Mated to the Moon (Portal City Protectors Book 6), Georgette Clair [best classic books to read .TXT] 📗

Fabiana.

What a beautiful name.

Raphael’s gaze briefly met Adonis’s in the rearview mirror. Adonis only rested his chin on one palm and looked out the window. “He touched Starlett.”

It was enough of an answer for Raphael, and in seconds they were speeding through Moonstone lands. The pack had the largest section of Encantado to the south, and lines of casinos, a massive amusement park, and glittering hotels were sleeping in the sunlight, waiting for nighttime to come alive with bursts of color and brilliant lights. He faintly heard the screams of tourists at the Sueños, the pack’s amusement park, boasting over twenty rollercoasters, attractions, and 3D rides that even humans wanted to come and experience. There, like many other places in his lands, humans rubbed elbows with paranorms, searching for exhilarating highs and breathless experiences.

And Adonis provided them all.

Your turn, Fabiana. What will your dreams look like?

***

The Lombardi Pack’s lands rose before them with a much different statement. The forest that provided a natural barrier for the Moretti and Lombardi wolves gave way to a gate and walls covered in overgrown roses with life-ending thorns.

“It’s crazy every time I see that shit,” Raphael muttered. “What Romano and Zoey can do is wild.”

Adonis couldn’t agree more. They’d found so many possibilities in the face of Skuld and her attacks they were all still trying to fully explore.

“It lessens the need for guards at every few feet on the fence, for sure,” Adonis commented.

“Wonder if we could get them to do that for us.”

“We don’t need it.”

And they didn’t. The Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales men Adonis had lured to join his ranks were special forces trained in commando and urban warfare. Not giving them the chance to decimate their enemies left the men bitching for weeks. They loved to fight, and they kept the perimeter of the Moonstone lands safe.

“True …” Raph sighed. “We’re here to meet with Pasquale. He’s expecting us.”

The wolf eyed the cars behind them. “Why so many?”

“Because my Alpha doesn’t go anywhere without his security detail,” Raphael deadpanned. It was a lie, of course. No, Adonis wanted to make sure no one would stop him from taking Fabiana, and he’d fight his way out if need be.

Adonis watched as the wolf at the gate pressed his mic at his ear and relayed they had arrived. He couldn’t say the Lombardi Pack didn’t protect their own. It was obvious the wolf was ready to fight if need be and had several others waiting as backup on the other side of the gate.

At least I know my woman has been protected properly.

The wolf nodded, waiving them in and giving directions directly to Pasquale’s home in the back of their lands. The drive was easy, the visual so different than Moonstone land, with urban subdivisions, a community center, and building that reminded him of the normal American dream.

It made his skin tight.

Too sweet. Too … calm. Adonis needed action and movement.

It didn’t take long to get to Pasquale, and the dark-haired wolf was waiting outside along with his own slew of wolves.

Smart man.

Adonis didn’t care about that. He was here for one reason and one reason only.

He climbed out of the car when Raphael opened the door, and he knew his men were flanking him without having to look back.

“I’m here for my mate.”

Pasquale’s cool blue eyes scanned Adonis’s wolves. He looked like her, his mate. The siblings had same dark hair and icy eyes, but he was built on bigger lines, a firmer foundation. An ice-cold shudder of power swelled around them.

Adonis lifted a brow. “Is this how we begin our friendship, hermano?”

“I’m not your brother yet, and you’re scaring her.”

Adonis wouldn’t budge, not until he had her. “I’m her mate. There is nowhere she’s safer than by my side.”

A few of Pasquale’s wolves growled, and they were met with matching tones from Adonis’s crew.

“She’s not with you yet.”

The air went still, and Adonis took one silent, menacing step forward. “Are you threatening me?”

“You’re. Scaring. Her.”

“She is mine.”

“Not until she wants it. Come back when your head is out of your ass. You know my sister had a hard time. Not this way.”

Fuck. That.

“On game.”

Raphael groaned. “It’s game on.”

Yeah? Well, fuck him too.

Chapter Two

They had all lost their minds.

Completely.

Utterly.

Stark raving mad.

Fabiana swallowed, her lungs seizing so quickly she stumbled on her feet, lightheaded. They were fighting. Fighting. One moment, Adonis’s deep voice was rumbling through her body, making her feel things—needy things she hated—and the next, Adonis leapt for Pasquale in the blink of an eye.

It’s okay, Fab. Just breathe. Take in a breath.

But her stupid lungs weren’t working; they hadn’t been since Pasquale had told her Adonis was coming.

“He’s your mate, piccolo. You know what that means.”

“Don’t ‘little one’ me. I’m staying here. This is my home.”

Pasquale sighed, his dark-blue eyes so like their mother’s. The ice of his Alpha power wrapped her in a soothing embrace. “This will always be your home, but he’s– Fabiana, you can’t deny the wolf. Trust me, I tried.”

His heated gaze traveled to Giuliana, and for a moment, envy swelled in Fabiana’s breast. She loved Giules, she did, like a sister. But she wished she could be normal, beautiful, and strong. Fabiana wished she could love and battle like an Alpha mate was supposed to and never back down.

Primo had destroyed that in her.

Fabiana sucked in a wheezing breath, begging her lungs to function properly. She understood what this was: the heightened pulse, her mouth dry, and her mind telling her she couldn’t breathe.

Anxiety attack.

She cataloged the symptoms clinically and came to the correct conclusion, but that didn’t stop the pain and fear from