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.

rising to meet those of my Uncle's green ones. At the sound of his voice I can't help but wince, not liking what was about to happen if I didn't comply like the good little girl that I was

mouth the night before and had only been removed just recently while trying to keep my composure as Artemis began to

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 be right back

I try to keep my thoughts to myself. "Words Athena" growls Collin who didn't like it when I didn't use my words like a big

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 dress in silence

as I move to throw on the clothes which consisted of black cotton panties, a black t-shirt bra, a light blue tank top, black denim shorts and a pair of black canvas

Uncle could swiftly change his mind, making a mad dash for the pack house and where the Mating Ball would

who didn't want to be there, having wanted to spend the day with Jacob, but to her surprise,

just mindlinked me and said that he just released her from the basement so she should be here shortly" replies Brian who also

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

stuck 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 it out?' I

worry too much, for now let's just focus on the Mating Ball alright. Because something tells me that we'll find our second chance mate there' purrs Artemis who

as it had been over a year since our last one and

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

cue, I quickly move to enter the ballroom. "HERE! Sorry I'm late" I shout as I

for over an hour" frowns Diana, unaware that Athena had heard their whole conversation just

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

Yes, 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