The Luna Game

Chapter 9

Alejandro ‘s POV

I pushed the door open to see anxious and frightened eyes looking at me and some trying to awkwardly bow their heads in greeting. I saw a flash in Dallas’s eyes, but it was gone within a second before I could understand what it was.

“Brother, what are you doing here?” He asked, looking past me to look at Damien, where he was standing behind me.

Damien has always been afraid of Dallas, the reason is what I am yet to find out.

“I could ask you the same thing, brother. What are you doing here with my council members behind my back?” I asked him, trying to keep my cool.

“Alpha Supreme, we were just having a meeting about the competition surrounding the selecting of your luna” Someone stood up to speak since Dallas was having a difficult time saying something. He must have not been expecting me to show up. The person who stood up to talk was Sir Jones. One of the pillars of the Lucent pack, He had never accepted me fully since my father died four years ago and I had to take over his reign. And he had never really hidden that fact.

“You are having a meeting about the competition with just seven of you? Where are the rest? Why was I not informed?”

“We thought we would finalize everything before coming to you, Alpha supreme,” He said again.

“Okay. . . “ I said, as I made my way to my seat at the table, making Damien sit beside me on an empty chair. “Tell me what you have decided”

It took a while before someone talked, maybe they were trying to rehearse in their minds on what exactly to say.

“We think they need to start the event as soon as possible. . . “ Damien, my stepbrother finally said something “. . . They have been here more than a week and I think we should make the competition as fast as possible so that you can get an heir to secure your title as the alpha supreme”

“This is what this is all about then. I don't know why we need to go far and near to find a Luna. I can just wait for my mate. And besides, I didn't think my title was not secure” I looked at my brother, growling silently at him. How dare he challenge my title in front of half the council.

“I am sorry, Alpha Supreme but all the pack that Lucent pack rule deserves an heir from you, and this has always been in the tradition, you have to fulfill it,” Sir Jones said, while the rest just nodded with their shaky heads.

“Because the moon goodness approves of this, the person who wins would be your mate. Fated mate”

I have heard that over and over again, and I believe what I say now would likely be like music to their ears.

“Okay, okay. . . It does not matter. As long as you find the one with the best mark then it should not be a bad thing” I am not surprised, my mother had warned me plenty of times and she had tried to explain to me that I might have to marry without love. Now that it's beginning to play before my eyes, it seems unreal, but I have to listen to them, they hold power and I need them as much as I need my title.

“We start tomorrow”

“Tomorrow? How is that even possible? Is not supposed to start for another few days” I challenged

“No, my lord. We have waited too long. You have been stalling”

“Okay then, cancel the ball” They tried to counter that too.

“You have to choose one. Start the competition tomorrow or the ball. You have to choose one” I snapped. I didn't like that they were already trying to hurry the girls up when they were not even prepared and then adding a ball, which would completely break their concentration.

My mind quickly went to Melissa, she would be shocked to find out that the competition has been pushed forward.

I immediately felt the urge to warn her, I wonder why my body was acting on its own. Just by thinking of her, my wolf stirred inside me, excited asf.

When did that start, Wolfe? Why are you getting excited? I asked my wolf.

You are excited too, ain't you? I think we should go to her now.

So what am I supposed to tell her when I get to her? That I have come to see her? What would she even think?

You don't have to worry about that, you are the alpha supreme. You can use your torn shirt as a reason. He replied as went mute.

I knew he had said everything he wanted to say and he is just pushing the ball in my court. After the meeting, I went straight to my room. She was no longer in the grand room. She and Alexis must have finally come to a conclusion on what punishment she would be given.

I rolled over my bed trying to sleep but it just won't come, I might just as well go please my mind and tell her about the change in competition. I told myself I am just to be blamed for the change. That is only the reason.

That was what I told myself when I made my way to their lodging.

Just as I was about to step into the entrance tell a guard to call her from her room.

I didn't need to at all, she was outside. . . Standing with a man. . . A man with a proportion of my stepbrother, I thought I might be crazy for thinking so until I moved a little bit closer. Lo and behold, it was my stepbrother, who was just in a meeting with me and they were not just standing, they seemed to be all loved up and kissing.

Nothing would have prepared me for the sight in front of me. So, she is supporting my step brother? That means she can never be one of me people. She was never one of my people. Did my brother put her to this? How did I think I was liking her?

Wolfe! I am sure you have satisfied your curiosity, she is not with us. It is better you stopped getting excited about her. I warned my wolf but he didn't communicate back to me. I know he would be as hurt just as I was feeling now.

I guess this means I should get my head back to reality. I stopped in my tracks before one of them would see me and took long precise steps back to my room, trying to get the sight away from my mind.

I didn't care if it meant I was running away from my feelings. But what could feel would be anyway If I didn't know a thing about her?

Her thought would be buried deep inside me where they would be open forever.

She belongs to my brother.