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Adonis gaped.

He barely knew what mates were, now he was expected to introduce a whole new person on the subject?

"W-wha- I- she- you-...huh?" Adonis stutters, making sure he hear her properly.

"M-mates? D-do yo-you know the-them?" Mabel asked carefully, not wanting to make him feel dumb. Heck, she didn't even know what they are.

"Let's wait, uh for my dad who can maybe um explain more uh- thoroughly" Adonis nods, agreeing with himself.

"Th-thurly?" Mabel tilts her head at the new word.

"No baby, thoroughly, it means he can explain it more exclusively-uh- better!" He says, trying to baby his word palette in order to suit her.

"B-better?"

"Yeah, better" he smiles at her constant need of reassurance.

They sit in silence for a minute, staring at each other.

"Mabel?"

"Y-yes?"

"What happened to your parents?"

She pauses.

"Th-they d-d-d-die, rou-rouge" she frowns, then her eyebrow twitches, along with her hands, leading Adonis to believe she was gonna go into a fit.

He grabbed onto her hands and she looks up, eyes glistening and eyebrows knitted together.

"don't cry, uh- how bout' we play a game? uh- do you like rock, paper, scissors?" Adonis asks, grasping at straws, trying to calm his mate down.

she shakes her head and whimpers, the events of the attack on her pack seeming to just settle in.

she squirms, jumping away from him, causing his heart to clench dangerously.

"Mabel come back, I'm sorry for upsetting you" he says, reaching his arms out towards her causing her to stumble away, shaking her head and clawing at her own arms.

"stop hurting yourself, Mabel, stop it!", Adonis whimpers rushing to her side in panic and touches her hands, prying them away from her now raw arm.

Mabel stops and looks him dead in the eye.

he stares back at her and almost cries when he sees tears fall from her glass eyes.

he reaches up and goes to wipe her tears when she screams.

she screamed bloody murder.

Adonis covered his ears and ducked. Pack members who happened to be near by (since they were in the pack house), rushed towards the sound of their distressed little Luna.

Adonis looked up just in time to see Mabel fleeing the scene and running out through the front doors.

By the time he had gathered his wits Liam was at his side, back from the hide and seek game he had thought they were playing.

"Donny? i heard Luna scream and came, where she?" He asked, whipping his head in every direction, which didn't do much, the house was packed with worried pack members.

"no time to talk, i'm following her, get dad and betas to follow.", Adonis spoke with authority, before running from the house and following the scent of his mate into the woods, making sure to leave a trail for his father to follow.

he ran through the dark wood, branches whipping sharp cuts into his legs and arms, making him look rabid and scary; but he didn't feel a thing.

He began to get desperate as the scent of his mate got messy and everywhere and began to scream for her.

"MABEL! MABEL, BABY, YOU GOTTA COME OUT OR I WONT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU, JUST COME OUT OKAY? I NOT MAD, I SWEAR IT.", he yelled through the forest, and when he got no response he did what a child did best.

he cried.

he sobbed so hard he felt a heart beat at the back of his head, a headache forming from the stress he had endured.

he sat on a fallen tree trunk and wallowed in self pity.

he wanted his mom, but she was unresponsive and would most likely not live to see Christmas.

he wanted his dad, but he didn't seem to want to even look in his direction and just lives in his own fantasy where he has a happy child and a perfectly normal wife who was in no way, shape or form, sick.

he wanted his aunt Oria but she had runaway and his dad says shes found her mate and has went to live at his pack, but Adonis knew better, aunt Orias mate had died six months ago; his alpha had killed him for fraternizing with the enemy, which was apparently Oria. They had only been together two months.

Most of all, he wanted his mate. His sweet Mabel, who he had barely gotten to know before she ran from him, while in what he assumed was a psychological episode because her whole pack and family had been killed in, from what he gathered, a rouge attack.

he could almost laugh at his stupidly random and dramatic life.

but he didn't laugh, he was too busy crying.

'find her', his wolf says.

