Forever Mine

Alice - 

Being a Luna was never part of my plan but it was my destiny and now I was loving it. I am Alice Anderson a hybrid wolf with a werewolf father and a mother who was a witch. Apparently, that makes me special. Not always in a good way. 

 

After going through several trials and tribulations I was finally at ease with Lucian. I am Luna of the Crimson Shadow pack and Lucian Blake is my mate.

Generally, life was good. I loved living in the pack and there weren't any more death threats.

 

“Please put the couch here,” I instructed the betas and omegas who were hauling the furniture into our newly renovated home.

 

I had designed the interiors myself. It had been a tedious and tiring process especially when Lucian was barely interested. He had given me the free rein to do whatever I wanted, with the house. It was a good thing, but I was expecting him to be a bit more excited about the whole project. He had been busy, handling the pack and business issues, leaving me to my house reconstruction activity.

 

“Thank you that will be all.” 

 

I dismissed the wolves who had been helping around and walked across the entertainment hall with a huge flat-screen TV at the other end. I had got this built in the basement. I leaned against the sofa and wished Lucian was here. We didn't have a proper conversation in a long time. Our schedules had been just too erratic. I had missed him. Missed his touch, his kisses. 

 

I was nearing my heat, hence I was getting wet just thinking about him. He was gorgeous in both his human and wolf form.

I was running my fingers over my neck trying to dispel those amorous thoughts.

 

I stepped back into the living room to see a determined Lucian marching towards me. 

Grabbing me by the upper arms he picked me up and sat me on the stylish wooden cupboard which I had got placed just hours ago.

 

"I wasn’t expecting you," I stammered, as his hands ran up under my skirt. I gasped as his fingers stroked my thigh.

 

"I had no such plans. I thought I could get some work done since you were busy with the house fixing," he muttered over my mouth before crushing my lips beneath his.

"Instead, I find my mind filled with thoughts of us. Do you know what that's like? To try to listen to my Betas reading out reports while your arousal and thoughts creep into my mind?"

 

"I'm sorry, I wasn't doing it intentionally, but we both decided to keep our minds open."

 

“Does it look like I am complaining? " he grinned, pulling me, and placing a series of kisses down my neck.

 

The furniture I was on shuddered with our movements he kissed me fiercely. I held onto him as he ground against me and prayed the wood was put together well.

 

"Wait," I managed to speak when we broke off the kiss his mouth was on my breasts now.

 

"We are in the living room, someone might walk in and I don’t want to break all this new furniture."

 

"Nobody's around," he replied.

 

"Lucian, stop! Your mom...." I said, pushing him off me as I spotted her walking through the living room door.

 

"Lucian? Have you seen your sister?" Lucian's mother asked aloud.

 

He groaned and sprang apart. I stifled a giggle and buttoned my shirt which he had opened haphazardly.

 

"Lenora is Luna of the Red pack mom, she doesn't stay here anymore." He sighed, running his hand through his hair.

 

"Is it? But she is just 16!" His mother said.

 

"Well hello Rose, when did you arrive?" His mother the former Luna, Laureen had dementia and she often mistook me as my mother. I still didn’t know how she knew my mother and she wasn’t in her senses to answer my questions I got up from the couch and walked towards her.

 

"Let me take you to your room, mom, did you have your medicines?" I gently steered the older lady towards her room and wondered where her caretakers were. 

 

'Come back later, I am not done with you.' Lucian said in my mind. I smiled, he had not changed at all. I hoped he remained so always.

 

"Rose, did you kill the witch?" Laureen asked as I tucked her in bed.

 

"Yes, Regina is gone now. You are safe. Everything is fine now. Go to sleep."

 

"But there are others, Lucian doesn't know." She mumbled.

 

I stopped midway and stared at her. What was she talking about? She often spoke things from the past and most of the time they didn't make any sense, except a few times when she did. Like her warning about the witch Regina who wanted me for my hybrid blood. But Regina was dead what was she talking about?

 

I didn't get to ponder on it as she had dozed off soon. Making sure that she was in deep sleep I walked back into the living room. Lucian was not there. I found him on the terrace staring at the river.

