The Broken Luna

Chapter 8: Damien

"Damien, can I speak to you for a moment?" Alpha Reiz asked.

"Of course, Alpha," I said without hesitation.

"There are two enforcers here from the Northern Moonstone Pack. It smells as though they are sticking close to our northern border, waiting for a signal to come closer, or perhaps just for the party to end to make invading the packhouse easier. I need you to keep a close eye on Mira. She is the Northern Moonstone Pack's Luna-born ruler, but it doesn't seem like they're waiting for her consent to retake her packlands. I've instructed her to shift in the training room and avoid coming outside. Make yourself invisible and protect her," he said, making it obvious he was not to be questioned or challenged in anyway.

"Yes, Alpha," I said.

I immediately went to the training room and sat on a weight bench. My wolf gift was that I was an air elemental. I condensed the air around myself until I was invisible, dispersing my scent until it could be mistaken that I had worked out recently but wasn't in the room I couldn't get rid of it completely, that'd take too much focus if I wanted to remain invisible. Mira entered the room shortly after. Her hands were shaking as she removed her clothes. Her body really was perfect, her ass perfectly round, her large breasts perky, her hard n*****s cutely small. She covered her breasts with her hands and waited. I heard the bells chime out the midnight hour at the same time I heard Mira groan as her bones broke and rearranged themselves. Her wolf form was gorgeous. Perfectly white, her eyes somehow more blue, the green and gold striations around her pupils deeper and more defined. My wolf whimpered for her.

"She’s not ours, buddy. You can smell that as well as I can. We've probably only been drawn to her for so long because Mom was originally a member of the pack she is Luna-born to," I soothed him.

It was easy for wolves to get confused by senses of loyalty and mates before both parties turned 18 and mate-bonds were established.

"The Moon Goddess has surely picked a beautiful wolf for us, too. We just haven't met her yet," I said to myself more than to my wolf.

I watched as she looked at herself in the mirror and stretched her new body. She was c*****g her head from side to side as she was probably talking to her wolf for the first time. She grudgingly turned in a circle and shifted back. Now my curiosity was peaked. That was the fastest I had ever seen a wolf allow their human to shift back after a first shift. I watched as she redressed and then sniffed the air. I followed her outside until I saw her stop and growl towards Fallon and the she-wolf he was speaking to. Then, I watched as she confidently strode toward him and they kissed like their lives depended on it. I looked on in horror as I realized they were fated mates.

The way his eyes always followed her around the packhouse like a lost puppy finally made sense. I knew she would be safe with him, so I made my way back to the training room and willed the air around me to decondense and make me visible again. I took my frustrations out on one of the punching bags hanging from the ceiling. I didn't even know why I was so angry, Mira wasn't my mate. She was always like a little sister to me until a couple of years ago when she started coming into her womanhood. All of the unmated males looked at her in longing then, even some of the wolves who's mates had died looked at her like they were praying she would be their second chance mate. But now that I knew she was Luna-born, it made sense. True Lunas were always sexier and more gorgeous than normal she wolves. They did have to keep the attention of an Alpha wolf, after all. In fact, it wasn't unheard of for them to be fated to two Alphas and merge two packs together. With how perfectly gorgeous Mira was, I wouldn't be surprised if she was fated to every unmated Alpha in existence. But, I knew for a fact that she only had one marking spot. I selfishly used to check durning our hugs, playing it off as a deep hug between friends. I always assumed it would be my mark gracing her neck. Now that I knew it wasn't, a part of me felt empty. Another felt full of hope, this meant I was free to resume my search for my fated mate. I had given up after not finding her a year into looking and assumed she just hadn't turned 18 yet. I'd decided I'd resume the search every summer while praying that it was Mira. I didn't have to do that anymore. Now that Fallon had found his Luna, they could ascend. I would ascend from a normal Sigma to a Beta. It would be my job to visit our ally packs and ensure relations were smooth and to seek out new allies, something our current Beta had gotten lazy about when he realized Fallon wasn't picking his son to be Beta and his hard work would not pass on to his son. I would find her.

I started to excitedly climb the stairs to talk to Fallon and Mira about their plans to take over the pack, how long her Luna training would take, so I could go find my mate when I heard something that made my blood freeze.

"Hey! I liked those leggings!" Mira protested.

"I'll buy you more, w***e," Fallon growled.

Did he just call our Luna a w***e?! I would not stand for this! I started to stomp up the stairs when I heard Mira's very consensual sounding moans echo down the hall.

"Damien, " Izzy whispered. She was one of Fallon’s 17 year old twin sisters.

"Izzy, he shouldn't talk to her like that," I said, my voice strained. My wolf's need to protect his Luna was growing stronger by the minute.

"You didn't overhear the first part of their 'conversation ,'" she giggled, putting air quotes around the word "conversation. "

I was about to protest when I heard Fallon’s voice drift down the stairs again,

"Louder!" it commanded, followed by the sound of skin slapping skin.

I growled until I heard Mira's aroused voice call out, "Sorry, Master!"

I shook my head, trying to get that to stop playing in my head when Izzy giggled again.

"You'd think the next Alpha wouldn't need the validation of his Luna calling him 'master' but I guess Fallon is just as insecure as the rest of us," Izzy giggled.

My wolf liked it when she giggled, but I didn't like her laughing at my Luna.

"Don't talk about Mira that way" I said, my voice barely above a whisper.

Izzy giggled again and then said, "You're not at all curious as to why we can hear them even though all of the bedrooms in the packhouse are soundproof?"

She laughed as realization creeped onto my face, "It's his Alpha wolf," she explained, "It's forcing all of his subjects to know that he is marking and mating his Luna for the first time. I doubt he's even aware of it. Thank God we aren't one of those archaic packs that forces its future leaders to mate in a viewing room with the whole pack staring from the balconies. Hearing this is bad enough, I would hate to actually have to see my brother have s*x!"

I wanted to vomit. I doubted Mira even knew we could all hear her. I doubted that she knew we could all hear his Alpha wolf grunt in approval every time she came. I was suddenly filled with rage that he would embarrass her like that. As soon as I heard them finish and he removed the cuffs from her extremities, I launched myself up the stairs and stormed down the hall towards his room, "FALLON!MOTHER FUCKER, I WILL KILL YOU!" I shouted slamming open his door, my face red with rage.

"Damien! What the f**k!" Mira roared at me, pulling the covers over her exposed breasts.

"Did you know that his Alpha wolf just broadcasted you losing your virginity to the entire pack?" I growled out.

Fallon’s and Mira's eyes both widened in shock and embarrassment. I guess Izzy was right, he wasn't aware.

"Fallon?" Mira whimpered tears welling up in her eyes.

"I-I didn't know. I've never had s*x before, I didn't even know that was something he would do. I'm so sorry, Mira" He moved to caress her cheek, but she pulled away. She climbed out of the bed and ran to her room as fast as she could. If it wasn't for the fact that he looked so defeated, I would've punched Fallon in the face right there.

"You just broadcasted your mate's first time to the whole pack and since you tore her clothes, she literally had to run out of here naked. For her sake, I pray to the Moon Goddess that you learn how to control your wolf," I growled.