5 - So Many White Lies

LUCY'S POV

Our Goddess always gifted an Alpha with a male firstborn.

My dad considered me to be an abomination and claimed my mom was cursed for not being able to produce a male.

I sighed internally at the thought and responded confidently to Leander.

“No Alpha, that is all. I promise to serve you well. You have been kind to me, and I will be forever in your debt for saving me and giving me freedom I have never known. I will be loyal to you as I owe you, my life.” My words were the truth, aside from the initial lie.

I did feel this way. He saved me, and I would never betray him.

I would rather serve under him than ever try to take my position as Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack.

“Very well, Lucy. Give me your wrist,” Leander said with a slightly quizzical look on his face.

I reached my hand over to his.

He took my hand in his own, twisting my arm slightly and putting my wrist upwards toward him.

“I, Alpha Leander Goldvale, hereby swear Lucy Knight into my care under the Cresent Moon Pack.” He spoke the words softly, and our eyes connected as if we were in a trance.

He pulled my wrist up to his mouth, his canines released, and he sunk them into my wrist.

Both our wolves lurched forward.

His eyes flickered yellow, and I knew mine had flickered silver.

He looked at me funny and pulled away from my wrist. I looked down at his bite, which was healing quickly.

We were all staring at my wrist, waiting to see if the pack mark would appear, and I could feel that I wasn’t the only one worried about what would happen.

I sighed internally as the mark began to appear on my wrist.

A crescent moon formation budded to life on my wrist but not before flashing a glittery silver and fading back to my original skin color.

“Woah” Seth exclaimed as he stared at my wrist.

I quickly pulled my hand back to myself, licking up the leftover blood from Leander's bite.

That weird flashing color thing was not normal, and I knew it.

“It must be because I didn’t reject my original pack first.” Another lie flew out of my mouth as I gripped my hand into a fist at my side, trying not to show the pain that was withering away inside of me from my father's tie being torn away from me.

Sadness crept its way into me.

The realization of my life and my fate tore into my heart suddenly without warning.

A single tear slid down my cheek. Leander wiped away the tear, his own eyes showed pity as he broke the silence.

“It’s normal for it to hurt when you break the tie with your pack. Even if you didn’t know them," he said, trying to soothe me.

That was the problem, I did know them.

My connection to them was strong, even though my father was cruel to me.

Every Alpha fiber in me naturally loved my pack and wanted to protect them.

I took a deep breath before responding.

“Thank you, Alpha Leander. This means the world to me. I will not disappoint you.”

He smiled at me. Seth stared at me like I was an alien.

Apparently, he hadn’t gotten past my glowing mark from before.

“I have a feeling that you will make me prouder than you know, Lucy. You’re a great she-wolf. I always wanted a daughter, but Sybil's pregnancy almost took her life. We didn’t want to risk trying again. You’re safe here with me. I will look after you as if you were my own, and I know my boys will do the same. Welcome to the Cresent Moon Pack," he smiles.

I could feel the sincerity of his words through the newly forming bond with this pack. My eyes were burning with unshed tears.

I retired to my room for the night, my thoughts racing in every direction.

Nia was so excited to be a part of a new pack.

Knowing that we could now take runs and live life more freely had her racing around in circles off and on all night.

Tomorrow I would move rooms to the Alphas quarters which made me incredibly nervous.

I would now be officially considered his assistant. He explained that I would no longer be serving his meetings.

This was not a typical task for his assistant; he just wanted me there to get the opinions of his inner circle.

I beamed with pride, knowing that his circle had good senses about me and agreed that I would make a good assistant.

I would hold what was considered a “higher ranking” position as I would now participate in important meetings and gain insider knowledge.

It would not be like a Beta, Gamma, or Delta position, of course, but it would be higher than an Omega position.

These things didn’t mean anything to me.

In fact, they made me rather nervous.

I didn’t want any attention as it put me at risk of my father finding me. I would have to consider if this assistant position was something that I wanted or if it was too much of a risk.

Sleep finally found me in the early hours of the morning, and I thanked the Goddess for this fresh start before falling asleep.

Tomorrow I would be meeting the twins.