His Perfect Blue Moon Luna

Chapter 5 - Consequences

My birthday could not come fast enough. I kept at my training and spent the rest of my time continuing my research. It's my birthday morning and I’m rushing to the training grounds predawn. I am the first to arrive, so I decided to warm up. Elliot walks in holding a small pink gift box. I giggle at the sight. He came to sit next to me where I was stretching.

“For you” he handed me the small box in his hand.

“This is how you get all your women” I joked, taking the box from him.

“Only if it would work” I almost choke on my laughter.

“It’s actually from my grandmother.” Thank goodness, I know I was joking but for a second there he had me worried. I opened the box to find a beautiful necklace. Its black stones shaping out a crescent moon and a blue stone surrounded by the corners of the crescent moon. Together, making a full round circle.

“The Sapphire represents the blue moon, known for being the strongest of full moons, seen as the light of nature symbolizing strength. Then the black diamonds surrounding it represent the black moon.” He shows it on the necklace.

“The black moon seen as the dark side of nature also symbolizes immortality. Separately, very strong and contrary forces can actually be complementary and give rise to one another. Similar to the Yin and Yang.” He finishes his explanation.

“You remember all that from when she gave this to you? I asked mockingly.

“She gave me the necklace and told me to give it to you for your birthday. She said you might need it.” He looked sad.

“I know the symbolism from studying with her. She has taught me everything I know; I would be lucky if I could gain half of her wisdom”, he says with a shy smile. He is always such a jokester that I am surprised to see this serious side of him. But I liked it.

“It’s beautiful, thank you”. I pulled him in for a hug.

“I love it, will you put it on me?” I asked. Cameron and Bret enter the training grounds together.

“Ow, better watch out Bret, Elliot is making moves on your girl”. Cameron jokes around, but I can see Bret does not find it very funny.

“Happy Birthday Addi” I stand up once Elliot is done, and go to hug Cameron as well.

“Thank you”. I approach Bret to greet him when he grabs my head and slams a kiss on my lips. He starts forcing his tongue into my mouth, then pulls away with a massive grin on his face.

“A little taste of your birthday gift I have planned for tonight”, he comments loudly, like he is trying to prove something. I stare at Bret intensely; I am struggling to keep Ash from taking over.

“I’m going to bite his F—king tongue off if it enters your mouth again!” she shouts at me.

“He did nothing wrong, and after tonight he will be our chosen mate!” my eyes are flickering from light to dark. I do not know why I was defending him to her, I wanted to kick him in the groin myself with that stunt. He has never been the jealous type; I have no understanding of what has been going on with him lately.

“You always protest disrespect. This is disrespect. Let me end him!” Ash continues. I grip my hands in fists tightly, trying to hold her back.

“I’m sure Bret can’t wait to stop having to use his hand stroke”. Cameron tries to break the tension.

“I should go, see you all tonight” I grab my stuff and get out of the training grounds before Ash does something stupid.

“Stupid? You are the one being stupid thinking you can be with another after finding our mate”. Since our mate visited us in my room, Ash has been at war with me. Constantly telling me to go find him, to not be with Bret or threatening Bret. A wolf is your other half. You should be as one, not be at war with one another. That is how werewolves go mad. I ran into the kitchen to grab a plate to take up to my room when I bumped into my mother. She is addressing the kitchen staff.

“Adeline, do you want to go over the menu with me and see if there is anything you would like to change?” I really don’t. Usually, I am very particular with pack events. I have been involved with organizing every pack event for as long as I can remember, but for some reason tonight, I don’t care and just want it over with. I back up slowly.

“noooooooo, the majority of the event was planned and laid out months ago. I entrust the final touches in our amazing Luna’s, very capable hands.” I lay it on thick, because this event really is the last thing on my mind.

“No honey, as future Luna, I need you to do the run through for tonight with me and go over the staff and suppliers. You might be involved in Alpha business, but you are a Luna first.” I nodded in agreement. She was right. As future Luna this is my responsibility. I follow her for the rest of the day, clearly this does not even interest Ash as she has been M.I.A since this morning. At least we agree on something.

It’s an outside party, and we have gone all out. White linens, light blue, yellow and green floral arrangements, even lights strung up. It’s a bit fancy for a birthday party, and resembles more of a wedding. Which is why I planned it like this. Technically, me and Bret mating tonight seals our forever, much like a wedding.

