I had forgotten the feeling of pure satisfaction and happiness, no actually I don't think I've ever felt this way. Being with Emmet was everything I could ever want and it was just incredible.

The following night we barely had any sleep. I could say the same for the next day. We did it twice in the shower, once in the kitchen, once on the couch, and a few more times on the bed. It was so good we couldn't get enough of each other.

Especially after I marked him too. Now our connection is way deeper than before. And so since we both marked each other we could now feel the other's emotions and we can mind link anytime anywhere, no matter the distance. We can even talk if we have silver injected in us. This is for life and there's no way you can ever remove it. Only mates can share those kinds of strength because the bond between them is inevitable, unbreakable, the strongest bond anyone can ever imagine.

When we woke up the next day, tired from all the sex and no sleep, someone knocked on the front door. Emmet was downstairs making coffee and I was fixing myself after the shower. Not trying to brag but we did have sex again, we just couldn't keep our hands to ourselves.

Emmet came into the room smiling at me.

"Are you ready? I want you to meet someone," he said hugging me.

"Yes, all done. Who is it? Is it your sister?" I asked getting excited to finally meet her.

"Yes. Her name is Sarah and she can't wait to meet you," he answered and grabbed my hand leading me downstairs. When I saw her, her smile grew so big like she just met her mate. 

"Hi! I'm so glad I finally got to meet you. I've heard so many things about you. None from my brother of course. He never shares anything." when I was close enough she gave me such a warming hug. She was such a sweet girl and not to mention how beautiful she was. She was just gorgeous.

"I know, right!? It's good to meet you too I'm Katerina but you can call Kate or whatever you like."

"Oh, you're gorgeous. Can I take you out for a coffee? I've seen enough of my brother I want to get to know you more." I laughed at her joke but I saw the concern in Emmet's eyes.

"We'll be fine I promise I'll take care of your sister," I assured him. "But I would have to make a quick call and we can leave," I said and went into Emmet's office. I dialed the number of the safe phone I gave Natalia and waited for her to pick it up.

"Hello?" I was so happy to hear her voice again. I missed her so much. She sounded unsure probably because she knows that it might not be me who's calling her.

"Natalia it's me. How are you? Where are you?" I heard her exhale with relief that it was me and I was still alive.

"Oh my God I'm so happy you finally called. I'm alright but I'm really looking forward to coming back is it safe now?"

"No, not entirely but you can come here at Emmet's pack where it's safe. Are you up to it?" I asked really hoping she says yes.

"Yeah ok then I'm on my way. Will you be able to pick me up from the airport?"

"Yes of course." we talked about the details of her coming back and then hang up the phone and went to find Sarah. She was waiting in the kitchen, with Emmet.

"Ok, I'm ready to go."

"Be careful." Emmett kissed my forehead and walked us to the door. We hopped in her big car and headed to wherever she's decided to take me.

"So, what can you tell me about you?" She asked nicely starting a conversation.

"Well, why don't you tell me how much you know?" I wanted to see what she knows of me and particularly my former job.

"Let's see. I know you're name is Katerina, I know your brother's alive, I know you used to kill people, and that you lived in New York," she said everything so calmly like there was not a part where I kill people.

"Okay, I want to make things clear. I did kill people only thing is that they were bad people. They would steal money or sell weapons to people who should never have such powerful weapons. There would be escaped prisoners or rapists, or murderers. People like that deserved to be killed. I personally like to think that I've saved more people than I've killed. That being said I want you to know that I'm not mad or a psychopath I will never lay a finger on you or anyone else. I would never intentionally hurt anyone but don't get me wrong anyone who harms in any way someone I love and care about would be sighing his death certificate. So please don't be afraid of me." I didn't want her to be afraid of me because of what I used to do for a living. I looked at her thinking I would see her scared but she was smiling at me.

"Oh God, you're the best Luna anyone could ever ask. I see it in you. You would die to protect your loved ones. I so don't want to be against you in a battle." I laughed a little at her response to my words.

"Okay, so I think it's time you tell me something about you," I said intrigued about the girl next to me.

"My name is Sarah Charleston from the Blood Moon pack. Daughter of the late Clare and Clayton Charleston. I am 19 years old. I graduated almost a year ago. Oh and I can sing." she confessed calmly while she was still driving.

"Oh, you shouldn't have said that now I would want you to sing to me all the time." we both laughed and stopped at the parking lot.

