The Powerful Luna

Chapter 3

I walk into school, it feels so different, every wolf I pass bows their head to me as I walk past.

It is a weird feeling.

I really don't feel like a Luna, I don't feel like I deserve their respect or their admiration. I am nothing special. I am just normal old me. 

Same as always,nothing has changed except that I have a mark on my shoulder and feel an infinite amount stronger. Just because I am mated to one of the most powerful alphas around, it doesn't really make me special in any way, does it? 

I walk to my first class trying to avoid people. It is all just too strange.

School is pretty uneventful until lunch. 

I walk into the cafeteria. I don’t really have a particular single group I hang with all the time. Most people want to be around me and I like the variety, so most groups will try and wave me over to their table and I sit with whatever group I feel like on the day. 

Some people might think that is a bit lonely, but that is the way I like it. Anyway I have always had Axel and Jasper to hang out with and whoever happens to be living in the pack house at any one time. Axel and Jasper always being my constants ever since we were kids.

Today I sit with the jock types. Some of them are d***s and players, but most of them a pretty genuine, funny guys and today I could do with a laugh. I am still annoyed about the excess training situation and my mates ‘I am the boss of all’ attitude. They don’t even bother flirting with me anymore, even though they are humans (we don’t let our pack play any sport as soon as they have shifted, not wanting anyone to get hurt if they are unable to contain their strength) they know I am unattainable, and I have never given any of them the chance to think I was. Shutting down any advance before it even starts. I like hanging out with the boys, but it is just irritating if they spend the whole time just trying to get into my pants. So this way they know I will only ever be friends with them, nothing more, ever.

I sit down and start chatting. Suddenly there is a hand on my shoulder, I turn around quickly to see one of the pack warriors. Looking concerned.

“What is it?”

I ask. He mumbles something and pulls me up to follow him. I get up, annoyed and follow him. Giving a shrug to my lunch buddies that sit there looking perplexed. The warrior takes me over and I get sat down with the other warriors.

“What is it?”

I snarl. They all bow there heads to me. I ask again.

"What is it? is something wrong?"

Finally the oldest speaks up saying quietly.

“The alpha would not approve of your lunch companions".

I see red.

“You’re kidding me right?”

I snarl. I seriously get pulled away from my lunch for that?

He shrinks back. We are starting to draw some stares so I breath slowly. Calming myself.

I grab my lunch and walk out and go sit on the lawn and eat by myself.

I mean Axel has always been overly protective of me but this is next level. 

What I am not allowed to talk at anyone but him? Seriously the nerve on that guy. He knows that I am not like that even before him. So why on earth would I start now that I have him? 

The school day finishes and I head home not looking forward to seeing Axel, I think it will be definitely silent treatment for him. I think that will annoy him more than me yelling like a crazy women at him even though the urge to unleash on him is overwhelming. 

When I arrive home, Jasper runs out to meet me.

“You ready to train little sis?”

Hmm, actually this might be good to get out my frustrations and I was looking forward to training my wolf. I nod and follow him over to the training ground.

I learn a lot on the first day. While my human was holding its own against his human my wolf was getting walked all over by his. By the time we finish my muscles are burning and I am just ready to go to bed. 

I grab a quick bite to eat and go up to my old room, it has been completely cleared of all furniture.

I consider just sleeping on the floor.

I dismiss that idea quickly as my muscles are aching for a good nights rest. I trudge to mine and the "Lordships" bedroom. I take a quick shower before getting in my pajamas and getting into bed.

I am very glad he is not here. I cant even be bothered ignoring him and I don’t have the energy to take him head on.

Just as I am about to sleep, I feel him get on the bed, the bed sinks slowly with his immense weight. I have my back to him. He pulls his front to me, my back pressed hard against his solid chest. Soft kisses pepper my neck, I stiffen, I don’t want to give him the satisfaction of knowing how much I like that, I mutter.

“Jerk"

I feel his lips move into a smile on my neck. He thinks this is funny. 

I don’t mean to, but I find myself moving back closer into him. Letting his warmth take me over. We fit together so well. Letting his scent engulf me. Every muscle seems to relax and I fall into a peaceful sleep him wrapped tightly behind me.

I wake early. I look at the time. 

3.30 I have an 30 minutes till training. I peel Axel’s arm off me and get changed. I grab a quick bite to eat before heading out to the training grounds. 

I felt rejuvenated and ready to fight again. 

Jasper is starting to have his work cut out for him. We fight then same routine. Shower dress school. Is this what my life is going to be?

Eat sleep train, school repeat.

School was completely uneventful. I chose to sit by myself at lunch again. Deciding to avoid the weirdness that was yesterday. 

After lunch however as I was walking toward my last class, double English, it is on the furthest side of the school. 

I suddenly stop walking feeling a weird tugging behind me, I shrug.

I take another step and feel the feeling starts to grow

A few more laboured steps. I feel like my organs are trying to drag out from behind me. 

I wheeze.

A few more steps, but I just cant take anymore, it is too hard. 

I am starting to get some weird looks from fellow students, I only have one thought on my mind.

Axel.

