Mabel smiled as Adonis covered her eyes.

He had brought her to a park and they had watched the sunset together.

He said he had a surprise at home for her so he took her to his house and covered her eyes with a tie as he led her up the driveway.

So here they were, outside the huge mansion and on the verge of walking in.

"Hey a-Addie?" She whispers just as they walked past all of the cars in the driveway.

"Yes baby" he replied, smiling as he looked at the beautiful brunette.

"C-can we do t-this ne-next year ag-again?" She says, leaning towards him.

He sighed, he wasn't going to be there.

"Mabel, there's something I have to tell you, but I don't want you to freak out" he said, guessing it was probably better than telling her after the party and bursting her bubble.

She lifted her head from his shoulder. He saw her hand flex, showing her sudden nerves.

She nodded.

"Well I-", he began only to be interrupted.

"Abe!" A voice sequels causing Adonis to sigh.

"Seba?" Mabel questions, her hands reaching out to grab onto the girl.

Sebastian was a year younger than her but, at the age of eleven, was suffering from terrible ptsd and anxiety- caused by the death of her father and the fear she endured, Mabel was the same but with the help of Adonis was better at handling it.

Sebastian reached out and laid a hand on Mabels shoulder as Adonis gripped Mabels waist to steady her.

"Yeah it's me!" Bash said, making Mabel grin as she heard the smile in the young girls voice.

"Happy birthday by the way" Bash adds, placing a big kiss on Mabels cheek, making her laugh.

"T-Thank you S-Seba" she replies shaking her head, causing her soft brown curls to whip Adonis' face.

"Ow, baby stop it, you're hair is hurting me" Adonis whines, squeezing her sides.

"H-hush honey and b-b-bring me inside s-so I c-ca-can get m-my surprise!" She stuttered excitedly and wiggled against his grasp.

"Kay" he responds and walks them to the front door.

Bash opens the door and they step in, heading silence.

Adonis looks around at the set up and nods approvingly.

It was a colourful party despite it being dark outside, with loads of glow in the dark balloons, glow in the dark being the main theme.

Everyone bowed to the future Alpha and Luna as they entered the room and Adonis nodded in acknowledgement.

"A-Addie? C-can I see now?" Mabel whispers, wondering why it's so quiet.

Pack members swoon at the sweet voice of their Luna and Adonis looks down at her adoringly.

"Of course, my love", he says, undoing the tie that shielded her sight and let it fall from her face.

Her eyes flutter open and she gasps at the room and pack members surrounding her.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUNA" they all shout as she grins, looking around and recognising each and every one of them. This obviously was not all of the pack, you could never fit over seven hundred thousand people in this house but she appreciated Adonis for having as much of them there as possible.

"Thank you all very much!" She says happily and turns around and jumps into Adonis' arms and thanks him as well.

"No problem, baby, it is the least I could do" he says to her, smothering her in kisses as she giggles.

"Y-you're the be-bestest m-mate ever" she says quietly, laughing as he picks her up and hugs her.

"O-oww a-Addie stop itttt, y-you're hu-hugging me too t-tight!" Mabel says, patting his back in hopes of relieving the pressure.

"You're the best, most amazing, mate ever" he whispers back to her, kissing both of her cheeks and setting her back on the ground.

She smiles and kisses his jaw and runs off when Liam and Bash call her to open all of the presents.

Adonis feels his heart constrict as he watched her greet and thank pack members, a rock sitting in his stomach.

He had half a mind to call the council and refuse to go but he knew that wouldn't help anyone but himself. He had to go to this stupid Alpha camp. For the good of his pack.

He had thousands of members under his reign and they needed a powerful leader. The pack was one of the most loyal packs in the world, so much so that people called the pack, Pack Timor even though it's actually Pack Regium but since the Alphas last name was Timor they wanted to be known as part of Timors pack. No matter if it was a man or woman destined for future leadership, they each got an equal amount of respect.

Adonis had to return the favour.

"A-Addie! Come o-over and l-look wha-what the Durkes g-got me!" Mabel yelled for him, waving what seemed to be a little shiny crown in the air.

He walked over to her as told.

"Oh that's pretty" he says, looking at Mabel as her eyes sparkled, scanning the bedazzled crown in her hands.

Mabel nodded happily to his words.

