The Alpha and His Blessed Luna

The Alphas Girlfriend

I was in my office, eating my dinner, and catching up on paperwork. Every so often, I'd hear giggles or laughter coming from the second floor. I smiled knowing that Ava was getting along with Evelyn. She was an extremely outgoing, upbeat person, and I figured she of all people would get Ava out of her shell.

I finished signing the last document, and set the papers aside and concentrated on my dinner. I spent a lot of nights eating in my office while working. A lot of it consisted of pack duties, forms for new cottages, members who wanted time off. Usually it didn't take so me so long, but my mind was elsewhere tonight. The girl on the second floor to be exact. I still couldn't wrap my head around the fact that she alive. Even crazier, the fact that she thought she was cursed. I could understand why she saw it that way though, given everything she'd been through.

I finished eating, and set my plate aside. I rubbed my face with both hands. I was exhausted. Picking up my plate, I brought it to the kitchen. With a goodnight to everyone, and a heartfelt thank you to the cooks, I made my way up the stairs. I was ten from the top when I heard Evelyn's voice, and she sounded panicked.

"Hey...hey! What's happened? What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

I felt myself tensing up. I rushed up the rest of the stairs and almost collided with Ava, who was rushing down. I got a glance at her face, and was shocked to see tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Ava?!" I made to grab her arm, to tell me what happened, but she ran past me too quickly. I watched as she bolted from the stairs to the front door and outside. What the f**k?

"Alpha!" Evelyn called. I swung around.

"What happened?!" I shouted.

"I.. I don't know. She was fine! And then we started talking about Elementals and she just... freaked."

"What about Elementals? What did you say?"

"I asked her what she was. I was surprised when she told me she was one of them because... you know. She asked why you hated them so much, and I told her it was because of that girl who died last year."

"Evelyn. What EXCATLY did you say to her?" I asked. She recounted their brief conversation and I growled. Damnit. f*****g damnit. I turned and raced down the stairs. Outside, I looked around. I took a long breathe in and out and used my werewolf hearing. I could hear the river, frogs, an owl... and crying. I followed the sound and found Ava curled up on a bench sobbing her heart out.

I strode over to her, but she didn't look up. She was shaking like a leaf. My insides were a mess watching her like this. I put my hand on shoulder, and she jerked, finally looking up at me. Her eyes were puffy and swollen. Her nose and cheeks were bright red. I sat down beside her and said the only thing I could at that moment.

"I'm sorry."

As soon as the words were out, Ava flung herself at me and buried her face into my chest. The action took me completely off guard. After a few seconds, I gently wound my arms around her and held her tight. I didn't know how long we sat there like that. I let her ruin my shirt, while I rubbed small circles on her back. After a while, her sobbing turned to hiccups, and she stopped shaking. She turned her head and laid her cheek against my chest.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she whispered. I didn't know what to say. There really wasn't a reason I hadn't told her. She looked up at me, and she looked angry now.

"Why?!" she snapped.

"I don't know." I answered honestly. She snorted and pushed away from me.

"That's a bullshit answer."

"Ava-"

"Why did you turn down the job to kill me?"

"Because I'm not a murderer." I stated simply.

"You were going to murder me today!" she shouted. That got my back up.

"That was before I knew who you were! I've already said this!" I growled back.

"You had no right not to tell me everything you knew. I deserved to know!"

"I know that."

" Then why?! WHH DIDN'TYOU TELL ME WHO STARTED THE FIRE?!" She shouted again.

"BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE YOUR HURT!!" I shouted back. Whoa. Where the f**k did that come from?

She stared at me. "What? You don't even know me. You've known me for a total of what? Ten hours?"

"That doesn't mean s**t to me. After everything you've been through, why would I tell you something that would hurt you even more?"

"You don't know anything of what I've been through! All you know is what you've heard from others. You had no right to withhold information from me!"

She glared at me. I didn't answer because I knew she was right.

"I'm going to bed." With that she stomped off towards the house. I sat in the bench, my head falling into my hands.

"f**k!" I growled.

