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Chapter 46
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Jason growled, turning to face the aura preceding the enraged alpha that stormed out of the packhouse. Phoebe studied the approaching male, certain she had never seen him before. But if he wasn’t an invited guest she wasn’t sure what he was doing there. Trailing behind him was a young she-wolf only a few years older than the trio she had talked to previously.
Phoebe’s eyes shimmered silver as Máni came closer to study the pair. She and her wolf were in
agreement, though content to watch as their mate stepped forward to meet the aggressive alpha.
“Alpha Jason! I demand an explanation!”
Jason eyed the other coolly. His gaze flickered from the alpha to the she-wolf, then to Luke and
Ben, who trailed after them. They shook their heads, signing they had no idea what it was all about
either. Jason’s gaze returned to the alpha daring enough to challenge him on his own territory.
“How can I help you, Alpha Rick?” Jason asked, recognizing him from the security tour. He didn’t
have any fond memories of the alpha or his pack.
“You dare ask me that after what you’ve done!” Rick demanded. “Or do you intend to deny it?”
“You’ll have to be more specific,” Jason said. “Just what are you accusing me of doing?”
“You’re having a Luna Ceremony.”
“I found my fated mate. Why wouldn’t I?”
“You found your fated mate…and you dare claim it’s not my daughter?” Rick growled. “Are you
really going to deny the pup she’s carrying is yours?”
The announcement caused a stir among the lunas, who had been staring at Phoebe with envious eyes all morning. For years, Jason had shrugged off the advances of other she-wolves. Now he
claimed to finally have found his mate, but was that even the truth?
Jason growled, his eyes swirling as Lobo pressed to the surface, “I never touched your daughter. I went to your pack for a security check and cut my visit short because you couldn’t control her after I repeatedly complained about her outlandish behavior.”
“Y-you dare accuse my daughter of trying to seduce you?” Rick stuttered.
“That’s right. Disgusting, considering she’s barely of age to sense her fated mate.”
“Why y-you…”
“There is an easy way to settle this,” Phoebe finally spoke, stepping out from behind Jason.
“…Phoebe,” Jason whispered as she moved out of his protective shadow to stand between him
and the alpha. Should the other lose control, she would be attacked first. He would not allow that
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“And who are you?” Rick demanded.
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“Phoebe, I’m Luna of Blue Moon,” she calmly answered. Her confidence caused the other visitors
to take notice. She didn’t seem at all concerned or unsure of her place.
Luna…of Blue Moon,” Rick repeated.
Phoebe smiled. Her luna aura had already engulfed their small group, bringing Jason comfort and
calming the other. Luna auras were not as potent as alpha’s. While an alpha aura was like a
typhoon, luna auras were more like an incoming tide slowly engulfing the beach. Their influence
was often times more subtle, but that also made it harder to fight or guard against.
Only moments ago, Jason and Rick had been ready to tear each other apart and now both were
quiet. Phoebe’s silver eyes flickered to the young she-wolf hiding behind her father. Being young,
she lacked any defense against Phoebe’s aura. The she-wolf was so relaxed she was practically hypnotized. Phoebe didn’t like to use her aura this way, but it was the quickest way to settle the
matter at hand.
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“As I was saying, if we want the truth we only have to go to the source,” Phoebe said, causing
everyone to look at the other she-wolf. “I’m afraid. I don’t know your name. What is it, if I may ask?”
“T-Tracy.”
“It’s very nice to meet you,” Phoebe smiled. She could feel the pressure of everyone around her, but
she ignored them. “And you are with pup?”
“Yes,”
“How lovely. You must be excited.”
“Yes.”
“And the pup’s father is your fated mate?”
“Yes,”
“What is your mate’s name?”
“Derek.
A collective gasp went through the onlookers as Phoebe withdrew her aura. Her eyes returned to
their normal gray. As her influence waned, Tracy blinked as if coming out of a trance. Her gaze in front of so many widened, realizing what she had said in front of so many witnesses. She looked at her father as he
grew bright red in embarrassment and anger.
“Derek?” Rick growled. “Who is that?”
“H-He’s the gardener.”
“A gardener!”
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“My father was a gardener,” Phoebe said, her voice calm, but with a warning edge to it. “And he treated my mother like a queen.”
Rick opened his mouth, but snapped it shut. Jason growled. Without Phoebe’s influence, he was quick to reassert his authority on his own pack lands.
“Considering how difficult it has become for alphas to find their fated mates, you should celebrate your daughter’s fortune to have found hers within your own pack,” Phoebe added, eyeing Alpha Rick who she remembered vaguely from her father. “And you’re very lucky to be having a pup so
soon.”
