The Luna's chosen mate

Chapter 5: "One last thing"

The mansion of the Alpha of the Iron claw pack looked more like a castle than anything else.

Sometimes Roxanne wondered at the extravagance of some rulers.

A wide and flowing red carpet had been rolled down the stairs that led to the huge double doors which in turn led to the main hall. Lights and sounds could already be heard coming from within the huge building and the spacious grounds had different cars parked around. All of them Luxury and high end cars.

Roxanne could have identified the Alpha's mansion a mile away and considering she had to drive for three hours to get here, it was more or less worth it to see that the Alpha of the Iron claw pack had some taste, even if he was leaning towards the overly extravagant side a bit.

Roxanne drove into the grounds in her Audi, and after parking, she climbed into the back seat and came out of there. Lest some idle attendant of this gathering start a rumor that she drove here herself.

It would be true though, she did drive here herself.

Getting a driver for a three hour drive seemed like a new kind of torture to her, because when the driver was driving, what would she do with herself sitting idly at the back?.

Roxanne alighted from her car and pressed the lock button. The beep confirmed it had been sucesfully locked.

With a cold look on her face and determination in her heart, Roxane made her way to the entrance to the event she had driven three hours here for. She noticed some people stopped to stare at her as she passed and she smiled inwardly.

Even Angelica couldn't turn heads like this. Okay maybe that was a bit vain.

The gown she had chosen to wear wrapped around her like a second skin from her belly upwards. The delicate flower embroidery made her look heavenly. The lower part spread out and the light of the moon made her look like a goddess descended unto the earth. The red of the dress seemed like blood against her pearly white skin, it gave her a feeling of allure and danger.

Roxanne walked into the huge hall and was met with the soft light of the chandeliers coming from above. Soft music was being provided by a live orchestra and the chatters of the wolves in attendance filled the hall. It was like a rushing thunder of voices to her and she had to communicate with her wolf, Fey to turn down the hearing ability she was granted while in human form.

Fey gave a small yip in her head and soon, Roxanne felt like she was at a party and not a battle ground.

Locating who she had come here for was easy. Zephyr and parties were like fives and sixes, inseparable in the natural order so there was no doubt in her mind that he would be here, if there was any doubt, then she wouldn't be here in the first place.

She just had to follow the bewitched gazes of some of the ladies here, and there he was, best dressed as always and blooming in his natural habitat.

Roxanne shook her head and thought in her mind.

"He is a ruthless and oddly capable Alpha, but he also loves parties and he looks most comfortable when people are admiring him."

She rolled her eyes internally and gave him a five out of ten. It would have been lesser if not for the fact that she admired his efforts towards making his pack stand out.

The huge room was a buzz of activity and everyone was mingling, this was even more rowdy than the wolf court and Roxanne made her way to a side of the hall. She would try to mingle first and then get to Zephyr later.

She smiled at who smiled at her and nodded at who nodded at her. She waved at who waved and gave a small bob at whoever bowed or curtsied instead. Her father had made the Silver fang pack a laughing stock when he was alive, when she decided to take over she had been sixteen and the Silver fang pack became an even bigger laughing stock. Six years later these same people that laughed at her now regarded her with a closed sort of respect.

A man stepped into Roxanne's field of vision, a smirk on his face and his eyes roaming each and every part of her body.

He smiled.

"Allow me to introduce myself to you, I am Alpha Bob, leader of the Crescent moon pack."

Roxanne gave a small curtsy, even though she hadn't heard of any Crescent moon pack.

"Luna Roxanne of the Silver fang pack."

Alpha Bob chuckled a bit and smirked at her.

"You know sometimes, I wonder what your pack elders were thinking letting a female rule. Where is your mate?"

Roxanne smiled tightly and sighed. Another annoying meathead that thought he could talk trash to her because she was a female.

"If you know I'm the Luna of my pack, then you should also know I haven't found my mate yet."

Bob nodded and he laughed like he just heard the funniest joke in the world. He stopped and looked at her, aware of the others now looking at them covertly.

"I do know you haven't found your mate. How could they allow you even think of ruling?. You do know that you are leading your pack into ruin right? You would have lost that huge expanse of land if not for the fact that Zephyr was a bit lenient towards you. He just didn't want to deal with a woman when it was in regards to a border dispute."

"Did I tell you that?"

Zephyr's voice had that silky feeling to it, one that managed to get Roxanne to rethink punching this Alpha in the face.

She would have surely broken his nose.

She knew where to punch and how to aim her punch and if Alpha bob decided that he wouldn't fight a woman then good for him, but if he decided to do something rash like transform and lunging at her, well he'd be heavily injured, both his pride and his flesh.

Bob smiled nervously at Zephyr and grinned.

"Well, you didn't tell me that, but we all know it's true" Zephyr glared at him "And don't worry, I'll leave her alone, she's a woman after all and she needs to be protected."

Zephyr just stared and after giving him a scrutinizing look he nodded and dropped his voice to a whisper.

"It’s your mouth that smells so bad then. I could perceive it from the other end of the hall. Who knew you had such a mouth full of trash?"

Meathead Bob turned red with embarrassment at that. He looked like he would explode.

He couldn't threaten Zephyr, he knew that much. Zephyr would come for his last drop of blood if he did, and Bob knew that he would if he was given the reason to.

He huffed and made to walk off but stopped when he heard Roxanne speak.

"One last thing."

She grabbed a flute of champagne from a passing waiter and with a quick flick of the wrist.

Splash.

Directly into Alpha Bob's face.

"You slutty b***h!" he exclaimed.

Bob acted on instinct and lunged for her but the moment he heard the deep, low growl coming from none other than Alpha Zephyr, it was like someone pressed a pause button on him.

Roxanne wanted to chuckle.

Bob stared at her for a good minute before he walked off, embarrassed.

Roxanne helped herself to another flute of champagne. The chatting and mingling in the hall began again and she felt better now that she wasn't the center of attention anymore. There was still one lingering problem though.

That was Alpha Zephry.

She had come here to question him, but doing so right now would feel awkward. The night was still young.

She c****d an eyebrow up at Zephyr. He was wearing a deep blue tuxedo, looking every bit of a gentle man and marvelously handsome.

"What are you still waiting for?" she asked him.

He smiled at her and handed her a plate of pastry and finger foods.

"I wanted to see if anyone else was going to dare harass my mate again."

Roxanne sneered at him.

'"Do you need a brain scan or something Alpha? Where do you see your mate?"

"Shhhhh. The ceremony's starting."

The thundering applause of the wolves gathered made Roxanne swallow her next words.

She knew Zephyr as a capable alpha, and at most a thorn in her side, but who knew he could also be a delusional and silly person. Was he referring to her when he said 'harass my mate?'.

Zephyr stole a look at Roxanne, a stunning vision in her red dress.

The smile that lit up his face was boyish. It was brilliant even.

His wolf howled in his head as the ceremony continued.

The word "Mate" rang out like a song in his mind.

There was no doubt about it. The Luna of the Silver fang pack was his mate.