"Sophiaaaa," I heard pulling me out of the darkness. I look up from my pillow and see Tala sitting on my stomach. Her smile intensifies as she sees my gaze come across hers. My room door swings open and Brody runs into my room.

"Tala I told you that you can't disturb Sophia," Brody says picking her up off of me.

"I'm so sorry Sophie I was supposed to keep her out of here," he apologizes giving Tala a slight glare. I stifle a growl towards Brody for treating Tala like that.

"How long have I been out?" I ask him looking out the large window wall. I look back at him and shift my body into a more comfortable position.

"It's been three days," he says setting Tala back down. She hops back onto my bed and lies down next to me.

"Where's Titus?" I wonder. My hand goes to my tender neck and runs over the two puncture holes that was recently made three days ago. His presence in my head was made known when I felt a pressure on my mind. I opened my walls and let him through.

"Did you just wake up?" I heard his deep voice ask through the link we now shared. Now he knew all my thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

"Yes Sophia I do know all your thoughts feelings and emotions," I heard him say. I could basically see his smirk through the link as he said that.

"Yes I did just wake up but I might just go back to sleep to avoid you," I say back sarcastically. I heard him scoff through the link and I laugh.

"You enjoying the link y'all have now?" Brody asks with a smirk on his face. I roll my eyes and sit up.

"Woah there tiger where are you going?" He says holding his hands out to help me. I look at him weirdly.

"Um my bathroom is there a reason you're being protective all of a sudden?" I ask suspiciously. He puts his hands back to his side.

"Well since you've been marked Titus has become more possessive and wants you to be watched wherever you go especially with the increase of rouge attacks," He explains. I shake my head in disapproval.

"So you have to follow me everywhere?" I ask raising my eyebrow.

"Well not me to be exact more like a trained member of the pack has to be with you wherever you go," he starts to explain. I let out a sigh and start to walk to the bathroom.

"So are you gonna come into the bathroom or are you gonna wait outside," I ask a little sarcastically. His face reddens and he shakes his head.

"I'll stay outside and watch Tala," he chuckles. I laugh to myself and walk in and close the door.

"Wait Tala needs to get ready," I said peeking my head out of the door realizing she wasn't changed when she was on top of me. Tala leaps out of Brody's arms and ran into mine. I stuck my tongue out and Brody fake pouted.

"Hah she likes me better," I laugh. He rolls his eyes and flicks his wrists telling me to go into the bathroom. I lock the door behind me and set her down on the sink counter.

"I need to get you a stool that way you can reach the sink," I tell her. She nods and I laugh at her cute face. We brush our teeth and change and we walk out holding hands. I put her on the chair and I see Charlotte and Brody talking.

Now that I saw them standing side be side I could see the resemblance in their faces. Their eyes had the same glow I see in Brody's.

I take out a new bottle of orange juice and pour two glasses. One for Tala and one for me.

"Sophie?" I heard Brody ask.

"Hmm?" I said not taking my eyes off of the glass I was pouring. I walk over to Tala and set the glasses then rest my weight on the table.

"I noticed when your family was here that you don't look anything like them," he commented. I lifted my eyebrow and gave him a confused look.

"I'm mean it's not a bad thing but your hair color is black and you parents' and James' is brown and I took them on a run and their wolves are brown while yours is a dark silver," he points out.

Charlotte slaps his arm, "Don't be rude Joseph," she whispers.

"Joseph?" I said holding in a laugh. He led out a groan at his mom.

"My birth name is Joseph Brody Montgomery but I go by Brody, Mom," he said glaring at her. I let out a chuckle. I felt a tug on my shirt and I look down at Tala.

"I'm hungry," she mumbles at me. I nod and I see Charlotte bringing to plates of spaghetti. I silently celebrated in my head and put a handful of cheese on her plate.

"It's fine Charlotte I don't mind I just never noticed the difference between my family and I," I tell her. I take my seat next to Tala and start eating my pasta.

"Titus wants you to join tonight for the pack dinner," Brody says sitting across from me. I freeze and look up at him.

