Our Luna, Our Mate by Linda Middleman

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Chapter 23

Athena's POV

When reaching the dining hall with Emily, I was both scared yet nervous as I wasn't sure if my mates would be there or not. But either way I felt like I was under dressed for a meeting. 'Relax,

you're over thinking again' murmurs Artemis as she begins to stir.

'I'm trying,' I tell her until Emily moves to help guide me into the hall. "Relax" whispers Emily as she stands close to me. "Your mates won't reject you.

"H-How do you know?" I ask, as we slowly move to enter, the sudden smell of chocolate, caramel, coffee and an ocean breeze wafting at my nose, the smell instantly calming me and Artemis to purr in happiness. "Mates".

"Because, they've been waiting for you for a very long time" admits Emily as we move to get some food, both of us suddenly hungry by all the delicious smells.

Once we had gotten what we wanted from the buffet, Emily moved to lead me towards a table where 6 men sat along with 1 girl. Panicking, I try to force myself to relax as the sweet scents grow stronger, easing my nerves the closer I get..

"Guys, Emma, please let me to introduce you to Athena," I hear Emily say, a smile to her voice, as a blush rises to my face as it did, not wanting to be the center of attention at that exact moment."Athena, please allow me to introduce to you Eros, Ares, Kai, Lucas, Seth, Sam and Emma" she says as she points to each of them in turn,

Blushing brighter I can't help but nod in greeting as I move to look at each of them. "H-Hello".

"Welcome, please have a seat" smiles Emma as she gestures to an open seat, a seat that was currently between her and Ares. Hesitating, the one known as Sam speaks up. "It's okay, we don't bite". Blushing even brighter I quickly move to take my seat next to Ares as Emily moves to sit next to her mate.

"No need to worry little one, your safe here with us" I hear Ares whisper to me as he moves to touch my arm, sparks rushing up and along my arm as he did making Artemis purr in delight as I finally relax fully, giving me the chance I needed to finally cat. With everyone eating and enjoying their meals, the rest of breakfast seems to go by smoothly, everyone chatting and talking with one another while others of the group move to talk with me as well until the annoying voice of my cousin enters the room. "WHY ARE YOU HERE?" screams Diana, as she approaches the table I had been sitting at making

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it seemed I was wrong within that department all together. So much for trying, I grunt

eating with us" growls Ares, who rises to defend

helping the kitchen staff this morning, not lazing about" sneers Diana as she turns her focus

mentally to myself, not understanding her need to torment me as I move to tune. everyone out, unable to process what was currently happening at that particular moment until she mentioned her father, Beta Collin. At the mention of him, I begin to panic, causing me to

to find every excuse in the book just to get me into trouble with him, like always. "To hell she will" I suddenly hear Eros,

already took my first mate. "She had a mate, but of course he rejected her, after all who could ever want a loser, a packless runt with no place to call home,

there it was, the famous five letter word. Freak. 'Don't listen

it's hard not to' I murmur, my feelings of being lost and

fails, and you find yourself doubting yourself, remember, always trust in your mates'

my thoughts by that of a hand as I'm suddenly tugged from the dining hall, Confused, I turn to see

what love?" asks Ares,

and won't ever hesitate for a second if it

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me" I admit, averting

admits Ares, all the while leading me up a flight of stairs, assuming he was taking me away from prying eyes that had gathered

cousin.

areas for different needs as the lower floor or the main floor housed things like the living room, dining hall, ballroom, kitchen and things like that where as the second floor was strictly for the Omega's, a giant dorm room if you would, then past that as you approached the third floor, the third floor was made to be a guest wing where

the pack house causing me to blink, that is until they lead me towards their room which causes me to blush

trust me, you'll be safer there than out

what was considered the seating area of the suite as the guest wing was built to

nervous as Ares gently takes the seat before swiftly pulling me into

this close before to anyone, Artemis laughing at my expense. "Stop it, you're not helping' I scold her only for her to laugh more. 'Sorry... Okay, I'll stop, I'll behave myself' replies Artemus as she tries to contain her laughter. Growling, my attention still diverted. I don't realize that I now have a captive audience until someone clears their throat. "Love?" calls Eros, as he

I was scolding Artemis" I