Luna’s Young Alpha

_Xena's POV_I stood by the window, a deep frown etched on my face, as I watched the rain cascade down in torrents outside my house. It was supposed to be the middle of June, the heart of summer, yet the weather had taken an unexpected turn.The rain had started abruptly when I was in the middle of breakfast, drenching the streets and casting a gloomy atmosphere over the entire neighborhood.But there was a peculiar feeling in the air, as if something auspicious was about to happen today. Perhaps it was a sign of an eventful day ahead, or maybe just another mischievous twist of fate.Time seemed to be slipping away, and I glanced at the time, realizing that I had less than 40 minutes to make it to college. But the thought of driving through the rain to school seemed nearly impossible. The raindrops pounded against the windowpane, as if mocking my sudden predicament.I clicked my tongue in annoyance and took out my phone to check the time again."Such bad luck today" I muttered unde

_Xena's POV_No! This was definitely not happening!This couldn't happen!Ryder was my student and to top it all, he was five years younger than me! This was a messed up joke by the moon goddess.Ryder noticed the confusion and dread in my eyes, and his excitement died down a bit, he proceeded to extend his hand and held mine in his, this caused a surge of electricity to course through my body.I felt Layla purr in the back of my head as my body relaxed in contentment. For a moment there, I melted into his warm touch forgetting about everything else. That tiny moment was euphoric, I couldn't explain what I was feeling, but as they say 'all good things must come to an end' The next moment that followed, reality struck me and I abruptly pulled my hand away. "No! This is wrong, This is all wrong." My voice came out firm as I took a step back from him. I could see the hurt flash in his eyes but only for a second before he held my wrist again and pulled me closer to him, his other hand

_Ryder’s POV_I watched Xena expectantly, waiting for a positive reply to my confession.I knew it might seem a bit too rushed to suddenly say this to her, but I felt that I needed to let her know."Do we even need her opinion? We could just go ahead and claim her, whether she likes it or not" Jeremy suggested lazily and i hurriedly rejected the idea."We can't force her! I would never force her against her will" I replied."So you're willing to reject her if she says she doesn't want to be your Luna?" Jeremy asked again."Hell no! I'm never letting her go. I can give her some time to process the entire thing and come around, but I would never reject her" I said firmly.Jeremy groaned in annoyance and said again, "Just look at her face and tell me if she looks anything like someone who is willing to be mated to a kid!" "Ouch, I'm not a kid" I replied exhaustedly.Why couldn't she just accept this for the goddesses sake?!"Yes, you're not a kid" Jeremy said sarcastically, but I ignore

_Xena's POV_The rain began to fall in torrents again the moment Valkyrie left. She had been totally speechless when I told her that Ryder was my mate. Just like I was the first time I found out, I was speechless and dumbfounded. She left for the packhouse because she needed to be there on time as she worked in the packhouse and needed to also be available for the party.I just tidied up the entire living room, ate a little dinner because of Layla, then took my laptop and went upstairs to my bedroom.The entire time I tried not to think, but each time I tried to relax, I'm always assaulted by the memory of Ryder's hand on my shoulder. I was supposed to go to the packhouse for the coronation, at least to show my happiness for my favorite student who was turning Alpha, but I turned out to be that favorite student's mate.Such an embarrassing thing if the public found out.I would find a way to make him reject me before the news got out, because even if I avoided him today, there's stil

*****Xena's POV*****Ryder smiled at me, then nodded. I felt my chest squeeze in pain at the sudden look in his eyes."I get it now," he said and moved away from me.My lips trembled as I watched him move away from me slowly. The rain hadn't subsided and it was still falling in torrents."Ryder_""Goodbye, Xena." He said, cutting me shut as he walked out through the door and under the rain.I felt my entire body tremble and the next second, I fell to the floor. I was shivering, also looking at my hands that had struck his face.The memories of how the past years had been ever since I became his teacher came flooding into my mind.He used to smile at me each time he saw me, he would also always shy away each time I patted his shoulder or touched his hand.Ryder was always doing everything to make me happy. That first day, he failed his math test and he felt so bad, I saw him leaving the school looking dejected.I reached out to him, asking him what was causing his off mood, he cried to