The Rogue Alpha and Her Mate

The Luna Ceremony

I. Was. So. Nervous.  I mean, would the pack object? What about the tasks, oh god, what if I fail the tasks, my wolf, who had been quiet for the most part, was pacing about in a frenzy,

What if the Moon Goddess doesn't accept the union?  I thought to myself in panic

I glanced at the clock, 5 hours before the ceremony, I suddenly had the urge to puke, I ran to the bathroom. I throw up in the toilet for the 100th time in 3 days, I flush the toilet and rinse out my mouth, 

Hey human?

Yes, Donna?

Weren't you supposed to start your period like, 3 days ago?

Oh...my...god, I run to the cabinet and scramble for a few pregnancy tests, I grab my phone and set a 5 minute timer as Persia, Dorothy, and Huda come in. 

They see the pregnancy tests and their eyes widen, Persia's jaw drops,

"Oh. My. GOD." she almost screamed and I winced,

"You're pregnant?!" Dorothy shrieks in excitement,

"I mean, I think so, I've been throwing up the last 3 days, and I started my period late." Huda remained silent, contemplating on the situation.

The alarm rings, I take a look at the tests I took, I drop the test, my jaw dropped, two lines, positive. 

We are going to have a pup.

The bathroom was filled with shrieks and screams of excitement, Huda was the first to talk,

"Congratulations, D." she smiles so wide,

"How are you telling Hunter?" Dorothy asks,

"Maybe during the ceremony, you know, it's a big deal for the pack." Persia nods her head to my response,

"That's a good idea. We should give him the pregnancy test as a gift," she snickers,

"Okay, does anyone have a box and wrapping paper?" 

Hunter's p.o.v

3 hours until the Luna Ceremony,

What if Moon Goddess doesn't accept our mate as Luna? Xavier had negative thoughts running in his head,

I groan internally, I'm sure she will accept her, 

What if she fails the tasks?

You are not being very supportive right now,

Sorry,

It's alright, it's only the nerves getting the best of you.

I sigh, finishing up the paperwork in front of me. A while later there was a knock on the door,

"Hunter, you need to get ready, you've been in there for 2 hours." I groan and get up from my chair and out the room,

"Are you ready for the Ceremony?" Carlos asks with amusement as Allen and Charles come. 

After finding out that he was Dorothy's mate, we had become friends. Oliver came to join us, he had agreed to stay for the Luna Ceremony but insisted that he leave right after.

We got ready together, by 7:40 we were done, 20 minutes until the Ceremony.

Dianna's p.o.v

The girls were helping me get ready,

 Turns out, Persia changed her mind about the dress, it was now a light pink mermaid dress,  Huda got to work, pinning my hair in various different places before making up her mind, half up, half down with pearl and golden leaves woven into my hair.

She really should be a hairstylist, Dorothy was so excited, she did such a good job, she put white, slightly pink, eye shadow, did my eyebrows, put mascara on. She contoured my face after putting on foundation and concealer and whatever other products she used. She used blush and a light pink lip gloss. I was ready, just on time, they were as well. 

The girls lead me downstairs, they were all dressed up as well, Persia in a peach dress, Dorothy in a dark blue, and Huda in a deep gray, almost purple. 

Once we get downstairs, me clutching the box with  the pregnancy test, my jaw dropped, there, at the base of the stairs, stood my family speaking with my tense mate,

"Mother, Liam, Jax, what a surprise." even though father flinched, I did not waver as I came down the stairs, the girls go over to their mates,

"You look like the goddess of beauty." Hunter says to me, kissing my forehead, basically eating me with his eyes, I blush at his comment,

"What's this?" he asks as he sees the wrapped up box, I smirk,

"Just a gift for you." he looks surprised, my father clears his throat,

"We heard about the Luna Ceremony, it's the latest gossip in the pack, so we decided to give you a visit." 

Like you care. I thought to myself.

"But I recall only giving mother an invitation along with my little brother, not you." my cold tone surprises him. 

I feel a tugging near my left side, I look down and see a little boy, Jax I assume. He look at me with his intelligent brown eyes, his hair was brown, he looked like  mother,

"Are you Dianna?" he asks me, curiosity laced in his voice, I nod slightly, pursing my lips,

"Okay everyone, if we don't get moving to the temple of the Moon Goddess, we are going to be late." Allen says, loudly. I get into the car, since it was tradition, my father had to escort me, 

"You ready?" he asks as we got into the decorated temple, I snake my arm around his with reluctance,

"Let's just get this over with." I grumbled, I knew he heard me when he pursed his lips. 

