His Missing Luna

CHAPTER 44

NATHAN

SENSITIVE QUESTIONS

“...it will be a fight to the death. And I will gift the pack to my mate as a wedding gift,” I vow, my voice steady and resolute. The lives of both father and son are forfeit for their accusations and maltreatment of my mate.

“Yes, we’ll finish them off,” Declan echoes, his gaze hardening as he eyes the two alphas, now marked for death.

They had the audacity to lie, claiming she and the pup alpha were lovers.

“Can we not make rash decisions, Alpha?” Samuels interjects. “Rest assured, when the truth comes out, both father and son will face their due punishment.”

Their punishment is irrelevant. Kizziah and his son belong to me.

The meeting proceeds, and Jessica is called upon to answer some questions.

“How is life at Alpha Nathan’s pack? Are they treating you well?”

Her face lights up instantly. “Better than I’ve been treated all my life,” she replies, a radiant smile lighting her features as she glances at me, then shoots the other two a scathing look.

“That’s good to hear. Do you feel a pull towards him?” Matthews asks.

She nods.

“Do you think he could be your mate?”

She nods again, glancing at me.

“Why do you feel so?”

She sighs deeply, frowning. “I feel little sparks when he touches my skin. It started when we got into his car, leaving Alpha Kizziah’s pack.”

The alphas exchange shocked glances at her words.

“But that’s strange, Miss Jessica. You aren’t supposed to feel those sparks before you turn eighteen. Are you sure of what you’re saying?”

“I’m sure. I don’t feel it with anyone else. I didn’t even know there was such a thing until Alpha Nathan explained it to me,” she says confidently. My heart swells with pride at my Luna.

De Santos and a few elders nod in agreement.

“Fair enough. He is right, miss. Those sparks are one of the signs we use to identify our mates. Yet…” Samuels sighs heavily. “We still have to follow the rules regarding the Probability Clause. This leads to my next question.” He glances at me briefly before returning his focus to her. “Has he touched you in any way? In a sensual way?”

Her face flushes instantly. “No.”

“No kisses?”

“Only on the forehead.”

Saul snarls at this, earning glares from the table. Kizziah silences him with a look.

They nod, satisfied.

“Do you have any thoughts towards him?”

Jessica’s face reddens further. She tucks her hair behind her ear, giving me a look filled with desire and longing. Her lips part slightly, as if holding her breath, her eyes roaming from my face to my body and back.

My palms grip the handles of my chair, steadying myself against the waves of emotions surging through me. If only she knew the effect she has on me.

“Miss Jessica?”

Her eyes remain locked on mine as she replies. “I do. He saved me from the hands of two brutes. I will be forever grateful to him and honoured to be his mate and Luna. Also, he's handsome.”

Kizziah and his son scoff, glaring at me.

A small smile forms on my lips at her words. My heart pounds in my chest. Though many women find me attractive, I realize now how much it matters what my mate thinks of me. Her attraction and feelings for me fill me with elation.

“Good to know you’re still untouched. Hopefully, it will remain so until you turn eighteen and we can perform the mate test,” Matthews says with a slight warning. “Alpha, we trust you understand what’s at stake if her situation changes.”

“Nothing will change,” I vow before them all. As much as I desire her, I will not touch her before she turns eighteen. I won’t risk losing my pack, my reputation, or my lands. Most importantly, I won’t risk losing her.

My eyes meet hers. “Jessica is my mate, chosen by fate. I will never force her into anything. Our bond will be based on mutual respect and love.”

The meeting wraps up with the Council fining Kizziah for withholding information about Jessica’s parents. They form a three-man committee to visit his pack and investigate Jessica’s accusations.