Luna Ceremony Part One. Hope you lovelies enjoy. Please feel free to leave a rating on the book's homepage.
ELLE I had been nervous as I was getting dolled up, but it all faded away when I looked in the mirror. All of my nerves were thrown to the side. The off-shoulder maroon satin dress dipped into my cleavage but in a classy way. The bust had diamond embellishments and was cinched at the waist before it flared just a little until it hit my ankles. It was an open back, and there was a side slit that ran the length of my right leg, showing off the high heels that laced up my calf. My hair was loosely curled with gems pinned throughout it and was draped one shoulder so that Kade’s mark was shown off. It was the Nightshade crest with one change. The two wolves looking up both had marks on their foreheads. Those in the know understood what it symbolized, but the rest would not detect anything. My makeup was dramatic but classy at the same time. Black double wingtip eyeliner, silver and bronze smokey eye, with maroon lipstick which all made me feel like royalty. I had never looked like this
KADE So much had occurred since the day I met her, but I would not change it one bit because it was what brought us to where we were right here and now. A beautiful smile was on her face as she admired her ring while we waited on everyone to file in for today’s meeting. I knew that she would say yes, but Tyre and I were still nervous while we waited for her answer. The fact that she agreed to marry me still left me breathless. Not all shifters got married because the mating and marking ritual was even more sacred to our kind than a wedding. However, Tyre and I wanted tie ourselves to Elle and Faye in every way possible. We had quite a few things to discuss on how to move forward with our pack. We would have an in-depth one with those who knew Elle’s secrets later tonight. “I want you to plan our wedding exactly how you want it to be no matter what it involves. It’ll be our final official way of being tied together, and I want there to be fantastic memories to share with our future
ELLE My mind only picked up the word heat from what he said. The rest did not matter because that single one explained what was going on with my body. Heat occurred anywhere from a week to a month after being marked. I would guess that it was divine intervention that protected us until just now for this. It would have been disastrous if I had gone into heat anywhere else. Heat caused the female she-wolf to emit pheromones to entice their mate essentially into a fuckfest which encouraged procreation, but Faye was blocking that until the four of us were ready. It threw the she-wolf and their mate into a frenzy, but it also attracted any unmated male. It would not matter if the wolf was their mate or not because the she-wolf would be fueled by their need to mate. Luckily, my mate was all I needed and had. His grin was filled with so much promise that my entire body shuddered with anticipation and need. His hand went around my throat as he pushed my back against the wall. My legs circ
KADE “How much time do we have?” I asked Connor who was on videochat. Elle woke me up to tell me about Bandore pulling his dream stalking bullshit where he realized she was in heat. I asked her to tell me verbatim what happened because I could feel her rage. She did not want to but did because we never hid anything from the other. He was even more of a dead Fae than before after I heard what he said. Nobody would ever do that to her again. So, I had Apollo grab everyone that had been at the meeting earlier and take them to the conference room since it was soundproofed. “6 to 14 days. It’s as close as I can deduce at the moment,” he said. I scrubbed a hand over my face because that was not much time at all to develop a solid plan. We were originally going to begin working on that during the meeting, but Elle’s heat put a temporary stop to that. My eyes snapped to her when I felt her begin to panic. I pulled her into my arms and held onto her, willing the bond to help calm her down
ELLE Doctor Silva was not joking when she said that my heat would be more intense. Kade and I had both thought the regular heat was overwhelming, but it did not even come close to comparing. There was typically time between heat flares where you could rest and recoup. What averaged a couple of hours became anywhere from twenty to thirty minutes. Our entire suite was christened as was my entire body. I had not anticipated how good anal would feel with my mate. Oh, and I won the game but just barely by ten seconds. It was still a win though. Kade said that he had ideas for what the extra bedroom in the apartment could be used for. He would not tell me anything other than it would be a surprise that I would thoroughly enjoy. Snickers sounded from the room as we entered. I snarled at all of them because that was the most that I had any energy for. It might take me years to get back to normal at this rate. I would never do that again if I did not need to for any future heats that would
KADE Our pack had a healthy or unhealthy gambling habit depending on how you looked at it. Gambling kept things interesting. Our biggest bets came every year regarding the Alpha games. I pretended that I was upset that Elle had the crowd’s favor, but I could not be upset because I was really fucking proud of her. Us sparring had been on my mind since she I witnessed how easily she got Dulaney to submit to her. It only intensified when I watched her spar against Gabriel. There was no doubt in my mind that this would be a stimulating experience just like it was for Tyre and Faye to face off. Neither of us took the initial shot when Tanya counted down from three. We circled each other, observing and calculating. Elle’s body was loose without an ounce of tension that I could see. Even her eyes were clear as she looked me over from head to toe. Her eyes veered to the side of me, eyebrows pulling together. All it took was a moment’s hesitation as I fought the urge to look for her to sho
ELLE I wanted to puke when we stepped out onto the stage for the pack meeting. A good majority of the pack was in the audience, and we had to break it to them that there was an upcoming battle which would be upon us shortly. Just like earlier, Kade mentioned that we did not want to be forced to use an Alpha command on them, but there was no other way given how many traitors we had in this pack. Most people looked understanding. Faye assured me that the command would work for everyone in here, so we wasted no time. Sadly, there were three people who stood up when commanded to out themselves. The she-wolves were removed and taken to the cells. ‘Why do you feel disgusted, baby?’ I asked Kade as he watched them leave. ‘They were the hookups I told you about. I really wished I had abstained until I met you. Apparently, they were all crazy bitches.’ I chuckled through the link. ‘They were, but they served a purpose. They were stress relief and nothing else. Now, you have me for every s
KADE We were all thankful when there were no further traitors in the pack. The three she-wolves had supplied Elwyn with information. They would spend a week in the cells before being put on trial. Our pack did not grant leniency when it came to traitors. There were four more girls that Elwyn took advantage of, and Abigail compelled. They all spent time with Elle and agreed to join the support group. It sicked me that this all happened under my watch. It did not matter that Abigail used her gift to stop us from knowing. I still felt responsible because I was the Alpha. If anyone could help those who suffered then it would be my amazing mate. Elle suffered too much in life, but it never once broke her. The entire pack pulled together in order to get ready for Bandore. Stella had been thrilled that Elle chose her to help organize the bunkers. One thing that Elle was great with was finding the right ways to encourage people and to embrace their own strengths. Caiathus and his family c