"Okay, we're here. Let's go." we left the car and went into the cafe. We found a good place to sit and then ordered what we chose.

For the next two hours, we got to know each other and we talked about everything we thought of. She shared a lot and I did too. We talked about school about boys about mates about my work about my life in New York about her life and the loss of her parents. It happened one year before the attack on my pack and she was just a baby while Emmet was only ten by then. She told me that Emmet took care of her the most. He's always been the caring and protective big brother to her and has always been there for her even though he was in pain because of the loss of their parents. A pain that is well known to me.

After we left the cafe we went straight home because we were still in danger and didn't want to risk it anymore. Not to mention that Emmet is so worried something might happen. We immediately noticed the two men he sent to keep an eye for danger.

When we got back home we found Emmet and Alex casually talking in the living room.

"Hi, Alex. This is Emmet's sister Sarah." I tend to introduce the two of them but Alex interrupted me.

"Oh, we met in the hospital the other day."

"Oh okay, then can I talk to you please?" I asked Alex and he agreed immediately but I managed to see the happy smile he made for a second. 

I headed outside and he followed. I wanted to talk to him in some relaxing place so I chose the place around the pool. I've always loved the water and being close to the pool calms me. We sat next to each other and stayed like this in peace for a few seconds.

"I know we haven't had any time to talk in private but if you still don't feel like giving me a chance to prove myself, please don't. I really want to show you how much you mean to me."  he started and caught me by surprise. That was so not what I wanted to talk to him about.

"What are you talking about? No of course not. I am never going to kick you out of my life, ever. Why did you think of that? You're my baby brother and you're alive. I would never be able to catch up on all the things I could have done to help you and all those years we've been apart. Don't think for a second that I don't want you or anything like that because you're stuck with me." I confessed to him how I felt and then hugged him. Thankfully he hugged me back with even more need of the love of a sibling.

"Good. Because I need you as girly as that sounds." we stayed hugged for a minute or so and then he looked me in the eyes.

"I really need to tell you something. It's big and I have to tell you." I prepared myself for the worst and let him talk.

"Shoot."

"I know why your enemy wants you and Emmet. There's a whole history before we were even born and it includes our parents and Emmet and Sarah's too. Apparently, our parents and Emmet's parent were kind of friends. It was the four of them and two others. His name was Dorison Wheeler and his mate Anna. Apparently, she died and Dorison went crazy. Started seeing things, making crazy stuff out. Blaming the two couples for her death. After some time he leaves his pack and becomes a rouge, he manages to make a pack and makes them attack our pack and this one wanting to avenge his dead mate. You know what happened after the attacks." I was shocked to finally understand why all of this is happening.  It was crazy how he tortures us like we had anything to do with Anna's death.

"You know the job you used to work at?" he asked and I started to panic a little. I didn't like where he was heading.

"No! Don't tell me it had something to do with that man!"

"I'm sorry but it has everything to do with him. He was behind it all. You and your "colleagues" were there to eliminate everyone he desired. And before you start freaking out no you didn't kill innocent people. He was an evil man and he wanted to be the only one making you guys kill every single one he finds that is evil too. They were all trash. When he found out you and Emmet were mates he got in his head that you were the reason why our parents killed Anna which is so not true. None of the two couples had anything to do with her death. But still, this is why he's doing what he's doing and he's not going to stop until he's dead." I tried to process everything. How I had become a pawn in his plan of killing bad people and how we all became victims of his psychotic mind.

We talked for a few more minutes then went straight to Emmet's office where he was doing something on his computer. We told him everything that Alex told me just now and he didn't take it well as expected.

"So my parents and your parents died for nothing?! Because of that son of bi*#ch?!"

He was roaming around the room anxious about the new information.

"Two strong packs lost their Alpha and Luna's, four kids lost their parents at such young age and so many pack members died and for what?! A whole pack was slaughtered because of him!"

We waited for him to get as much as he can out of his system and to calm down.

"I swear I'm going to kill this crazy motherf*#er. I will make him feel the pain we all felt because of him. I will make him suffer for what he did nineteen years ago and for what he's been doing to you and me!" he yelled pointing at me and then him. I went in front of him and caressed his face trying to calm him down as much as possible.

"Emmet I know how you feel believe me I feel exactly the same way. I want that old man dead and I want him to die from my hands. I know how bad you want to avenge for our parents and I want nothing less. Just please calm down we will find them and when we do we make a plan to slaughter every single one of them."

