My Princess My Luna

FREE (FOR NOW) & COMPLETE Cole She is absolutely stunning. Her gorgeous curly brown hair flowing freely down her back almost touching her round bottom which I can't help notice swaying from left to right with each step under her white dress. Her dress is white with a floral design starting at the bottom and wrapping its way up and around her torso. I watch as she gently runs her fingers over the flowers in the garden occasionally stopping and bending slightly over to smell them. I think about walking through that very garden holding her hand and being the cheesy guy I am picking a flower to tuck behind her ear before kissing her sweet lips. She is so gentle and kind, the exact polar opposite of her wretched father, Alpha Lionel Attison. He is the most powerful Alpha across the entire United States. Although he is still called Alpha he considers himself the king. His daughters are raised and treated as Princess's and he insists we refer to them as such. That's exactly what Lily is a beautiful princess. I had only spoken to her a few times since we were separated at the beginning of sixth grade. We were in a lot of the same classes growing up, hung out a lot when we were little, and even shared the same birthday but once she reached a certain age she had to start her formal training. I would catch glimpses of her in the garden a few times a week and occasionally in the library. She kept to herself for the most part and I wasn't quite sure if it was because her father forbid her from getting to close to people or there was the small possibility she was just a loner like me. Her father is very strict with her so it wouldn’t be surprising if he used an Alpha command to keep her from hanging out with kids her own age. He is extremely hard on not only her, all of his daughters really, and he has high expectations of them. They are all trained how to be proper Luna’s and ladies from a young age and their purity is top priority for their father. The decision of who they will love and mate with is decided for them while they were still in their mother’s womb. I thought maybe he told her there was no point in forming attachments here since as soon as she turned 18 she would be sent to live with the Alpha she was promised to at birth. I watch her so intently lost in her innocence and beauty that I don't notice my mother behind me say my name a few times. Finally she taps on my shoulder grabbing my attention away from my sweet Lilly. I can't help staring at her whenever I got the chance, it is this odd pull I feel towards her. She is honestly the most gorgeous young woman I had ever seen. My mother gives me a sweet knowing smile when I finally break my gaze away. “My boy I know you have a crush on the princess but its best if you start trying to forget the girl, in a weeks time she’ll be but a distant memory in this place.” “I know mom but something about her pulls me in every time, I can’t explain it.” My mom gives me a funny look, contemplating something to herself, but shakes her head brushing whatever idea she has out of her mind. She grabs my hand in hers, we walk back into the Mansion Lionel built as a pack house, and head towards the kitchen. It is time to start prepping for dinner and I always like helping her any chance I got. I love to cook and try new things. She is the head chef for our pack and when I am not in school or studying in the library I am in the kitchen helping her. We were always a close family but we clung to each other even more so after my father passed five years ago. Vampires broke into our territory and killed nearly 30 of us. Unfortunately my dad was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I remember seeing Princess Lilly at his funeral and she looked genuinely sad. She had a very empathetic heart. At one point I thought I saw her start to come over to me to offer her condolences but then she stopped suddenly, changed directions, and took her place next to her father and sisters. I also remember seeing her at her own mothers funeral crying and all I wanted to do was take her in my arms and comfort her. Her father just stood next to her and her sisters with such a cold expression on his face. I wondered if he really ever felt any sort of love for their mother or them for that matter. I mean what kind of father would send of his children to be with men they aren’t destined to be with, going against our very own moon goddess who we are taught to respect and trust. I couldn’t imagine being raised by such a heartless and hardened man. My father was one of the most loving people in the entire world, yes that’s probably an exaggeration, but it was true in my heart. I need to stop thinking about Lilly like my mother said and focus on my school work and helping her out. She is right the princess will be leaving soon and although I know it will hurt seeing her go it isn't as though I have any power to stop it. I can't deny that I would daydream about us being mates and running away together. That’s all it is though a dream, I shake the thought of her from my mind and start helping my mom with dinner. Lilly I make my way into the garden after a meeting with my father. He wanted to go over the plan for a week from now. Once I turn 18 that is it for me. I was already promised to the Alpha of the Shadow Rock Pack. All I know is that his name was Richard Blackthorn and he has the third largest pack in Northern America. He has been searching for his mate for ten years and the deal he made with my father was if he didn't find her in that time he would take me as his chosen Luna. It was an alliance my dad had been working hard on and I was the key to securing it. I had never met the man in my life nor him I and yet we are going to spend the rest of our lives together. He was going to mate and mark me no matter how I feel about the whole situation. It