"I hate you!"
"I want you gone!"
"I want you to die!"
"You mean absolutely nothing to me!"
"I would never want a mate like you!"

Flashes of Emmet screaming at me telling me how much he despises me were floating around my conscious. It was like I was watching a movie. A tragedy in which I died from the hands of my mate. I could see myself trying not to show how much it hurts but with no luck. My tears didn't stop him from continuing. My heart was breaking with every single bad word he said about me and I couldn't take it anymore. It was like a huge ball of hatred and pain was stuck in my chest and it was hurting me like someone was stabbing me with knives a thousand times. It wasn't just someone it was Emmet. I wanted to scream and scream and I did just that.

It was like an explosion. When I screamed everything around me blew up in fire. Now everywhere I looked there was only fire. It wasn't burning my skin but it was burning my insides and I couldn't do anything about it. I was burning from inside.

It was like I was in hell... until I wasn't.

"Wake up, please! Baby please please wake up!" I heard the sobbing voice of my mate and I felt I was in his arms on the floor in the cell I locked Emmet in. I felt wet drops on my face and realized they were his tears.

He was crying but why. I remembered what happened the last few days and realized that maybe he was back. My Emmet was back. I was so happy but he was crying. I couldn't understand why.

"Katerina please you have to wake up! You can't be dead! Wake up, please!" he was begging for me to wake up. I could feel his forehead on mine.

He thought I was dead. I thought I was dead too. But I wasn't. I finally opened my eyes and moved my head and hands.

"Emmet?" I asked and immediately felt his hands move from my shoulders to my face. His whole face lit up.

"Katerina? Oh my God, you're alive! You're alive!" he lift me up and pulled me in for a hug. He squeezed me so hard that I could become a part of him. I still had a hard time realizing what exactly happened.

The last thing I remembered was Emmet choking me and then the agonizing pain and the fire.

Was I dead? Was I in hell? Maybe for a little but it felt like it could have been hell.

"Oh God Katerina I'm so sorry! I'm sorry for everything. You were right I regret every word I said about you. I'm so sorry it hurts. You are the most wonderful person in my world baby. I love you so much please forgive me." he pleaded still holding me tight afraid that it might be the last time he hugs me. I knew what he was feeling right now and it was an enormous amount of regret, pain, and fear. Regret for what he did. Pain for almost losing me and fear of me leaving him again.

It was really him. He was back and he loved me. When I heard him say those words I let a big sigh of relief. The torture was over. I hugged him back returning the strength of his hug showing him how much I love him.

"It's fine Emmet I knew you didn't mean anything you said you were under the influence of the hypnosis that b*tch put you." I pulled back to look at his gorgeous face. His eyes were red and the wet paths from his eyes down to his cheeks showed that he really cried.

I stroked his cheek with my thumb. And then I remembered that he was chained with silver. I quickly tried to get up but once I did I almost fell down. Emmet held me from falling pulling him close to him.

"The chains. I have to remove them." I tried to reach for one of his hands to break the chain but he didn't let me.

"No! Let them. I deserve to be in pain for what I did to you. I deserve to suffer." once I breathed fully filling my lungs with oxygen and recovering from the light head I looked at him.

"Let me decide if you deserve to be in pain or not. Now give me your hands." I instructed him using my alpha tone now.

He listened to me and gave me his hands.

"You will burn yourself!" he protested but I had already grabbed them and tried to break them. It took all of my power just to break it. Normally I wouldn't have any problem with breaking silver chains with my bare hands. I guess dying drained me fully. I finally broke the chains and tossed them aside. Emmet took my hands and gently kissed the place where the silver burned my skin.

"You have no idea how sorry I am for what I put you through." I smiled at him.

"You should! You let her kiss you." I joked.

"Come on let's get out of here it smells awful." I hugged him and led him to the entrance.

"I told you, you should leave me here to rot for a good century," he spoke feeling guilty.

"I will if you keep talking like that!"

I thought it was best to tell Peter that it was all goon now.

"Peter?" I first checked if he was awake or busy. He responded immediately.

"Is everything okay?" he asked concern.

"More than okay. Emmet's back he's out of the hypnosis. We are just going home."

"Do you need anything? Help?"

