Luna of the Golden Moon

The Heat

I woke up gasping; my body was burning up, and I was alone in the small bedroom, sweaty and already ripping at the sweater on me, when I heard the rummaging of someone coming inside to see me looking like a boiled lobster.

“I think the heat is getting worse….” Caleb's eyes were sparkling yellow when I smirked at his mesmerized face, suddenly not caring about anything, taking off the top fast, seeing his eyes dilate from my naked body.

"Emilia, you are getting naked, which is dangerous, baby..." Caleb hadn't moved, and I noticed that he was naked too, like he just had been out running coming back to me.

"Caleb.... oh...." I stammered, not sure what to do when he was still standing in the doorway. I knew that if he came closer, he would let his instincts take over, and I wouldn't stand a chance against him.

“I know, baby, I know...” I growled at him walking towards me; I didn’t know if it was a good idea, and I would pounce on him without stopping myself!

“I don’t want you to stop, but that's how I feel; I won’t force you, Emilia.” He sounded so sincere and loving that I wanted to growl at him again; this heat was already driving me crazy. I wanted him so bad that he had no idea!

“You know I feel it too… I want you as much as you want me…” his voice dropped as if it was any consolation that he felt the same attraction as I did; it was damn unfair, and I had no idea how long I would have to live like this!?

“I don’t know how long it will last. Usually, the female disappears from the pack with her mate before it starts. I'm glad we’re here.” He looked at me seriously, sitting on the bedside and looking lost. Me too.

“One thing is for sure; we will stay here until it is over….” His voice became more sinister when the thought that someone else would touch me drove him insane like I didn’t know, thinking of the green-eyed Beta that had been taken down hard and painful by my mate.

“Caleb… I looked at him suffering; I was already hot again, and he could feel it, still standing in the doorway naked and not hiding that he wanted to come over and give me what I wanted.

“You will have to choose this on your own, Luna.” He didn't move when I growled more, seeing his d**k was hard and ready for me.

“You are the one doing this to me...” Caleb's smirk wasn't sorry when I looked up, and my eyes had changed; my worry was gone, and I smiled when the golden green orbs were staring at her mate.

“There she is…. Luna...” His voice became deeper, following me with a heavy blink of his eyes, becoming yellow in the darkness around us.

“Alpha…” I said the name aloud when he finally came over, making me smile when he did one hard thrust in between my legs when I was kissing him, making small grunts that turned me on even more. Feeling him speeding up, getting dizzy by the heat that came through me, forcing me to feel his o****m when he grabbed my waist harder, scratching into my skin from being almost complete wolf on me.

“Caleb…” I was exhaling, trying to catch my breath over what had happened, lying flat on my back when he got up fast, knowing he was far too heavy to be on top of me, still not sure what happened; it was like I wasn't the one in charge anymore, but my wolf.

This wasn't fair; I was basically being forced by my wolf, and he wasn't helping! I stared accusingly at Caleb, who was frowning at my anger like he was sick of hearing it.

"that's it, I'm done." He didn't even say anything more, walking out and leaving me in the dark.

“Caleb?” I said his name in my head, but he didn’t answer. It was dark, and I looked a little scared around the room.

I pulled myself up, nervous, and struggled with my jeans and T-shirt. The thought that he would have left me here all by himself made me panic when I stumbled out of the room. The fire had gone out, and it felt dead and cold inside when he was no longer here.

“Caleb?!” I shouted at him. Why the hell didn’t he answer? I had already said that I wanted to wait… it was not easy for me to be torn between what I wanted… I sat on the armrest and sobbed into my hands, feeling even more sorry for myself.

He left me, that bastard! I stood up, angry. I trusted him, he would be the one to take care of me, and he had left me in the middle of nowhere without me being able to take myself back, asshole. I growled to myself when I finally heard him in my head.

“I would never leave you. I am outside if you walk around the cabin….” He became silent again when I exhaled and sighed. I quickly went out the door, driven to be close to him because I wanted to and because of my bond.

I quickly rounded the corner of the log cabin and saw him sitting there, still naked. As I sighed, I felt like the worst mate in the world. Still, part of me was angry that he had just walked away from me and left me in the bedroom.

“Take them.” I held out his clothes to him, not caring, and just stared out at the forest in front of us. I wasn't used to being in the woods, and it scared me even more now when darkness was surrounding us outside the old cabin.

I sat beside him, still naked and not looking at me when I crossed my arms. Why was he acting like this? I had told him how I felt, and now he was moping around outside, looking like he wanted to shift and start running through the forest. He was not leaving me alone here in the middle of the freaking nowhere!

"I have been mated to most human wolf ever...." Caleb sneered when I frowned more. Oh yeah? He was always all death and glory on me; it didn't work like that! That was not real!

“Bullshit; everything I do is about that, protecting us! Not just you, Emilia, everyone else! Deltas may complain that they do not get respect, but they don't want to be Beta or me. We die when something happens!” I was horrified at how serious he sounded.

No one would die! Not him, not the Beta males! He smiled sarcastically, pulled out a bottle I had not seen in his hand before and drank from it quickly. I felt the strong alcohol that was oozing over us now and made a snort at it. Why did he drink knowing it wouldn't even graze him more than just a tiny buzz?

