Oblivious Luna

Chapter 8

[Tyler's PoV]

An hour and a half. That's how long I spent sulking in my office after that silly secretary of mine ruined my moment with my mate. I knew she was still in the building because her scent was lingering stronger than if she had actually left. Jake was also keeping tabs through our ranked link. The way he was describing things, it was starting to seem like she was accepting me.

"Uh, Ty, we have a situation." Jake's link caught me off guard and I was instantly up and heading down the elevator. When I got to the lobby my blood froze. Brandy and her clique were harassing Alexis and Natalie. I enhanced my hearing quick enough to hear her start to apologize, but the glare she gave Alexis set me off. I loudly growled and stalked toward the table.

"What's the meaning of this?" I demanded. Brandy bowed her head, along with her friends.

"This... This random... Wench..." I growled again at her insult. "Um... She was in our way... I was-"

"You were just being an insufferable b*tch is what you were doing!" Natalie cut her off. Brandy winced.

"It sounded to me like you were harassing my mate and my Beta's mate." I told her. Her eyes widened and she shot Alexis a look of both shock and anger.

"Mate? But you don't have a mate! You told the pack you were considering taking on a chosen!" She whimpered and tears sprang in her eyes. I should've known better than to hook up with her last year.

Alexis sat in her chair watching us. She tilted her head in thought, blinked twice at Natalie, and smirked. Slowly she stood and walked over to me, gliding her fingertips up my arm and to my shoulder.

"Yes, I'm his mate. So I suggest you take your stench of desperation and scamper off." She twiddled the fingers of her free hand. "Bye!" Brandy started to growl and looked over at Natalie again. She then sniffled and ran out of the room with her group following behind her. Natalie choked out a laugh.

"Girl, I can't believe you just did that!" She was holding her side laughing. "You just out b*tched that total b*tch! I'm so proud of you!"

"I mean, if she was going to act like that, I couldn't help it." Alexis stated. Her head leaned into my arm and I couldn't help but kiss the top of her hair. She gasped and jerked away. "Why does it always shock me when you kiss me?"

"It's our mate bond. Once you truly accept it, it should calm down a little. It's shocking you like this as a way to tell you that we're bonded."

"I don't know if I'm quite ready to accept it. But we can get to know each other. See how things work." She shrugged.

"Once you do, I'll mark you. Just like Jake marked Natalie." I told her.

"Mark me?!" She yelped out, sounding scared.

"Well, yes. I'll mark you. It isn't enough to just accept the bond. All that does is dull the shockwaves. In order to seal our bond, I would have to mate with you. Then I would mark you." I paused to let her process what I was saying. "Pretty much, I would sink my canines right here," I touched the spot on her neck where my mark would go, making her shiver, "and it would leave a sort of tattoo after it heals. A symbol of our bond."

"I wish you could see Nat's mark. It'll take until tomorrow night to fully form. I'm excited to see what our symbol is." Jake said and smiled. I sat at the table next to him and pulled Alexis into my lap so we could explain more about the marking process and her future title as my Luna.

[Brandy's Pov]

That b*tch! Who did she think she was swooping in here and stealing Tyler from me! I punched Cynthia's wall, leaving a small hole in it.

"Calm down, Crazy-Pants! I don't need to have to explain holes in my wall again! It was bad enough explaining they were because of sex." Cynthia yelled at me.

"It's not fair! He was going to take me as his chosen mate!" I couldn't believe it. Tyler never found his mate, even at his gala, and when he finally made love to me last year he told me he would consider taking a chosen.

After that I began researching everything I could about pack law. I learned everything there was to being a Luna. My daydream was having the Luna tiara placed on my head at my twenty-ninth birthday; which would obviously be a big celebration. Everyone would cheer and Tyler and I would mark each other right there.

We didn't need to mate to mark one another. We could do it in front of everyone to show how strong our chosen bond was. It would make us a force to be reckoned with. Now that human was in the way and f*cking everything up. I needed to find a way to get rid of her.

"Did you notice Beta Jacob's mate was already marked?" Cynthia asked me. I nodded. I'd noticed her mark before I was about to cuss her out for having the nerve to talk back to her future Luna. Seeing it made me realize she currently outranked me and I tried to back off to not get in trouble. Unfortunately, Tyler had already seen everything.

"I wonder what the witch coven thinks of her being marked." I mumbled. Cynthia choked out a gasp. "What? You couldn't tell she was a witch?"

"I didn't notice. I didn't really care. She's just some hoe that was with Beta Jacob." She said as she fixed her hair in her mirror.

"Nope. Crazy b*tch is a witch. I don't think the coven would be too happy to find out one of theirs is marked by one of ours." I smirked. "Maybe that will help get rid of that human so I can get my place back as Luna."

"You're so bad, Brandy." Cynthia chuckled. We decided to head out to a close by bar to plan out how we'll get rid of the newcomers.

[Alexis's PoV]

I was, once again, sitting in a chair in Tyler's office while he typed away at his computer. Jacob and Natalie ended up getting tired after everything and went to take a nap in Jacob's room. They said they'd be back down for dinner, which I didn't realize I'd agreed to attending.

"So if I agree to being your mate, that makes me your Luna?" I asked him, even though he had answered it multiple times I still didn't understand. I sighed and looked up from his computer.

"We would have to mate, first. I would mark you, preferably when we mate. That seals our bond and shows everyone you're mine. Then there would be a ceremony where we would crown you as Luna. You would either be crowned with my mother's tiara or we would get you your own. I will say that my mother's tiara has been handed down from Luna to Luna for generations."

"All of you keep saying mate. I thought I already was your mate?" Was I really this naive? Or had the shock not worn off?

"s*x, Alexis. When mates have s*x we consider it mating. Typically during s*x is when they mark each other. In our case, I would mark you. Then the ceremony. After the ceremony the entire population will know that you're, not only my mate but, my Luna." I could see he was getting annoyed with me but I couldn't help it. Everything about this was confusing me.

Feeling guilty for the stress I felt like I was putting him through I stood from my chair and walked around his desk. He looked up at me and I tilted my head, gesturing for him to push away. Once he did I nestled myself onto his thigh, his breath hitched.

"I'm sorry I keep asking you the same questions over and over. But you try being with someone for years, him dumping you, getting engaged, and then discovering mere hours later that you're mated to a werewolf; that you didn't even know existed. It's a lot to take in." I traced my fingertips along his arm and he stiffened.

Slowly I leaned forward, chewing gently on my lower lip. Eyes never leaving his.