THE BILLIONAIRE ALPHAS DISCARDED LUNA

THE MATING NIGHT

Both not breathing again.

Leo collapsed gold. Luna collapsed silver. Twin flames, twin fevers, twin silence in the temple that was supposed to be sacred.

Miriam's voice cracked the air like a whip. "BLESSED TWINS FEVER! Silver and gold! The first in 300 years! Alpha and Luna must complete mating bond NOW in moon pool or both pups die before midnight!"

Dominic stared at me, bleeding from White Alpha fight, black wolf fur still on his shoulders, gold eyes wild, chest heaving. I stared back, silver glowing hands holding both my dying children, my mark from five years ago burning silver again on my neck.

Complete mating bond. Tonight. In moon pool. In front of pack.

Five years ago he rejected me in this same temple courtyard. In white dress. Pregnant. He said I was Omega, weak, not worthy to be Luna. I bled on highway. I almost died giving birth alone in human hospital with no pack.

Now Moon Goddess says complete bond tonight to save our pups.

"NO!" I screamed, tears hot, silver light flickering. "There has to be other way! Herbs! Moon water! Anything! I will not be forced!"

Miriam grabbed my arm, old eyes crying. "Elena, listen! This is not force! This is fate! Blessed twins fever only happens when true mates have twins from true bond, even broken bond. Their fever is your broken bond fever. They are dying because your bond is broken. Only Alpha and Luna completing bond in moon pool where Moon Goddess watches can heal broken bond and heal twins. It's not punishment. It's healing."

Leo gasped gold. Luna gasped silver. Both choking, not breathing, little hearts stopping.

Dominic dropped to knees in moon pool, water still black from White Alpha, and pulled me into water with him, fully clothed, red dress soaked, my bare feet bleeding.

"Elena," he whispered, voice broken, Alpha gone, just man, "I know I don't deserve to ask. I rejected you. I let you suffer. I didn't know about them. If I knew— God, Elena, if I knew you were carrying my pups I would have burned world. I never stopped— I never—"

"Then why?" I sobbed, hitting his chest, silver hands sparking. "Why did you choose her? Vanessa? Over me pregnant?"

He caught my hands, pressed them to his heart, his bond mark burning.

"Because I was 22 and stupid and my father said Blackwood needs money alliance with Silver Crest and you were 19 Omega with no family and I thought love was weakness and I thought I could force myself not to love you. I failed. Every night for five years I dreamed of you. Every morning I woke up and you were not there. And then you walked into my tower with our children in Chanel and I knew Moon Goddess was giving me second chance I don't deserve."

Moon pool water started glowing again, silver and gold mixing where we touched.

Luna whimpered silver. Leo whimpered gold.

Warriors outside temple were chanting, low howl, "Luna! Luna! Luna!" Hundreds of voices, calling me back. Pack that rejected me five years ago now begging.

Beta Thomas stepped forward, carrying Vanessa unconscious, belly still glowing white with White Alpha sealed inside. "Alpha, we must chain false Luna before mating ritual. White Alpha inside her will try to stop ritual. He feeds on broken bonds."

Dominic nodded, gold eyes never leaving mine. "Chain her to altar. If she moves, kill her."

They dragged Vanessa to stone altar at edge of moon pool, chained her silver chains, belly glowing white, white smoke trying to escape.

Vanessa's eyes snapped open white. "You cannot complete bond!" White Alpha voice laughed from her mouth. "If you complete bond, Blessed twins get full power and I die forever! I will not let you!"

He tried to break chains, white light blasting.

Miriam threw moon herbs at him. "He is weak! He was sealed by child! He cannot stop true mate bond! Do it now!"

Dominic looked at me, hands shaking. "Elena, I will not force. If you say no, we find other way even if twins— even if— I will not take you like that. Not again. Say yes only if you want me. Not just for them. For us."

Leo stopped breathing. Completely. Golden glow fading.

Luna stopped breathing. Silver glow fading.

My babies dying.

I looked at Dominic, at man who rejected me, at Alpha who saved my daughter from tower, drove 120 miles per hour, fought 300-year-old cursed Alpha for us, re-marked me in front of pack.

I made choice.

