The Lonely Luna

Gilberto

*Gilberto POV*

Ever since I finally found my mate, I couldn’t stop thinking about her. I could barely think or concentrate at work. Firulais was driving me nuts with wanting to see her and mate with her and her wolf. I still had no idea what her wolf’s name was. I couldn’t wait for the weekend to see her. I was in my office trying to get some paperwork done, but it was absolutely pointless. Every time I tried to focus on my job, Reyna’s face filled my mind. She has the most beautiful curves and the softest skin and lips. My arms ached to hold her close once more. I decided to call her. I grabbed my phone and called her. It rang three times before she answered. “Hola, mí amor. ¿Cómo estás? Te extraño mucho (Hello, my love. How are you? I miss you).” I told her that I missed her too and couldn’t wait for the weekend to see her. “Mí amor, ¿como se llama tu loba? Mí lobo se llama Firulais (My love, what’s your wolf’s name? My wolf’s name is Firulais).” She told that her wolf’s name was María. That made Firulais happy to hear. We talked for close to an hour when she told me that she had to hang up. I heard yelling in the background. It sounded like her Beta.

I hoped that everything was ok. I decided to force myself to get some work done. I had several contracts to look over. Before I knew it, Benito was knocking on my door asking if I was ready to head home. I looked at my phone and saw that it was already 6:00 pm. I couldn’t believe it. Time flies when you’re distracted. I shut down my computer and put the contracts that I still needed to look over in my file cabinet and locked it. I grabbed my computer and put it in my bag. I grabbed my phone and laptop bag, turned off my desk lamp, and headed for the door. I shut and locked it and told Benito that I was ready to go. My office was a mile and a half from my pack house. I got in my limo and we headed for the house. It wasn’t a castle, but it was cozy and home. When we pulled up, Benito got out, came around, and opened my door for me. I walked to the house, thanking him as I went. The door was opened by my Delta, Samuel. “Bienvenidos a casa, Alfa. ¿Como fue tu día? Espero que fue libre de estrés (Welcome home, Alpha. How was your day? I hope that it was stress free).” I told him that it was slow and dull because I did paperwork almost all day.

I headed to the kitchen to find something to eat as it was already 6:30. I saw that my head kitchen Omega, Ana, was still around. I saw that she was talking to my mom, Lucía. I walked in and kissed my mom and greeted Ana. "¿Como fue tú día núgúchú? (How was your day, Mom)?” “Fue bien mijo. ¿Y el tuyo (It was fine my son. How was yours)?” I replied that it was boring and full of paperwork. Ana brought me a bowl of tapao (similar to seafood soup made with coconut milk), one of my favorite foods. I began eating while my mom and Ana kept talking. After I finished my food, I took my bowl to the sink, rinsed it, and put it in the dishwasher. I told my mom that I was going to my room to watch the news. She just nodded and kept talking. I left the kitchen shaking my head and headed to the fourth floor and my apartment. I unlocked my door and flipped in the living room light. I heard strange noises coming from my bedroom and headed down the hallway. The door was cracked open. “Que raro. Se que cerré la puerta antes de irme a trabajar en la mañana (That’s strange. I know that I shut the door before leaving for work this morning).” I thought to myself. I walked closer and saw someone in my bed having s*x. I threw open the door and using my Alpha tone said; “¡¿QUIEN DIABLOS HACEIS EN MÍ CAMA?! ¡EXPLICAMELO (WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED?! EXPLAIN IT TO ME)!” I was shocked to see Benito’s mate, Rosita in bed with some wolf that I didn’t know. I immediately mind linked Benito. “¡TE HICE UNA PREGUNTA! ¡CONTESTAME (I ASKED YOU A QUESTION! ANSWER ME)!” Both were frozen in fear. Benito walked in asking me what the urgency was. He didn’t even finish his question when he saw Rosita in my bed. She stared at him and then at me. Benito turned and walked out.

