His Blessed Luna Found at Last

Chapter 1. Another Mate?

Four Years Later

Elia POV:

Snarls, growls, and snapping were all that was heard and it was music to my ears. Our pack, Frost Moon, has been at war with another pack for the last few years because the cold-hearted alpha thinks we had something to do with the kidnapping of his sister, which I find ridiculous since none of us would have even touched an alpha female that way and no one could have harmed one either.

'Make sure to protect your fellow warrior!!' I yelled through the mind-link as I ripped a wolf from my best friend, Daniel. He nodded his head at me as a bunch of "Yes ma'ams" came back. My father was badly injured during the last attack of our enemies and asked me to lead this one since he would take some time to heal, even with his wolf. Normally, I was with one of our allies, but I was needed here as they trusted me just as much as my father.

Justin and Serra had become Chosen Mates not too long ago, only fueling me on the battlefield. I didn't attend and Alpha James didn't make me, thank Goddess. I think I would've bawled my eyes out if I had been forced to attend. Or killed Justin and Serra. One of the two. They ripped my heart out with wolfsbane and stomped on it until I became the cold and bitter woman most people know today. I can be caring and compassionate, but it's rare. Especially towards men.

'We'll be okay. Keep fighting.' Artemis told me. She seemed to be getting antsy and excited the closer we got to the front of the battle. I shook it off as she was happy to finally be releasing the pent-up years of anger we had for being rejected. Many men had come up asking to be Chosen Mates or even just dates. I turned them all down and left them.

As I make my way to the center of the fight, a scent catches my attention. Not because it was unfamiliar, but because of how heavenly it smelled. Artemis becomes even more excited and I'm sure she knows something that she's not telling me. That's when I zero in on the sight of a dark grey wolf throwing my men this way and that. No sooner do I stop to stare does he look right back at me.

'Mate!!' Artemis squeals. She's never acted like this before. Not even when I found Justin. I start to backtrack when a snarl sounds from my right side, a sandy brown wolf charging straight at me. I start to ready myself for a fight. Then, they were gone. The grey wolf had tackled him and was growling something fierce. My warriors were extremely confused by the sight of him attacking one of his own, as was I. But if what Artemis said was true, then I couldn't stay here. I refused to stay here and let some other man reject me again. I lived through that pain once and I couldn't to do it again.

My legs were in overdrive as I ran, knocking enemy wolves this way and that. Some ran at me, but stopped and backed away, bowing their heads. Everything in my body wanted to keep running, to run home to Father.

'Go back to him,' Artemis whimpered. I did my best to ignore her before focusing on something I knew made us both angry. Justin and Serra. If we focused there, she could forget about him.

'Elia!! Go back!!! He's our mate!!!' she growls at me, which was shocking. Normally we get along very well and have the same mind on things. Why was she so adamant about this one wolf? Mate or not, he was the enemy. 'He could be different than that dirtbag. We could finally have a mate that wants us and loves us...'

I was so lost in thought I hadn't even noticed the fighting had stopped until that mouthwatering scent filled my nose again. It was like strawberries, jasmine, and pine. I turned around and he was standing right behind me. Who does this warrior think he is? Then he lays down in front of me. He submits to this unknown enemy wolf.

Out of nowhere, Artemis takes over and all I can do is sit back and watch. She walks closer to him before leaning down and smelling him, then licking his snout. He lifts his head, licking ours in return. I can't help but feel myself smiling at his display of affection. He... might be different.

'Um... Elia? What's going on? Why aren't they attacking us?' Daniel mind-links. Before I can respond, my mate has shifted back and I'm staring at a beautiful sculpt of a body. I didn't know it was possible to have an eight-pack, but this man somehow found a way. He stood there for a second before slowly reaching his hand out towards me and then running his fingers through my fur.

The sparks I felt as he did so were so electrifying, I could tell Artemis was enjoying this as much as I was. Justin never did anything like this when he found us. Just walked away, leaving us to suffer greatly. Suddenly we moved away from him, making him pause.

'Return home. We'll take this as a victory for now.' I turn away from my mate and start going home, the damned mate bond begging me to turn back. To shift and let him feel my skin instead of my fur. I couldn't look back or I would give in. I knew it. As much as I wanted to stay, and believe he wouldn't be like Justin, I just couldn't do that to myself.

After I was sure I was a long way away, out of his sight and surrounded by my comrades, I shifted back. It was nothing for them to see me naked, as I had done it before for years, though now, after finding a Second Chance mate, I wanted to crawl behind a tree or sprint to find clothes. I zoned out as I changed, my brain muddled.

Blinking, I realized we'd made it home again. I was already in a shirt and shorts I had stashed away in the woods so I didn't come home naked. Justin was standing outside of the warriors' quarters, waiting for someone. Serra was nowhere to be found, thank Goddess. However, the way his eyes moved I could tell he was looking for me. His eyes never landed on one of the others for more than a second.

"You all go inside and take a shower. You smell like sweat, blood, and death—" I laugh, ignoring Alpha Justin. They laugh as well and hurry inside to the hot water I was so craving right now, especially after what I found out today. It was just me and my alpha. Goddess, I was never going to get used to that. "Alpha," I say, bowing my head in respect. Technically, I could call him by his name, as neither he nor his father ever technically demoted me. I was still a beta. His beta.

