Healing His Broken Luna.... Chapter 74

Chapter 30 - Parents

The night sky was starting to lighten which indicated that sunrise was fast approaching. We had spent most of the night lost in pure bliss on this sandy little beach.

Dimitri was laying with his eyes closed but wasn't sleeping. He held me tight to his chest under a blanket. I could feel his heartbeat and it seemed in sync with my own heart's rhythm. I inhaled his scent deeply and it had changed, both of our scents had changed and blended together.

"How are you feeling little bird?" His voice was gravelly.

"Perfectly content and exhausted." I giggled.

"The patrol will be resuming its run to this side of the island at sunrise." Dimitri stood up and slipped some shorts on.

"Are we running back?" I groaned remembering the long distance we had run in wolf form to get here.

"Dom would be thrilled to have you ride back on him." Dimitri grinned.

"Is he going to lick my butt again?" I joked and Dimitri laughed. He slipped off his shorts again and shifted. Dom was a spectacular sight, yet also frightening if you weren't accustomed to seeing him. I stroked his head for a moment and planted a kiss on the top of his head. He seemed to want to rub his wolf head all over me. It was sweet.

"Climb on." Dimitri said through the mind link and Dom laid down for me. I wrapped the blanket around me and laid down on Dom's back with my arms around his neck. He moved his head down and picked up Dimitri's shorts in his mouth. He stood up gracefully and started running at an easy pace back towards the pack house. I was thankful for the easy pace as I felt the soreness between my legs.

"Kalimera Alpha. Kalimera Luna." A man with a young boy and fishing gear called out as we passed them. I waved and smiled at them.

I laid my head down on Dom and felt his strength and power beneath me. Rae was radiating pride and joy. "Mate is amazing!" She cooed at me.

Dom let out a joyous howl when he heard what Rae said to me through the mind link. "We think you're pretty amazing too." Dimitri replied back to us.

We reached the pack house and Dimitri shifted back. He carried me into the house, back to our suite and into the bathroom. The tub started filling up with water and Dimitri squeezed a purple bottle of Lavender bath suds into the tub.

"A warm bath should help ease your soreness."

He leaned down and kissed my lips before he pulled the blanket off me. With very little effort, he scooped me up and stepped into the tub with me. I sat facing him, straddled over his lap. He took the loofah and soaped me up, I was so relaxed, I dropped my head into his neck and drifted off to sleep.

I heard a phone ringing and stirred awake. I was sprawled out in my favorite position across Dimitri's chest sleeping. The last thing I remember, was getting into the bathtub with Dimitri. I looked at the clock on the nightstand and it was just after two in the afternoon. We had slept the morning away recovering from a night full of mating. I tried to climb down off Dimitri, but he wrapped his arms around me pulling me back down to him.

"You're not leaving me already, are you?" He joked.

"Of course not. You're stuck with me Alpha." I replied and kissed his neck. I only hope my parents won't put up a fight or be angry. I wasn't a pup anymore, but I knew my father would have a hard time letting me go. It's not like I was going to be at a neighboring pack, I was going to be halfway around the world.

"Worried about your father?" Dimitri asked.

"How did you know?"

"The mind link and I could feel your emotions." He grinned.

I need to learn how to pull up my wall and keep my thoughts private, I reminded myself.

"Don't do that." Dimitri said to me.

"Do what?"

"Block your thoughts from me and keep things private. We're mates Raven, please don't hide any part of yourself from me." He said.

"Only if you promise not to block me out from your thoughts. I want to hear the good, the bad and the ugly." I replied.

"Sounds like a deal." He kissed my lips. "Now, what would you like for breakfast? I can have Elaina send it to our room."

"It's way past breakfast. We should get up and check in with Niko and Clair, besides, my parents should be here for dinner."

We got dressed and made our way into the kitchen. Niko was seated eating a sandwich stuffed with Greek sausage, peppers and onions. Elaina greeted us and started preparing sandwiches for us as well. She set down a platter of Domatokeftethes, which is a delicious fried tomato fritter developed in the Greek islands.

Clair joined us and sat down next to Niko kissing him. "Sorry that took so long, my mother video called me." She smiled.

"How are they doing?" I asked.

"Wonderful, they'd like to come visit as soon as possible but need the approval of your-" she stopped mid-sentence and sniffed the air. She must have noticed the change in my scent and her eyes landed on Dimitri's mark on my neck.

"OH MY GODDESS! YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU!" She squealed and ran to my side of the table to hug me.

"I'm surprised it took so long." Niko chimed in.

"Congratulations! I'm so happy for you both!" Clair said while we hugged.

"Thanks, let's hope my parents share the same sentiment." I said.

We finished eating while Clair raved on about the island. Niko had taken her on a tour and they even took a catamaran sail around the island. "It was amazing seeing the entire island from the sea. The cliff and rocky sides make it nearly impenetrable. The only two points of entrance are at the little beach on the western end and the boat dock area." Clair said.

"I moved the rocks and cut the cliffs with my element for that exact reason. I can easily seal off the opening to the beach and boat docks to make it difficult to breach the island if I needed to." Dimitri said.

"Wow! You've really developed your element!" I said with a hint of envy.

"Raven, you barely had time to train yours before you ran off to Greece." Clair added sensing my envy.