"Come here, I can barely see you since it's so dark!" Adonis said, taking her by her hands while placing the crown on her head and walking her towards the glow in the dark paint.

He picked up the light purple and pink paint and drew love hearts all over her face.

Mabel stood quietly, watching his eyebrows furrow in concentration and watching as his lip made it between his teeth in a bid to keep from laughing.

He finished and sighed happily at her face and led her to a mirror.

"Now, my mate, I would like to introduce you to, Amabilis 2.0!" He said, with a voice like a tv presenter.

Mabel gasped at her atrocious appearance and turned around to see Adonis leaned against the wall, laughing so hard that it didn't even sound like laughs anymore, it sounded like wheezes, from a donkey.

She walked up to him and slapped his arm playfully with a mock pout on her face before a mischievous grin lit her face.

"Y-your turn" she said slyly and dragged an out of breath Adonis towards the paint.

"W-wait wait!" Adonis said, trying to pull her to a stop, but the little girl just pulled harder.

"Mabel, you know I love you right? A-and you don't look bad at all! You look absolutely adorable, beautiful even!" He says in a desperate tone as she seats him on a seat and pulls all of the paint colours towards her.

"I know" she replied shortly and tied his short fringe up in a bobble, making sure no hair got in his face as she begun her work.

"Ye-yeah but-", he tried but was cut off as red paint was placed on his lips.

"Hush h-honey, l-let me d-do my work", she said and continued to touch every part of his face.

He sat still and silent as he watched her concentrate on his face, he almost laughed a couple times when her nose would crinkle as she inhaled the chemicals of the paint.

Once she finished she smirked at him.

Goddess he was going to have to make sure she cut down time with Liam, he's rubbing off on her way too much.

She patted his cheek and led him to the mirror.

He looked at himself in horror, he had messy zig zags all over his face, red lips and yellow dots surrounding his cheeks. On his forehead was Mabels name in bright blue.

He turned to see her looking at him innocently.

"Y-you look a-absolutely a-ad-adorable, b-beautiful even!" She mocked his words from earlier with a smile so pure it would scare an angel.

"Oh very very funny" he said, walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her body.

"I know" she replied, looking up at him through her eyelashes.

"So cute" he muttered and bent down slightly, placing a kiss right in the middle of her forehead, creating a red imprint of his lips on her temple.

He chuckled to himself as she giggled at his kiss and buried herself closer to him.

"W-when are yo-you bringing m-me back to t-the h-home?" Mabel asked, referring to the orphanage.

"You're staying tonight, why? Eager to get back to your bed?" Adonis asked, arching an eyebrow at her.

She smiled at him mischievously and shook her head.

"T-to get ba-back to Joseph" she said playfully.

Adonis scoffs and throws his head to the side, not looking at her.

"C-cmon you k-know it w-was a joke!" Mabel laughed, her eyes lit up.

Adonis shook his head and smiled at her cheekily.

"Yeah, he likes me, you probably want to talk about how amazingly handsome I am", he says pinching her cheeks.

She nodded her head slowly.

"Totally amazing and handsome", she says softly and stuck her head into the crook of his neck.

"Come on baby, gotta go open and thank people for your presents" he said as he heard her yawn.

She nodded and grabbed his hand, taking him to her presents as she began opening them.

***

"I-it h-hurts Addie", Mabel whined, holding her head.

"Shhh baby, I know, just lie down and I'll be over in a second." Adonis said before leaving to go to the kitchen to get Mabel water.

"Be q-quick" she says quietly, just loud enough for Adonis to catch as he walked down the stairs with lightning speed.

"She's got you wrapped around her dainty finger Donny", Liam said from the couch, Sebastian fast asleep next to him.

"Shut up Lee, you'll be just as bad when you find your mate" Adonis said, filling a glass up as Mabels whines fill the house.

"I can be her new Adonis when you leave!", Lee said, laughing when Adonis shoots him a glare.

"No you aren't. You are going to make sure that no guy gets too close to her alright?", Adonis said considerably more serious than two seconds ago.

They hadn't talked about Adonis leaving and if Liam was honest, he never wanted to talk about it.

"You can't keep her in forever Adonis, you're going to have to let her have her own friends- friends that don't involve you." Liam said, looking just as serious as Adonis now.

