MAKE ME YOUR LUNA

MAKE ME YOUR LUNA

Amanda's pov

I could not believe what I was saying. It felt weird asking Alpha to make me his Luna, I was a more traditional person who believed the man should do the asking and wooing. But here I was proposing to this man whom I barely knew personally except for all I have heard through rumors and grapevines as a notorious werewolf who was brutal, evil, and could kill anyone at will.

However, I stood staring at him, I liked him a lot, and I did not feel any darkness emit from him as I usually did around Dimitri. I was convinced that he was my second chance mate, even my wolf was acting weird around him. Did he feel the same about me, I could not tell if he did.

"You are joking right." Alpha Blake said snapping me out of my reverie. "You don't look like someone bold enough to ask a man out, talk more of making proposals." He smirked.

"I would do anything for my pack even sacrificing myself," I replied. It was more than just saving my pack from humiliation, I also had to protect my honor and that of my father. 

"Well, I have to decline." he shook his head.

"What. Why?." I was chagrined. 

"Let's say…I don't like you" he narrowed his eyes as he spoke. 

"But..I…" I stuttered.

"But what." He asked.

"Don't you feel it? I mean the connection between us. You must sense something." 

"What am I supposed to be feeling or connecting to." He asked 

I roll my eyes and glance around the forest. I did not want another person to hear about our conversation. Even if he rejects me, I prefer it to be private. Just between us.

"I am your mate, can't you detect my scent? I mean you should know about the mate stuff."

"Do you mean the crazy and outdated ideas of our ancestors? Don't tell me that you believe in the mating stuff all designed by the invisible moon goddess." He shook his head in disbelief.

This guy is an idiot I thought to myself. Of all the wolfs that could be my second chance mate, it had to be someone that does not believe in fate.

He rested his hands on my shoulder and I swear I felt something like an electric circuit rush through my body. "Wake up from and smell the coffee, the moon goddess does not have the power to help you out with finding love, you create your part for yourself. Falling in love takes time and great nurturing, not this nonsense belief that you can scent your mate and you can't live without them ever again. What a load of crap." He laughed at his last statement, and this infuriated me the most.

It was well known around the territory that Alpha Blake lived and trained in the city as an army, the worst was that he married a human mate. He was an irrational man and I was experiencing it firsthand.

"I think I made a mistake." I mind-linked my wolf, Sienna.

But no response came from her.

"Sienna," I scream in my head.

"Sorry, I was just lost. Our mate is a hulk, his wolf is spectacular." 

"Wake up from your delusion, he does not believe in mates." I was getting irritated already. 

"That can't be, I can feel his wolf trying to connect with me," Sienna says

Before I could reply I heard some voices calling out to me. I already knew who they were.

"Seems your people are on the search for you," Blake said and I turned to face him. His eyes were dark, I sensed his wolf too. Why was he resisting my wolf? Was I that bad that my mates kept rejecting me?

I sensed my eyes starting to cloud, I hated being emotional and vulnerable. I hated the feeling of loss that was starting to spread all over me. Seemed I was destined to be alone. I had this sudden urge to call out to the moon goddess, to ask her to take away my pain. To...

"Amanda, are you there?" I heard Lucas call out. 

"Over here," I answered, even though I did not want to be found, it was quite impossible. I had to go back home to the troubles that awaited me.

"Here you are," Lucas said as soon as he saw me. He had come with Zena and Catherine; both ladies were among our strongest warriors. I was surprised my father did not come with them but also realized he had not been doing too well lately.

"Why are you out here all alone? " Lucas' eyes darted around the forest. I wanted to tell him I was not alone, was he blind to my company? However, Blake was nowhere around us, I was not even aware that he had left us.

"Was someone harassing you here," Zena said she was moving around as if searching for something or someone.

"Why do you ask?" I replied

"I just sensed the presence of another wolf, a powerful one." She replied, her eyes roaming around us.

"Let's get back to the pack, everyone is waiting for you." Lucas held my hand as he spoke.

"I can't go back." I shook my head vehemently. "At least not for now." I declared

"Your father is worried. And the elders have insisted that the ceremony would not hold until you come back. You are our alpha and the host so you must be there." Lucas was exasperated.

"Even though I am hurting?" I murmured, casting my eyes down.

He gently placed his hands on my shoulder. "You are stronger than you give yourself credit for."

I lifted my head and the compassion I saw in his eyes tamed my worries. It felt better knowing that some people got my back and as if reading my mind, Zena and Catherine came forward and hugged me.

"Let's go then, we have a festival to host." I led them out of the forest even though I appeared bold and strong, I was a bit worried about how to face my pack and our guest.

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AT THE BLUE MOON PACK HALL (Narrators pov)

Everyone was getting anxious as they waited for Amanda to return. When she fled the arena after Dimitri threw her to the floor during their duel that did not last long. The elders ushered everyone back to the hall and when everyone was seated, the eldest amongst them informed Amanda's father that the ceremony would not continue until his daughter came back.

"But the marking of the other mates can take place without Amanda since her mate has canceled on her." Saying the last word had him hurting more for his child.

"You know it does not work that way Caleb, the Bluemoon pack is the host, and your daughter as alpha has to be present. Even if she won't be participating as a bride." The elder said

Caleb nodded in understanding and summoned Lucas, one of his daughter's best friends; they had been friends since they were just kids. He also asked Zena and Catherine to go with him in search of Amanda.

Zena and Catherine were trained warriors and had the skills to sniff out whomever they were searching for and they also had great respect for Amanda.

Susan had wanted to tag along but Caleb refused her to join. She was not agile on her feet and they needed no casualties, especially avoidable ones.

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"Your daughter has been gone for more than an hour now. We are all getting impatient." An elder from one of the visiting packs said. Some was murmuring around the hall. No one was listening to anyone as they all spoke at once.

"Alpha Amanda has shown she is weak, she has also shown that she is not a good warrior which we all witnessed earlier," Dimitri said to the crowd, he had a high baritone voice which made it easy for his voice to overshadow that of others. "She won't come back till we are all gone, she is broken and ashamed. I suggest we get on with the event without her."

There was silence, followed by whispering. Amanda's father shook his head in refusal, he wanted to speak but was stopped. It was as if the elders were beginning to feel the same way as Dimitri who had an arrogant smirk on his face.

"Since Amanda is nowhere to be found. I…" 

"I am here now." Amanda cut him off. "I am sorry for what happened earlier, I let my guard down and I promise this is the last time it will happen." She made a point to stare down at Dimitri as she spoke.

"Since you are here then, let the mating ceremony begin. We have only a few hours left to conclude before the blood moon comes out which would usher us into the Thargelia rituals." The eldest amongst them said.

Amanda took her seat at the main table and the Luna ceremony kicked off. The couples willing to mark their mates were ushered forward, it was time to start the ceremony.

"Stop, I am here to claim my Luna, Amanda." Alpha Williams shouted.