"We can go out and work on your element if you're feeling up to it. Maybe it will help get rid of some of your jitters before your parents get here." Dimitri said.

"Sounds like a great idea." I smiled.

"I've got to see this." Niko said.

We stood at the northern cliff side of the island that had a large open area. It was the highest point on the island. Dimitri held a torch in his hand and drove it into the ground before lighting it.

"Elemental power is usually fueled by your energy and emotion. The more you use it, the more energy is drained from you. Fortunately for us, being an Alpha born wolf allows you to heal faster and replenish your energy quicker. Emotions that fuel control can be happy or sad, jealousy, anger or anything in between." Dimitri said.

"Think about last night's happy thoughts." Clair laughed.

"Can you pull up ocean water from this far up?" Dimitri asked.

"I've never tried." I said.

He stood behind me and placed both his hands on my waist. I could feel the butterflies and tingles shoot through me. "Focus on the ocean below and pull the water up to the cliff's edge. Then, try to hold it there for as long as possible." He instructed me.

I willed the water to rise and it did. A moment later, it splashed back down into the ocean, I couldn't hold it there for very long. "That was very good baby. It's just like exercise, the more you do it, the more you push yourself, the better you get." He said.

We practiced with the water and the fire element. I tossed fireballs at Dimitri who quickly extinguished them with earth. "Use both your hands and see if you can throw two fireballs at once." He called from across the field. Niko and Clair were seated on the ground watching the show.

A helicopter came into view and seemed to be heading straight for us. We all stood frozen and looked up into the sky. "I just got a mind link from Knox, they're on the helicopter. It was much faster than taking a boat and your father was getting impatient." Clair told us.

The helicopter hovered overhead, and we moved back. Kosta was sitting in the co-pilot seat and waved down to us. I gave a nervous wave back and tried to smile as best as I could. My heart was racing, and Rae was also anxiously stirring.

"Here come the in-laws." Niko teased us even though he could sense everyone's tension.

The helicopter touched down in the open field and the blades powered down. The doors opened and the anxiety pulsed through me. I reached for Dimitri's hand and found comfort and calm.

My father was the first to step off the plane and he reached back to help my mother down. They were followed by Knox, Rocky and Kosta. My father was wearing a dark charcoal two piece suit, his fists were clenched and his blue eyes icy cold. My father was a very intimidating Alpha, but Dimitri seemed unfazed.

My brother stood just behind him with Rocky. My twin brothers, Knox and Peter were exact clones of my father, except in this moment, I could see sympathy in Knox's eyes. They stood in front of us and I knew this was not going to go well. My mother stood next to my father and placed her hands on my father's arms to calm him.

"Hello mom. Hi dad." I called out, my father growled, never taking his eyes off Dimitri. "This is my mate, Alpha Dimitri Theodorus." My father shot me a quick look, his eyes landed on my mark and he sniffed the air. A load roar ripped from my father and he pulled his hand back and punched Dimitri right in the jaw.

"DAD!" I screamed.

Dimitri growled and stood with his fists clenched. I could feel him trying to calm Dom down who wanted to take control. Dimitri kept reminding himself that Diesel LaRue was my father and he didn't want to hurt him.

"You took advantage of my little girl, YOU FUCKING BEAST!" My father landed another punch across Dimitri's face. Dimitri let out a thundering growl and both Alpha's shifted, clothes ripping to shreds.

"Oh shit!" Niko managed to utter and pulled Clair behind him. Knox also did the same with Rocky and stepped back.

"DAD STOP THIS!" I called out but he growled at me.

Duke had the same shiny deep Raven colored hair and blue eyes that was prominent in LaRue Alpha's. Dom had the same honey colored eyes as Dimitri and black fur, but he was bigger than my father's wolf Duke. They circled each other snarling and snapping. My father lunged at Dom and Dom was able to throw my father off. My father pulled up a massive water bubble from the ocean and tried to bring it down on Dom's head.

Dom's front paw stomped the ground and a sink hole opened up beneath Duke, who fell in. This broke my dad's focus on the water bubble, and it splashed to the ground. Moments later, Duke jumped out of the hole and was snarling with rage. "Diesel that's enough." My mother called out to her mate.

My father lunged over my mother and ran straight at Dom. Dom and Duke rolled onto the ground biting and snapping at each other. My father jumped on Dom and tried to sink his teeth into his neck. Dom let out a yelp and rolled over. He managed to kick my father off, sending him flying over the cliffs edge. My father came floating back up on land using his water element. He was furious and ready to attack again.

We heard an earth shaking growl and my mother shifted.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Niko said taking in my mother's wolf, Lia. Her golden fur was radiating in the sun. Rocky's jaw dropped at the sight too.

My mother moved between the two Alpha's and growled out. My father lowered his head in submission and Dom bowed down to her as well. In fact, I looked around and everyone had their head down in submission, even Kosta.

My father's wolf Duke looked up at me and then at my mother, a low whine escaped him before he turned around and ran towards the tree line. My heart ached for him and I wasn't sure what to do. I had never disappointed my father, and I don't feel like I've done anything wrong. He couldn't possibly expect me to remain mateless my whole life and live at home. My mother stared at me for a moment before she turned to follow her mate.