Found but Broken Luna

New Home

*Skye*

The last thing I remember is Tom punching me in the room and blacking out. Ive never felt safe, but for some reason, I feel safe right now. I can feel myself in a car but I don’t know who’s with me. I know my head is on someone’s lap. And their arm is over my waist. And for some odd reason, I’m feeling sparks across my body where his arm is touching my body and my head is touching his. It feels comforting and warm, like I’m home.

I can hear the people talking, two men. “How is she doing River?” The guy driving asks to the man next to me.

“She seems okay at the moment, Hunter. Her heart rate is stable and she’s breathing on her own just fine. Hopefully it stays that way.” The guy next to me, whose name I learned is River, Says to the guy driving, whose name is Hunter. I feel River pick up his free hand, never letting the other one leave my side, and run his fingers through my hair. I try to stay still but I can’t help myself but to smile from the sensation. He leans down and places the most gentle kiss I’ve ever received on my temple.

He then whispers in my ear, “You’re safe my little mate. I love you now and forever and will protect you with my life. You will become a wonderful Luna and I know you will accept our kind.”

And with that, I couldn’t help myself but to stir and wrap my arms around his waist in a hug. I don’t know what a mate or a Luna is, or what he means by “our kind” but I can’t help but to hug him. He seems a little confused by this because he thinks I’m still sleeping. I let out a couple tears which makes him grip my arms and pull them up around his neck, moving my seat into his lap, and my head into his neck. The tears keep flowing, a little more freely this time. Once he has me where he wants me he wraps his arms around my waist and buries his head in the crook of my neck and inhales deeply. “Thank you,” are all the words that I could muster.

He grips me tighter and goes to speak. “You have no idea how happy you’ve made me choosing to come with me and possibly stay. I don’t know what I would do if I lost you. I don’t even know your name and you’re already my whole world. Please accept me, darling, and stay with me.” All I could do was cry a little harder and nod my head viciously up and down to let him know I didn’t want to leave him. I feel safe with him, like nobody in the world would ever dare to hurt me. And if they try to hurt him, they have another thing coming. I may not be as strong as him, but I will sure as hell put up a fight if somebody tries.

“My name is Skye, with an ‘e’ at the end.” I say to him and pull away from the embrace to look at his face. He gently wiped my tears away and I let out a little embarrassed laugh. His face was even more beautiful up close, and I have the sudden urge to kiss him, but I quickly shook that thought from the back of my mind and just looked at him. He has the widest, goofiest, grin plastered on his face which then turned into a bit of a smolder before he said, “Hello there Skye with an ‘e’, I’m River.” I gave him a huge smile back before pulling him back into a hug, which he gladly accepted.

I didn’t even realize we had been stopped for a while before Hunter spoke, “Well lovebirds, welcome to your new home. This is Red Moon.” As he said the last words, I pulled out of River’s hug and I was met with a giant castle the size of the ones in the movies. My mouth flew open to see all of the architecture. I opened the door to get a better look at it, since the sun is still gone for a couple more hours but River quickly reached over and shut the door again. I gave him a pleading look and he just shook his head no as in, not yet. My looked turned into a pouty face which he quickly spoke to, “My darling don’t give me that face.” He pouts back. “It’s just that it’s too cold for you to go out in what you’re wearing. My parents are bringing out some clothes to better suit you for the weather.”

“Okay, fine.” I ended my pout and went to sit down when River pulled me back into his lap and placed his head on my shoulder again.

“You will be staying with me tonight if that’s okay. I don’t want anything to happen to you without me there to keep you safe. I did give you a promise after all and I intend on keeping it down to my last breath.” I tensed up a little bit when he said I’ll be staying with him and he seemed to take notice. “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you that you don’t directly say yes to, and i’m going to get one of the blow up cots for me to sleep on next to the bed just in case you don’t feel comfortable sleeping in the same bed yet.” Wow this man is such a gentleman, the complete opposite of Tom. But where did he come from?

Not before long does a knock on the window startle us. We had almost fallen back asleep when it happened and it cause me to jump to the complete opposite side of the car with my back against it, shaking like a leaf. River, almost instinctively, did the same but put his arms out like to shield me from whatever the intrusion may be.

We sat there breathing heavily, me shaking and River in high alert, before we hear a woman’s voice. “River, what the he’ll are you doing? Get out here and hug your mama.” River begins to smile and opens the door to get out, but before he does, his mom hands him a sweatshirt that has to be his and a blanket. He tosses the sweatshirt to me and I put it on. It goes all the way down to my knees. I laugh inwardly at myself and blush a little bit before making my way to the exit of the car. Before I could set foot on the slightly snowy ground I started to shiver, and River took notice. He rushes in front of me with the blanket held out in front of him. He wraps it around me and then scoops me up in his arms bridal style. His chest was so warm, I nuzzled into it a bit more to try and get away from the heat before continuing to look at the castle.