For the next few hours, we talked about all the possible ways of getting our revenge once we track them down. We shared the newly found information with his beta and his pack and now everyone knew the reason why everything bad has been happening to us.

For the little part left of the day, we made ourselves something to eat then had a shower, and went to bed. Emmet promised me that the day after Natalia come here, he will officially introduce me to his pack members.

We woke up and got dressed to go pick up Natalia from the airport. Emmet wanted to be sure we were safe so he came with me and took with us a few more guards forcing us to use two cars. We arrived just when she was exciting.

"Natalia!" I went to her and crushed her with my body. I hugged her for a few seconds and then let her go.

"Hey, how's it been? What happened all this time?"

"I'll tell you everything let's just get in the car." I rushed her to the car where Emmet was waiting for us.

"Natalia this is Emmet, Emmet this is Natalia." I introduced them and they shook hands.

"Ah, Emmet so nice to finally meet you. You should know I was rooting for you when Katerina was rejecting to be with you." Emmet laughed at her joke and then thanked her for her help.

Natalia and I went in the car and Emmet started the car and we left the airport.

"So, tell me now what happened?"

"Okay, so..."

I told her everything that happened in those past three months. Emmet stayed silent through it all but I saw how a few times he grabbed the wheel a little too rough.

"What about you? Where were you what did you do?"

"Well I went to a small village in Italy and at first I stayed in my hotel room but when a month passed I started walking around more and even found a job. I didn't need the money I just needed to do something. The place was amazing and the people were so nice to me. I started learning their language. It was great I felt even guilty because I didn't know what was happening with you and now that I know it doesn't make me feel better."

"It's all right Nat that's why I made you leave. Don't worry. I'm happy you had a good time."

By the time we caught up with everything, we got to the house. Emmet parked and went to get the baggage. From the corner of my eye, I saw Peter helping him. Me and Nat got out of the car and I was just going to show her inside the house but I felt how her body froze. I followed her look and quickly found the reason she reacted like that. Peter was at the doorstep when he looked at us and in particular Natalia.

"Mine!" was followed immediately after they locked eyes. Peter and Natalia, we're mates. My best friend and my mate's beta are mates. This was just perfect.

"Oh, this couldn't have gotten more perfect. Natalia, this is Peter, beta of the Blood Moon pack. Peter meet my best friend Natalia." I introduced them and felt kind of awkward so I decided to give them some privacy. I went to Emmet and grabbed his hand.

"Come on let's give them some privacy." I pushed Emmet inside the house and closed the door.

"Well, I guess the pajama party is canceled." I joked and Emmet smirked at me.

"I don't think so. We're just not going to wear pajamas," he said and quickly grabbed me and put me on his shoulders then slapped my butt.

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The next day I called Natalia to see if she wanted to grab a coffee and she agreed even though she just met her mate. I guess they're taking things slow. Not as slow as us for sure.

Now that he found his mate Peter didn't want to leave her side and the danger around us was just making it worse. He still gave us space and privacy and managed to keep an eye on us.

We didn't take much time because I was eager to meet the pack. When we got home the three of us went in but the second I entered the house I smelled someone unknown but I had a bad feeling about the female scent I felt lurking around Emmet's.

"This doesn't feel right." I mind linked Peter and he agreed with me.

"Emmet?" I tried to contact Emmet but with no luck.

I followed the smell of both of them with Peter and Natalia right behind me. It led me to the living room where Emmet was sitting on the couch with the mystery woman right in front of him looking him at his eyes a few inches away from his face. She had her hand holding his chin up making him look straight at her.

"What the hell?"

Oh hell no! I was so not having it. The moment I saw them I felt like I teleported for a second and taking her away from him and pushing her against the nearest wall. Grabbing her by her neck and lifting her making it really hard for her to breathe.

"Who the f*#k are you and what were you doing here?" I asked getting angry by the second wanting answers immediately. Still holding her I looked at Emmet expecting an answer but what I saw was quite strange. He was still standing the same way when I entered the room without moving an inch. His eyes were closed and he didn't move at all.

"Emmet?" I called for him but with no change.

"What the hell did you do to him?" the b*ch had the nerve to laugh at me. Natalia went to check on him and to try to wake him up.

"I hypnotized him. When he wakes up he will no longer believe you are his mate. He won't even remember you. The only mate he will think he has is me." I couldn't believe the things she was saying.

"Undo it now!" I demanded.

