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Mum tells me, I nod downing over half the bottle and handing it to nana
“Look after it and don’t drink it all”
She rolls her eyes, taking the bottle and giving it to Pop who hides it in his pocket.
I take one last deep breath as the guards open the tent flaps so we can walk out. The crowd on either of the aisle were my people, a strategic move on our part, all of them were told to be on their best behaviour and thankfully my people listened when they were given orders.
The wolves on the other hand start to boo and growl, shouting their disdain for me. My people did not take kindly to that, my guards were everywhere as the ruckus started, the wolves rejecting the idea of me.
Karma and I both felt a pull in our chests, we knew this was the moment that would change our lives and we knew we had to stand tall, we had to hold our heads up high and walk with grace. We had to beat this.
As I lift my head my eyes meet Branson’s, and his face lights up as he takes me in, it was like the world around me dissolves, and everything but him becomes nonexistent. The sound and voices fall away as I make my way to the stage where he was waiting for me with Ella.
Getting to the steps Branson takes my hand first, and then dad helps mum up, Both of them representing the lycans.
Ali, hunter, and Dexter are there to represent the coven and to my surprise, Ailm who would be representing the hellhound pack joins them too. She winks at me, giving me a reassuring smile.
“You look so beautiful”
Branson tells me, taking my face and kissing my lips softly, my heart flutters as I smile back, stepping closer to him. He takes my hands, standing me beside him as Ella talks.
“This day has been long awaited, we have been impatiently waiting for our daughter to come home and I’m so honoured that I am the one that can make this official. Princess Katiana Mcgregor, please step forward”
I take a breath and step forward, turning so I’m facing Branson. Ella pulls a knife out handing it to Branson.
“Katiana Mcgregor do you take Branson moon, as your husband in sickness and in health, through the good—“
My stomach drops as I look up at Branson who looks away innocently, so instead, I squeeze his hand glaring at him with my eyes.
“That sneaky bastard”
Karma laughs, and mum and dad snort trying to stop their giggles
“You lying bastards! All of you are so f*****g dead when this is over”
I shout at them all in my head
“-and the bad, the hard time and the happy times until death do you part”
“Say I do, please say I do if we don’t we will have a riot on our hands”
Karma tells me panicking,
“if it wasn’t for the f*****g crowd I would tell him no just to piss him off.”
“Oh crap they are waiting, just say it and kick his a*s later”
She snaps nervously, I grit my teeth and take a breath
“I do”
Branson beams at me in happiness but I can’t help but glare right back.
“Branson do you take katana as your wife in sickness and in health, through the good and the bad, the happy and the sad until the day of your death”
“I do”
He says far too quickly, winking at me
“Ohh he is in trouble”
Karma says shaking her head
“Now that that’s done, katana Mcgregor moon—”
My eyes snap up to Ella’s, she winks at me as the crowd gasps. My eyes met Branson’s again, this time I wasn’t so angry, he just changed the entire world by changing his name.
“I give you my crown, my son and my pack, I hand you the keys of the kingdom of werewolves, I give you the power to do good, to hold the heart of all packs in your hand, I Ella moon make you katana Mcgregor moon queen of the werewolves”
As she says it, a tear slips down her cheek as she holds her hand out to me, I do the same and Branson slices both our hands.
As we join them I feel her aura pass through me, extending it and opening up my heart and taking on the responsibility of all packs.
With the power came the feeling, the hatred they felt for me and my people, but also a responsibility to look after them even though they dislike me.
“Now Branson Mcgregor moon I ask you now to make our queen your Luna”
He grins wiping a tear from his face, taking my hand he smiles
“Katiana Mcgregor moon will you take me and this pack and all packs as your own, will you be the mother to the motherless, the teacher to the foolish and the person who loves those who have nobody to love them”
“I do”
“Will you promise to do only what is best for our people and our kingdom, to help me be a better alpha and leader, to do no intentional wrong or hurt those who depend on us”
“I promise”
“Katiana Mcgregor moon I now make you queen Katiana Mcgregor moon Luna of the blood moon pack and Luna of lunas”
As he says the last word I cringe as a sharp pain splits through my head, a connection opening up to each pack member and a connection to all the alphas and lunas who kneel to Branson. His aura shifts adding to my own.