"No, it's all good. We will catch up a little and then we'll wake up the sleeping beauty. Don't worry about us."

Emmet realized I was taliking with Peter and didn't say anything. He kneeled and grabbed my legs lifting me up in his embrace and continued to walk towards the house. I smiled at him lovingly.

"Will you forgive me?" his brows drew together not understanding why would I ask for forgiveness.

"I'm pretty sure there's nothing to forgive you for." he simply said.

"Will you forgive me for the scene I made in the club. I found that jealousy brings your real you and reacts like you would react knowing I'm your mate. This wasn't exactly what I planned but it's what happened." he listened to my explanation carefully. "But you should know that I didn't enjoy a single second on the dance floor. The whole time I was imagining you dancing with me naked." I smirked at him for the last part."So will you forgive me?"

I could see in his eyes how he was replaying the memories from the club.

"As much as I wish to delete the memory of you and that moron around you and you wearing that dress and not wearing any underwear, I can't. Tell me what was the deal with the underwear?" I laughed at him and how he still hasn't figured it out.

"I was hoping you'd do something and see that I had went commando and to make you jealous by realizing that someone might see or something like that. I really had no plan" I confessed to him.

"Oh my God tell me that no one saw!" he looked scared and angry at the same time. Not angry at me but at those who have seen me. Maybe mad at me a little.

"No of course not" I laughed at him. "What would have you done if the answer was yes," I asked curious about his answer. He tried to compose himself.

"Don't make me think about stuff like that. It'll drive me crazy. To think that someone has seen what's to be seen by only me and what is mine makes me go nuts. I would rather just think of all the stuff I would like to do to you." this conversation was headed in a very interesting direction and I've been wanting that for some time now.

"Care to tell me what?" I asked and made him drop my legs on the ground. I stood in front of him.

He smirked at me thinking exactly like me.

"Well, I could just show you,"  he said and pulled me closer to him.

"I would love that but you know what?" I asked and he looked curious.

"You have to catch me first," I said and ran as fast as possible towards the house. I surprised him with that and that was why I still had some chance to beat him to the house.

I ran giving my wolf some ideas of what would happen if we succeed at getting in the house first and she liked it very much helping me run faster and keep the distance between Emmet and I as big as possible.

I was enjoying the race and the feeling of running even though I was really tired already. I sighed in relief after I saw the house getting closer. Emmet was getting closer too.

I opened the door and kept running toward the bathroom in the bedroom. I threw my shoes at the doorstep leaving traces of where I was. When I heard Emmet entering I was halfway upstairs.

"I won!" I screamed happily.

"Not yet!" Emmet was fast to argue. I was tired and the stairs were really hard for me and when I was upstairs he was catching me up fast. For a second there I thought he will catch me but I ran into the bedroom and then the bathroom and just as I closed the door he tried to open it but I managed to lock it on time.

"Yes! I did! I beat you. Now you lose and I win a bath." I tried to play with him and see when he will crack.

"Katerina!" he warned me using his voice showing me that he wanted to be on the other side of the door. I stripped from my clothes put on a towel around my body and turned the water on and waited for it to fill up the bath.

"Mmm hot water. So good, naked in the bath all alone." I heard him growl in irritation.

"Katerina open the door!" I laughed at how easy it was. I went to open the door but when I exited the bath and my legs touched the floor I slipped and fell on my butt making an embarrassing sound.

"Katerina, what happened?" he sounded worried. I couldn't hold my laughter and when I started laughing I couldn't stop it. Still laughing my ass off I went and unlocked the door. Emmet went in immediately and even though I was laughing he was worried for me.

"What happened? Did you fell?" he demanded to know.

"Yeah, I slipped and fell on my butt." I admitted still laughing. When he imagined it he laughed at me too but he made me turn around so he can see my butt. He kissed both of my cheeks.

"Come on let's get in the tub." I said a quickly went back in just in time when the water has filled the bath just enough. I relaxed my body in the warm water and closed my eyes.

I felt Emmet undress and join me in the water after watching me for a few seconds.

"Come here." I opened my eyes to see his gorgeous self waiting for me to go snuggle with him. I did it with no hesitation. Getting in his hands was like laying on the most comfortable bed ever.