“Tell it to everyone who died before we were born…” he said the words bitterly when he drank again, and I grabbed the bottle and drank from it; if he could, so could I when I looked annoyed at his irritated face that I did, he could be how angry he wanted right now, he did not rule over me!

“Oh Luna, I do... I rule over you….” His smirk was wider when I looked at the bottle in his hand. He hadn’t swallowed that much that it would affect him; we tolerated more, and even if it was half full, it would burn up too fast for him to feel more than one slight intoxication.

“Like hell you do...” I said the words defiantly to him where he sat naked, freaking i***t he was, Alpha and all.

“I rule over everyone, even you….” he looked at me, happier now, and leaned back and stretched out his muscular arms on the bench we were sitting on.

“I'm the Alpha. You better learn that mate; otherwise, you'll have a hard time during our life together.” I raised my eyebrows; I could take it when he scolded me, but this was just him being mean, and he knew it.

“You don't have to be an asshole just because you are Alpha….” I looked at him more sadly; I wanted to be angry, but the thought of how he behaved hurt me for some reason.

“You don't even know what it's like to be one, Delta.” He said the words scornfully when I drew in the air, surprised. He thought it was an insult that he called me, saying that I was just as much Delta as I was Alpha, and I was proud of it!

“Too bad your Luna is a Delta, destroying your noble bloodline… I looked scornfully back at him. I knew he was mad about it and that I wanted to wait to have children, and he took it out on me by insulting my background. I didn’t even want to know what he had said to me if I was a Delta born and not just raised as one!

“No risk because she does not even want my pups!” he said, the words accusing when I exhaled. He was the one who said last night that we would take it slow. Still, now it was as if he could not wait for it, as if we did not have our whole lives on us.

“I have been waiting, all my life, for you.” He said the words louder when he heard me, and I saw the impact on him—the same as me. But why did we have to do it now? We were young, and we had time on our side. I searched his eyes now, but he looked away, still angry at me, as I looked gloomily down at his answer.

“So, what do we do if it's too late? Are you going to get rid of my pup?! Wait five years for us to try again?!” I didn’t know, and I didn't want to answer. I had no idea, probably not… my wolf would not even allow it if I even tried, freaking biological desires.

“It's not just desired for me, Emilia….” I didn't look up, and I felt what he felt. He loved me with all his heart and wanted us to let it happen for that reason.

“I don't know, Caleb….” I dragged my hands through my hair. I knew nothing about him other than that he was handsome and was my alleged cousin; it was not enough.

“We have time to get to know each other; as I said, I can’t help the bonding more than you can. I can only be yours, love you and no one else...” I sighed. He was right; it was the same for me; it didn’t matter what had tried to stop us; it wouldn’t work anyway.

“If it's too late… I have to accept it, but if I am not, I want to wait….” I looked at him, not saying anything back like we didn't have this conversation on the way over; this was what I wanted.

"So, you are serious about not wanting a pup?" Caleb sounded so grave when I nodded. Well, not now. I wanted to get to know him. I didn't know what it was like to be an Alpha, and right now, both he and the main Alpha were denying me my real status.

"That is only for your protection, and I told you that I wouldn't try to deny you anything, my Luna. I do love you more than anyone else..." I was biting the bottom of my lip, feeling the calm wind in my hair, sitting next to my naked mate, staring into the distance.

"How about we stay here until the heat is over, and if we aren't getting a pup by the end of it, I want some more time..." I wasn't sure that it was the best deal to make with him, but it was the only one that would make me not go crazy, and to be honest, what use was it for me to stand against it?

“Are you trying to challenge me?” Caleb's face looked a little brighter as I rolled my eyes. Wow, that was a way of looking at it. I crossed my legs and leaned back to where he was sitting. He looked happy now as if I had just said what he wanted to hear from me. I would regret this; it was one thing for sure.

“You will love it….” his voice was huskier when I shook and crossed my legs more; there was no way he could get horny so fast again, he might be a wolf, but he was a man. I didn’t look at him as he sat staring at me now with a big grin, and I didn't know if it belonged to him or the Alpha wolf.

“I'm hungry before you even try anything, Alpha...” I said the words tired, feeling my stomach growl. The small snacks I had been scoping out in the wooden palace hadn’t been enough; I needed more ever since I shifted.

“Okay, get rid of the clothes.” He stood up now when I looked at him, confused. Didn’t he just hear what I said? Food first. Then maybe s*x… maybe… he turned around and looked at me like I was crazy with now when I stared at his magnificent fit body; it was to die for, if nothing else.

“Luna, get rid of the clothes.” His voice was Alpha now as I sighed, stepped up, and started to take off my awkward clothes; if I had to wear this all the time, I might as well be naked the rest of the time.

“Trust me.” He stretched out his hand, which I took without hesitation as he pulled me in and kissed me deep under the moonlight that swept past in the dark forest; everything felt like it would be okay again when I was in his arms.

” Now we eat...” I watched in horror as he strode backward a few steps and quickly turned into the big black wolf with yellow eyes that snorted at me to follow deeper into the dark forest.