“Mercy what will take for you to give alpha Damien a chance” I knew the only reason my best friend Lucia wanted to visit was to ask me this very same question. She has been asking this since I did not find my mate when I turned 18 and that was 10 months ago. Oh the alpha his talking about is our alpha, Damien alpha of Crescent Moon Pack, he just took over the role from his father who wanted to retire early and travel the world with his mate and our former Luna Christine. Alpha Damien is a few years older than me; he too has not found his mate and according to him he does not want to find her because he wants me to be his chosen mate. “Oh, my Lucia, how many times must I tell you that that am waiting for my…” she cut me off “Your mate I know! But what if you don’t find him and lose out on the opportunity to be the Luna of the pack and be with the sexy Damien.” She said in a dreamy voice and I rolled my eyes at her. Lucia is a hopeless romantic I tell you; she just wants to have double dates with me and Damien, her mate and Gama of the pack Xavier. “did you forget you have a mate?” I asked with my eyebrow raised. “Ha! Just because I have a mate does not mean am blind, I love Xavier to death! He is my mate after all, but I can still see good looking men! It would be a sin not to!” Oh, Goddess she likes to exaggerate! “Let’s make a deal, If I don’t find him in two weeks when we go to that meeting at Black Moon Pack then I will consider Damien’s proposal.” ‘I will not!’ but I cannot say that to her, or she will be on my case till the Moon Goddess comes. “Now I hate that Xavier is only a Gama.” She sulks “Don’t lie Lucia you just wanted an opportunity to dress up that’s all.” She rolls her eyes giving a bored expression. “Just because you are more tomboy than a woman is not my fault, the Goddess knows I have tried and failed with you, but seriously though Mercy talk to alpha Damien about taking Xavier with him so that you don’t get bored there alone.” Like I would get bored when Damien will be clinging on me like I will disappear if he let go. “No! I don’t want to be asking things from him giving him hope, I don’t want to lead him on Lucia” I say firmly, she cliques her tongue and takes her phone and does something. Moments later Damien mind links me ‘you can take Lucia with you if you want someone to talk to while am busy in a meeting with the alpha’s” I glared at Lucia who just smiles innocently, she’s impossible I tell you! ‘she can only go if you are taking her mate with you.’ I replied ‘Xavier is my Gama so he and my beta are coming with me’ seriously who will look after the pack when the alpha, beta and Gama are absent at the same time. ‘I don’t think that is wise alpha, you can’t take all the leaders of the pack and leave it vulnerable like that’ I voiced my concerns. ‘this is why I want you to be my Luna, you care for the pack Mercy and I have no doubt that you will make the best Luna Crescent Moon has ever had’ I rolled my eyes at his statement. “We need to find mate soon Mercy, Damien is annoying” I laughed “I know Mercia, let’s hope we will find him soon’ I say to my wolf, she doesn’t like the idea of us being with Damien. “I don’t want Damien I want mate” she whines “I know” I cut the link. “let’s go for a run I need it” I say to Lucia and she gets up dragging her feet. “Right! Because every werewolf likes to run” I cannot believe this girl, he acts more like a human than a werewolf. I mean tell me of one werewolf that does not like to go for a run. Well Lucia does not, this friend of mine does not even like to shift, says it messes her hair! The way she carries herself sometimes I feel like the Moon Goddess made a mistake by not giving her an alpha for a mate, she would have made a great Luna.