It's 4 o’clock and my mother finally lets me go to get ready. I thank the Goddess and get out of there before she changes her mind. I drop my bag once I get to my room and jump in the shower. The water running down my body makes me feel like I can breathe again. Tonight… I will be mated. Bret will be the future Alpha. We will make the announcement then… An image of my mate pops into my mind. My heart skips a heat thinking of the night he was in my room. The night I had my first o****m. I’m busy washing my body and when my hand runs over my b*****s a sensation runs through my body. I think of how he towers over me, when he cages me against the wall. How he kissed me and how his tongue roamed my mouth. His taste. A moan escapes me and I find myself with one hand pinching my hard n***e and my other hand rubbing on my c**t. I remember the o*****m he gave me. I want that feeling again and I start chasing it, picking up the speed. I think of what I wished he had done to me, how I wanted to feel him p*********g me. I pinched down harder on my n****e, it hurts and I like it. This sends me over and my body goes numb with a release.

“Goddess” escaped me. I am panting from the o****m, but he was right. It was not even close to what he made me feel. Frustrated, I got out of the shower, grabbed a towel and stormed into my room, but then jumped a step back when I was surprised with my 2 sisters taking over my room.

"Does no one knock?” I got red thinking they might have heard what I was doing in the shower and took my towel that was already around my body and wrap it even tighter with embarrassment.

“We see you have already picked out your dress. Honestly, Addi, we were sure you would be wearing one of our crest colors. I literally have nothing to match that damn dress.” Lacy has her jewelry spread out on my vanity table franticly searching for something. Not even looking in my direction. Lacy is small, with light brown hair and brown eyes just like mine. Her hair is like silk, hanging straight without a single hair out of place.

“What are you talking about?” nothing she is going on about is making sense. I have not even thought of what to wear tonight.

“The dress on your bed”, Megan informs me, walking up to me with a make-up bag in the one hand and hair styling supplies in the other. Megan looks very similar to Lacy. Same height, same hair color and texture and same eye color. Many people mistake them for twins although they are a year apart. They are both still in high school and, having less of an age difference, they have always had a closer relationship. I walk to the bed. There is a black dress with dark blue sequence covering it completely. It has a low v-line and 2 slits in the front. Goddess, never in my life would I wear a dress like this. I see a note next to it. Let this be the dress I will always remember you in when we look back at this night you became mine forever. The note is beautiful… the dress? I mean it’s not part of my color pallet, but wanting nothing other than to get this night over with, I shrug my shoulders and turn to my sister.

“Let’s just make it work” Lacy rolls her eyes at me and Megs brings me to a seat to start my make-up and hair.

I am standing in front of the mirror and I feel empowered. Who would think this dark color would portray such strength? It was figure hugging, showing off all my curves. The sleeves were low on my shoulders, showing more skin around my b****ts. The 2 slits in the front fell open, showing off my legs with every step. I had a dark smoky eye and dark red lips to compliment the dress. Lace placed gold earrings with black on them on my ears and she had a matching necklace, but I stopped her. I do not care if it matches, but I wanted to wear the blue moon necklace Elliot gave me. I went to get it from the bathroom where I left it and showed it to my sisters.

“Fine, then at least do the black diamond earrings then instead”. She hands me a set and I gladly swap them out. My hair was styled with a wave and set all to one side. I have never seen myself looking so fears and find myself thanking Bret for this. The girls went first, leaving me to gather myself. It's my 20th birthday party, but also the night I become a woman, by the end of the night, I will be a marked and mated she wolf. I made my way downstairs and stopped before stepping outside where everything was set up.

“You ready?” I asked Ash but she did not answer me. I have not heard from her since I stopped her from acting against Bret. I sigh and walked out. Everyone stops to turn to me, it goes silent and I just stare at the big crowd in front of me. I hear one person clapping, then more and some cheering as well.

“Happy Birthday Addi”. I hear from the crowd and at this point everyone is clapping. Bret comes and takes my hand and leads me into the crowd. We work our way from one group to the next, making sure to exchange some pleasantries with everyone.

“Mate” I hear in my head, Ash is back.

“What do you mean Mate”. I closed my eyes and I picked up a faint smell of my mate; Fresh water and chopped wood. Ash was right. What is he doing here? I excuse myself and leave Bret with a couple he was talking to and I try to get to my parents.