I really f****d up this time. I should have just told her everything. But I wasn't lying when I told her I didn't want to see her hurt. And as she pointed out, that didn't make sense because we hadn't even known each other for twenty four hours. But it was the truth regardless. When I looked at Ava, I saw a strong, independent woman who had gone through enough bullshit for one lifetime. I wanted to tell myself that it was the brother in me, but I never fantasized about my sisters the way I did with Ava.

Remembering the way she talked to me earlier, and the way she said it...

"Can... can you... enter my room anytime you want?"

I grew hard thinking about the way she bit her lip after, and the blush... she was too innocent. And I shouldn't be thinking of her that way. I groaned loudly.

*RING RING RING*

My eyes shot open at the sound of my phone. I looked at the caller I.D. and was filled with guilt.

"Hey ba-"

"WHERE THE f**k ARE YOU LUKE?!" Taylor shrieked into the phone.

"Outside."

"What? Why the f**k are you outside?!"

"I had some... things that I needed to deal with." I sighed.

"Whatever. Get in here, I want to go to sleep." she whined.

"Taylor, you can go to sleep without me."

"I could, but I don't want to. And it's pretty f*****g rude of you to make me wait! So-"

"Alright! I'll be up in a couple minutes." I interrupted her.

"Good. Hurry up." And she hung up. I put my phone back in my pocket. I was a s**t boyfriend. Here I was, sitting outside comforting a girl who wasn't my girlfriend, while my actual girlfriend was waiting upstairs for me. Worse, I'd been sitting here fantasizing about Ava. Worse than that though, was I still sporting a semi in my jeans. f*****g Christ.

I made my way inside and up the stairs, chastising myself the whole way. As I was walking down the hall, I heard voices coming from Ava's room. The door was slightly ajar. For some stupid reason, I walked past my door and stopped outside of hers.

"Again, I'm so sorry Av-" That was Evelyn.

"It's fine. Really. You didn't know." said Ava.

"Still! I have such a big mouth! I should have let you explain everything first."

"Evelyn, really. I am okay. You don't have to feel bad for telling me something I should have known anyways." Ava said.

"Yeah, seriously. What was Luke thinking?! You had a right to know that s**t. I can't believe he did that." I winced. Was every girl against me today?

Ava sighed. "I sort of understand why he did it. But still." They were silent for a minute.

"How long do you think I'll stay here? In the packhouse, I mean." Ava asked.

"Well, I mean, I guess that's up to the Alpha. Usually new members are sent right to an open cottage which becomes their house. You're a different circumstance though. I'm just wondering why he put you in this room."

My eyes widened. I prayed silently that Evelyn would keep her mouth shut.

"What do you mean?" Ava asked. I could hear the confusion in her voice.

"This is Luke's 'fight room'." Evelyn replied.

"His what?"

Shut up Evelyn, shut up Evelyn, shut up Evelyn...

"This is the room he uses when him and Taylor have a fight."

"Who is Taylor?" Ava asked. Evelyn sighed.

"Promise that what I'm about to say next, stays in this room?" I didn't hear an answer, but I assumed Ava nodded yes.

"Taylor is Luke's girlfriend. Hold up! Let me finish. They've been together for just over a year, but they've known each other forever. On their first year anniversary, Taylor told everyone who would listen that she was going to be the packs next Luna. But the whole pack knows that Taylor is nothing but a controlling, stuck up b***h, who doesn't care about anyone but herself, and what she wants. Nobody likes her, but in her mind, she's the Goddess's gift to us all." She finished sarcastically. I wasn't shocked hearing this. I knew that Evelyn and Taylor didn't get along, I just never knew why. It was a little sad, however, to hear that nobody liked Taylor.

"Wow. Luke... didn't mention a girlfriend." Ava said quietly.

"I'm sure he had a lot on his mind. What with you coming back from the dead and all." she giggled, and Ava laughed.

"How often do they fight?" she asked.

"Oh God, all the time. I'd say Luke uses this room on average about six times per month. Sometimes more."

