Ethereal

Chapter 5: Control Freak

Mar 04, 2026 5 / 15

Roman's Point of view ✌

I sat on my bed and let my body fall on the bed. I found my mate. Such a beautiful mate. Avanessa Lesnar is my mate. Her green eyes still seem to appear in my mind when I close my eyes. She is going to be an amazing Luna. She looked so fucking cute when she got angry and she looked so hot when she handled Ryan.

"Roman!" I heard Lily's screeching voice as she stomped in my room in anger. I sat up and glared at her. "What the hell did you think of?" she sneered. My wolf stirred at the challenging voice. "You have no right to reject me!" she snapped. This did it. I stood up, my eyes probably already yellow.

"I'm your Alpha!" My voice boomed as my wolf took over. "You need to respect me! I found my mate. And she will be a better Luna than you!" I sneered as I took a few steps in her direction, my wolf loving the fact that she was shaking in fear.

"What about the fact that she was going to reject you?" she asked with a wicked grin, probably thinking that she was going to hurt me with those words.

"She was going to reject me because of you!" I snapped and pushed pass by her to my office where I heard the phone ringing. I quickly answered the phone, anger still running in my fucking vein.

"Alpha Roman" A powerful voice greeted.

"Speaking. And you are?" I questioned formally.

"Alpha Lesnar" he introduced. A smirk appeared on my face. "I heard my daughter is your mate" he stated.

"Yes. She is"

"I'd like to apologize for her behavior" he said and I could distinct reluctance in his tone. "I heard that she wanted to reject you" he said and I huffed as a pang went straight to my heart.

"Where is she?" I asked, trying to avoid this subject. I wanted her in my pack, by my side. My wolf and I were hating the fact that she wasn't by our side.

"She went for a run" He told me. Suddenly I could hear shuffling and panicked voice in the background. I tried to understand what was happening but apparently the guy talking was scared. Suddenly, I felt a pain on my side. I clenched my jaw and lifted my shirt. Nothing. Avanessa is hurting!

'Mate is in pain!' My wolf shouted in my head.

"What's happening?" I demanded, my wolf feeling restless.

"Avanessa got ambushed at the Black Moon River by some rogues and she's not responding to mindlink!" Alpha Lesnar replied. My eyes widened as I felt my heartbeats raced in my ribcage. I just found her and now I'm going to lose her? No. I ended the call and ran out of the house. I shifted in my wolf and started running towards the Black Moon river. I increased my speed when suddenly I felt my head in pain. It must be Ava's pain. I howled in anger. I'm going to kill those fuckers who thought that they have the right to hurt what's mine.

Soon, I was by the river and her scent was still here. No rogues were around. I took a deep breath and soon smelt the rogues. I ran in the direction and it was still by the river. I saw five wolves facing six others. One of the wolves made a curt nod and I instantly knew that it was the members of the Black Moon Pack and the others were rogues. I also saw a man lying lifeless by the river. I could distinguish Ava's scent on him which made me growl. Pride shoot through me when I realized that my mate took him down.

Soon, the wolves started fighting. I couldn't see Ava, which made me restless. I needed her. I sniff the air and started running in the direction where her scent was coming from. I walked by the river and I froze when I saw a body stuck between rocks. No! No! No! No! No! I ran quickly and shifted in my human form. I walked closer, making my wolf howl in pain when I saw my mate, lying naked in the water with blood running in her side. I ran and swam to her. I took her in my arms and stepped out of the water. She was breathing but she seemed weak. So I ran, I ran quickly to their pack house. Alpha Lesnar opened the door and I rushed Ava in.

"Get the pack doctor" I demanded as I slightly pushed a strand of hair away from her beautiful and flawless face. I wanted to be there to protect her from those rogues.

"Get Mr Hurst!" Alpha Lesnar shouted.

"I'm taking her to my pack once she woke up" I said through gritted teeth as I stared at her wound. As I touched her skin, she sighed a bit and leant more in my touch.

"I'm not going to stop her" Alpha Lesnar stated. "But I know that she's stubborn and she doesn't like to be controlled. So you'll have to discuss that with her" Alpha Lesnar continued. I huffed slightly, already knowing how my mate was. Even in that short period of time, I have a feeling that I've known her for a long time.

"You're her father! You need to talk to her. Make her agree. Because you can't fucking protect her! She's barely breathing! Just look at her!" I shouted in anger, my wolf threatening to come out. I was getting angrier by the fact that the fucking pack doctor was still not here. "Where's that fucking pack doctor?" I snapped.

"C-can you s-stop screaming?" I heard a soft weak voice ask. I quickly fell to my knees so that I could be face to face with my mate. Her eyes were barely open.

