Our Luna, Our Mate by Linda Middleman

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Athena's POV

'Athena...' called a soft spoken voice as I slowly started to come too, having surrendered to the darkness as my Uncle and Cousin had left me all alone within the basement of our house. "Huh?" I mumble, still groggy.

'Athena? Are you okay?' asks the voice as it slowly gets clearer allowing me to finally figure out who was trying to speak to me just now.

"A-Artemis?" I ask, unsure if I was hearing right, for my wolf should have still been sleeping thanks to the wolfsbane that my Uncle had injected into us just before his sick fun began.

'Yes my sweet child, it's me, I'm so sorry I wasn't strong enough to help you' cries Artemis as she begins to whine and whimper from deep inside my mind upset with the fact that she had failed her human.

"B-But how? You should still be asleep" I say to her not fully understanding the situation that was before us. "I thought you were asleep till morning, that's usually how it goes when they inject us with wolfsbane." 'Athena... it is morning, we've been down in the basement all night. I've been slowly tending to your wounds once your family's Omega had come down to wash and bathe you from all the blood' answers Artemis. "Impossible" I tell her. "I would have felt it if someone else had tried to touch me."

'Not if you're unconscious my dear, we've been here all night while chained to that blasted support beam after our Uncle and his Son tormented us' whispers Artemis sadly as if wishing it weren't true.

Frowning, I tried to move my arms, only to realize that my arms had indeed gone numb from being held above my head for so long which meant that my entire family had left me down here the whole entire night without so much as freeing us.

Angered by that, I begin to squirm, attempting to move my arms as a wave of frustration hits me when suddenly I hear the basement door open and the sound of feet as they begin to make their way down the basement steps and to where we had been chained. "Oh Athena" calls a voice I knew all too well, and after last night's events one that I would forever fear until I was far gone from the pack.

At the sound of his

ground out, my mouth sore from the ball gag as it had still been in my mouth the night before and had only been removed just recently while trying to keep my composure as Artemis began to growl at him, pissed that he had hurt us when

like a piece of candy before speaking up once more. "Don't forget, you're helping Diana and Brian with the Ball today, so if I hear anything less than that we'll

my head I try to keep my thoughts to myself. "Words Athena" growls Collin who didn't like

my head kept low as I feel him move to undo my cuffs that had kept my arms above my head all night. Once freed I gently lower my arms as I begin to gently rub feeling back into them as my wounds were now almost healed all thanks to Artemis. "Good, now get dressed. Diana and Brian are both waiting for you over at the pack house so get a move on" and with that he quickly turns and walks away allowing me to

to throw on the clothes which consisted of black cotton

out of the basement before my Uncle could swiftly change his mind, making

there, having wanted to spend the day with Jacob, but to her surprise, her

mindlinked me and said that he just released her from the basement so she should be here shortly" replies Brian who also didn't want to be there but knew they had to as they had to keep tabs on Athena for their

sisters to start with, the Alpha should have just let the Rogues kill her" huffs Diana, who all but knew about their relationship to Athena. "Because.. The Alpha couldn't bare to see her die at the hands of the Rogues, even though Luna Selene and our Mother were only half sisters, the Alpha knew that if anything had happened to her Athena would be loved by her family, too bad for them they can't seem to find her Uncles" smirks Brian, as he too knew of Athena's family and the lone fact that her Father was a triplet and his other two brother's were both part of different packs except no one knew which pack leaving Athena at the mercy of theirs. "Hopefully they decide to stay gone for good, because if word ever

here with my so-called family? The Alpha doesn't even know what goes on with us so how am I supposed to survive this if we can't figure

Mating Ball alright. Because something tells me that we'll find our second chance mate there' purrs Artemis who was getting excited by the thought of finding our new

it felt like to have a mate as it had been over a year since our

now go before your wicked cousins get you into more trouble' mutters Artemis as she tries to usher me out into the

I quickly move to enter the ballroom. "HERE! Sorry I'm late"

We've been waiting for you for over an hour" frowns Diana, unaware that Athena had heard

that I was stuck down inside the basement the night before and were

we know. Now then, Mother and Father said you have to help us or else there'll be consequences" remarks Brian as he looks between the two girls knowing that