I need to get to Axel.

It feels like a matter of life or death.

I turn and start running as fast as I can. As soon as I am in the tree line I strip and hide my clothes and school bag behind the tree. 

I shift quickly and run at top speed towards the pack house where I can feel Axel is. He is waiting for me at the front door with a robe and a concerned look plastered over his face.

I shift back right in front of him and he quickly wraps a robe around me and holds me tight. I soak in the hug breathing deeply before I pull away.

“Did you feel that?”

I ask looking straight into those beautiful eyes. Trying to read what he is thinking. He contemplates for a second. Then his eyes darken.

“Come with me”

A look of confusion covers my face, but I follow him. We walk straight to our room I keep my hand on him which dulls the pain that I had earlier felt. We sit on the bed and he looks straight into my eyes.

‘Matelink only’

I look in his eyes with the same intensity that he is looking at me, trying not to get sucked into the endless mesmerizing blue. I shrug I am so confused about his weird look.

“Okay but why?”

I say out loud. He looks at me and shakes his head.

‘Seriously babe mate link only, I am not joking with you’

I do not get it at all but decide to just do what he says.

‘So what were you doing?’

‘I was just sitting in my office, what were you doing?’

‘I was walking to English’

He ponders for a minute, I can literally see his brain ticking over as endless possibilities cross his mind.

‘On the furthest point of the perimeter?’

‘Yeah I guess it is’

I don’t know what that has to do with it. I am busy looking at him strangely, I am drawing a blank. He ponders a little while longer.

‘I think it was the mate bond saying we were too far away from each other’

I laugh then my face turns solemn when I realise that he is not joking.

‘Are you serious?.........We were in the same reservation’

He nods looking perplexed. There is no way that can be the case, it would be completely outrageous. I say.

‘Well I guess we will have to test that theory. I go south you go north.’

He nods. I stand up slip out of the robe, and am suddenly fully aware of his eyes on my naked body. He licks his lips,his eyes on my like a predator watching its prey.

I blush and quickly shift in front of him. It is not the smartest thing I have done as I have to paw at the door for him to let me out.

He laughs and opens the door. I run down the stairs. He has shifted behind me and hot on my tail. I feel a rush of heat as I speed up running from him.

Stupid competitive spirit.

We reach the door and jump straight off the porch.

I turn to give one look at the huge Black wolf that is the Alpha, that is my mate. I turn back and run south as fast as I can, I can feel and scent him going north.

I finally tell to him.

‘I dunno Axel I think your wrong’

It is just as I have said the word, barely a few more steps and I feel it again. I try and push through it but its like an anchor attached behind me digging further and further into the ground except it is like the anchor is attached to my heart,pulling and tearing through my whole body. I want to scream I don’t know what is more painful, that feeling or the fact that Axel’s ridiculous theory is right. I turn and head back to the pack house. Feeling the weight instantly lift as I feel him turn back towards me too.

We run back and meet back up in our room. We both shift back and hug each other, as we feel all the the weight lift from our bodies, my heart returns to its normal pace, not feeling the crushing ripping pressure. 

Completely unaware that we are pressed together naked, right now just seeking comfort from each other. 

I say.

‘What is that all about, I mean I have heard of a longing for a separated mate, but that is just ridiculous’

He concentrates hard for a moment.

'Me either’

He pauses briefly,squeezing me further to his body,I am not sure if he wants to mold our two bodies together, but he is close to achieving that, but at this moment I don’t even care. 

‘Jade, we are part of an incredibly powerful pack, we are powerful leaders maybe we are meant to lead side by side’

‘But its insane I mean we weren't even to each side of the perimeter. How are you meant to leave to attend to business?’

I mean I want to be his equal and I want to lead by his side but I am not ready to be tied to a short radius of him,I might as well have a leash tied around my neck. I look in his eyes. I know that he has no idea how this is going to work either, he is just as lost as I am. He simply says.

‘I guess we are going to have to train it out’

I look down, and suddenly realise that we are naked and I pull away from him trying my best to cover myself up.

I remember that I am still meant to be pissed at him, he can keep his hands and eyes to himself. I quickly throw on some clothes. As I start to walk toward the door, his big hand grabs my forearm and he turns my body around to face him, looking straight into my eyes.

‘Jade you cant say anything to anyone, and never speak of this aloud. I was worried that someone might use you to get to me before, if word got out about this, how will I ever keep you safe?’

'What do you mean?'

'Why do you think I want you to train so hard?'

'I don’t know because your mean and you want to make my life a living hell?'

He laughs and pulls me close.

'Jade it is so you can protect yourself if I am ever not around to protect you'

I look up at him stunned his rough thumb caresses my cheek as he looks down at me with eyes full of tenderness that I have never seen from him.

'Jade you are so important to me, I don’t want to put you in any danger and I hope that I am always going to be around to protect you. But if I am not, I want you to be able to defend yourself'

'I am sorry I thought you were just being a control freak'

He holds me tighter, his lips press on my forehead.

'Being Luna is a dangerous job babe, you and I are tied together for life and people can use you to hurt me and I never want to see you get hurt. Ever'