72 Chapter 72 Her Broken Mate

She giggled to herself and stroked her hands through Seth's hair as he slept soundly. He snored softly as he slept next to her. Sparks flew once again and their connection hummed in the sunlight. She had been watching over him all evening, as he seemed to have some sort of PTSD from the past.

She had been told that he often had night terrors and sometimes had violent convulsions in bed. At first it was hard to believe, but when morning came and she had made him breakfast, she believed it. He had been roused from his dreams and was afraid.

You could smell the fear a mile away in his room.

Her heart pounded with pain at the idea of what had happened.

They had spent a beautiful moment together today and it made her happy to know that he was letting her in little by little. She was enjoying the chirping of the birds outside and was beginning to doze when she smelled someone outside his door.

"Alpha, are you here?" A deep voice sounded from behind the door.

Immediately, her she-wolf was on alert. Her mate was asleep, defenseless, and as his

Luna, they had to protect him.

'No danger, it's just one of the pack guards...' Thunder growled.

She nodded, 'Alpha Seth is resting at the moment. He's taking a break right now, so I'll take over for the moment. Is something wrong?"

"Yes, Alpha's mother, Stella, is misbehaving and there is little we can do to restrain her. She's causing a huge commotion."

Are you serious? That bitch again?

She groaned in annoyance and rubbed her temple. Seth stirred beside her and curled up at her side. The anger that had been building up inside her dissipated.

Gosh, he's just so cute.

She cleared her throat and said sternly, "I see. Good, then I'll be right out. Give me a few minutes."

"Yes, Luna." said the guard standing by the door.

Hard to believe she was already recognized as the Luna of this pack.

Sighing, she released herself from Seth's grip and pushed herself off his bed. She did not want to wake her mate, because it looked like he had been working every day without a break. He fulfilled both roles as alpha without having a Luna by his side.

Before she could fully get out of bed, she felt Seth gently grab her by the arm. She turned to face him and sat on the edge of the bed.

He seemed to still be half asleep, but looked sad that she left his side.

He tilted his head and murmured, 'Where are you going?'

She believed he had said that, since she could not hear him. "I am going to take care of your mother. She's making a scene in the dungeon."

Seth blinked and frowned.

"I'll be fine. She's easy to deal with. Just rest and once you have washed up, you can come get me." She said to him in a soothing tone.

He nodded and seemed satisfied with her answer before dozing off again.

When he sleeps like that, it's so hard to leave him.

'You know what else we could make hard for him? Let us wake him up with a sloppy fuck.' Thunder suggested, wiggling her ass in the air.

'Are you stupid?' retorted Sarah gruffly.

'No, are you stupid? How can you resist our buddy?' Thunder barked and pouted before cutting the connection.

Heavens, can she have some holy water for her wolf, please?

She shook her head and focused on what was at hand. She took one last look at Seth's sleeping form, quickly opened the door and slipped out.

"Okay, what's your name?" asked Sarah politely as they made their way into the dungeon.

The guard, whom she did not know, grinned. "My name is Ludovic. I am pleased to be of service to you, Luna."

She nodded in acknowledgement and chatted for a bit before finally meeting another guard, who was female, and Stella, who was in her wolf form.

Stella, who was busy clawing at the bars, quickly noticed them. Her she-wolf growled angrily as her gaze fell on her.

Ludovic quickly assessed the situation and instructed the female guard, who Sarah discovered was named Beatrice, to stand by at the entrance in case Stella tried to escape.

Sarah stared at Stella for a few minutes, whereupon she raised an eyebrow, "Do you really want me to knock you out again? We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Of course, I prefer the hard way, in case you have not noticed."

Her threat seemed to have worked. Sarah's wolf, startled, changed back into her human form.

Stella sat naked, staring at her. "What do you want?" she seethed.

"That you keep your mouth shut." she replied expressionlessly.

She seemed horrified by Sarah's answer and became angry. "So this is my son's mate, huh? That's what I expected. Plain and simple. You two are pretty damn good together." She spat and tried to spit in Sarah's face.

