Lost and Found by her Alpha

Lets Slow Down

Star POV

This was all moving just a bit too fast. Sitting here listening to Zane make all these plans, I just don't know what to make of it. I’ve never had anyone care for me enough to think ahead for me the way he seems to do, or maybe it was the alpha male taking over. I’ve been on my own practically all my life, even in the homes I was by myself. I was never enough for people to stay long enough for or with, and when they did they all had a motive. So what was his angle, what did he want? He paid the rent for three months without asking me, and sending for our stuff, made arrangements for me to find my father. Why was he doing all of this? Why did it matter to him? Why was my happiness important to him? I listen to him rattle off commands to his beta. Making arrangements for me and my kids. But why? My children are what the magical world would call misfits. My eldest was human, my son a bloodling and my daughter, well, she was an enigma, she had some freaky s**t going on with her that I can’t comprehend sometimes. I’m sure he's seen me use my magic, it's something I try to keep under wraps. A gift only my children knew about. My wolf has better control of my magic. Sigh! I only seem to have control when protecting the kids, sometimes, otherwise it's chaotic. Otherwise what fun would it be?

As I listened to Zane make plans for us and the kids' excitement, I couldn’t help but feel this was moving way too fast. As the men sit across from me staring at me at all my comments and the fact that my very human daughter knows more about being a wolf than her surrogate wolf mother.

The more they talked, the more my wolf wanted what they were selling. I trust Serenity, but the insecure part of me wants to find something wrong with this guy, a fault, a trigger point that lets me know that he’s not what he really seems.

“Serenity, are we sure we can trust these people?”

“No more running, this is where I’m supposed to be. He is the one who I've been searching for. He's the one we scented all those times in the woods, but we had to find the twins first. Now our circle is complete.”

“What about finding the sperm donor?”

“Yes, he is vital to us, we will need his help. Mate will take us to see our Sire. Don’t worry,

It will all work out, you’ll see, Trust Me”.

Tuning back into the room, I noticed more than just Zane's eyes on us.

“What?” I asked the room.

“Do you always talk to your wolf out loud” Zane asked.

“Yes, why”

“You can’t do it telepathically”

“Maybe, if I tried,” I said, shrugging my shoulders.

“Why?”

“We all just sat and watched you have a conversation with yourself”

“So?”

“You look insane”. Nicholas says and Zane growls, or maybe it was Xander because I swear I saw his eyes flicker black for a second.

“What's your point, I am crazy, I have a freaking wolf living inside me, my daughters are a human and a child who can tell the future sometimes, and an actual wolf for a son. Which part of that told you I was sane?”

“Fair point,” he laughs.

“No, you are not crazy”, Zane defends and growls again at his beta.

“Don’t lose any sleep over it. I've tried several times to get them to speak to each other on the inside. Serenity finds it funny when humans stare at us in the street.”

“What do you mean?” Zane asks. Serenity stood up and growled loudly, at Nina. Turning to her, I let Serenity push forward and speak with Nina. Another secret to keep from the world is Nina. Nina is no normal human, she can hear our inner animals, but she is no shifter.

“What have I told you about letting strangers in on our secrets?” she reprimand.

“I hope you weren’t about to tell these people that you could hear their wolf.” Serenity snapped at her in her head.

“Sorry” she mutters with her head dipped low.

“Don’t question my teenager, EVER. Now you want to do something for me, tell me when exactly are we going to see the man who knocked my mother up? I need help and protection for my kids.”

I told him. Already knowing what he's going to say. I need to ensure the safety of my children above all others, free from the torment and the struggles of being hunted. My father has a large pack and, from what everyone keeps telling me, he is very powerful and that's what I need for my kids. Serenity keeps reassuring me that I need to stay with her mate and, as much as I want to drop undies for him 24/7, the safety of my children comes first above all else. For the past five years, I have been in hiding and training, as much as possible, as best as I could anyway. My mother's friend got me some training and I have been taking shooting lessons at the gun range and I have great aim. From the stories, my mother's friend tells me I'm just like her, she was a fighter also, although I suspected there were more. The glint in his eyes says it all, every time he tells a story about her, the little shine always comes through. Which reminds me I need to call him and let him know what has happened to me.