"Elia, I need to speak to you. Privately," he says, shifting his eyes around. I cross my arms and lean away. I have to be careful around him as Serra is now our Luna. If she caught me talking to her man, or even looking at him she'd punish me.

"Why? You can't reject me a second time, Alpha." I snarl. He growled in frustration and it made me and my wolf happy to make him pissed. He has been doing the same thing to me for years now.

"Call me Justin. And I need you, I need my beta. You're more fit for the position than any wolf here is Elia. Come back, please," he says, practically begging me. I narrow my eyes at him, red flags going off in my head. I knew who'd been chosen as the beta and they were more than capable.

"I'm sorry Alpha. But I'm just fine where I am. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to shower and get ready to celebrate," I respond before starting to walk around him. He reaches out and grabs my arm and pulls me back to him, our faces inches apart. I'm not sure what it was, but my heart started beating faster. Though, he didn't look as good as my mate did and never will. The thought of this a**hole putting his hands on me made Artemis growl on the inside.

"I haven't dismissed you just yet. I didn't want to reject you that day. But I had no choice. Serra wouldn't have let me be with you. You know that right?" He pulls a strand of my white hair towards his face, smiling at me. "I've wanted you for a very, very long time. Come with me.." Justin started to pull me towards the pack house, but I couldn't. I wouldn't!! I have dignity and respect for myself and for my mate. He would not be doing anything with me, ever again.

"No!" I yell. I stomp as hard as I can on his foot before kicking him in the shin with my other foot. My free hand comes up and slaps him, then in the opposite direction to elbow him in the jaw. Adrenaline coursed through me and I was just barely able to break free and run inside.

Justin was left in a daze that not every woman dreamt about sleeping with him I guessed. I didn't turn around to see if I was right though. But I knew he wouldn't follow. Someone was bound to have heard my scream and went to investigate. He had to get away as quickly as possible.

In the comfort of the warriors' quarters, my home, I let out a long breath I had no idea I was ever holding. Daniel comes up to me, wrapped in a towel, and taps my shoulder. "What did Alpha want?" he asks, concern written all over his face. Since I don't trust my body, or my voice right now, I just shake my head and thank the Moon Goddess he doesn't ask me any other questions. He might challenge Justin for his alpha title right there so he could beat the royal s**t out of him without consequence. Daniel was like an older brother to me and while he was loyal to our alpha, he was also loyal to me. "Oh, your father wants you by the way. He sent a mind-link, but you didn't answer, so he told me to get you." I nod and start making my way to his room on the top floor.

My father was in his bed sitting up by the time I reach his room. He didn't want to be separated from his warriors, so he asked them to make a small hospital room here. "There's my girl!! They tell me you somehow managed to earn a submission from that damn prick who keeps attacking us," he gushes.

He's always been proud of my achievements. I nod my head a little and he grins, opening his arms for a hug. But it also hit me that another alpha was my mate. Just what I needed. Another man in power to think I'm not good enough to be with him and be the mother of his pups.

As I make my way over, his smile slowly turns to a scowl and I freeze. He's never hurt, hit, or abused me before, but his facial expressions were punishment enough.

I look behind me to see an empty doorway then around the white room. On the back wall were two huge windows that overlooked the sea of trees and a few buildings, like the training grounds and such. To my far left was a 60-inch flat-screen TV that was only ever used by Mother or Serra. Father and I were always training or sparring, so we didn't have use for it.

At the moment, mother was not here and there was nothing out of place. Father was a stickler for everything to be in its spot and would rage if it wasn't. "Is everything alright?" I ask. He just gets out of bed and pulls me to him, sniffing my hair and my clothes. My heart was racing. Did he smell my mate on me? Or Justin? He never liked Justin after my birthday and never missed an opportunity to express so to me or Mother.

"You smell... different. Like you, but... like someone else. Did someone touch you?" I knew it. He was smelling my mate's scent. I couldn't slow my heartbeat and he would know I was lying if I told him no. It was obvious. However, I couldn't tell him that I had a Second Chance mate. He might just make me go back to him and I desperately didn't want to right now. Just take a hot shower and relax in my bedroom.

"It was Justin," I blurt, watching his face turn to pure rage. "He stopped me before I could come in and asked me to go with him to the pack house. And—" He put his hand up to silence what would have turned into incessant rambling. My mouth shut quickly and I looked into his eyes. I could sense Daniel not too far away, no doubt listening to what happened. He was so damn nosy, it wasn't funny. But it proved useful sometimes, so just this once I wouldn't tell.

"That b*****d!!! He thinks because his father handed him down the Alpha title that he can just use and abuse women as he sees fit!! He already has a damn Chosen Mate!!! Who does he think he is?!" I let out a small sigh of relief that he didn't question it any further before a panicked mind-link comes through, alerting us of an enemy trespasser. A warrior never sleeps. Before Father can finish his raging rant, I've started racing down the stairs, almost knocking Daniel over.

"That's what you get for being nosy!!" He laughs at me and joins in charging down the stairs. There was a bad feeling in my stomach. I run out and shift, headed to where the trespasser was last seen.