The Luna's Choice.

Stella's POV.I jogged down the gravel pathway, not paying attention to where I was going. Instead, I was invested in the conversation I was sharing with Cooper.“So?” I panted. “How’s Kormak holding up?”He sighed. “Not so well. But with Aria by his side, things are being handled better.”My older step brother, Kormak, was the alpha of the Grandiose Apex pack and head of the Northern region. Recently, he was betrayed by his childhood companion and advisor, Vorus, who wanted to kill him for power. It had hit him hard because of how much he invested in their relationship. However, with Aria, his mate, being there with him, he'd the chance of moving on fast.Cooper cleared his throat. “What about you? How's the mate search going?” That was why I left. Because Aria was there and because I was on a personal quest to find my mate. I'd traveled up Southern, I still hadn't found him. But I hope I do in the West.I shrugged, slowing down my pace. “No luck. Yet.”“Hmm…you do know you can alwa

Owen's POV.“Get the doctor here, now!” I ordered no one in particular, but one of the guards standing around scurried after my demand. “Arrange a room.” I said to my Gamma this time.I watched the unmoving female in my arms. She looked so thin and pale from blood loss. Shit. My wolf stirred within me, panicking and shouting mate which was making me not to think.When I was 12, our pack got raided. It happened in the night, when I was sleeping. My parents thought I was going to be fine alone with guards littered around while they went to take care of the crisis. And till now, they still regret having left me there because my parents or pack were not the target, I was.A few of the rogues managed to snuck past the security and warriors, aiming for our home. They had set it on fire, along with I and the guards inside. Most of them lost their lives on the spot and the guard who found me met me halfway burnt on the floor when I tried to make it out. He couldn't make it after saving me.I

Stella's POV.I woke up to banging on the door. My head felt like it was being splitted into numerous halves. It was irritating, even more when that person behind the door didn't stop. I scowl, getting up from the bed and storming over to the door. Before the door fully opened, I snapped. “What?!” I glared at the person before me. “If no one answered, was that not a sign for you to leave?” The male, who I vividly remember as one of the idiots I knocked up the last time I was here, shifted on his feet. His gaze remained on the floor. “I apologize.”I rolled my eyes. He could at least do it like a man. I was about to ask what he wanted, but the suitcase beside him caught my attention. I blinked and stood straight, what was he doing with my bag? I recall leaving it in the other pack before I went on my run.He spoke again, this time looking up. “Alpha Owen asked me to bring your things to you.” How on earth did Owen know where I was staying?? No, wrong question. What made him think I'd

Stella's POV.“You're the Stella?!” Cassandra said, dropping on the chair beside me.I stared at my fork full of meat in agony before reluctantly dropping my fork on the plate before me. I twisted my head and looked at the gaping fish beside me. This didn't look like it'd end soon. “I don't know what you're the Stella means,” I said, air quoting the question she threw at me. “But since you're the second person asking me that today, then yes. I am the Stella. Can you get lost now? I'd love to eat in peace.” I waved her off, turning back to my meal.She scoffed. “That was rude.”“Well, maybe it's because you're disrupting my meal.” I snapped at her, a glare on my face. I just wanted to eat, fam. Not talk. I closed my eyes and sighed. “Look, I hadn't eaten for 42 hours counting, I'm seriously starved and I'd love to just eat my meal in peace?” “You do precede their words,” she leaned into the chair and began to tap her black polished manicured nails on the table. “Leave her alone, Case

Stella's POV.It was so obvious. The pride that oozed out of him and pink rose to my cheeks. I looked down, trying to decolorize my cheeks whilst using my hair as a curtain.“Is she going to be a member of this pack?” A random person asked.Of course, I'd be. I was his mate after all, it made sense if I was. But I wondered if I'd be asked to prove myself. But my mate's response shocked me.“If she wants to.” Was his only response.I snapped my head up, looking at him. What did he mean by that? If I wanted to? I scoffed loudly. I had the urge to walk away, but I couldn't. Why? Because this wasn't my freaking pack! And I hated the restrictions that came with it. Here and others.How on earth did Aria cope? “She should not prove herself to us? The pack?” I knew Casey's voice from anywhere. I mean, I only spent a day here, but she had proven to be a stress. Why? Does she like Owen??Owen, who noticed the shift in my mood, spoke again. “She already did, the night she came here.”“But sho