The Alpha's Luna Is Mine

Let's Have Fun

Preston’s POV

Aethelwulf is really getting on my nerves, I honestly thought he would be all over me when he got here, at least show some level of respect or acknowledge the authority I hold here, but instead he’s doing the complete opposite and it’s getting under my skin more than I expected, how dare he stand against my words like they carry no weight, like I’m just another person in this pack and not the Alpha.

I’m trying to stay calm, I really am, but it’s getting harder by the minute because if I let go of this control even for a second, I know myself well enough to admit I would have already given him a punch he wouldn’t forget anytime soon.

“Babe."she called out the minute I stepped into the room, her voice soft but already demanding attention, and I rolled my eyes as I walked toward her, my steps slow and unwilling.

"You’re awake?” I asked as I sat beside her and bent to place a kiss on her forehead, a kiss that meant absolutely nothing to me, it was just there out of habit, not emotion, not care, just something I felt expected to do.

“Where have you been all morning? I’ve been waiting for you,” she said softly, moving closer and wrapping her hands around me, her body pressing into mine, and it felt so suffocating, like I couldn’t breathe properly, like her presence alone was already too much for me to handle at that moment.

“Oh… do you need anything?” I asked, forcing the words out, my patience already hanging by a thread, because truthfully I didn’t want to be here, I didn’t want to deal with any of this.

“Yes, a leg massage. I took my bath myself today and it hurts, I need a full body massage from you,” she said, her tone almost pleading, like that would change anything.

That was it for me, I stood up immediately, irritation settling deep in my chest.

“I’ll call your maid to do that for you,” I said and started walking toward the door without even looking back.

“Babe…” she called again, and I turned back immediately, already irritated, already done.

“Babe what? What?!” I snapped, taking a step closer to her bed, my voice rising without me trying to hold it back anymore.

“I’ve been out all morning working, stressing myself, and I come back just to deal with this too? I can’t do that.” I didn’t even try to soften my tone because I didn’t feel like I owed her that.

“I only want your hands on me… is that too much to ask?” she said softly again, trying that same tone, but it wasn’t working for me.

“If you won’t let the maid do it, then forget it, you can wait for me till eternity,” I replied and walked out immediately, not giving her another chance to speak, heading straight for the stairs and going down fast, my steps heavy, my mind already shifting away from her.

Aethelwulf. Everything keeps coming back to him, he’s trying to make it look like he has the same authority as me, and I can already see how people are beginning to look at him differently, like he belongs here just as much as I do, maybe even more, and I won’t allow that, I won’t let my people start seeing him in that light, I won’t let his presence start overshadowing mine.

I brought him here for a reason, to show him what he lost, to make him feel it, the pack was supposed to be his as the eldest twin but somehow everything ended up in my hands, and I wanted him to see that clearly, to feel how unlucky he is, to feel that gap between what should have been his and what is mine now.

But I’m not getting that from him at all, he looks calm, too calm, like none of this matters to him, like he doesn’t even care, and that is what’s really getting to me.

“Alpha!” Cole called from behind, pulling me out of my thoughts, and I turned to face him, already annoyed, already prepared to snap if what he had to say wasn’t worth my time.

“We have a meeting with the Alphas in ten minutes,” he said, keeping his distance like he could already read my mood.

“I’ll join you shortly,” I replied and turned away immediately, not even waiting for anything else, heading straight into the forest instead.

I needed space, real space, away from everything, it’s been over a week since I let my wolf run and I could feel the pressure building inside me, restless, uncomfortable, like something was clawing to get out.

I pulled off my shirt while running, then my pants, not stopping, just letting them drop behind me as I moved, the air hitting my skin, cold and sharp but needed, and then I shifted mid-air, the change fast and familiar.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuu!” I howled as I reached the top of the mountain, my eyes lifting to the moon, bright and steady in the sky, its light spreading across everything in a calm, quiet way.

I stayed there for a moment, breathing deeply, letting that silence settle into me, then I ran again, faster this time, letting everything out, the anger, the frustration, the tension.

The forest blurred around me as night settled fully, the moon lighting the ground just enough, and when I got back to the mountain top, I howled again, longer this time, deeper, until I finally felt some of that weight lift off me.

After that, I ran back, and when I got to where I left my clothes, I shifted mid-air again and picked them up, putting them on.

“My Alpha,” Cole said, and I looked at him.

“They waited for twenty minutes but you didn’t show up, so the meeting has been moved to tomorrow morning,” he added.

I stared at him for a second, wondering if he had been standing there all this time.

“And what are you still doing here?” I asked.

“I wanted to pass the message to you,” he said.

I didn’t respond, I just walked past him toward my car parked in front of the mansion, my mind already elsewhere.

Work has been piling up for too long, too much at once, and I need to clear my head.

I gestured for Cole to follow me, he got into the car, and I started the engine.

“Let’s go have fun.”