Angel's POV

I stepped across the border and felt a shiver go through me. Familiar smells immediately wafted into my nose.

I closed my eyes and stilled, enjoying the homey scents of the pack members.

Thumps of paws on the ground were heard as wolves ran towards me. They were fully ready to erase the possible threat to the pack but when they saw me, they stopped abruptly.

When they recognized me, they sat down and howled as loud as they could. A message to every member of our pack.

The Luna was home!

In response they got two thunderous growls, which were even louder than the real thunder during a storm. It echoed through the forest as they ran towards us, towards me.

The wolves who had found me, quickly trotted to me, sat down in a half circle behind me and bowed their heads.

A blink of an eye later, the twins emerged from the forest and I looked them in the eyes.

They growled at the others around me and I could see they had lost it as Tyler and Ryder had full control.

The wolves stood up to disappear into the forest around us but I stopped them quickly.

"Could you please lead my family to the pack house? They are waiting for me about a two hundred meters from the border. As you can see, I'm going to be extremely busy and I can't lead them myself. Just tell them I sent you and there should be no problems."

They bowed their furry heads and I nodded, saying a quiet 'thank you'.

I turned back to the twins and they stood there, panting and letting out growls that would of terrified me had I not been their mate.

Sitting down legs criss crossed, I opened my arms for them.

They came over, nearly bouncing in delight and wagging their tails.

One of them came and laid behind me so that I could lean onto him, which made him purr happily when I did. The other one laid down in front of me and put his head on my lap, looking at me with his big midnight blue eyes. I scratched him behind his ear and he snuggled into my hand, purring steadily.

"I missed you guys so much." I whispered after some time of sitting and petting them.

They whimpered sadly in response, letting me know that they missed me too.

"But I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere."

Ryder growled (he was in front of me) a little and I looked down at him in surprise. Why did he growl at me?

He nudged my hand and I realized that I had stopped petting him. I stared at him accusingly.

"You growled at me because I stopped petting you?"

He gave me a wolfish grin and nudged my hand once again.

"What am I? Some kind of massage lady to you?"

He hummed.

Did he just- No, I hope he did not, for his own sake.

I clenched my teeth and hissed angrily.

"Excuse me?"

I pushed his head off my lap - it was hard but I managed - and that startled him. He shot up and growled. Tyler was licking my hand, trying to calm me down but I paid him no mind.

"Don't you dare growl at me!"

Ryder stopped growling and looked at me with narrowed eyes.

"Is that what you see me as? Just some lady to satisfy you? Not as your mate?"

He looked like a deer caught in headlights and whimpered.

He tried to come closer but I hissed at him angrily. I was hurt and my eyes were teary.

Ryder shifted and I turned my head so I wouldn't see him naked. That was a wrong move. He was in front of me in a heartbeat, hugging me tightly to his chest. I tried to push him away but he only whimpered into my neck and held on tighter. That whimper made me stop.

He looked up at me and I could see that his eyes were red and watery.

"Ryder, sorry. Ryder didn't...mean that. Ryder hum because...close to mate. Not... hear what mate...said. Mate not... some lady. Mate Ryder's... and Tyler's... mate. Our lady."

I looked deep into his eyes and saw that he was honest and that he didn't mean to hurt me. I realized that I had been wrong and immediately felt bad.

"I'm sorry Ryder. I just... Oh come here." And I pulled him to me, shoving my head into his neck. He did the same but suddenly I could feel wetness on my neck and I pulled back to look at him. He was crying silently, tears streaming down his face and he was biting his lips to hold the sobs in.

"Mate not... mad at... Ryder?" He got out without letting the sobs come out.

"Of course not. You guys are my little fluffballs. And it's okay, you can cry Ryder, you don't have to hold it in."

That made his resolve crack and he started crying, so I pulled his head back into my neck and ran my fingers through his messy brown hair, trying to calm him down by humming.

Some time later he calmed down and took his head from my neck, sniffling slightly.

I took his head between my hands and kissed his forehead lightly.

And then I realized...

"You're naked!!?!" I screeched and both of them winced.

I brought my hands in front of my mouth, remembering they have sensitive ears. I whispered 'sorry' and they nodded.

I looked at Ryder who was grinning at me in all his nakedness and I tried hard not to look.

"Mate can look. Mate can always look."

"Guys, let's go home." I tried to change the subject and it seems that it worked.

Ryder nodded and shifted back into his humongous black wolf. I sighed in relief, at least he wasn't naked anymore.

Tyler was laying on his stomach, so I climbed on with a little help from Ryder and he stood up.

I looked at the ground uneasily. I was at least seven feet above the ground!

Tangling my fingers in his fur I nodded at him and they took off, towards the pack house.

Towards home.