Mia's POV

Aunt Diana ushers me out of the cells and all I hear is the sound of howling and roars between my Uncle and Brady.

"Aunt Diana! Wait!"

I grabbed ahold of her hand and pull her back until finally, she stops walking away.

"What Mia?"

Before I was able to say anything I see a large black wolf sprint toward the both of us. He stood in front of me snarling at Brady's wolf who charged at him.

"No! Stop!" I yell.

As soon as the black wolf was about to attack I stood in front of him to protect Brady. I dropped to my knees and sobbed into his beige fur, hugging him tightly. Brady's wolf whimpered at my tears and licked them away. I could see the black wolf urging his way to us but Aunt Diana stops him from coming any closer.

"No Jay! Don't."

I nuzzle my head into the crook of Brady's wolf's neck and continue to let tears stream down my face. My eyes are squeezed shut but I feel the fur start to disappear and the smoothness of skin starts to surface. I feel two arms wrap around me and I soon realize that it is Brady.

"Brady! I am so sorry for all of this! It is all my fault that you are here. I am so so sorry, please forgive me!" I sob out.

He shushes me and embraces me tightly and I allow him to hug me. Aunt Diana takes off her cardigan and tosses it to Brady to cover his nude self once again. I wipe away my tears with the sleeves of the yellow sweatshirt I was still wearing.

"Jay, let's leave them alone. They can come back when they are ready. All I know is that there is a lot of explaining to do,"

Aunt Diana climbs on top of Uncle Luca's- well Jay's- back and they go back to the house. I am left alone in Brady's arms and I just sit there sulking in every moment.

"Mia, look at me,"

I obliged and stared into his eyes, getting lost in the pretty orbs that made all my tears go away. I sniffed away all my sadness and tilted my head to get a better look at him. He took the pad of his thumb and wiped away the rest of my tears.

"Please don't cry. I understand that this is so much to take in."

It really was so much to take in. I wondered what would have happened if I never decided to escape out of my bedroom and follow Uncle Luca. Would I have never met Brady or Frankie? Would I never find out the truth about werewolves?

I stay in Brady's arms and wait until he finally decides to take me back to the house.

Luca's POV

I couldn't believe that this was happening. I pull at my hair angrily and slam my palm onto my office desk causing a few things to fall off. I flop down on my chair trying to calm myself down as much as I could.

There is a small knock on my door. Diana opens the door slowly. She popped her head in before stepping in.

"May I come in?" She asks politely.

I scoff licking my lips when I see her close the door behind her gently.

"You know you never have to ask me." I remind her.

Diana walks up to me hugging me from behind the chair, her arms were laid neatly across my chest and her chin was on top of my head. I play with her fingers then tug her arm so she is now in front of me. She moves some of my papers to the side and takes a seat on my desk.

"I know. But sometimes Alpha King duties stress you out and I don't want to add to the stress."

I slide my chair closer to her and rest my head on her legs. Diana plays with my hair and massages my head as we start to have a serious conversation about our niece.

"Hayden and Jade will be here at any moment, I just don't know what to tell them about all of this. All I know is that they are going to kill me for letting this happen." Diana says.

"No one is killing you as long as I am here. I can tell them if you'd like," I say to calm her down a bit.

She stops massaging my head for a moment then shifts her body weight onto her right arm. Diana continues,

"We can tell them together,"

This is why I loved her so much, she always wanted to be involved, to help me through all of my problems. Mia being mated with the douche wad Brady ruined the entire rest of my year. I couldn't help but want to kill him every time I saw him.

The mutt was a rogue, pack less and she was mated with him? What the hell was the moon goddess thinking?

"Hey, no need to blame her. Darling, everything is meant to happen for a reason and maybe this is a way to patch up some rough moments from our past. It has been 18 years since we've had another Alpha King. I can tell you'd like some help. You just don't want to admit it."

I raise my head putting my hand on both of her cheeks. She brings her head down a bit so my forehead in against hers. We share a sweet peck on the lips.

"Listen, I don't need another Alpha King coming over here and ruining everything we have accomplished. Also, I'd rather not start another war with another King for you my love. You don't deserve to worry about any of that." I referred to Xavier and she let out a small laugh thinking about our odd history.

"Well then, I guess we are doing just fine," She said through fits of giggles.

I smile and just stare at her beautiful face, still so amazed that she was mated with me. We get interrupted by a small knock on my office door, I clear my throat before answering.

"Come in."

Diana quickly gets off my desk taking a seat on my lap instead and I wrap my arm around her stomach and torso as a form of support.

