His Blue Moon Princess
Chapter 50

...You took me for an i***t, Damian! Now, out of my way!"

I'm suddenly punched back against the wall. Nora didn't even move, yet something took me out. What the hell just happened? No, what the hell did I do?

I get back on my feet, and I watch her run out, still crying. Watching her back recede from me crunches my heart. She is leaving blood drops behind her. Does she even realize she's bleeding?! I replace it hard to breathe. Don't go, Nora, don't. Don't leave me alone again, I beg you, don't disappear! Yet I can't take a single step after her.

Please, someone, tell me this didn't just happen. Tell me I didn't lose her.

I'm going crazy. Not her, not Nora, please. Don't make me lose her, not again.

My head is bursting. I can't think. What should I do? I... Something's gone wrong. Or I'm becoming mad. I step back, again and again. I'm f*****g lost.

"Damian?"

I raise my eyes. Liam.

My little brother, my baby brother. He was the one with Nora. I stand up, and walk to him. Before I can even think about it, my hand is on his collar and I have him facing me against the wall.

"Why?! Why the hell did you bring her here, Liam?!"

"She had to know, Damian. I'm not letting you make this mistake!"

"This is not of your goddamn business! Nora is gone because of you! She didn't need to know! Why the f**k did you do that?!"

"Damian, let him go!"

Someone is suddenly holding me and forcing me back. I don't even have the strength to fight them back. Nate's smell surrounds me, but I'm still killing Liam with my eyes. "Liam, are you okay?"

"Of course I am. He didn't even tighten his grip. I told you he wouldn't hurt me."

This time, I push Nate off me. Let me go! I turn to them, watching my brothers, both of them, standing there and staring at me. Nate with anxious and sorry eyes, waiting for my reactions, but Liam acts normal and it's angering me even more. Does he have any idea what he just did?

We are surrounded by people in the lobby, and Nate makes a sign, telling everyone to go. Within a minute, everyone exits the hall and the three of us are left glaring at each other. "Why the hell did you do that?" I ask, grinding my teeth.

My wolf is growling like a beast, I'm so mad right now. I'm using the scraps of self-control I have left not to fight them now.

Liam put his hands in his pockets, looking arrogant. "What? You would have preferred to wait until you're actually married to that b***h? You think Nora would have liked it more?" "Nora doesn't f*****g need to know!"

"She is your mate, Damian! You can't hide her from the truth forever!" Yes, I can!

I can protect her from anything! I don't want her to have to fight; I don't want her to have any chance to be hurt! How many times do they think I've had to endure this? Whenever I felt her pain. Her suffering. Do they have any idea of the hell Nora had to go through? Every day, for ten years... Thank Moon Goddess Nathaniel is keeping her brother's location a secret from me because I would kill him. I would s******** that animal who dared to hurt his own sister, and I wouldn't feel a shred of regret about it. "Hell yes, I will protect her."

Nathaniel steps closer and puts his hands on my shoulders. "Damian, Liam is right. Nora is not that little girl you once knew anymore. She's getting stronger. She is a werewolf, and she can fight back now. And we can protect her."

I glare at him, too, and push him off. What does he know?

"... Do you think we can protect her, Nate? Like we protected Mom?"

I see the sadness in his eyes, but I don't care. They don't even realize what it's been like for me. The three of us had to watch our Mom suffer and die, and Moon Goddess, it was painful enough. But I had to endure Nora's pain for ten f*****g years! "... Nora is not our mother, Damian."

Shut up, Liam. I don't want to hear any of you two anymore. I don't care what you say.

Nora is gone because of them! I stumble back and fall on my a*s against a pillar.

Why the hell do I have to fight with my brothers now? Nora is gone! Nora just left and I can't do anything to catch her! Her eyes when she looked at me... I never saw her in so much pain before. Never. And it's all my fault.

I take my head in my hands. Someone, please make this nightmare stop. I need her. I need Nora back in my arms, like before. I can't breathe. What if someone attacks her again? What if I lose her for good? I don't want to think about it. f**k! Why this, why now? "Damian, calm down. Look at me."

I look up and see Nate's eyes, our mom's eyes. He is on his knees, facing me, hands on my neck. Trying to calm me down. "Nora is fine. We will replace her, and you will talk to her, okay? What is done is done now. But I need you to calm down, brother, you're scaring the whole hotel."

I don't give a damn about the whole hotel! My wolf is furious, growling and releasing his Alpha aura without restraint. I wish I could go back to that party and f*****g wreck it all! I don't care! I don't give a damn anymore! "Damian?"

f**k, I don't want to see her now.

I hear my brother growling. "Do you have a deathwish, King? Get the hell out of here."

"Are you sure you want to threaten me, Liam? Your future sister-in-law?"

He growls even louder. Moon Goddess, if that woman comes even one step closer, I'm gonna rip her head off.

Nathaniel sighs, and stands up. "Alexandra, not now."

"It's whenever I want, Nathaniel. Was that his precious mate? She looks so weak. Are you sure she defeated an Alpha? No wonder you won't take her as your Luna, she is-"

That's too much. I get up, and before she can utter another word, I grab her throat, making her shut up.

