His Unforeseen Luna

Welcome to Blue Moon

(Brandy)

Driving through the gates of the Blue Moon pack is a bittersweet moment. I just kept replaying my goodbye to Asher, so sweet and so sad. Midnight has been quiet all day. I can tell she misses Finn, and who am I to tell her not to?

“Brandy Dear.” I heard as I opened the car door, I saw Luna Isa striding toward me, with her arms extended. “I hope the trip went well. I have arranged for a guest room to be set up for you on the Alphas floor.” For a second my eyes widened as I looked at her. I wasn’t expecting to be on the Alpha floor. I mean I am at Silver Fox, but that is because of my position.

“Oh thank you, but I don’t have to be on the Alpha floor. I wouldn’t want to impose.” I made a small gesture with my hands. I barely know anyone in this pack, the last thing I want is to get on anyone's nasty side. This isn’t our pack. If anyone gives us Sh*t, I will rip them to shreds -Midnight gives a loud growl, and it honestly took me back for a minute. She is going through a lot, but one thing about being here: we aren’t part of this pack. Meaning there is no ‘bond’ holding us, so if Midnight gets pissed she might actually kill someone. We are guests here. Yes, we are helping them, but guests nonetheless - I scowled, to which she returned with a low growl. I wouldn't be surprised if she iced me out for a few days. I can’t figure out why she is so upset, it’s not like we are leaving our mate.

“Now don’t be silly, you are doing us a great favor. I personally insist, plus your room is closest to the snack bar.” She says while winking at me and giggling, it’s no secret that wolves are constantly eating as we extend our bodies daily. I return her wink with a giggle and gather my bags, I let her take the lead as she motions towards the elevator. All packed houses are big, they are like giant mansions. However, not every packed house has the same layout. Something that does mostly look the same in every house, the housing floors do look more like hotel room levels. The Alpha floor, however, is large and very roomy, it's carpeted and looks more like a mini-house. It looks like a club scene met the Godfather. That is the style of house this looks like. I pause in awe to take it all in. Isa notices I have stopped and is looking around.

“I have been meaning to re-paint this floor, and I can’t decide if I should change the carpet color. I just haven’t had time for everything going on. Once I am retired I shall see to it. Not many girls around here, maybe you could help me with samples some day?” I see Isa gazing at the walls and scrunching her nose, not hiding her displacement with the look.

“I would love to help you. Whenever you are ready, I will make myself available to you, Luna.” I said, acting like I knew something about decor. I will admit my mother did all the color matching for my room. Once I moved into the Pack house, it was already all painted. I couldn’t help but wonder why she would want my help. We passed a few rooms I assume belonged to Brodie and Taylor. I seemed to get along well with those two, so I was hopeful of a new friendship, plus, since I’ll be working closely with them both, it helps if we are on the same floor. We stop at a long hallway, it's well lit, and at the end I see a nice shiny door.

That is my son's room, Max. I don’t believe you have had the pleasure of meeting him. He was away on business, but he will be here tomorrow sometime. We have informed him all about you. If I am not around tomorrow, I am sure you will meet tomorrow night at dinner, if not before then.” Isa says as she turns to me, and puts a hand lightly on my shoulder. “Now you listen here, he is a good boy but if he is rude to you or steps out of line.” She sighs as she looks at me. “You come and get me, no child of mine will be disrespectful, especially to our treasured guest, that boy isn’t Alpha yet.” I nod at her as she turns and keeps walking.

We arrived at a plain white door with a cute little handmade pink sign that read ‘Brandy Lee’ . The sign was so cute I couldn’t help but smile. I opened the door and was shocked, the room was so big. In the middle was a queen bed with sky-themed bedding, and the walls were painted white with a bunch of mountains and trees painted on top. I glanced to see my own bathroom at the room. I didn’t know if they gave me a private bathroom cuz it came with the room, or cuz I was the only female on that floor.

“I hope this closet is big enough for all of your stuff. I had it cleared out. I will say there are a lot of dresses I kept there as a gift and don’t feel forced to ever wear them. I bought them and then realized they just weren’t used to them for me.” I see Isa is motioning towards the closet, I peak in and my eyes go wide. It’s an entire walk-in closet! I glanced up, saw the shelves and saw the dresses she was talking about. Oh goddess, they were drop dead gorgeous. I want to pinch myself but don’t, I’ll wait for Isa to leave. “I will leave you to unpack. I am sorry, but we already ate dinner. We weren’t sure when to expect you, but I did leave a plate and some leftovers for you in the kitchen.” I saw her say as she saw a sad expression that made me feel a little guilty.

“That’s my fault I didn’t let anyone know, honestly I am a bit tired anyhow.” I gave her a warm smile which softened her expression, and I honestly was planning to eat and go straight to bed. She leaves my room swinging the door shut, as I let out a big sigh and plot on the bed. All I wanted was to fade into darkness, but after hearing my stomach gurgle, I knew I had to eat. I unpack my things then get into my PJs, before heading out the door.

I navigate my skills and finally make it to the kitchen, trying to find the food left for me, not really knowing where everything is yet. I swear I can track a rogue for miles and not get a tinge of anger, but trying to find this food made me want to punch a wall and rip my hair out. After rummaging around the 4 different fridges, I saw a couple of dishes. One dish had a cute little handwritten note ‘Brandy’s food No Touching’. I laughed out loud, taking the food out. I sat and started scarfing my food down, not caring since no one was around me.

All a sudden, a loud thudding came towards the kitchen. It sounded like an elephant was coming honestly. It immediately got me on alert, as not many people here know me and I don’t know what to expect. I relaxed and sighed as soon as I saw Brodi and Taylor. They came barreling into the kitchen in what looked like a wrestling match.

