Rise of a New Luna

3rd Person POV   “Breathe.” She whispered as she gazed upon herself in her quaint bedroom.  “Just Breathe.”   Her strawberry blonde hair glinted in the sunlight, subtly dancing as she quickly shimmied into her pale pink sundress. She smoothed out some invisible wrinkles, her hands shaking with anticipation. She is turning 16 today, this is when she is now of age to find her mate and take her rightful position in the pack.   Doubt swirled in the back of her mind, playing tricks on her usual self-confidence. The fear that she may not be good enough was now constantly creeping in her mind, snaking its way through the depths of her soul. After all, she was responsible for her own mother’s death, so why would the moon goddess bless her with a worthy mate and title within the pack? She didn’t feel worthy to be a Luna. She felt that she should be mated with an Omega after what she had done. It is why she had avoided ever dating. Instead, she had surrounded herself with friends and her brother, avoiding intimacy at all costs.   She was the prettiest girl in the entire Rose Moon pack; sparkling strawberry blonde hair that kept a beachy wave, ever so gracefully sashaying across her lower back, deep blue eyes with a green ring around her pitch black retinas, creamy pale skin that needed no make-up to enhance her beauty, beautiful pouty lips, and an hourglass figure that was the envy of every she-wolf in the pack old and young alike. But, despite her beauty, she felt unworthy of her family name and her place in the pack as the Alpha’s daughter.  Emma Stone was beautiful and broken.   Emma POV   I took one last look in the mirror on my bedroom wall, running my fingers ever so slightly through my hair to perfect the waves that framed my face. I didn’t use any make-up other than a deep red lip liner, accentuating my full lips. I blotted them once on a small tissue square and promptly threw it in the waste basket. “Perfect” I said with a heavy heart.  Silently I hoped that I would not find my mate today and that I would find him later on. I knew that once I did, he would likely reject me because of my past, and I wanted to prolong the only happiness I would ever have. Once I was rejected, I would be unable to ever find true meaning in life and I would be bound to live with an ache and pain through my soul that would last until my dying breath. My wolf, Amara, whimpered a bit in my mind feeling my pain, she was sad today because she is also afraid of rejection. Amara did agree though that we looked super hot.   But, today is my birthday and I do not want to think of such things anymore!!   ***Buzz Buzz Buzz**** my phone was vibrating non-stop! I scrolled through all the texts I had silenced earlier, I couldn’t avoid them anymore.   Diana: *Hey GIRRRRLLLL!!!! Happy 16th!!!!!! PAR-TAY tonight at the Pack House!!!! EEEEEE!!!*   Marcus: *HB Baby girl! All grown up ;) Can’t wait to get down and dirty at the house tonight, is your brother inviting anyone from the Blood Moon pack? Those girls are HOTTTT ;) ;) ;)*   Alexa: *Sweet 16 Emma! Find me first at school, I have something for you ;)*   Jake: *Happy Birthday Sis! You are now joining me in the ranks of the ‘adults’, said loosely ;) Someday when I find my mate and run this pack, I hope you will be my #2. Until then breathe and have fun! And STOP worrying and blaming yourself, I know you are, it’s why you have been holed up in that room of yours all morning blasting that melancholy s**t you are listening to. Today is a day to celebrate and let loose*   Jake: *Also, be ready, I am throwing you an EPIC party tonight. Blood Moon, Harvest Moon, and Flower Moon will all be there also. Time to thrown down. 7PM. You are the guest of honor*   Jake: *Do NOT flake on me. Seriously. Have fun. I love you. I may tease you incessantly, but you are my best friend and closest confidant. Happy Birthday*   Diana: *Is it okay if I hook up with J? Please? He is so HOTTTTTTT….mouth watering HOTTTT*   Diana: *Sorry if that grossed you out. She-wolf crush on the future Alpha. Sadly, he is not my mate :( But, a girl can dream right ;)*   Jake: *Please keep Diana away from me, I think that she-wolf was outside my window last night watching me work out……kinda creepy lol*   Diana: *Oh, BTW, I ‘may’ have seen your bro and his six pack last night through the window while I was walking home from the pack house after we were studying. Maybe. Just a little.   Alexa: *Ok, you are totes ignoring me. But, I love you anyway. Hope all is well babe. DON’T be late!*   “Well…… that’s enough drama for today” I laughed to myself. I love them all, and the crappy mood I was in vanished as I walked out the door of my room, confidence oozing through my aura. I was so happy that my best friends were always there for me and that my brother, as much of a pain in the ass he might be, is also one of my best friends. I was feeling just a tad apprehensive though at the thought of so many members of the other packs coming to my party. We have all seen each other at formal events but do not go to the same schools or hang out together really. I think Jake just invited them to get some action from the Blood Moon girls. Marcus is sure on board I laughed. Amara seemed a little too giddy about the invite for the packs, but that wolf knows we are of age now and I think she is just trying to find our mate for us.   