Willow’s POV We stood there for a moment just looking at each other until Beta Shawn went to the edge of the ring and grabbed a pair of basketball shorts to put on. After he pulled the shorts on, he walked over to me and asked, “What are you doing here?” “I thought you said I could join you training.” I said to him confused why he asked me why I was here. “Yes, but you have a ceremony to get ready to attend.” Beta Shawn said and I know that he had spoken with the Alpha this morning. “I’m not going.” I tell him as I cross my arms over my chest. “You have to go.” Beta Shawn tells me and I look at him confused. “Why do I have to go?” I asked him wanting to know his reasoning. “Because everyone is expecting you to be there with your mate.” Beta Shawn says as if it pained him to say the word mate. “How about this, you and I will go head-to-head in the ring and if you win I will go but if I win then I stay here with you.” I told him hoping he would agree to my challenge. He took a
Chance’s POV “Are you sure she is getting ready?” I asked Beta Shawn as I waited in the foyer for Willow to descend the stairs so we could leave for the ceremony. “I sent Izzy to work her magic and you know how Izzy is.” Beta Shawn tells me, and I am now worried for Willow. I loved Izzy like a sister, but I knew how over the top Izzy could be and I worried that she might be too much for Willow. Willow came across as a simple she wolf. I have not once seen her wear makeup or anything lavishing since she had gotten here and I am truly worried that Izzy might make her feel a bit uncomfortable. “I’m not sure sending Izzy was the right thing to do.” Beta Shawn looked at me confused and asked, “Why?” “Because Willow isn’t like that. She never wears makeup and she never has on anything fancy. I think she doesn’t like all of that stuff.” I explain to him but the look on his face tells me something different. “I think she likes that kind of stuff.” Beta Shawn tells me and I am beginning
Willow’s POV Beta Shawn escorted me into the next room where the Lunas were all sitting at a table together. Walking over to the table Luna Eve looked up at me and a look of surprise filled her face. “Willow!” she said as she stood and moved to give me a hug. “You look amazing.” She said as she pulled away from the hug to take a good look at me and then asked, “What are you doing here? Is everything okay?” I was lost for words and I didn’t know what to say. I honestly didn’t know what I was doing here among them all other than I was the mate of Alpha Chance. “Luna was told to come sit with the other Lunas.” I heard Beta Shawn say from beside me. Luna Eve looked at Beta Shawn and then back at me and asked, “Are you mated to Alpha Chance?” I shook my head, yes, still not able to speak. “Willow that is amazing. I am so happy for you. Come sit with us.” Luna Eve said as she pulled me to the table of Lunas. “Ladies this is Willow and she is Alpha Chance’s mate.” “Willow, it is a pleas
Willow’s POV Both men turned and looked at me, both with questioning eyes. My next words felt like they came out as a studder when I finally said, “I can’t do this.” Panic filled me and I began to breathe heavily. I needed to get out of this room and make a run for it, but they were blocking my only exit. Alpha Chance stepped in my direction with his hands out towards me and said, “Willow, you need to calm down.” I stepped back not wanting him to touch me because I knew if he did the mate bond would take over. Finally, I found my voice enough to say, “Stop.” As I put my hand up towards him. Beta Shawn now stepped into the room, and I heard his voice in my head say, “Willow, just breathe.” I looked towards him and that’s when tears started to fall from my eyes as I tried to take in air to calm myself. Alpha Chance looked between the two of us and it was as if he knew something was going on. “You can mind link with him.” He said not as a question but as a statement as he stared int
Willow’s POV With those three little words, Alpha Chance’s lips were on mine and he scooped me up and carried me to the bed as the room was now filled with the moon light that now beamed through the window as the storm trails off. As if the Moon Goddess herself was giving our union approval as she beamed her beautiful light upon us. Alpha Chance gently laid me onto the bed as he stood to remove the last of his own clothing. As his pants slid down his legs, I took a moment to admire the goddess of a man that stood before me baring himself to me and my heart began to race at the sight of him as my core engulfed in a flame that burned for him as I let myself feel for the first time in years. I honestly didn’t know this man I was about to give myself to, but I was putting my trust in the Moon Goddess and what she believed was the perfect mate for me. Alpha Chance then crawled onto the bed and his hand slowly moved down my body as he caressed my flesh with the gentlest of a touch as he
Willow’s POV Unfortunately, all things good had to come to an end and we had to remove ourselves from the bed but Alpha Chance took care of me while we got a showered and got ready to face our first day as a mated couple. As we descended the stairs on our way to breakfast with smiles on both of our faces, I realized that I was about to enter a whole new world I wasn’t expecting to be a part of. I was no longer just Willow, but Luna Willow and I was the mate of the Alpha of the Red Moon pack. Walking into the dining room all eyes turned our way and I felt a blush creep across my face because everyone in this room would know what we had done all night especially now since I bear Alpha Chance’s mark on my mating spot. Plus, the fact that I was in borrowed clothes that didn’t quite fit me. Alpha Hunter was the first to rise from the table to congratulate us on our union. “I am so happy that you finally found your mate.” He said as he patted Alpha Chance on the back. Luna Ella, Luna Ra
