"Like this?" I looked up at my mate and was met with a loving smile. We were sat on the floor in his lab. My back was to his chest as his legs were on both sides of my lap. Gerwulf had wanted to practice using my magickal aura to fuel his abilities.
"Just close your eyes and take a deep breath babydoll," Gerwulf whispered into my ear causing my body to goose bump and shiver. It was so hard to concentrate on anything with his scent flooding my senses. It was only made worse when I started to remind myself it had been over two months since we'd even kissed.
The thoughts were intrusive, making me quickly spiral in my train of thoughts. Gerwulf cleared his throat making me jump a little. I sighed hard and closed my eyes letting my body relax. He'd said to think of times in my life when I felt truly happy or at peace. Anytime I'd been flooded with intense emotions.
'That's easy,' Praline or whatever it was muttered.
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"Alpha Ross?" I questioned, seeing those dark eyes fix on me. Beth cleared her throat to try getting back on subject," how do you all know one another?""He is here to help us with dividing Harvest Moon's territories," Vance spoke up putting an arm around her shoulders.Dietrich kissed her forehead," he's Alpha of the Mountain Crawler pack. Is this the guy you were talking about?"A grin bled onto Ross's features," oh? You were talking about me young Luna?""O-Oh um... no I wasn't," I stuttered as everybody looked at me. I hated being put on the spot, living life as unrecognized nobody was better."I was!" Beth chimed in annoyed sounding," why were you following us?!""Beth, show some respect for a guest," Gerwulf warned her."I wasn't actually following you. That mall is on my territory," Ross scratched his chin and shrugged," I just hap
The ride back to Harvest Moon territory had been excruciatingly silent. I had refused to acknowledge or look at Gerwulf all morning. No matter what he said or tried. Something inside me had finally snapped and I began to question my complacency and comfort when it came to my ability to submit and obey people. Finally I was thinking on my own and I was mad.Mad at myself for being so weak willed. Mad at my shitty start to life. Mad everything had been a lie. Mad my mate kept so many secrets from me. I was just plain mad.So in turn I decided I was going to use some anger and become momentarily spiteful. Despite the cold weather I had decided to wear one of the dresses Beth had picked out for me. It was a cream colored off shoulder lantern sleeve dress. The fit was tight, barely reaching halfway down my thigh as the bust dipped enough to show cleavage. I didn't have much to show in the chest area but my body was still very slim and had started
"Alpha... Luna ," Ross and Jade quickly addressed us they looked up. Robin gave him a nod, keeping it overly casual as usual."I'm glad you all made it safely, " Gerwulf wrapped an arm around my waist tightly as if afraid I'd disappear any minute," I trust Bel and the Betas have shown you to your rooms? I know it's not as good as you're probably used to, but hopefully it's okay for the duration of the Luna ceremony." He chuckled and I saw their father smile. Why wasn't I informed of a Luna ceremony? Nobody had prepared anything with me."It's not everyday you get invited to such events when you're a vampire," he spoke with a very thick French accent," I just hope your other guests are as open minded.""Forrest," the woman beside him tsked and shook her head. Her accent was just as thick but her voice was filled with kindness while she scolded him," even the Alpha knows better than to offend us. Don't you think we should
"I'm glad they at least taught their servants how to read. With as archaic as Harvest Moon seemed to be in some ways, I almost expected you to be illiterate," Beth snickered while handing me another book. She had thankfully arrived sometime during the night. We hadn't been as close lately but with my upcoming ceremony it was important that the relationship between me and the Beta female was strong.I rolled my eyes and laughed," of course I am. I did serve underneath our Alpha. That meant a lot of times I was in public having to converse and help him during events. It would've looked bad on both Finn and Hylda if a servant embarrassed them."A smirked crept onto Beth's face," oh? You served underneath him, huh? The boys told me he was as pure as it got. Didn't know you two were so... close." She drug out the word and I laughed."I was only 13 when he was exiled, no such thing happened," embarrassment filled me at the tho
Things had been tense since last night. Simon and Anais did a good job of keeping everybody up while they ever so eagerly completing the mating bond.Jade was going ballistic hearing the two of them. Something about that situation still seemed... off to me but I chose to keep my opinions to myself. Gerwulf was tired of hearing complaints so he made them move to one of the empty houses in the town square to ensure Jade would calm down, and baby Demeter would be able to sleep."You're so beautiful," Simon cooed at Anais bright and early during breakfast. Every wolf, lycan, and shifter looked worse for the wear having bags under the eyes. The vampires looked well rested as if the events of last night hadn't effected them at all.Anais was sat on his lap feeding him his breakfast and making a point of it to lick off any of the whipped cream from his waffles that didn't make it into his mouth. Ross placed his hand onto Jade's
I hadn't heard from my parents or Grant since leaving their house. It felt like every time my life gained a little normalcy it spun in a different direction that had me guessing what was and wasn't going to be a lie or go wrong.I had decided against confronting Bel and Sadie about what they were doing me with. Instead I just made more of a point to stick by Julian when Gerwulf wasn't around. He was the only one giving me answers about anything to do with shapeshifters. Even Bel himself being one would keep a tight lip about it always saying," Alpha's orders."For the next two days I made it seem like everything was still normal. We picked up my dress for the ceremony. It was dark green, and easy to put on and remove. The top was fitted and cut so that my bust showed but below the hip it was long and flowed onto the ground. I felt I looked more fae than wolf in it. They had given me a flower crown of fake green and white roses to go with it.
The guard at the entrance of our wing opened the large door, Cinnabar speeding up to get to our door faster. He stopped before our suite and let me off his back, changing back. The moment the door opened we were one one another.We fell onto the bed, and I sat in his lap straddling him. Gerwulf pulled back to catch his breath, and I rubbed the tip of our noses together," Ich liebe dich." I flushed a bit still not used to being able to express the words. He gripped my hips tightly coaxing that moan out of me finally."Ich liebe dich auch," he cooed out making my heart hammer. It was still hard to accept the person I'd pined over as a child actually loving me as an adult. Bringing us together through the mate bond had been a blessing by the goddess. Gazing into his amber eyes was something I could never get tired of.I smiled pulling us back together as I tried undoing the clasps of my bra before removing my layers. He chu
Tension had been thick the last few weeks between Ash Walker and Mountain Crawler. Jade found out she was having a male pup and neither Alpha could agree on if Simon truly deserved to know. A first born son was highly coveted with wolves. Ross wanted to tell him and beat him within an inch of his life for not even so much as apologizing for leaving her without a goodbye. Gerwulf wanted to keep it a secret until Jade decided the time was right.Beth and I had both stepped up in our duties as Luna and Beta female. More pack members meant more mouths to feed and housing to be provided. Plans had started when it came to diving the defunct pack's territories. Ross wanted the northern borders with the higher mountain ranges. Forrest wanted the eastern areas to connect to where he'd securely hidden his coven.Gerwulf seems so apathetic about the entire ordeal. Any mention of where Delmar, Hylda, or Finn were being kept he just shrugged off. At one