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Elena was sitting on the edge of Marco's bed, her hand holding his much larger one. Talking nonstop for the last 30 minutes, while Rex and Marco were strangely silent.

As for Giulia, the girl had gone to the bathroom and Rex had accompanied her, returning shortly thereafter. Alone.

Apparently, her bladder must have been very full since the girl had been absent for almost an hour. She had probably gone to look for more food as her stomach had always been a bottomless pit.

In the meantime, Marco and Rex were lost in their own private worlds. Both focused on an oblivious Elena. Both searching for answers. Lately, Elena, their beautiful best friend, had become an unsolvable riddle.

'Why has Elena tried to defend Alpha Mirko from his crazy Beta?' Rex was musing over and over the event. 'Since when had they become so friendly to each other?! What did I miss?!'

Besides, he still hadn't been able to talk to her about the possibility that she'd found a mate! So busy embedding Lord Skull's refugees in their pack, with all his dating with his girls and then Marco's awakening, Elena and Rex had even skipped their weekly special Monday night. And it had been the first time ever, since Elena and Rex had never missed one. Dedicated to their friendship, it had always involved catching-up with each other, large quantities of food, a movie and basically some alone quality time.

Rex had to make sure they would recover soon.

Memories of how Alpha Mirko kicked Riccardo and his scary face at Riccardo's offensive words about Elena flashed in Rex's head.

And how furious he had been.

Pinching the back of his nose, Rex realized that he had lost everything Elena had been talking about so far. Unlike Marco, he did not have the ability to think of something, listen to someone else and assimilate everything, all at the same time.

On the other hand, Marco had pretended to listen carefully to Elena who was blabbering about everything he had missed since the accident and coma: the incorporation of refugees into their pack, Lord Skull's Alpha in prison for a long slow death, Luna's Elisa new roses, and blah blah blah!!

'Would she just get to the point and tell me if she is screwing Black Alpha?!' Marco scoffed mentally, rolling his eyes.

But was it possible that Elena had succumbed to the wonders of sex and hormones before such a fine piece of meat that was Black Alpha?!

'Crap!!! What if she is really screwing Black Alpha????!!!!!!' He yelled to his wolf.

But that would have been impossible, because Elena, his prude friend, was keeping her virginity for her....mate!!!

'Was Black Alpha her mate?! Could such a thing even be possible?! My little angelic best friend mated to that hunk?!'

A beast that was insanely hot and sexy. If you liked the huge wild man, of course. Ever since Marco had met his mate, the other folks were just blurry faces of little importance, but hell! He still had eyes, and could appreciate a hot stallion when he spotted one! And Alpha Mirko was the definition of hotness, although Marco preferred Crucifero.

'Holy S*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Could she even take him in??? Considering his size, the beast must be massive down there!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Marco's thoughts were a crazy whirlwind, despite on the surface he seemed super relaxed.

Suddenly, Elena stopped talking, with the mouth pursed in a thin line.

"What's wrong with you two! Are you even listening?!" She questioned, arching an eyebrow, unaware that she had been the spotlight inside their heads so far. "Am I boring you so much?!" She pouted, peeling her hand off Marco's.

Both Rex and Marco jumped in surprise and looked at each other with a puzzled expression before bursting into a flush of laughter.

"Whatever." Elena huffed, punching Rex on the shoulder. Just to let off some steam. "Where is Giulia anyway? Maybe she got trapped in Black Devil's toilet! You know they are dangerous...their toilets I mean...they are devils..." She joked nervously, trying to ignore the mischievous looks that Marco was shooting at her.

They were that type of glares saying 'I know what you are hiding'

Marco cocked an eyebrow at her. '

Seriously?! What a horrible joke. And who the hell care about the toilet of Black Devil!!?! Just tell me about Black Alpha already!!!' He roared internally.

Marco had to know. This was his best friend in the world, his prude friend that had never slept with anyone, no matter the dense line of guys outside her door (figuratively, and sometime literally).

But Marco didn't want to ask her openly. He couldn't mention anything in front of Rex, the gossip boy. She had to be the one sharing first...

Then, a sudden movement caught their attention.

"Hey guys!!" A smiling Giulia burst through the door, looking like she brooded a secret. Elena noticed that strangely she had some webs attached to her hair. Where had she really been?! Were the bathrooms of the Black Devil full of mice and spiders, as everyone said?

"Here you are! Where have you-" Marco trailed off, his eyes widened as someone else had entered the room.

Someone massive, tenebrous and scary...

"Crucifero..." Marco stared at him unblinking, as the hand covered his mouth. His heartbeat was so fast all the nurses and doctors down the hall could probably hear it.

"What did you do this time?" Rex asked Giulia, frowning a little and checking on her, making sure she was ok after he had left her down that dark hole.

Giulia liked to play Cupido, so she had literally dragged him down hell (Black Devil's dungeons) to meet the devil himself (Mirko) with his Cerberus or three-headed dog (Crucifero). Apparently, little Giulia had tamed the beast and managed to knock some sense into him.

Rex would never have explained how she managed not to piss on herself by being close to that Crucifero.

"All is fair in love and war, brother!" Giulia giggled, jumping around the room like a little gremlin.

Elena shivered as she remembered how Crucifero had tried to attack her, but luckily he shot her just a glance ... though he had a look of... amusement?! 

She certainly must have imagined things since the Beta had hated her since the first day of school.

As for Crucifero, now his focus was solely on his gorgeous mate, lying on the bed as if he were a sacrifice to the god of war. And this god had finally come to collect the prize.

"Guys!" Giulia squealed with a smirk, never looking that happy.

"Let's leave the two lovebirds alone so they can make peace!"

"That's not necessary, Giulia." Crucifero murmured, without taking his eyes off Marco, who looked like he was going to cry at any moment.

"We will leave." And having said that, he grabbed a trembling, shocked Marco, and marched out the door, carrying him bridal style.

No other words were uttered, leaving a stunned Elena, a smiling Giulia, and a bored Rex.

"And then they will live happy ever after and have make up sex for the rest of their lives!" Rex mocked, scrunching his nose adorably. "Can we leave now? Please?! I should already be on a date that I've already postponed." He pleaded.

Too many emotions for poor Rex.

"Wait a minute! I'll just go to toilet!" Giulia exclaimed, running out of the room.

"Seriously what's wrong with her bladder today?!" Elena scoffed, folding her arms while Rex shrugged.

"I will ki-" She started to joke but never finished the sentence as the most amazing scent hit her nostrils.

When the air tensed and stomach filled with voracious (and familiar) butterflies, Elena instantly knew who had just entered the room.

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Thanks a lot for reading!!! Have a wonderful super amazing weekend everyone!! :D

Love you as much as Mirko loves Elena and Rex the chicks;)

*The image above is not mine. Copyright not intentional

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