Black Moon Pack, alpha John was in his office waiting for his beta, Gama, and Collen to come through as he called them for a meeting. His Gama Sam walks in first followed by beta Jackson then Collen shortly after. “Right! I have called you all here to inform you that I have invited other alpha’s to a formal dinner meeting to discuss the rogue attacks and also to ask them to help us should a war with Silver Moon break out.” Stated alpha John “ Did you not invite alpha Black for this meeting?” asked beta Jackson “ I have however I will not mention the war I will just word it as should we need assistance I would like their support. Not inviting Lucas Black would cause more problems and I don’t need that right now.” The men nodded “I think that is a good idea alpha and am sure Luna won’t have a problem planning it.” Said beta Jackson agreeing with the idea, indeed they will need help should a war break out. “I will double the security for the day and double the number of warriors paroling our borders.” Said Gama Sam “Whatever you do don’t expect me to smile and pretend because I won’t do it.” Stated Collen coldly not even looking at the men in front of him. “Just don’t cause problems son I beg of you.” Pleaded alpha John “Far from it but I won’t pretend.” With that he left going back to his training, lately he has been having afternoon training with the warriors training them in fighting using weapons laced with wolf bane and silver. Also, the warriors that train with him get a dose of wolf bane every day so that their wolves can be used to it and not be weakened by it as much as a normal wolf would. Of course alpha John and beta Jackson didn’t agree to this but he went and did it anyway, taking his former friends since he doesn’t treat them as friends anymore, Mike beta Jackson’s son, Luke Gama Sam’s son, Adrian head warrior Demetrio’s son and other warriors that wanted to learn from him. He has 30 warriors training with him his friends included. He might not have the ability to feel anymore but he still wanted to keep his pack and father safe. Not that them being killed will make a difference to him. When he got back to the training grounds his warriors were already hard at training, he nodded then joined them.
In an unknown location an alpha was planning to attack at the dinner in the next two weeks. “This dinner is the best opportunity to attack without them suspecting.” Said the alpha “Don’t give us orders we are not your pack, we might be rogues but we have brains too, not all of us are savage you know. “Said the leader of the rogue pack that occupies the land right below the snow mountain.
“I never said that, but you can also agree that this is a good plan.” Said the alpha “I agree, I will talk to my sister then we will be ready, but you better keep your word, or your pack will be next on our target list. We do need land you know; we can’t keep hiding in this mountain we need pack lands; we have pups here and this environment is not conducive to raise them.” The alpha nodded. “after the attack you can claim that land, I have no use for it, however, keep your witch sister away from me and my pack.” The rogue leader smirked. “Just keep your end of the deal and I will. If not, I can’t guarantee what her actions will be.” The alpha trembled at the thought but quickly masked it and agreed to the terms.
The pack house was nicely decorated for the day, everything looked beautiful and elegant. Luna Katherine went all out to make this dinner a success, she even got two additional chefs to assist their pack chef with making the dishes. Gamma Sam had doubled the warriors on the borders as promised and Collin’s warriors were also on patrol, 5 on each border assisting with the patrol while the others will be security at the dinner, he got them all black suits and instructed them to stand on each corner of the room, others outside the pack house and be vigilant. The time for the alphas to arrive came Alpha John and Luna Katherine were ready to go and welcome the guests as they started arriving. “Darling, where is Collin? I would like for him to join us in wel
Everyone took their seats Collin seating next to Alpha John on his right and Luna Katherine seating on his left. Mercy was seating across from him and Damien next to her on her left, Lucia on her right and her mate next to her. The omega’s brought in the starters and they started eating having small talk here and there.Mercy kept stealing glances at Collin who was focused on his meal, alpha Damien saw this and whispered to her. “What is the matter?” Mercy didn’t know why he was asking, she frowned and asked “Why?” Damien looked at her lovingly. “You keep looking at him, did he do something?” asked Alpha Damien concerned.
Indeed Collin was the first one to wake up in just 20 minutes after alpha Lucas and the rogues left together with the witch. He looked around after waking up feeling emptier than he did when the witch took his ability to feel, he stood up and looked around. He saw everyone laying on the ground, his first thought was that they were dead but the soft snores proved that they were only asleep.He started taking out the dead bodies from the hall putting them outside, he saw that outside was the same as inside the hall, it was full of dead bodies and sleeping werewolves. 5 minutes of him taking out the bodies two at a time his warriors arrived with the injured warriors. Others have started to heal while others needed a hospital.