Chance’s POV The ride home to Red Moon was a quiet one as I watched Beta Shawn stealing glances at Willow. I knew there was something he was feeling towards my mate, but I knew because she was my mate that he felt a need to resist her. If it was true, that she was his mate too, I knew I would have to accept the situation. Shawn was my best friend and I watched how he had lost his mate to a rogue attack years ago. Her body was never found and he still to this day doesn’t believe that she is dead. Beta Shawn and I, needed to have a long talk with one another after we got back to the packhouse and I needed him to know that if Willow was also his mate than I approve of him mating with her too. I didn’t want my best friend to suffer any longer if Willow could bring him happiness too. I knew just by the way Willow looked at him, that she too had feelings for him and she was trying to hold those feelings back too, because she was mated to me. Looking over at my beautiful mate, who was loo
Willow’s POV Beta Shawn’s words broke something within me and I felt pain deep within my soul. The realization hit me hard that he was only being nice to me because he felt sorry for me. I truly believed that there was a strong connection between the two of us, but it was a mistake that I will never make again. All the nice things he had done for me wasn’t because he had feelings for me, it was because he felt sorry for me, and I was just some charity case to him. My thoughts then went to the night that I pushed him into his room and the moment we had shared together. No wonder he had stopped before anything happened between the two of us and when he told me that he wished the Moon Goddess would have given me to him as a mate too, was all just to make me feel better. As I lay on my bed, I pull a pillow close to me as I let the tears fall from my eyes and I wonder if Alpha Chance feels the same way about me as Beta Shawn does. Was that why when I awoke, I was in my own room instead
Willow’s POV A few days have passed since we sealed the Moon Witch in her realm and thankfully Celeste has kept in contact with me and she is doing well. She has decided to stay with Ash for the time being and plans on visiting Alpha Hunter so she can get to know him. What Luna Ella did for her that day showed that she accepts Celeste into their family and I hope that Celeste will give her the chance to become a stepmother to her. Which leads me to what is to happen to myself today. My nerves were on edge, knowing that I was going to meet my real father today. Alpha Chance and Alpha Shawn have continuously reassured me that I have nothing to worry about but I can’t help worrying about being rejected by him, like I had been with the man that had raised me all those years. I wanted nothing more than to have a parent that would accept me for who I am. As I sat outside on the back patio at the table, I had to wonder what he looks like and if he would accept me after he sees how much
Willow’s POV It took no convincing on my part to get Luna Rayne to allow us to borrow her moonstone. In fact, she was even willing to help in any way possible she could with her own moon magic because Celeste was Sal’s brother’s mate and she didn’t want her friend’s little brother hurting. When I returned to Sal’s lair, I had Luna Rayne in tow with me and Sal looked happy to see her. “I hear we have a rescue mission. Count me in.” Luna Rayne tells Sal and he smiles at his friend knowing that she has his back too. “Thank you, Luna Rayne.” Alpha Hunter says to her and she gives him a smile and says, “Ridgewood will always have your back and the Sun Witches. We are more of a family then just neighboring communities and I want happiness for us all.” Luna Rayne couldn’t have said it better and she would have been a wonderful High Priestess of our Covenant but that was taken from her. It was okay because she chose to be a Luna instead with her mate Alpha Reese. I’m starting to belie
Willow’s POV To say that I felt sated by my mates as we all fell asleep holding each other last night was an understatement. I had needed both of my mates, not just in mind, but also in body and soul after what had happened to Celeste. I needed to know that we were all here together and I had them here safe with me. As I woke up this morning, all I could think about was Celeste and what I could do to bring her back here to us. The look on Ash’s face last night told me that he wasn’t going to let that realm be closed with her in it but he was only one warlock standing against his Covenant and I knew he didn’t stand a chance on his own. Slowly getting out of bed so as not to disturb my mates, I quickly got dressed and headed to find Ash. Getting out of the house undetected was easy, due to the fact that everyone was still asleep from last night’s events. When I opened the door to the house, I was surprised to see that Ash was sitting on the steps staring at the spot where Celeste h
