BLEAK

Goodbye to Loneliness

Chapter Thirty

Four Months Later...

~Gunner~

I was nervous yet impatient as I paced the small room. Was it me or was it too hot? I tugged at my collar and stopped to look at my reflection. It was my wedding day and I was feeling more than ready yet a nervous wreck. Four long months had drifted away and I couldn't be happier. Talen and I had connected with my Luna and her wolf perfectly that so many things had changed for us. My abilities had enhanced to a ridiculous level. I was able to shift in the blink of an eye and run through fields without so much as breaking a sweat. I was stronger and more alert.

So alert I could hear when my fingers touched her skin or when her body grinded close to mine. I was aware of every part of her. The way her small yet plum little mouth bit her lip every time she thought too hard. Or how her eyes grew heavy with desire every time she looked at me walk through the door for the first time in our day. Something else had changed as well.

Mindy had grown a different scent. One that put me on the edge of my seat every time I saw her. Her heat it me like a ton of bricks on a random day. I had come to the conclusion that her scent had simply drifted away and I was okay with it. I loved the way she smelled like that fresh coconut shampoo she bathed with. However, on that day she had waltzed into my study with a different smell.

And I was slowly losing my mind. The wedding was but a month away and I had refused to cave. Talen insisted every time I saw her and I had to at times hide from her until I could find myself and my wolf under control. The night I had marked her I hadn't feared wanting to mate with her this badly because Mindy had no scent, but now it seemed to torture me.

As a favor I had asked Jeremiah to keep her busy. Mindy had quit her job at the mall and joined the forces again. She was slowly climbing up the ladder in her rank and I was proud of her.

Four long months ago the entire family had united to tell our Nation the truth, the whole truth about our tragic romance. My father had suggested that we sugar coat the whole thing and simply tell the Nation we had made a mistake and things were better now. However, I had refused to keep everyone from knowing the truth. After all, stories like these were once in a lifetime and I felt I owed it to Mindy and my Nation.

Some conflict arose but was soon quieted when the majority of my people had seen it to forgive me. "If Mindy forgave him, then so should we. No one knows and trust their Alpha more than his Luna." They had said.

Now I was here, sweating bullets in a tiny room where the window was too small and there was no air conditioner. I blew a frustrated breath and dabbed at the sweat on my forehead.

Taking a seat near the window I closed my eyes and began to reflect on my entire life. On my own I laughed at my mistakes and smiled at the good memories. The entire time I had fallen into a coma I had joined the Great Beyond because I was in between life and death. My mate had been having dreams that linked her to me there. I was never dead simply transported to a place where my soul could find comfort. Mindy's had found me there, it seemed the whole time she had been angry at me her soul had been crying out to be close to me, much like I had.

And it was there that we found one another, a place where there was no pain or hatred. We weren't clouded with our mistakes or our sorrows. It was why we were able to mend our broken bond and once again unite as one. I didn't know if anyone had ever had an experience like I had but I was glad I hadn't let it go to waste. The love for one another was what had brought me back, it was what had given me life once again.

Now I was ready to live it to the fullest and never lose sight of what I had. I was ready to lead Mindy and I into the future, and whatever awaited us there we would face together. Because there was no place I'd rather be than by her side.