.

"Matt, what the hell are you doing here?" Xavier asked, the irritation clear in his voice.

"A-alpha..." He took in deeper breaths.

Xavier began to get impatient, tapping his fingers and shaking his foot.

"Matt spit it out."

"Alpha Luca is here."

A silence broke out, the only sound of the finches chirping filled the air. I stood up in a flash, running back to the Packhouse.

"DIANA!!" Xavier roared, making me run faster.

He was here, he actually came for me. I couldn't stop, I just ran and ran wanting to be in his arms. I was swept off of my feet, making me gasp loudly.

"Xavier put me down!"

My fists met his back as I tried to get out of his arms. He ran to the Packhouse with me on his shoulder.

When we made it back, I was put down in his bedroom coming in contact with his forehead against mine.

"Diana, you need to stay here. It's going to get really dangerous, and it will not be safe here."

I shook my head, my eyes tearing up.

"No, you are not leaving me here! I'm going to go down there and be with my Luca."

He let go of me, making his way to the door.

"I'm sorry."

The door slammed shut and a lock was clicked. I ran the door banging my fists onto it hard, creating bruises and causing blood to appear.

"NO, LET ME OUT! LET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE YOU BASTARD!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

My fists hurt badly making me stop banging on the door. I saw the room spin as I started to get very lightheaded.

My vision started to blur while I tried to find a way out of here. I saw a small window in the bathroom. SCORE!

I climbed on top of the toilet trying to open it. it was locked. I looked around trying to find something to break it with.

There was a lamp on the side of the bed and I immediately sprinted to it. I ripped it off of the cord making my way back to the window. Crap, I feel so bad for doing this.

I yelped as the glass shattered in front of me. I stuck my head out and saw the drop, making me gulp. That's far. I grabbed the bedsheets off of his bed, tying them together and tying it to the door handle. Hopefully, this works.

I jumped out of the window, screaming the whole way down. Halfway down, the sheets begin to rip and my back hitting the hard floor, sucking the life out of me.

More tears left my red eyes, fluids leaving my nose.

I wiped it all off with the back of my hand, getting up and running to Luca. I ran towards the way Xavier and I came from the first time we met.

Once I made it there, I saw Xavier's back and Luca trying very hard not to shift.

"LUCA!"

I ran towards him but was stopped by a wolf, causing me to cower in fear. Luca let out a roar that could break the trees around us. I began sobbing loudly, moving backward until my back hit a tree trunk.

"Xavier let her go."

"Over my dead body." They moved closer to each other ready to rip their heads off.

"My pleasure."

Xavier clawed at Luca's face, leaving a gash on his cheek. I screamed and covered my mouth.

"Luca! No, no please stop this!"

Luca closed his eyes before opening them and having them the darkest I have ever seen them. That wasn't my Luca, that was Jay. He whistled and hundreds of wolves came out of the forest, surrounding the whole area.

"Attack."

It was the last thing I heard before the sounds of snarls and howls took over. Blood was watering the dirt and trees, wolves dying right in front of me. The wolf who was blocking me left, leaving me all alone.

A sharp pain was felt in my stomach, I fell to the ground screaming in agony. I felt something trickling down my leg only to see blood coming down my legs.

My whole body began to burn, sweat covering every inch of my being. I tried to find Luca but was only able to see wolves everywhere.

"L-Luca!" I yelled hoping he would hear me.

I saw a black wolf run to me, standing in front of me for protection. I soon realized it was Jay. He turned his furry body around and licked my tears.

Jay bit into the shirt I was wearing and pulled me onto his back, he nudged his head, letting me know to grip onto his fur as tight as possible.

He started running and looked up at the sky. I looked up also to see a full moon starting to shine in the light blue sky. I buried my head in Jay's fur, screaming once more.

"Please make it stop! Luca!"

I sobbed and the pain became worse, it felt as if I was burning inside out. What is happening to me?

*****

We finally made it back to the Packhouse, many weird stares were thrown our way. Jay laid me down onto the ground before shifting back into Luca. I watched him shift with my blurry vision.

He was nude but at this point, I could care less. I was in too much pain. He picked me up bridal style, running up to our room. Luca took off the shirt I was wearing and put me into the bathtub turning on ice-cold water.

"L-Luca help! This is the worst period cramp EVER!" I said, choking on a couple of words.

"Shhh, I know darling, it'll be over soon."

He climbed into the bath with me, bringing me onto his lap and holding me tightly. I started to feel a little better with his touch.

Luca whispered soothingly in my ears, massaging my neck and giving me small kisses here and there.

"Why is it more painful than usual?" I whispered.

He sighed, rubbing up and down my thigh.

"You are going into heat."

I gave him a confused look, hissing in pain from moving.

"What in the freak is heat?" I asked.

"It happens every full moon and lasts for 3 days. They will be the most painful 3 days of your life. It continues happening until we....well...er you know....mate."

My eyes widened and I jolted up out of his arms. The sharp pain came back, making me fall back into his chest. I moaned and teared up again.

"Don't worry, we will wait as long as you need it. But I just hate to see you in so much pain, Diana."

I had a hard time getting air in my lungs, he seemed to take notice.

"I can do something that will ease the pain a tiny bit." He said hesitantly.

"What, what is it? Anything will work!" I replied quickly, wanting this the end.

He licked his dry lips, getting an awkward look on his face. I watched him pleadingly and saw a large gash on his cheek.

I bit my tongue trying to stop myself from crying even more. My hands grazed his cheek, watching him squeeze his eyes shut.

"I'm so sorry this happened to you," I said wearily. He shook his head, pecking my lips quickly.

"It's not your fault Diana. Anyways, I would need to uh, um m-mark you." He muttered the last part.

I moved my ear closer to his mouth.

"What?" I groaned.

He began putting his lips on the crook of my neck.

"I need to mark you."

I stared at him, not blinking once.

"Reminder Luca, I'm human. Please be more specific..."

"When your mate marks you, it allows other werewolves to know that you are mine and only mine. It's the beginning of the mating process. I will claim you completely-"

A stab was in my stomach making me tighten my grip on my stomach. I nodded my head for him to continue.

"I will claim you completely and a bond will be created between us. This bond is what makes us close and if anything bad happens to you, like the whole situation that went on, I hope to God it doesn't happen again, I will be able to find you without any problem."

This was a lot to take in. I wrapped my arms around his neck, resting my head on his chest.

"Let's go to bed." I whimpered.

He carried me to the bed, laying me down on my back. Luca started to walk back to the bathroom to drain it and I realized he was naked. My hand covered my eyes faster than I have ever done in my life. His footsteps were heard as he started walking back to me.

"Diana, what's wrong? Is your head hurting?"

I shook my head, stuttering my next words.

"Y-y-you're n-naked." My voice is low.

I heard him let out a little chuckle giving me a stupid remark.

"You were gonna see me like this anyway babe, might as well get used to it now."

I shook my head again.

"Go put some clothes on!" I screeched.

He laughed and began walking to the closet. I peeked through my fingers to see him wearing briefs.

A burning sensation took over my body again, making me scrunch up in a ball. I felt a warm liquid trickling down my legs, I looked down to see blood.

SHOOT.