He grabs my waist as the pain continues to split through me. This pack was enormous, bigger than any other and I now had a connection with every one of the members.
Mum and dad step into Ella’s place, both of them crying silently, but they were tears of joy, not sorrow.
As the pain stops I take a breath, pushing the pack and the hate they were giving me through the mind link we now shared out and I smile at my parents with as much grace as possible.
“Now fortunately this goes both ways, I Carter Mcgregor make you Branson Mcgregor moon my heir and king of the Lycans and witches, to care for them and to lead them into a bigger and brighter future, I give you my daughter, my crown and my people for you to care for, to look after and love as your own until the day you die. Do you accept this fated choice with the entirety of your heart and soul”
“I do”
Branson says, choking up and squeezing my hand. Dad smiles, cutting his hand and giving the knife to Branson who drops my hand and cuts his own. Placing his hand next to dads.
As they touch the power oozes from my father, the darkness creeping up with the light of my mothers, swirling around him before filling up his soul and expanding both mine and his aura.
He gasps as the power flows through him, I can feel his connection to my people opening up.
Mum looks at me smiling as she steps forward slightly.
“I Carly Mcgregor queen of the Lycan and witches give you Katiana Mcgregor moon my biological heir my crown, my influence, my people, my responsibility and my aura to do with as you choose to. I make you queen Katiana Mcgregor moon queen of all Lycan, werewolves and witches. Do you take on this responsibility with the grace and love I know you have within you?”
“I do”
As I say the word the smoke from both of my parents increase, and my eyes roll in my head as both the light and dark swirl around me, before adding to my aura and entering my body through my mouth nose and ears.
An overwhelming sense of peace and hope passes through me, I felt like I could take on the world and win, the strength my parents gifted me was much more than I ever needed but with it comes clarity and wisdom from my father's past life, my mother's new life and a brightness so light and fluffy it felt almost foreign in my body.
Tears pool in my eyes as I feel the pure love and devotion my people have for me, a determination to keep them safe filled my soul, one so strong it almost knocks me on my a*s.
Dad catches me just as I’m about to fall, the connections to all of them connecting to both mine and Branson’s souls from now until forever.
After a moment the power stops, and everything and everyone was quiet, you could have heard a pin drop as my eyes meet Branson’s.
“Now I need the alphas, lunas, coven leaders and hellhound leaders lined up at the front please”
Ella calls, but it was more than words, it was an order and even though she was no longer queen not one of them was powerful enough to argue against it.
One by one they took a stand, the lunas stood behind their alphas, Ailm stood in front of deacon next to them was Ali, hunter and dexter who stood side by side. The idea of it annoyed me, the werewolves treated their lunas like they were betas.
“Side by side, you are equal in our eyes”
Branson snaps at them, I smile pointing to a Luna who was submissively hiding behind her alpha
“Luna, we are equal, you stand by his side not behind him”
She looked terrified, the look on her face irritated me
“That’s not how we do things in our pack”
The alpha snaps at me then he continues
“The woman is just that, women, they do not have a say”
Branson’s grip on me tightened, and anger flared through our bond but before he could say a word Karma pushes forward growling at him
“Your afraid, your Luna is more powerful than you so you keep her hidden, afraid she will take over, her aura is bigger than yours and you know it. When you are in MY presence You WILL be equal, now step aside so your Luna can step forward!”
She says in a no-bullshit tone, I smirk at the man as he glares at me, taking a step to the side, Branson felt smug as he grins down at me but the bastard grabbing her arm and yanking her forward makes both of our heads snap back towards him,
she cringed jumping in fear, the pain on her face was obvious as I growl, throwing my aura at him alone, pointing at him like an arrow to the chest, lifting my fist I snap it together, pulling on the wind I wrap it around him and levitate him in the air, crushing his chest.
The crowd gasps, stepping back, Luna just stares at him, she didn’t seem afraid for him, she felt relief. That alone pushes me on
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