Jared POV
Having just gotten off the phone with Alpha Kate, she confirmed she would be attending Lily’s Luna ceremony with Colby. She also confirmed Miranda, the witch, was on her way. When she arrived, she would literally pop in; meaning she would come in an untraditional manner. We could expect her in the next couple days.
With that off my mind, I decided it was time to go check on Lily. I had only been away from her for a short period of time, but I was already missing her immensely. As I shut my office door and turned to leave, I ran into my mother once again. She had been after me to be able to see Lily. For someone who did not like the idea of her in the first place, she certainly seemed to have changed her mind now.
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Lily POV It’s been a few days since we had seen Jared’s mom. His dad had reached out to him as well trying to talk but Jared refused to talk to either of them. I didn’t want to come between him and his parents, but he assured me I was not. They had gone too far, and he didn’t know what to believe about them anymore. Jared had been acting funny the past week, it seemed every time I entered a room whomever he was talking to he would stop talking. I didn’t know what was going on, but I felt like he was working on some kind of surprise for me. I was not sure what it could be but I do love a surprise so I was getting excited trying to imagine what it could be. Jared and I continued to get closer, which has been amazing. I still can
Lily POV As Jared and I were just getting ready to eat, Rick and Miranda come back into the room. Rick has his arm around Miranda’s waist as Miranda looks like she would rather be anywhere else. As Rick helps Miranda to sit beside him, I smirk over at her. She always thought the mating of wolves was not something she would entertain. She felt women should be able to choose. That her mate is a wolf is serendipitous. As Rick sits down, he helps Miranda get some of the delicious food prepared and then serves himself. As they are ready to eat, Rick looks up and looks at Jared, Alex, and me staring at the pair. He is beaming as he says, “She’s my mate. Now you guys just have to help me convince her to give me a chance,” he says. You can tell Rick is already smitten. &
Miranda POV After finishing an early supper, I went to my room. I needed some time alone away from everyone to process what the Moon Goddess had done. Giving me a wolf for a mate was rarely heard of. How could this even work? I had no idea. I was here to figure out who was trying to hurt Lily. I had picked up on a couple subtle things while out for our walk. I would share that information with them all early tomorrow morning. Rick had told me about the surprise ceremony for Lily in a couple days so we had to do things early tomorrow as Lily had some visitors who would be joining her later in the morning and then later again Kate would be here. I was looking forward to seeing Kate again. It was hard to believe it had been only a couple years since we last saw each other yet so much had happened
Miranda POV After an amazing night and slow start to our morning, Rick and I have joined Lily and Jared in the meeting room along with Alex. It was time to give them my preliminary thoughts on what I had learned so far. As everyone took their seats I started. “So, the first thing I realize is many people love Lily already in the Pack,” I say. Seeing Jared look at Lily pleased, he turns back to me. “There are a handful who are indifferent and some who had a connection to the other woman who was going to be Luna before Lily,” I say. Nodding Jared acknowledges a few of the wolves who had got along with Anya but not many. Those indifferent could always be indifferent but he’d keep an eye on them as well. He wouldn’t have anyone upsetting or harming Lily.&nb
Lily POV I was bursting with excitement as I watched the cars roll up. My brother is Alpha to the Golden Moon Pack, along with Kate who shares the title with him. For this reason, he always travels with warriors for protection. The Golden Moon Pack is among the second largest Packs in our region. I can see my mom waving to me from the car and as soon as the car stops, she jumps out of the car running up the stairs. She takes me in her arms, “Oh my baby girl, I have missed you,” she murmurs with tears in her eyes. “I’ve missed you too, mom,” I reply hugging her tightly. “How are you feeling?” she asks through her tears. “Mom, we can discuss all that in a bit,” I say as I see my dad impatiently waiting to give me a hug.
Lily POV Walking into our room, I look around feeling like something was disturbed. There is a faint scent I don’t recognize lingering, but I realize it could have been one of the staff. I still didn’t know everyone well enough as yet. Trying to pinpoint the difference I shrug my shoulders and scoot into the bathroom to brush my teeth, put some fresh lip gloss on and get ready for lunch. Deciding I wanted to change into one of my dresses I go to my walk-in closet. I walk in and get the dress I was looking for and turn to undress when I see my gown for tomorrow night’s Luna ceremony shredded. Without thinking I scream, scream at the loss of the beautiful dress but more significantly at the fact that someone had m
Kate POV Seeing Lily in much better shape than I had seen her when she was still in the hospital was by far the best. I knew she was still experiencing headaches, but they were seemingly getting better. And she was still trying to piece things together about the attack on her. Standing there with tears in my eyes, we kept hugging each other. Even though I had seen her in the hospital after the attack, she wasn’t herself. Now I felt like I was seeing my Lily. “How are you feeling?” I ask stepping back and wiping the tears from my eyes as she wipes the tears from her eyes. “I am doing better,” she says but I can tell something is wrong. “What?” I ask. Jared steps forward taking Lily into his arms, “Lily needs to go get a new dress for tomorrow night,&
Lily POV Last night’s meal went perfectly. Everyone was together, telling stories of when Reid, Kate, and I were younger. Jared loved learning about my childhood from my family’s perspective. Needless to say, I was demanding as a child, and everyone teased that it had carried on throughout my life growing up and today. I smiled recognizing they were probably right. Jared had decided he would sleep elsewhere last night, so he didn’t see me this morning. Although we weren’t getting married some traditions carried over into our world. Not seeing each other before the Luna ceremony was one of my favoured traditions. It was a surprise when the Alpha finally did get to see his Luna. In this case Jared would indeed be surprised as the dress he had picked out had been destro