His Moonlight

Chapter 5

Nerina's POV

(2 Years Later)

"Happy birthday Rina!" Mom’s voice rang in my ears. I knew she was standing at the door, waiting for the rest of the family to join her.

I let out a moan and a soft groan, then turned around trying to ignore her... pretending to be asleep.

I could feel her gaze on me and her motherly aura filled every inch of my room, stretching its warm and safe arms around me, providing me with a comfortable soft hug... Yes... I could feel her emotions...

and she was definitely smiling... she was happy and excited...

I let out a yawn, knowing that if mom was standing at the door, it would be only minutes before the rest of the family would enter my room and wish me a happy birthday.

It was our little family routine to wake up the birthday girl or boy together.

I pulled the comforter over my head... hoping that by some miracle that today would be different and I could sleep in late...

Yeah right... wishful thinking!

Just before I could let out another yawn, Jack and Dustin decided to jump on top of me, without any warning and I yelled out surprised!

"Happy birthday Nerd!" Jack screamed at me and pulled the comforter from me.

I flinched at the stupid nickname he gave me years ago... and wished that he could just drop the stupid nickname now that we were on good terms.

Jack had changed a lot after Liam rejected me almost two years ago.

He had become the brother I always wanted and needed, but it was almost too late...

My parents never told him the full story of what had truly happened to me, and I was too embarrassed to share it with the boys, but he got a glimpse of how bad the situation was when he found me...

Something inside him snapped, and he has been by my side defending and protecting me ever since.

"Urgh! F*ck!" I swore as both Jack and Dustin pinned me down laughing.

My birthday didn't keep me from getting scolded by mom, she gave me a death glare for my swearing.

"Sorry..!" I apologized as I tried to push the two nickel heads from me. Not that it helped.

The two were larger than my 5'7 frame and their bodies were a dead weight on top of me.

Jack and Dustin were not the smallest guys around here, having Alpha and Royal blood running in both their veins, they were incredibly big and masculine. Dustin is the eldest and tallest of the two, standing at 6'4 tall, and Jack at 6'2.

"Get off!" I tried to wiggle and fight myself out of their strong grip... but it was all in vain...

Mom watched the interaction between us, not saying a word, she just giggled behind her hand like it was the funniest thing she ever saw.

She was used to us getting into one another's faces and spaces, especially on days like these.

I finally gave in and sighed and stopped wiggling.

I am supposed to be used to this already... They do this constantly...!

I gave the boys a growl out of annoyance and both of them snickered at my expense... they were enjoying this...

I knew what would come next...

I concentrated on hoping for some miracle that I could withstand them tickling me...

At least the horrible pranks had stopped... due to Jack finding his mate now recently... to Dustin's annoyance, which meant, Dustin was on his own to try to set proper pranks... which most of the time failed miserably and got him into trouble.

I just wished I could find a way to overpower both of them when they team up against me...

I let out a frustrated breath... soon, I promised myself, soon I will be the strongest Warrior Silver Moonvally ever seen or ever had...

Now, in the last two years, I have grown... in all the right places, of course...

I don't look like a skinny, neglected teenager anymore... but more like an adult she-wolf, my age should look like...

My curves and breasts had set in and my human strength had multiplied, if not tripled...

I am now fitter, stronger and faster...

By the end of tonight, I will know if I have been blessed by any magical powers from my mom's side and most probably choose which one I would like to keep...

Zira already has her abilities and we have both learned how to use and control them.

I am also combat smarter now... after my rejection... daddy had arranged for special and extra training for me with Beta Emanuel.

Dad trusted his old friend to have me in top shape in no time.

Not that I ever trained. On the contrary, every pack member was trained from a very young age to be able to defend themselves from any attack attempts. The difference was that my father wanted me to focus on something else other than my broken heart.

It was hard work though... but it eventually paid off.

Even though I have become stronger physically and emotionally... I could still read the worry in my father's eyes...

I guess he believes that I would never find myself a mate or that I would end up alone and lonely?

I don't know... but whatever it was... I had this feeling that my father saw me as something broken... which hurt me on a different level again.

The first couple of days after Liam's rejection were the worse.

I fell into depression...

I refused to eat or drink. It was hard to get out of bed... and I cried and sobbed whenever I tried to talk... which I gave up on after a while...

