Lunar Eclipse

Chapter Fourteen

(Magnus POV)

        Soren and I had just been led into our cells if you could actually call them that they were more like sparse rooms but no bars on the windows and it was well-lit. The room actually had furniture, a very comfortable looking bed with sheets, a table with two chairs, and a rug in the center of the room.

There was a door to my right at the bottom of the bed. Getting curious I went through the door and found a very clean looking bathroom with a change of clothes on the vanity. To my surprise I there was a toothbrush with toothpaste, facewash, and moisturizing cream on the vanity next to the sink. Not to say that I was happy to be stuck in this cell away from my Alpha, plus there was also the impending Council meeting, but this was better than staying in the forest.

“Are you okay Alpha?”

        “Yes I am fine. I didn’t expect it to go like this. I am sorry I have put you in danger as well as me. They don’t know you are my beta yet you might be able to escape punishment.” Escape punishment? No I would be with my Alpha all the way. Soren was my best friend, he had saved my life many times over, I owed him this much. Also why was he speaking of punishment? We were not guilty, that day was a s**t show but all we did that day was try to help defend our pack and almost get killed for it.

        “Punishment? There is nothing to be punished for! Unless you know something I don’t know” I knew as well as Soren that his father, the former Alpha, was fair and kind. There is no way he would offend a pack so greatly that it would cause a war. Alpha Aaron put his pack above his own needs, would never put them at risk.

        “No I don’t know anything about what happened that day, I don’t know why they attacked. I didn’t even see my father that day” I hadn’t seen him either. The days leading up to the attack had been the same as well, Alpha Aaron had been distant but that was normal that time of year. It was around the anniversary of his mate’s death, it was never a happy time.

        “We are innocent. The Blood Moon Pack will face justice and the Goddess’s wrath.” The Goddess had to know we were innocent; she would not let us be handed over to the wolves that murdered our pack. I severed the connection with Soren so I could get washed up.

Picking up the shirt on the vanity I smelled it, loving the fresh laundry smell that it had, reminded me of my mom when she hung laundry on the clothes line behind our house. I missed her so much that it hurt, I had never gotten the chance to tell her good by or that I loved her one last time. Shaking the bad thoughts out of my head I took off my shirt, folding it I put it on the other side of the vanity.

My clothes were slightly less worn than Soren’s I preferred to spend more time in my wolf form than he did but they were still torn and dirty. I could try and wash them in the sink or the tub so I could have an extra pair of clothes.

Looking in the mirror I looked at the scar that stretched across my stomach right where the wolf all those years ago had bitten me. It hurt like a son of a b***h for weeks, my wolf at that time had not yet awoken so my healing was slow, still better than a human but not fast enough at the time.

Laura had been so patient with us, protecting us, and taking care of us. She could have left us to die with the rest of the pack, saved herself but she didn’t. She never told us why she saved us, it was still a mystery.

I took some time to wash my face and brush my teeth before getting into the shower. The shower felt so amazing and so did having fresh clothes to wear. Strangely I was calm even under the impending doom I might be facing. After the shower I was also relaxed as well, looking around for a brush I found one in the vanity.

“Alpha check your room, there is a shower attached to mine and a fresh set of clothes here. If you have a shower take one, it might help take your mind off things…” I knew Soren and a million things would be going through his head, he needed a distraction. I wasn’t there to distract him but I could still help in a way. Whatever happens I would stick by Soren, have his back all the way.

Sitting on the bed I laid back, crossing my legs enjoying the comfortable feeling of a bed under me and a roof over my head. For once I wasn’t sleeping on the ground or under a makeshift tent. My wolf was also very comfortable with the new surroundings; he like me was mildly uncomfortable at being stuck in a room with no way out but this room was still better than the forest.

I sat up suddenly remembering that Soren told me his mate was in the Hall with us. He didn’t say who it was but there was one she-wolf who was standing behind Luna Randve that was watching Soren intensely.

I expected control from Soren, he was an Alpha, they were supposed to have better control over their emotions but regular wolves don’t normally have that control. Most wolves would have yelled “mine” or “mate” and jump on their mate practically doing it right then and there.

Obviously it would have been out of place given the situation but she had more control than other wolves. She was better suited for Soren then I guess. About a year ago I had given up hope of finding my mate, I was convinced that my mate had been in my pack and was killed in the attack.

My wolf however was still hopeful that we would still find her, and being here his hope was renewed tenfold. This was a whole pack of possible chances; he was also very confident that we would be declared innocent by the council. He was making plans to go searching the pack for our mate the second Soren was okay and with his mate. I agreed with his plan, hopeful for the future.