Moon God Mates

In need of a Luna

MASON’S POV:

This can’t be right. There is no way this is her son.

“Mason, are you okay?” Iris puts her hand on my shoulder, pulling me out of my daze. I flinch at the touch.

“Um, yeah.. er actually I have to get going.” I get up and rush back to my car, taking one more glance at the kid running circles around the other kids, his energy now making sense.

Of course, he has this much energy, all young pups are that overactive.

I think back to the party when Iris mentioned her son. She said he was almost four years old. At the age of four, pups transition into their wolves for the first time. He hasn’t shifted yet. James should be transitioning on his birthday. I smelt him the second he walked up to us at the bench, there is no doubt in my mind that the kid is a werewolf.

It took me by surprise since I thought Iris knew nothing of our kind. Does she not know her son is a werewolf?

I immediately regret the thought, she doesn't know. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be bringing him to a park every morning to burn his energy. He doesn’t need to play on a damn swing set, he needs to run and be amongst his kind.

All of these problems can wait for another time. I will teach Iris everything there is to know about raising a pup. The bigger problem right now is, where and who in the hell is the kid's father?

Did he just abandon my mate with a werewolf son?

I race back to the house, deeply regretting taking the car; I wish I could run back in my wolf form. It's been a constant need after seeing my mate.

Does something always have to come up to put me on edge? I hate the way I went cold on her again, I usually let my wolf out every time I lose my temper, but I can’t do that around her. Not yet anyway.

I storm into my downstairs office; I don’t know what to do, which is a big change for me.

Do I tell her? No s**t I tell her, but how?

I know I have to bring her and her son into the pack. But will it be too much for her to handle? I know she will accept her son, but will she accept me too?

My mind is racing a mile a minute.

I turn around and meet Cole standing in the doorframe, “What’s got your panties in a bunch?” Cole smirks.

I meet him with a blank stare, “Yeah because I wear panties, you idiot.”

He puts his hands up in a surrendering motion, “Hey dude, relax. What has been going on lately? You seem out of it. For as long as I have known you, which is my whole life, obviously,” he moves and takes a seat on the chair in front of my desk as I lean against the desk; my arms crossed, “You have never been as distracted as you are now. Nothing gets to the big bad Alpha Mace, so spill. Whatever it is, brother, I'm sure we can handle it.”

I contemplate telling him, letting him in on the only secret I've ever hidden from him but I don’t. “It's nothing, how are the Pack borders?”

I take a seat behind the desk, I am not in the mood for a heartfelt conversation with my brother; well with anyone really, not when I am at a complete loss on what to do about Iris and James. I have no idea how anyone will take me having a human as a mate let alone a human who already has a child with someone else.

“We had a few Rogues try to cross over and held one in the basement for questioning. It was nothing serious so we let him go.” I nod in acknowledgement but my mind isn’t at all where it should be. I'm glad Cole is here to help me maintain the pack because my mind isn't here, it hasn't been since the moment I saw Iris.

Cole sighs and pulls at his hair nervously, “Is this about your mate?”

I try to read his face to determine whether he is bullshitting or not. It’s not bullshit, he knows. But does he know who she is?

My brain is scrabbling for an answer to his question when he speaks up again, “You act like I don’t know you, dude. I am your Beta; your brother. I know when something is troubling you. And the only thing that would trouble you is finding your mate. That’s probably the only thing in the world that scares you. Now who is the lucky Luna?” I get angry at the mention of the word Luna. He doesn’t know that it's Iris. If he did he wouldn't be talking about a Luna this freely, it would be harder to accept a human.

I huff, “It's complicated.”

“How? If you claim her, you will avoid all of these ass wipes challenging you for Alpha. A Luna will stop the challengers.”

I know he is right, our pack needs a Luna. No one would challenge me for rights over the Moon Pack if I had a Luna in place. It’s an absolute rule, if a powerful Alpha couple is in place, the pack is complete and off-limits. If it’s not, the pack leader is free range.

Packs aren’t meant to be run by just an Alpha alone, a strong Luna shows a pack's stability. She is meant to make us even more powerful. The problem is, I’ve never seen a pack accept a human Luna before, and now that I have met Iris. I can't accept anyone else as my partner.

“I don’t want a Luna.” I scowl more at my own words because she’s all I want.

“I’m sorry but I am calling bullshit. You don’t want a Luna? What about them?” He picks at the thought of my pack. “All these Rogues who challenge you, and all of these Alphas that want your place don’t help keep order in this pack. We believe in you, I have never doubted you before. You’re the Alpha, you are what’s right but in this..” he pauses to take a breath, “in this, you’re wrong brother. I know we made a promise, but we were kids and you didn’t have hundreds of lives depending on your position.”

I don’t know what to say because he is right. Everyone is depending on me and I can not let them down. I am challenged every month. It can’t be easy on the pack watching me leave not knowing if I'll come back.

“If you don’t want to claim your mate as Luna, fine I get it. So claim someone you don’t care about. We have plenty of single wolves in the pack. Just claim someone soon, I am tired of watching you rip out your opponent’s throats every month during the challenges.”

Speaking of, “Who is it this month?”

“Jackson, of the Gray Blood pack and a few Rogues.” He looks at me knowing the name was going to give a reaction.

“Jackson? I thought the Gray Blood pack were our allies?” Why would our allies challenge me?

“Everyone wants their shot at power, brother.” With that Cole gets up and leaves me to simmer in everything he has just said to me. It's very rare when Cole is serious so when he is, I know I need to do something.

Every month the number of challengers grows. I have been killing them left and right for five years; since I took over this pack.

I know I need a Luna, but can Iris be my Luna? It's never been done before. Yet, I've lived through a lot of things that can't be done. Like leading a Pack so young, or even accepting Ellie, a hybrid witch into the pack. We have had a lot of firsts in this pack, and I know my pack will be behind me in this.

I don't need to think too hard about it, my mind is made up. Iris and her son need me, just as much as I need them.