CHAPTER 4: SELECTING A LUNA

Enzo POV

It's been one week since Anthony came here and told me that the elders are deciding my future. Bastards. I have been reviewing information on the she-wolves in the pack. 

None of them has the ability to be my Luna. I was considering picking an unattractive woman, so I wouldn't be tempted to catch feelings for her, but then I would have to be seen with her at special events and I don't feel like being ridiculed later on for being a powerful Alpha with an ugly Luna.

With unattractiveness out of the question, I went for a plain one. Neither attractive nor unattractive. Someone who could clean up well enough to be presentable for special events but unattractive enough not tempt me. I had the omegas set up a room at the other end of the Alpha floor so the chosen Luna wouldn't be near me.

A weak connection is best.

The problem is, I don't like any of the candidates. None of them inspires even the slightest trust. Trust that they can do the job, hold themselves to the standards of a Luna, and trust that they will not expect more than being a Luna in title only. I am doing this out of necessity. I'm quite literally being forced into being mated.

"Alpha?" Max knocks before he enters my office.

"Yes, Max?"

"Still looking for a mail-order Luna?" He says.

I cut him a look that clearly says, 'don't start.'

"None of these women will do, Crane and the elders really screwed me here."

"You know Alpha, not all women are the same. Perhaps, you should think about trying to make something work. It's been five years after all." Max suggests.

"Max, not even Rex wants a mate. Do you understand? We do not trust women.

This is a disaster waiting to happen. Not only will this be bad for me, but it's also bad for whoever signs up for this shit detail." I sigh.

"Well, perhaps you can find someone who isn't interested in being in a relationship with you but is only looking to gain some kind of status." He says trying to come up with a solution.

"Yeah, but that isn't exactly a question on the application, is it?" I say.

"No, but perhaps if you take the time to meet some of them, you could have these discussions. Just pick the top three and start with them." He says trying to help me make sense of this insanity.

"Fine, I'll go through everyone again and see which ones I think would be suitable.

Let's make a decision next week. Then I can meet with them and make a decision.

I am going to drag this out to the last minute and keep my freedom for as long as possible." I said.

I see he is distracted so I know he is being mind linked.

"Crest moon scout. I know you said that you wanted them killed on the spot, but before we do, we should question the first one to see what exactly Alpha Dexter is looking for from us." Max says. His logic sounds good so I  agree with him.

"Have him taken to the cells and we will go down and start questioning him," I said. I'm glad to get a break from looking at women's pictures and applications.

We make our way to the cells. I see a young kid. Not more than nineteen. How is he a scout? Most scouts are trained for years before they get that kind of position. This doesn't seem right?

"How old are you?" I ask, He is shaking. Shit.

"I am eighteen."

"Nineteen next week, Alpha."

"How are you a scout? Most scouts are in their mid-twenties and train for years." I

tell him.

His eyes widen, "Alpha Dexter said he wanted to test my scouting abilities and see if I would be ready for scout training and beready to serve the pack."

What the actual fuck? Test him in a role he hasn't trained for and you are testing him on the most powerful pack in the North, knowing I would kill him. This alpha is a bigger dick than I originally thought.

"Well, you failed." I started, "Why did he want you scouting here? What is he looking to find out?"

"Alpha, I didn't want to be a scout. I don't even want to be part of the crest moon.

I was brought in against my will. I will tell you what I know, but in exchange, will you please help me get back to my family?" The scout says.

His pleading surprises me. What surprises me even more is that he is asking for help. "What do you mean you were brought to the crest moon Flame against your will?"

"My pack was small. Alpha Dexter has been going to small packs and taking the young men and women. He forces us to come to his pack and accept him as our Alpha. This usually happens during our full moon runs. He grabs whoever he can.

We never see the women again, but the men are forced to join his pack and become front-line warriors. I'm trying to survive, but I didn't ask for this, nor do I want it." He says, with his lips trembling and tears glazing over his eyes.

FUCK. ME. He is kidnapping young men and women. What is happening to the women? Where are they going?

"Why did he send you to scout my pack?"

"He wanted me to report back to him the path you take for the full moon run." The scout said.

"What's your name scout?" I asked

"Sam, please don't kill me,” he was begging.

“Did you come alone,” he looks at me and hesitates.

“Every other person is dead or fled but the pack doctor came on this raid with us, I left her hiding in the stride gate.”

"Sam, I will help you, but you need to help me. For now, I want you to go back to Crest Moon. Provide Alpha Derek with the route I provide you. When he gets here, we will take care of him and then I will help you and everyone else who was forced against their will, get back to your packs." I said.

I see his lip trembling and relief in his eyes. 

"Thank you Alpha. I will do exactly as you say."

"Release him" I say to the guards before looking back at Sam. As soon as they release him I tell him to follow me to my

office.

“We found her, the doctor,” Max says through the mind link, “bringing her over to you now.

Standing behind the one-way glass looking at the woman in front of me, she looks very fit I would mistake her for a female warrior. 

She's looking around very agitated, Rex does a flip and I wonder what's wrong with him, he hadn't been this excited since we met Jessica, I step into the interrogation room, and she looks at me with furious eyes.

“You must have caught Sam, please let him go he just a kid, he needs immediate medical attention, has nothing to do with what Alpha Dexter cooks up.”

Rex is urging me to touch and feel her soft skin, but I refrain from doing such she is the enemy sent here to ruin my legacy and my pack.

“What brought you here?”

“The pack warriors always came back wounded and the last run a lot died because they couldn't get first-hand treatment, non of the other male doctors wanted to risk their lives, so I came to treat them, they got injured.”

I'm surprised as she finished talking, risking her life for her pack, putting them first, she is just like me, and exactly what I want in a mate.

“I can't let you or him go, because I've not gotten the information I want out of you both, you should be thankful I didn't kill you on the spot.”

I turn to walk out of the room and she grabs my arm.

“Kill me if you would but please treat that boy.”

Rex screams,” MATE,” and I freeze. I knew I found her compelling but my mate, an enemy, Rex was mistaken, she doesn't let go of my hand. I think she feels it too.

“He has been treated,” I say as I walk out of the room, with the hardest expression ever. I catch the kid Sam smiling and I have a bad feeling about this.

I hope my kindness doesn't come back to haunt me.