Jake POV   I just turned 17 a few months back, so obviously Em and I are close in age and have always been close as siblings. She is my best friend and I love her to pieces; she is gorgeous inside and out. I will be alpha of this pack one day and I wasn’t lying that I wanted her close to me. However, I have a deep-down gut feeling she will be Luna of her own pack and we will have to settle for being allied packs together. She is just too strong and there is something about her, her radiant aura screams power and dominance, and I don’t think she even sees it. There is something special about her. I don’t want to lose her. It may be selfish, but I cannot imagine life without seeing her cute little face and pint-sized self every day. She stands at 5’1”, a half-pint compared to my 6’3” stature. I did not get our mother’s strawberry hair and instead have sandy blonde locks thanks to our dead Dad, the current Alpha of Rose Moon pack.   Emma finally emerged from her room, bubbly and bright as always. Only I knew that it was a cover for her deep-down regrets she has about our mom. It wasn’t really her fault, but she will never see it that way. I will never blame her. I do hope she has a great birthday today though, Dad helped me coordinate an epic get together for her. I think he wants her to find her mate though and that is likely his reason behind inviting all the alphas, betas, gammas, and zetas sons of our allied packs. They have all reached maturity. Em was the last one of us to turn 16.   “Hey Em, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!” I screamed at her. “You got my texts, right?” “Diana…….6 feet sis… 6 feet away” I laughed.   “Uh huh, you know you think she’s hot big brother” she spit out at me with a cocky glean in her eyes. “You may want to just hit that up before you are mated”   “Naw…. That one is too crazy. b***h would be stalking me until she found her mate, hell, she might even reject him to stay close to me…. Nope…. Crazy girls may screw the best but that crazy ain’t worth it” I retorted back, snickering. Diana was damn hot; scarlet hair in a cute bob cut, Nordic tats up and down her back, pack symbol tatted on her belly, lightly olive and perfect supple skin, legs for miles, and breasts that I could use as an alternative to my pillow. The girl was definitely mouthwatering, but she had a bit of an obsession with me and I was afraid if I played around with her, I would regret it. My wolf, Jax, agreed with me, he always keeps me grounded. A true Alpha should create unison in his pack, not division. I can’t divide us by sleeping with a she-wolf that isn’t my mate, no matter how hot she is. Jax nudged me in my mind stating, “can’t hurt to look though” and he laughed and laughed as I fought myself getting turned on by the mere thought of Diana f*****g me. I tried to push it away, but it was so perplexing why I couldn’t. If she wasn’t 16 yet I would have thought that maybe, just maybe, she was meant for me. But since she is, it must just be that perfect ass she has and those lips which I can only imagine about the things they could do while teasing over my skin….   “Penny for your thoughts?” Em said with a smirk on her lips, breaking my daydream before it had a chance to get good. She could always read my mind……   Emma POV   Yep, he is full on lusting after Diana. I don’t think she is that crazy, maybe a wee bit psycho, but not certifiable. I giggled to myself. I shook my head. He got me in a headlock as I screamed “stop!! You’re messing up my hair!! AHHHH!!!!” laughing all the way down the hall to the pack kitchen for breakfast.   A huge stack of mouthwatering buttermilk pancakes drizzled ever so lightly in syrup and with just the right amount of butter awaited me. Paired with bacon, fluffy scrambled eggs, and a Coke. I desperately love me a Coke in the morning. My wolf growled hungrily in anticipation of the delight in front of me. I was having a food orgasm right now in anticipation of this. I love food. All wolves do. Our training and stamina keep us eating exorbitant and ungodly amounts of food compared to humans.   Jake hungrily and with no shame at all began tearing into his food, shoveling it in so quick I wasn’t sure if he was able to taste it at all. I teased and tried to grab a strip of bacon off his plate and he growled, eyes black, and tackled me to the ground. I was laughing and screaming as he tried to get the bacon from me. Then, in one gulp I swallowed it, sticking out my tongue at him.   Dad came in, his Alpha aura overtaking the room. “What in the world is going on with you two?” he boomed. But he wasn’t mad, he was stifling a laugh and when I looked at his face, I could see the corners of his mouth ever so slightly turn up into a smile.   Jake let me up, laughing and I jumped off the ground and ran to my dad. He embraced me and Amara purred, she was always so happy when Dad was around. We felt safe with him.   “Happy Birthday my sweet baby girl. I am so proud of who you have become, and I am so excited to see where life takes you. But, for now, training and school, get your little butt there” he growled happily.   “Let’s go brother and get this day over with so I can get this PARTY STARTED” I squealed in delight. Amara was excited too.   And off we went. If I only had known what was in store for me later and what I would find out…..