His beloved Luna

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-Justin-

I thank my men.

"Well done son. It was a beautiful show, "My dad links.

I look at the lodge and see that my parents are proud.

"How much longer do I have to go after these girls?" Lizz linked.

"Only today, Lizz, tomorrow they are home. Thanks Lizz."

"You owe me some!"

"Yes, yes. Tell me what you want."

"I'm going to think about it."

"Men! I need 10. I would like to go to the warrior's home with you and Liam and discuss how we are going to spend the next four months." I say and my warriors nod.

"I already have 10 in mind Justin", Liam arrives.

"Nice." I'm hugging Liam. In addition to our head warrior, Liam has been my best friend since he was a kid. He just has more strength and fight than Beta stuff. He asked me not to make him Beta, but to keep fighting. I couldn't have wished for a better fighter than Liam. We're at each other's throats. So far, I've still won.

We'll walk to the gym together. My little brother James is here. He's training with young warriors. We salute each other and we walk on.

My phone's ringing.

"Justin, hello?"

"Prince Justin, we had to think about what we want. We found agreement. Can we talk?" I recognize Brian's voice.

"Hi Brian, yes that's fine. Come to the warriors' home. Do you know where to find it?

"Yes, see you in a bit."

I put my phone away and turn to my warriors.

"All right, guys. So we get a quick visit. To the point now, I want the ten who go to Treemoon to stay here and get acquainted with our visitors.”

We'll discuss which 10 men are coming and what I expect them to do. How they stay in the background and when they intervene and when they don't. To whom they report directly and that I visit every month for a week and that I want to see strength then. I also explained who our Luna is going to be and that they have to protect her at all costs, without her finding out. I see twinkles in the eyes of the warriors. They were excited.

"Yo Prince! Visit!" I hear my little brother James calling. I turn around and that's where the three of them walk in, Brian in front, right behind him Emlin and Rex. Emlin has found his mate Anne. She lives in my pack, so I can always use her as an excuse to visit the Beta’s house.

"Men! Nice! I'm glad you're here. Shall we start with a tour?" I'll start.

After the tour, I introduce them to the ten warriors who go with them.

I see the three men are impressed. I wonder what it looks like at Treemoon. I’ve never been there and by the sounds of it, there not that strong.

Maybe a training game so I can see what there made of.

"A game of training, men?" I ask

Rex jumps forward. "I'd like to learn more!" he shouts.

We make partners. I'm not in. After a few rounds, Rex speaks to me "I'd like a game against you, Prince Justin. You haven't participated yet." He smirks. He thinks he is that good?

I hear Liam laughing "There's a reason he's not in."

"Still, I'd like to try!" Rex looks at me asking.

"Okay, once." I say.

"Okay. But I don't want you to be extra careful, okay, I just want to experience what it's like." Says Rex.

I doubt I should seriously step in or be careful.

"He challenges you, you didn't provoke anything. It's possible" Liam links me.

I'm going to face Rex. He's trying to attack. I can feel his doubt. He steps forward and I grab him by the arm and before he even gets it, he's already on the ground and I put my knee in his neck.

Rex looks at me with big eyes. He lost and I didn’t even try.

"Well nice Rex, 1 minute. Well done." Emlin laughs.

I'm helping Rex up. "Who do you normally train with, because Rex is clearly no match for you?" asks Brian. Would he be a match for me?

"I train with Liam", I tell him

"And so far, Justin is still stronger, or smarter at fighting than I am!" laughs Liam.

"Can't you guys give us a little training lesson?" Asks Brian

I look at Liam and I look at the clock. "Yes we can, we still have plenty of time for the barbecue." I say, and Liam prepares an extra mat.

"Only injuries that heal in two hours, otherwise I'll be like s**t at the barbecue" I say, giving Liam a hand and he nods. “We can’t have our beloved Prince is hurting in front of everyone.” He winks at me and I shake my head. Always so full of himself.

As I fight Liam, we explain things to the men watching. Our own men will join us and watch too. Lizz links me, "Where are you? They're going to the warrior's home."

"Good". I link back and give pause to Liam.

"What is that? Already tired" jokes Liam.

"James, would you like to go forward, there's a visitor on the way!" I'm looking at James.

"Who can I wait for?"

"Miss Amy and Miss Flora"

The men look up. "What are they doing here!?" Brian asked I see he is annoyed.

"From what I understood, Amy is looking for a muscular, nice, sweet and romantic man. More was said, but I didn't listen to it. I was focused on Liam." I say and I'll get back on the mat. "Lizz?" Liam asks.

"Yes, Lizz links. She saw them walking." I say. I see Brian roll his eyes, some of my warriors wiggle their eyebrows at each other.

" She’s always looking for something like that!" Brian looks frustrated.

Liam and I will move on, we'll explain. I am consciously in a precarious position to show how I get out of this when I am hit by something: vanilla and cinnamon. Between the men's legs, I see her standing. Bam! I'm on my back. F**k.

"Dude! It shouldn't be like that!" Liam yells.

I rub my neck. "Sorry I got distracted". I Say.

Rex turns around and sees what I see. "Hey!" He's walking away from us. Brian's watching, too. He looks worried.

