Mistake for a Luna

Chapter 2

Witches are often grouped into covens. The arrow coven are a group of witches that receive prophesies about witches and warlock whose power has the tendency of going out of hands or find it hard to control, they were in charge of taking the powers away as they seem fit. They had received a prophecy about a powerful warlock and an angry alpha- Tristan and Orion, and they had been keeping tabs on them with the thoughts that their job according to the gods was to get rid of anything threatening the balance of the universe.

The moment Tristan got angry and blasted his best friend with magic, the coven were notified of the mishap.

“It is time”, Valerina, the coven leader announced to her fellow witches.

“Yes, mistress”, they bowed as a sign of respect to their coven leader. They filed out to begin on their murderous quest that they had complete believe of completing in no time with no casualty whatsoever.

The arrow coven ventured to Beacon Hills to kill the alpha and the werewolf, they tried with the alpha first, but it seems hard as he hasn’t done anything untoward, so they decided to leave him be until he does something quite vile that death will be inevitable for him. So, they went after Tristan. They couldn’t find him anywhere near Beacon Hills, they did a tracking spell that made them locate him in the nearest pack, they followed almost immediately.

It wasn’t an easy task luring out a warlock as powerful as Tristan, but the arrow coven managed to do so with no stress at all as they were an experienced bunch.

“You have sinned, you shall be punished accordingly”, the coven leader spoke with the voice of thousand witches as she addressed Tristan

“morietur et putredo aeternum” Valerina casted the spell the moment she laid eyes on the warlock, leaving him defenseless as the spell took root immediately. Her command was to make Tristan die and rot in the underworld for all eternity, to rid the world of powerful out of control warlock like him. After being banished to the underworld, he was locked there with the blood of the rarest thin in the world- a doppelganger, there was no means of escape for him.

Meanwhile, the eight year old pup- Brianna, whose parent was mercilessly killed during Tristan’s fit of anger was taken in by the power hungry beta family of her pack. She was trained to become a Luna to the beta, whose sole goal was to become an alpha- leader of her pack. Despite being a young girl, she was skeptical and hated the idea of being mated to someone like that, but there was nowhere else she could go, she had to endure and make it seem like she was going to go through with the beta’s wretched plan.

She had freshly turned eighteen when everything became very hard for her, the beta called upon her to be the Luna at his side, but she refused.

“I will not mate with you”, Brianna stood her ground against the greedy beta

“Yes, you will”, Mason yelled at her more forcefully “You need a man to lead the pack, and I’m experienced, It’s only if I become the alpha and you become the Luna”, he tried to reason with her, hoping she would fall for his façade. But, she didn’t.

“I am an alpha myself, I can lead the pack till I find my mate and we will rule together”, she replied, before Mason could talk back, she continued “You can be the wise beta who will guide me as I lead the pack, you know I value your opinion”

“No, I will be the alpha and you the Luna whether you like it or not”, He shouted flailing his hands around.

“Take her away, lock her up until she reason with me”, Mason all but barked orders at the pack soldiers who has no choice but to listen to him as he has been the pack caretaker since the death of Brianna’s parents.

“NO! You can’t do this”, Brianna tried to struggle, but it was no use. All her life she wasn’t trained in combat like an alpha should be trained because of the beta’s plan of making her nothing more than the Luna.

Cooped up in her room, Brianna knew there was no chance of escape for her in the plans of that beta; the only solution would be to run away from the pack. With that in mind, she formulated her own plans of running away from where she considered home, but brought no homey feelings for her.

“It should be easy enough”, she gave herself a pep-talk before putting her plans into action. “Okay, I’ve got this”, she said with a deep breath.

Brianna couldn’t be more grateful for being a prominent member of the pack, because it was easy for her to execute her plan while knowing how the security shift works around the pack land. There’s always a shift in security personnel around 8:30 and 9:00 in the night, it was the perfect time to run away unnoticed.

It was as if Mason knew Brianna would pull a running stunt, he had people monitoring her secretly, and they notified him immediately she jumped from her room. She was cornered, so she ran for her life.

“Stop right there Brianna”, Mason barked at her, but she refused to look back nor listen to his orders.

She shifted during running, thinking if she was in wolf form, it would be easier to run and faster too. It did not do much as they caught up to her with the intent of fighting her. She fought as best as she could in wolf form, she won, barely. Mason vowed to do everything he could to get her back.