"Don't. Say. Another. Damn. Word."

If I hear say another single word about Nora, I might really lose it and kill her. She gasps, frightened. Nathaniel runs up to me, and makes me let go of her. I step back, barely containing my anger.

After a while, as I'm looking away from her, I hear her chuckle. "So that's what you are so afraid of, huh? Relying on her to contain your Alpha urges? Poor you, Damian. Moon Goddess gave you the wrong mate. But lucky you, marrying me might be the best deal." "We might reconsider our options if you seriously don't learn to shut up, Alexandra," growls Nate. "Oh, really? And who else would ally themselves with you guys?"

Can't someone seriously shut her up? Nobody answers her. Nathaniel is focused on calming me, and Liam is glaring at her.

After a few seconds, she sighs. "I see you guys understand. Anyway, Damian, get back up there. I don't care about your girlfriend making a scene, but we need to-" "Cancel the damn party."

All eyes turn to me, especially Alexandra's glare. "...Excuse me?"

"I said, cancel the party. Immediately."

"No way! It took weeks to get everything perfectly ready! I chose this dress especially for this, and I spent hours talking with stupid humans so everything would be perfect for my engagement party! Don't come if you don't want to, but with or without you, this party will continue!"

She turns back and goes to the elevators.

Nathaniel rolls his eyes. "I thought she was never going to leave. ... Damian, are you okay?"

I'm not okay. I'm nowhere near fine. I need to talk to Nora, not to that vixen. I don't give a s**t about the engagement party, I just want to replace my mate, make sure she is okay. I feel her getting further and further away from me. What do I do now? "Nate. Find Nora."

Next to where Alexandra just left, we hear an elevator coming. Bobo and Neal. They both walk up to us.

"Boss, we could feel your aura all the way to the 32nd floor."

"Where is Nora...?"

I glare at Bobo. Couldn't he keep her out, too? He is supposed to watch over her, why the f**k is he here now? His eyes automatically avoid mine, lowering his head by reflex.

"Don't be mad at him, Brother, it was all my idea."

Why do they all do this to me? Why? Now Nora is gone and she hates me.

Nathaniel takes out his phone.

"She... She's probably with Elena."

All eyes turn to Bobo. Why the hell would she be with Nate's woman? Since when did those two even know each other? I want to ask Nate for an explanation, but for once, he looks just as confused as I am. "Call her," I say.

He nods and takes a few steps away. What, he wants some privacy to call his lover now that everyone's done blowing up my relationship?

"What about the party?" Asks Neal.

"Call it off. I don't give a damn what the Gold Moon Clan says. If every werewolf doesn't exit this building within the next ten minutes, I'm killing them."

"I'll be happy to take care of that. Come, Neal." Liam and my Beta run back to the elevator.

Bobo went to talk with Nate, and I'm left alone in the hall.

Nora...

I need Nora. I'll go crazy if I lose her. I need her, I need my mate.

I don't care for any other woman. I never did. She has been the only one in my mind for ten years. Moon Goddess, she is everything for me. I could do anything for her. I don't care if I have to marry another woman for her safety!

...Nate is right. I'm crazy. I love her so badly, it's painful. Whenever I feel like my wolf might take over, all I have to do is think of her beautiful blue eyes to calm myself down. I try to calm myself down. I can't lose it right now. I hear him coming back. "She is fine, Damian, she's with Elena. They will take care of her, okay, brother? Damian?"

I nod.

I feel exhausted, all of sudden. Like all the pressure just fell on my shoulders. I take my head in my hands again, and I feel my brother's hand on my neck.

"Don't worry about King. We'll figure it out. I was never for it, anyway."

"I don't give a damn about King, Nate. I just want Nora back. If I have to take on the whole Gold Moon Clan by myself, I will."

I hear him sigh. "Easy... We may not have to go that far. I'll think of something, okay? Maybe we can try negotiating with the other Clans again. And if Nora really is a Royal's child..."

"Don't put Nora into this!" I yell.

I don't want Nora anywhere near those conflicts! When will they get that? I don't care how strong she becomes, I don't want hurt again! Never again! Hasn't she suffered enough already? Why can't they understand? I just want her to finally live the life she deserves, protected and cherished. Loved.

Nathaniel sighs. "Damian, stop it. I know what you're thinking, and it's not going to work. You know her. You can't keep her away; she has to know someday. And she will. That girl is growing stronger every day. Why do you think Moon Goddess Mother paired her up with you? So that you can have a Luna that matches you. A Luna that..."

"What about our mother, then?" I turn to him with angry eyes. "Our mother was our father's mate, too. Yet, she suffered so much, Nate. She..."

"You are not our father, and Nora is not anything like our mother, Damian! Our mother died poisoned, you know that. If it wasn't for that incident, she would have been strong enough to handle it all. And she couldn't, because..."

"...Because our father didn't protect her," I growl.

"...What incident are you guys talking about?"

s**t, Liam. He heard us.