Luna On The Run!

Still Luna Ariel’s point of view

“A woman?”

My mouth falls open in shock. I can’t believe Zane would agree to an arrangement when he already has a girlfriend waiting for him somewhere. At least it doesn’t sound like he was suffering from breaking up with me, even if it was Alexis who was in his pack in my place. If he was already holding another woman, it meant he had resigned himself to the fact that we were no longer mates. Gorgio told me that he and Alexis had rejected each other before she left Midnight Moon.

Is Zane deliberately making life impossible for Gorgio and me? Or is he getting back at Gorgio for refusing to share me with him?

He also knows how much we care for each other. So his complaints to the Council made no sense if he was able to move on with his life and court other girls. A wave of unprecedented anger sweeps over me.

“Tell me everything, Erena. I can’t believe Zane let me join his pack after he’d already moved on. He is robbing Gorgio and me of our happiness when he knows there could never be anything between us.”

“I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But the mate of Alpha Zane’s Gamma is a cousin of mine. Amelia is my Alpha’s daughter and has had a crush on Zane for years. But not long ago, she turned out to be the Gamma’s mate.”

And then I remembered the woman I had met in the corridors of the hotel before the conference. She had actually mentioned that she was in love with Zane. What a coincidence.

“I met Amelia. Did she have anything to do with this? She was crazy about Zane, I remember.”

“Well, Amelia was also on the yacht. She left with the woman when Midnight Moon went on high alert. The night before they were to leave, it turned out the woman had a husband, she was married. Alpha Zane arranged her divorce; he wanted her for himself. The husband made a scene, of course, but there was nothing he could do about it. And after the divorce party, she continued to sleep on the yacht”.

I repress my anger, I don’t want to alarm Erena into withholding information for fear I’ll do something.

“That’s all I know, Luna. That’s why I changed my mind. You are better off without this impostor. Alpha Gorgio is much more reliable and steadfast in your mating”. Disapprovingly, she pressed her lips together as she continued her work.

“Luna, it’s too early for an ultrasound to tell the sex, but at least we can see the pup. Come on, lie down on the bed.” She helps me to stretch and brings some instruments closer. Once my belly was clear, she applied a cold gel. Then she turned on a computer and the screen came on. After entering a few things into the system, she grabs a device and slides it over my stomach.

“Look at the screen. There’s your pup. I am taking some measurements to see if he is growing well”.

Obediently, I turned to the screen and saw a tunnel of light. Erena runs her finger over the images until we come to a bean-shaped picture.

“This is it. I can’t see the sex yet, but it seems to be active. But … look …”. The woman stops in amazement, her finger continuing to slide across the screen. She zooms in on the image and brings her face closer to the monitor.

“Luna, look, there’s another one. I think you have a twin,” she whispers in awe. “Alphas often get a son first, so one of them must be a boy.” She stares for a few more seconds before updating the form in her hand.

A tear of happiness rolls down my cheek. How I wish I had Gorgio with me now to share this bliss. My mate will be overjoyed, Eclipse Howl is going crazy. The Alpha heir is on his way.

Erena leaves me on my own to absorb my newfound joys. My eyes are glued to the screen, I can’t believe I’m actually going to be a mother. The feeling is wonderful.

Moments later, the she-wolf returns, more papers in hand.

“The pups are fine. They were not injured by the incident, Luna. If all goes well, you can leave the hospital tomorrow morning,” she states. “Do you know where you are going? The car is wrecked and I heard that a Kensley is looking for you.”

I bolt upright, in the euphoria of the news about the twins I had forgotten what my plan was. Now that we are in the Human Town, I can call Gorgio to pick us up. A feeling of pure joy fills me, in a few hours my mate will be here.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

And then Fiona bursts in.

“Luna, we have to go. Right now. Kensley is on his way. The police gave him the details of the collision and where we are being treated.”

She comes over to me with a bag containing a pair of jeans and a shirt. With Erena, she helps me get dressed. Then she takes off her own torn clothes and throws them in a bin. Erena pulls out a wheelchair and helps me into it.

“Come, there is a special exit for doctors around the corner. I’ll take you through. You can borrow my car. Call me later and tell me where you left it. There’s a big hotel on the main road where I’m sure he won’t be able to find you. The scents of humans and werewolves get pretty mixed up there”.

We hurry out the door, Fiona pushing the wheelchair in front of her.

Erena leads us through a blue door and then down another dark corridor. “Let me drive the car up to the door. I’ll knock three times when I get there.”

She disappears outside but returns a minute later. I get out of the wheelchair and take tentative steps towards the car. Fiona holds the back door open and I throw myself into the back seat.

Fiona gets behind the wheel and we drive off in the direction Erena has indicated.

I pull my phone out of my pocket to call my mate. But to my disappointment, I find that the screen is cracked. When I try to switch it on, it fails too. With a cry of frustration, I throw it back in my bag.

Why had I never bothered to find out Gorgio’s phone number? Since he printed it himself on my device, I never looked at it. Besides, I rarely needed to call him, we were never far apart and the mind link was enough. Damn it!..