The Moon Valley Pack

*** Genevieve POV *** Every. Single. Night. Every night for the past month I have had the same dream.                 As I wake up drenched in my own sweat shaking and breathing so hard, I think I might pass out from hyperventilating. As I calm down, I get up to get myself a drink of water. I open my door to head downstairs in my two-story apartment in Fort Worth, Texas. Another reason I might be sweating as much as I am because it’s the middle of August and we’re in out millionth heat wave for this summer. Not really, but it feels like it. Especially since it’s currently dark outside and still 95 degrees. Sure I could turn on my air conditioning, but that would cost me extra money, money I don’t have at the moment. As I get to my kitchen and am pouring my water in a glass, I realize that it’s already 5:30 in the morning and I know that I’m not going to get any more sleep. And to make matters worse it’s a f*cking Saturday.  I look around my apartment and realize that it’s a pigsty.                 “No time like the present.” I say to myself. I, first, gather all the clothes laying around and make a pile out of it for laundry. Along the way I collect any coins I find to put in my jug of coins, once it’s full I plan to take it to my bank and deposit it. I’ve done this quite a few times already. Any time I take out cash and I get change back I put it in my jug – no exceptions. This has allowed me to be more conscious of what I’m spending money on. If I know I need all of my money then I put any cash that I have in bank, otherwise any leftover change must go in the jug. I typically wait an entire month before bringing it to the bank since I’ve started to collect quite a bit over the last year and a half. I currently have 5, almost 6, jugs full of coins. The last time I brought it to the bank I ended up making about 17 grand, well $16,935.47 to be exact. I’m looking to save up for a down payment on a 2021 Audi A8 60 TFSI Quattro. The down payment is $20,000 so I’m almost there!                 As I finish collecting all of my dirty clothes I put a load of colored in the wash and set it to start. Once I’ve done that, I sort my other clothes into the piles that I want to wash- whites, blacks, and more colors. I realize that either I have a lot of clothes or my closet must be empty since I have so many clothes to wash.                 “I should probably take out what I can donate.” I say to myself. I decide to go through my clothes once they’re washed. No point in giving away dirty clothes. I then start collecting all of the trash and wiping down surfaces as I go. This includes the fridge as well. “Oh by all that is Holy!! Who left this in here?!” I yell as if there’s another person living in this apartment with me knowing full well that I am the one that left it in there.                 I gag and I put in all the trash and expired products into trash bags and take it out to the garbage bin. I feel sorry for the workers that have to deal with this kind of smell all day, I could never!                 Well, that’s not entirely true since my two jobs consist of bartending on the weekends and being the assistant to a big-time event planner during the week, and both can end up resulting in someone throwing up due to too much alcohol.                 As I walk back upstairs, I notice that my best friend and boss, Jolene Hartford at my door with Starbucks in her hand.                 “Hey! What are you doing here?” I ask her surprised since I know it’s still early and with the amount of work that Jojo, as I call her, has she loves sleeping in on Saturdays.                 “I got a call from an INSANE MOG that woke me up too damn early, Gen,” Jojo states in her Texan accent using the acronym for Mother of the Groom. “Apparently she’s stating that the Weddin’ is off due to her son’s Fiancé, she won’t even use her name, allegedly sleeping around.” She says while rolling her eyes. “So, I had to call Mary-Ann and Chris, and woke them up mind you, to inquire if, in fact, their weddin’ is off. Of course, they said that it is still on, then I had to explain, in detail, the conversation that I had with Chris’ mother including all the nasty little things she said. After FINALLY Chris and I were able to calm Mary-Ann down it was already 6:30 in the morning and I just knew that you would be awake and doing something so I figured I would come over and provide you with your morning sustenance.” She ends sweetly while handing me my coffee.                 As excited as I am for the energy boost I, also, know that she only splurges when she has good news.                 I take the drink and look at it suspiciously, “What?” I ask her.                 “What do you mean what?” She says innocently.                 “What good news do you have, because obviously you have something if you brought me coffee this early in the morning on a Saturday. You can deal with difficult people just fine, so you brought me coffee this early for another reason. So, spill.” I state matter of fact.                 “Well… if we can go into your apartment, I can tell you because I know that you will want to scream.” She states while smirking.                 I open the door to the apartment, close and lock it behind her as she walks to the couch in the living room and takes her time to get comfortable on it.                 Jojo loves to put on a good show, most of the time I find it amusing, however this time I’m dying to know the news. Must be the dream that I had this morning that has me anxious and on edge.                 “So, after my lovely wakeup call today and mini panic attack I received another call. The Bradshaw family called.” She paused knowing that it would build suspect.                 “B*TCH, if you don’t spill right now, I will sucker punch you to the ground!” I state aggressively.                 “Damn h*e calm your t*ts. AS I WAS STATIN’,” she says with attitude “the Bradshaw’s called and they’ve decided that they will take our services!!” She finishes while jumping up and running over to me so we can jump and scream together. We try not to scream too loud since we know it’s still early, but we can jump as hard as we want since Jojo rents the apartment below me.                 “Wait, wait, wait!” She stops us and fixes her hair and pulls me to the couch. “Another reason that I wanted to come over here is because with the amount of business that the Bradshaw’s will bring in, obviously since they’re the biggest family in the DFW area. It has allowed the business to get a huge inflow of income. This will, also, include the three families that we have on the books just because they heard the family was lookin’ into us. Can you imagine the amount of people we’ll get from actually booking them?!” She asks barely able to contain her excitement. “So that leads me back to my second topic of discussion for comin’ here.” She states suddenly serious and in boss mode, once I hear this I actually start to get nervous, damn dream! I’m normally never nervous.                 “Ok, so I know that you’ve been with me for only about a year and a half. However, within that time you’ve showed extreme potential. You’ve written down all the notes even when I don’t ask you to. You’ve always confirmed all of the venues, caterers, florists, etc. before I have to even think it. Then, Finally, you’re always at work before I am with my coffee which I know isn’t that big of a thing, but it is something that I appreciate. You’ve always been there when I need you most and still there when I don’t realize that I need you.” As she paused to take a breath, I wipe the stray tear that fell from my face. “With all that being said, I wanted to know if you would be my partner?”                 “YES!!” I state enthusiastically. “I would love to!”                 “Oh thank the Lord!! I thought I was gonna pee my pants. I’m sweating more than a w***e in a church.” She states while fanning her hand at her face.                 I am so excited that my cheeks are hurting from how hard I’m smiling. I’m caught off guard as I hear the washer go off. “Give me a moment. Let me change this to the dryer then we are going out for breakfast to celebrate! My treat!” “D*mn right your treat. I just gave you a HUGE raise.” She says while I walk away. I stop as I turned the corner and poke head back around the corner “How much is considered huge?” I ask curiously. She smirks and states, “How does $100k a year sound like?” My eyes so as wide as saucers and my mouth drops all the way the ground. “ Ar… Are… Are you… Are you serious?” I ask. “I told you, there’s been a large influx of income. The business is able to afford it.” Jojo states. I do a little happy dance and I prance my feet. After I’m done and can contain my excitment I head to change my laundry. I inform Jojo that I’m going to take a shower and get ready and she states that she’ll get ready too and we’ll meet back up around 10 to go to brunch.                 