He placed me comfortably on his chest then I leaned my head back on his shoulder and relaxed again.

"Katerina?" he asked softly breaking the comfortable silence.

"Yes."

"Last night when I caught you naked. Where did you go after that?" he asked uneasily.

"I met with your sister to inform her what happened because she didn't know." He exhaled in relief.

"I thought you were going to some other man," he explained.

"Yeah, sure it hasn't been that long since the last time we did it so I wasn't that desperate." I laughed and joked about his crazy idea.

"Oh, so if it passes some time you'd do it?" he asked continuing to play at my game.

"Absolutely, a woman has needs, and if you're not giving me what I want I might as well find someone who will." he hugged me tighter as if someone might take me away or I could run away.

"You're going to be the death of me!" he whispered in my ear and then kissed my mark.

"Just imagine someone caressing me here," I said and moved his hand around my belly.

"And here" I moved his hand towards my boobs. He growled in irritation from imagining someone else other than him touching my body the way only he can. I like how I made him feel and how jealous he gets over the smallest thing.

"And here" now his hand was on my inner thigh caressing me towards my very sensitive part.

"And here." I was whispering now and his hand was exactly where I wanted attention the most. His chest vibrated from the growl he made. He grabbed my p*#sy gently and hugged me tight with his other arm. His left hand was on my right breast enjoying the size of it.

"No one can touch you anywhere. You hear me? No one! You're mine and only mine!" he claimed after that he gently bite my mark making me tremble from the pleasure. I moaned instinctively. I could feel his big guy bugging me on my back. He was very much aroused by our little game and I wasn't far from it too. I was soaking wet and I'm sure he could tell it even though we're in the bathtub.

"Of course I'm all yours baby." I turned my head to kiss him and he gladly returned the favor by deepening the kiss. His right hand started caressing my body while his left hand was still holding my breasts.

Even though I was tired as hell I couldn't resist my hot mate. I had to have him now after everything I did to bring him back I couldn't wait anymore. I turned my body around without breaking the kiss. I laid on top of him and now his arousal was bugging me on my stomach. I grabbed his gorgeous face with one hand and the other one was caressing his chest.

"Oh, I've missed you so much!" I said through the kiss. I really did miss him and now I can't get enough of him. I put all my need for him in the kiss and after a little, we were out of breath so we broke the kiss to catch our breaths. I didn't waste any time and leaned down to practically devour his neck and most importantly his mark. My mark on him. I sucked on it, I licked it, I kissed it, I did everything I wanted, and the sound of Emmet groaning in satisfaction was my reward. His hand stroked my back and grasped my butt cheeks.

"You know I can't get the picture of you and that guy out of my mind touching you so much. I should touch you everywhere he did to erase him from you." I giggled at his jealousy.

"Okay then." I got up on my knees in front of him. I grabbed his hands and put them on my body just below my breasts. "We should start from here," I said and moved his big hands down to my waist then my belly. "Then here." we were on my thighs now. I let go of his hands then turned around so that he was behind me. I took his hands again and did the same path as before from my shoulders down to my waist and finally my butt.

I left his hands on my butt cheeks but he didn't remove them so I decided to play with him again.

"Oh and one slap on my butt." He didn't like that the guy did that and showed it with a growl then he slapped my right butt cheek.

"No the other one." I giggled after he slapped me again. He was so jealous I could feel it through the bond. He wanted to claim me in every possible way. So it didn't surprise me when he stood up behind me getting close to me. He began to kiss my shoulders then he took my hand and put it on his d*ck showing me how big he was.

"Look what you're doing to me!" he whispered while kissing me and playing with my breasts again.

"I'm not sorry even the slightest," I said while stroking him and making him groan in pleasure. I loved to hear him make that kind of sound. He pushed me down so I could hold on to the bathtub, exposing my private area. He played with my entrance a little bit preparing me for him. I wanted him so much I was going crazy while he was still playing with his fingers.

"Emmet quit playing with me?" I screamed or more like moaned a little too loud for my liking.

"Why Katerina?" he asked with his hot passionate voice.

"Because I can't wait any longer! I want you!" I moaned because he pushed three fingers inside me and it was amazing.

