His Alpha's Guardian
Chapter 9

**Justin’s POV**

There were wolves everywhere and it seemed no matter where I turned there were multiple wolvesattacking me. I could feel my blood pouring on the ground. I tried shoving my walls in place, so thatKataleya did not need to worry about me, but that just seemed to piss her off. She had demandedthrough our link that I not shut her out. It gave her the ability to know that I was okay and still therewith her, but the problem was that I was not fine. I could feel my blood seeping from my body. I feltmyself getting weaker and weaker as the rogues continued to attack me. I just hoped that shewould survive if something were to happen to me.

'Aziel, make sure she stays safe, no matter what happens.’ I forced the full weight of my Alphacommand on him. “If something happens to me, you are to be her personal bodyguard. Make surenothing happens to my queen or our unborn child. Make sure she knows that it will be okay and itwill be okay to move on, that I would never hold that against her. I want her happy.’

Justin, knock this the fuck off. Nothing will happen to you, man. You need to live. You have a childcoming. Your mate needs you. This pack needs you. I need you, man.’

“I can feel my life slowly depleting. My will to live is lessening the longer I try to fight. I can gopeacefully knowing that she is safe, Aziel. Please? Take care of her, whatever she needs,’ I whisperedthrough the link as I dodged a rogue that was aiming for my neck. His teeth grazed my neck beforeI was able to get fully out of his way. I twisted out of the next two rogues that attacked me. I sankmy teeth into the first one and ripped his throat out. Just as I ripped his throat out, two moreattacked me.

I came to the realization that there were too many for me to take on by myself. The moment I gotrid of one, it felt like three more would take its place.

The moment I realized that I was going to die, I whispered, “I love you, my queen,’ through our link,praying that she would forgive me for not being strong enough to fight the rogues. I am prayingthat she does not give up.

The rogue bit into my side and I felt more of my blood rush from my body...suddenly I was engulfedby darkness and I could not help but feel like I failed my mate, my queen, my love. The last thingthat I heard was a gut wrenching scream, before everything was dark.

I woke up to a beautiful meadow. Wild flowers growing everywhere. In the distance, I saw wolvesfrolicking in the fields of flowers.

I looked around. Did I die? Where am 1? Is this what it is like to be with the Moon Goddess?

All of a sudden, there was a shining, white light that appeared in front of me. A beautiful womanappears encased in the light. She had dark brown hair and eyes the color of moonlight and she wasstaring at me with sympathy written on her face.

“Justin, my child.”

The Moon Goddess. She is here. Right in front of me.

“I know you have questions, but first we need to talk.” I nodded my head as I waited for her tocontinue. “Justin, she has to believe that you are dead in order to fulfill her destiny. Kataleya'sdestiny is greater than that of being a female Alpha. There are several more people that she needsto meet in order to fulfill her destiny, but she will not do it if you remain by her side. Don't worry,child. I have a plan for you as well.”

“I didn't even get to say goodbye. There is so much more that I wish I could have said to her...barely had time to tell her that I loved her,” I whispered quietly, my voice cracking at the end.

“I know, my dear child, but you will see her again. You will not be dead for long. You are going to bea guardian of sorts for her if you will. You will be able to remain by her side, but you have to followher at a distance. You cannot interact with her until the time is right. Justin, you will know when thetime is right. You will get a feeling. Act on that feeling when you get it. My child, I will caution you.Some of the decisions that Kataleya makes in the wake of your death are going to hurt you. I wantto caution you to remember that she is hurting. In the next couple of days, she is going to lose a lot.I promise you though, you will end up back with her, but there are decisions that you will have tomake not only together, but on your own, and whether you can accept some of the changes thatwill occur in Kataleya's life. I cannot tell you about her decisions and I cannot tell you about thepeople she will meet, but I just know she will need you again. You have always been, after all, hersaving grace. Without you, she would have killed herself early on...time heals all wounds and Ipromise you this will heal too. ”

I could feel the tears running down my face. How am I supposed to stand there and watch herstruggle, knowing that I am the reason that she is hurting? How do I go without talking to her?Loving her?

The Moon Goddess stepped closer to me and engulfed me in a hug. “I know it is unfair that youhave to go through this. You are missing out on so much right now too, but I promise you that it willbe worth it in the end. There will be a light at the end of this tunnel.”

I nodded my head, fighting with the tears, trying to stop them from streaming down my face.

“I agree to whatever your terms are, but I can't live without her and I know that she will strugglewithout me. Since I will technically be alive, does that mean our bond is still there? Will she not stillfeel it?"

She let out a small, musical laugh, “My child, unfortunately, I cannot answer that question for you,but I trust this will be a mission that you will cherish for the rest of your life. I will now send youback, but remember she cannot replace out that you are alive until it is time, Justin.”

"Yes, Mother Selene,” I whispered as I felt myself being sucked into a portal.

I was dropped right outside of the border and I watched as the warriors cleaned up the mess ofrogues. Kataleya sat there in the middle of the forest floor, kneeling on her knees, with tearsstreaming down her face. Her eyes were swollen and red. She was staring at the spot where mybody used to be. I tried to reach out for our bond, but it was faint. I could tell from the look on herface that she had switched off any and all emotions. She was a shell of who she once was and therewas nothing that I could do to save my mate from it.

She looked broken. My death broke her. Everything in me was calling out for me to go to her andtell her that I was fine and that she would be fine.