From Escort to Luna

Booking the Escort

Gideon POV

I had been working tirelessly in my office for who knows how long, when a knock at my door interrupted me. “Come in” I yelled, not really wanting to be disturbed, but being the Alpha of a growing pack, I had to be accessible. Josh my Beta came sauntering into the room and took a seat in front of my desk. He leaned back casually and crossed his legs, waiting for me to acknowledge him.

“What do you want, Josh? I am busy.” I grumbled, not looking up at him.

“Do you realize that you have not left this office in two days?” he asked me with an amused smile on his face.

I looked up at him when his words registered in my head. Then I looked down at my clothes and realized they were the same ones I was wearing at the dinner meeting for this very big project my pack has been working no stop on. I leaned back in my chair and rubbed my eyes as my exhaustion slowly started to settle itself onto my body. This is not the first time this has happened. Ever since I took over as Alpha, I have been working nonstop to strengthen and grow my pack. My father left this pack vulnerable when he died, but I was determined to bring it back to its glory days.

“I guess time got away from me” I said as I got up from my chair to stretch.

“Well, you better get some sleep because we are leaving for the airport in eight hours.” He says calmly. Almost too calmly. I c****d my eyebrow at him because I had no idea why we were leaving. He chuckled and said, “I knew you forgot. It’s the ceremony for the new Alpha of the Desert Row pack.”

I nodded my head as it downed on me what he was saying. We have been trying to work out a very important business deal with them for a few months now and keep hitting roadblocks. Meeting the new Alpha during this celebration might work to our advantage, but I loathed these types of events. I always ended up with needy she wolves hanging off my arms. I am not interested in a committed relationship nor a mate. I have very particular tastes and needs that no shewolf has been able to fulfill. The only time I ever enter any type of s****l activity is under strict contract. The contract basically states that they consent for me to do whatever I want to them and they cant breath a word about it to anyone without severe consequences.

“I know this could move our business deal forward but the thought of having to deal with another one of these events is agonizing. I don’t think I can do it.” I say while I shake my head and look down at my shoes as if they would give me the willpower to attend the event.

“Yeah, I know you hate these events, but I thought it might be easier if you had a girl already hanging off your arm when you arrived and then would not have to deal with any she wolves. So, I took the liberty of downloading this high-class escort app and picked out a few who are located in the area of the celebration. This way you still keep your no-strings attached policy and everyone is happy,” he says as he folds his hands back into his lap.

I have been friends with Josh all my life and he knows my way of life. I’ve had girls throw themselves at me hoping I would give them a second look, but I never do. I do not care for desperation, weakness and anything that comes along with the L word. I ponder his words a bit further and decide his way of thinking might actually help me survive the night without losing my cool.

“Fine. Let me see the app and the possible escorts you picked out.” I say holding out my hand, expecting him to hand me his phone.

He shakes his head and says, “Oh no. The app is on your tablet and you are already logged in. I’ll see you downstairs tomorrow at 10am to head to the airport.”

“I thought I was supposed to be the Alpha and giving out all the commands” I say as I cross my arms over my chest.

Josh looks back at me and smiles, “Yeah well, our Alpha tends to get wrapped up way too much in certain things and forgets about balance in his life. So, someone has to take the wheel.” And with that he walks out of the room, closing the door behind him.

I rub my face one more time before sitting back at my desk and wrapping up one more task before packing all my important work I’ll need on this short trip into my leather over the shoulder briefcase. With my bag in my hand, I head to my room and shower quickly before throwing some clothing items into my luggage bag. As I crawl into bed, I remembered I was supposed to pick out an escort for the ceremony. I take my tablet out of my bag and quickly locate the app. Josh had picked out five potential escorts. I deleted two immediately because they were brunettes and I prefer blonds. After fifteen minutes, I had it narrowed down to two possible escorts, Emily and Sophie. Every time I look at Sophie’s picture, Zeus my wolf starts panting and he has never done that before. There is something about her eyes that is driving me wild pick her, pick her! He whines.

After a while, I give in to his panting and bantering and hit send date request. I lay my tablet down and try to relax my brain. I don’t get very far when a ding sounds from my tablet. I pick it up to see a notification saying my date request was accepted. s**t, that was fast. Zeus is doing circles in my head, f**k ya f**k ya she’s going to meet us and I can’t wait to smell her! I try to get him to settle down, but he just sits their panting thinking all these dirty thoughts about her already which is making me hard. I tell him to knock it off or I am canceling the date request. He whimpers and moves to the back of my mind. As I drift off to sleep I cant help but picture Sophie’s beautiful eyes and soft plump lips.

Zoe POV

Beep beep beep beep……

I sit further up in my lounge chair and look around where that annoying beeping was coming from. Who would bring something like that to the beach? I then started to wake up out of my deliciously relaxing dream to realize it was my alarm going off telling me it was time to wake up and start my evening. I grumble and turn the alarm off to realize that my stomach is also grumbling. I get out of bed and follow the mouth-watering smells coming out of the kitchen. I find Carla, our housekeeper, has prepared a dinner of her famous baked mac and cheese and antipasto salad. I hop onto a bar stool at the island as Carla fills a plate for me. Next to walk into the room is Grace with her hair and make-up already done for the evening.

