Elyon was still in her beautiful silver dress, she forgot to change after everything that happened that night. She was at her brother´s Alpha ceremony and now she was in a car on the way to the Bloodmoon pack. She was trying to control her trembling, she was only eighteen and she was just realizing some things.
First. She was in a stranger's car, with a man that she did not know at all, and that took her out of her house in the middle of the night.
Second. She was alone, on the way to a strange pack that either could accept her or made her life a living hell.
Third. She was going away from her family, and she didn´t know when she was going to see them again.
Joseph tensed up in his seat when he smelled the adrenaline in her scent, he listened to her heartbeat accelerating and her uneven breathing. She was having a panic attack. He growled to his insides but controlled himself and decided that the best way to “tame” her was to go easy on her, gain her trust and mold her into the perfect wife.
"She is weak, she is fragile, this is good" he remembered to himself "She is young, we can mold her, don´t be a beast, be gentile"
Elyon was on the verge of crying, she was nervously biting her lip, she was gathering the courage to tell him to turn around and go back to Blueriver, she was from a different pack, so, she could demand to stay on her pack until she accepted her mate and move to the other pack. She knew that she had to go, as Joseph was an Alpha, but she could remain with her family a little longer.
She opened her mouth to say her rehearse lines when she suddenly saw his hand extended to her. She stood still for a few minutes and then put her hand in his. As soon as she felt his skin in hers she lost the courage to say something.
Her hand was so tiny in his huge hand that when he closed his fingers her hand almost disappeared. A sense of deep calm came to her over his touch, it was the mate bond, she felt his calmness and began to relax. She turned her head to look at him, he looked tough, he had removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeves to reveal several tattoos that covered his arms and hands, some ink was visible through the fabric of his shirt, his face was not a traditional handsome face, but definitely was attractive.
- Hey, tell me something about you - he said in the night that swallowed them in the road and his deep voice makes her blood rush, his voice was raspy and manly.
I… I… - she cleared her throat. She did not realize it but her mouth was dry - my favorite color is yellow… - he smiled and she felt more confident - tell me something about you…
- I have been an Alpha for a while now… my pack lives out from buying, fixing, and reselling real estate. We are not very large, but we do have amazing well-constructed buildings in our territory. We are almost there, you will see it in a few minutes. - he was tracing circles in her hand, the soft movement felt nice and comforting.
For the rest of the trip, they talk about small things that felt really important for her, like food, travel, and small details. He was getting tired of it but he felt her relaxing so he continued to give her more nonsensical details about him.
They arrived at the pack, he let go of Elyon´s hand to press a small control on the sunshade of the car, the metal gate open with a motor sound, letting them in, in front of them a huge 5 story building appeared, the few walls were white and the rest were huge glass windows and doors that reflected the exterior giving the inside privacy.
- That is our house, the packhouse - he said being pleased by the impressed look on her face - All of the rest are the homes of the pack members.
He pointed out the smaller buildings that were beside the main building, kind of covering it in a U-shaped formation. All of them were white, with a few accents in black. He pressed another button on the same clip and it opened another door that led into an underground garage.
Joseph parked and Elyon waited in the car, he snorted and went to the other side to open the door for her “Keep it cool” he remembered himself, she went out taking his hand and he led her to an internal elevator, the square box was all-glass walls, and it was revealing the concrete walls of the underground parking lot, but when it started to go up it revealed a beautiful sight, dozens of trees surrounded the wood next to the buildings, the elevator door opened and a tall man greeted them.
- Alpha, Luna - he bowed his head with respect and serenity. She instantly liked him, he made her feel at peace.
Suddenly Elyon´s feet left the ground, she squeaks when she felt the movement, Joseph laughs real deeply and he whispers in her ear: “It is bad luck if you walk to your bedroom” Elyon smiled shyly and blushed as he carried her to the other end of the hall.
She was nervous, she has never been so close to anyone, she has never been kissed or touched, she started to feel sick of her stomach, he reaches the door of the bedroom, she was so tiny for him that he was able to hold her with one arm while opening the big white door and turning the lights on.
Joseph did not felt natural by doing this, but she looked like the kind of girl that dreams of finding her prince charming, so, he was going to give her some of that so she would be easy to handle.
He left her on the bed, the room was big, spacious, but cold, there were no decorations, only here and there some red accents that gave the room some color, the big bed was a queen size one with fluffy pillows.
- This is your room - Joe said while walking to the other side of the room - here is your bathroom, with a dressing room and this door leads to a private office where you can take care of our business. It was my wife´s Beta job, but now it would be yours, okay?
- This is just for me? - Elyon asked in the smallest voice
Joseph turned and saw her in the middle of the bed, Elyon was hugging her knees, her shoes were on the floor and her pretty hair bun was falling. He came close to the bed, extended his arm, and took off the last hairpins that held her beautiful curled-up hair together. He engorged in her smell, she smelled like vanilla and flowers, sweet but also sensual, like there was something seductive from her childish manners.
She looked like a doll, but he wanted her as something more, "Calm down Joe" he told himself and recover certain composture.
