My Powerful Luna

04 | PROTECTION

*Leyon’s POV*

“Do you have an update on the rogue attacks, Drake? Obviously, she hasn’t been found, so have the rogue attacks been ordered like I said?” I asked my Beta impatiently. I was getting so angry with my pack at this point. Why couldn’t they bring her back already? It had been almost forty-eight hours! Forty-eight fūcking hours! So much for one of the best packs! Pft!

“We got several groups of rogues ready to attack clinics of nearby packs since she was injured last time we saw her. There was no way that with the injuries that I gave her, she would be healed yet! We confirmed that some of the groups of rogues made it to the weaker packs and their clinics but were unable to locate her. The stronger packs caught the rogues before they were able to make it close. Unfortunately, we have been unable to get larger groups together to attack the larger packs, Alpha!” I was pulling my hair at the incompetency of these fūckers! She couldn’t have just vanished! I really doubted that the stronger packs would want such a weak she-wolf anyway, but we still had to get in to confirm! I needed to get to her before it was too late.

“Get me her family to me right now!” I yelled as I slammed my hands on the desk. I had to put plan B into action just in case the rogues didn’t find anything! This was complete bullshīt!

“Yes, Alpha.” he replied with tired eyes. No one was fūcking sleeping until she was found!

*Liam’s POV*

My mind had been running wild after Xavier found his mate. I was sitting in the dining room staring at my Brooklyn. Well, not mine—I wished. She was so beautiful. I couldn’t get my mind off of her and that beautiful smile. I continue praying to the moon goddess that she was chosen by her to be my fated mate. I probably sounded like a broken recorder, and I couldn’t care less.

I was shamelessly staring at her eating an ice cream cone when I felt myself getting hard. She was talking to an omega about goddess knew what. Every time she licked the cone, my cōck twitched. I wished I was that ice cream cone! Man, what I would love to do to those precious lips…

“Get it together, Liam!” I chastised myself. She was still a minor. I moved around uncomfortably in my chair hoping that no one noticed my hard.

“You should wipe some of that drool!” Wyatt teased me as he stood arms crossed blocking my view. Beverly, his mate, started giggling at my pout. I rolled my eyes at them. To think everyone in this pack was in love and mated except me.

“Do you really think that she will be your mate?” Beverly asked me with pity. Yes, everyone knew my obsession except my love. It was so easy for Beverly and Wyatt since they grew up together and dated before finding out they were mates, which they didn’t have to wait much to find out. Lucky bastards!

“I would be the luckiest man alive if she was.” I sulked, dropping my fork.

“If you are so in love with her, why don’t you just tell her how you feel?” Wyatt asked me.

Before I was able to respond to him, I received a mind link from Colton, one of our top warriors. Mind linking was the quickest way for pack members to communicate with one another. It was very convenient for emergencies.

“Beta, a few rogues passed our outer layer of defense on the eastern side and are running towards the clinic!” Colton quickly told me.

“How many?” I mind linked back. I knew those asšholes would try to get to her sooner or later. Xavier was going to be pissed.

“The warriors closer to the rogues said that they believed that about three were seen. I am on my way there with a few more warriors while the rest remain at the borders for security. I am very close to the clinic, but I wanted to let you know! We will try to keep these alive!” He answered.

“I’m on my way with Gamma!” I said quickly as I closed the mind link, getting on my feet abruptly.

“What happened?” Wyatt asked me with furrowed brows.

“Rogues… running towards the clinic!” I yelled as I ran to the back door. I instantly felt Wyatt on my heels as we both shifted midair, shredding our clothes in the process. We were werewolves, so nudity didn’t face us, especially in a moment like this.

*Xavier’s POV*

It had been several hours and I had barely been able to rest. I was still on the chair in the pack clinic watching Victoria sleep when I received a mind link from Liam. “Alpha!”

“Yes Liam?” I asked him. He never called me alpha unless it meant business or in emergencies. I hoped it was the latter.

“Do you have a moment to meet at your office? Wyatt and I have some news that you won’t like.” He linked back, my fists balled up as I thought the worst. Maximo was seething just imagining having to be away from our mate.

