He hadn't expected her to come to him or to fall at his feet.

He had, however, expected her to crack a smile when she seen him.

That was not the case.

Mabel had been awake in the room during his speech, he knew that much. So why was it that she was avoiding him like the plague?

Liam had visited her the morning after, giving her a blanket he had knitted for her. It had her name, his name, Sebastians name and Adonis'.

Mabel cried when she was given it and her and Liam immediately rekindled their lost friendship.

It was now a couple weeks later and Mabel was yet to even look in his direction.

It was frustrating, and agonising.

His wolf could smell her, could basically taste her scent in the air, knew she was around but wasn't allowed to see her. It confused him.

Excors had taken to shifting at night and though they used to travel to the bush and sleep there, they now sleep outside Mabels room at night, while she lay in there- unaware of the guard dog outside her door.

Soter, the Vampire, had came by the first night he slept outside the door but had immediately redirected his path after seeing Excors sitting outside of her door.

Adonis had also travelled to the house near the Pink Lake everyday, checking in on the house and always making sure it's stocked up incase Mabel ever decided to go there.

He changes the sheets on the beds everyday and changes the flowers on the table regularly.

He thought today, the third week she was back, wasn't going to be any different from the last couple weeks.

Boy was he wrong.

It was around 5 in the afternoon and he was just getting back from the house at the Lake.

Atreus, Freddie and Blake have become sort of the furniture, Mabel cooked and cleaned after them and it made it seem they were never there. You could often see Mabel following after them and picking up anything they drop.

They have started to refer to her at Mimi and she acts as a mother figure to them, even at the age of 16.

They go to her when they have any troubles and cry in her arms if they fall, it's quite a sight to see.

It was her birthday soon and the kids have been busy painting pictures for her and making her stuff, all while absolutely wrecking their habitats.

When Adonis walked in he heard the squeals of delight as Blake ran to him, arms open and curls bouncing.

After her ran Liam who was dressed in a frilly pink skirt over his suit that he wears often, he says it makes him feel like a bodyguard.

Blake had taken a liking to Adonis, whilst the other two boys decided to keep their distance, though Freddie was never far from Blake and Atreus never far from Freddie.

Adonis picked Blake up and sat her on his hip as he walked through the main walkway in the house, entering the living room. He worse a white wife beater and grey sweatpants, with his tattoos and chains on full display. He knew he looked plain but it's not as if he cared.

"You got the goods?" Blake whispered into Adonis' ear, hands cupped as to make it more private.

Adonis smiled slightly but not enough for anyone to notice.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a packet of popping candy.

Blake had found an interest in them only a couple days beforehand but had been instantly addicted.

She squealed and wrapped her small arms around Adonis' neck and squeezed Adonis close to her, smushing their faces together.

"Thank you Annie" she says, before her wide eyes focus on the packet of sugar and her greedy hands grab for it.

"No problem Blue" he replies, setting her down and handing her the sweets and watch her run off to a quiet Freddie, screaming about what she got.

Adonis assed the living room. It was the same it always was, no dust, dirty things. It was perfect. Too perfect.

Adonis got an eerie feeling. It came on suddenly. It was a numbing kind of aura.

Liam waltzed into the room as Adonis starts to get dizzy, he holds onto a nearby chair and his knees go out from under him.

Liam rushes over and then suddenly, he's fine again.

"What the fuck, are you okay Donny?" Liam asked, hands outstretched, his striking green eyes on display.

"I-" Adonis went to talk, before they hear a piercing scream of a little boy.

They both waste no time in jumping to their feet and rushing forward, towards the sound.

Atreus comes running down the stairs, confusing the two.

He's sobbing, and looks disheveled.

"Mi- it's mimi, she-she's bleeding, help her, she needs help." He cries, running back the way he came.

Adonis' heart stops at the boys words, he wastes no time in following him and immediately starts thinking the worst.

Atreus leads them to a bathroom on the second floor of the building, Blake and Freddie seemed to be on their way up as they're little footsteps are heard rapidly ascending on the stairs.

Liam stops outside the door just as Adonis swings it open.

Mabel is sat on the white floor, with blood smeared on the tiles surrounding her. She looks ghostly white and tears filled her eyes.

Liam moves to go forward but Adonis' growl rumbles from deep in his chest, stopping the beta from going any further.

