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I sip some more coffee before leaving my cup in the sink. We leave together as everyone talks about random things
“Alpha is the pack aware that our queen is your Luna?”
Branson shakes his head
“Nope, they are going to find out this morning. I can’t see us having any problems though”
He tells us, I look at the boys, and my stomach drops.
“I hope he’s right because it’s going to be super awkward if they don't want us”
Karma muses pushing up to peer out of our eyes, Finn looks at me nervously, suddenly they all seem stiff like they anticipate a bad reaction as well.
“Don’t worry we have your back”
Miles whispers, I nod squeezing my fists together, Branson looks back at me
“What’s wrong, you feel weird”
I shrug looking at my feet
“Just not as confident as you are, I don’t think they will like this at all”
He shakes his head
“Don’t be silly, they get in line or they die. I don’t give second chances. Not anymore”
He says stiffly, shaking his head slightly like he’s trying to wipe a memory from his mind. I grab his hand and squeeze it as we come out the other side of the trees, Branson points to the trees
“The wards start around here, other than us and a few preselected people nobody can find our house after passing them by”
I feel the zap of energy and power as I walk past one tree in particular. Ali was good at what she does, I could feel her power radiating off the tree, I could sense it was hers and not Dexter’s or Derek’s. like a magic fingerprint.
“I feel it, it’s strong”
I answer, shaking the shiver that runs down my spine as we leave the area.
“Really? I can’t feel anything”
“It’s a gift, me and dad are part of our own coven so I have most of his gifts, I have all the elements like him, and I’ll receive more when I become queen. So I can feel the different currents in different places”
He nods his head
“Why is your coven and Ali’s not joined together?”
“Because when dad was born he was gifted with all the power of his coven, stripping all the elders of their power. It grows each day because he is darkness, he has a constant power supply building on his power, only his kin can receive such power, and because I’m born with both light and dark I also have a constant power supply, I don’t need to feed off the elements I am the embodiment of his power. We can’t share it or give it away, only a certain soul chosen by Jesus himself can carry and hold his magic, if it was given to the wrong person they could use it to end the world.”
He nods his head
“I remember hearing something like that”
We walk down a hill and in front of us is the back of the pack house where there are hundreds If not thousands of people training. I knew this pack was the biggest in the world but seeing it like this is a little shocking.
“Here we start training at 5 years old, younger if they want to, they do it at school. They do it year by year until they are 10 where they all train together until they are 13. They do it as part of their Yearly assignments. If you pass early you can move on to the 13-16-year-old training and if they finish that they start training with us in the mornings. After all the attacks this place has had you never know when they will need the training.”
I nod taking everything in as we walk to the front of the group, everyone stops and stares at us, and I immediately feel on guard as karma pushes forward, ready for an attack.
I instantly see a reaction from the woman, those my age and older look pissed as they glare at me, my guards surround me and they look as stiff as I feel. Branson doesn’t seem to notice it all, everyone he walks past bares their neck in submission, fear was potent in the air as they look between us, unaware of why we are here.
“Stop freaking out, I can feel it through the bond, they will pick up on it and use it against you”
Branson whispers
“Let them come! Bastards will be put in their place”
Karma growls in our head, Branson places his hand on the bottom of my back and he pulls me up so I’m next to him. His touch immediately relaxed me but it didn’t relax the crowd as their eyes snap to Branson’s hand, glaring at me.
Mum and dad appear beside us making the crowd jump back in shock, dad places his hand on the bottom of my back on the other side, encasing me in the safety of both his and Branson’s arms. The crowd immediately recognised him either cowering back in fear or stepping forward angrily.
“Keep your head up and when they challenge you kill them”
Dad whispers, I frown looking up at him
“Who is challenging me?”
He glares at Branson
“Ask him”
Branson frowns down at me then he looks to the crowd, immediately recognising someone at the front of the crowd, he falters slightly as he sucks in a breath, looking between me and her. I growl pulling away from him as anger bubbles up within me
“Who is she!”
I ask through gritted teeth, he pulls me back into the middle
“United front in front of them, fight with me after”
“Who is she, Branson”
He looks genuinely worried, karma was raring to go, she wanted to kill her and we didn’t even know who she was yet.
“Jessica”
He whispers
“She’s married and she has kids. I don't know why she would challenge you. I haven’t talked to her in years”
“You mean to tell me she was planning on killing him and he didn’t f*****g kill her!”
“Yes”
I answer karma pissed that she would dare try to challenge me. We make it to the front of the group and I was suddenly extremely glad I had brought the boys to live with me here, there is no way in hell I could ever trust these people. They think I’m going to be the bridge between kingdoms but they didn’t agree.
Branson stops at the front of the crowd, dad pushes mum in beside me and he stands to our other side as the boys stand guard around us all.
“Listen up”
Branson shouts then he whistles as everyone immediately falls in line.
“Well at least he has control of them”
Karma snides, she was ready and waiting for a fight. She was brutal and will kill anyone that tries to hurt us.
“As you can see we have some new faces here this morning. This is the future queen of the Lycan Katiana Mcgregor, and from this moment on you will address her as Luna, she is my mate and she has finally agreed to come home”
The crowd gasps, all reacting in different ways, my primordial senses go into overload as they all feel differently about the news.
“Standing with us is her parents, the current king and queen, with them they have the royal guards, where the Luna goes they go, if anyone attempts to hurt her you will die on the spot, if you try to offend her I will kill you and string you up so you can rot and be eaten by the pack. I will not tolerate any sort of resentment towards her because come Friday you will all kneel to her and me, our worlds are coming together and you WILL stand behind us or you WILL die. I don’t give second chances and when it comes to my mate you would want to believe that when I kill you, you will be praying for death because hell is a holiday compared to how I will t*****e you”
Karma grins and I can’t help but feel a little smug as they all glare at me
“Looks like it doesn’t matter if they like us or not”
She laughs in my head, and a lady at the front sticks her hand in the air.
“What!”
Branson snaps at her
“Can we challenge her”
I square my shoulders and clear my throat
“I’ll accept any challenge you suggest but only if it’s to fight to the death, I won’t have people second guessing me or my authority, if you challenge me I’ll kill you so I can move on and not worry about you sticking a knife in my back in the future”
She pales slightly stepping back in line as another puts her hand up, I nod to her
“Why do you need so many guards if you can fight”
“I need people I can trust impeccably around me, I do not trust you”
I snap, she screws up her face
“That’s discrimination”
I snort
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