"What?! He told me this room had been unused for a while!"

"It has. If you count two weeks 'a while."

"Holy shit." Ava sounded shocked. "Why does he stay with her then?"

"Luke is a lovesick puppy. And Taylor loves to control him. He never says no to her, because anytime he does, she throws a tantrum."

I stepped away from the door and headed to my room. I wasn't going to listen to that s**t anymore. Sure, Taylor was a b***h sometimes, but what girl wasn't on occasion? I opened my bedroom door and swung it shut behind me.

"f*****g FINALLY! What the f**k took you so long?!" Taylor shouted. She was laying in bed with the t.v. on. Her blond hair was braided, and it smelled like she had showered recently. Hey light gray eyes were glaring at me.

"Sorry, I got caught up talking to... Dom about some stuff." I felt guilty again for lying to her, but I didn't want to tell her about Ava yet. She would find out with the rest of the pack. I looked at her nonchalantly, and hoped she didn't notice my bluff.

She narrowed her eyes at me. "Dom?"

"Yeah." I shrugged.

She started at me with the same expression for a second, then shrugged. "Whatever. Come to bed, I'm f*****g exhausted."

I shrugged off my pants and shirt, and climbed in next to her, wearing nothing but my boxers. I turned off the lamp beside the bed and lay down. I turned to Taylor and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"I love y-"

"Luke, I said I'm exhausted. Just let me sleep!" she hissed. I fell back onto my side of the bed, and closed my eyes. I was angry. I had a f****d up day, and I just wanted to be close to my girlfriend, yet here she was, shoving me away. It wasn't the first time, but it irritated me more tonight because of everything Evelyn said. I rolled over, and closed my eyes, determined to sleep.

Behind my closed lips, images started to play. Red hair, blowing in the breeze. Eyes the color of the ocean. Lips that just screamed 'kiss me.' A laugh like music, and skin that was incredibly soft. I fell asleep to thoughts of Ava, and right then, I felt anything but guilty.

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Taylor's P.O.V.

Luke was lying to me. I knew it, but I didn't say anything. I wanted him to tell me himself.

I knew for a fact he wasn't out talking with Dom, because Dom was in his room, and had been for the last hour. I knew this because I had been calling him every ten minutes asking where the f**k Luke was. Then he finally came in, his shirt wet, and his d**k standing in his pants. Unless he switched teams, I seriously doubted he was talking to Dom.

I was pissed that he was lying to me. And then he had the nerve to kiss me and tell me he loves me? f**k that. He was so f*****g disrespectful. He should have learned by now to treat me better than this. He didn't even eat dinner with me anymore. He was always in his stupid office, claiming he needed to work. That was always more important than me, apparently. I heard him lightly snore beside me, and I resisted the urge to punch him.

The only good that came out of his stupidity today, was it afforded me time with Gage. We had our little session behind the training arena, as usual. Luke took off early this morning, without so much as a goodbye. That pissed me off to no f*****g end. But Gage was more than happy than spend time with me.

Gage wasn't happy about this arrangement. He knew I loved him, but seeing me with Luke enraged him. He hated it even more because he had to be respectful to Luke, as the Alpha. Today he threw another fit, but I reassured him very thoroughly that I loved him, and only him.

I made sure to shower, twice, before Luke came upstairs for the night. Since he took so f*****g long, Gages scent was gone by the time he actually came to bed. I smiled thinking of all the things Gage and I did today. That boy had magic hands, and his tongue.... I shivered thinking about it. Luke scored again suddenly and this time I hit him with my pillow. He stirred a bit, rolled over, and went back to sleep. I rolled my eyes. I couldn't wait till Luke chose me and marked me. When I was Luna, I would have everything I ever wanted, and nobody could talk back to me. I'd banish anyone who tried. I knew the majority of the pack disliked me, but did I care? f**k no. Because I was with the Alpha, the most they could do was give me the occasional dirty looks. Once I was officially Luna, I would have the power to do what I pleased, to whomever I pleased. With that thought, I drifted off to sleep.