Okay Adonis thought, if he's not going to protect her, then I'll get someone else to.

Adonis simply nods and walks upstairs with the glass of water, towards Mabels incessant whimpers.

"Tell Mae Mae I said hi!" Liam shouted after him.

"Shove it up your ass!" Adonis retorted.

"L-language!" Mabels voice groaned from Adonis' room making Liam laugh.

Adonis walked into the room and smiled at Mabels sprawled form, laying on the bed in her bedtime gown.

She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

"Addie! Y-you sa-said you-you'd be quick! L-liar." Mabel said, yet still smiling at him.

"Sorry baby, Liam was being annoying again" he said, shaking his head and putting the glass of water next to the bed on the bedside table next to her crown which she had been stuck to the entire night.

He lifted his shirt over his head and took his pants off so he's only in his boxers.

He always slept with his boxers on, Mabel was used to it. It's because he used to sweat like a dog when he had normal night cloths on so Mabel insisted on him sleeping in his boxers.

He moved to the side of the bed once he was in his boxers and lifted the blanket up so he was able to fit under.

He grabbed Mabel off the top covers and pulled her underneath with him. He sat her up and let her drink her water before laying them back down.

He had her lying on her back before lying on top of her.

She squealed and dug her fingers into his hair, smiling as he sighed contently.

She played with his hair with one small hand and rubbed his back slowly with the other.

"I'm going to miss you" he whispered absently.

"W-well I-I'm not go-going anywhere h-honey", she whispered back, lifting her hand from his back and resting it on his cheek.

He sniffled quietly which caused her to get a bit worried.

"A-Addie? Why a-are you c-crying?", she asked softly, so she doesn't scare him off.

"Mabel, baby, there's something I've got to tell you." He says, wrapping his arms around her small waist, making sure she wasn't going anywhere. Even though he was.

"A-anything", she nodded, hugging his head to her.

"I'm going away", he said, his voice full of sorrow.

Mabel froze.

"Where?" She asked shortly, feeling a rock form in the pit of her stomach.

"Alpha training camp"

"H-how long?"

"Anduebsidb" he said, stuffing his head into her neck and making his voice inaudible.

"A-Addie. How long", Mabel asked sternly.

He sighed and lifted himself up, siting in front of her.

"A year and a half at the shortest." He said, feeling his heart break as he sees tears fill the beautiful silver eyes he loved as much as the moon.

"A-a year and a h-half?" She whispered, her voice cracking towards the end as she brings her hands up in fists to rub her eyes.

"I-I'm sorry", he muttered, reaching out for her, but she retracts from his touch making his heart clench.

"I-I- when?" She says, holding her hands up, making sure he doesn't touch her.

"About a week" he said sadly, looking up into her eyes, and he could almost swear he could see her heart break behind her eyes.

"I- why didn't y-you t-tell me? Why didn't y-you tell m-me?", she said looking at him as if he was a traitor.

"I- I'm sorry, I didn't- I didn't think-", he said, panicked, before he gets cut off.

"W-who else kno-knows?", Mabel asked, looking into Adonis' eyes and watched as they fill with guilt.

"Everyone"

"Everyone?"

"Everyone" Adonis repeats, staring at a wide eyed Mabel as her jaw slacks and anger mixed sadness washes over.

"I-I can't b-believe you!" Mabel says, hiking up her night dress and stepping off of the bed, making sure to keep away from Adonis so he couldn't grab her back.

"B-baby? Where you going, Mabel please, okay? I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. I just didn't want you to freak out like you are now. Just-just don't go." He begs, stepping in front of her, his voice breaking as he grips her arms like it's a lifeline.

Mabel sighs and looks up and into his eyes.

The second their eyes connected it was like a dam had been lifted, or a key twisted in a lock, Mabel broke down and began sobbing, wrapping her arms around his torso and digging her head into his chest, as high as she could reach.

Adonis hugged her to him, tears slipping down his face, sadness etched on his face.

"I-I'm gonna miss you", she said, placing a small kiss on his chest.

"I'm gonna miss you more than the sun misses the moon, my love", he said, lifting her head from his chest with a hand on either side of her face and begins to kiss her tears away.

And it's true, he was going to miss her more than the sun misses the moon. If not more.

***

💀✋.