Sleeping With The Moon Goddess

Ian's Mate

We finally arrived back at our house after the ceremony. I couldn’t believe that I was officially the Luna of the Blood Moon pack, but I was happier knowing that the pack not only accepted me but loved me for who I truly was.

Walking through the front door I could see a small bonfire in the backyard. We all made our way out back to find Ian, sitting in a chair by the fire with a drink in his hand.

“Hey man, we missed you the rest of the night.” Damien called out to him

“Yeah, sorry about that” Ian said, barely raising his eyes to look up at us “I just needed to come think.”

“Everything alright?”

“Oh yeah, I’m fine. You guys should head back inside. Figured I’d stay out here for a bit and give you guys some privacy.” I could tell Ian was faking a smile

“Ok then. See you tomorrow.” Damien said turning me around and ushering me back inside.

I couldn’t help but think something was truly wrong, why was Ian lying? I turned myself back around and marched straight up to Ian, who then stood up towering over me when I reached him. Damien and Aiden followed me back outside, watching my every move.

I looked up at Ian’s face for a moment; he wouldn’t even look me in the eyes, “What’s wrong Ian?” I tried asking him again, “I can tell that something is wrong, please tell me?” This time I put my hand up to his cheek and tried to get him to look at me.

“Don’t touch me” Ian quickly spat out before stepping back. “I’m sorry Cam but please, you can’t”

Aiden and Damien both stepped closer to me and Ian.

For the first time I could see the light from the fire reflecting in his eyes, they looked wet, like he had been crying. I couldn’t ever imagine Ian crying.

“What is going on?” Damien demanded

“I thought I could, but I can’t” Ian said softly

“For the love of the Goddess will someone start making sense!” Aiden called out getting frustrated

Looking at Ian, I asked him again for him to tell me what was going on, except this time I unintentionally projected my Alpha command over him, I didn’t mean to force him, but my command was so strong that even Damien and Aiden felt it. Ian dropped his face looking at the ground,

“I can’t hide the fact that I feel strongly for you Cam, at first, I thought you were my mate, but I knew that couldn’t be. I’ve been trying to control my feelings ever since I met you but tonight at the ceremony, having you declare yourself as their mate and becoming Luna, something inside of me felt broken. I can’t explain it. I could barely hold myself together up there. As soon as it was over, I came back here to think but all I can think about it holding you in my arms and kissing you.” He then looked over at Aiden and Damien, “I’m so sorry, I need to leave.”

I could hear Aiden growling behind me. Damien looked a combination of upset but sad, not as surprised by Ian’s confession as Aiden.

Ian turned and started to walk away, “WAIT” I called out after him, unsure what exactly I was doing I was just following my instincts.

I closed the gap between us and looked up at Ian who finally looked me in the eyes.

“Kiss me” I told him

I could hear Damien and Aiden growl behind me. I knew they weren’t going to be happy about this.

Ian’s eyes searched mine for a moment before his soft lips came crashing down against mine, his hands behind me holding my head as he kissed me with such longing and desire. I heard my mates yell out but immediately they became silent as my tattoo started to glow.

My tattoo glowed softly at first before becoming blinding causing Ian to take a step back. Blinking my eyes a few times to adjust I could finally make out what appeared to be a large white wolf in front of all of us. The wolf was larger than any other wolf that I had ever seen. She was by far the most beautiful and majestic wolf, appearing as if she was floating, her paws never quite touching the ground.

“The wolf from your tattoo on your back, it’s gone” Damien exclaimed. “It’s now just the moon.”

This wolf starred at each of us for a few seconds before the most beautiful voice than I have come to know as the Moon Goddess came to us all in our heads.

“My children please do not be frightened.”

“Are you the Moon Goddess?” I ask

“In a sense, yes. I am Natalia, wolf of the Moon Goddess.” She said bowing her head in greeting

“How are you here?” Aiden asks

“The Moon Goddess occasionally will gift some of her children with rare and beautiful gifts, but you my darling Camille, you were gifted with the most precious of them all for she has gifted you me, her wolf.”