“You promised you would take me to my father,” they all stopped and looked at me. I straightened my spine and narrowed my eyes at Serenity’s mate.

“Oh, he's my mate when you don’t get what you want, but, ours when he's naked,” Serenity spoke up finally,

“instead of drooling over him, eating eggs and bacon.” I ignored her and rolled my eyes. Because the man was sexy as sin, eating freaking bacon.

“Also you have egg on your chin '', I told him, and he wiped it off with a piece of napkin. He finally swallowed what piece of food he had in his mouth and spoke.

“And I will. The summit is in two days. We will be attending. We leave tomorrow, and why wouldn’t you stay here, LITTLE MATE” he said, the last part with a little too much base and attitude for my liking, but still it did something to my libido that traced over my c**t with a force I never felt before from just his voice. You know that voice that just enthrals you from the beginning and soaks your panties from just hello. No, just me then. Definitely a voice for dirty talk and he's smirking at me. Why’s he smirking at me? Does he know that the sound of his voice does something special to my little person? I crossed my legs and tried to squeeze my thighs even tighter, trying to hold in my arousal. Remembering that wolves have a very good sense of smell and he also mentioned that he can smell my arousal. Dammit, control your c**t, b***h. I reprimanded myself once again for the umpteenth time in this man's presence.

“Why not today? Princess had that vision and she was almost never wrong and I don't want to put you or your pack in danger, my father..”

“Can protect you, yes, but so can I. I will protect you and your kids” There he goes again with that authoritative voice again.

“Are you trying to alpha mind fu..” I stopped my sentence and remembered the babies were in the room.

“brainwash, brainwash me” I ask. He took a deep breath.

“Nicholas, give us a minute, get the team ready. And contact Tank and tell him to get home. I need him here like yesterday.” Nicholas bowed his head.

“Yes , Alpha,” he answered Zane, and then bowed his head in my direction “Luna” and was about to walk away when I answered him back.

“Its Star and please no bowing”. He looked at Zane for some form of approval. Zane nodded his head. After the lock clicked in place announcing that Nicholas had left the room, there was a pause, a moment, a moment that seemed to go on forever as Zane stared into my eyes.

“Star, I need you to understand something. You are my number one priority, from the moment I saw you at the motel getting into that truck, everything and everyone else became second and the fact that you have children now makes them my priority and my responsibility. I will not and can not let you go. You belong to me. Your wolf belongs to Xander. Patrick and his men can not touch you here. They can’t reach you here. Your father may be a powerful alpha, but I am your mate”. The colour of his eyes changed somewhere through his speech and I knew Xander took over and it was him who spoke, making Serenity move to the forefront and shiver. Horndogs. Sighing, I stood and moved closer to him, taking a seat because something inside me knew his words were sincere and he believed everything he said.

“First, I belong to no man, no wolf, no one. Second, I may be your first priority, which is still weird to me, but hey, who am I to judge? They are my first and only priority and the best thing for them is to be with the strongest ally I know of. You said it yourself, that my father has more in his pack and he is very powerful.” I said, pointing at the children.

“I know what I said, and the fact still remains that you are mine and you belong here with me and this pack, trust your wolf. “In two days” he replied. Good, two days and I will have all the pieces I need to protect my kids

"That's good, I can live with that. Now the house we I was renting along with the furniture, so those are of little consequence to us, but the other stuff i would appreciate it if those things were transported here thanks, in the meantime, I will take you up on you offer to get the kids some new clothes. Besides, the princess needs a new tiara. Don’t you, your majesty?”

