Luna of the Golden Moon

Beta Melody

I was inside the office, looking over a list of people I wanted to reach out to, trying to mend some bonds I knew had been broken, when I saw the first name on the list.

Beta Melody.

She was first Beta Brad's wife; they had no children, and I was concerned about how it was between them, Melody, and Caleb. They were siblings, but she had been silent since he had killed Terrence, just as my mate had been.

"Delta Vivian, see if we can invite the Alpha's sister Beta Melody, said I said, asking her personally. If nothing else, please send the invite directly to Alpha Victor of the Blood Moon Pack."

I reached out to the older female through the link, but she did not respond. Still, I was sure she would follow my command. I wouldn't be surprised if someone was already on the way to their pack with my message.

"Mila, baby, where are you?" I smiled upon hearing his voice in my head. He was asleep when I got up. It was still dawn, but I couldn't sleep when the baby kicked, so I was down in the office, doing something, wanting to make things right, even when they weren't.

"I'm downstairs, our little Alpha keeps me awake, and I wanted to review invitations again for next month. I said it calmly as Caleb sighed on the other side, and I looked down the list again at my record. I would do my best to get Melody and him to talk again.

"Okay, I'm coming down, stay there…" he sounded tired, and I wanted to tell him to go back to bed, knowing he wasn't going to listen. Summer had arrived just a few weeks ago, and I was so happy since the winter had been long and hard for us and for everyone under the new leadership.

Caleb was not Terrence, even though they looked similar and shared features. Most of the pack respected Caleb as the head alpha at once; others had taken time, and the last group we had to get rid of.

Caleb had wanted to kill them, which was not generally known, thank the goddess, but I had made him exile them. I had a bad conscience about it every day. My Luna was meant to care about every member of our pack, even those who disagreed.

My mate was already interrogating Beta Mark and Tony on the other side of the door, making me smile, knowing he was worried. The moment he couldn't see me, he was in full search mode, which didn't even make sense since I was perfectly safe inside the walls of this mansion.

"I'm here, Cay, and stop harassing my Betas..." Caleb growled back at my response, not liking me talking to him so informally. With him, it was fine; in front of the pack, not so fine.

Caleb made another curse, with me smirking at him, seeing the door open and knowing he wasn't happy, but I was bored and had been up since dawn, same as the tired men outside the head office. He could give them a break right now.

"You may leave," he said, dismissing them with a short command, closing the door and walking inside, annoyed, in his full black suit against my nightgown and robe, giving him an expression to forgive me for teasing him this early in the morning.

Luna, what did I say about interrupting? How will I gain respect if you mock me in front of my own betas? Caleb was still frowning, scolding me like I would care. So what if I just took my shot at him, trying to get answers from Betas? I was right here, wasn't I?

"It was Beta Mark, and Tony... Cay, please stop... It's too early for this, and you know it," I sighed, leaning back. He knew I was right, giving me another sigh like he didn't want to just give up right away, his pride stopping him from looking so tense and hostile to my smile. He could relax, and I was safe.

"Fine, you're right, but you could have woken me up…" Caleb admitted, his pride fading as he noticed me smiling. I wanted him to come closer, so I reached out my hand. When he took it, he leaned in and kissed me, and I smiled even more, feeling his hand on my pregnant belly.

This baby was heavy, and I had never realized how small I was until I got pregnant. I wished I were stronger; I was an Alpha, but not like Caleb. He had raw strength and muscles, while my body was slimmer. I was faster and easier to move, but when it came to pure strength, I fell short.

"You are a female, Mila..." I snorted at the sound of him just saying that. What did he mean by that? Being a female, I was still an alpha, just like him.

"I don't see you carrying around a baby who is half your body weight..." My eyes showed him just how stupid I thought he was, saying that, knowing just how complicated this pregnancy had been for me, especially not at the end. It was like I couldn't even breathe some nights or sleep, and cry at any given time, but he was the stronger one? Yeah right.

"I'm not saying females are weak; I just recognize the physical differences. Mila, you're the strongest wolf I know and as much of an Alpha as I am. I can't imagine doing this without you, but you could keep things running smoothly if I were gone. He found it amusing when I shook my head in disbelief; the idea of him disappearing is unthinkable to me. We're a team— always.

"Always, baby, forever." He leaned his head on my shoulder, carefully purring. I was happy we didn't start a fight, not this early, with the sun about to rise and Caleb glancing over the list of people I was going over, wanting them to come to this pack, still wanting to save my mate's reputation among other packs.

"Melody?" he said casually, playing with my hair. Deep down, I knew he truly cared. That was just Caleb—always showing love and concern for those close to him, even if he grumbled at times. His heart was in the right place, always!