"I'm sorry" I apologized for screaming. Alpha Lesnar was staring at me as if he saw some ghost.

'it's quite normal! You don't usually apologize' My wolf stated in my head and I took a deep breath. That's true.

❤Ava's Point of view ❤

With a lot of difficulty, I opened my eyes and blinked several times to get used to the light in the room. I concentrated in the ceiling, trying to remember what happened.

Ah. The mother fucking rogues.

I tilted my head to the left and gently lifted my shirt to see my wound. I sighed in relief when I realized that the wound was nearly healed. How did I even get here? Damn. I really thought that I was going to die. With another sigh, I pushed myself off the bed and tried not to groan at the pain in my head. I was in a mid thigh summer dress. Emily must have dressed me. I got out of the room, walking barefoot in the house. I hate putting sandals in the house. I could hear talking in the kitchen so I made my way downstairs.

"What are you doing?" I asked while rubbing my eyes and yawning.

"What are you doing here? You should be in bed!" My action froze when I realised that my mate was in the kitchen. I blinked several time to see him sitting next to my father, and in front of them were my mother and James.

"What are you doing here?" I asked in surprise as I stepped closed to them. Damn, Roman looked so hot with messy hair. He looked at me with concerned eyes, so I gave him a smile to reassure him that I was fine.

"Rogues attacked you" he told me. I shrugged and stole a pancake from James plate.

"I'm still alive" I told him.

"Because of him" James scoffed and pulled his plate away from me, making me pout slightly. I saw Roman's eyes skimmed my lips before gulping.

"Because of him?" I repeated.

"As soon as he heard that you were being attacked, he ran to look for you" My father said and patted Roman's back to prove his reconnaissance. So they were friends now?

"Thank you" I said with a little smile and he smiled back. Again I froze. For the first time I saw him smile and he looked so hot. Suddenly, I felt the pain in my head intensity. I clenched my jaw, trying not to scream at the pain.

"Is there a problem?" my mother asked, noticing my distraction. I shook my head and walked to the sink. I took a glass and filled it with water. Just as I took a gulp, I started couching and the glass fell on the ground. My knees felt weak and I had the feeling that I was going to fall but before I could feel the ground, I felt arms around me. From the sparks that flew on my skin, I instantly knew that it was Roman.

"That's the effect of the injection" Roman mumbled as I took a deep breath and blinked. Wait. Did he say injection?

"Injection?" I asked.

"She is scared of needles" James chuckled while my eyes widened. Roman wrapped an arm around me, to keep me steady and brought me to my chair. Holy God! Those sparks were killing me. Not to mention how I felt his muscles under my hands.

"Baby" Roman muttered in amusement while I gasped.

"I'm not a baby! Needles hurt people" I exclaimed and he chuckled. Wow. That sexy, drool worthy, and hot chuckle.

"You killed a rogue but you're scared of a tiny needle?" He questioned, sarcasm dripping in his words. "Plus, you already got the injection done. So there's nothing to be scared of" he told me and stood behind me, probably afraid that I'll fall. He pushed his plate in front of me while I shook my head.

"I'm not hungry" I lied.

"You were just stealing his food. So don't be a baby and eat" he snapped, making me roll my eyes at his commanding voice. My parents rolled their eyes, knowing how I was going to react.

"If I don't want to eat, I'm not going to eat" I said with confident. "The fact that you saved me doesn't give you the right to order me around" I snapped as I tried to stand up. But his arms around my waist kept me in place. He turned me around and glared at me.

"But the fact that you're my mate, gives me the right to" he snapped with clenched jaw.

"Control freak" I mumbled and turned to steal pancakes from my father's plate, rather than his. The truth, I wanted to eat the food that his lips touched. I wanted to feel his lips on mine. I wanted to run my hand in his hair. I wanted to kiss his cheek and tell him how much he mean to me. But I won't. Not right now. I won't give him this pleasure. He needs to get that fact that I'm not an object. He needs to respect my choices, my opinions and my decisions.

"Yes, I am" he said, rather proudly as he sat next to me. I ignored him and continued on munching on my food as my mother gave me a glass of juice.

"So when are you going?" James asked while putting his empty plate in the sink.

"When she finishes packing" Roman replied instantly. I stopped eating and gulped the food so that I could. I glared at my parents, then as Roman.

"Who is going to pack?" I asked as I crossed my arms over my chest to show that I could be intimidating too but Roman towered over me. I was so small in front of me that it made me huff in annoyance. Roman gave me a grin and stood up.

"You are. And you need to hurry up because you're leaving for your new pack in a few minutes" he announced.

Over my dead body.