“Great, I have a few things to do and a few people to catch up with, because of my absence, and then I can take you shopping. Let's say around 12 noon, we can all eat out for lunch”, Zane stood saying, and then bent to kiss me lightly on the cheek and I swear I blushed a cool pink colour.

“Wait, I have no money, I will pay…”

“Good thing it's on me.

“I promise, you don’t have to worry, you’ll see,” he whispered in my ear. As he was about to leave the room, Nicholas returned to the room. I realised that Zane must have called him in his mind.

“You stay, I need to meet all the new people you’ve accepted into the pack and bind them to us to this land”. Nicolas nods his head and Zane leaves. Taking a seat, we all turned and stared at Nicholas. He swallowed audibly, his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

“If you ladies need anything, I will be right outside.” he got up to leave and that's when Princess clouded over for a second and she smiled and went to the Beta, stopping him just before he exit the doors and he kneeled to her level and she whispered something in his ear, so low that no one heard what was said to him. When she spoke like this, I knew this was only for his ears and not meant for another and would only affect him. But I watched him as his eyes widened, his heartbeat skipped and then sped up. He looked at me for some form of acknowledgement, that whatever she told him was true or false. I just shrugged my shoulders because, like I said when she spoke like that, only the intended could hear her words. He smiled and kissed her cheek and told her thank you.

“Luna, I have to go, I will get another guard to watch over you, I must go” he dashed out of the room so fast, it was unreal. Whatever the Princess told him must have been important.

“Okay, we can’t hold up in this room for the rest of the day, let's go see what we're really getting ourselves into.” I told the kids. Leaving the room, we walked three minutes to the dining hall to drop off our dirty dishes. Then head outside to explore the grounds better.

Most were wary and some were polite and nodded their heads saying good morning, calling me Luna, which was weird and cringing.

We came across the pack doctor. It was a small little cabin with a bench outside with the sign of a howling wolf with a broken leg wrapped in bandages. I like it. I walked in and introduced myself to the pack doctors and nurses, who all turned and looked at me.

“Hello,” I said, waving awkwardly.

“Hi, my name is Mary, I’m one of the healers of the pack. How can we help you?”

“I thought I’d come and introduce myself to you all as your Luna”. That sounds like something Luna should do right, maybe.

“This is quite a place you guys have here, I like it, it's cute and rustic” I said, not knowing exactly what to say, and I could hear Serenity laughing at me in our heads. Ignoring her, I stood and looked around and noticed that everyone was staring at me. Sighing

"Carry on.” I was about to leave when the pack head doctor came out saying,

“Mary, who is our next patient”. He was a handsome man with short salt and pepper hair with a stethoscope hanging from his neck and a flip chart in his hands.

“Hi, can I help you?” he said, smiling, so I returned the smile, it's only polite.

“Nope, I just wanted to introduce myself, say, kiss the babies and all that jazz” I was babbling again. He smiled a genuine smile, one of the few I have seen since I got here, that's until he saw Asher.

“Is that bloodling?” his heart beat picked up slightly and a waft of fear I think was coming from him. Fear makes people do stupid s**t and people who do stupid s**t end up dead, and I like this shirt. It smelled of Zane and it was all soft, so no, I don't want to get blood stain on my new favourite shirt. Dammit.

“No, that's Asher, my son.” that made his eyes buck out his head a little.

“DID YOU SAY YOUR SON? He snapped loudly, too loud for my liking, so I backed up a little with the kids at my back and Asher snarling at him. Good boy.

“Got a problem”. Nina snatched up Princess, swinging her onto her back, fast like we practise. I move into a fighting stance, ready to rip this doctor's throat out if he even thinks twice about messing with Asher. I have no problem tearing down this entire pack if they ever f****d with my boy. He stepped forward and Asher growled louder, and Serenity rolled her eyes at the doctor, yet she still had one ear raised for some reason like her ear could help with the situation.

“ I'm sorry, I mean. I never met someone who survived a bloodling pup before.”