"Is that so?!" he asked and removed his fingers. Just then I felt him playing on my entrance with his d*ck. He stroked me with his head making me beg for it.

"Emmet!" I moaned his name and that's when he pushed himself inside me to the end.

"Oh, God!" I screamed from the feeling of him stretching me to the fullest. It was crazy how good it felt. It was the best feeling ever having him inside me.

He pushed so hard and so fast inside me that there was water flying everywhere around us. By the time we were finished most of the water from the bathtub was on the floor.

Having the build-up pressure finally released was amazing. He lifted me crossing my legs around his waist and got us under the shower for a quick clean-up because we were in the water that was filled with our orgasms.

After the shower, we put on our towels and went into the bedroom.

"I'm so tired!" I explained while I threw myself on the bed. He smiled at me and said.

"Go to sleep I'll go take care of that bitch."

"Oh no no! I don't want you anywhere near that scum without me." he was about to protest but I stopped him.

"Come on Emmet come to bed and let me enjoy you. It's the middle of the night. Let's have some sleep and in the morning we'll pay her a visit." I pleaded dragging him on the bed. I could see on his face that he wanted to avenge for what happened as soon as possible.

"Were you going to leave your hot mate to sleep alone and naked just like that?" I had to persuade him somehow so I threw my towel on the floor while I was hidden from his lurking eyes, under the blanket. His black eyes showed me that I won.

He removed his towel and jumped on the bed next to me. He pulled me towards his also naked body and I rested my head on his glorious chest.

"Go on. Go to sleep I'll be here," he said and kissed my hair for good night.

He kept his promise and in the morning when I woke we were in the same position we fall asleep in. Plus I could smell only me on him.

I quietly got up and went into the bathroom. I did my job and brushed my teeth. Without putting on any clothes I slipped back under the warm blankets and positioned myself on top of Emmet. I leaned down and lightly kissed his lips. I knew he was awake when he returned the kiss and embraced me pushing me closer to his naked body.

"Good morning handsome. It's time for your morning workout that includes hot sex with your mate." I joked and he laughed.

"I like this type of waking up so much more than the one from yesterday,"  he said as I was kissing his chest.

"Mhm just don't get used to it."

After enjoying each other's bodies for a while we dressed up and went to move Delilah to the dungeon where we would wake her up. I didn't want to call Peter and Nat because I wanted to give them some time for each other so it will be me, Emmet and Alex.

When we got to the motel room Alex was sleeping on one of the chairs and he woke up when he felt us opening the door. He was surprised to see Emmet so instinctively stood up between us and the bed where Delilah was laying. He was afraid that Emmet will try to break her free.

"What is he doing here?"

"It's all good Alex. He broke free from the compulsion yesterday after the club. We're here to get her to the dungeon and to interrogate her." I explained to him and he believed me.

We took her to the worst cell possible and woke her up. Of course, we chained her with silver chains. I asked Emmet to give me a few minutes alone with her without telling her that he came back and he agreed. Alex wanted to keep an eye on me even though I didn't need the protection but still, he stayed with me.

"Wake up you slut!" I said and threw a bucket of cold water over her. She quickly realized where she was.

"What the hell?!"

"Oh was it too cold I'm sorry maybe I should have gone with hot water instead." she glared at me with so much hatred.

"How are you still in this pack? Where's Emmet?" she asked. I didn't like the way she said his name like he was hers.

"It is none of your business."

"Why is he blocking me? Why can't I reach Emmet? What did you do to him?" she screamed at me like he was really her mate. She really is crazy.

"Maybe he's blocking you because he doesn't want you. How about you tell me why did you do all of this and were you alone in it?" she looked at me a little closer and she saw my blue neck from all the choking and she smiled.

"What happened to your neck? Did Emmet do it? He probably hates you." she laughed hysterically like a crazy maniac. I was about to give her a piece of my mind but Emmet came in looking angry as hell.

"I believe Katerina asked you a question. Answer the question!" he looked at her surprised self. Her face was a mixture of surprise and confusion. Emmet stood next to me showing me his support.

"Emmet! You're here! Finally, come here please remove these stupid chains." she pleaded thinking she's still got any kind of influence over him. She pulled her chained arms in front of her waiting for Emmet to remove them.