I grabbed the unknown wolf by his hair and dragged his naked ass out of my bed and out to the living room. Rosita followed us. She at least had the sense to put her dress on. “¡¿QUIÉN DIABLOS SOS Y PORQUE ESTÁS EN MÍ CAMA CON LA MUJER DE MÍ BETA?! ¡CONTESTAME MALDITA SEA (WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU IN MY BED WITH MY BETA’S MATE?! ANSWER ME DAMN YOU!” I shouted using my Alpha tone. The miserable, sorry excuse for a wolf just trembled in fear. He should have. I turned to Rosita and asked her what the hell was going on and how in the hell they got into my apartment. She just looked at me stupidly. I decided to mind link Samuel and Giovanni (the head of my guard) to come and take both to the barracks. I then sent a mind link to my cleaning and laundry Omegas to have them come clean and disinfect my room and bed and to put new blankets and sheets on it. When they arrived, I told Samuel and Giovanni ro take the two traitors to the barracks, but to put them in separate ones and to chain them with silver.

*Benito POV*

I couldn’t believe that Rosita was cheating on me with some unknown wolf. I knew most of the males in our pack since I’m the Beta. It’s my job. We have 875 members, almost as many as the Silver Moon Pack. I was absolutely dumbfounded. How could she do this to me? We’ve been together for 25 years! I work hard and provide a good living for her and our sons. If she was unhappy, she should have talked to me instead of cheating. How in the world did she get access to the Alpha’s apartment? The only ones that had access need a keycard and have to do a retina scan. Those people were myself, the Alpha (of course), his mom, and the cleaning and laundry Omegas. Even if she had stolen my keycard, she would have needed to do the retina scan. Those things cannot be faked! I decided to go talk to her and get her side of the story. I should have known that Samuel and Giovanni would have orders from the Alpha not to let anyone in. I asked about the unknown wolf. They said that his barracks was guarded and that Saúl and Marcos were under the same orders. I sighed and headed to the pack house. I headed to the third floor and my apartment. When I walked in, I could hear the video games that Carlos and Josue were playing in their rooms.

I didn’t want to bother them, so I just went into the kitchenette to get something to eat. I made myself a plate, heated it up in the microwave, grabbed a beer, and headed to the room I had shared with Rosita for the last 10 years. I had no idea if she had had s*x with her lover in our bed, but at this point, I didn’t care. It was too late to have the Omegas come and clean and change my bedding. I set my plate down on my nightstand, climbed into bed, reached into one of the drawers, pulled out the capsules of wolfsbane and silver nitrate, opened them, sprinkled them on my food, tossed the empty capsules, popped open the beer, picked up my plate, and started eating. Once I had finished the food and washed it down with the beer, I threw away the empty can and set the plate on my nightstand. I then turned off the lamp, rolled onto my side, pulled up the blankets and waited for death to come and take me from this cruel world.

*Gilberto POV*

The next morning, I woke up early (as usual) feeling relaxed and refreshed. I made a mental note to send Ariana a thank you note for the cd. I went to the bathroom, then grabbed a pair of tennis shoes from my closet and went over to my dresser where I grabbed a clean pair of socks, some jeans, and a t-shirt. Once I was dressed, I headed down to the kitchen for breakfast. Ana had prepared my favorite breakfast, plátanos fritos (fried plantains) with beans and rice and café con leche. I ate and then rinsed my dishes, put them in the dishwasher and headed to the barracks. I wanted to talk to Rosita first. Sergio and Isaac were standing guard this morning. They let me pass (mainly because they had no choice). As soon as I opened the door, I was hit in the face by the smell of stale urine, rancid sweat, old vomit, and fear of previous “guests”. She was curled up into a ball on the floor in one corner. “¿QUIÉN TE DIÓ ACESSO A MÍ APARTAMENTO Y QUIÉN FUE EL LOBO CON QUIÉN ESTUVISTE EN MÍ CAMA (WHO GAVE YOU ACCESS TO MY APARTMENT AND WHO WAS THE WOLF THAT YOU WERE IN MY BED WITH)?!” She just looked at me stupidly, like she had last night when I questioned her. What the hell did Benito see in this i***t?

