Chapter One

I woke up with a throbbing headache, I don't even remember falling asleep. I turn to look at my brother who was lying still on the ground with his eyes screwed shot. 

Mark, my brother seemed to be traumatized about the whole fight that happened between my wolf pack and our rivals. 

We have lost practically everything, including my parents, no shelter, nothing to eat, no change of clothes. 

It all started out as a dream, more like a nightmare. There was fire everywhere, some were forced to change into their wolves, many were injured and my parents who were the Alpha and Luna were at the war front fighting for the good of our pack died on the spot. Our rivals were stronger and more in number so they had more advantage than my pack.

I changed into my wolf, put Mark on my back and we fled into the woods, escaping wasn't so easy.

The rival pack wolves were everywhere, I was scared but I had to put on a facade because of my little brother. He held on tight to my pitch black fur which was quite painful but I couldn't scold him at this point, I knew he was scared for he was only a child.

I ran until I couldn't run anymore, my legs were hurting and Mark's weight was too much for me to run a very long distance, we stopped somewhere in the woods where I found a cave we could rest in.

The sound of Mark coughing woke me up from my deep thoughts. I needed to get him something to eat, the responsibility of being a parent just started for me.

The fear of being caught gripped me again as I walked out of the cave in search of food for Mark. I am not so bothered about my stomach, food is the least of my problems right now, I can't keep carrying my brother from one cave to another. I need to put him in a steady home with shelter and food.

I learnt how to hunt from the best in the land, my late father. He thought me so well that I can work it out almost with my eyes closed.

I sight a very fine looking antelope and I strike it, using my claws to snap the neck.

It lets out a sharp cry as I pin it to the ground, I stay there for a while until it is completely lifeless.  

I carry it slowly back to cave where my brother was waiting for me, but I discovered something different and the shadow of something, rather someone crosses my eyes and I knew I was in deep shit already.

They found us, the wolves I spent the whole of last night running away from, the wolves I tried to protect my little brother from had him in their hands. A pang of pain and disappointment hit me hastily, I have disappointed my parents and Mark. I could see tears forming in his eyes, I tried to hold back the tears from my eyes but it flowed down my cheeks.

I was pushed to the ground by one of the large men, I didn't fight them, the life of my brother is more important to me than showing off my strengths and abilities as a Luna.

They forced us into one of their vehicles, with Mark still crying, I've tried everything to make him stop but he just won't stop.

He cried all the way to Alpha Lugard's pack.

Truth be told, this pack was beautiful, with a large castle and nice houses around it. I didn't like the wolves living in it though, they looked at me with so much disdain and disgust, like I was carrying something on my head. I totally ignored them until I got to the door of the Alpha's palace, where I was pushed again, Mark followed behind me quietly.

There was a mighty chair at the extreme end of the room, I knew immediately that it was for the Alpha. I stood there with Mark's hand in mine as we waited for their Almighty Alpha to join the party. 

He stepped into the room with his head up high, he was huge with nice facial features but I could smell pride and he killed my parents. 

"Mate", that's all I could hear my wolf say, I try to suppress her voice and ignore it but she kept repeating the same thing over and over again until Alpha Lugard began to talk.

" I thought I told these wolves to make sure everyone from that useless pack, you guys are so incompetent, I should have known that it is a job I should have done myself. I wonder how I picked you all as soldiers, the only thing you're good for is getting all the female wolves pregnant, nothing more, nothing less". 

He kept on blabbing and complaining about how bad his soldiers are, and I stood there waiting for him to actually finish so that I can know my fate.

It was until I let out a deep sigh before he remembered that we were actually standing in front of him.

He looked at myself and Mark for a while and just by his instincts, he knew we were the children of the Alpha he just sent to an early grave. I hated his guts but I had to be calm because I loved my brother and I didn't want to put his life in danger. I knew he knew that I was his mate but he kept being a proud jerk, god knows even if we ended up together, I would kill him on the first night to avenge my parents, and run really far with my brother to start a new pack with my brother. Because if this monster was supposed to be my mate, then I don't think I want to be his Luna.

"You will go undercover to Silvercrest pack, your performance there will determine if I will kill you and your brother, I will still kill you guys anyway but working for me will give you a little more time. Your brother will remain with me, I can't have you go with a child to a special mission. The more time you spend will determine how much I can tolerate him, you may just come back to find him dead. You will start training with my troops tomorrow even if I know you don't need much training, I've heard alot about you and how good you are, I'm surprised you haven't flipped over some of my wolves, but i like how calm you are, its for you own good anyway." Alpha Lugard says with so much pride.

"I wonder who you think you are to just dish orders at me like I'm one of your slaves or workers, first of all, you killed my parents, I should be plotting your death by now, and secondly, I'm not leaving my brother alone in this place. I either go with him or I don't go at all" I say with equal pride, Mark looks at me and smiles for the first time in two days, I smile back at him, he's proud of me, I could see it. The Alpha looks at me with so much shock, I'm sure no one has talked to him with so much courage and pride, his guards look petrified and I was loving it. I needed to show them that I know my powers as a luna, even if I haven't mastered all my powers yet. Good thing I shifted just few nights before my parents and everyone in my pack were brutally murdered. 

"We'll need a place to stay, I don't want to stay in this palace and breath the same air with you, you can put some guards around the house to make sure we don't escape, and I hope you have a head warrior to train me because these wimps can't measure up to my strength, we want cooked food brought to us everyday and some change of clothes because someone burnt down all our possessions" I smiled and said, looking at him straight in his eyes without fear. Truth be told, I didn't know I had so much courage, I didn't know I could ever exude so much power. I've always been one to any away from public speaking or even talking to someone for the first time. I liked this new Hera who is unafraid to protect her brother because that's all on my mind now.

The Alpha stayed quiet for a while, he was in shock and I know it, I liked the fact that I did that to him. I liked the fact that I am able to face him squarely, that's a new feature of being a Luna I just discovered and I was loving every bit of it.

"I have made my decision," he shouted. "First of all, don't think about anything concerning us being mates....."

I cut him short with a loud laughter that sounded through the four walls of the room, I was laughing so hard, I didn't even know when I sat on the floor.

I looked at him and he looked furious. I was able to suppress the laughter and get back on my feet so that he can finish talking.

"As I was saying before you showed how immature you are, at this point, I'm rejecting you as my mate, there's just a thin line from why I'm not keeping you in the dungeon until I'm ready to send you to Silvercrest, and you will have to leave your brother here in Bluemoon, even though I wish you both will just drop dead right now, I need your skills, and I do not want to be seen as the worst Alpha that will allow a child go on a mission for me.

During your time of training, I'm sure you will find someone you can trust to leave him with, my people are not that bad. And your request to get a small cottage will be granted, I have hundreds of houses to my name.