“You made my favorite!” Grace squeaked when she saw the plate in front of me.

Carla nodded as she placed the plate in front of Grace and proceeded to fill two glasses of white wine for us. “You need to eat more. You getting too skinny.” She says as she places the wine down for us.

“Yes Carla.” Grace replies. Carla is in her sixties and speaks broken English but she’s like a mom to us. I honestly think we would be lost without her.

“I clean kitchen and go home. See you tomorrow for cleaning” she says as she turns to the sink to finish washing the dishes.

“So you must have an early date to be already half dolled up.” I say to Grace as I take a mouth full of salad.

She nods her head as she chews. “Yeah, some big developer is in town and wants to make an impression. Apparently, having a gorgeous girl on your arm helps make that impression.” She winks at me and takes another bite of food. “What are your plans for the night? Do you have studying to do?”

I shook my head. “I already finished my reports that are due this week, but I will be on rotation at the hospital starting Monday. I’m actually really excited because I will finally be on the labor and delivery floor.”

Grace claps her hands since her mouth is full of mac and cheese. I laugh at her and take a sip of wine. “So, I figured I’d take on a last minute date request for the night.”

“Wow, you typically don’t take last minute requests,” Grace says, taking a sip of her wine. “What made you take this one?”

“Well, I won’t be working next week, so I figured why not get a little more cash now, plus it's for an Alpha ceremony and I’ve never been to one of them. I thought it might be exciting to attend one.”

Grace nods in response. She’s been to two, one for her pack when she was younger and one as an escort. To her, this was not a big deal. “Well, if your being an escort to this type of event, your date must be a wolf. What’s his name? I wonder if he’s from around here.”

I pick up my phone and open the escort app to find the date request. “He doesn’t provide much information. Literally the bare minimum to request a date. He’s in his mid-twenties, requesting a date for an Alpha ceremony, requiring five hours of service. I have a meeting location and instructed to contact him through the app. His name is Gideon Moore.” I shrugged and put my phone down. I realized Grace’s fork was frozen halfway to her mouth.

“Did you just say Moore?” she asks with wide eyes.

“Yeah why? Is that a bad thing? Is there something I should know about?” I question, starting to have second thoughts and ready to start scolding myself for not listening to Vivian.

“I know some things about Robert Moore, who must have been his father. Robert was the Alpha to the Red Wood Pack in Oregon. Rumor has it that Robert was ruthless when he was young, but his mind started to slip as he got older. He became extremely paranoid and cut his pack off from the world. No one heard much from them for ten years until about three years ago when they emerged with a new Alpha. If I am not mistaken, Gideon is the new Alpha of Red Wood.”

“ OK, so he’s an Alpha. That doesn’t sound so bad.” I shrug and take a bite of mac and cheese.

“Being an Alpha is not bad, no, but his pack is completely secluded, and they have some of the fiercest warriors in the country. Please promise me you’ll be careful and take Tony with you. He might be just as ruthless as his father.” She says to me with pleading eyes.

“Don’t worry, I will be fine. Tony will be with me, so no worrying from you.”

Grace nods her head and clears her place. “I have to leave soon so I’m going to finish getting dressed.” She says as she walks out of the room.

I finish my dinner and clear my place. I start walking down to my room as Grace exits her room in a floor length fitted gown. She looked absolutely stunning.

“Wow you look gorgeous!!!” I state as my mouth drops to the floor.

“Thank you” she smiles. “I don’t know how late I will be but remember to wear your bracelet and stay safe tonight.” She says and gives me a hug before heading out.

I enter my bedroom and head straight to the bathroom for a quick shower. I wrap a towel around my body. I blow dry my hair and style it with a half up braid and some curls, apply simple make-up and head to my closet to pick out a dress. I settle on a pale purple dress that’s fitted in the chest with an empire waist and a flowy bottom. It stops in the middle of my thighs, leaving enough fabric to keep the men guessing. I put on a lacey white strapless push up bra and matching thong before slipping into the dress and matching heals. I check myself out in the long mirror and nod at my sexy appeal. My breasts are spilling out of the top of my dress just enough to turn heads and my legs look long and sexy. I grab my white evening purse and head downstairs to meet Tony.

I walk out of the building to find Tony standing next to the rear passenger door, ready to open it for me. When he sees me, his right eyebrow arches, which I have learned, means I look exceptionally good. I wink at Tony and climbed the escalade. He gets behind the wheel and pulls up the details of the evening on his tablet. “Says here you are to meet your date at the bar of the Moonlit Hotel.” He states as he puts the Escalade in gear.

“Tony, Grace informed me this gentleman might have a ruthless side to him. I need you to stay close tonight in case anything goes wrong.” I say to him as I look out the window.

“Got it Z.” Tony says, but he never takes his eyes off the road.

I sit back and try to keep my breathing steady. Vivian is already pacing back and forth in my mind. I close my eyes and silently pray to the goddess for protection tonight. “Please don’t let me regret tonight.”