Persia had taken the box from me.

My father led me down to Hunter who was grinning like a fool. Although this was not our wedding, it sure felt like it.

"First you both will thank the Moon Goddess for each other." the man who was officiating the Ceremony boomed,

"Thank you Moon Goddess, for my beautiful, sweet, brave, kind mate." Hunter says, and although it was quiet the whole temple heard us, his words brought tears to my eyes,

"For my handsome, stubborn, funny, gentle and kind mate, I thank the Goddess of the Moon." I smile at him, he squeezed my hand he had taken when I was saying my thanks,

"Next," the man, priest, whatever, he gives us a knife, "You will cut a line in your palm, each of you. You will join hands and watch as the blood drips into this bowl." he places a bowl on the small table I had neglected earlier.

 I make a cut in my hand, as does Hunter, he places my hand in his and we wait, watching the blood drip steadily into the bowl until it stopped, signaling that the cuts had healed. We both look at the priest who gives us a grimace, pouring the blood into a chalice,

"You have to drink." he hands me the chalice. 

With hesitation, I bring the cup up to my lips, I glance at Persia who nods, I take a sip, pouring a bit down my throat. 

I grimace at the metallic taste, I hand it to Hunter who does the same and has a similar reaction, except he smacks his lips a few times.

The priest had some leftover blood in the bowl, he gave us a lighter, telling us to set the blood on fire, a sacrifice to the Goddess. We do as he asks, immediately it lights up with fire to our surprise,

"Next, I'm sure you haven't had the time to prepare for this but you will need to recite vows, coming from your heart." I swallow the urge to throw up, the priest nods to Hunter,

"Dianna, from the moment I saw you, all I thought was that you were a killer, a rogue. Before I saw your pack, what you accomplished, I thought rogues were all the same, nasty, selfish fools that killed my father." I blink in surprise and open my mouth but he cuts me off,

"You taught me that no two people are alike, you taught me to see what was inside the person instead of the surface or what the rumors say. Sure some rumors are true, but I love you the same, should you be tossed out, I will follow. My vows to you are the following. I promise, no, I swear on the name of the Goddess, I will love and cherish you, I will trust you. I swear that I will believe that alongside me, you will protect the pack with all you've got. I will protect you until my last breath." the priest nods towards me, I wipe my eyes, thankful that Dorothy had put waterproof mascara,

"Hunter, when I met you, I was ready to avoid you at all cause, I thought you were an arrogant, selfish bastard. I was so very wrong, you were so gentle with me, so kind. Even if I annoyed the hell out of you. You were patient throughout my Levi Calor, it taught me, that most people aren't what they seem to be like. This is my vow to you, I swear on the name of the Goddess that I will protect the pack alongside you. I will love and cherish you, I will trust your judgment. Should you ever be tossed out for an unknown reason, I will follow. Should you be captured, I will do anything in my power to save you. Should you die," I choked on my words, "I will do what I can to keep the pack together in your name." I wiped my tears away, he looked at the ceiling and tried to blink back tears.

I heard sniffles throughout the room, I quickly glanced at the pack, my pack, our pack. I saw Persia bawling her eyes out, Dorothy curled up against Charles, softly smiling, and Huda dabbing her eyes with a tissue. My mother was weeping, I stiffen up, although it was unnoticeable.

"Light the candles, the one on the left dedicates yourselves to the pack, the right, to each other." Hunter and I light the candles, he kisses my temple, we light the left. When we light up the right one, the smell of roses, cinnamon, apples, and vanilla filled the air,

"Now the one in the middle will determine if the Moon Goddess accepts this union." it was a silver candle, a gold moon was on the side of it. We light it, it flickers, almost going out before it stops and glows brightly. I let out a breath I was holding, so did Hunter.

He smiles at me, relieved. He takes my waist and kisses me, tenderly, pouring out his love in that one kiss. I grip his blond hair, before I pull away to the whoops and cheers,

"If you have objections, speak now." there was a silence, a few females pursed their lips but kept quiet. 

"Now for the task, Luna, you will go into the forest, you will know what the task is when you see it." 