A week has passed since the attack on Black Moon Pack, the funerals of the fallen have been held and were all laid to rest. Luna Katherine spent her time in the room she shared with her mate alpha John, Marcy has been with her since she decided to stay with her mate, not that he has given her any attention but she didn’t mind at all since she has been busy with trying to cheer up the Luna and make sure that she is never alone.Collin has taken over the pack as the alpha and his main purpose since he took over the position was to train the warriors of the pack to be the best they can be. He gave beta Jackson all the other pack work until he is satisfied with the performance of the warriors then he will fully take over. His goal
MercyAfter leaving the training grounds Luna and I walked around the pack lands with her showing me around. “That is the orphanage where all the pups that lost their parents stay. We have she wolves who volunteered to stay there and look after them. Most of them are those who lost their mates, they say looking after the pups gives them a purpose.”The sadness is visible in Luna’s eyes am sure she’s also thinking about joining those she wolves just to pass time and be able to live through each day. “Luna I have been meaning to ask, is Collin always like this?” I don’t know him well but I sure as hell know that t
The following day after training Collin called Mike aside and asked if they could talk. Mike who has not had any personal interaction with Collin since he changed besides training, was shocked by the request but quickly dismissed it as another pack matter, he is soon to be his beta so they will have to talk. He went to the alpha’s office and found him there talking to his father beta Jackson.He stood aside and waited for them to finish talking. Beta Jackson was updating Collin on pack matters that his been handling. When they were done beta Jackson left the office and Mike took his seat and waited for Collin to tell him what he called him for, however he didn’t say anything, he looked like someone who was deep in thoughts.
After that day Mercy tried to get Collin’s attention once more but her efforts were futile, Collin ignores and avoids her. They sleep in the same room on the same bed but Collin doesn’t even make a move to touch or talk to her. Mercy had been very sad and hurt by his actions. The mate bond was strong with her because they share a bed every night and now she wanted nothing more than to be close to him.She longed to be marked by him like any other mated she-wolf but it seems that Collin has no plans whatsoever to mark her. Carl pleaded with him to spend time with their mate and mark her as their own but Collin ignored his pleas. This day after dinner Collin was tired after a long day of training and attending meetings.
Collin felt hot, maybe too hot and wondered if he overslept till noon or what. He tried to move his left arm but there was something heavy on it, he lazily opened his eyes and saw Mercy’s head laying on his arm. That woke him up completely, she was sleeping so close to him that their bodies touched, using his arm as a pillow, he frowned then sniffed her scent but it was not the same. It was tainted and mixed with his. With his other hand he opened the covers and saw that they were both naked.He felt defeated just seeing them like that, he closed the covers then went and moved the hair on Mercy’s neck. There is was, his mark on her delicate neck, it was a pitch-Black Moon, it looked so beautiful on her pale skin and it looked like it was tattooed there. “Fuck!&
After that dinner, Mercy and Katherine went back to Black Moon pack. Also, the fairy king and queen, Kendra’s parents went back. They had made arrangements to send the word out to other species they know as the king requested. Niko also contacted his leader to do the same on his side, word was sent out too to Ambrosia’s clan.Luka, Ambrosia, Niko, and Collin. Were left preparing for the arrival of the guests, the main hall was big enough to accommodate all the leaders, Luka was not sure all of them will come but Ambrosia told him that people will come because they are curious and would want to see for themselves the king the prophecy spoke of. Collin did not care if they came or not.
Dinner was going well and everyone seemed to be getting along just fine. Even though the conversation was among all the other people present besides Ambrosia, Luka, and Collin. They would answer what they are being asked then go back to focusing on the food on Luka and his father's mind linking. Ambrosia found his phone and glass of warm blood more interesting than anything else.Niko on the other side was having the time of their life, laughing and talking to the fairy king. Mercy, Katherine, Laura, and Kendra as well. One would never tell that these people have only just met. Luka cleared his throat then conversation ceased and everyone turned to look at him. “Father, it seems there is a prophecy about me in these parts of the world. Niko’s people knew about it and
Collin and Luka trained till late in the evening. Ambrosia also woke up and went to join them. Niko also went but he was not training, he was lazy by nature so he told them that he will just and bring them water if they wanted any but he was not the training type. Mercy and Kendra were busy getting to know each other while they were making dinner. Katherine also arrived during the day after Mercy called her to come and see Luka’s mate. She missed her grandson anyway so she was more than happy to go and visit. They were all busy getting to know each other, Mercy asked Kendra to call her parents and invite them over so that they can have dinner together. They agreed and were due to arrive just before dinner.
