Alpha Niall And His Lost Mate

Three days had passed, and everything was going back to normal.

Niall arranged a special section in the pack cemetery for headstones of my dad and Clarissa, so that I could visit them anytime I wanted to. I loved it.

Even though I visited my mom's grave countless times back in Brightwater Pack, I never really had a talk with my dad like I had with her. Even though his physical body wouldn't be there, it was sweet, and I loved him even more for doing it for me.

We were scheduling a pack meeting, where Niall will officially introduce me to his pack and make me a member.

With everything that had been going on, we never got the chance to do it, but now we can since everything is settled. And even though almost every pack member already knew me, I still had to be officially introduced as Luna. I was more than happy and ready to be just that.

This is all I need.

"Hey beautiful."

I beamed at the very voice of the man I loved so much, and I threw my head over my shoulder to see him entering the small room.

"Hey handsome," I mumbled as he leaned in to kiss me. I had paint all over my hands, and I didn't want to ruin his shirt, so I settled with kissing him without wrapping my arms around him like I always do.

"Aren't you hungry? You've been painting all morning... Which is beautiful by the way," he added quickly when he saw my glare.

I had always been defensive of my paintings. People always loved them, but they rarely understood them.

"I'll grab brunch in a bit. I just want to finish this first. "

"What is it? " Niall asked as he cocked his head to the side, trying to figure out my swirls and contours.

I ogled it myself, not really sure why I was making something so...vague.

"I don't know," I shrugged. "It just came from here." I pointed to my head, causing him to laugh, but he had a focused look on his face as he continued to eye my work.

"I think...." he drawled, as I made my final stroke. "I think it's what your mind looks like. "

I scrunched my face up at how cheesy that sounded as I removed my apron.

"No for real, " he insisted. "Just look at it. You don't know what it is, meaning that you painted it subconsciously right?"

"I guess but-"

"And look at the others you've painted over the past three days. They're all similar. As if they are saying something but... I can't tell what."

"Niall you're being dramatic. It's just paint on the canvases." I waved him off. He could always make the biggest deal out of the simplest of things sometimes.

"Then why do they all look the same? "

I defended, but one look at the five paintings I've recently made, including the now drying one, made me realise that they looked the

look like a cry for help." His eyes widened as

Look here..." He pointed at the centre of each of them, and I watched attentively. "There's just a gray, black

"See what Niall? "

trying to tell you through the one way it knows it can reach you--art. " I rolled my eyes as I perched my hand on

I asked, even though I knew what

pain beneath all the smiles and 'I'm

fore finger over his lips as I wrapped my arms around his neck. "No more talking," I smirked

really didn't want to have the conversation he had been starting. He was probably right, but eventually that little gray, black of white circle will disappear. It'll be like

become an art whisperer?" I teased as I gently bit his lip. He growled

out my mate was an art genius. I had to meet her somewhere in the middle right?" He teased back, not even caring that I was ruining his new polo shirt

since I knew how much he loved it. I received yet another husky groan from him as he lifted me

with a

you can show

was all he needed to hear, as he pushed all my supplies from my desk

***

sounded at the front door, breaking my eyes from my phone and towards Asia who was

phone before directing her gaze back to it,

of the peace. She had been oddly calm, non-snarky and polite today--she even told me good morning. And when my best friend, Emily, from Brightwater and I were speaking on the phone,

my hair just in case it was someone professional, and smooth my ruffled dress as much as possible from me and Niall's session this morning. Once I was

in delight once I had a visual of our guest, and I almost jumped her

I gently hugged her,

had no clue why she was

wanted to see you. I heard what

am gonna kill that mate of mine." I gritted out as I helped her inside. One minute I was fantasizing about the great sex we

about you. He insisted I stayed home

said, a bit surprised as she stood up. "It's a pleasure to have

being here too. You've gotten so big." Asia blushed at that,

heard about the accident. I'm terribly sorry." She sounded so sweet and sincere, and

killed the

her off. "A little bruises never

you need anything? Water? Tea?"

causing me to roll my eyes

"Sure! Zoey?"

asked, not picking up

from

I smiled awkwardly as

Asia's retreating form. I didn't trust her new found kindness. Even before Victoria

wonder if this was her true nature. If underneath all that hatred for me, was a decent human