Suddenly I was in the forest, I decided to start wandering, I heard whimpering and growling, four children from Hunter's pack were standing, huddled together. 

The boys were standing protectively in front of the girls, I knew at once that they were mates. What was I going to do? I had to finish my task, but I couldn't leave the children in danger, I walk towards the children,

"Leave them alone." I tell the wolves,

"I think not." The alpha bellows, the wolves lunge at me, I manage to fight all of them off, I turn towards the children who were staring at horror at what was behind me, I turn, there stood the Alpha, with a silver dagger. 

He plunges it into my stomach, blood seeps through my dirty, torn dress. I grunt and stagger to the ground,

Hunter's p.o.v

I was forced to watch Dianna fight off the rogues, one by one, then, the Alpha stabbed her, I was shaking with rage and pain, I got up and started towards the forest, Persia grabs my arm and sits me back down,

"If you trust Dianna, let her face this on her own," she says, dead serious, I look at the screen again, this time she had pulled out the blade and had healed, of course, silver is a poison to werewolves, she could resist it.

Dianna's p.o.v

"Your mistake is that you turned your back against me." I growl, stabbing him in the back, he gasps as I turn the blade.

"You, are going to regret this," he stutters out,

“I don’t think so.”

 I turn to the children, rushing over to them,

"Are you okay?" they nod,

"You succeeded in your task." the red haired, green eyed girl said. Task?

"To save us, you didn't have to."  the hazel eyed, brown haired boy clarified,

"Why did they want you?" I ask them, curiosity laced in my voice,

"Well, we are hybrids." the blond girl with purple eyes responded,

"Yeah, I'm Shane Reshton part werewolf, part vampire." the blue eyed, blond haired boy tells me, 

"I'm Melody Sharon, I'm the part werewolf and witch." the small red-haired girl tells me brightly,

"I'm Shannon Cretan, part dragon and werewolf," chimes the purple eyed girl,

"I'm Wayland Carter, the griffin and werewolf." says the hazel eyed boy. 

"So you are mates?" they nod, and I blink slowly.

"Melody and Shane, and Shannon and me." Wayland says brightly, I look around me, 

"We should get going. It isn't safe."I tell them,

"Wait," Melody tells me, she puts a small hand on my dress and it immediately becomes clean, she also fixes my hair and makeup.

"Uh.. Thanks." she smiles brightly,

“You’re welcome.”

We arrive at the temple, the kids run to their parents, the priest smiles at me,

"You succeeded with the task Luna. Congratulations. Dorothy Grace, please bring in the diadem." Dorothy brings up a golden box engraved with runes, inside was the most beautiful crown ever, a white gold crown with moonstones.

"Dianna Jane Spencer, you are now officially the Luna of the Hidden Pine pack." he places it on my head, I thank him,

"Before we leave, I have a gift for the Alpha." I tell the crowd, Persia hands me the box,

"Here you go." I tell him, giving Hunter the wrapped up box which had the test in it. He opens it, picking up the pregnancy test. 

He looks at me confused but looks at the result. His jaw drops, he drops the pregnancy test which landed with a loud tick.

Hunter's p.o.v

I look at the test, positive. She was pregnant, I dropped the test. 

"You're pr-pregnant." I stutter out, there were gasps in the temple,

"Surprise." she says with a small smile,

"We're going to be parents," I say again, still wrapping my head around the fact that my mate was pregnant, I felt a smile form on my face,

"We're going to have pups." I laugh and pick her up, twirling her around. There were whoops and cheers. She yelps as I pick her up bridal style, she laughs and smacks my chest playfully. 

"I love you." I murmured as soon as we got into our home beside the packhouse. I put her down. 

"Me too." she says before gagging and running to the sink, she throws up, I go over and rub her back.

She rinses out her mouth,

"I'm hungry." she mutters a few minutes after, "But I want to sleep." she adds,

"Go to bed beautiful, I'll bring your dinner." I kiss her forehead and hear her stomp up the stairs, , I look at the calendar. April 2nd, until August 2nd. I was going to survive 4 months of pregnancy hormones and mood swings. Just then I heard a crash and a string of curses, oh Goddess, it was going to be a long four months.

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A/N: probably the longest chapter I've written, Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know the dates don't make sense, it is because I wasn't counting any of the days, my apologies. Love you all