Moon Children

TRANSGRESSIONS (1)

I watch as Darci’s mother's eyes widen and her face pales.  

“That can’t be possible, we’ve been so careful Gretchen! How could someone find out about her?” And why does HE know? Loralie looked in my direction with a mixed expression of anger and hurt displayed on her face.  

“I know I’ve never done right by that girl, but I was just a kid. It’s different now and as soon as she finds out she’s my mate I want to tell her everything. As the future Alpha I had to know what she was, and even more so because she is my mate and our future Luna! Matter of fact, I can’t believe I didn’t know any of this before!” I didn’t mean to snap at her, but towards the end I could feel Felix‘s urge to surface and explode on her.  

We have every right to know!  He seethes. 

“That doesn’t excuse why you’ve never paid the slightest attention to her, or told her when you both became teenagers. She would have been perfectly capable of handling the concept of having a mate years ago! You didn’t do it to protect her, you did it for you. Probably so you could w***e around before settling down with my innocent daughter.” 

A furious growl left my mother’s throat directed right at her best friend. They may be inseparable but I am still her son and the Luna is very protective. I put an arm in front of her, I had a lot to say about the situation. 

“She should find out the traditional way that most do, when she comes of age tomorrow! It wouldn’t be right to give her that kind of information. If it weren’t for me imprinting her or being an Alpha none of us would even know at this moment. She has the free will to choose me, or reject me. If I told her years ago, she would have felt obligated to be my mate when she didn’t even know for sure yet because she couldn‘t feel it! That’s just cruel. Tomorrow evening at her birthday party she will know, and at the end of the night I will tell her everything.” I thought of commenting on her statement about me sleeping around with other she-wolves, but unfortunately, she was right. I didn’t save myself for my mate, I instead took advantage of being the future Alpha, the Alpha’s son, and being attractive. While I wasn’t necessarily a w***e, to wolf-kind even one casual relationship with someone that’s not your mate is too much. I’ve had at least a dozen. None of them were serious and it was simply to satisfy needs, forget about my stresses. I wanted so desperately to rebel against having a mate, I tried to f**k my way out of it. As if that would ever work, but teen wolves aren’t exactly geniuses. Felix loathed me for it, sometimes not speaking to me for days on end. 

Loralie looked down at the ground for a second, before looking up at me with unshed tears coating her eyes. 

“I know you have a point; I understand it.. I just couldn’t imagine ignoring my mate’s existence for over 12 years. It makes me wonder how you’ll act when she finally knows what you are to her. Or how she will feel when she realizes that we’ve all lied to her for her entire life.” She replied, her voice barely above a whisper. 

Something about that statement felt like an arrow through my chest. The guilt of running away from something for years has started catching up to me. I’m an Alpha, I’m not supposed to hide from my Luna. 

You may be a coward, but I understand some your reasons. 

Felix, this is so not the time. 

“It hasn’t been easy Loralie. Every day I had to fight it. Imprinting her gave me a special bond to her even as a child. But you were wrong about one thing, everything I’ve ever done including avoiding her, WAS to protect her. I want nothing more than for that girl to be safe and happy, even if I wasn’t the one providing it for her. For the longest time I didn’t want a mate, but as I got older, I’ve realized more and more every day how important they are. I can’t wait until she knows, I will never do anything to betray our bond from then on.”  

I can’t help but think back to the fact that Darci was very popular in school. All the guys, Were and human alike, practically drooled over her. Her bright, long, curly red hair... those stunning eyes, a small sloped nose that points upward at the tip. High cheekbones and plump, dark pink, heart-shaped lips. Her body was a bit unusual but something about her shape was very exotic. She was smaller chested with a flat, toned torso; but her bottom half curved out quite a bit, with thicker thighs and hips, and when she turned around it looked like her ass had been hand-selected from a Playboy catalog. It was huge compared to the rest of her tiny frame. 

