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TWENTY-FOUR
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To Be a Luna PROLOGUE
“RUN!” My wolf howled at me, her voice almost splitting my head in half from the inside. I wanted to oblige. I mean, who wouldn’t want to run when an Alpha’s wolf was running toward them, ready to tear them apart?My feet were glued to the ground as I watched my mate approach me, a murderous intent in his eyes. Today would be the day he’d kill me. It was all my fault. I deserved it. I couldn’t run.I was a murderer, after all. A traitor.A crushing force had me on my back, the air knocked out of my lungs. I didn’t want to make an attempt at breathing, but an instinctive gasp escaped my lips.It took everything in me to stop myself from struggling as he sat on me, suffocating me. That was the easiest way he could kill his mate, and I accepted it.Tears flowed out of my eyes. Maybe I deserved to die, but not our child. He didn’t know he was killing his child, as well. Would that change a thing if he knew? Would he even want the child?To test the theory, I pushed through our mind
To Be a Luna ONE
One Year Ago. “Athena!” Selena’s voice pierced through the thin walls of our home. I would never understand why she yelled when even the sound of a pin-drop could be heard from anywhere. “Yes, Selena?” I called out softly. I heard her marching up to the attic, where I did most of my sketches and paintings. The attic had the best view of the stream behind our house, so I figured it would be the best place for motivation. It was. She climbed up the ladder leading to the attic and shook her head with a sigh as she sighted me. I was huddled up in front of the window. It was cold, but I was making a sketch of the stream. I wasn’t done just yet. “What are you doing here, all by yourself?” Her voice was soft and smooth, like velvet, when she didn’t yell. She had the kindest eyes I had ever seen. Take it from me, since not a lot of people looked at me kindly. “I’m always here, all by myself,” I giggled as she sat beside me. She shut the window, eliciting a frown from me. “I was sketchin
To Be a Luna TWO
“Do you even know what you’re talking about? The Alpha’s birthday party? Absolutely not!” I heard the finality. She was never letting me go. I expelled a sigh and nodded. “I understand.” Her eyes softened. “I’m doing this for your own good. You don’t know what happens at those kinds of places. They’ll talk down on you.” “You’re not going, are you?” I questioned, making sure. I didn’t want to have a run-in with her when I snuck out. “I don’t want to.” She shook her head. “I won’t go, then.” I smiled at her, making sure to hide any sign of deceit.We spent the entire day binge-watching the Twilight series, just how I liked to spend birthdays. Selena always complained about how the werewolf didn’t get the girl, but it didn’t matter to me. It was Bella’s choice. “Aw, come on. I bet she wouldn’t have suffered this much—” “If she had ended up with Jacob, you say that every single time we reach the birth scene.” I giggled, kissing her cheeks. I held her tighter each time there was a
To Be a Luna THREE
Mate? I couldn’t have one just yet. My mate was an Alpha. I was an Omega. Was that some sort of a sick joke? He never took his eyes off of me as he descended the stairs. People started to notice. They were now paying attention to me. I finally found a way out of my daze and turned, running away. It took everything in me to do that, for two major reasons; one, I was running away from the Alpha who was apparently my mate. Two, I was running in a long dress and heels. After falling and scraping myself a whole lot, I finally got home and slammed the door behind me. I slid down with my back against the door as tears rolled down my cheeks. I was not ready. I wasn’t ready to leave Selena. I also wasn’t ready to be without my mate, especially now that I knew I had one. How could I be mated to an Alpha? Omegas were the weakest link in the rank, and the Alphas… Well, everyone knew who the Alphas were. When I asked for the moon goddess to be with me, that was the complete opposite of what
To Be a Luna FOUR
I sat in the kitchen, watching and waiting. His footsteps pounded closer, my heart beating in sync with it. Selena was behind him. I could almost smell her worry. Now, he was standing right behind me. It would be embarrassing if he could smell my arousal. I knew he could. I just hoped and prayed that he wouldn’t acknowledge it. Not in front of Selena, at least. “Stand.” It was not a request. Far from it, even. I stood, my legs pulsing as I struggled to maintain balance. He walked toward where I stood, now in front of me, his eyes assessing me like a predator would its prey. Now that I thought about it, we were more predator and prey than mates. “If you have anything important you would like to take with you, now would be the right time for it. Fifteen minutes.” He set a time, his eyes keeping a record of every movement, every twitch my body made. I hurried out of the kitchen and up the stairs to my room, the first and only things on my mind being my art supplies.With shaky hands,
To Be a Luna FIVE
Half shifted. I was still standing on my two feet, but my body was full of hair and my claws were bared. I was as confused at my form as I was fearful of my mate. As soon as I had slashed him across the face, he had shifted. Now, all three wolves were growling at me. What shocked me the most was how Raya was not willing to back down. She growled back at all three of them. I was still trying hard to take full control, but it was to no avail. A heavy weight pushed me to the ground. Ferra’s wolf snarled at me as she tried to bite into my skin, but I managed to fight back and push her off of me. Frazier came next, his grey wolf larger than Ferra’s. Before he could reach me, though, Conrad’s wolf was in front of me. He growled at Frazier, causing Frazier to whimper and back off. Ferra shifted back into her human form, naked and flawless. Her red hair cascaded down her back as she approached me and Conrad. “Whose side are you on, Conrad?” she snapped at him, staring his wolf down. His
To Be a Luna SIX
It was tradition for the Alpha to organize a pack dinner with the whole pack to make a first official appearance with the Luna. I was informed about the dinner just two hours before the dinner because Conrad didn’t want anyone in my room but himself.He only allowed a lady I had come to know as Sam to bring me food. I had been in the room for a whole day. I enjoyed it, as I didn’t want to see anyone else’s face. If Conrad didn’t make random visits to my room to torment me, I would have considered it a dream life.As if he could sense my thoughts, he walked in with a black dress. He dropped the dress on the bed and stood straight.It was easy for me to forget how unrealistic he looked because I had been more focused on painting instead of giving him more thought than I should have, but that took a toll on me whenever he was in front of me.Every time he looked at me, like now, I would get an unnatural kick in my chest. I could feel my hands getting clammy against my paintbrush. I h
To Be a Luna SEVEN
My eyes watered, my vision blurred, my mind whirred.Selena had told me about what she had felt when she was first marked by her mate. It was sharp and painful at first, but then the tingles spread. She felt ecstatic.But nothing else followed for me.Sharp pain came after sharp pain as I struggled to rid myself of his tight grip.When he finally let me go, I slumped into my seat. My neck burned as I felt warm liquid seep through the mark. I could hear claps but I could barely see.Before I could excuse myself to go upstairs, I fell against the floor, darkness enveloping me.~I groaned, sitting up. My head hurt, but not as much as my neck did. I touched my neck and found that it was bandaged up. I held my head in my hands as it pounded without stop.“How do you feel?” I jumped as a familiar voice came from the window.Conrad leaned against the wall beside the window with his arms crossed, watching me. He was trying to cover up some type of anger, but I could still see it.“
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