Wounded Luna

Secret Meeting

**Fenrir POV **

I felt mostly confident leaving the girl in Doctor Lynn's capable hands, and left the hospital, jumped back into the jeep and drove back to the packhouse. calling Jason on my way.

"Jason, grab Mitchell and your mates, and meet me interrogation room 3." I tell him when he answers

"not to question you, Fen. but you know that room is closed off for security renovation, right? " he says

" i do know that, which is why it's the perfect room for a secret meeting, as all the listening and recording devices are offline." I point out "I'll meet you there in about 15 minutes" I say and end the call.

when i arrive at the packhouse I dropped the jeep off in the service area, so it can be cleaned. then slip inside using the side entrance of the packhouse, to attempt to avoid running into Jessica, and thankfully managed to get down into the basement dungeons without being seen. when i got into the interrogation room, the Betas, Jason and his mate Marlene, and the Gammas, Mitchell and his mate Emily, where all ready here waiting on on me. Emily, goddess bless this sweet girl, held out a big steaming cup of black coffee to me.

"Thanks Em." I say and taking a long sip the bitter dark liquid."I assume that Jason as updated every on in the situation."

it's Mitchell who answers. "Yes Alpha, and I might have a few things to add."

"Go on then." I tell him

"I got a message from one of the twins that have infiltrated Iron Wolf Pack, Thomas, got himself a job guarding, something, at a shady cabin in the woods away from any pack settlements, according to Gregor, yesterday afternoon, Thomas and the other guard were brought in for questioning and detained. Gregor will update us further when he had more information." Mitchell says. "That got me thinking, given the time delays from mid afternoon to just after midnight, say 7 to 8 hours, a properly motivated, partially shifted, and injured, wolf could make that run. what if the girl is the something that they where guarding, and they where brought in for questioning, and where detained, because she escaped"

I nod "do able, that's about a 6 hour drive northwest, and if Thomas aided in her escape in someway, he likely told her to run southeast, towards us." I agreed. " Hopefully, whatever did happen with Thomas, that lead to his questioning and detainment, is something he can get himself out of."

"we should record last nights border disturbance as older male rouge, report he was questioned, determined not to be dangerous, or in criminal standing with our pack, and released." Marlene suggested. "that way if anyone contacts us looking for someone, we have a record in place already"

"that's a good plan Marlene, good thinking." I agree

"Alpha, possibility of Iron Wolf involvement aside, why would someone do this to that poor little girl." Emily asked

"Little girl, is a bit off, according to Doctor Lynn, she's between 17 and 22, and based on her canine teeth, she's a ranker, Beta born, possibly Alpha." I informed them "As to the reason, well, that's the big question we all want to know."

Jason scratched his beard. "She's likely an Alpha, think about it. drugged, held in captivity and abused, a scared Alpha female in panicked fight or flight mode, running on pure instinct

and adrenaline, could force a partial shift and resist the direct orders of another alpha."

"that's certainly not out of the realm of possibility, yesterday was a blue moon, High Priestess Anderson, told me before the ritual that blue moons are special, they have a deferent power then regular full moon. it is possible that even under the effects of wolfsbane, a blue moon could have stirred her wolf, or even allowed her wolf to take control." I muse

"you mean your grandma told you, because your a grandma's boy." Jason teased to lighten the grim mood, getting everyone to chuckle a bit

**Jessica POV**

I'm sitting in the shower crying again, I don't know what else to do, and I can't keep up this bitchy act much longer, what will I take to get Alpha Fenrir to call off this stupid arranged mating, I don't even want to be a Luna, I've done everything i can to turn his pack against me, i dress in gaudy over priced clothes, wear far too much makeup, drown myself in that awful perfume. I treat the omegas like dirt, I actually tried to hit Elle, and she's like the sweetest person alive. I'm starting to hate myself, the stress of keeping up the act is tearing me up inside and out, my hair is falling out, I haven't been able to keep anything down for days. all the makeup I've been wearing is drying out my skin, those stupid gaudy outfits are horribly uncomfortable, and I haven't trained in months, because i wanted to appear lazy, I can feel how weak I'm getting.

I just want to be with my mate. I don't care about him being an omega, or that my grandfather and parents won't approve, i just want my happiness, to have my mates pups, a little house where i can grow flowers, and just be myself. Maybe if I just talk to Alpha Fenrir tell him the truth, explain what's going on, maybe he'll understand, he might even help me. I don't know, maybe he won't. I bury my face in my knees and just cry until the tears stop coming.

"Just talk to him, he will help us, Alphas Fenrir and Tor, are good Alphas, and if we tell him who mate is, maybe he let us stay and help protect us from grandfather." My wolf Zara says in my mind.

"But what if he doesn't Zara, we are an Alphas daughter, from a long line of strong Alphas, this arrangement gives him the ability to have an alpha shewolf carry his pups, we could provide him with stronger pups, he might want this even if we don't, why else has he not sent me away yet." I tell her

"Or, he's still hoping to find his own mate, and that's why he never actually tries to mate with us, and put you in a room on the guest floor, and not in one of the unused suites on the alpha floor." Zara retorts.

"mmmm, your right, I guess, if I talk to him, even if he won't release me from the arrangement I can stop acting like a b***h, that might make me a little happy at least." I concede "Although if he does make us become his chosen mate, I know I'll never be happy here, seeing my actual mate every day, and having to watch him maybe get a second chance mate, or take a chosen mate of his own, it will crush us."

"I know, at least mate, is only 17, so he doesn't know about us yet. If Fenrir won't release us, maybe we will get lucky and he'll mark us before mate is 18 and we have to reject him." Zara says slightly dejected.

"Oh goddess, I don't think I could do it, i don't want to reject my mate. I'd rather go rogue than do that." I start crying again.

After I made my decision and calmed down I got out of the shower, and for the first time in months I got dressed in clothes I actually liked, comfy stone washed low cut bell bottoms, and semi loose floral spaghetti strap shirt. put on a light natural makeup, and simple lip gloss, then put my hair in a simple over the shoulder braid. looking in the mirror I felt more like myself than I had in months.

I took a deep calming breath and checked the clock 5:29 am, Alpha Fenrir should be back from morning training just after 6.

"OK, Jess, your going to march up to his room, and wait for him, then once he gets back you'll tell him the truth, you can do this." I say to myself, and leave for the Alpha floor.

I got to the fourth floor and knocked on Fenrir's door, no answer, so i check the handle unlocked, I pushed it open a bit.

"Hello, Alpha Fenrir, you here? " I called out, no answer, so I took a deep breath and slipped inside turning on the lights and sitting on his couch to wait for him. it was only a few minutes before the door pushed open and Fenrir walked in.

"You know your not supposed to be on this flo...."

"I don't want to be your Luna, I want to be with my mate!" i quickly cut him off before I lost my nerve.