Broken Luna

CHAPTER 6 - COMING HOME

Raymond POV*

Anger, that is all I felt as I tried to get my jeep to go quicker down the interstate. It's been three months since I left my pack. Three months trying to find a rogue for the Black Moon's pack.

Not just any rogue, but the girl who was responsible for Morana’s death. Alpha Kevin had told me that she escaped her cell. I was furious, so furious that I had thought I would kill Alpha Kevin the moment I saw him.

She was alive, I had thought that weak Alpha would have killed her. Like he said he would all those years ago. When Morana had died he asked all the Alpha's what he should do with the young girl. I was the first one to say s*******r the girl. Child or not, I hated her. I of course got in trouble with my father for interrupting his meeting, but I needed to know she would die.

And the other Alpha's agreed. She had killed the best warrior any of us had seen, and that girl had killed her.

Alpha Kevin claimed that the girl was connected to her father, a rogue who had taken Morana by force. And she signaled him and his pack of rogues to attack and kill Morana. The girl needed to pay for what she did, and for what her father had done. But, I couldn't find that little rogue.

My foot had pushed the gas pedal down to the floor as I watched the RPM's try to shift in the piece of s**t jeep. I've never been away from my pack this long, and a pack without an Alpha was vulnerable.

What if that b***h found those rogues and they were planning to attack the packs? Jon has been giving me weekly updates, so I know there was no danger. But being the most deadly pack, it wasn't uncommon for someone wanting to take over my pack.

My fist slammed on the steering wheel as the Jeep's engine started to whine and slow down. I was stressed out and frustrated that we couldn't find her. That her trail had somehow grown cold in the middle of the forest.

Even in the cells I couldn't get her scent. Her scent was covered by the horrid scent of the cells. The awful scent of the cell was strong and potent enough to cover even Alpha Kevin's scent.

It was like a needle in a haystack. I could softly smell the sweetness in the air, but I couldn't grab that sweetness. I couldn't get to her. And that infuriated me.

Maybe I wouldn't be so pissed if I was going home to a mate. If I had an equal who would take away this stress and calm me down. But after all this time, I couldn't find her. There was no longer hope of a mate for me. Which meant there was nothing stopping my anger, my infuriating rage.

And that is what I felt, because after three months we still couldn't find the girl. There was no trace she was ever alive. And to make matters more complicated, there was no description of her.

When I had asked the woman who took care of her, she told me she was often dirty. She had thick hair, but no one knew the real color. It could be a light brown like Serena's, or it could be blonde or black.

Either way it went, it was often covered in mud or filth. No one knew if she had a wolf, or what color it was or could be. It was a trail with no directions. We ran around the forest and the neighboring packs for months until I finally left.

Alpha Kevin pleaded for me to stay, but I couldn't stay around for for his f**k ups. Just earlier today he followed me out to my jeep when I announced I was leaving.

"Raymond if anyone could find her it's you!" Alpha Kevin said as he followed me out to my jeep.

His mate stood by the door and glared at him as he looked at me, "I should have killed her, you are right. But, I didn't think there was justice in Morana that way. I wanted to make her suffer, I wanted to.." His voice trailed away as his eyebrows scrunched together. I slammed the tailgate up and turned towards him.

"You should have killed the b***h. You could have given Morana justice that way! Instead you kept a toy." I said and glared at him, "I would have killed her if you couldn't." I growled the words as I glared at him.

Morana was a wonderful and talented fighter, she was best friends with my Mother and guided me when my Mother left this world.

Morana taught me how to fight and taught me important life lessons that I could never forget.

She had gotten pregnant traveling around the packs. Some say it was a warrior affair, and others said it was an Alpha's bastard baby.

And some believed that Morana had found her true mate and mated. Werewolves could only have children with their true mates or forced mates. If they give you their mark you can bear them an heir my Father said multiple times. But, I couldn't see Morana allowing anyone to mark her.

And because of that, I had believed her true mate was a rogue. No one knows for sure of course, Morana refused to speak about the man who had gotten her pregnant. And when she had her daughter, she stopped coming to my pack so often.

When I heard of her passing I felt rage for the first time. I demanded blood, I overpower my Father's command and demanded for the girl to be removed from this Earth. To know she has been alive all this time was a slap in a face.

Walking towards the jeep's door I turned towards Alpha Kevin and glared at him, "You should have never been the Alpha. We both know Morana was supposed to run this pack, you are a pathetic excuse as a leader." I growled and looked around at the empty land and woods. He had sent everyone out to look for the girl, "If I find her I will do what you couldn't." I said and got in the jeep.

My hand curled into a fist as I punched the wheel once again. These past months have made me so tense, we searched everywhere we could for her. If what Alpha Kevin said was true she should be around their territory. She wouldn't have had enough strength to run as fast as it seemed she did.

It was a six hour drive to Alpha Kevin's and as I turned down the road to see my territory my wolf wanted to be released. I pulled the jeep to the side and walked into the forest, my clothes shredded as my wolf took over and raced into the woods.

Couldn't wait could you? My wolf Aero only let out a chuckle as his large paws hit the earth. He put in all his energy into this run.

It has been a long three months. And half of it I was stuck in you. After that car ride I needed to be freed.' Aero replied with a grunt. I didn't mind as we rushed around our familiar territory.

We looked at the pack house seeing the lights and the pack members, some of the warriors on patrol held their heads down when they saw me.

But, something felt off in the pack as I looked for my beta. But it wasn't long until Jack’s tan wolf rushed up to me with its head lowered.

Looking at my beta I instantly felt better,

”Welcome home Alpha! The paperwork has all been finalized and the schedule for the patrol is on your desk. I've also gotten the men to cooperate these past few months. Some of them are now considering each other as friends.” Jack said as he started to rub beside me. That was good news, since we took down a pack called the Silver Sky pack, the men we allowed to join our pack refused to cooperate with us. I'd considered killing them but thought against it for this reason.

More men meant more warriors. And with having this dangerous rogue now loose, we could need more warriors.

'Clever, how did you get them to become so close?' I asked as we reached the end of the territory. Aero stopped his run and turned towards his Beta.

I guess you can say they found a common interest. Group bounding. Jack was chuckling at his inside joke that I couldn't understand. I stared at him until he stopped his rambling and straightened his wolf up.

'Good work Beta, go rest. You deserve it.' Aero said in a strong voice.

The tan wolf lowered his head and turned around running away from us. Something about Jack just never settled right with Aero. He was unhappy when I made him Beta, and he was extremely unhappy when we had to leave our pack with him.