The rise of Luna Astrid

Chapter 3

Astrid POV

I waited a while before making my way to the living room. I stopped in the doorway watching as my dad hugged my mother tightly, she looked like she'd been crying. They both looked at me with a sorrowful look in their eyes. "Sit down my dear" my father said, "We need to speak with you about something, I want you to remain calm and not overreact". I gently lowered myself onto the couch without uttering a word, I gave my father eye contact and sighed giving him my permission to speak without speaking myself.

His eyes looked everywhere but mine, he looked at my mother for reassurance but seemed to find none, he shooked his head and began. "Astrid, please know that we love you dearly, Alpha Christian has come to us with a proposal of sorts, as you know his son Samuel is to be the Beta of the pack, and again as you know, he hasnt exactly been willing to step up and take charge of his duties" my dad said, pausing a little to look at me with worry written all over his face. "They have given Samuel a bit of an ultimatum and in doing so, he has given them one as well, he has said that he will accept his duties fully and completely, and perform them as any good Beta will, providing that he can take you as his chosen mate". I watched him in horror recalling my conversation less than 30 minutes earlier with Samuel himself, at no point did I think that he was telling the truth, the normal things that come out of his mount are total s**t. My mothers hands shook and tears fell silently from her cheeks, "But what about my mate" I protested loudly. "If my mate is in this pack, I will be accepting him, i've saved myself for him" I cried, rage filling every inch of my soul.

My mother piped up in this instance "We have agreed that if you meet your fated mate, then you shall be with your fated, Alpha Christian of all people understands the will of the goddess" she looked away before continuing "that is, if he resides in this pack, if your mate is not in this pack, you have been forbidden to travel to find him, and you will become Samuel's chosen mate". Upon finishing her sentence she broke, she sobbed uncontrollably as my father tried to comfort her. "WHAT!?" I screamed at the top of my lungs, "so if my mate is not in this pack, my fate is sealed? how on earth can that be legal? I'll call the council of elders myself if i have to, I will not do this, absolutely not!" There was no breath left in me, i brought my knees to my chest and began crying, this was not the fate I wanted.

I lifted my head and looked at my parents, realizing that they never would have agreed to this on their own free will, "What the f**k does he have over you?" I asked, my face no longer holding any form of expression. My father's face changed as he looked at me, he and I were one in the same, he knew I was smart enough to figure it out, he was just hoping I wouldn't ask. "It doesnt matter Astrid, the decision has been made, if you don't agree on your own free will, you will be commanded, make your peace with this and hope to the goddess that your mate is within this pack" he said to me, taking my mother up stairs to comfort her some more. I sat on the couch again, staring blankly at the floor, i heard someone enter the room but I honestly couldnt care who it was, my mind was a mess, I didnt know what I was going to do.

"So the alpha will break his own rules for you but not for me?" Adeline said to me, disgust written all over her face "what makes you so special that you can be a chosen, and I can't?" she was pacing around me, I was trying to ignore her, I had no answer for her. For all i cared, if she wanted to take my place, she could, her and Samuel would make a fine couple. "I don't want this Adeline, it's not the fate I wanted for myself" I said to her, trying to kwell the rage that I could feel building inside of her. "Oh f**k off Astrid, you get everything" she spat, "I hope he treats you like dirt, forces you to submit to him, and when he marks you, takes a mistress and you feel all of it" and with that she stormed out of the house, again ranting things I had no interest in listening to.