The Alpha's Queen

Terry's POV

I knew that Merci would be taking Maritza on a walk to talk to her today, just to explain some of the changes that’s happening to her right now. I wish that she didn’t have to go through the pain, or the discomfort of her heat. But, I also knew that she wasn’t ready for that step in our relationship. I’m not that cruel of a wolf to force something on her that she’s not ready for. Forcing the issue of what I want, will never help me to gain her trust. She needs to be and feel secure about herself as well as our relationship, and for that to happen, I need to give her the time and space that she needs. I have to admit to myself though, while my human side is just as eager as my wolf; I will admit, it has been very challenging to my wolf to respect her boundaries. My wolf wants to mark and complete our mating, he can’t wait to watch her belly grow round with our pups. I've had many talks with my wolf, and while he’s understanding of the fact that he just needs to have patience, patience has always been one of his stronger traits, but I've never been able to say the same thing about mines, if I’m being honest with myself, that is. That being said, it's because of my wolf that I'm able to remain being patient and calm. Many times he has reminded me that, not only is she not ready for something more than friendship, neither is her wolf. Both of them are taking their time to not only learn themselves, but finally meet and learn each other. And only when both parts of my beautiful mate feel secure enough, safe enough, completely intact with herself and who she is as an individual, will her wolf even acknowledge to herself that it's time to complete the mate-bonding.

Not only is he anxious to mark and mate fully with her, he’s also on edge and wanting to meet her wolf. He can since her to some degree, but it’s a very small presence. Small enough to be able to since her enough to send small messages to her, but not enough to hear if she ever responds or not. Once she has fully gotten the wolf-bane out of her system, my wolf would be able to feel her emotions, talk to her, as well as help to soothe her wolf. Whether it was because of unanswered questions, concerns or because she’s upset about something.

As pack members started arriving for the BBQ that we were having to welcome and honor Maritza and her extensive family, I couldn’t locate my mate anywhere. I've been walking around greeting everyone, our pack is very huge by comparison to other packs. because of that, we don't have the opportunity to see each other on a daily basis. Between their assigned jobs within the pack, their 'human world' jobs, school,  patrols, and traveling it is rare that everyone is in one place at the same time. But every time there is an important pack meeting, or new wolves joining the pack, everyone makes sure that they're home to join the meetings. As I' walking around, I keet looking into the faces of all the pack members, in hope that their faces would morph into hers, but I wasn’t that lucky. Spotting her father talking to my dad, I walked over towards them.

“Have you seen them yet?” I asked her dad, not even bothering to say their names.

“No, I haven’t Terry, I know they went on a walk so that they could talk in privacy. My wife didn’t want Marizta to feel as if anyone could just walk into their conversation. While it’s a type of conversation that most ‘she-wolves have with their daughters, the fact that Marizta is just now having ‘the talk’ with her mother is quite odd within the shifter community”.

Nodding my head in understanding, I continued to look around to see if I could spot my mate. I'm extremely happy that Merci' decided to take Maritza somewhere else to have this talk with her. I know that a few wolves are intrigued by the fact that she hasn't shifted yet. We've already came up with the cover story that their group has come from a pack on a different continent, which is true; and that their pack and the packs in that region are known for maturing later than the average wolf. Since it is common knowledge that there are packs across the globe that come in to their maturity at different times than what's most common; nobody has questioned why none of the children in her family has shifted and started looking for their own mates.

“Here they come now” her dad stated. “I believe they just lost track of the time, but they’re on their way back now. Apparently they had a very good talk. Seeing what my baby girl is going through now, I can't justify the things we did in the past. While we felt we had good reasons for our choices at the time, if I’d known then how much my daughter would be hurt by just that one decision, I would have never made the choice to keep her from all of this.”  

I couldn’t feel or sense any false words coming from him. I honestly feel that he regrets the decision to feed the children of his pack, his family wolf-bane. Of course, I wasn’t going to speak on that for a few reasons. But again, I have to admit to myself, that I'm not sure what I would have done if I was in his shoes. Being hunted down and watching your whole family and pack exterminated at such a time when young wolves are normally looking to their elders for guidance and strength, he had none of that. Mother Goddess, what lessons are you teaching this family? How did you expect this whole situation to turn out? And what plans do you have in store for Maritza, her family, this pack, or us as a new family unit? I can't imagine what she has in store for any of us, but something tells me that I'll find out sooner rather than later. Of course, I made sure to keep my blocks up in my mind. I don't want another pack member to overhear my thoughts and start to ask questions. And boy, would they have some questions that they would be needing answers too if they ever got wind of whom this family is, how they came to our pack, and what the ramifications of their past would be towards The Golden Moon pack.

