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.

wake up oh dear sweet Athena" purrs the voice as they slowly approach me, my blue eyes slowly rising to meet those of my Uncle's green ones. At the sound of his

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

begin to roam over me which sent shivers through me as he eyed me up and down like a piece of candy before speaking up

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

mumble, 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

clothes which consisted of black cotton panties, a black

I quickly fix my hair before moving to race up and out of the basement before my Uncle could swiftly change his mind, making a mad dash for the pack house and where the Mating Ball would now be held in just two days from

be there, having wanted to spend the day with

she should be here shortly" replies Brian who also didn't want to be there but

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 got out on how badly we've been treating Athena, those Uncles of hers would rip us to pieces" states Diana unaware that Athena was listening in on them from the safety of the shadows. Half sister, Uncles... Who? What? Where? Come my scattered thoughts. I didn't even know I

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

focus on the Mating Ball alright. Because something tells me that we'll find our second chance mate there' purrs Artemis who

it had been over a year since our

trouble' mutters Artemis as she tries to usher me out into the ballroom before Diana and Brian could

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

hour" frowns Diana, unaware that

inside the basement the night before and

there'll be consequences" remarks Brian as he looks between the two