A Luna's Power

Chapter 8: Claiming Back Power

-James-

First, she took over as luna, refusing to have an alpha at her side, then she demanded a seat on the council, and now she wanted to change one of the oldest laws, making it impossible for any mate she chose to be granted the power of getting mated to her. She would then always be the one in charge, and unless the male already carried the title alpha, he wouldn’t get one.

She was... f*cking magnificent! There were no other ways to describe her. She had blown all our minds, not just once but twice. Even the king had no words. He had clearly not expected Lara to come here on her first day, demanding the council to grant her complete control or to any other luna out there.

I knew I shouldn’t feel this way, but I was damn proud of her. I knew it was because my wolf claimed her as our mate, and the fact she showed so much power, just made him feel even more like she was the right partner for us. She was fire, and while I admired that, it was clear anyone who got close also got burned.

She was clearly brave for coming here, without backup or any sort of protection, but it was also a way to show she was not backing down, and the arrogant way she was sitting AND at the end of the table, showed she refused to bow to any sort of traditions or any male out there. She was in charge, and she wanted to remain that way.

“You cannot be serious?!” one of the alphas around the table said.

She looked at him and her smug smile still played on her lips. She was not even afraid to look at him. F*cking hell that did things to me. It made my hands itch. I just wanted this meeting to be over with so I could go over there and grab her before throwing her over my shoulder, and then getting her to the first room, I found and let her fire run wild. I was sure I could make her burn.

I quickly shook my head. I should not be thinking in such a way. I should not be … be f*cking yearning for her. I should stay focused and not on those perfect plumb pink lips, I just wanted to kiss and adore before watching them spread around my c*ck, seeing how far she could take me … ah dammit! Focus!

“No?” she asked mockingly. “You think I am making a bad joke?”

“You have to be because what you are suggesting is … is f*cking crazy!”

“And why is that?” she asked.

Everyone got quiet.

“Because I am female? Because I am a luna ruling on her own? An alpha can rule on his own,” she said and placed her feet down on the ground again while letting her arms fall and placed them on the table again. “An alpha does not give over his power when he gets mated. An alpha stays in control. ALWAYS. A luna does not. Why is that?”

She slowly got up from her chair, placing her hands on the table and leaning over it a little bit.

“It’s because you want all the power,” she said darkly. “You want the control. You want to see us bow. I won’t bow! My father had two daughters. Two daughters. No sons. One of them was exactly what you wanted her to be. Perfect little luna that did not step out of place and would have gladly handed over the control because she was told her entire life by an alpha, she could never rule on her own. While the second one realized when she never did anything perfect enough, that the only reason why it wasn’t perfect enough was because an alpha told her it wasn’t. But why was he making the rules? Why was he the one setting the standard? He was not a luna. Shouldn’t it be lunas who decide who is strong enough to rule on their own?”

She was playing with them. Goddess, I loved the sight of it. I loved the way she had them right where she wanted them.

“My father always thought our inner strength was our weakness, but I realized that he was making us weak, so we would not ask questions once he chose an alpha for us. Now I see just how powerful a luna can be, and therefore, I will not hand over my power, just because some old law tells me to. An old law without a doubt made by alphas,” she said and held out her hands, gesturing to all the alphas in here. “Now change the damn law.”

“You cannot just demand us to!” one of them said.

“No?”

“No!”

She slowly nodded before crossing her arms.

“Very well, but the law also says that in order to make any new laws we all have to vote yes, meaning you will need me. I don’t think I would want to agree to anything.”

She smiled darkly, as everyone realized what she was insinuating. She would put a stop to everything. She would make the council almost completely powerless. She was damn smart the little female. She knew exactly how to manipulate all the alphas, and it was clear the king was blown away too.

“I will let you all think about it,” she said before she turned away.

“The meeting isn’t over,” one of them yelled after her.

“It is for me!”

I tried my best not to smile, as I looked down at the king, who looked rather impressed and turned to me, clearly having a hard time not smiling as well.

“I did not expect that,” he said.

“Any regrets about putting her on the council?” Chris asked.

He turned to him and started shaking his head.

“But I guess it makes sense now, she wanted to be a part of it.”

I nodded. It suddenly made a lot of sense.

“Well,” the king said. “I guess the meeting is over then.”

Everyone turned to look at him confused as he started to leave the room.

“But, my king-“

He did not turn to look at any of them. It probably felt good seeing them being put in their places, after everything they had put him through, and having to cut the meeting short, he did not look sad about it. It just gave him more free time he could spend with his queen. Instead of being stuck with all those alphas in here, who seemed to have dropped their jaws from Lara’s little "demand".

We walked out of the room and down the stairs, before we came outside, where I quickly heard an engine being turned on. We turned our heads, seeing Lara grab her helmet before she looked at us. She smiled a little before putting it on and then backed the bike back before driving out of there.

“Are we sure Selene and Lara are sisters?” Garrett asked.

“I was thinking the same thing,” Chris said with a little smile.

Yeah, those two sisters could not be more different. Selene, while she had changed a lot, she could not have pulled off what Lara just did. She really had looked every single alpha, even the king, in the eyes and told them that either we were doing it her way, or no way. It was so impressive; I had no words to describe the feelings I was having. No one had ever blown me away like she had today, and it … scared me.

“She certainly is something else,” the king said before going over to our cars.

She sure was, I thought inside of myself.

“James?”

I had not noticed I had drifted into my mind, as I looked to where Lara had disappeared. I turned my head, seeing Garrett was the one who had called out to me. I quickly pulled myself out of my thoughts and walked over to the cars, getting inside the passenger’s seat and then we drove back to the castle.

While everyone would probably be surprised, we were back so early, at least we had a good story with us, and I knew at least one would be very impressed with Lara today.

***

“She did what?!” asked Selene.

We were sitting in the living room, everyone gathered in it, while we were having some drinks and just relaxing, since some of our afternoon had now been cleared. Even Evan had come back with us and Madeleine, who was meeting her nephew for the first time. Evan seemed just as shocked and impressed as the rest of us.

“She certainly put them in their places,” Chris laughed.

“Won’t this make her an even bigger target?” Selene asked, scared.

“Don’t worry, we will keep an eye on her,” the king said.

Yet his words did not seem to calm Selene a lot. Rider quickly pulled her closer, kissing the top of her head and reassuring her that his brother got this, but the truth was that it wasn’t even the king they had to go through in order to get her. It was me … I could even feel my body all tense just from the thought of anyone hurting her. I really should have rejected her when I had the chance. Now I was unsure when I would see her again.

“I must say I had a little doubt,” the queen said. “But not anymore.”

That just made people laugh.

“Yes, who would have thought she could make eighteen alphas speechless, including the king?” Garrett asked.

The king shook his head but was laughing like the rest.

“She certainly surprised me,” he said. “I just hope she knows what she is doing.”

“And won’t make more crazy demands,” Isabella said. “They won’t be very happy with her if she does.”

“No one is very happy with her right now,” Damian said. “Except maybe us.”

“Will you agree to her demand, my king?” Garrett asked.

The king smiled, taking a sip from his glass before looking at his mate, who we all knew wanted him to say yes. He was clearly teasing her, making her wait for his answer.

“She has my support,” he finally said.