The first being; with the whole pack here, they’re definitely watching and trying to listen to anything that I would be saying. Not saying that they would purposely try to eavesdrop on my conversation, but wolves have heightened senses. We see better, especially in the dark, and we can hear a lot better than humans. Even in a crowd, it’s not hard for a wolf to hear a conversation from across a crowded room. Another reason being, I understood that by not voicing what those choices and decisions that he hinted about, he wanted to keep the knowledge to those that already know about it, which only consist of the adolescents in their family, my dad, and myself; and not spread it any further. The last reason was because I’m still extremely upset about what they did to my mate and the rest of the children.

Because of the actions of her parents, I’m unable to mark and completely mate with my beautiful queen. My wolf isn’t able to meet and talk to her wolf. I’m not able to mind link with her, nor can anyone else for that matter. Without her wolf, anything can happen to her and I might not know about it until it's too late to help her.

Spotting Jenny, I asked her to track down Maritza and her mom. Somehow, Jenny’s wolf is able to since my Queen’s wolf and even speak with each other. I’m not quite sure how that is, their families are from two totally different places on the globe. So I’m not understanding how she has the ability for her wolf to speak with another wolf that she’s not related to.

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                                                            Unknown POV

She just appeared out of nowhere. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that i dreamt the whole thing up. But sadly, that wasn't and isn't the case. One thing that I can say, though, she was the prettiest being I've ever seen. I mean, from the inside out, she had a luminous glow about her. Hair that reached all the way down past her bottom, a striking platinum white that seemed to hold the color and light of the moon itself. She stood just half an inch shy of a full six feet. Delicate skin like porcelain, with the coloring of fresh cream. Her dress hung off of one shoulder, and laid perfectly down her shapely form. While it wasn't form fitting, the dress hugged her curves perfectly. Luminescent lavender eyes are framed with naturally long lashes staring at me. looking down at her lips, i notice that they are moving. Realizing that she's saying something to me, I'm so captivated by her beauty that I've been struck deaf.

I shake my head a little as if I had water in my ears. Taking a second to collect myself and act like my mother did raise me with some since of decency and morals, and how to treat another being with respect. I look back into her face, "I apologize for so rudely disrespecting you. Can I help you with something? You don't seem familiar, are you new to the area? I've heard that the Golden Moon pack just accepted a lot of new members. Are you with them?" 

"No my child, I'm not one of the new pack members. But I do need to talk to you about a journey that I need for you to go on for me. I'm known by many names, but most call me 'Mother Goddess' or 'Moon Goddess'. One of my precious children is in danger, and I need for you to protect her at all cost. She must remain in with her pack and not be harmed in any way at all. I'm not going to suggest how you accomplish this mission, but I will tell you that it's very important for you to protect her at all cost."

"Are you crazy right now? I asked her. 'Do you not realize that rouges are running rampant right now? Not to mention that my Alpha isn't exactly on good terms with the Alpha over there. I'm asking for a beat down at best, at worst I'll be dead. What kind of gaming are you playing here? If you are the Mother Goddess, then you should already know this. Why would you ask me to commit suicide? Because that's what I would be doing if I was to attempt to do what you're saying." The severity of what this beautiful Goddess is asking me really, has my head spinning.

"My child, I wouldn't ask this of you if the situation wasn't so vitally important. Nor would I be asking you if I didn't already know your heart. I must caution you to be careful, while remaining true to who you are. But most importantly, you must not revile your quest to anyone at any time. For your brave actions and helping me with this small matter, you will receive your reward"

And with that, she was gone. Just like her arrival, she was gone in a blink of an eye. My mind is completely blown right now. Who else can say that they've been sent on a mission, a journey, by The Mother Goddess herself? It's a good thing that I can't share this with anyone, because they wouldn't believe me if I told them anyways. About this time, the gravity of the situation hit me hard. Hard enough, that I physically dropped to the ground like a fifty pound sack of potatoes. Some time later, this is exactly how my best friend found me. the fog finally lifted from my eyes and there he was, just standing in front of me.

"What are you daydreaming about now?" He asked. "Please tell me it's not that girl that you was following in the mall man. She's not from our pack, and I don't think you'll be able to attend any social gatherings on their lands to meet her. You know Alpha isn't going to go for that, he only allows those he deems has a high enough status and ranking to attend functions on other pack lands."

"I know this already Johnie," I said, looking up at him. "But that's not what I was thinking about, mom's birthday is coming up, and I want to give her something special." I stated, standing up, I brushed off my butt and started walking towards home.