“So, my strength and my power, that comes from you?”

Her wolf nods her answer.

“I was always with you, for you and I are one, but my strength was not needed until you came here. Your journey is not one to be taken lightly, but I will be with you as you go down this path.”

“This is incredible” I hear Damien whisper

Natalia looks over at Ian, who is starring at her in a way I can’t describe. “Maddox come forward” she calls and within an instant, clothes being ripped, Ian’s massive Grey wolf has appeared.

“Maddox was the name given to Ian’s wolf long ago when wolves were separate from their humans, we had our own identity, but times have since changed.”

Maddox immediately comes over and begins nuzzling at Natalia’s neck, and she does the same. He licks at the side of her face as they love on one another.

“Maddox has been my protector through many lifetimes, he was with me when the birth of our kind began.” She turned her snout back towards Maddox and nuzzled his cheek.

“He is my true mate. Sworn to protect me in whatever form I take on this world, but we are never able to be together, not truly anyways.” She lifted her snout from Maddox and looked at me, “Now he is sworn to you Camille.”

I’m sorry; did the Moon Goddess just say that Ian’s wolf is her mate?!

“Please open your heart to him. I can feel Maddox calling out to me, knowing that I am so near. Take care of him Camille for he is most precious to me.”

And with that, she turned away, giving Maddox one more kiss, her glow became brighter, and everything began to shrink. What was now this massive, mystical wolf was now a small light in the night. The glowing light made its way towards me before pushing into my back causing a glow to flow through my body. The tattoo of the wolf now back in its place next to the moon by my shoulder.

We were all speechless as we looked at Maddox, his head hung down. He walked over to me and gently pushing his large head against my chest, his wolf cried. Maddox cried and whimpered against my chest for several minutes, I couldn’t stop my own tears as they flowed down my cheeks. I rubbed my hands over his fur trying to sooth him.

Shifting back, Ian then fell down onto his knees and wrapped his arms around my waist, sobbing against my stomach. I had no words; all I could do was run my hands over his head and down his back trying to comfort him. Finally understanding what he has been going through, feeling like you found your mate, only to realize that they are mated to someone else.

Aiden

Starring at my mate as she embraced Ian, I honestly didn’t know what to think; but seeing him cry over his mate like this was something that I could understand. If something happened to Camille and I could no longer be with her, I would die without her. She has become my whole reason for existing.

I looked over at Damien, while I also have known Ian since I was little, I knew that him and Ian were best friends growing up together. I could see Damien crying, his heart breaking for his friend. I wasn’t sure what we were going to do but we needed to figure out something.

“Princess” I finally said reaching forward and placing my hand on Camilles' shoulder, “Take Ian upstairs. Damien and I need to talk.”

She nodded up at me before kneeling down to Ian, encouraging him to stand and take her hand. She started to lead him inside, before looking back at me with an unsure expression. I knew what she was wondering.

“Take him to our bed”

She nodded and then slowly she walked Ian inside and up the stairs.

Without saying anything Damien and I both took a seat on the chairs next to the dying fire sitting in silence for a few minutes trying to process what just happened.

“I don’t like the idea of sharing my mate” I finally confessed

“Neither do I” Damien agreed

We both let out a huge sigh, “But it also feels like she belongs to him as well, and I don’t think I could be responsible for keeping Ian and Maddox from their mate.”

“I could tell for a while now that there was some kind of connection between them, I guess this finally explains it at least.” Damien added “I can’t keep him from his mate either, Ian deserves better than that.”

“So, what do you propose we do?”

Almost an hour later, Damien and I finally head inside and up to our room. Our sweet little Luna passed out on the bed as Ian, who thankfully found some pants, lays beside her with his arms wrapped around her waist and his head sound asleep on her chest. His face still looks stained with tears, like he cried himself to sleep.

Crawling in on the other side of the bed, Damien, and I each placed a kiss on her forehead before finally giving in to the exhaustion from today and falling into a deep sleep.