The Alpha and Luna’s Unbroken Destiny

In the light of day

XAVIER

I softened my smile and walked over to her and pulled her in for a hug. “Hello Brier. I am so sorry we didn’t get here sooner.” She buries her face in my chest for a moment then pulls away, “you got here as fast as you could and you saved me. I forgot all my training and that stupid filthy piece of sh.it nearly killed me.”

She looks so angry at herself, like she failed or something. I grabbed her chin and made her look at me. “Hey, stop beating yourself up, you have been through hell, NONE of this is your fault.” She gave me a sad smile.

I tell them that Kaden has reported that the fighting has stopped, and it is safe to return to the pack, but warn them that it is not going to be a nice sight, so if she wants, we can go and wait at the border for my parents to get here. She sighs and grabs my arm and says she is going to have to see it sometime, so we may as well get it over with, as I said, a lioness.

We sit and take a short rest. Brier changes into a hoodie and sweatpants which she pulls from her backpack. Then hands both me and the oracle a bottle of water each and some energy bars.

I smile. This is just like the Blue Snow pack, they may be in the middle of an attack, but they are prepared for anything. I took the opportunity to link with Kaden again.

“Kaden, we are heading back. I have no clue how far away we are, but I hope the forest will guide us to the quickest path. Could you please try to clear the bodies, as much as you can, especially the Alpha and Luna. I don’t want Brier to have to see that until she is ready.”

“Of course, Alpha, the fae have arrived and are using their magic to clear up. They have erected a huge tent away from the pack house as a temporary morgue. They were attacked at exactly the same time as Blue Snow by a coven of dark witches. They did not suffer any casualties, and they think it was just to keep them busy so they couldn’t come to aid Blue Snow. Also, we can’t stop the alarms. Beta Greg says that control has been transferred, but we can’t find the Alphas phone.”

I looked over to Brier. “Kaden said they can’t shut off the alarms, as control has been transferred, but they can’t find the Alphas phone.”

“Oh sh.it, I have dad's phone, tell him I will cancel the lockdown now.” She grabs the phone from her backpack while I relay the message to Kaden. She shuts down the attack alarms but says she will keep control for now until we get back, and she can check the systems in the pack-house.

We all got up and started walking back. The oracle looked tired, so I shifted so she could ride on my back. Brier walks beside me with her hand on the back of my neck, gently massaging me with her fingers. Maddox is fu.cking purring in my head. We are really going to have to get to the bottom of this before I go completely crazy.

We were walking for about 10 minutes when mum mind linked me “Xavier, honey are you okay”

“I am fine mum, I am in the forest with Brier and the oracle. I will explain when I see you.”

“OK, thank the goddess, both you and Brier are okay. We are just entertaining the pack lands so we should be at the pack-house in about 20 minutes, I love you my baby boy.”

“Mum, I am sorry, both the Alpha and Luna didn’t make it. I know how close you were to them. Dad will be devastated.”

“OK, son, thank you for telling me, I will break the news to dad.”

She cut the link but not before I heard her whimper of pain.

We carry on walking until we finally make it to the pack-house, I see my dad in a heated argument with a huge man. The piece of sh.it is raising his fist at my dad. I lose my sh.it and leap in between them and bare my fangs at the as.shole who thinks it’s okay to threaten my family. Briers' voice stops me from ripping his throat out.

“Alpha Ambrose, this is Alpha Roman of the Silver Lake pack, and my father's best friend, please stand down, I think enough damage has been done today without neighbors fighting over the carcass.”

Her voice is cold and she stares at him without blinking.

He looks at her with a nasty smirk, his eyes traveling up and down her body, she has walked up and is standing beside me, she places her hand back on my neck and I feel the tension start to leave my body.

“Little girl, you should leave the big talk to the grown-ups, I have decided, as this pack has fallen and no longer has an Alpha, and as Red Fang is the closest pack, we will absorb what is left of Blue Moon.”

She looks him dead in the eye and fu.cking laughs at him. She laughs so hard that she bends over a little and clasps her sides,

“Thank you so much Ambrose, I really needed that.”

He lets out an angry roar and shouts “that’s Alpha to you bit.ch someone should teach you some respect.”

“Respect is earned, AMBROSE. Do you really think you could walk in here and just take over this pack? I think you should try cracking an actual book every now and then, you know, the ones with words instead of pictures. You may learn something, but for now let me educate you. As the only blood heir of the Blue Snow Pack, the decision of what happens to this pack rests on my shoulders. As I am not of age, it is my right to choose a caretaker to act in my stead. As you said, I am still just a little girl, so no decisions can be made about the long-term plans for this pack. I have already chosen a caretaker, so now we just need to make it official”. Wow, who is this girl? He just got spanked by a 15-year-old.

She pulls a small knife from her backpack and I notice a group of winter fae standing in a defensive formation daring the Alpha to attack. Brier walks up to my dad, and they smile at each other. She holds her hand out palm up in front of my father, he places his hand palm up beneath hers, the whole pack is stilled. I can’t move a muscle, the forest is frozen as if waiting to hear what she is about to say, her voice rings out

“I Brier Seren Nixon, last heir of the Blue Snow enclave, ask the four deities who entrusted my bloodline to protect this oasis, Selene, mother of werewolves, Maccah, father of vampires, Hecate, mother of witches and Danu, mother of fae, please allow me the authority to temporarily transfer the power of your lands and it’s people to Alpha Roman Neville Blackwood of the Silver lake pack, so that he may act as caretaker until I come of age.”

With that she slices both her and my father's palm, her blood running into my father's hand, mixing with his blood, it feels like the air is filled with electricity and car horns, and alarms go off, light bulbs explode.

My father places his other hand on top of Briers, sandwiching her small hand between his,

“I Alpha Roman Neville Blackwood, accept the role as caretaker for the Blue Snow Enclave. I promise to put both its people and land's needs above my own until the blood heir, Brier Seren Nixon, comes of age.”

There is a blinding flash of blue light and I feel the power surging through my dad.

Wow, this all needs to be properly explained, because THAT. WAS. FU.CKING. AMAZING.