"I sent out a convoy before you came down. I hope Alpha Victor can make her see reason, if not her mate..." I didn't believe for a second that Beta Brad couldn't convince his mate. I had seen them at the wedding; they seemed happy, but then again, most of that night I had spent with Caleb, focusing on my own mate and everything that came along.

"And since you wrote to Alpha Victor, she really can't refuse your invitation, can she?" Caleb made a tired smile. He hadn't really talked about the aftermath of him killing his father, the waves spilling out onto other packs, creating tension since it wasn't really a tradition to attack the Head Alpha and get away with it unscathed. Most older Alphas hadn't said much, but the younger ones, oh, they were not happy hearing that he had taken back a tradition most packs wanted to put to rest.

"Because she's family, and I know it's important to you, it's important to me too. I want our little Alpha not to lose the family we have, especially since I still can't find my parents." Caleb lost his smile right away, feeling guilty, to my sigh. I know he did, hearing the sadness in my voice, all of me just feeling like we needed this, the support of our family. Why would we even take over this pack if we didn't try to make a change?

"I will talk to her…" he said softly. I became happier, more hopeful. I really wish Caleb and his sister could find some kind of peace. It would help this pack and not just us as a couple.

"I can't promise that she will listen, but I will try." Caleb made another smile, not reaching his eyes, making me feel bad now, like everything I was doing was pushing him harder, wearing him down, and making me worry about him.

"Don't be. I will be fine, and when little Alpha is born, we will have some time off. I am already trying to find someone ready to take on the first Beta duties, but..." I got sadder hearing about that, since we sent out word that anyone could help us send volunteers for the first Beta position. Still, none of the other packs the golden moon had alliances with seemed happy to send over their Betas to an Alpha known to have slain his own father, no matter the reasons behind it.

"Oh Goddess... Cay..." I didn't know what to say anymore, feeling exhausted from nowhere, and I gave him a real look of worry. We did just fine inside this pack since Caleb was respected among the betas. I was getting along just fine being the Luna.

However, we were still struggling with the other packs, most of them not liking me being a Delta, the way the power shifted and just how young we were, I supposed... my eyes were on his, sitting next to me, having his eyes on the names before looking up, giving me a smile not to worry, but I was, worried I mean. We couldn't really do much if people didn't like us, and they didn't.

"I don't care." Caleb made a huff, showing me a spark of yellow to my own worry with him leaning back and crossing his arms, looking just as young as he really was, not some wise old Alpha, but a youngster, same as me, being nineteen, he wasn't that old, he only made everyone else around the room believe he was.

"Old enough to kill the head, and old enough to bag you..." He smirked with me, not really believing he just said that, still smirking and looking just like he did inside the cabin, making my heart go faster, my eyes breaking out into golden green.

"…and I don't give a s**t about old politics, and people saying we can't be mates, Emilia, they don't know me, don't know us, and we are going to keep making waves if I have anything to say about it."

He growled at the end of his speech, giving me a bright look, almost playful, if it wasn't for the fact that my entire body suddenly felt like it was on fire, wanting nothing more than to just stare at him in awe all day, or let him take me back to bed.

"I promise, Emilia... we will be fine... and if someone starts something, then we just kill them." I lost my smile, knowing he wasn't kidding, my core still feeling his gaze on me, the one who made sure to show me just how much he really loved me, more than anything.

"You beat I do…now..." He was coming closer, kissing me when I didn't stop him, didn't want to lean my head back, moaning slightly before hearing the loud knock on the door, making Caleb sigh. I exhaled, all of my hair in a mess, and my robe was dragged down from what we were doing, right here at the head alpha office!

"Enter." Caleb had sat down at the desk, the same one his father had, with me sitting on the side, having my robe shut closed. My face flustered from embarrassment since I knew what was on the other side of the heavy wooden door.

"Alpha Caleb, Luna Emilia."

Delta Vivian entered, her face not showing any signs of hearing us, with Caleb smirking at me fast when she was looking. I gave him a look back, since I wasn't thrilled about the older woman having indeed heard what was really happening, and, compared to him, I wasn't really proud of it.

"Alpha Victor is pleased to tell you that he will send his first beta and mate, within a short time, as we had requested their presence..." I know I was the Luna, and she was a Delta, but Delta Vivian always made sure to know she knew the most in the room, giving us nothing, with Caleb giving her a grim look back, like he knew something I didn't.

"And?" Caleb gave Delta Vivian another scowl, as if he couldn't help it, since she had already told him, maybe even before she got into the room, since she was, in the end, loyal to the head, giving her eyes a small glimpse of fear she couldn't hide from me, not anymore since I became full Luna, making my throat snare feeling the cold fear pulsating out from the old wolf's heart, like she really didn't want the plans who was already taking place before us to happen.

"And when, upon return, Beta Melody is to break her bond with her mate to become the Luna of the Blood Moon pack."