I left her and went to go pay a visit to the other “guest”. Patricio and Raúl were standing guard. Again, they let me pass without question. Just like with Rosita’s barracks, the smell was the same. My Alpha tone had no effect on him because he wasn’t a member of my pack. He just kept pacing back and forth muttering to himself. I told Patricio to put him in silver shackles and to put him in the cuffs hanging from the ceiling so that he couldn’t do any more pacing. I headed for the pack house so that Benito and I could talk. I needed to know what he wanted to do. Once I got inside, I asked if anyone had seen him. They all replied that they hadn’t. I tried to mind link him and got no response. I figured that he was still asleep, so I headed to the third floor. Once I got to the apartment, I let myself in with my master key and shut the door behind me. I walked down the hall, calling him as I went. “¿Benito? ¿Estás aquí (Benito? Are you here)?” I fot to his bedroom door and saw that it was partially opened. I figured that one of the boys had left it opened after telling their father that they were leaving for school.

Sure enough; Benito was still in bed. I walked over and shook him calling his name. I got no response. He was barely warm and had no pulse. I mind linked Dr. Suarez and told him that I needed him to Benito’s apartment and to hurry because it was an emergency. He arrived in five minutes with paramedics and a stretcher. They got him loaded up, shifted, and ran out at top speed. I knew that it was really serious, so I mind linked Carlos and Josue and told them to meet me at the hospital. I also mind linked the principal to let her know what was going on. She replied back that it was fine and that she understood. I stripped down and put my clothes in a backpack, shifted, and ran at top speed to the hospital. The boys arrived just as I did. We all went into the bushes to shift back and get dressed. Then we entered the hospital together. A nurse told us that Benito was in the ICU on the 10th floor. We took the elevator up. Cecelia, the charge nurse, told us that Benito was in room 10. We walked that way and saw Dr. Suarez in the room. Benito was hooked to a heart monitor and on oxygen.

Dr. Suarez came out and motioned for is to follow him. “No sé por que, pero se trató de suicidarse. Encontré wolfsbane y silver nitrate en su sistema (I don’t why, but he tried to commit suicide. I found wolfsbane and silver nitrate in his system).” The boys looked at me in question. “Anoche que llegue a mí apartamento despues del trabajo, escuché sonidos en mí cuarto. Cuándo asomé a la puerta, mire a tú mamá en mí cama con un lobo desconocido. Hice un mind link con tú papá diciendo que necesitaba venir a mí apartamento. Cuándo los miró, se dió la vuelta y se fue. (Last night when I got to my apartment after work, I heard noises in my room. When I got to the door, I saw your mom in my bed with an unknown wolf. I mind linked your dad telling that he needed to come to my apartment. He saw them and then left)." They looked at me in disbelief, but they knew that I wasn't lying to them. Dr. Suarez said that he had pumped Benito's stomach and that it had been very touch and go. He also said that he wanted to keep him for several days to make sure that he made a full recovery with no

lingering effects from the poisons he had ingested. We

thanked him and I left. The boys had decided to stay by

their father's bedside.

I went to pay Rosita another visit. I threw open the door to her barracks and roared; "ESPERO QUE ESTÁS FELÍZ VIEJA MISERABLE! iBENITO ESTÁ EN EL HOSPITAL PORQUE SE TRATÓ DE SUICIDARSE ANOCHE CUANDO TE MIRO EN MÍ CAMA CON TÚ AMANTE MALDITA PERRA (I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY YOU MISERABLE OLD WOMAN! BENITO'S IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE LAST NIGHT AFTER HE SAW YOU IN MY BED WITH YOUR LOVER DAMNED b***h)!" She looked at me in sheer disbelief and said; "¿Trató de suicidarse? ¿Y eso (He tried to commit suicide? Why)?" I just looked at her incredulously then smacked her senseless. She looked at me in fear. And well she should! She began sobbing and begging for mercy. She wasn’t going to get it. I mind linked Giovanni and Samuel. Once the arrived, I told them that I was going to kill Rosita and they were to take her corpse deep into the woods and bury it six feet and to put boulders on top so that it couldn’t be dug up.

They nodded in understanding and turned their backs. I made her death quick by snapping her neck. I dropped her lifeless body and walked out, leaving my guards behind. I knew that my orders would be followed to the letter. I walked leisurely back to the pack house. I immediately went up to my apartment to shower. Once I had finished, I decided to call Reyna. I looked at my phone and realized how late it was and hung up, thinking she was probably already in bed. She called back almost immediately and asked what happened. I told her that I had hung up because I thought she was already in bed. We talked for awhile and then I told her that I needed to get some sleep. She said good night and we hung up.