Instead Adonis walks towards her at a fast pace and practically falls to the floor in front of her.

"Where is it bee? Where does it hurt?" He says rushed. He tries to remain gentle with her, not wanting her to reject his advances of help.

"My t-tummy, a-and he-here" she says, moving her hands to her stomach and then to the sides of her torso.

Adonis reaches forward, only causing Mabel to cower into the wall.

Adonis feels his heart sink to the pit of his stomach. He nods and gently asks, "Mabel could I please check to see where it's bleeding from?", His eyes begging her to say yes.

Mabel slowly shakes her head, denying him.

"I-I know wh-where it's coming f-from." She says, tears streaming down her face.

"Where? Where is it coming from baby?" He asks, hand outstretched.

Mabel slowly looks behind him, looking at the small audience of their family that accumulated at the bathroom door.

Adonis immediately senses her discomfort and commands Liam to take the pups somewhere else.

Liam reluctantly leaves, holding a crying Atreus in one hand and a crying Blake in the other, while Freddie holds Liams leg as they move downstairs.

Adonis turns back to Mabel.

"Can you show me now?" He asks, worried she might seriously be hurt.

Mabels face turns red as she slowly slips her pants off, her delicate skin plagued by the redness of her blood.

Adonis' face immediately reddens and he looks away, giving her privacy.

"L-look" she whispers, her voice so soft and shy it almost scares him.

When he looks at her, he notices the blood soaked on her white underwear, it was soaked through and leaked onto her scarred thighs and was on the pants that she discarded.

"A-am I dy-dying?" She asks, face scrunched up as the weight of her words come upon her. No way had she escaped a torture chamber just to end up dying by a mysterious illness.

Adonis breathed a sigh of relief when he was finished assessing the damage.

"Baby no of course you're not dying, you just got you're period." He says, standing from his kneeling position, letting his hand fall in front of her, asking for permission to help her up.

She raises both of her arms and allows him to pick her up by her underarms, setting her down on the floor again with wobbly knees.

Adonis guided her to the sink, putting on the warm tap before continuing.

"Let's get you all cleaned up okay?" He slowly washes her hands, butterflies creating a wonderful tornado in his stomach.

"What's a period?" She asks, looking up at him through her thick eyelashes.

His stomach squeezed. His poor mate didn't even know what a period was.

"It's something your body produces to help you be healthy" he replied, not fully understanding himself but still trying to reassure the girl that she was as healthy as she could be.

She nodded, tears still streaming down her face as Adonis continues to wash her, as he puts a warm bath on for her as she sits on the toilet seat, staring into the distance.

Adonis mind links Sebastian to bring all of the lady essentials that Mabel might need.

He turns towards her after filling the bath up with bubbles.

"Like the bubbles? You always used to like bubbles so I added them" he says, wiping his wet hands on his sweatpants.

Mabel, once again, just nodded and gave him the biggest smile she could muster.

She whined when she felt a cramp, though it felt as though someone had wrapped her organs in barbed wire.

She clutched her arms around her stomach, silently pleading the pain to stop.

Adonis gently reached forward and rubbed her arm comfortingly, which surprisingly eased the pain for her, making her physically lean towards him.

Sebastians scent enters Adonis' senses and alerts him to her presence.

She gently knocks on the door and opens it slowly.

She lays eyes on a small Mabel wrapped in Adonis' arms, her head laying on his chest.

Sebastian almost cries in happiness for the Alpha as he looks towards her with a look of hope.

"Will I take it from here?" She whispers, knowing Mabel wouldn't appreciate Adonis seeing her naked.

Adonis sadly nods and leans Mabel up against the bath and kisses her forehead.

"You'll be okay Bee" He says, his hand on the side of her head.

He lifts himself from the floor and walks towards Sebastian on his way out.

He leans in and kisses her forehead too.

"Thanks bash" he says warmly, making the young blonde smile up at him.

"No problemo" she says kindly, before stepping out of the way so he could walk out the door.

He waits at the door, staring in at Mabel until Sebastian closes it.

He slowly walks away, walking to his room to shower and change.

She's getting closer, Excors says, racing around his head in glee.

Adonis replies, smiling to himself.

She really was getting closer.

-And goddess, even she was glad of it.