Successfully crossing the pack border lands, her connection to the pack severed and her wolf rank was automatically reduced, because it was as if she was banished from her pack. Mason and his goons did not hesitate to follow her but they were scared off when they noticed she has gotten the attention of the one-eyed alpha

Limping around the town in tattered clothes, Brianna could not help but draw attention to herself, but, thankfully she was met with a wolf as well, she could tell from scent, but, she was so tired that she barely register her surrounding or the person helping her, she let herself drift off to sleep. She woke up moments later with no co-ordination whatsoever.

“Where am I”, she spoke to herself while holding her head

“You are safe”, a voice spoke up behind her, she gasp trying to stand up, but she was too weak, so, she search for the source of the voice.

“Ha”, she gasped when she saw who it was, it was the one-eyed alpha, who everyone has heard about. His cruelty was unmatched. He was the terror of the werewolf world whom everyone was afraid of. Why was he helping her?

Seeing the look of indifference on her face, Orion, the one-eyed alpha asked Brianna “Are you not afraid of me”

“Why would I be afraid of someone who has saved me?” she asked back making Orion’s face harden, it still did not bother Brianna.

“I am not afraid of you, instead I am grateful and indebted to you”, seeing the look on his face made her answer the question so as to not anger the alpha wolf.

“Um, okay”, the stunned alpha said. It was the first time someone would say they were not afraid of him since the unfortunate incident that took his face from him. He was quite surprised.

“So thank you so much alpha for saving me”, Brianna bowed her head and sounded as grateful as she could in the presence of the alpha.

“You’re welcome”, He replied then continued “This is one of my many apartments, you can stay here for a while, I will send someone to cater for your needs later, just rest”, he offered

“You didn’t have to, but thank you so much”

Orion left with a certain feeling in his chest- fulfillment. No one has ever felt so calm in his presence, being in the lady’s presence is a breath of fresh air and he was certainly grateful for it.

“Peter”, Orion called out the moment he set foot on his pack house, and the beta answered respectfully making his way to his alpha’s office.

“You called, Alpha”, he bowed

“Yes, I want you to go to ashland apartment number 52 and cater for the woman I left there, make sure she has everything she needs”, Orion ordered. His beta nodded and left to complete his given task.

Brianna was asleep when the most wonderful smell got to her, the smell of home, the smell of mate. She tried to go to it, but it seems it was coming to her. The door of the apartment she was in opened and she met her mate, but as it would seem, the male in question doesn’t find the newly found information appealing and it disheartened her to great extent, but she refused to show it.

Peter walked into the apartment, smelled his mate, but does nothing to her, because it was too late for him, so he only did what his alpha ordered him to do. Cater for the woman.

“Hello”, he greeted respectfully, a friend of his alpha should be respected.

“Hi”, Brianna responded softly.

“We should get you some things to cater for your needs”, he told her while helping her stand. She had regained her strength, perks of being a werewolf.

“Alright, we can go now”, she had already changed into a decent cloth when Orion was with her, so she was ready to go.

Peter took her to many shopping malls where she could get everything she needs. She did just that and more. She made a friend!

It wasn’t long that Brianna was in town, but she has always been a magnet to new friends, so she met Ella, a witch, who was still learning about her powers.

“Ugh, I have this magic test next week and I really to be the best”, Ella complained to her new friend who was more than happy to encourage her to study and practice more.

“I know we just met, but I know you will come out with flying colors”, Brianna said.

It was during their conversation that Peter caught up to them. “Hey Ladies”, he greeted

“Hey”, the ladies said at the same time.

“Are you ready to go?” He asked Bri

Seeing as she got everything she needed, she nods before turning to Ella “We should meet up next week after your test, so you can tell me how it goes”, her words made Ella’s face turn into a large grin

“Sure, let’s say here at 5pm in the evening”, Ella suggested, then continue “I have a family function this weekend, and I would love for you to come”, she pleaded with her hands pressed together in a rubbing manner.

“Perfect! And yes I would like to go to the function with you” Brianna agreed before following Peter out of the mall, going home.

Peter warned her to be careful in whatever she does and look out for herself. Brianna thought it was the mate bound talking, but in all honesty, Peter was just being a concerned human, plus it would seem his alpha has taken a liken to the lone wolf in town, so it was his obligation to look out for her in every way possible.

“Home”, she thought to herself on the drive home, “I want to keep this home forever”.

If only it were that easy for Brianna to stay out of trouble and the wolves of Blood River Pack to protect their own, who were not aware of the dangers lurking, waiting for the perfect moment to be unleashed.