makes me sad thinking about leaving my home and being forced to live a life I believe I am not destined for. As I walk through my mothers garden my sadness only grows. It is my favorite place and reminds me how much I love and miss her. She used to have me help her plants new flowers each year, expanding the garden little by little each year, until the day she passed. She died giving birth to my youngest sister. There were seven of us in total. I have four older sisters who had already been sent to live with their chosen mates and two younger who still had a few years to accept the fate of us girls.They weren’t allowed to keep contact with us after they left. My father had them cut all ties with our pack so they never had a longing to come back. He pushed us to keep to ourselves and not get attached to anyone so that it would be easier to leave. Even stooping so low as to use his Alpha command on his own children to make it so. I remember once when he caught me sneaking off to play with the other kids my age at the lake he commanded me to return to my room and never visit the lake again. I felt so alone all the time especially after being taken out of school and forced to learn via tutor by myself at home. The only time I really felt any joy was in my mothers garden or the library. Walking through the garden made me feel close to my mother and helped me remember her. Sadly as the years pass I feel my memories of her fading. The library is my safe place where I can get lost in the pages of fictional worlds and pretend for a little while that my life hasn't already been entirely planned out for me before I even took my first breathe. I can pretend I am a real princess with a prince charming to come and rescue me. Every time I imagine my prince I can't help but picture Cole. He is always there in the back of my mind for some odd reason. I understand it is my duty to my father, family, and pack to be with the Alpha chosen for me. It will form an alliance making our pack stronger but I also know I have a mate out there somewhere. I think about my mate a lot. I can’t help but imagine what he could look like, how he would treat me better than my father who was my own flesh and blood, and how much I wished my mate would find me and take me away from here before I am forced into something I didn’t choose for myself. I glance over my shoulder feeling a pair of eyes lingering on me but by the time I look Cole is already facing away walking back into the Mansion. I can tell it is Cole from his platinum blonde hair and the ponytail he keeps it tied up in with the hair cut around the sides and back shorter than the top. It wasn’t as if I hadn’t caught him staring at me before, he does it quite often. He is the only one I don't mind looking at me because I often catch myself watching him as well. Something about him draws me in and I feel as though it isn't only because of his striking blue eyes. I see him in the library studying and writing in his journal and I always wonder what he is writing in there. Thankfully he is always consumed by his writing that he never notices me watching him. I can't deny hoping to see him there every time I go and my heart sinks a little when he isn't in the library but I know if he isn't there he is most likely in the kitchen helping his mother. They make an excellent team in the kitchen and she makes amazing dishes every meal. He and his mother are close and I envy their relationship. I miss having my mother to talk to and support me. She was the only one who could stand up to father. She fought with him time and time again about him basically selling his daughters to the highest bidders. He would use his Alpha command to shut her up rather quickly every time. Typically a Luna was treated as an equal and could resist a command from their mate but my father held an unbelievable amount of power over all of us. The second time he did it, besides the lake, was when I went to say something to Cole after his father passed and as soon as my father saw me walking towards him he used our family mind link to command me to stop and go stand by his side instead. I tried to fight it but couldn’t. I felt terrible for Cole their whole family was close and I understand better than anyone what losing a parent feels like. I wanted to be there for him as a friend because I knew he didn’t have many like me. I was going to try to make him feel better but my father took my choice away from me. I couldn’t miss the hurt in his eye when he saw me turn away suddenly. I had always been drawn to Cole ever since we we’re little. He was a loner kind of like me and he never treated me differently just because I was a princess. When I was younger boys didn’t want to play with me because they were scared they might hurt me and face my fathers wrath. Girls didn’t play with me because they were either jealous or intimidated by my status as princess, I think they thought I would be uptight and prissy.Cole never treated me any way other then a fellow pack member. He would always invite me to the lake or treehouse when everyone else would conveniently forget to tell me. I knew everyone was scared of my father but it didn’t make it hurt any less being left out. We share the same birthday and I remember once when I was about 8 we snuck into the kitchen really late at night and snuck some cupcakes as a way to celebrate together. I miss that, having a friend, but dad warned me to stay away from everyone especially boys. He want me pure for my future arrangement as that’s how most of the Alpha’s he dealt with preferred it. I had always planned on saving myself for my mate regardless but that wouldn’t matter after next week. I sit down on the bench in the middle of the garden and watch the butterfly’s and bee’s fly all around and pray to moon goddess I won't have to go through with my father’s plans for me