Everyone in the school loved her, wanted to be friends with her, or wanted to bed her. She continues to stay a perfectly pure, innocent soul. She could have chosen to sleep around with practically everyone if she wanted to, they all would have obliged without restraint. Not only was she psychically attractive, but every room she walked into felt warmer, happier, and brighter. I silently cursed the world when I graduated, as school was one of the only places that I could admire her with no one noticing. 

I was forced out of my thoughts as Loralie spoke up. 

“So, that’s it then? Tomorrow, she’ll find out we’ve all been lying to her for her entire life? She’s going to be extremely hurt by all of this, completely furious.” She waves her hands around in the air, indicating to whatever “this” is.  

“She’ll understand with time Lora, I think she will end up appreciating everything we’ve done to let her live a normal life.” Gretchen adds. 

“With all due respect Luna, you clearly don’t know Darcy.” 

The 3 of us spun around to see Luca standing in the doorway, his body trembling with rage. All of us immediately were taken aback, we hadn’t even heard or scented him standing behind us.  

“Luca, honey, now is not the time. Please go back inside, I will explain this to you later.” Loralie reasoned. 

“Save it Mom, I heard practically everything. How could you? You didn’t even tell me! First, my baby sister is in danger, and second, she’s been mated to my best friend!? Ezra, you son of a b***h! You imprinted on my sister?! When did this happen?” 

“The moment I met her.” I replied honestly. 

His hands were balled into fists, and for a moment I thought he was actually going to try and attack me. He unclenched his fists and looked down at the ground when he noticed I was staring at him intently, waiting. Luca is very smart, and he knows better than to challenge an Alpha.  

“How could I tell you Luca? Look how you’re acting right now. If I had told you, it would’ve slipped to Darci at some point and I couldn’t risk that. I wanted her to live a normal life!” I tried to keep the level of my voice civil, but I was growing more and more agitated. 

“Nearly 18 years ago? And you all knew?! No, no, you don’t understand, none of you f*****g understand!” He took a step forward and looked directly into my eyes and then glanced to each of our mothers, and back to me. He looks furious.  

“Since Darci was a little girl, she’s dreamed of her prince charming sweeping her off her feet and carrying her away like a mate should. She imagined her entire life with her mate, planned pups' names, wedding colors, everything! From the time she could talk she dreamed of finding YOU Ezra. And you’ve been here the whole f*****g time!  

Even worse, every single night you took some filthy little pack slut to your bed, she FELT it. I never put it together until now. She never even knew what it was and because I didn’t think she could be mated at her age, neither did I. I held her while she screamed in agony, BEGGING me to make the fire in her stomach go out. Her nose would bleed, her temperature rose dangerously high, and eventually she’d pass out. She would lose all of her energy for days and lay in bed claiming she was sick. I panicked for nights on end because I couldn’t stop her pain, I couldn’t even figure out the source. I watched my baby sister’s beautiful face swell from tears and her throat go raw from screaming. She was barely 14 years old when it started. Over a dozen times I held her through that and it was all because of YOU!” 

My best friend ran towards me and I let him collide with my chest, knowing now he needed this outlet for his anger badly. I deserved every second of it. I didn’t move an inch as I let my Beta punch me over and over again. Once he had his fill, I turned him around and held his arms to his chest, whispering to him calmy. 

“I never knew Luc, I swear. She couldn’t feel the bond from scent or sight or touch, I didn’t think she would feel the infidelity either. I’m so sorry Luca, I’m so f*****g sorry.”  

I released my hold as Luca dropped to his knees and sobbed, I took a step back to give him his space. 

Look what you have done. Felix spoke with haste. As far as he was concerned, we should have waited for our mate. 

My mother was holding her best friend in her arms while stroking her hair. Loralie looked heartbroken for her children. I don’t think she knew this had happened either. How could she? Their house was attached to the main pack house, and all the rooms were soundproofed when it was built. I needed to remove myself from this situation and hopefully wrap my head around it all. The guilt I feel for putting my mate in pain and also hurting her family was immense. 

“I’m so, so sorry.” I whispered. I turn around and decided to do what I do best. I run.