It was in the early hours of the morning and ambrosia had just gotten to bed. When a gate opened, no one heard it but because the others were still sleeping, a car drove in and stopped in front of the door. Next, there was banging on the main door, Luka jumped out of bed and went running downstairs. He opened the door angry that this person was knocking on his door like this early in the morning.When he opened the door, a hand collided with his cheek. Slap! He had been slapped, he was still dizzy not knowing what was going on, he shook his head then opened his eyes and they widened. “Move out of the way you stupid child!” his mother shoved him aside and went inside. He was left standing at the door looking at her back as she went further into the palace.
After Luka took Kendra back to the west wing and told her to rest. He went back into the forest, he was frustrated by what just happened, he was weak and he gave into that weakness, he hated that. He trained for hours in the woods without stopping, he was trying to get rid of the thoughts of him marking her, he wanted to stop feeling like she was still holding him.He wanted to get rid of her sweet scent on him, he felt that if trained and hard and sweated enough, the sweat will get rid of her scent but it did not work. He could still smell her all over him, her scent would not go away, his wolf was happy and Balthazar was indifferent. Ambrosia stood in the window watching the gate waiting for him, he had finished making food a long time ago and wondered why he has not returned.
When they got back to the Snow Palace, Ambrosia showed the Troll and Kendra to the west wing of the palace. The west wing was the part of the palace that was closest to the forest and Kendra like it the most compared to the cold side. She could not bear the cold as her kingdom is always warm, never snows there but there is rain. Each wing of the palace was equipped with everything one would need.For that reason, it was hard for them to see each other and Kendra was lonely. She yearned for the presence of other fairies then if her mate did not want to be with her. Niko, the Troll tried everything he could to cheer her up but nothing worked. When they arrived, Niko warned her against going to the forest as her presence there will bring upon changes that may anger the king.
On the way Luka was quiet, his wolf was restless, it was not giving him rest and it wanted to go back to its mate. Ambrosia expected that this would happen and he was not about to tell his master that his wolf was right. He wanted to let him figure it out by himself. Niko, on the other side, was bothered by this, they just left their queen behind and the king thought that his wolf was confused about his mate.He wondered why the king was not listening to his wolf about this, so he decided to ask. “My king, am sorry to be a bother but I have a question.” Said Niko nervous. “Ask your question.” Luka was a bit irritated, on one hand this Troll would not shut up and on the other, his wolf was causing him a headache. “Why don’t you believe it when
Kendra opted to walk when she got close to other fairies, she didn’t want anyone seeing her wings, she walked fast as her wings swept the ground behind her, she did not care. One of the downfalls of being a fairy was that when they find their mates everyone could see from their wings, they harden, mature and the original color darken. Everyone could see when the other has found their mate.Princess Kendra was not worried about that though, she was worried about her so called mate, he was a flower killing werewolf and no fairy had ever been mated to a wolf. It was unheard of! The princess of the fairy kingdom mated to a wolf; this was bad, very bad. She hurried to the palace almost jogging, she could not wait to get to the palace and talk to her mother about this.
The two went to that river after leaving the Trolls, they wanted to see for themselves the sirens they were talking about, the leader of the Trolls sent one of them after the king, he said that is would be an honor if one of them got to be by the king’s side serving him. According to him a king being close to a bloodsucker like that would bring another war to the supernatural beings.The Troll that was sent was walking behind Luka and Ambrosia, hiding behind trees and rocks so that he cannot be seen. Little did he know that they knew he followed the moment they felt because they smelled his scent behind them but decided to ignore him. When they got to the river, it was beautiful, peaceful with clean running water.