It's been awhile since I've had a nice quiet day all to myself. I've lived in constant fear since the day I was captured at 15. 6 fucking months in that torture cell. But now laying here next to Titus made me feel safe.

I traced my finger through his abs slowly. Tala lightly clung onto my other arm. There was two light knocks on the door and I quietly said come in, in an effort to not wake Tala up. I see Jacob's head peek through the door.

"Titus sent me to watch over Tala for the day," he whispers, taking notice that Tala was sleeping. I look at Titus and see a sly grin on his face but his eyes still closed.

"You know sending people to the room will not help you act like you're sleeping, it kinda defeats the purpose," I laugh. He opens his eyes and meet mine. His eyes soften around the edges and he gives me a soft smile. I turn around and face Tala and lightly tap her.

"Jacob is here to play with you today," I whisper into her ear. She immediately sits up and I laugh.

"What did you tell her?" Jacob asks. I shrug and lift my eyebrows.

"I guess you'll never know," I say giving him a cheeky smile. He rolls his eyes and Tala runs into his arms.

"I think we should go get ice cream and a lot of candy then tonight you can play with Sophia all night," Jacob tells Tala while giving me a smirk. She lets out a cheer and they leave.

"She's gonna be awake all night," I groan and turn my face into Titus chest. His hand went to my cheek and his thumb slowly caresses my cheek.

"I think you should get some rest now, it's only about 7:30 you could get another two hours o sleep," he whispers. I nod and snuggle into his chest and listen to the steady beat of his heart. How did I get such a wonderful mate?

"The moon goddess blessed you with a wonderful mate like me," Titus' voice intrudes into my head. I jumped out of shock and Titus' deep laugh filled the room.

"I can read your mind now," he whispers into my ear.

"No shit Sherlock," I laugh and roll my eyes. It was amazing how our bodies fit perfectly together.

Titus' scent was like a drug to me. It made me drowsy and slowly I fell asleep, wrapped up in his arms.

The smell of tomatoes and vegetables that float through the room was the first thing I noticed when I woke up. The second thing was that I was no longer in Titus' comforting arms.

I get up out of bed and give my hair a quick brush before I walk outside. I silently make my way to the kitchen and see Titus cooking. I sit down silently and watch him cook.

"I think you look cute when you cook, you should do it more often." The words came out before I could even tell my brain not to say anything.

"Only for you angel," he says setting a plate of spaghetti in front of me. I open my mouth to ask for cheese but he places down the bag of cheese. I open my mouth again to ask for orange juice but I see him take the bottle out.

"You know me so well," I laugh as I pour cheese into my pasta. He sets the glass in front of me and sits next to me with a bowl of pasta.

"Why do you like orange juice so much," he asks. I stay silent for a second because it felt rude to talk with my mouth stuffed with pasta.

"I don't know, but my grandma always made me fresh orange juice when I was younger so I guess it just it grew on me," I said, taking another bite of spaghetti after.

"I think you would like my sister," he mentioned randomly. I swear he mentioned about a sister before, but I don't remember.

"Her name is Sienna, she's been dying to meet you," he explains. I forgot that I haven't met any of his family yet.

"Yeah when am I gonna met your family?" I ask.

"Well my mom usually stays in her cabin about a mile from here, it's hard to drag her out since my dad died." Sorrow fills my eyes as I remember how his dad had died in a attack.

"My sister lives in the Midnight pack. Her mate is Alpha Kian so they're busy a lot but, Thanksgiving is coming up," he adds.

"Damn I can't believe I've almost been here for three months," I exclaim, taking a sip of my orange juice.

"Time flies when you're having fun," he smirks.

"Who said I was having fun?" I smile. His wolf let out a small whine and I laugh.

"Of course I'm having fun here. I'm not always in constant worry anymore," I say. Titus blanks out for a few seconds then lets out a growl.

"We can't have a day all to ourselves," he mumbles and gets up.

"What's wrong?" I ask, worried.

"There was another note found last night again," he sighs. My wolf growls and I start to worry.

"Then let's go see it," I say. We start walking but I tell him to wait. I run back to the counter and chug the rest of my orange juice.

"Okay we can go now," I smile. He laughs and wraps his arm protectively around me.

"It'll be alright," I say, rubbing my hand up and down his arm. He leans down to the crook of my neck and calmed himself with my scent.

I see Brody walk towards us with a bloody piece of paper in his hand. My heart rate begins to increase and the worry came seeping back. Titus soothingly caresses the small of my back.

Titus takes the not and starts to read it out loud.

"Dear Alpha Titus, congratulations on the new mark you've added on her neck. It looks pitiful to the several marks we've made on her body. See you in a few weeks Sophia.

-R."

My body starts to shake involuntary. My mind races with the thought of going back to that horrid place. A few weeks. I could be dead in a few weeks. I feel my throat close and I begin to gasp for air. I didn't notice that Titus had come next to me till I felt sparks fly up my arms.

"Breathe Sophia, you need to breathe." I take in weak breaths but my body starts to shake less. My breathing became more controlled and I fell into Titus' arms.

"I'm scared," I whisper to him. He wraps his arms around me and we lay in the grass.

"I'll always be there to protect you, I'll always keep you safe no matter what," he coos. What he said didn't help me because I knew I would be back there.

My wolf caught a horrid scent that the wind carried from the forest.

"Rouges," Brody and Titus said. A warrior, I assumed, walked out of the forest with a tight grip on two scratched up and bloody rouges.

"They demanded they see you Alpha," he says shoving them forward. It was a woman and a guy. The woman lifted her head and Titus instantly let out a growl.

"Get off my land Isabella," he roared and stood up.

"Mommy!" I heard Tala's little voice exclaim. I quickly ran and grabbed her before she got to close.

"I smelled rouges," Jacob said walking from the pack house. I looked at him like he was stupid.

"So you brought Tala? Do you know how bad that could've been?" I ask raising my voice.

"I'm sorry," he mumbles. I let out a sigh and see Tala's gaze on the rouges.

"I want to see mommy," she screams as she thrashes around in my arms. I held her close to me and look at the rouges.

"Is-Isabella?" I hear Jacob question. His eyes filled with regret then anger as he looked at the male wolf.

"Keep that accident away from me," she growls as she points at Tala.

"Wait she's yours?" Jacob asks. She nods and Tala thrashes around.

"I don't want her I was going to put her up for adoption but Jake fucking made me keep her," she growls. Tala comes out of my grasp but I quickly grabbed her again.

"Tala you hav to calm down. Mommy needs to go bye bye," I whisper to her. "You can stay here with Jacob and I."

"Isabella you have 5 minutes to get out of this territory before I snap both of your necks for hurting my Gamma. You will no longer have any control of what we do with Tala." Then it hit me. This was Jacob's mate that rejected him.

"Jacob take Tala to Charlotte she'll distract her for a bit," I say handing her to Jacob.

"If you do not leave this pack lands I will personally hunt you down for leaving two wonderful people," I growl. I felt my wolf coming out and my eyes begin to glow. The man, Jake, and Isabella gasp.

"She's the one we've been looking for," she whispers. I grab her by the neck.

"What do you mean," I growl. Sparks fly up my arm and my wolf seemed calmer.

"Calm down Sophia," Titus whispers in my ear. I drop her to the ground and she gasps for air.

"LEAVE," I roar.

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