Hayden walks in.

Mia's POV

Brady and I make it back to the house and I have a strong grip on his hand as we walk up to the guest room I was staying in. I close the door behind us and rummage through the drawers to find something for Brady to wear. I see a pair of sweats and notice that they are Dad's. They'll have to do.

I toss the sweats to Brady and he quickly puts them on leaving him only shirtless. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if he walked like that everywhere we go, but I know Uncle Luca would kill me. I look through more drawers and find nothing else.

Uh oh.

I stare down at the sweatshirt I was wearing and move the collar away from my body to see if I was wearing anything under. Luckily, I wore a sports bra and a spaghetti-strapped tank. I take off the yellow sweatshirt and return it to its rightful owner.

Brady stares at my body and gulps lowly. I blush a tiny bit and put the sweatshirt out for his reach.

"No, no keep it. It looks so much better on you than it did on me,"

"A-are you sure?"

He smiles at me.

"Super sure."

I put it back on my body and give myself a small hug. Brady comes up to me and hugs me back with such love. I feel my heart thumping faster than ever.

I leave his arms for a moment.

"We should really find Uncle Luca. He must be really worried,"

Brady looks down with guilt but nods anyway. I ignore it and walk to the door opening it quickly for both Brady and me. I am soon facing to face with Dad and I tear up a bit when I see him there.

"Dad!"

He engulfs me into what seems like my hundredth hug of today and I feel much happier seeing him here. Dad kisses my forehead and holds onto me as if I were to disappear out of his grasp for a moment.

I hear Brady growling lowly from behind me and I let go of Dad so he doesn't get hurt by the jealous werewolf that was watching us.

Uncle Luca clears his throat and nudges his head toward Brady.

"You. We need to talk."

I try and follow Brady but Dad pulls me back so I couldn't. My head turns to him and I see him shake his head then speak in a soft voice.

"It's okay. You need to trust your uncle."

My whole body flinches when Uncle Luca slams the office door behind himself.

Oh boy.

Brady's POV

"Now's your chance! Kill him!" Ryan yells.

I grow out my claws and hide my hands behind my back. Luca takes a seat in his large black chair and folds his hands on the wooden desk.

"I know who you are. My brother was your 'father'. Just know, that I have decided to give you a chance because that is the right thing to do. I am warning you now though. This is the only chance you get and if you blow it...I will find you and kill you in a way never done before."

It took all my strength to not end his life right then and there. I could kill him right now and no one would notice. Mia and I can escape this place and have our own home, our own family, our own pack.

Luca turns his head to the door and I sink my claws into his right forearm while my other hand claws at his neck. He roars in pain and I see his canines grow in a swift second.

"YOU ARE DEAD!"

I sprint out of the door and see Mia sitting on the top stair waiting for me. Without thinking I grab her hand and drag her out of the house.

"Woah! Brady! What's wrong? Did my uncle say something?"

I ignore Mia and pick her up bridal style so we can escape the pack territory faster. She has a stronghold around my neck and keeps asking questions as to what was going on.

"FIND HIM AND KILL HIM!" I hear on my left.

Mia's eyes widen and she stares at me in shock.

"Brady put me down."

A pack warrior attacks me and I put Mia down. She hides behind me and yelps when the warrior tries to claw at me.

I snarl and attack him back. He tackles me and barks in my face. I push the warrior away with my forearm and snap his neck.

I quickly get up and pick Mia up once again.

"No Brady! Put me down! You just killed him, why did you kill him?"

"Mia, I will explain everything soon I promise. But you need to trust me okay?"

She sucks in air and nods slowly before wrapping her arms around my neck tightly.

"Mia!" I hear in front of us.

"Frankie?" She questions.

He glares at me and I see his canines come in. I growl quietly as a warning for him to move out of the way.

I put Mia back on her feet and crack my neck getting ready to kill him.

"You need to let her go right now." He ordered me.

I let out a snarl and start to walk toward him and he does the same.

"No, please! Frankie stop!"

He doesn't listen.

"HE IS MY MATE!" She screams.

He suddenly comes to a halt and glances right at Mia.

"W-what?"

"Yeah, that's right. He's my m-mate," She said out of breath.

Frankie's canines go away and he slaps his forehead in utter distress.

He looks at me and glares harshly before speaking up.

"Go. You better protect her with everything you have or I will personally help Alpha King kill you,"

I give him a quick nod of appreciation and grab a hold of Mia's hand.

We escape the Wood's Pack and make our way back to my mother.