“Father, have you heard anything from the border guards?” I mind linked my father.

“What’s going on” he is asking instead of answering me.

“Father check-in with the bordering guards” I tell him urgently. It goes silent while I’m working through the crowd to get to them. I finally reached my parents and my sisters.

“Adeline, what is going on? All borders are confirmed clear.” I release a breath of relief, but how is that possible? Am I going crazy? I look at all my surrounding areas. I see a lot of wolves drinking, dancing, having fun, but I do not see my mate among them. My eyes fall to the woods and there I see dark figures emerging from the woods. They are moving towards the party; this cannot be good. I rush to be in the front line before they reach our pack.

“What did you do?” I hear my father through the mind link. Him, Elijah and Martin come up next to me.

“Fall back” my father orders me, but I do not listen. I do not move. The group of men come to a stop and my mate steps out among them.

“Alpha Sterling!” He announces and my father gives one step forward.

“You have not been invited, therefore you and your friends are trespassing”, my father accused my mate.

“Incorrect, we are here delivering a sentence making our presence irreproachable.” My mate corrects my father.

“What sentence?” My father asked.

“Recently one of your pack members trespassed. She entered our territory without invitation or approval. With further investigation, it has come to our attention that the intention of this trespassing was to gain information about our pack. Sending spies into our territory is a major offence. Instead of seeking the death of your spy, it has been decided that, instead, she is to be handed over as an offering to the Alpha of the Aberrant Pack, who will make her his bride.” Bret steps in front of me to block me from my mate.

“Over my dead body” He shouts.

"It will be my pleasure” my mate growls making birds fly away from the woods behind them. I cannot believe what is happening, he is not only trying to take me from my home, but also pass me off to his Alpha. What kind of sick game is this? My father lifts up his hand to stop the 2 wolves.

“There will be no blood shed on my daughter’s birthday. Tell your Alpha to come by tomorrow and we will discuss the terms of this request. I am afraid the girl you are referring to is one of my daughters, an Alpha born at that. Such a request has lots of strings attached and would need time to discuss and clarify before handing her over.” Handing me over? Is my father crazy?

“It is not a request; it is an order. If she does not come with us now, there will be bloodshed and lots of it. It is well within our rights to enforce this sentence and you know it.” My mates’ hands are in fists by his side, he looks like he is about to lose it. I see eyes emerging everywhere in the woods and the idea of my pack being whipped out like others before makes me step forward next to my father.

“I will go with you”, I announced. I turned to my father and gave him a soft smile.

“For now, to keep everyone safe let me go, but promise me you will find a way to get me out of this.” My father placed his arm in front of me to stop me.

“She will go tonight, but we will be at your pack tomorrow to negotiate” my father tries to set term.

“This is not open for negotiation.” My mate clarifies.

“It is if she finds her true mate.” My father says not knowing my true mate is right in front of him. According to pack laws, when a woman accepts her true mate, she cannot be promised to another, true mates can only be separated by the choice of one of the mates in the union. My mate gets an evil smirk on his face.

“True. We will let you know the date and the location of this negotiation, but the girl is coming now.” My father nods in agreement, and directs me with his head to go over to my mate, but take a minute before I move. My mate then picked me up bridal style and carried me towards his men. I can hear him taking a big whiff of my sent.

“Is that really necessary?” I pull my head away.

“I can feel that lapdog’s eyes on you and your scent calms my wolf. If you don’t want me to kill him right here and now, then, yes.” I look over his shoulder and Bret is standing there with his hands in tight fists, but what breaks my heart is seeing my family get further and further away from me, as I am carried away.

“You can’t stand my boyfriend looking at me yet you are willing to hand me over to your Alpha to claim as his own. Your pack disgusts me.” I spit out the words, making my feelings clear with the whole situation.

“He is not your boyfriend anymore” is all he responds, while I feel his fingers digging into my body. I can’t help but roll my eyes at this man. He carried me the entire way till we reached our border where men had a car waiting for us. He placed me in the car and got in on the other side. I stayed as far away from him as possible while staring out the window. We drove for hours. In the beginning, I was trying to remember landmarks to help me remember the way, but after a while there were too many to remember, which led to me falling asleep.

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