Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle by Aurora Starling

My cheeks burned as Leo explained the event.

A pack gathering? The night of the full moon?

This couldn't be happening right now. I couldn't attend a pack gathering during the full moon. I couldn't attend any gatherings during the full moon.

That was the one night of the month that I transformed into the monster I am. Nobody can know about this secret I harvest deep inside. They wouldn't want me as their Luna if they found out the truth. They would probably hunt me down and kill me... or banish me. Elliot would never look at me the same.

Panic started to consume me, and I bit my lower lip to keep from going into a full panic attack. Noticing my displeased face, Leo cocked his head to the side.

"I'm just not into large gatherings," I told him, which wasn't a lie, but not the full truth either. "Maybe we could do this another time? Or maybe I don't have to attend...?"

"The gathering is for you, Luna," Leo reminded me, his brows knitting together. "Elliot had been preparing for this all month."

"I

your first event as the pack's Luna. You

forcing a smile on my

same conversation with Elliot during dinner. When I brought up having the gathering on a different night, he looked at me like I had

moon? That's when we are at our strongest. It's most appropriate to have the gathering during that time.

he looked at me right now left me no room for debates. I decided to drop the

was so busy with the gathering preparations and his duties as the Alpha that he didn't even notice that I've been absent

However, Rebecca noticed.

into my art studio with her hands on her hips and her lips

any of my calls," she said, her brows furrowed

wasn't going to tell her about it. The last thing I needed was for

you want to get out of it?" She asked, sitting on one of the nearby chairs. "You should be