Becoming Luna

Chapter Five

Evan POV

I ran for most of the night, it was freeing and I needed the time to think over the events of the evening. So Lucas was my mate, I should have seen it coming but his more asshole behaviour had made it seem impossible. Part of me wanted to give in and just enjoy the mate bond, but he had to prove himself. The rumour was he’d been with many other she-wolves, and all whilst he knew I was his mate. Sure not every wolf is going to be celibate but he had known.. that’s the part that hurt the most. The sun was rising, I knew I was going to be dead on my feet for training but I’d never missed a session. I made my way back to my room for a quick change into my workout gear before getting myself over to the training grounds. I didn’t fancy breakfast, I just wanted to kick some ass. Hopefully someone would overstep today giving me a reason to not hold back.

As I arrived at the gym I rolled my eyes. Of course he was here..I should have guessed he would be. He was no doubt wanting to get an idea of the level his warriors were at. He was stood with his future Beta and Gamma, Matt and Henry. They had always been nice to me, even what Lucas was being a d**k. I had nothing against them, so I shot them a friendly smile and wave before beelining for the punch bag, I enjoyed throwing a few punches to warm up before a training session. I took note of the crest fallen expression on Lucas’s face when I didn’t acknowledge him in the same way I had Matt and Henry. He didn’t really think it was going to be that easy, did he?

After a little warm up, the current Beta, Adam, called us into formation and explained the training programme for that session. He broke us off into groups, I was finally put into a group of warriors with their wolves to work on shifting skills during a fight. I enjoyed it a little too much, picking up on how to be swift and smooth during a shift to not allow for an enemy to attack at a vulnerable moment. I almost forgot Lucas was in the same room, that was until I took a hit from one of the other warriors in my group. A ground shuddering growl ripped through the room, bringing everyone to a stop. I turned and glared at him, his face was tense and he looked ready to rip the poor guys throat out. This protective part of him was going to be a problem.

Lucas POV

I know it had been part of the training. I’d been watching as she skilfully dodged and manoeuvred that incredible body of hers, almost impossible to catch. But as soon as that one guy made contact with her cheek, the red mist descended. I had no control of the growl that came out of me, Nyx wasn’t happy with the guy either. It was taking everything in me to keep him at bay. Her face didn’t look impressed, s**t. I wasn’t doing well.

“You can’t catch a break man,” Matt laughed, clapping his hand on my shoulder as Henry reassured everyone that everything was okay and to continue training. No, I couldn’t catch a break. “If you ask me though, going all hulk and being mister protective right now probably won’t work in your favour.” He was right, she could clearly handle herself. I frowned and shook my head, rubbing my face feeling exasperated. “Man she is going to be the death of me, I don’t even know where to start..” I began, Henry joined us with a slightly amused look on his face. “Well Lucas, if people didn’t know before they definitely know now.” He chuckled. I sighed. She was going to hate me.

“Why don’t you do something she might enjoy? Like plan a date or something? Start from scratch. You know her..” I gave Matt a look, “I used to know her, she’s different now..she’s grown up.” Henry chuckled again, “No s**t Sherlock. That’s what people tend to do as the years go by. Why don’t you ask that friend of hers, Kayla? She might be more willing to help you..” the way he said ‘might’ had me questioning how true that was. No doubt Evan had told her all about me, the likelihood of her helping me was slim. But I needed to try. I was stuck at the first hurdle without a clue what to do. “Where would I find her?” I asked, clearly she wasn’t a warrior as I hadn’t noticed her in the current session. Both my Beta and Gamma shrugged their shoulders at me, great.

‘Son, if you’re not too busy causing a scene at the training grounds, could you come and see me in my office?’

I huffed great timing from my dad, no doubt Beta Adam had let him know of my little outburst.

“I’ll have to find her later, dad has summoned me to his office.. no doubt aware of my slight overreaction.” They both laughed at me as I stalked off to my dad’s office. I entered, slamming the door slightly more forcefully than I’d anticipated behind me. I then got a whiff of who was also here with my dad.. oh no. “Melissa? What’s..going on?” I looked at my dad, slightly confused. His expression was unreadable, but he didn’t look impressed with the she-wolf sat in front of him. I wasn’t surprised, she was a pain in the ass.