 

"Hey!" I said, placing my hand on his broad shoulder. It looked tiny compared to shoulders. He seemed sad which made my wolf unhappy.

 

"What are you looking at?" I said peering at the garden. Thanks to our wolf vision I could see perfectly fine into the rather overgrown garden. 

 

'Must get the garden pruned before housewarming.' I reminded myself.

 

Lucian turned towards me, his green eyes had a melancholy look.

 

"We used to have birthday parties in the garden, dad used to arrange for a jumping castle. It was fun." He was talking softly as if talking to himself.

 

I craned in my neck to listen, Lucian had never spoken about his childhood or family before and I wouldn't want to listen.

 

"My father wasn't perfect, made some wrong friends and committed a few mistakes but he was a good father to Lorena and me." 

 

I circled my hand around his arm and leaned my head on it.

 

"Do you miss him?" It was a stupid question. Who wouldn't miss their parents and good memories of childhood?

 

"I miss having a family that's all. My childhood was not smooth." He shrugged then turned towards me smiling. 

 

"Sorry for spoiling the mood, I just recalled those memories when mother arrived." He said apologetically.

 

"It ok Lucian, I like hearing about your life, you don't talk much about it anyway. Would you like to talk?" I asked.

 

He smiled his familiar dimpled smile.

 

"Perhaps, later. Would you like to give me the tour of my house preferably ending in the bedroom?" He said seductively.

 

My knees went weak.

"Sure," I grinned back.

Holding his arm, we walked back into the house. 

 

The weather was fine, although the sky was cloudy. The worst time of winter had passed, and the wonderful spring was coming. Birds from the south had returned and sang their beautiful symphony. The wicked snow was gone, replaced by a vast carpet of grass. Flowers of many kinds had blossomed and filled the air with their fragrance. This was the best time of the year to have a housewarming.

 

It was an intimate party with Rick and Lenora's family. We had also invited Emma, Damon, the pack Betas, and some close friends. Aunt Flora was away on one of her impromptu trips. We already had a pack run and the barbecue party with the whole pack the previous evening.

 

Kids played in the garden while I relaxed with Emma and other ladies on the patio overlooking the river. I gazed at Emma and other girl fussing over their babies and older kids. Even Katherine had Namara to look after. I knew what I had to do. Have Lucian's babies. I picked up my pina colada and smiled absentmindedly.

 

"Are you even listening to me?" Emma broke my reverie.

 

"Sorry what?" 

 

I replied trying to catch the gist of the conversation flying around me. For a change, I had closed my mental link with Lucian. I didn't want him listening to our girl talk.

 

"I was narrating how annoyingly possessive Bobby was during the early stages of my pregnancy. So, I had to attend this really important lecture. I had to fight with Bobby to let me attend it. Medical school is not easy after all. I was standing by the car, talking to some of my classmates."

 

"Bobby didn't like that, he came flying through his car, grabbed me and hauled me behind him. He growled low in his throat and said 'MINE'. Turns out he didn't like the group of guys standing too close to me. I have seen a gang of grown men run away that fast, Bobby can be just a bit intimidating," Emma said with a laugh.

 

"Was he always this possessive?" I asked shocked.

 

"No, but he became more possessive once I was with his pup."

 

Linda and Rain, who had been listening quietly giggled. Everyone knew how possessive male weres were, but they go over the top when their mates are with pups. Since pregnant females cannot shift their protective instinct kicks in.

 

"Our mate will be very protective," my wolf Lana said appreciatively. She had gone into a motherhood mode once I decided to have a baby.

 

"Alphas are worse when it comes to possessiveness." Linda looked at me pointedly.

 

"Really? Did Rick give you a hard time?" 

 

"Why else do you think I had to quit working?"

 

"That's terrible! How could he force you to quit? Rick doesn't seem like that?" I looked at the garden there the men were playing with the older pups. Keeping them busy. Rick seemed happy and relaxed.

 

"He didn't ask me to quit, and it was my decision. I wanted a break. But he wouldn't leave me alone for even a minute. He wanted to escort me to and from to my work. He was so clingy it I decided it was better this way."