“Meet me there in five minutes!” I said quickly while I stood up from the chair. I took one last glance at Victoria and closed my eyes as I jogged out of the room before I could regret leaving her side.

***

“We received notice late last night of rogue attacks. We were able to meet up with Colton and the other warriors in time to stop them. We didn’t tell you before because it was a small group and we had it under control fast!” I was ready to break shīt. Before I could interrupt him, he continued. “We killed most of them but brought one in for questioning.” He said as he looked over to Wyatt.

“Alpha.” He said, clearing his throat. “We questioned him and were able to find out why they attacked us. They were on their way to the clinic, and it seemed like they were looking for a she-wolf with the same description as the Luna!” He growled out the last part. Pack members don’t play with the safety of their luna. I stood up angrily as I punched the desk multiple times. I will never let anything happen to her! Ever! Over my dead body!

“I want double the warriors around the pack and double the warriors protecting the clinic! I want protection around your luna at all cost! It took me way too long to find her and I will not be losing her!” I looked over at Wyatt. “I need a report from the warriors within an hour and find out who sent them! We will stop them before they find my mate!” I growled, shaking the whole room.

“Yes, Alpha!” they said in unison.

They left me alone in my office as I organized the mess that I had just made. There was no saving the desk. There goes another one. I should just get a subscription for monthly desk deliveries. Or weekly. As soon as I finished, I darted from the room and ran towards the clinic as fast as I could. I knew that we had the best of the best in my pack, but I still needed to see her and make sure that she really was safe!

*Brooklyn’s POV*

I couldn’t believe that Xavier had finally found his mate. He was like a lovesick puppy. I couldn’t help but giggle at the fact that he was such a big bad alpha and yet, so love-struck. I couldn’t wait to meet my new sister. I always wished to have a sister-in-law to be able to talk to her about girl stuff, since my brother was too busy with pack-related things and my sister, Anne, was self-absorbed and always mean to me. Don’t get me wrong. I loved my sister, but she could be a handful most times and hard to get along with.

I kept thinking about the mate bond and I couldn’t wait to experience it as well. They say it was so strong that werewolves couldn’t fight against it. Why would anyone want to fight it? I didn’t really know. Sometimes I wished I could hurry up and turn eighteen to find my mate so I could finally end this pathetic crush I had on Liam, my brother’s best friend and Beta. Why would I think that I would have a chance? He was so much older than me and I knew that he definitely saw me as a little sister. Why couldn’t I be born before?!

My mind kept going on and on about mates and Liam. Distracted by my thoughts, I walked towards the library, which was on the same floor as my brother’s office. As I was nearing the corner to turn into the hallway leading into the library, I heard giggling and slowed down. I didn’t want to interrupt whoever it was, and I wouldn’t want to walk in on an uncomfortable scene. Us, werewolves tend to be very sexuāl at any moment, in any place. Well, I say us, but in reality it was every werewolf minus me. I had never gotten any action in my life other than with my own hand and was a little nervous of when that day comes.

“Oh, come on Liam!” I heard a voice seductively say. The color in my face immediately drained as I noticed that it was Anne’s voice. “You know I’m the best fūck you have ever had! I know you have a lot of tension right now. Why don’t we have a quick fūck to release some steam?” She finished saying in a growl.

I felt like I was going to throw up. I knew this little crush of mine was stupid and would always remain a crush, but it still hurt to hear that, nonetheless. Before I could hear anything else, I ran towards my bedroom, fighting to hold in the tears that were threatening to fall. I was so freaking pathetic and weak!

*Liam’s POV*

“You know that was once and I was drunk!” I told Anne as I tried to push her off nicely. Goddess, she had become this obsessed person. I knew that I fūcked up, but damn, I didn’t think she was so crazy! Plus, I always had to picture my precious Brooklyn every time in order to get it up. She is so damn beautiful! I have always dreamed of her lips and body. Well, not always, it was random. Like I always saw her as a younger sister until one day… I saw her as more… Everything about her drove me crazy from that day forward.

Damn, I felt myself going hard just thinking about her… again. I shook my head to get rid of those thoughts because I wouldn’t want this psycho of Anne to think my hard was because of her.