“Luke, could you show Alpha Rick and Tracy to a room. It’s very late and I think they could use
some rest.”
“Of course, Luna,” the Beta nodded, smiling at how easily she defused the situation.
Still stunned and somewhat embarrassed, the visitors followed him inside. Jason’s arms snaked
around Phoebe’s waist, pulling her close. Nuzzling her, he kissed the nape of her neck. Lobo
growled with pleasure, finally calming.
“Phoebe…you’re amazing.”
“You better not forget that.”
Tracy crept down the hall. It had taken hours for her father to stop raving and fall asleep. She planned it all so carefully. Since finding her mate, she has made regular nightly visits, enjoying their time together. Her mate might only be a gardener, but in bed he was a beast and she was always satisfied. But she was an alpha’s daughter. Her conversation with her father still burned in her
mind.
“I can’t believe it,” Rick shook his head, “you lied to me, your father. Your mate is a
a gardener.”
Tracy fidgeted under his gaze, feeling the weight of his disapproval. Finally, she asked, “What are we going to do, daddy?”
“We are going back home and I am going to meet this mate of yours,” Rick said after a time. “He
will have to be assessed.”
“What do you mean…assessed?”
“If he is unranked I doubt he has been trained. He’ll have to start immediately. Your brother already has his Beta selected, but maybe this Derek can be his Gamma, or maybe Delta. I heard you younger pups like adding that rank to their rosters.”
“Derek? Are you serious?”
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“Of course,” Rick looked at her, “he’s your mate. He must learn to protect you.
“But, I’m the daughter of an Alpha.”
“And you always will be,” Rick said, “but we have to determine what rank your mate will ultimately.
be.”
“But I should be Luna.”
“What Luna lies about her mate and father of her pup?” Rick challenged, before turning and
disappearing into his room, too exhausted to argue anymore.
Why? How could her father turn his back on her? This was the fault of that other she-wolf. Just who was that gray-eyed she-wolf anyway?
There was something uncanny about the she-wolf’s shimmering silver gaze. How did she know Tracy found her mate? Who was she? Was she really Jason’s fated mate?
Since their arrival, Tracy had picked up a few rumors from the other guests. According to them, Jason’s mate had been rejected by her first mate. What was more, she was supposedly wolfless. A wolfless female couldn’t be Luna. And yet, Blue Moon said nothing about cancelling the moonlit run tomorrow night after the Luna Ceremony. How was a wolfless Luna supposed to lead such a
run? I
Part of her wanted to sit back and enjoy the show, but she needed to make her move now. It was
her last chance.
Once she returned home, the truth would be known. She wouldn’t be able to hide it. It was clear her father planned to announce it to their whole pack and she would be humiliated.
She needed to convince Jason to be her mate, then all would be forgiven and forgotten. She would. be the Luna of the most powerful pack in all the Northern Continent, perhaps the world. If Jason wanted to keep the other she-wolf as a mistress, Tracy had no qualms. After all, she would keep
her mate around for the same purpose.
Tracy quickly made her way to the upper floors, but found herself stopped by security. Though patrols were common outside, she hadn’t expected any inside the packhouse, but it seemed Blue
Moon’s focus on security was no exaggeration.
“They are expecting me,” Tracy tried to argue.
tried to use he
But the guard didn’t buy the excuse. She even tried to use her aura on him, but he merely shrugged it off. The warrior couldn’t be more than a delta or at most a gamma and she was the daughter of
an alpha. It shouldn’t be possible for him to ignore her orders. And yet he didn’t move from his spot and sent her away,
Frustrated, she returned to the floor where her guest room was located and almost gave up. Then
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she had a new idea. There was more than one way to the Alpha’s floor. Heading down to the
kitchen, she stumbled down dark hallways before finding the object of her search: the maid’s
freight elevator. It was the only elevator in the packhouse and offered a direct route to the alpha
floor.
The elevator opened into a narrow, dark hallway. It would have been impossible for her to make
her way to the main part of the floor without her wolf’s enhanced vision, but eventually she arrived at the suite of rooms in the heart of the packhouse. Her wolf whimpered, begging to go back to
their mate, but she shoved its protests aside.
Silently she pushed open the door and stepped into the room beyond. Tracy made her way to the
bed where she could just make out a form sleeping in the center of the bed. She almost laughed out loud. Of course, Jason would be sleeping alone. There was no way he would allow that skinny
she-wolf share his bed.
Tracy eagerly slipped into bed beside her dream Alpha. Scooting closer, she pressed herself
against him, reaching around, her hands eager to feel his muscled body. Instead, she grasped a
soft, malleable breast.
‘…I think you were expecting someone else,” a gentle voice said.
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