Surprisingly, he stood in front of her, and for a second there I thought that he was still under influence of the compulsion and everything was just an act. Just when I thought that I was right and that he was going to free her he surprised her by pushing her on the wall and grabbing her for her neck.

"What are you doing Emmet? I'm your mate!" She refused to believe that he was free from her.

"I said answer the question!" he ordered screaming in her face using that alpha tone. She looked scared for her life.

"It was only me. There was no one else," she answered.

"It's okay Emmet leg her go. I got this." I spoke to Emmet through our link and after a few seconds, he let her go pushing her on the floor.

"It's not fair! Why does she gets to have everything and I don't? I am so much better than her!" I laughed at her then to prove to her how wrong she is I pulled my T-shirt up showing my stomach. I looked down and then at her.

"I don't think so," I said and smirked at her. I saw Emmet smiling proudly at me.

"So much better!" he spoke to me in my head making me smile.

"Bitch! You stole my mate!" she screamed at me angry. I didn't waste any time smacked her face hard she fell on the floor. I felt good after doing that.

"You've got the wrong man you whore! This one is taken if you haven't realized it yet." I said and then kicked her in the stomach. She cried in pain.

"You deserve to rot in a place like this for life!" I said.

"Come on let's go, we're finished here." I told them and they left with me. We locked her in there and headed to the house.

"You know you were supposed to introduce me to the pack," I remembered.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Wanna go now?" he smiled at me happy that I wanted to meet the pack members.

"Lead the way!"

I really wanted to meet them and to see what kind of people are they and what kind of a pack they are. I wanted to see what Emmet has done to this pack. After all, I was their new Luna.

We went to the packhouse which was huge. Emmet explained to me that the packhouse was used for gatherings and celebrations. There were seven bedrooms and when someone from the pack needed a place go stay they were welcomed to stay as long as needed. That was the place where my brother stayed at. We thought that it was for the best to keep my brother away from us through the nights.

Alex being the brother of the new Luna and staying at the packhouse he already met most of the pack but I hadn't had the chance to do so until now.

Emmet mind linked every single one of the pack telling them that their luna was at the packhouse and everyone that wanted to meet me was gladly welcomed to come and do so.

I was surprised to see so many people. There kids, elderly people, teenagers, couples and whole families. Everyone seemed very happy to see me and they welcomed me into the pack with open arms.

Emmet stood by me the whole time I was meeting new people and was creating small talks. His hand rarely left my back.

I was so happy that it turned out so good. I was worried that they won't like me at all and given the fact that I was running away from them and their alpha for almost a year. But it was nothing like how I imagined it to be. Everyone was so nice and friendly to me.

We stayed there the whole day. Meeting and talking with people. Some even offered that we stay for dinner and they cooked for us. We and around twenty other pack members including some kids sat at the massive kitchen table. The food was delicious and the people were simply amazing. There was laughter, there were jokes and funny and interesting stories.

We had so much fun and it felt like a big happy family and I was part of it. I was with my mate, I had my baby brother by my side and my best friend that found her mate in the face of Emmet's best friend and beta Peter. I don't remember the last time I felt this genuinely happy around people that I can call my family, my pack.

My happiness was darkened when I remember the danger we're still in. I thought of what me and Emmet went through because of that person and I think I slipped and my face showed the worry that was now clouding my joy. Emmet quickly noticed that I was thinking about something bad. He kept an eye on me the whole night and it was easy to feel your mate's uneasy.

"What's wrong baby?" he was quick to ask in my head. I looked at him and smiled.

"Nothing. I'm fine don't worry." I tried to assure him that it was just my mind playing some bad scenes making me remember my mate covered in blood and wounds. He of course didn't buy it.

"I can sense your emotions remember?! I can see something's got you worried so tell me. Is it someone from the table? Did someone say something?" I stopped him before he gets any more crazy ideas in his head.

"No Emmet it's nothing like that. Everyone is great I'm having a great time really." he still didn't believe it but decided to wait until we were alone to talk.

We continued with the dinner and after that, we stayed for a little more but when it got dark Emmet excused us saying that it was getting late and that I needed some sleep and we left for the house.

