Unchosen Luna

006

"Boys, come here!" I yell. They both immediately run out of their room. I know they heard everything because in this house the walls are thin and cheap, but as usual, we all pretend nothing happened, "Like I said before all that, I have good news."

"What is it?" Beau asks with beautiful green eyes full of excitement. That doesn't happen very often, so I bend down to carry his body and twirl him around until I make him squeal with happiness.

"I got a lot of money today, so I'm going to take you both for a day out with the Rich Ones," I tell them and both my brothers gasp in disbelief. Knox is looking at me with wide eyes. I set Beau aside and walk over to him. Knox is only ten, but he's already almost my size so I can't carry him, I just hug him, "Go take a shower and then we can go."

“Me first!" Beau shouts and runs off to the bathroom while Knox just stares at me.

"Are you serious?" he asks, I nod with a smile, "It's the money… from Theo’s wallet?"

“Nope, I stole his watch too, but apparently he doesn’t know it’s missing. Also, he is the next Alpha, Knox. Don't call him Theo like that," I gently scold him, "So, go and take a shower, because we're going to have a fun day today."

"Okay," he replies with a smile and nods, "I’m happy, Nookie."

"I’m happy too, baby. Today will be a lot of fun, so hurry up,” I say and push him into his room while I go to mine to find something nice to wear.

The times I've gone to the rich part of Greyhound it has always ended badly. Fortunately, no one has caught me stealing, but that doesn't stop them from assuming I'm a thief just because I look like one.

And because, at this point, most people already know us well. We are very popular thanks to my father always being the loudest voice of our people. And yet, a lot of 'our people' slowly gave up the fight and ended up accepting Alpha Robert. And now they are part of the Rich Ones.

I’m always envious of them, but I do understand my father’s anger and reluctance to accept him.

Once I finish getting dressed, I walk to my brothers' room to pick out clothes for them as well.

They don't have a lot of stuff, but that's going to change today. I'm going to buy them nice things.

"Buba! Stop running around naked like a wild child," I complain when my little brother has spent more than five minutes hopping from bed to bed completely naked like a monkey, "Come here."

"Catch me!" he yells and then I run to him, laughing when I finally catch his crazy body and force him to get dressed.

Beau is only six years old, so this life at Greyhound is all he's ever known. Knox is ten and although he lived in the happy times, as I call them, I think he's forgotten what it was like.

While we lived at Hughmount, our life was different. We weren't rich, but Mom and Dad both had jobs and we had a nice life. My dad used to spend most of his time working at a factory, but he was still a good father.

Everything fell apart when Alpha Robert decided to conquer our pack. My dad grew bitter, he threw himself into alcohol and decided to refuse obeying the Alpha, making us all so incredibly miserable that my mother had no other option than to end her own life.

So now, here we are. Struggling to survive.

At least this time I stole something good. And I'm definitely not going to give this huge amount of money to my dad, he would spend all of it in alcohol and god knows what else.

So, I'm going to spend most of it on me and my boys.

And it's all thanks to Theodore Heiden.

{ Theodore }

I leave Nukea's house feeling like someone is hitting my head with a frying pan repeatedly while screaming in my ear. I'm dazed and shocked.

What I just discovered in there is something that has the potential to destroy my life worse than a nuclear bomb. Maybe I'd even prefer the bomb, if I'm honest, because finding my fated mate has never ever been in my plans.

Especially not if is someone... like her.

The last fated couple in Greyhound was my grandparents. Their love was incredibly intense and magical, as it always is when there is a fated bond between two people. They met over seventy years ago and died together ten years ago. There were a few other fated couples in that generation, but they have not been any in recent years.

Except for now. I found my fated mate: Nukea Winters.

Now that I think about it a little more, all the signs were there since last night, but I couldn't see them because of my drunk state.

My wolf being interested in someone, pushing me towards someone in such a strong way, that's not normal at all. Not one bit. And that strong reaction of my body towards her is not normal either, the way I needed to kiss her is out of character for me.

Everything has been so chaotic that I didn't even have time to think about it, but having her in front of me without being drunk... it was totally undeniable.

The way that woman talks and talks and talks almost got me distracted again, but once I looked into her green eyes, our bond became a complete reality. My wolf has never been so sure about anything else in his life.

And once she got close to me, her light scent made it even clearer. She smells like warm vanilla and cinnamon and mine.

It's really crazy, I've never felt such wild emotions before.

But to be honest, I'm not too sure I like how all over the place I felt while standing in front of her. It's something new to me.

And to feel that way towards someone I just met and who is also so incredibly wrong for me, is something I'm not ready for.

It's too much and my first instinct is to run away from it. I don't know what that says about me as a man, but my wolf absolutely wanted to take her in his arms and never let her go.

Maybe seventy years ago this whole fated mates thing would be easier for me to accept, but times have changed. There are more important things than a bond, like... responsibility and power.

I have no idea what the f**k it means to have this bond, I have no idea what I have to do or how or why, but right this minute I don't want to think about it.