"i can't! I tried. I'm a bad mate. She's gone and i can't find her" Adonis screams into thin air, knowing his pest of a wolf could hear him.

his wolf growls and claws at Adonis' mind.

Adonis cries out in pain, collapsing to the floor, clutching his head.

He feels as if his bones are breaking and rearranging themselves.

He cries out to his mate, begging her to help him, to save him from his menace of a wolf who's trying to tear him apart.

His hands clutch onto the dirt beneath him as he feels white hot pain surge through him, sending him to the floor again.

he lets out a howl like cry and as he opens his eyes he falls back.

the pain is gone.

he looks down and is shocked to see two dark red paws instead of his hands.

his wolf was out.

and it was determined to find its mate.

Adonis wobbled as he walked at first.

before going off in a trot, then a jog, then he was running full speed, through the woods, howling now and then when he sensed his mate.

Adonis loved this feeling. Running through the woods, wind in his fur.

he felt free.

"ADDIE", an angelic voice cried breaking him from his bliss and he raced towards it, knowing it was the voice of his mate.

he could have cried in relief when he saw her through the trees, in a small ditch.

as he skidded to a stop, he almost fainted in shock when he saw a little body pressed against his petite and beautiful mate, quivering.

his mate squeaked at the sight of him and pulled the body closer, shielding it from him.

"g-g-go aw-away" she stuttered, but looked stern, intent on protecting the creature next to her from him.

Adonis whined and rolled onto his stomach in front of her, showing her that he meant no harm.

he then got up and looked directly into her eyes, trying to communicate to her that it was him, her mate.

"A-Adonis?" she asked quietly, looking at him with her head tilted cutely.

Adonis yipped and nodded, showing his approval and pride that she recognized him.

"c-c-can shi-shift back?" she asked him gently, putting her hand out and petting him, making him purr.

he nodded and began to shift back while whining and whimpering.

it hurt just as much as the first time but with her there and running her small hands through his fur, it made it bearable.

as he opened his eyes after shifting back, she still ran her fingers through his hair, making him relax.

he sat up, and realized he was very, very, naked.

he couldn't find it in him to care.

"Amabilis, why did you run? i was scared, and so worried, i thought something happened to you! You frickin scared me!" He said trying to sound stern and angry, and decided to ignore the thing at the side of his mate, he honestly was more worried about Mabel.

"L-L-language! i-i-i lef-left because m-my wo-wolf said so" she replies, gently petting the thing beside her.

before he could ask why her wolf would do such a thing, she elaborated.

"t-t-this i-is a pu-pup from my p-pa-pack, my wolf wa-wanted me to fin-find her" she said, petting the child.

Adonis came closer and Mabel lifted her arm, allowing him to see the three year old girl hiding behind her.

She was small with bright blonde hair and light brown- almost orange eyes. She was small and was shaking like a leaf.

"hello, sweetie, what's your name? mine's Adonis", Adonis said softly, reaching and pulling the girl into his arms. Adonis will admit, he did not like kids, but he could see the love his mate held for the child so decided to play along.

the little girl whimpered and snuggled closer to him, seeking comfort.

"Sebastian", she whispered to him.

"hello Sebastian", he replied, rubbing her back to relax her.

"sh-she told y-y-you na-name?", Mabel asked, coming towards them, holding Adonis' arms with her small hand and stood closer to him, burrowing himself into his side.

He had to admit, he loved the touchy side of his mate.

"yeah baby, she did. You better never run off, ever again, or i'll have to tie us together, okay?", he says sassily, lifting an eyebrow at her.

she giggles at his silliness and nods.

"promise" she says.

'ADONIS WHERE ARE YOU, I WANT AN EXACT LOCATION, ARE YOU WITH MABEL? PACK MEMBERS SAYS SHE WAS SCREAMING AND RAN AWAY. BOY, IF YOU DON'T ANSWER SO HELP ME GODDESS I WILL MAKE YOU TRAIN EVERY DAY AND NIGHT FOR THE NEXT YEAR' Alpha Romevello yells through the mind link, startling Adonis so much, he almost dropped Sebastian.

here we go, Adonis mentally rolls his eyes.