 

"Damm! I hope Lucian doesn't turn into a control freak," I was worried. After several issues and arguments, we had finally arrived at a delicate balance of power. I didn't want to jeopardize it.

 

Lenora looked at her daughter and baby Matthew and said quietly, "I bet that you have a lot of questions and we will answer anything that you ask. But first of all, let me make this clear. Motherhood is a wonderful gift especially for us. You know we go into heat only twice a year. Even during that chances of conception is slim. Weres don't get pregnant easily. So, don't freak out everything works out in the end. Unlike humans, our mate bond is stronger and at a spiritual level. Plus, we have a long life, we have ample time to get back to our careers, speaking of careers. I am going back to business school this fall." Linda grinned happily.

 

"Oh wow! Congrats Linda, I am sure you will rock it." 

 

"I hope so. Starting college again at 30 isn't easy." She replied.

 

"You don't look a day over 22, one of the perks of being a werewolf." I laughed.

 

"Yeah, that's one of the reasons, I agreed to transform, and I was madly in love with Rick " Linda glanced fondly at Rick, who returned the look. 

 

"Awwwwww, that's so sweet," Rain gushed. "It reminded me of how Damon and I met."

 

"How did you meet up? You never told me your love story." I smiled at the Rain.

 

She looked sheepish and Kathrine snorted.

 

"It was rather embarrassing." Rain mumbled.

 

"Really? Now I am curious. " I kept my drink on the table and straightened up.

 

"Come on don't force me to use my Alpha command. Spill it out." 

 

Katherine interjected.

 

"I will describe, before meeting Damon Rain had a rather distinguished career of being a punk and a petty thief."

 

My mouth fell open in surprise, while Rain looked sheepish. That explained her bright orange hair and colorful clothes, but a thief! I had no idea.

 

"Don't judge her, she had a rather rough childhood, having grown up in foster care, she fell into bad company. To cut the long story short. Damon caught her when she was trying to break into the Alpha's car. Damon was instantly smitten and he begged Lucian to not punish her. Lucian understood and allowed him to keep Rain as his mate."

 

"That's very romantic, I wasn't aware of your past, Rain. Glad to know you met Damon and ended up here."

 

"I am not proud of my past, Madam Luna. I was young and stupid." Rain replied, she was still embarrassed.

 

"You are part of the family now, nobody's going to judge you,  I am happy for you," I reassured Rain.

 

I wondered if Lucian was going to be as possessive and decided that I would have to talk to him about it since I had outside interests that I would continue to pursue, such as my work. Occasional girls outings which I attended, and I had tons of work in the pack. I wanted him to understand that I understood his need to be possessive, but I would continue to have a life of my own, not just as his mate.

 

"So, when are you going in the heat?" Emma asked.

 

"Next week," I replied.

 

"Wow, should I expect fireworks?" Emma teased.

 

"Maybe," I grinned.

 

Lucian and I were going on a trip to a seaside cabin. He had explained that was supposed to be our honeymoon. We never had any respite as soon as we were mated. This was a perfect opportunity for us to enjoy some solitude. I hoped this peaceful period would stay forever but things were not so easy in the werewolf world.

 

"Hope you have beautiful and healthy pups," Katherine said smiling.

Katherine never failed to remind me of the need for the Alpha's pups.

 

"Hello, ladies, who are having pups?" Lucian arrived happily swinging his niece Sherry in his arm. The little girl was squealing.

 

"Madan Luna," Rain replied, making me choke on my drink. She was kind of a loudmouth. Always blurting out wrong things at the wrong time.

 

Lucian looked at me dumbfounded.

 

"What?" 

 

"Ignore her, Rain is just being Rain. Did you eat something? Kids must be hungry." I said trying to change the topic. 

 

By the end of the day everyone was a little tired, but happy. I thought about how fortunate I was to have these people, my family with me to enjoy such a time. I thought about how many times we could have done things together, but life always seemed to get in the way; there was always work, pack issues, danger, and betrayals.

 

There was always something to be done, always someplace to go. None of it seemed important now; the only thing that mattered was these people, this singular second in the infinity of time. I was with people who loved me, with people I loved. The man I loved and who loved me back. Everything else didn’t seem important.