Luna of the Golden Moon

Brother

I spent the second week cleaning in silence to Delta Vivian's approval. It was my last day, and she had made sure to drive me into the ground, cleaning all the downstairs bathrooms; she even made me clean the upper floors! I had hoped to see Caleb, but he wasn't there; nobody was, not even Betas, like they had been told to move wherever I stepped. I was isolated on purpose, and it was breaking me down faster than I had expected.

"Luna..." My eyes opened up, green and gold mixing when I heard the Alpha voice inside my head, thinking it was Caleb, that he finally had answered me back after what had happened. Didn't he understand I was worried!?

"Kyle," I sank down from the small bed again, disappointed. Leaning over hurt my back, and my hands were raw from scrubbing. The gloves I had didn't do much when you cleaned the entire wooden mansion's bathrooms in one day!

"yeah, it's me... so what's up? you happy this shitshow is over soon?" I huffed, not knowing how to answer that, was it? I stared at my hands, red and sore. My punishment was over as long as that tyrant ruled this house; Kyle knew just as much as I that it wasn't Caleb keeping me here, alone and working to death; it was his father.

"Has he talked to you, Caleb?" I looked up at the ceiling. This room had no windows, making me believe it wasn't even a bedroom, just a shrub they had cleaned out to keep me in.

Kyle sighed like he knew I had been isolated; of course he did! He was supposed to be the first Beta, and still, he was being treated like dirt, the same as me, the future Luna!

"I might have checked in on him; he can't talk to you... Alpha Terrance keeps him on a tight leash, spends most of his day in the yard, smashing stuff...." Kyle chuckled when I didn't. It was my fault that Caleb was suffering; he was; I could feel it even if we weren't close; I pushed him too far; I didn't want to reject him! I loved him! I just... freaked out seeing Kyle's skin melt from his body; I wasn't used to this cruelty!

"He is hurting..." I sniffled, feeling worse than before, starting to talk to Kyle over the link. I was still not used to him just being able to tap into my head whenever he wanted; he wasn't supposed to since he officially was a Beta.

"We all are hurting Emilia under that asshole..." I nodded in agreement; Alpha Terrance was the worst head this pack could have. He was a monster, and he didn't care about Caleb, only about himself and this pack's reputation!

"I just... wish I could do something..." I was drifting off, knowing I couldn't; my mate was the only one who could make a change, and he wasn't speaking after I rejected him. Goddess! I felt so stupid for doing that!

I whined into the pillow, hating that I couldn't smell him; Caleb, my mate, was out there, ready to fight to the death because I couldn't keep my mouth shut!

Kyle stayed silent when I cried, not caring if he heard me, knowing I was being selfish again; he had suffered so much more than I could imagine, and still, he was trying to make me feel better.

"Okay, listen... I was going to run and... well, you wanna tag along?" I laughed, surprised, mockingly. Did Kyle just ask me to run with him in our wolves? Was he serious? I couldn't make it one foot out the door before Delta Vivian had sent half the Betas after me, and then I would never see Caleb again!

"Alright, listen up... there isn't anything I can't get done, not in this house; I know that it all looks like Delta Vivian and the head running stuff, but if you look closer...." I sat up, hearing my door unlock, gasping, and seeing Kyle opening the door to my room, smirking like he knew just how stunned I was over him being able to do whatever he wanted! he was magical!

"You wanna run?" I got up, nodding, too scared to say anything when he held out his hand, and I took it without hesitation. I trusted him; he burned for me.

Kyle smiled, hearing me, squeezing my hand to my smile, taking me furtively down the darker hallway and making me more nervous. Was he crazy?? I knew there were Beta's stained here; I walked past them every day to clean the cafeteria!

"Not right now, guard rotation..." Kyle answered me back, smiling. Seeing the big Beta move from the spot, he looked more relaxed, knowing they weren't stationed near the stupid mate of their Alpha heir!

When we finally came outside, we snuck past the open entrance, if only for a minute. Kyle didn't even seem nervous. I held his hand, knowing how badly Caleb would punish him. Knowing my jealous mate, I wasn't even sure silver would be enough.

"well... what he doesn't know won't hurt him..." Kyle smirked, towing me into the forest; the brisk pace made me pant when we were covered underneath the dense three where he had stopped us.

"clothes off, baby..." Kyle let go of my hand, teasing, giving me a look to undress when I gaped back; no! There was no way that I would get naked before him; he wasn't my mate, and I wasn't comfortable naked since I was brought up human!