"There's no undoing to that. You can't do anything about it. Now when he wakes up he will banish you and will make me the Luna. I will be able to make him think I'm his mate permanently." this was just unbelievable. What the hell was happening? That can't be true.

"Ob so this is just temporally, is that so?" her face showed it that she wasn't supposed to say it's not eternal hypnosis. There was my loophole.

"Yes, thanks to you interrupting us it will last for a week or two most. But don't worry when he wakes up I will make sure it will last way longer."

I got the need to really beat the hell out of this lunatic woman.

"Well, we'll make sure you won't be here when he wakes up!"

"Peter, can you please get someone to lock her up? I think you should be here when Emmet wakes." Peter answered by grabbing her screaming and protesting a*s and leading her out of the house.

I went straight to Emmet where he hasn't moved at all. Natalia had no luck in waking him up. I sat at the table in front of him. When I breathed in his scent I could tell they kissed. That made me see red. I was angry, to say the least.

"Oh, man did you have to let her this close to you?!" I groaned not knowing what to do.

A few minutes later Peter came back and I felt Emmet gaining consciousness. I grabbed his face and called his name. He opened his eyes and looked confused.

"Delilah?" he asked making me let go of him and confirming the b*tch's nonsense.

"And who would that be?" I asked still hoping that this wasn't true and he was pranking me or something.

"My mate," he said like it was that obvious.

"Okay, Emmet you have to listen to me very carefully. What you think is true right now it's not. You may think your mate is Delilah but she's not. That b*#ch is as good as dead for what she did to you." I spoke.

"What?" his reaction surprised all of us. Without thinking he grabbed me just like I held Delilah and pushed me on the same wall she was just minutes ago. Peter and Natalia wanted to help but I stopped them I wanted to see how strong this illusion is and how deep in his head is. My guess is very deep. He didn't even blink when he was choking me like I was his worst enemy.

"Where is Delilah?" saying her name, protecting her like that, and hurting me because of her broke my wolf and I felt really terrible. "Where's my mate."

"She is right in front of you!" he looked at me like I was crazy.

"Emmet please stop! It's me! Katerina, I am your mate!" I tried to make him realize the truth but he didn't want to listen to me.

"No! Don't speak to me like this! How are you doing this to me?"

"Emmet calm down, please." when I realized he wasn't going to let me go and was probably going to choke me to death I let Peter get him off me.

"Emmet stop you're going to kill her!"

"What the hell is going on here? Why are you protecting her? Who even is she and where is my mate?"

"Look I know you're confused but you have to believe her and me. She is your mate. Theres no Delilah. Your mate is Katerina." Peter tried to tell him the truth but again he refused to believe.

When I gained normal breathing again I got up.

"Emmet you need to understand I am your mate. I love you and you love me. How hard is it to get it in your head?" I was angry I was hurt and my mate refused to, believe me, I am the one destined for him. I started to scream at him.

"You are not my mate! Delilah is!"

Wow, I thought that what we went through was hurtful enough and that I've suffered enough to know pain but this was another level.

"Tell me then do you feel like you've been touched by an angel now because I do when you touch me?" I asked and caressed his cheeks with my hands.

"Tell me doesn't my touch make your body burn from desire because mine does when I feel you on my skin?"

"Tell me you don't feel our strong and unbreakable connection when I speak to you like that."

"Tell me your wolf doesn't scream for me when I'm near you!"

"Tell me does your mark hurt when I touch it because I feel exactly the opposite?" I slightly touched his mark. When marked by your mate and when they touch it, it feels amazing it fills you up with lust and need for them. But when touched by someone else it could become itchy or even hurt.

"No! Stop!" he screamed removing my hands from his neck. "It's all a lie."

"Why do you keep resisting the truth? Why? When all facts are showing you that I am your mate?" at this point, we were both screaming at each other.

"Because I know you're lying! You made this all up!"

I knew that once Emmet asks Peter to tell him the truth he will be forced to say it making Emmet go straight to her. Seems like Peter knew it too.

"Katerina make me lie to him. As my luna, you can make me lie to my alpha. He can't know the truth about Delilah." Peter mind linked me.

"Yeah, you're right. Do it. Lie to him. Tell him what he needs so he stops looking for her."

"How can you possibly make something like this up? Ok, you don't want to listen to me. Listen to your best friend, your beta. Ask him. Command him to tell you the truth." he listened to me and asked Peter making him not lie to him.

