Luna's Revenge

Happy Birthday to Me

I wanted to go chase after Jared and give him a hug. I was one of a very few people who understood how he felt, and why he was so upset. We wolfless pack members are constantly being ridiculed and teased. I am constantly getting pushed, shoved and hit by the warriors and higher pack members: not the Alpha of course, put the Beta, Gamma and Delta were constantly being assess to me.

As I went to exit the door, a big strong hand firmly grasped my left arm, pulling me to a halt. I turned back to see who the hand belonged to, and met the eyes of our Alpha, my mate. "And where do you think you are going?" He said to me. I turned around to face him, and said in just a little over a whisper, "I was going to talk to Jared, if that's alright with you, Alpha?" Alpha Mark tipped his head to the side and grinned, but the tone of his voice did not match the look on his face as he said, "And why would you need to go after Jared?"

I lowered my head at his tone and said sheepishly whilst looking at the floor, "Be...because he is mmm... mmmyy best friend, and hhheee's hurting and uppp-set." Alpha Mark lifted my chin with his free hand and asked, "So you care more about Jared being upset than upsetting your mate? Your Alpha?" My eyes widened and I said hurriedly, "Oh, of course Alpha, I didn't mean to upset you, it's just that Jared and I are so close, and he seemed so hurt I just wanted to go console him and..." "And what?! Huh? How were you going to console him? By giving him a hug and kiss on the cheek? You would like that wouldn't you? Are you and Jared an item? Is he your boyfriend?" I stayed quiet in fear of his ever growing temper, he was no longer grinning put had his lips curled in a scowl. "Answer me!" He commanded in his Alpha tone. I and everyone else in the room immediately jumped at his tone and command; all heads were down, aside from mine which the Alpha had now firmly grasped ahold of, instead of the light chin lift a few moments earlier. He had also a painfully tight grasp on my left arm now, instead of a firm grip. Tears started streaming down my cheeks from the pain and fear. I just wanted to be out of this house, and far away from him, this man that was supposed to love and care for me, but who was instead causing me a great deal of pain and sorrow. "I... Alpha Mark, you are hurting me. Please unhand me. I don't know what I have done to upset you so, but I am sorry." The Alpha growled and his eyes began to shift from their light brown color to pitch black. I gasped and tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but the more I moved, the harder his grasp tightened around my arm and chin. " I said answer me little mate. Are you running after Jared because he is your boyfriend? Are you cheating on me with my only nephew?!" I scrunched my nose up in confusion. Cheating on him? Jared as my boyfriend? Although I was highly terrified by his possessive behavior, I was also tired of everyone claiming that Jared and I were an item. With the little bit of gumption, I had left in my reserve: I pushed down as much of my fear as I could and answered him with the same intensity, I had with Shayla earlier. " I am so sick and tired of everyone claiming Jared and I are an item. Why is it so hard for you people to comprehend that a male and female can be just friends, with no added benefits? I was going to console my friend, and yes give him a hug because he is feeling down. That's what friends do, they console their friends when they are hurting. And no, I am NOT going to give him a kissing or anything else that you maybe implying, Alpha Mark." By that point I was outwardly shaking with anger more than fear, and tears were flowing from my eyes like a leaky faucet. I was so over this day; a day that was supposed to be the start of a new and happier chapter in my life. Yet, this birthday has been the most horrific birthdays since my sixteenth birthday. How was it that I had ended up with such a loathsome family and mate?

Why was the Moon Goddess playing this cruel trick on me, of all people? Did I not specify what I wanted from my mate? Did I not ask her to save me from the horrible life I was in and make it better with my loving mate? How could she have matched me with someone so possessive and cruel? "With the last ounce of strength in me I asked the Alpha, "Please for heavens sake, let go over me. You are hurting me." A few moments later, his eyes had returned to their original light brown, and the Alpha released me with a shove, causing my back to hit the door. "I will send over some of the staff to help you collect your things in two hours, you had better be ready by then. Don't you dare leave me waiting." With that he pushed me to the side, and exited through the front door.

Once he left, we all took a collective breath and sighed. The intensity of his Alpha command mixed with his overzealous anger was a bit too much for us to handle. "Well at least you now have your mate, little ogre, and he is perfect for you; just what you deserve." Shayla chuckled crossing her arms over her chest. "I wouldn't have expected nothing less than you having the same miserable servant life you have always had, only now it is going to be as the Alpha's personal servant!" She shrieked so full of glee for the gruesome fate that seemed to be my new life. Carlos at least had the decency to look sorry for me, and gave Shayla a nudge on to her side, to shut her up. "Come on Shay that's not cool. You know how intense Alpha Mark can be. Not even Corra deserves that kind of treatment." "Oh pa-lease. She SOOO deserves this kind of treatment, she has been constantly begging the Moon Goddess for her mate, and it is only befitting that she gets exactly what she asked for, only in a much more powerful and heinous way." My dad sort of stood up for me, for the first time in years, well more like he showed respect for the Alpha. "Shayla, there will be none of that talk, do you hear?! Alpha Mark is a great leader, and the reason we are as strong and financially stable as we are. It is a great honor to be mated to such a leader." He then turned to me with a beaming smile on his face and stretched out his arms in me direction. You have done very well daughter. I am so proud of you. This truly makes up for all the heartache you have caused us. Come give your father a hug." I couldn't believe he actually just complimented and insulted me at the same time. I was so hurt and upset from the things they said and the Alpha's reactions that I could no longer contain my emotions, but I was not going to give them the satisfaction of seeing me cry. I ran upstairs to my room, slamming the door behind me.

My back was once again to the door, and I slid down wailing from all that had just transpired. I cried so much and so hard that I started getting a headache. There was what sounded like my family speaking downstairs louder than usual; meaning they were arguing with each other. Due to the increased throbbing in my head, it was hard to make out what they were saying, mainly because I did not want to deal with anymore backhanded comments and threats. As time went on, there were sounds of doors slamming all over the house, and something shattered. In my distraught state, my focus was to get away from the world and hide. I slowly made my way to my bed, crawling in time with the increased bounding reverberating through my temples, like a protagonist in one of those action movies who just survived there first attack from their enemies, and needed a place to rest, until round two.

Why in the world did I have to be the one with all the rotten luck? As soon as something good happens, it immediatley is followed by the worst whammy imagineable.With that thought I climbed into my bed, kicked off my shoes, and just before throwing the cover over my head: I looked up to my ceiling and said sarcastically to the Moon Goddess, " Thanks for bringing me my mate, and happy birthday to me."