"Turn around!" I demanded, hearing the snicker when Kyle turned, covering his eyes with one hand, giving me a sigh like I was the one being stupid for going behind the three, making sure he wasn't peeking, before taking off my gray dress. I prayed there would be no stains on it, or Delta Vivian would kill me!

"Are you done or what?" Kyle was still snickering when I walked out, putting my paws on the root before him and huffing to hurry up. I wanted to run, and there would be no guarantee that someone didn't check my whereabouts.

Kyle had turned around, his surprised eyes popping like he didn't believe it. He saw me standing in the moonlight, which gave him a growl. What was taking so long?

"Oh, Luna..." He stared some more like he couldn't believe it. He came closer, reaching out his hand against my face, when I growled again, putting my ears down. He wasn't going to pet me, was he, because I wouldn't allow that.

"You are white..." I huffed, sitting down and trying not to lose my patience. Any Beta could be circling around us; we weren't that far from the wooden palace, just enough to shift without getting noticed!

"I'm sorry... it's just that... shit... Emilia, I have never seen another white female... except my mother..." I turned my head towards his stunned face. What did he just say to me? I got up, coming closer when Kyle was still looking like he couldn't believe it, me standing here and looking like his mother, and who was she anyway? He was an Alpha, so he shouldn't have been born here, like me, an outcast.

"hold on... just let me shift..." I didn't say anything, seeing him undress like it was nothing with me not looking at him getting naked before shifting, almost as fast as Caleb before my eyes, becoming the big gray wolf that was staring at me with orange eyes, making me stare back, so who was he then, since I didn't know anything about Kyle or his legacy when he came closer, giving me another stare before linking me back the impossible.

"I am your brother."

"My what!?" I sat down again, too shocked to say more; Kyle stood up in his wolf, giving me a strange look like he was responsible for telling me that I was his sister; I want! I was the only child of my parents; I would have known if there was another pup!

'Emilia.... listen to me,' Kyle's voice broke through my thoughts. 'You think I'm from the golden moon? I'm not... the only reason Alpha Terrance spared me as a child was because I pretended to be a Beta. Otherwise, I would have been buried alongside our parents!' I gasped, my mind spinning. I wanted to shift back, to be with my mate, but I couldn't ignore Kyle's words. Could they be true?

'Are you even hearing me?' Kyle's voice grew more urgent. 'I thought I was alone, and you've been living with some Deltas all this time. Your white fur, it's the proof!' His words came out in a rush, his tone filled with a strange mix of joy and disbelief. But I couldn't accept it. There was no way I could be his sister. My mother had only me, and my father would never betray her.

"wait, don't go back to the house, please!" Kyle was pleading inside my head when I started to trot back towards the mansion; I just wanted to see my Alpha, that's all; I missed him so much that I didn't care anymore, let them see me wandering about; they had to kill me before taking me away from him again!

I had slowed down, feeling Caleb from afar. The big hall was lit up, and to my surprise, the gathering was not as big as the wedding party. However, there was still an event that seemed primarily black-dressed people walking around. To my horror, Caleb stood in the center of the room, smiling, holding a glass, and talking to someone, his hand casually inside his pocket. He chuckled before sipping, not once looking at the window facing the woods, with me sitting outside.

I whimpered, wanting to take a step forward. I felt Kyle behind me, staring at me with his bright orange eyes like he didn't want me to see this. Caleb was having fun and laughing. His life seemed untouched by what happened, not like ours, burned and exiled.

"now you know..." I whimpered more; this was just like when he couldn't mark me, which was more the real reason; he really was the Alpha heir, wasn't he? Kyle sighed, coming to my side and staring at the same party as me. He wasn't sad, only angry at everyone, and I didn't blame him; they didn't treat him well.

"He didn't get punished..." I whispered it inside my mind, only to get a huff from Kyle like he knew. I got up and started to walk towards the deeper part of the forest again when my head turned, and I followed his gray wolf with my eyes. Where was he going?

"I'm not sticking around here... you want to have some fun or just stare at that mate of yours?" I felt so bad hearing that, my whimpers sounding more like crying, because I was, somewhere, I had believed that Caleb would have gotten the same treatment, and if he didn't, then at least he should have stood up for me, for his Beta.

"Emilia?" Kyle was calling me, and he didn't sound the same anymore. He had lost the funny guy act that had made him survive this place. Maybe this was hell for him, and he had been here all his life, not like me, and was already broken from Caleb's betrayal.

I took one last look at my mate, who was smiling. Turning around, another girl walked towards him, making me look away. Not wanting to drown in my jealousy, I was leaving.