It was a quiet and peaceful spring night so we decided to take a walk to the house. We walked holding hands and not saying anything. I knew he wanted to ask me what was wrong and I just waited for him to decide when to ask.

"Are you going to tell me now? What's wrong?"

"I was just thinking about the future and the threat on us. I was just wondering what it would take for us to take him down and how many lives will we put in danger just because we can't be apart from each other." I opened up about my fear of losing someone I love and care about. He stopped to look at me.

"Why are feeling like we are guilty of what the insane old man put us through? And why do I feel like there's something more that you're not telling me?" I sighed. I felt like an open book. And I felt terrible for what I was about to say.

"You know tonight was amazing. I felt part of your family and I haven't felt this way in so long." he smiled at me and stroke my cheeks with his thumbs.

"That great then," he spoke happily. I put my hand on his.

"Yeah, but it made me realize how much I've got to lose now. I've got to be part of an amazing pack. I've got my baby brother and most importantly I got you. I've got so much to lose and I won't be able to forgive myself if anything bad happens to anyone because of me." fear and confusion were written on his face after realizing where I was getting at.

"No Katerina I won't-"

"I can't let anyone suffer for my mistakes and I've got a lot of them. As Luna of this pack, I have to protect them and I can't let them fight my wars while I hide and wait for them to do the job. I have to find that son of a b*#ch and kill him once and for all." I could see how the color of his face drained out and anger took place. He let go of my face and took a step back.

"No, you can't do this to me. You can't expect from me to let you go on a suicide mission all alone. Absolutely not." he was mad at me for saying that but there was no other choice.

"Emmet you have to understand. I have to do this I need to know that everyone is safe. I need to know he is dead." I tried to explain my reasons.

"What kind of a man would I be if I let my mate go alone and unprotected on one of the most dangerous places possible? No what kind of an alpha would I be if I let the Luna of my pack go fight all alone? No, you're not going anywhere without me do you understand me? Not when I just got you." he said and pulled me in to hug me kissing my hair.

"Get this sick idea out of your gorgeous head because it is not happening. Gosh don't make me lose you again just, please I can't live without you." he kept holding me very tight afraid that I might leave if he lets me go.

"Okay, Emmet I won't." I surrendered agreeing not to leave alone but it was a lie I was still adamant about doing this by myself. I just needed to know their location.

He kept me in his arm for a little more and then we continued the walk home.

When we got home I was first met with all the things I broke yesterday. There goes another thing for the to-do list.

Two weeks later just when we were about to go to bed we finally got some information about the old man's whereabouts. Some of his men were seen going towards an abandoned mansion, five towns from here. We were now certain that they were hiding there and we're getting ready for an attack.

We agreed to pack and leave in the morning to surprise them and attack them first.
So I got my plan. When Emmet goes to sleep I would leave ahead of them giving me enough time to sneak inside the building and try to neutralize as many people as possible.

When I felt that Emmet was already dreaming I got up grabbed my bag and clothes and excited the house as quietly as possible.

Just when I was about to transform into my wolf I felt sick. In a second I felt like crap and without any warning, I threw up. I felt terrible and wondered what would be the cause of that and then I realized how late I was.

Female werewolves have periods like humans do, it's just not that often as them. When a female is in her period she should not transform into her wolf so we have a normal period like humans do.

I was shocked at the thought of being pregnant right now. What was I going to do now? I sneaked on my sleeping mate leaving him to fight our enemy alone.

I couldn't do this now. I wasn't alone, I had my baby now and I had to think about it first. I would put my baby in great danger if I go alone.

I stayed there thinking about so many things that I felt a headache forming. I had to make sure I was right and I was indeed pregnant.

So I went to the only open pharmacy at this time and took three tests. One just wasn't enough. I went to the toilet and did my job. I took the tests and went in the car I took after I puked.

I waited five long minutes to see how much my life would change from now on. Millions of questions hoped up in my head making me go crazy.

How would Emmet react?
Will he be happy or angry?
What will we do now that we have a baby on the way?
How will we kill the old man?

And so many other questions without any answers. But the most important one was: was I pregnant?

My heart stopped when the three tests started showing the two lines indicating that I was indeed having a child.