The Unexpected Luna

Chapter 3 - Blue Moon Eyes

Cadence’s POV

Oh no. I could feel it in my gut. The pull. The calling of the mate. I had felt it from the moment Saige had shown up at our pack house. It’s only gotten stronger over the years. And now that I’m 18… Well, I could die of happiness right now just having her in my arms.

I’ve tried to ignore it, knowing that when she turns 18, she will likely leave our pack. Who wouldn’t? When they are pulled from their own pack as punishment for their parent’s wrongdoing? Punished for the sins of the parents. Something my father and I had disagreed on from the moment he had told me his plan. I had told him it was cruel. He had told me it was just.

Saige was a little less than three years from her 18th birthday. I don’t know how I’m going to live in the same house as her, feeling this way, knowing she’s going to reject me when she turns 18. I don’t even hope the Goddess gives me a second chance mate. Saige is all I want and all I’ve wanted since she came to the pack house. I haven’t even dated. I couldn’t stand the idea of being with anyone other than Saige.

Goddess, Saige looks beautiful. Dad bought her a green dress the same color as my eyes. And it looked stunning against her pale skin and deep red hair. She had put little golden gemstones in her hair, so every which way she turned, she glittered. I was so lucky to have seen her like this. And jealous that other men would.

“Um, Cadence…. You can let go now,” she says to me. It took everything I had to let her go, when all I wanted was to continue to hold her in my arms.

“Thank you,” she smooths her dress. Goddess, does she have to do that? It just draws more attention to her curves. “I’m really sorry about that. I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going. Too wrapped up in my thoughts,” she laughs, and the sound makes my heart soar.

“That’s ok, but you should be more careful,” I say. “Especially dressed like that.”

She looks up at me, and for the first time since she arrived, I looked into her eyes. Those bright blue eyes, the color of the Blue Moon in the night sky.  While I never agreed with dad on taking her from the Harvest Moon pack, I had to admit that the evidence seemed to point toward her belonging here.

“Those heels might be a bit too much for you,” I say and turn away swiftly. I’m hoping that I can minimize the damage she does to me when she rejects me at 18 by just not spending time with her. But I don’t think it’s going to work. I’m already in love with this woman.