“You know, I can show you all the fun that you are missing out on.” She said while batting her eyelashes at me. I mentally rolled my eyes at how desperate she seemed.

“More like cringed!” Cobalt, my wolf, gagged. He hated it when Anne got close. If she wasn’t Xavier’s sister, goddess, I would have told her to fūck off appropriately.

I really needed to talk to Xavier about this issue with his sister. It was really getting out of hand.

“Listen, I’m sorry. I can’t. I hope you understand.” I pushed her off a little bit rougher as I walked straight into Xavier’s office to get started on doubling the security measures for the luna’s protection.

*Victoria’s POV*

I was wide awake and quickly noticed the faint scent of coffee. I looked around and didn’t see any coffee, but I did see the sexy man from yesterday. So, it wasn’t a dream? He looked so yummy with his white t-shirt hugging his muscular chest and arms. He was super ripped and sexy. Like I swear his muscles will rip through his shirt! He had tattoos along his arms stopping at his wrists.

I never knew tattoos could look so damn sexy. I noticed that I was shamelessly checking him out and had to force myself to bring my eyes back to his face. That didn’t work because I started to check him out even more. I admired the sexy beard he had trimmed to perfection and those full lips that screamed kiss me. Oh, my goddess! What is wrong with me? I have never kissed anyone or anything but something about him and those lips…

“Stop it, Victoria!” I yelled at myself as I shook my head to get rid of the thoughts. He walked towards me slowly as if he was tempted to pounce on me. His eyes were changing from black to his beautiful hazel ones.

“Thank you.” I said as he pulled a chair next to me. His eyes returned fully to their natural hazel color as he relaxed.

“For what?” His husky voice asked. His smile easily causes my heartbeat to quicken. Was I pathetically drooling over a man I just met? Yes.

“For saving me. The doctor told me that you found me right on time or I wouldn’t have made it… You didn’t know me, and most would consider me a rogue.” I said, biting my lip timidly.

He grabbed my hand gently and started caressing it like if I was someone special to him. Was I? Can’t be. “You don’t look nor smell like a rogue…” He said, taking a pause before continuing. “Do you want to talk about it?” He asked as he gave me this look that I couldn’t resist.

“I was attacked by the Beta of my prior pack—I defended myself by hitting him in the head but before I knocked him out, h-he—had hurt my sides with his claws. I grabbed my side and ran out as fast as I could.” I stopped talking, my eyes growing wide at how pissed off he looked. “What’s wrong—What did I say?” I asked carefully. Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.

“Why did this Beta want to hurt you?” His eyes turned black like how Alpha Leyon’s did every time he was about to snap. Did I mess up big time? He must think I don’t respect the higher ranks or something. My stupid mouth was about to get me banished from a pack I wasn’t even part of.

I looked away nervously. “It’s nothing!” I told him quickly. I didn’t want to keep upsetting him.

He grabbed me by the chin and turned my face to look at him. I felt a little tingling sensation from his touch again. Was I imagining it? “It means a lot to me. Please tell me why he wanted to hurt you and what pack you used to belong to. I want to protect you.” He said as he looked at me with pleading eyes. His hazel eyes were back to normal and if I didn’t know any better, they looked like they were watery. It was just my imagination though. How could someone care for me like that? Not even the family I have left cared. Why would he?

Why does this sexy man want to know about me anyway? Could I really trust him to not want to hurt me too? No, he didn’t look evil and even looked like he cared… But I couldn’t understand why? The doctor said he was the alpha and he seemed nice to everyone. Maybe he was just nice to everyone? Why did that make me feel upset? Ugh! I was going crazy!

I couldn’t wait to get my wolf! I would be able to sense any danger when I received my wolf! Not like when they caught me at Dark River! I didn’t sense anyone nearby. Thank the moon goddess I made it out alive!

“Alpha—” I began saying when he quickly interrupted me.

“Please call me Xavier.” He said, making me stare at him unbelievably. I had to blink a few times in order to process what he just said to me. I couldn’t call him by his name when he was the alpha of this pack! It was wrong!