I grabbed his face, pulled him, and kissed him.

Not soft. Hard. Desperate. Five years of pain, hate, love, tears.

"I hate you," I whispered against his mouth, silver tears falling into moon pool turning it bright. "I hate you for rejecting me. I hate you for making me raise them alone. But I love you. I have always loved you. And I will not let our babies die because I am stubborn."

He gasped, gold eyes flooding.

"I, Elena Rayne, Blessed Luna bloodline, accept you, Dominic Blackwood, as my true mate, my Alpha, my mate, tonight, in moon pool, in front of Moon Goddess and pack, to save our pups."

Moon pool exploded silver.

Dominic roared, "I, Dominic Blackwood, Alpha of Blackwood, accept you, Elena Rayne, as my Luna, my Blessed Luna, my forever Luna, tonight, in moon pool, in blood moon, in front of pack!"

Gold explosion.

Silver and gold collided, swirling, healing.

He bit my neck again, deep, true mating bite, not just mark, mating bite, silver blood bonding, and I bit his neck too, Luna biting Alpha, forbidden, but Blessed Luna can bite.

We both screamed as bond snapped fully, five-year broken bond healing with fire, wolves howling inside — Lira and Fenrir finally mated, howling together so loud temple shook.

Moon pool turned pure white light, blasting Luna and Leo.

Both twins gasped, arching, screaming, breathing again, silver and gold fur exploding full body shift for first time at same time.

Leo shifted huge golden-black wolf pup, bigger than any pup, howling Alpha howl at four.

Luna shifted silver-white wolf pup, beautiful, Blessed Luna wolf, howling so pure glass cracked.

Both alive. Both shifted. Both Blessed.

Pack outside howled so loud mountain shook.

Vanessa on altar screamed, White Alpha inside her burning from true mate bond light. "NO! True mate bond completed! Blessed twins awakened! I am burning!"

Her belly glowed white hot, then cracked, white smoke trying to escape, but silver chains holding.

Dominic held me in moon pool, both naked now, mating bond completed, silver and gold marks matching on necks, foreheads touching, breathing hard.

"We did it," he whispered, kissing my tears. "They live."

I held Luna and Leo wolf pups in water, both licking our faces.

Miriam was crying, laughing, "Prophecy fulfilled! Blessed Luna Returns! Blessed twins awakened at four! White Alpha sealed!"

But then Vanessa on altar went silent.

Too silent.

Her belly stopped glowing white. Went black.

She sat up, chains breaking like paper, eyes not white anymore, pure black, and smiled at me, voice not White Alpha anymore, deeper, older, female.

"Thank you, little Blessed Luna," she said, voice female ancient. "You completed bond and awakened twins and weakened White Alpha seal enough for me to come out. White Alpha was my husband. I am White Luna. And I have waited 300 years for Blessed Luna womb too. But not Vanessa's. Yours."

She looked at my belly, still in moon pool.

"You're pregnant again," White Luna whispered, smiling. "From tonight's mating bond. I can smell it. Twins again. But this time, they will be mine."

Dominic roared, pulling me behind him, but White Luna lifted hand and moon pool froze solid, trapping our feet.

Luna and Leo wolf pups growled at White Luna, silver and gold light flickering weak, tired from fever.

And Vanessa's belly ripped open from inside, not White Alpha baby, but white wolf ghost, female, huge, stepping out, standing behind White Luna, two White Alphas now.

"We want all four," White Luna smiled, touching my belly where new twins just conceived from tonight's bond were already glowing faint silver gold inside me. "Your first twins for army. Your second twins for ritual. And you for—"

Dominic shifted full black wolf, lunging, but frozen water held him.

Leo howled Alpha, trying to break ice.

Luna collapsed silver again, fever back fourth time.

And I felt new twins inside me kick for first time, even though they were just conceived minutes ago, impossible, but Blessed Luna pregnancy is fast, and they kicked in fear of White Luna. And Miriam screamed second prophecy begins now White Luna is real mate killer and twins inside Elena glowed brighter while pack ran inside with silver weapons tonight tonight. The white moon turned blood red again a week early second time and pack howled terror and Vanessa stood up chained and laughed with two white wolves inside her belly now both hungry tonight