"It's the truth man. Katrina is really your mate you have to believe us." I could see it in his eye he still didn't believe it.

"Where is Delilah?"

"Delilah doesn't exist. There's no one named Delilah here. You are under some kind of compulsion because of one old man named Dorison." still he didn't believe me. I decided to blame it on our enemy because it would sound good enough to believe.

"Look we are going to explain everything to you I just need you to calm down and be really open-minded." he sighed.

"Do not dare lie to me. I'm speaking to all of you," he said, and let me explain.

"So, long story short your parents and my parents had an enemy in the face of that man Dorison. He became crazy after his mate's death and blamed it on them so he found a way and killed them all. Now when he found out we were mates he made himself believe that we were guilty too and so he tried many times to torture us and this is one of those times. He ordered one of his men to hypnotize you and make you believe something that is nowhere near the reality. He wants to tear us apart and to torture us in every possible way. Please Emmet you have to believe me. I am your mate. I am the only person on this planet that loves you this much."

"Okay, this was good. I think he might buy it." shared Peter and after that confirming my story. Natalia too helped us.

"Emmet this is all true. Take it from her best friend. She didn't want to be with you for almost a good year and now she can't imagine her life without you. She wouldn't tell you she's your mate if she's not."

Emmet thought about it for a few seconds then he looked at me.

"Okay let's say you're all right why do I still feel like my mate is Delilah?"

"Because this is what the compulsion was for. They want you to kick me out of your life and breaking my heart in doing so."

"I need some space to think can you all just leave?" I didn't want to leave him at all but I remembered I had to deal with Delilah so I agreed.

"Okay we will but please stay here. Don't do something you'll regret later." I said and left the house.

"Let's see what to do with Delilah. We need to hide her someplace only you and I know." we got in the car and headed to her location.

I wanted to keep it between the three of us as much as possible because no one likes to lie to his alpha and it would be easier to keep up with the lies.

When we got to the dungeon I commanded the guard to lie and say no one has come here if Emmet asks him about us or Delilah. Since Delilah was from Emmet's pack she can easily contact him so we needed her to be unconscious at all times. We took her and the supplies we will need and went to the same motel I stayed in when I came the first time. We quickly got her in the room and injected her with silver. This way she will be asleep and if somehow she wakes up she still won't be able to mind link anyone. Natalia volunteered to stay on silver duty by making sure she doesn't wake up at all.

Honestly, I wanted to kill her but we needed to know why she did it and if there isn't something more. Peter stayed with Natalia for the night and I went back home to check on Emmet.

When I got there I heard the shower running so I changed into my pajamas and hopped under the bedsheets. He really took his time because I was almost asleep when he got out of the bathroom. I didn't move and kept my eyes closed.

"What are you doing here?" he asked me. I opened my eyes and turned to look at him. Oh, how I wish he knew he was only mine. He was wet and had a towel tied around his waist and with a smaller towel, he brushed his wet hair. I definitely liked what I was seeing.

"If you haven't noticed it's already dark outside and I'm tired."

"There are five other rooms in this house why did you choose this one?" he said and went in the closet to put on some underwear. Oh please, it's not like I haven't seen him naked.

"Let me ask you something. Go sniff around really good and tell me who do you smell." he looked at me irritated but still listened.

"Me." he paused for a little concentrating on the smells in the room. "And you," he answered sighing.

"Now come to bed and tell me whose orgasms you smell. Is it Delilah's and you," I had a hard time saying the last part of the sentence. "Or you and your real mate? Me."

He didn't like the fact that even though he thinks I'm not his, I am still right and we slept on his bed more than once. I stood up and walked in front of him. I stroked his cheek gently.

"Do you still think I'm not yours and you're not mine?" he didn't answer but I knew the answer by his look. He didn't know what to believe in and I was so angry that I couldn't do anything to change that.

I sighed defeated for today and removed my hand from his face.

"I'll sleep in the guest room." I left the room and went to the first bedroom I found. But I couldn't sleep. Not after what happened today. I was raging with anger that Emmet let himself be compelled by this lunatic woman. It wasn't fair. Whatever we do we always get only a few days of happiness and then someone steps in and destroyed everything.

I opened the window and jumped changing into my white wolf just in time to land on the ground with my four paws. I could sense Emmet looking at me from the bedroom but I continued into the forest running as fast as I could hoping that somehow everything will be how it was this morning but knowing that it was not possible.