The nightmare was the worst... I couldn't stop dreaming of him... I couldn't stop dreaming of his cold blue eyes... and I couldn't stop dreaming of him telling me the reason... which made me scream out of agony in my sleep...

I was anxious... short-tempered and crying nonstop...

I couldn't live like this anymore, and have decided to end it all... to release myself from the agony of no one wanting me...

Jack found me days later in the roaring ice-cold water under the waterfall, barely breathing. He saw me jump and rushed to save me.

He told me later that he had this voice in his mind, which he believed was the wolf that was driving him insane to get to me and check up on me. When he couldn't find me in my room, he became anxious and followed my scent until he found me...

It almost cost me my life to have my brother loving me again...

While I was in the infirmary, Jack called our gran and told her what had happened. He begged her to come and see me.

Two days later, Gran sat at my bed's side.

I remember the concern in her silver eyes, not saying a word, while moving her hands over me, trying to heal me.

When a kind smile reached her face, seeing that I was awake, I couldn't but break down and cry...

"My dear girl, it's not impossible to break the mate bond, you should have come to me first.." she sighed, and continued, "you shouldn't have kept it all bundled inside yourself, it would poison your soul and your wolf's. So, tell me, what was his reason for not wanting you?"

"He had taken a chosen human mate..." I answered.

"Oh? And that was his full reason?" She asked skeptically, raising an eyebrow at me.

"His mate... was with pup, and he refused to let her raise the pup alone..." I answered and tears streamed down my face.

"Okay," she said, smiling, but, something in her liquid silver eyes told me, she didn't believe a word I was saying.

"I can try my best to dismantle the bond between you and..."

"Liam..." his name left a bitter taste on my tongue, and a sharp pinch in my heart.

"Liam?" She asked.

"Yes..." I answered, knowing that I didn't know his last name.

"Okay," she nodded her head, "it will only work if one of you truly wants the mate bond broken and if the reason you have to provide me with is true... if not, there might be some consequences..."

"Well, gran, I would rather live with the consequences than be bound to someone who never wanted me in the first place..." I answered sure.

When Gran did the ritual to break the mate bond between Liam and me, she gave me another warning...

"Nerina, keep in mind that you are a half-breed... I might be able to break your bond between Liam's wolf and your wolf, but... I can't be sure if there is a magical bond that would bond you two, together... another issue I am facing is that you only know Liam's first name... it can influence the breaking of the mate bond..."

I have accepted the warnings and understood the consequences. After the ritual was done, I felt better, but Zira was still miserable. It took her months to fully recover from the break of the bond.

While I have taken the journey to recover from rejection, I have put all my focus into training, deciding that I wanted to be the best there was.

But, in any case, my father made sure that I was properly trained and would be able to defend myself if anything should ever happen.

I didn't need the intense training anymore... last week I put Beta Emanuel on his back... yesterday, I beat both Jack and Dustin in the ring.

I sort of had become obsessed with the idea of becoming the best there could be...

Dad was next... well, he and Luna Rosalie... I needed to prove to myself that I didn’t need anyone anymore... I didn't need a mate to rely on to defend me, I would be good enough to do it myself.

Father wanted to know how far my strength could go and I promised him that I would show him soon...

"Happy 17th birthday kid," my father's voice pulled me back from my little combat world of kicking my brother and uncle's butts...

Yes, I was finally at the legal age of finding a mate... I sighed, irritated at myself, knowing it was a bad joke, even making it to myself, but on the bright side, it is also the day where I would find out which would be my strongest trade.

"Thank you, dad!" I gasped out hysterical laughter and he pulled me from the boys' torture into a hug, throwing the boys off the bed.

"Realy dad?" Jack complained.

"Seriously?" Dustin growled.

I shook my head at the boys as dad let go of me. Mom was second-in-line for a hug. When my parents eventually left, the boys were still lying lazily on the floor...

I looked at them annoyed, using my aura to try and chase them out... but that never helped... their auras were just as strong as mine...

"Okay dip-sh*ts, get out of my room, I need to get ready for school..." I finally complained.

Both of them rolled their eyes at me, refusing to get their arses out of my room. "Guess Rina wants to find her mate as soon as possible!" Dustin complained, dragging the word out as soon as he rolled his eyes...

I shook my head at him, "Nope," I answered, as I got my towel, "I have better things to do with my time than waste my time on finding a mate..." that doesn't love me.

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