Beth helped me hide the cloak in an unused room and forced me into the tub to scrub me clean of any scent. I swear my skin was almost ready to come off from how ridiculously hard she scrubbed at me. By the the time she'd finished I had a light green turtleneck on and a pair of black skinny jeans. She'd brushed my short chocolate locks and parted them neatly. "How are you eighteen and don't have your ears pierced?" Beth laughed to herself as she was about to let me borrow a pair. She closed the lid of her jewelry box. I shrug, feeling self conscious suddenly. I didn't feel like ruining the mood and mentioning that my mother barely talked to me let alone let me have a luxury like a pair of earrings. It seemed that nobody other than Gerwulf and Julian were aware that I had been a servant before becoming their Luna. Beth spun me around and forced me to look at myself in the mirror. I hadn't spent much ti

    I fucked up.     I fucked up BAD.     It's the constant thought that's been in my head for nearly two weeks now.     I sighed and lay against the marble floor of my bedroom, staring at the ceiling. The food that had been given to me was still laying on the tray hours later. Any weight that I had gained from being here was now gone, easily I looked the way I had when I first arrived.     No longer could I go anywhere outside of our bedroom. Gerwulf had placed metal rings around my ankles enchanted with some kind of magick that made it impossible to shift or leave the doorway. He'd forbidden any further interaction with Julian and threatened a war against the vampires if I decided to ever pull a stunt with him again.     Currently I was bored out of my mind. Nothing interested me anymore q

"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.&n

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

"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