Once I get out the shower I walked into my walk-in closet and decide to go with a cute royal blue strapless dress – no way am I wearing pants with the heat going on today. Since I’m an hourglass shape I have to put on anti-chafing lace high garters. I’ve tried so many products this is the only thing that seems to workout making me feel like a slip ‘n slide is going on down below. As I walk toward the bathroom I make sure to switch the last load of laundry so it’ll be drying while I’m out and I can just fold it all later today. Once that’s done I go into the bathroom and decide to put up my auburn curly hair into a high bun. After I finish that I decide that I want to be extra boujee so I put a little gold chain to hang down the back of my head and end at my hair line. I decide to keep my make up as simple as possible, so I only do a black winged eye over my ocean blue eyes, some blush on my high cheek bones and a pale pink lip stick on my plump lips. Then I add small gold dangly earrings and my favorite simple, yet elegant gold pendant of a moon on my slender neck sitting right on top of my voluptuous breasts. Once I’m finish getting ready Jojo and I meet downstairs and we head off to the restaurant I picked in my 2019 Toyota Camry. I don’t mind my current car, but I can’t WAIT until I can get my Audi! *** Jack POV ***                 Tap, tap, tap.                 Sebastian, my beta, taps the ground to let me know that he taps out. I release my arm from around his neck and get up off the ground.                 “Better luck next time Sebastian, haha!” I state while laughing as I help pull him to his feet.                 ”D*mn! I really that I had you had you that time.” He states.                 “I know, but near the end you got cocky when you thought you were going to win and started to let your guard down. How many times do I have to tell you that you need follow through to the end with the same mindset. If your opponent isn’t tapping out or dead, then your job isn’t finished.”                 “I know, I know. I’ll be better next time.” He states while shaking his head.                 “I know you will man.” I playfully punch his shoulder.                 After all the warriors finished with the pack workout my Beta Sebastian, Gamma Josh, and two head trainers, Harry and Eddie, were all complaining that they were starving, and they wanted to go to the French Restaurant Toulouse Café and Bar. Normally right after morning workouts I always feel really active and want to get straight to work. But this morning something felt different. Something felt as if it was telling me I had to go to the restaurant.                 “Oh fine, we can go.” I inform the guys.                 “Are you serious?!” Josh asks all excited.                 “Yes, now lets go before I change my mind.” I add.                 All the guys got up to shower and change. Since we didn’t want to make five guys all over 6 ft squeeze in one vehicle we decided to take two different one. After we pulled up to the restaurant, we got seated quickly. We all just ordered water while we figured out what we wanted to eat. As I was searching the menu, suddenly a part of me that I’ve had for the last 10 years started going crazier than ever before. Zeus, my wolf, was yelling in my mind.                 MATE!                 What’? Where? I don’t notice anyone.                 I don’t know dammit! Do I look like I have control of this form? You’re the one with the eyes.                 Listen d*ckhead, I was referring to if you could smell her. Asshole, I think to myself while I shove my wolf back into my subconscious. I decided to take a deep breath in case I catch a new smell. That’s when it hit me. It smelled like the sweetest Lavender that I’ve ever smelled. I’ve always thought that it was a calming scent, I pray to the moon goddess above that the smell is associated with my mate. As I look around, I notice the goddess being escorted to her table. I get a mental image from Zeus as his tongue is rolled all the way and drool is dripping down. I chuckled and push aside the image. As my head clears, I can see clearly, and by goddess what I’m seeing makes me want to roll out my tongue too. She has the perfect hour class figure, slender neck and porcelain skin. She’s absolutely gorgeous. I look over to my beta to mention to him when I see he has a stary eyed look on his face while staring at the blond walking in front of my mate. She’s pretty too, beautiful even with her tanned skin, blond hair with little streaks of brown in it, not quite making it a dirty blond. She has a decent body, but nothing compared to her friend. As she gets closer I see that her eyes are green. I look back to the auburn-haired beauty behind her and my whole world just stops “MATE!” I heard Zeus and Sebastian’s wolf, Hades, his wolf growl. Just then I get another smell as she walks past our table with her friend making eye contact and mouthing something to her. I can smell her arousal. It’s taking everything in me not to pounce on her right this very moment to mark and mate her. There’s just one issue. She’s not a wolf. She’s human. I would need to take this slower than normal and get her to like me as me first.                 Challenge accepted.