They both see me but don’t stop. I think they were also arguing but I wasn’t listening. “Brandy! Can you please settle a debate for us?” Brodi asked me as I saw him take his chair and sit on it backwards. I nearly choked on my food as I didn’t expect them to talk to me.

“I can do my best, but no one is allowed to hate me afterwards.” I said with a laugh, as I washed my food down with some juice.

“ OK, so Taylor over here thinks Pixar is better than Disney.” I couldnt help but let out a laugh, thinking I was going to fall out of my seat. These guys are really children, and it's becoming very adorable.

The guys are looking at me so intensely, as if this argument is going to solve world peace. “I personally am a Disney fan through and through, HOWEVER I very much adore Pixar films like ‘Finding Nemo’.” I say and sorta sit back in my chair, feeling really good about my answer. I see Taylor look defeated and Brodie looks like he won the lottery.

“I knew Disney was better.” I see Brodi howl as he gets up from his chair, taking his baseball cap off and throwing it. “Thanks a lot Brandy, he’s never going to let this go.” Taylor retorts at me, I put my hands up in surrender as he gives me a chuckle.

After Brodie comes back to earth, they both look at me a little more seriously then I was expecting. “While we have you here, I wanted to go over stuff with you about training and what not.” Brodie says as he gets a Budlight from the fridge, I give him a nod as my mouth is full of mashed potatoes. “We were thinking tomorrow just take the day since you just got here, give you a chance to look around and get to know the grounds.” Then Taylor chimes in, “we have informed all our warriors and Omegas of you already, but when you come to train you can reintroduce yourself. To give you a rough estimate, we have around 400 warriors. We are hoping come winter time we can increase that number. By early Spring, the goal is to have doubled that number, as we have more land to protect spring, we are in need of more warriors ASAP.” He pauses to look at me, scanning my face to see if I am taking in all of his information. At this point, they are both testing me, and I know it.

“I’d say with three of us now we could hold twice as many training sessions, as well pull warriors to help. How many warriors do we have currently at each perimeter at a time?” I say now, fully done with my food sitting straight up, I’ll admit sometimes I enjoy the shocked look on people’s faces when they realize I am more than a pretty face.

“We currently own 200 square miles of land now with the Northern border we acquired, and we currently have 4 warriors for every 34 miles in 6 hour shifts. We don’t want our men getting burnt out, but at the same time, with some very vast land, those numbers need to be doubled. If we have a rogue attack, the others can’t always get there in time.” Taylor and Brodie are both eyeing me, as I process all the information very carefully. I didn’t realize the turmoil they may soon be in if we don’t find a solution.

“First off, I think it would be very beneficial for some of the warrior Omegas to try our people. I know that every wolf is taught basic skills, but that may not be enough. Until we can train more Omegas and increase our numbers, the safest thing we can do for this pack is make sure everyone can fight properly. I would even go as far as sending young pups out with some trained Omegas and running some drills in the forest. The faster they can move and internalize their instincts, the better. As far as training for the new recruits, I don’t know this pack yet, so I do not know how many possible recruits we could obtain. I am sure one of you has probably taken care of that. When we figure out the exact number, we can find a schedule that works for everyone, and not use unnecessary resources. I want to make my time here as valuable to you all as possible. I think the first step is going through some training in a few days with the warriors and seeing what we are working with. I want to get a feel for what these guys know. That way I can see if they will be adequate in training the new recruits.” I paused and took another drink of juice without breaking eye contact. Now it was my turn to see if they were paying attention to me.

Taylor and Brodie are giving each other a glance, and most likely mink linking with each other's mental notes. They turn back to me and Brodie says, “before you come, we will get a head count for new recruits go. Once you get a lay of the land, we can start doing practices. I will admit I don’t even have a rough estimate of numbers. We don’t accept warriors here under 17, so I will have to go through the logs.” Becoming a warrior is by no means required. If you're born an Omega male, it is highly expected of you. “I will go over this with Alpha Max and get his feedback. Training of the community might have to move at a slower pace as expanding resources is not something we can spare lightly right now,” Taylor says while sipping his bud light, I can hear him gently purr as I am sure that isn’t his first beer of the evening.

“Alpha Max? I was under the impression Blue moon hadn’t hosted his Alpha ceremony yet.” I said with a confused expression, that is very obvious. I see the boys share a glance as they both look back at me.

“Correct not yet, Alpha Shadow is still in charge. However, over the last several months and with this new expansion, Alpha Shadow thought it best to have Max step into his new role a little early. He helps handle the day to day, while the Alpha handles more of the business side. Max’s Alpha ceremony is in a few weeks though.” Brodie tells me, it doesn’t help my confusion, but I drop it. We deliberate a little more, the conversation quickly becomes casual as we chat. We kept chatting as we all walked to the elevator together, heading up to the Alphas floor, the perk of being on the same floor as the boys. Once there, I gave them both a nod as we parted ways into our own rooms.

I was so happy to finally be in my bed, and I was for sure going to sleep in. My mind raced as I couldn’t help but ponder the earlier conversation I had with the boys. Why was Max acting Alpha? He is eighteen, which meant he could have been appointed Alpha status awhile ago, and how is this pack so big yet its numbers so small? The math wasn’t adding up for me. How do you have 200 miles and not even a quarter of the warriors needed? How were they surviving rogue attacks with those numbers? My pack has tripled their numbers and we still have a hard time. Something was feeling off about the whole thing, too many things didn’t add up, but also the boys might have been mistaken. I can’t judge until I see for myself.

I fell into bed, thinking about the biggest decision I had made and was hoping I chose well. “Tomorrow is a new day.” I said to myself, and with that, I fell into the darkness.