"Do you love Titus," I heard Tala ask. I swear I think everything in the house froze.

"Did I say something wrong?" she asks looking up at me. I laugh and shake my head.

"No your just really smart for your age," I laugh. "Yes I do love Titus a lot. I'm scared of losing him but I love him a lot," I tell her. I shocked my self too because I confessed my love for him to this four year old.

"Does he love you?" She asks. I laugh at her questions. She really is an interesting child.

"I hope he does," I whisper rubbing my mark unintentionally. Brody lets out a cough bringing me out of my thoughts.

"This is the annual pack feast. We host one every year and almost all pack members join. After dinner we all go on a run and we hunt for our wolves," he explains what is happening tonight.

"He wants me to come to that?" I ask. He nods and I sigh.

"Of course you have to come Your our Luna now," he said pointing to my mark. My face reddened and I looked back down at my food.

"You don't need to dress fancy just don't dress too comfortable," he says getting up from his seat.

"My mom is leaving to help prepare for tonight and I have duties to attend to so I'll send Jacob...Wait he's busy I'll send Nikolai," he says. I give him a nod and I see Tala frown when she heard that Jacob was busy.

"We'll see Jacob tonight," I ran down and whisper into her ear. A smile replaces the pout on her face letting me know she was excited.

We spent most of our day watching Disney movies and working on the garden. Nikolai always around the corner made me felt uneasy knowing he was watching my every move.

"Sophia the dinner is in about an hour," he tells me as I finish planting the last flower in the dirt.

"What time is it?" I ask patting the dirt down so it's even and wiping my hands off.

"It's 5:37," he says. I let out a string of curses in my head and quickly took my gloves off. I carry Tala out of the dirt she was laying in and out her in his arms.

"Get her cleaned up and I'll take out clothes for her to wear she knows how to change herself," I tell him quickly then run back into the house. I take my gardening apron of and throw it on the floor of my room and rush into the closet.

I pull out leggings, boots, and a long coat for Tala. I run outside and throw it at Nikolai and I hear Tala's giggles when I rush back to the room. I quickly take a shower and wear casual clothes like Brody said. I combed through my hair and saw that I hade about 22 minutes left. I stopped for a second and took a breather.

"Sophiaaa," I heard Tala's small voice say through the door. I smile and open the door quickly. She jumped back in fright and I laughed.

"You look so cute." She smiles and does a twirl to show me her outfit.

"Can we go see Jacob now?" She asks with hope in her eyes. I look at Nikolai and he nods. I look back at her and nod. She jumps in excitement and holds her hands out for me to carry her.

"Lazy butt," I laugh and pick her up. I rest her on my hip and we walk out. I expected to see the sky of the beautiful sunset I saw outside my window but no I bumped into something hard.

Hands held onto my arms to make sure I don't fall. The tingles shot up my arm and Titus' scent mixed with cologne calmed me down.

"I'm scared," I whispered into his chest. He moved his hands to my back and one to my hair. He plants a soft kiss on my forehead.

"I'll be right there with you," he said lightly kissing the mark he gave me three days ago. I shivered as the tingles went down my spine.

I felt Tala shuffle uncomfortably in my arms and I look at her looking at someone who was walking our way. She wiggles out of my arms and into Jacob's.

"Well looks like none of us can compete with Jacob," Brody says throwing his hands in the air. We all laugh and I see Tala rest her head on his shoulder and fall asleep.

"How did you just do that?" I ask questioning his ways. "I couldn't put her to sleep the whole day."

He shrugs and gives me a smirk, "I'm better than you." I roll my eyes and shake my head at him.

"So are we going to go to this dinner or just stand out here?" I heard Brody ask. Titus' arm finds his was around my waist and we head towards the large pack house.

We head towards the west wing of the large house and up to two large silver doors. Through the doors I hear someone announcing.

"Now I would like to introduce Alpha Titus with his Luna Sophia, accompanied with Beta Brody and Gamma Jacob with Miss Tala."

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