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Like I'm Gonna Lose You

A/N: maybe this chapter will end up a lil better than the last one..... Idk guys, I'm sorry, I've just got a horrible headache... Curse this weather change!! I'm just gonna up and move to the equator, where its hot all the time!!!

Alessio POV

I swear to the goddess, if I didn't love my Mate so much, I'd have either thrown that pup in the Pen, or I would've already killed him... But, alas, I could not...

My little Mate had to "sort out her feelings" for the pup, which made me angry. For one, he'd let her leave; he hadn't fought for her, like even a best friend would... Secondly, ever since she'd gotten pregnant, she'd been an emotional wreck- not that I'd ever tell her that- and I quite frankly didn't trust her emotions. Still, I'd do absolutely anything just to see her smile, so it looked like the pup would be hanging around on our heels for a few days.

"He can't just leave her like that!" Rolling my eyes, I walked from my office to the movie room to find Luna and the pup watching that damn vampire movie; it wasn't that I didn't like her having some company around here, especially while I was busy, but did it really have to be him?!? I'd sooner she hang out with Dino!

"Everything alright I'm here, little one?" Poking my head in the doorway, I growled under my breath as I saw them, holed up on the couch together, as if she'd hadn't just told him off yesterday... I was about damn ready for this baby to hurry along; maybe then she'd get her emotions in check.

"We're fine, Alex..." Rolling her own eyes, she hopped up and skipped towards me with a smirk, as if she wasn't 2.5 weeks pregnant. 'Would you stop it, Alessio?!? I'm fine!' "We're just gonna finish this movie, and I'll cook something for supper." At the scowl on my lips- she really shouldn't be up moving around, my precious little china doll that she was- she corrected her words with a scowl of her own. "Fine! I'll get Mary or Filly or your mother to cook something!"

Nodding, I smirked as she playfully almost slapped my chest; pulling her hand into mine before she could, I tugged her against me and gently kissed her. Of course, when I was kissing her, gentle just wouldn't cut it- even with her being pregnant, and all; the fact that I knew that damn pup was watching only made me kiss her deeper.

"I love you, Luna, so much," I murmured against her lips, my eyes dancing as they gazed into hers; playfully, gently slapping her ass, I shooed her on her way back to the couch. "Remember who the real Alfa is here, pup! And keep your damn hands to yourself, or I'll cut them off and shove them up your ass!"

His only answer was a scoff as he bravely, stupidly tossed his arm around her. Growling, I took a step towards them and only paused when Luna glanced at me over the back of the couch with a small frown. But exerting my super awesome badass Alfa powers over the teeny tiny little pup would be so much fuuun....!!

~000~

"Come with me, pup." My voice was harsh as he stood slowly, arm falling off Luna's shoulders. She stood as well, brow raised in question, but before she could ask, I held up a hand for silence; she was my Mate, my Luna, the mother of my child. This was for her own protection. "We are going on a little hike. You are staying here with Dino and Mary while they cook supper."

Pressing a quick kiss to her forehead, I allowed the pup one teeny tiny side hug before jerking his shoulder so hard that it practically came out of the socket. "I'll be back in a short while, sweetheart; go ahead and go on downstairs. Dino and Mary will be here soon."

Holding the pup back as she walked downstairs, I couldn't help but forget where I was as I stared at her delectable little ass; I couldn't wait until she was so swollen with my children that she burst wide open... Jerking back to reality as the pup shoved me off him, I growled a low warning and got him back in my grip, lowering my voice to a deadly whisper. "You are not staying here, on this property, anywhere near my Mate; you're going to the Pen, until you either decide to tuck your tail between your legs and go back home, or I kick your ass so hard you go flying back there..."

"You are not my Alpha!" He growled the words as saliva  flew from his teeth, landing on the floor between us; somebody had anger management issues, not to mention issues with authority...

"As long as you're in Italy- as long as you're not in the United States- you can kiss my ass and take my orders!" Shoving him out the front door, I chuckled darkly as he fell in a heap off the porch, right at Mary's feet; she glared between us and daintily stepped over his limp body. "Don't worry, Mary, the pup is going to the pound..."

A few minutes later, as I practically dragged his uncooperative ass through the woods, I couldn't help but feel slightly disgusted; what did my little Mate see in him?!? I knew there was nothing romantic between them, at least not on her part, but still; why would you be "friends" with such an asshole?!?

"As happy as I am that she's happy, I really hate you, ya know that?!?"

"No, really?!? I had no idea you hated me! Newsflash, pup: I hate you too!" Growling, I rolled my eyes and shoved him forward; we were getting closer to the Pen; up ahead, I could see Antonio, one of my border guards. "I suppose I am glad that you were there for her, pup, that you kept her safe..."

"Yeah, well, the feeling is not mutual!" Then, he grunted as I shoved him against the steel door that led into the Pen; he really was stupid if he thought he was getting out of Italy without a scratch...

"As long as my Mate doesn't give a shit about you anymore, I could care less how you feel!"

~000~

An hour had passed since Mary and Dino left, finally giving us peace and quiet; my poor little Mate still hadn't finished her stupid vampire movie, and I still hadn't finished a bit of paperwork. But at the same time, we couldn't leave each other alone; it was almost like Derek's arrival had thrown our relationship into perspective, and made us both realize that'd we'd been taking each other for granted this whole time.

Glancing up from the last paper I'd just filled out, I smiled as a soft snore filled my ears. Goddess, I love that sound! There lay my Mate, asleep on the sleeper sofa with a book in hand; shortly after her arrival, we'd loaded up on books for her, all printed in English. Still, the book that sh clutched to her chest now was nothing from America; it was from my home country. She was reading up on how a Luna should aid the Alfa in leading the Pack!

'Doesn't she make you so proud?' It'd been some time since I'd had a good talk with my Wolf, so I was glad for the conversation.

'Of course she makes me proud! She does everyday, in everything that she does. I swear, the goddess couldn't have picked a better Mate for us...' Sighing, I stood from my desk and slowly walked across the room to her sleeping figure; goddess, she was even more beautiful with her baby bump...

Gently scooping her into my arms, I easily carried her downstairs to our room and laid her down; she didn't wake, which was good. After the past week of drama, she needed her beauty rest...

'You do, too, idiot! Relax, man, our people have got this- don't worry about that damn, idiotic pup!' My Wolf snorted out a quiet chuckle and continued with a growl, 'if you'd just let me tear into his ass a little bit, just once, he'll be back in the States with his tail between his legs in no time...'

'Oh, he's going back to the States before too long,' I huffed, rolling my eyes as I gazed down at my Mate; before Derek, I knew where Luna's loyalties were. She loved me as much as I did her, and nothing, or no one, would ever change that; she was proud to be my Mate, and I hers, and proud to be the mother of my children. Now, I wasn't so sure...

Derek had been her best friend practically since birth; he protected her, she made him smile. They looked out for each other, and told each other everything. Then, her parents had kicked her out, and he'd just let her leave...

Up until last night, when he'd first arrived, I could've sworn to the goddess that she felt nothing for him, that he was a memory; now, I had no idea... I loved her, but so did he; I was her Mate, he was her best friend. She was the Luna of my Pack; her parents were back in the States.

What if she wanted to go with him, to see her parents? What if they all reconnected, and she didn't come back? What if she fell for Derek, as well? What if I lost her?

A/N: you guys are most definitely gonna wanna keep reading now, trust me.... There's only about 15-20 chapters left; we're in the home stretch!
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