Luna of the Golden Moon

Waking Up

Caleb.

My eyes opened, the powerful voice inside my head yelling in the distance when I was staring up at the night sky, only it wasn't; it was morning, daylight shining back on my face, grimacing, trying to cover the harsh beams, making my head feel like it was about to break apart, what happened!?

"Alpha..." I was whispering, my eyes still not used to the sun, getting up slowly; every part of my body felt like it was just hanging there. Oh Goddess, what was going on?? I was naked!

"Relax... you shifted, and I didn't want to herd your wolf back to the pack. Oh... and your dress is gone..." I couldn't believe it, hearing the calm, snickering voice piercing my head just as much as the one yelling in the back of my mind. I did what!?

Kyle was there, and he only had pants on, making me even more scared; oh please, dear Goddess... I just gawked at him, looking like this wasn't the end of my life or my mateship if we had done anything! Caleb would kill him, and I wouldn't stop him from taking my life, either!

"Emilia, I said relax; we didn't do s**t; we just danced before you started to freak out talking about some golden orbs following you; talk about a bad trip, hotshots..." I still stared at Kyle, smirking, to my surprise, getting dressed, my heart beating so fast that I would pass out; he had better not be lying to me!!!

"Here... get dressed until we can find something..." I nodded, pulling the shirt over my head, grateful when Kyle smiled at me. I was feeling sorry for myself. Caleb would kill me for running away, spending time with Kyle, and doing Bane, just like I had promised I wouldn't!

"Kyle... I can't shift..." I said it ashamed, and he nodded, making me stand still with his shirt on. Sparks of orange flared up in his eyes, to my surprise. Wait, could he already feel his wolf? That was fast!

"Don't worry. I'll beat that beautiful alpha wolf of yours. she's waking up soon..." My heart stopped when he held my hand, giving me a knowing smile in my afraid eyes. He knew!? How!? I let him go, not knowing how smart it was to trust Kyle with anything! I didn't know him, and Caleb told me he was dangerous!

"I'm dangerous!? Look at you, scared of going back to your own mate! You know who is dangerous on the Golden Moon, Emilia! because it sure wasn't me that decided to melt half my f*****g skin off just two weeks ago!" I gasped, seeing Kyle snap at me, his teeth looking sharper, eyes almost full of orange, and growling in the back of his throat; he wanted blood!

"You think you are the only one trapped?? I have to bend and beg for a f*****g Alpha when all I wanted was to be free, same as you!" Kyle was roaring it, turning around, panting.

I had fallen down, right on my butt, seeing his significant posture, shoulder teasing, and turning around, giving me a scold showing me just how much he hated the Golden Moon; maybe he even hated me for being part of it, just sitting down and watching him.

"Kyle... let me help you, please..." I was getting up, seeing him huff at my pleading, my wolf starting to wake up; I knew his pain; I felt it. He wasn't what Caleb believed him to be; I could see that the second I came to this pack, he wasn't meant to be a Beta or hide who he really was.

"My name isn't Kyle; it's Sten." I flinched from the misery in his voice, so his name wasn't Kyle. I was trying to push him back from shifting and going berserk. Whatever anger he felt, I wanted to help him; that was the only thing in my head.

He turned around, seeing my full golden-green eyes observe him. He dropped the hostile pose and took a deep breath, looking lost. He could trust me, whatever he was feeling right now. I trusted him.

"Luna!" Kyle had just stopped looking like he was about to blow up, hearing the dark voice. He was going to fight Caleb, closing in the distance, when I nodded at him to leave; there would be no happy ending.

Kyle was anxious about leaving me here, knowing what could happen, but I wasn't afraid. Caleb wouldn't hurt me; I was his mate.

"He won't.... but the head....." Kyle sighed, looking like he was already regretting all of this, not wanting to go, even if he was hounded in the pack; at least he knew what to expect, I understood. Everything was scary for me. This pack had no mercy on me since I had arrived.

"... let's just say Emilia... you don't want to f**k over Alpha Terrance.." I snorted like it was funny; yes, I had started to understand that you didn't mess with the head of the Golden Moon!

Kyle grinned, making me smile back in the midst of him leaving me, the pack, being first Beta, and everything else that was a mess; Caleb wasn't going to show any mercy when he got here, and neither would Kyle.

"I'll be in touch..." he gave me a last look, heading down the path leading further into the forest like he knew where to go. I believed he would be fine; no matter how much he was hurting to leave, he never was a Beta.

The sound of paws hitting the ground made me look back. I saw the giant wolves in the distance—not just Caleb but plenty of Beta- growling and snarling, making my heart cold. They were tracking, not me, since Caleb had known the second my wolf was awake where to find me, his mate.

I was still standing in Kyle's shirt, naked, watching Caleb shift from the great black wolf to the scolding human that kept striding, his anger drowning my own, seeing his burning yellow eyes locked on mine.

"Where is he!?" I flinched from the raw force of my mate's voice when he was breathing hard, searching around with yellow eyes and fangs, ready to rip apart the male with me still naked with a strange smell on me, not knowing how to explain anything!

"Gone..." I said nothing after that, snarling at me before telling everyone to search for Kyle and bring him back no matter what!

The rest of the Beta scattered, howling over the forest, sending chills down my body. They would kill him.

Tell me the f*****g truth, Luna! did you f**k him?!" I peeked up from having my eyes on the ground; I felt horrible for what had happened, running away and leaving him in the dark, telling him that I rejected him first when I didn't mean a word; I loved him!

"No..." I said quietly to Caleb's growl, not believing me to my despair; I didn't! I knew how bad this looked, me standing here and running away with Kyle, but it wasn't like that! I was about to tell him everything when Caleb cut me off, breaking me down even more with a harsh voice that didn't want my excuses; he just wanted to punish me!

"Father is talking about other candidates for the Luna position..." Caleb sounded dead, and I whined. He was here to reject me, his real mate, just because of that tyrant of a father. That didn't make any sense. I was the one that he loved?

I stepped closer to him, regretting it the second Caleb showed me his eyes. He hated me, thought that I had been cheating with his Beta, that I didn't love him more than anything!

"You think this is f*****g easy for me, do you??" Caleb let his act go, gazing at me with his dark eyes, showing me how devastated he was standing too far away for me to reach him, whining more, my wolf being rejected by her mate, unthinkable!

He should have stood his ground with me back at this office when this all started, not bent for his father, tail tucked between his legs. He was an Alpha!

"You don't know s**t, Emilia!" Caleb got more aggressive; he hated that I wasn't listening to him, badmouthing the head Alpha, just like Kyle would; at least he stood up for what he believed in!

"I know that every part of you that I love, Alpha Terrance, will rip away, part by part until you are just as cruel and heartless as him..." I faded out my last breath, too tired to fight him anymore; he was still my mate, and all I wanted was for him and me to be together.

Caleb came closer, his wolf pushing towards me, the same as mine, I wanted to be with him, and Kyle was innocent; couldn't he see that??

"If that snake ever shows his face around my pack, I will tear him to pieces, part by part..." I gasped at his darkness, imitating my words, jaw clenched. Standing so close, I could feel his breath on my hair, and I believed every word. Caleb wouldn't let this pass, innocent or not; I would get punished.

" Take her back..." Caleb shifted, giving me a yellow stare when I whimpered more, seeing him walk away from me, the Beta coming closer. They would herd me back to the packland, my mate disappearing into the forest, and my heart shattering.