“Oh, well I’m a freaking marvel, what can I say?” our business is none of his business.

“We must chat sometime, I wanna know all about it” Again his nose sniffed the air. I noticed a lot of them doing that s**t and it's becoming annoying.

“You're human!” He stared at Nina. I stiffened again.

“Yeah, look, witchy wolf,” I said, pointing to myself, then pointing at Nina.

“Human”, then I pointed at Asher, “ Wolf!” pointing at Princess saying “Princess”.

“Yes we're a frockling bunch, get that Frankenstein look out your eye doc” I tell him and he straighten his spine a little.

“I’m sorry, Luna. I meant no offence at all. I apologise”

"Accepted, now doctor, since I'm to be your Luna, its only fair I know your name in case one of us becomes in need of your service.

"Jonathan, I'm Jonathan Hawkins, the pack's lead doctor and healer"

"Well, doctor, it's nice to meet you and I would love to chat with you about my circumstances soon."

A woman with a baby screeched out loud. I turned to see Asher and Princess in front of the mother and the baby,

The woman was about to kick at Asher and I let out a try it b***h, low growl and she stopped in her tracks. Princess put her hands on the woman's face, smiling as her eyes swirled around like the pools of the ocean swirling in the dept. 's**t' Asher leaped up, climbing on the woman towards the baby. She looked terrified.

"He won't hurt anyone" I tell everyone in the room who was ready to attack a defenceless pup.

Asher sniffed the baby and then placed his head on the baby's head for a second. I even held my breath. When he opened his eyes, he then licked the baby's head. What the ever loving f**k?

"Asher sweetie what you doing?" Suddenly the baby stopped crying and Princess whispered something to the mother again, no one heard what she said. Asher jumped down and ran to my side as Princess turn and ran to Nina, who picked her up in her arms. To say everyone was shocked was an understatement.. I let Serenity push forward and bent down to Asher.

"Baby sick, baby needs big water. I fixed him" picking him up. I nuzzled him " You are a good pup, you know that", I cooed at him.

"Did you hear what my daughter said?" I asked the mother and she nodded.

"I suggest you do as she says", I told her, and walked out with my kids on my heels. I see getting to know these people is going to be harder than we thought. Quite frankly, I'm not sure I even want to like them.

A few hours later, we pulled up to the mall. Keeping the kids close, Nina picks Asher up in her arms as we move from store to store. The kids enjoyed their shopping spree and trying on all the different clothes. I thought Zane would complain that he was tired and ready to go several hours ago, but he was patient with them. The store assistants all seemed to know who he was and were all falling over themselves to please him. Some were too helpful and touchy feelly for my taste, but I let them slide because of the kids. They even got things to decorate their bedroom, which was kind to him. I picked up a few things for myself. He also took us to a fancy store and got us sparkly dresses for a ball that will be taking place at this summit.

The journey back to the packland, my mind kept turning over with all the feelings and words Zane said. Can I trust him? Can I be the Luna he expects me to be? Do I even want to be Luna? I just hope that my doner won’t reject us.

“Mom? When we get Asher a crown, can I get one too?” Princess asked.

“What's that, your highness ?” I asked, smiling.

“I want a crown too”. Asher licks her face and they bow their heads together. As their foreheads touch, I know they are doing their special twin thing, where they only understand sometimes they sit like that for hours. It's something they started doing at the age of two. It was so cute at first , that now I just sit and watch them. It was not until Nina came into the picture that I found out they were communicating with each other in a completely different language and way. Turning to Zane, I say “I guess I'm getting Asher a crown” with a bemused look on both our faces.

“She does that sometimes, sees something random and blurts it out. You get used to it”, he just smiles at her in the rear view mirror. The gates parted as the entered pack lands. There were streamers and balloons of all sorts going on.

“Are you guys having a party?” I questioned as the SUV strolled down to the main lodge, which is now covered in decoration and led lights. Wow , it looks amazing.