Our Luna, Our Mate by Linda Middleman

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Our Luna, Our Mate

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Chapter Alex's POV

It's late into the evening when everyone has managed to calm down after the phone call with Tobias. Emotions running high after listening to him talk the way he did about Athena. Almost like she was a possession, a pawn and not someone who was human. 'They all need to die' growls Elstan, my Lycan Wolf.

'I know. And they will in due time. Because no one and I mean no one talks poorly about my family and lives to tell about it. Especially after telling someone that she's a curse. Because my niece is no curse but a blessing and I won't have Tobias or any of the other Councilors bad talk to her in any way' I move to say back to Elstan.

My rage growing with each passing second because not many people knew about my family's history or of the hardships we each had to face to get to where we were. No. Because between Rick and I not being able to find our mates to our brother, Ryder dying at the hands of Ezra and his band of Rogues, not many people knew that Luna Selene had struggled many times in trying to conceive Athena.

And while Athena is a blessing sent by the Moon Goddess herself, Selene and Ryder had almost given up hope. A hope that I prayed to the Goddess on many occasions that she would bless my brother and his mate with that of a child and not let some curse that was placed upon Selene stop them from trying to conceive.

These were the sacrifices that I had to make in order for my family to thrive and these are the sacrifices that I'll continue to make if it means that Athena and her family will continue to live and thrive as a whole.

No more, I think, only to pause. Having been walking around the pack grounds for most of the evening in hopes of trying to clear my mind, glad that Ares and Eros had managed to convince Athena into staying the night at the Capital so she would not have to return home to a bunch of angry wolves.

Sniffing the air around me, I slowly began to pick up the faint scent of wildflowers and clove as well as a faint hint of honey, a few of my favorite scents as I continued to just sniff the air around me.

"The scent is close' whispers Elstan, his tail beginning to wag as the scent drew closer to us.

'Easy boy, don't get too crazy' I tell him, knowing that this scent was affecting him just as much as it was affecting me, A scent that was instantly calming to one's senses while giving me the urge to protect it

until suddenly I see it. Standing mere feet away from me was that of a Rogue. Male. Standing 6'0 in height while holding an injured woman with fiery red hair. Her body bandaged to keep from bleeding out. Studying the girl within his arms, do I slowly hear Elstan whine. As if in pain as we slowly move to approach the Rogue. The scent now coming off the

as we had gone this long without mate only for her to appear

Mate hurt! We need Mate

whatever it was that he was doing. My eyes still watching the wolf before me as he continued to hold my mate. Another growl rising. Deeper than normal. "MATE" I growl, my eyes now on the girl

him, my eyes now narrowing the closer I get to him, my arms out to him as I move to speak.

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the unconscious woman before moving to look

along my arms the moment I touch her, Elstan howling happily within my head like a little puppy. "Mate" I whisper softly. Finally, after years of searching, years of waiting, the Moon Goddess had finally given

call our own.

my focus back towards the Rogue I move to ask him a direct question. "What

Rogue as if

caught by the Pack Warriors and be thrown in

him as well even though he wasn't my mate but maybe a friend to her and knew I couldn't risk upsetting my mate, so I did what

the night. You saved my mate's life by bringing her here. The least I can do for you is offer you room and board until morning so you don't get caught by the patrol wolves. After that you're free to leave or you can stay,

his options, he moves to speak

For most Rogues didn't, which now left me to believe that

my eyes arched in a question as

Kade, his eyes now holding my own as he

just to make sure I had heard him

Kade with a nod of

ask of you" was all I said to him as we moved to head for my home. The name oddly familiar to me as if I had

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