The ladies are walking away. See, she was wearing a dress with flowers. It looks beautiful on her. Nice legs. Castor presses to the front. He's watching, too. "Mate"

"All in time, Castor. "Easy," I tell him.

"Why are they leaving? Why is Amy angry?" Brian asks Rex. Was she angry? I didn’t pay attention to her. All I saw was Flora in her beautiful dress.

"I don't know, but something always has to be a brother somewhere." Rex says, and he shrugs and Brian rolls his eyes.

We train a little further and then keep it to ourselves. Tonight's the barbecue. Do you think I could still see her? Touch her? I need to see her!

As soon as I'm changed, I walk to my mom's. She's working on the table layout. I'm going to sit where I'm supposed to be. "Mother? Those two tables need to change. Then I'm closer to Flora." My mom changes the nameplates. "The only thing that can go wrong is that she can sit with her back to you!” She laughs. I can laugh less about it, but there's no way we can control everything. "Let's hope not." I'll tell her.

"Oh son, are you having such a hard time?" She asks.

"Yes, I need to see her, I want to touch her. If I touch her and look into her eyes, I lose myself. Everything will get warm and I never want to let her go! I want to grab her and lock her up until she can feel it too." I tell her.

"Patience. Your patience will be rewarded. The moon knows you're having a hard time right now. She'll reward you." Tells my mom and pats me on the back.

The guests are pouring in. I'll see if I see her. There she is. Wow, those blue pants look good on her and that blouse. I'd love to hold her and sniff her scent. "She's really sexy!" Says my little brother James sitting next to me. I growl at him "mine!" I'll show him a canine..

"Relax. She's yours! Possessive much?" James looks at me teasingly.

"Not nice James!" Lizz's coming to sit with us, too. "But James is right!" she says and winks at me.

"Lizz, do I have to worry about you now too!?" I'm asking her. She teases me, Lizz likes women. My mom's having a hard time with that. My father, on the other hand, has always preferred three boys, and he says he has them now. "All I have to do is see if the girls they bring are appropriate. I don't have to worry about pushy, unworthy men!" He said to my mother when Lizz told us. Lizz wanted to fight, too. My father let her do that now, and Lizz was so happy as a child. She had to promise my parents that she was going to be feminine. She still is. A handsome, strong young woman. Who loves a good fight.

I'll talk to everyone and then I open the barbecue. "Welcome all to the barbecue. I would like to thank everyone for their presence and participation in the various activities. I would like to thank everyone for the input we have received and for the confidence to start new projects together! I wish you all an enjoyable evening and a safe return trip home. I hope I can see you here again next year, along with my Luna. Cheers!”

Everyone cheers and I get a round of applause. Everybody's going to eat. I'm looking at her back. Damn it! She's on the wrong side! I can't look her in the eye like that. My mom is laughing aloud and I roll my eyes at her.

I'm trying to figure something out, but there's nothing I can do. Just remotely looking at her back. Maybe I will have more luck tomorrow.

I'm going to have trouble falling asleep again that night. She's walking in my mind, over and over again. She is so friendly and her voice is soft and inviting. Do you think she's ever mad? What would she be like? Eventually, fatigue wins and I fall asleep.

My phone wakes me up. It's Liam. The Warriors are about to go and I have to do one last check.

shit! That means Flora's going too. The Warriors would go after it. I'm asking him to go slow. I can still take a shower. F**k that means that I have no chance to speak to her alone.

I jump in the shower and shoot fast in jeans and a dress shirt. I run to the front and see Liam standing. I check everything and it's as I expected, everything was fine and perfect like I want it to be.

I walk to the gate and I just see Flora getting in the car.

I see the car driving in front of her towards the exit and ask the guard to stop the car.

"Ah, a men and a woman's car?" I say when I look in the car.

" Yes, those girls have always had that eternal talk about girl stuff. This is better for everyone" says Alpha Max.

I laugh “I believe that. Behind the ladies are three of mine vans, that's where the warriors are," I say.

"Thank you Prince Justin. See you in two weeks!" The Alpha says and I nod as I step back from the car.

I'm going to wave the car off. Ah, the ladies' car.

Who in that car would know? All? Nobody? Looks like only Luna Lillian knows, she laughs broadly.

Luna Lillian opened the window. "Goodbye Prince Justin, thank you for this fantastic party and thank you for helping us get stronger!"

"You're welcome Luna Lillian. Nice of you to have a car full of women!" I say.

"Anne, have fun in your new place. I'm sure this company will be fine. I hear Emlin's sister is very sweet. So you'll soon feel at home." I look at Flora, I see she's blushing, but she's not looking at me.

"Thank you Prince Justin. See you soon!" says Anne.

"See you soon!" I replied.

"Bye Prince" I heard Luna Lillian say. I tap the roof of the car and they drive out of the gate. I feel a pang in my chest and rub it away. Castor growls, he is not in favor of this plan.

Okay. She's gone, I feel a void coming over me and fatigue. I slept terribly badly. It's time to train and prepare. In two weeks, I'll see her again, enough to do to be gone for seven days. This requires preparation. So I ran back to the packhouse to my office where I start working on a schedule.