The Luna's Mission

Chapter Five

POV Ava

I open my eyes slowly, blinking several times so my sight could adjust properly to sunlight filtering into the room.

I tried to sit up but i couldn't. Not with the heavy pounding in my head.

So i lie down back, and try to remember how last night ended. I swear I'm never drink with Leah ever again. That girl is bad news.

I wonder how i even got to my room with all those drinks i took.

Oh my gosh! I hope Ryder did not see me when i was a drunken mess. I'm so going to kill Leah the minute i see her.

How am I going to face everyone after such a horrible night. I'm so finished. What will my mate think of me.

So as I stretch my limbs and body in bed, i realized for the first time that i was not in my room.

For one, my cot is very hard. But this bed under me feels like I'm lying on a cloud of feathers. When i open my eyes. I see I'm in a beautiful room covered with white linen clothes.

I'm still trying to figure out how i ended up in here anyway. Did Ryder take me up to his chambers while i was knocked out, there's no telling what that wolf can do.

Wait! Have I been kidn*pped by an elf? I saw those sneaky elves watching me closely at the party.

Then it hit me in the head. Today i turn eighteen.

And today is the mating ceremony between me and Ryder. The day i finally become Luna of Uzza.

I'm fully awake now that I know what day it still today.

Everything makes sense now, the white room and the super soft bed I'm on.

I was just worrying over nothing. I'm perfectly safe.

In Uzza tradition, the Luna is kept in a room decorated with pure white linens by herself all through the day to purify her body.

No one is allowed to see her and she does not step out. All she needs will be provided for her in the room.

She only comes out dressed in a white robe when the moon is full. Then the mating ritual with the Alpha can begin.

I sigh in relief and plop back down on the bed.

For some reason i feel really tired. I haven't felt this drained before. I know i must look a mess, but sadly there's no mirror in here.

And I'm very hungry. I get up from the bed to check out the room.

I grab the white robe placed on the foot of the bed wrapping myself with it.

The first thing i see when move out of the bed chamber is the table packed with food and fruits and milk.

I quickly grab the gold goblet on the table and pour some milk for myself.

Well…since I'm stuck here all day, and this delicacies will not disappear on their own anyway.

I’m never one to worry about food always but Its odd that I'm feeling so hungry right now. So i start by helping myself with a sumptous serving of bacon and steak.

I just hope i don't get fat before the moon comes.

I thought eating will make me feel better and strong. But I'm so weak and sleepy.

I can't even stand properly. I hold the table to get my balance.

Maybe a nice little nap will make me feel better.

So when I walk to the bed, immediately sleep comes.

I'm not sure of how long i slept, but by the time i open my eyes the room was dark. The only light coming from the moon through the open roof.

I still didn't feel any better, cause I'm feeling weak as heck. But i know i have to get ready, a few hours more and the moon will be full.

I blow a kiss to whoever it was that put this room together. They sure know what a lady needs.

A pot of boiling water in the fire place assures me of a nice warm bath. I prepare the bath and soak myself in it.

The hot water is doing justice to my tired and weary body. I wish i could just stay here forever.

Once I'm done with my bath, I use a white fluffy towel to wrap myself.

Even the dressing table had no mirror on it. Clearly whoever was in-charge of this,was in a war with their reflection.

I walk to the closet that only had one single robe in it. My ceremonial robe.

The robe is a silk white flowing gown. So i put on the robe and use the matching white veil to cover my face and head.

All i just have to do now is sit and wait for the stone entrance to be opened from the other side.

The moment I've been waiting for all my life is finally here.

But i feel very uneasy and still very weak. I hope nobody remembers what happened last night and calls me out.

My thoughts are disrupted when i hear movements at the other side of the room.

I hear the guards grunting as the heavy stone door is pushed open.

Once the stone is rolled away, i hear the chanting in the distance. The ceremony is in full flow now.

Just like I've practiced and rehearsed several times before.

I walk in slow steps until i reach the high rock. The chant is getting higher and louder with every step i take.

I cannot see properly because of the veil covering my face, but when i try to look i see the elders on one side of the rock all dressed in white. The priestess is adorned in white that illuminates like tiny diamonds are on her.

And right in the midst of them all. Is my mate, standing tall and beautiful above them all.

I feel the butterflies in my belly dancing when i see the look of tenderness on his face as i walk closer to him.

I stop at the centre, standing still. Ryder walks up to join me.

The priestess is in a trance now and her voice becomes louder as she chants.

My heart is beating wildly in my chest now. Suddenly she stops.

‘Silence!’ she commands. And the crowd stopped their chanting.

‘It is done. Unveil your Luna’ she instructs Ryder.

I close my eyes and hold my breath just as Ryder touched my veil.

I open my eyes to a ghostly silent crowd. Their expressions unreadable, it seemed the moon went off.

Immediately I knew something had gone terribly wrong.

When i see the look of hatred and disgust in Ryder's eyes.