Sarah dodged her spit and kept her cool. "Yeah, I was surprised too. I thought you'd be less bitchy and have a little more dignity.

I am also surprised that you have the IQ of a goldfish. I was sadly mistaken about that. But hey, we have our moments."

Stella once again sat silently staring at her. Her hatred for Sarah discharged in waves.

"Just watch me kill my useless son. It's better if he's dead."

That... Was the straw that broke the camel's back. Sarah smiled sweetly and glared at the female guard, Beatrice. "Would you please open the gate for me?"

Stella stumbled with the keys, but finally yanked it open. Not a second later, Sarah pounced on Seth's mother and gave her a spanking... Again.

Fear and shock marked Stella's face. Her cries of pain echoed in the dungeon as she told Sarah to let her go.

Sarah grabbed her by the hair as a sob escaped her mouth, "Not until you learn your lesson and know what it's like to inflict pain on your own son. Nobody hurts my husband!" she hissed, banging her head on the concrete floor.

Glancing to her right, Sarah could see the female guard recording the whole thing on Snapchat. Her eyes widened in fascination as she greeted her with "GO LUNA, GO! Hashtag, BEST LUNA EVER!"

Ludovic, standing guard at the door, screwed up his face at the scene that presented itself.

Frankly, she could not blame him.

As she continued to lash out at Stella, taking her frustration out on her, a familiar scent filled the room.

"Seth..." whispered Sarah.

His form trembled as his gaze landed on his mother. Sarah was not sure if he was impressed or shocked to learn that his mate was sitting on his mother.

Beatrice quickly put her phone in her pocket, now on high alert in case Stella decided to make any more sudden moves, and Ludovic bowed and said, "Alpha."

Seth walked over to Sarah and watched her the whole time before reaching his arm into the cell and showing her the notepad that said, "I came here to get you. I wanted us to do something together.'

Sarah's heart clenched even more, the hatred she felt for Stella pushed away. She was glad he was not afraid of his mother. He tried hard, but she could see a slight twitch of fear in him.

He strained to recover, one step at a time.

Seth sent a glance to his mother, turned the page and wrote faster, 'Just leave her alone. I did not kill her because I wanted her to live in guilt. A wolf without a mate or an almost dead mate either goes insane or commits suicide. She went insane and lost all her maternal instincts for me, so she blamed the easiest target. Me.'

Sarah swallowed the lump in her throat as Seth put away his notepad and his muscles peeked out from under his shirt.

It made her mouth run dry.

Thunder drooled, 'Uterus. Needs. Its. Big. D. Please.'

Sarah ignored her. Seth reached out and hesitantly took her arm to pull her back up. When he did, she threw the pathetic whore to the floor. The spark of the touch tingled and her body flushed with warmth.

Stella's screams of hatred haunted them, but they paid them no heed. The click of the locked cell sounded as they closed the dungeon again.

It led them out of the pack house and deeper into the woods, still within the boundaries of their pack.

She followed him until they came to a halt when he let her go.

A blanket was spread out over a large area, the forest surrounded them and the sun was shining. The wind blew softly and the leaves rustled.

Confused, she asked, "What are we doing here?"

He turned nervously, took out his notepad and wrote, "I prepared a picnic for us."

The food he had prepared looked delicious. A bouquet of flowers lay next to a big teddy bear holding a chocolate.

She smiled, "They are beautiful..." she took the teddy bear in her hand, squeezed it and took a whiff. He smelled just like Seth and that made her happy.

Finally, he grinned at her, which made her heart flutter. She could see him blushing slightly because he was nervous about her reaction.

She would do anything to keep his smile.

He pulled out his notepad and wrote,

'This way we can get to know each other better. Especially by what we say.'

He tentatively reached out to her as they got to know each other at the picnic he had prepared.

And honestly, ten points for cooking... not all men can cook for their girlfriends.