Chance’s POV I had been waiting in the shadows of the night, with Sal, behind Alpha Hunter, just in case the Moon Witch got passed him with Celeste, but I never imagined that they would have disappeared in thin air. “I thought you said that the Moon Witch’s powers wouldn’t work here.” I said to Sal in complete shock. Before he could answer me, I heard my mate screaming, and knew I had to get to her. Appearing from the shadows, I raced towards Willow who was now in Shawn’s arms, as he tried to comfort her. Willow kept crying out “No” as Shawn held her close and rubbed her back. “The Moon Witch didn’t take her.” A younger man said from beside Willow, and I knew this had to be Sal’s brother, and Celeste’s mate, Ash. “What do you mean the Moon Witch didn’t take her. I saw it with my own eyes.” Alpha Hunter said as he moved over towards us. “Celeste took her.” Ash says and Sal comes up behind me and says, “He’s right. Celeste had to of been the one that took her. The Moon Witch’s
Willow’s POV I must have fallen asleep in Alpha Shawn’s arms after he had made love to me. The connection that we shared here was more than I ever could have imagined having with him and we finally had the chance to open our hearts to each other. We were no longer two broken souls because we had mended the pieces of each other’s hearts back together. As I began to stir in his arms, he pulled me in closer to him and kissed the top of my forehead. It seems that both of us had needed a nap and he was just waking up too. “I could get used to this.” He said as he held me close to him. I wasn’t going to lie, it felt amazing being in his arms right now after we had been fighting the connection between the two of us for so long now. “Does that mean we will be sharing a room when we get back home?” I asked him, wondering if he was finally going to spend the whole night with me. “Things are different now and I promise once we get back to Red Moon the three of us are going to sit down an
Chance’s POV After the Lunas and pups had left for the Sun Witches’ home, we began to prepare for the worse. There was a good chance that the Moon Witch would return, especially since Celeste was still here in our world. Alpha Hunter wasn’t taking any chances and he had every wolf he had posted around the packhouse as the Sun Witches and a few of the Canyon Ridge Witches put up wards around the premises waiting for her to show her face. When everything was in place Alpha Hunter and I stood guard together waiting for her on the front stoop of the packhouse. Night was falling and we had gotten word that the Lunas and pups had safely reached the Sun Witches’ town and were safe for the night. A bit of relief filled me knowing that Willow was safe and that Shawn was with her. A part of me was jealous that he was there with her, but I knew I had to be here with Alpha Hunter to protect not only Willow but all wolf kind. It was an oath that I had taken and an oath that an Alpha took serio
Shawn’s POV I had my own mate on my mind, and needs that I wanted to fulfill with her since the car ride here. There was no way I was going to be dealing with Alpha Hunter’s daughter finding her mate and the best man for the job would be Alpha Caleb since he is kind a stepfather to her. Regardless, I had one thing on my mind and that was to get to a room alone with my mate. As we got to the second floor, I guided Willow down the hallway to the last room on the right-hand side. My reasoning for doing so was because I wanted as much privacy with my mate as possible, with the things I wanted to do to her. The need to be with her has been overwhelming since we mated and I can’t put it off much longer, as my body aches to be with her and so does my heart. The small touches and kisses aren’t enough and I need to be buried deep inside her and feel the ultimate connection between the two of us. Opening the door, Willow stepped inside and we both took in the king sized bed in the center
Willow’s POV Alpha Shawn kept stealing glances of me on the way to the Sun witches’ Covenant and I had to smile knowing that he was doing this, and I could feel the bond between us humming away. I was happy to hear that he would be accompanying us but really wished that both of my mates would be here with me now. Since Alpha Shawn and I mated we hadn’t gotten alone time together and I really looked forward to spending the night with him. I could tell by what I sensed from him that he too was looking forward to the night we would be spending together alone. “How much longer before we get there?” Celeste asks from the back seat breaking the silence in the SUV. Alpha Shawn looks in the rear-view mirror at her, before he says, “We should be there within the hour.” Celeste let out a sigh and I turned slightly in my seat to look at her. I could tell that she wasn’t used to riding in a vehicle and I wondered if she was getting car sick, from her pale appearance. “Are you feeling, o
Chance’s POV Knowing that Willow was going to stay with Celeste made me feel at ease knowing what we were about to do. Neither one of them needed to be around when we seal the Moon Witch in her realm hopefully forever. The Moon Witch has caused enough heartache for us to last a lifetime and I can’t wait till this is all over with and we can take Willow back to Red Moon and start our family together. A large group of us moved to the meeting room to discuss how we were going to trap the Moon Witch in her own realm. Once everyone was in the room Alexandra, Luna Rayne’s mother, began to tell us about the spell that Joshua used to trap her and her mate in the realms they were in. On the way here she had made some adjustments to the spell and she began to show Sal. “Sal, do you think it will work?” Alpha Hunter asks him and Sal begins to shake his head before he says, “Yes, but we will need to do the spell when the sun is at its highest peak, to draw this much power. It’s too late tod