The castle looks so much bigger outside the car and I audibly gulp, making River chuckle. “It’s okay, darling, the inside is bigger.”

“Haha very funny.” I reply in a sarcastic tone and we all laugh.

“Oh, before I forget. Skye, this is my mom, Adelia. Mom, this is Skye, my mate.” He swings me around to his mom and she gives me a kind smile. Again with the word mate?

“Hello Adelia. I would shake your hand but they're kind of tied up right now.” I say shyly

“No need dear, we’re going to be very close soon. And also, just call me mom.” She walks over to us and give me a light hug, without River letting me go. “Shall we go in? We don’t want the poor girl to freeze to death.” She states, gesturing us into the house.

The moment we stepped into the castle, I was floored. It opened up to a bright ballroom sized area with white marble floors and chandeliers hanging. There were 2 staircases right next to the door on either side that were wide and slowly curved, going up what I would assume to be 5 floors high. There was a sitting area right next to the one on the right with a big rug and some vintage style couches surrounding a fireplace in the wall.

On the left there were some long tables with bench-like seats like you would see in the Harry Potter movies. Next to the tables on the opposite wall to us is a giant kitchen with black marble countertops and white cabinets, everything with a dark nickel finish including the utilities. There was also bar style seating around the front and right side of the kitchen island. Directly next to it was a huge sliding glass door that covered the rest of the wall leading to a beautiful little garden surrounding the patio and the rest of the area outside was clear space to run around.

I couldn’t breathe until I heard River speak. “Breathe, my darling. You’ll get used to it.”

“How many floors are there?” I mutter breathlessly, still looking around in shock.

“Five in total. The top floor is ours, because I’m there Alpha and you’ll be my Luna. The fourth floor is Hunters, my Beta, and he shares it with my Gamma, Phoenix and his mate Anala. The third floor is for my Deltas, Raiden and Iris and my parents and siblings, as well as all of their parents and siblings. The third floor through fifth floor wrap around the building so they can use either staircase. Unfortunately we don't have an elevator because it’s a historic home but we’re hoping to put one in soon.”

“And the first and second floor?” I question.

“The first floor is offices, meeting rooms, conference rooms, a game room, and what you see in front of you. The second floor is for anybody who is visiting from another area. However, the people in my position get to stay on our floor but there is a wall separating the two sides so they get their own side.” He looks back down at me with so much content and passion in his eyes. “Do you like it?”

Do I like it? Did he really just ask me if I like what I see? I feel as though he is looking straight into my soul, seeing every part of me, but he doesn’t stray away or waver one bit. His beautiful hazel eyes stare back at me like a magnet that I cannot get out of the pull from. The whole world seems to melt away until we are left with only the two of us. Him holding me close as though I can break at any moment, and wherever we touch, it’s like fireworks dancing across my skin.

I feel myself being pulled into him and i let my eyes fall closed as my lips touch his cheek. The moment they touch I feel his hands pull me into him further. When I pull back he’s blushing. I never thought I would see a rough and tough guy like him blush but it’s good to know he’s sincere. “I love it.” I gesture my head around and back to meet his eyes, “All of it.”

He smiled a big goofy smile and turned to his family and friends, “Well guys, Skye here needs to rest so I’m going to take her up to my room. Hunter, if you could take care of some security and also move some of your stuff to the guest room on my floor by the stairs to stay, just to be safe, that would be great.” Hunter nods and runs off. “Mom, did you get the things that I asked for?”

She turns to face him, “Yes, sweetie. It has all been placed in your room. Your sister is very eager to meet Mrs. Skye and even offered for Skye to stay with her if that would make Skye more comfortable.”

He looks down at me with a hint of sadness as if begging me not to leave his side tonight, and quite frankly, I don’t know her and I feel 100% safe in his arms so I don’t want to leave them. “It’s up to you my dear.” He says to me.

“As much as I appreciate the offer and kindness, I would rather stay with River tonight. I would absolutely love to meet her but not tonight, not like this.” As I gesture my head down to my body, referencing the pain that I have been put through not more than a couple hours prior.

We all nod to each other as an eerie silence fills the room until River lifts his head to everyone. “Well guys, this is goodnight. We will officially meet everyone in the morning at breakfast.”

“Goodnight!” Everyone yelled as we started making our way to the right staircase.

I leaned my head back around his shoulder so I could see them and called out, “Goodnight! And thank you!” As we started to make our ascent.