Luna of the Golden Moon

Borders

The water was falling over me. My eyes were closed, and I was dead tired from being awake all night. Caleb was still asleep in our bed, and my eyes met the girl in the mirror, stepping out from the steamy shower. My body was aching from being with my mate all night. We didn't stop, not until I was pregnant.

I looked the same, but the burning in my body had stopped, making me hope I wasn't going to bleed this time; I had to bear Caleb's baby if he died... I stopped thinking, not wanting to cry more like I had done inside the water; if he died, then... I would be stuck here, defending myself against my uncle and his pack, who didn't think I was worthy of becoming its Luna.

"Emilia..." My eyes snapped towards the mirror, thinking Caleb was coming inside and feeling me crying early in the morning. I didn't want him to worry about me; I wanted him to focus on winning the fight with his father.

"Kyle..." I was happy he was reaching out. I missed him, no matter what had happened. He was my friend, and I hated that he had gotten exiled for spending the night with me. We just had fun, but those days were over... Kyle wasn't saying anything, making me sigh. He was careful, wanting to make sure Caleb wasn't listening to us, or he would find out where he was and kill him.

"So, Caleb is going to challenge for the head position?" I nodded, knowing he could feel my sadness. Yes, he was, and I was so scared, more than I ever wanted to admit, even to my mate, being asleep on the other side of the door, with me crying in the bathroom.

"Kyle... you could help him..." I whimpered. He was Caleb's first Beta. This could be the chance he needed to return to the Golden Moon. He couldn't have it easy out there, alone and exiled. This was his chance back!

"Help him?" Kyle sounded amused, making my heart drop. He didn't want to help Caleb? He had been his friend for so long, his Alpha, and now just because of me... I got angry. If he was my brother, he should feel how important this was for me. I needed him to save my mate from a certain death!

"Oh hotshot... he is so going to die.... too bad I can't be there to watch it..." Kyle's voice wasn't sad or even trying to cover up that he was glad my mate was going to die; what was wrong with him?? I stepped back from myself like my face was the last thing I wanted to see: despair and hopelessness. I felt the intense betrayal from the only person I thought was my ally in this pack!

"...Emilia, just... stop this, whatever is happening back at the pack... You are going to get hurt. You can leave with me right now, and we could make it out here. I got some connections...." Kyle was still talking when I closed my eyes and sighed. Did he think I wanted to leave Caleb? I couldn't; he was my mate, and I wouldn't run away, not even when it had almost cost my life and mateship.

"Listen to yourself! You need to wake the f**k up, baby! Caleb told you that he would kill you over the mark; he is just a f*****g p***y doing whatever the head wants, just like the rest of them!" Kyle was howling at me over the link, making me want to start crying again; he was right.

Caleb did consider taking my mark, but he didn't, and he loved me... I wasn't so sure that I had been acting any better, running away with another male and doing bane.... goddess... I felt sick, wanting to throw up, feeling Kyle's rage inside my head; he was furious!

"He was out every night looking for your replacement when you were locked inside the basement. Did he tell you that?!" I nodded again. Yes, I got that part on my own, and it hurt me so badly, but it wasn't his fault—it was the head pushing him!

Kyle snorted again, laughing mockingly at my embarrassment. He thought I was stupid for believing that. Still, Caleb was my mate, and he didn't understand that no matter how many candidates the head Alpha would serve him, he would always choose me.

"Emilia.... just listen... I'm right outside the f*****g borders, and I've seen your wolf; she can make it; you can make it out here and be free with me!" I sniffled, hearing Kyle really believing every word he was saying, and I would if it wasn't for the fact that he wanted me to leave Caleb, and that would never happen.

"I'm the Luna of the Golden Moon Kyle... I can't leave..." I shut him down, feeling Caleb opening the door, when I finally caved into nausea, puking all over the sink, feeling so bad when the smell of blood was filling up the room, my mate staring at me with yellow eyes; I wasn't pregnant.

"shit..." Caleb came closer, pulling me to his chest when I started to cry, not knowing why; maybe he needed another Luna who didn't just fail every duty like I did.

"Don't say that. I don't want anyone else, nobody but you, my Luna." Caleb was purring, trying to comfort me, crying. I wasn't even the one who wanted this from the beginning, and now it was hurting so bad that I was the reason we couldn't have a pup. Something was wrong with me, and I just knew it!

"Nothing is wrong..." I didn't believe him, giving me a calm smile; he wasn't freaking out like last time. I was because this time I wanted to be pregnant and not reject his seed; maybe this was the goddess punishing me for acting so selfish?

Caleb smiled, making me whine more. His hands were over my face, caressing them around my skin, calming me down from the tingles. Closing my eyes, I exhaled from how tired I was. My legs were jelly being trekked home and wrapped around Caleb during the night, and still, I wasn't able to get pregnant!

"I'm just so happy that we are actually doing this... you having my pup, baby... it's going to be amazing..." He was still smiling, lifting his eyes from my worried face, and I knew he was getting called since he had lost the smile. A frown covered his handsome face, making me hold my breath. Was it the head?

"Stay here, Luna." He scolded me when I whined back. Why? What was happening? Was it the head telling him to come downstairs and fight him to death? The thought made me sicker. When Caleb gave me one last look, a part of him was sorry, and the other was going to enjoy whatever violence he was going to use against the person he was thinking of.

Kyle.