- My bedroom is the entire fifth and last floor - he said cupping her face in his hand, he came closer and saw Elyon´s pupils dilate and the blush made her entire face glow, and that shyness pleased him
- You will be upstairs and I will be here? - she said in the smallest voice
- This is yours so you feel comfortable, I don't think you want to sleep with me - and in his ear, he whispered - I wear nothing but boxers…
Elyon´s eyes widened entirely, Joseph was able to smell all the hormones rushing in her blood and when he locked eyes with her again his eyes were pitched black from lust. “Nice little puppy, I will train the F*** out of you, sweet, tender little doll”, he thought as he put a small kiss on the corner of the full cherry blossom lips of Ely.
She pushed herself forward to press her lips against him again but he quickly moved back to dodge her move, not only to tease her but because he also needed to recover himself after the sexy move he just played.
- Your bags will be here in a minute, and if you need anything ring the phone on your table bed - Joseph turned his back to her and he leave her there.
The door closed with a small sound and she was left in the enormus room, she did not wanted to spend the night with him, but she also was feeling alone in there, and, a part of her body was begging for more of Joe´s touch. Elyon feel all her body full of new desires and she was embarrassed by the way her body was behaving.
- Good night Luna - said a kind voice that entered her room - I am Nancy, Nani, for short, I am your maid, Alpha asked me to assist you.
Nani, a sweet girl dress in a french maid uniform made a full courtesy to Elyon which made her laugh, she put both hands in her mouth and try to contain her amusement, but failed when Nani started laughing too and they both share a cheerful moment.
- I am sorry! - she almost yell - I am so nervous, I feel so strange.
- Don´t worry Luna, let me help you unpack your bags.
- WAIT! I need to see it all!!
Nani smiled widely while she saw Elyon run through the room opening doors and drawers and checking everything out. After a few minutes, Roderick came up the elevator and unload her bags, Nani helped her decide the location of her stuff and to get into the bath, and Nani stayed in the room putting Elyon´s clothes in the right places.
Elyon was in the bathtub, floating in a foamy water that Nani prepared for her, it was warm and relaxing, but also, it was making her feel more like herself. She was rubbing her skin with a loofah to remove all makeup and feel more relaxed. In the safety of her private bathroom she felt like she was completely overreacting in the car, she passed the sponge on her arm and she felt pain; she saw the bruises on her arm and her heart sank a little.
“He is just a little rough, he told me on the car that he was looking for his mate for almost 5 years, he was just anxious to meet me”, she told herself to ease the little knot of fear on her stomach.
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The last floor of the building was a full-floor apartment, the floor had a huge bar with a few chairs, a lounge area with a cinema screen and cozy armchairs, and Joe´s master bedroom, a full king size bed, walk-in wardrobe and a full bathroom with a jacuzzi, this was his domains and, even when Elyon was his mate, he was not willing to share his space with her.
Joseph was in the dark with the cinema screen glowing soft on his body, he was drinking from a glass with ice cubes while he was waiting, he did not want to touch Elyon yet, he wanted her to come to him, he was going to tease her until she was asking him to have her, but he was not the kind of man that restricts himself.
The elevator door opened, a tall curvy woman came out, she was tailored made for him, he liked her, he searched for her in a catalog that a “businessmen” like him receive from different places that offers them certain private services. She smelled like cheap perfume, but the right one that he demanded.
A mist of vanilla smell hit him and made his eyes go dark and his body urged him to have her. She walked swinging her hips and her huge stiletos clicked on the floor, she waved her long silky hair and swing her lashes to him. A metal sound echoed in the room as the elevator door closed and he asked her to go to the room next to that one and wait for him there. He finished his drink and went to the phone to call Rod.
- Rod, make sure nobody interrupts me, I have company. Tell your wife to take care of Elyon in the morning, I need her to know what to do and I need the hole morning to recover from this night. - he said smirking like a lout.
- Yes Alpha - Roderick hang the phone and growled he knew him well enough to have heard that egocentric smile from his voice tone.
Rod returned to bed to his wife, he was feeling sick that Joseph was with another woman, he sort of understood it when he did not have his mate, that he was fooling around, he did not have any commitments and Roderick almost condoned that, Joe was young.
But now, have another woman on the same roof as Luna Elyon it just made him angry. It was a sign of disrespect and dishonor to the new Luna. He thought that when he finally found her he would make things right for her, but that was not the case apparently.
Zoe turned around and looked at Rod, as his mate, she could feel his anger, she caressed his face, feeling his scratchy beard in her fingers, he looked at her and her fiery looks, she was a mix between a butterfly and a flame, she had something savage in her.
He kissed her fiercely, like his life depended on it, while Alpha and Beta were on their beds in female arms, Elyon was in her bathrobe looking through the window into the valley outside. Her surroundings were strange; she was missing the sound and the sight of the river in her pack.
This was the first night Elyon ever spent outside her house, she was feeling kind of claustrophobic, the entire building was sealed, internal air conducts were responsible to bring fresh air into the rooms, so all windows were sealed, none can be opened. She was missing her little balcony with flowers.
She started to cry, she was missing her family, her best friend and her territory, and she knew she had to made another hurtful tradition. In order to become Luna, she had to take the ceremony were she will bow loyalty to her new pack and release all her ties to their former pack. She went to lay on the bed and turned the tv on so it will distract her and she fell asleep at some point.
In the Blueriver pack Caleb was trying to console his parents, her mother was crying her heart out, they did not know this, but he wanted to tell them that Natasha was pregnant. Naty was crying as well, Elyon was her best friend and a sister to her, so their happiness was sunk by the pain of having her far away.