“Alright, alright, enough of that.” Bennet pushed Danny away from me, looking more than playfully irritated. “Leave her alone, they have to get on the road. Jeremiah, Alpha Ryker is sending two cars with you. There have been reports of attacks and he has ruffled a lot of feathers recently. He wanted you to have extra protection since you have your whole leadership team and Luna.”
Jeremiah looks from Rayna and then to me. Why does everyone keep looking at me? I hate that I can’t mindlink. Rayna would tell me what’s going on if I could just ask… I think.
“I appreciate it. Let him know I will have my guys meet us halfway, that’s not a short round trip.”
“They have orders to stay with you until you make it safely to your packhouse and they report in.” Why does Bennet look so serious? We’re just driving home and we had no trouble getting here. “Alpha Ryker will fly them home, if you don’t mind hanging onto our vehicles until we come in for the Luna ceremony.”
“That works for me. I appreciate the extra protection. We have precious cargo.” He smiles at Rayna and then looks at me again. What the f*ck is going on?
Danny grabbed me around the waist from behind, breaking me of my thoughts. “Don’t miss me too much, my hot little human friend.”
“I will try so very, very hard.” I giggle at him as he kisses me on the cheek and then wiggle? free.
I leave the room quickly before Aunt Beth can read too much into it. There really haven’t been any big problems. Most of the girls just talk a big game, some of them have tried to follow through with their threats, but I am a good enough fighter to hold my own and stay out of any real trouble. Now, it’s not that I’m trying to take him and don’t deserve him. It’s that the Moon Goddess has proven I’m not worthy and that gave them permission to be awful. I only have a couple classes with the really b*tchy ones though, thank the Goddess I was born intelligent with a drive to get sh*t done.
“I expect you back and ready for hair and make-up by two. Do you hear me young lady?” I hear her holler down the hall and I just laugh in response. I may tease her, but I wouldn’t be a problem on Rayna and Jer’s day for anything. They are both so happy and I couldn’t wish for a better partner for him. She has a calmness that just radiates around her and we have all become better for it.
Ben and Tommy have been taking turns coming to class with me. Jason is in full gamma mode sticking by Rayna’s side whenever she is going out and about in the pack learning first hand from his dad. I actually miss his calm company in class, but that is the name of the game as we all become adults and start to do our own things. I should actually be glad we are doing this transition slowly now so when I do leave for college, it won’t be so abrupt.
The party prep was in full swing when I got home from school. It’s just the rehearsal, but Aunt Beth is not messing around. We will do the ceremony rehearsal, which should only take an hour, then dinner and a party. This reminds me of a wedding I went to with my parents once and my mom was a bridesmaid.
There’s an area sectioned off for the Luna Ceremony and no one is allowed to touch it once we are done learning our places and roles. There are white flowers hanging from arches surrounding the seating area and on the back of every single chair. There are only enough chairs for the elders and leadership, the rest of the pack will stand behind and watch as Rayna becomes our future Luna. The rest of the back yard is full of fairy lights and seating for almost the whole pack, but tonight it is just those of us in the ceremony filling up the space. There are several small fire pits, a buffet table full of food, two bars and a DJ and we are living it up.
Arms come flying around my neck from behind and we almost topple over. “I wish my brother wouldn’t work so much. He should be here. He promised he would make it.” Rayna whines in my ear. It takes a lot for wolves to get drunk, but Rayna seems well on her way.
I turn to grab her giddy butt before it hits the ground. “He’ll be here. He wouldn’t miss your big day.” I hope I’m not telling her a lie. I know if it was me, Jer would drop everything to be here. He wouldn’t miss any part of this. But, I don’t know her brother well enough to say that for certain. He was actually a d*ck most of the time we were in his pack. He seemed to only talk to people who he had to out of obligation or some kind of formality. Even him dancing with me was due to everyone else being occupied and he looked like he hated every second of? it. Then we weren’t important enough to give any time to while we were there, or see off when we left. All I know is he had better be here for her or he’s going to hear it from his new sister-? in-law.
I leave the room quickly before Aunt Beth can read too much into it. There really haven’t been any big problems. Most of the girls just talk a big game, some of them have tried to follow through with their threats, but I am a good enough fighter to hold my own and stay out of any real trouble. Now, it’s not that I’m trying to take him and don’t deserve him. It’s that the Moon Goddess has proven I’m not worthy and that gave them permission to be awful. I only have a couple classes with the really b*tchy ones though, thank the Goddess I was born intelligent with a drive to get sh*t done.
“I expect you back and ready for hair and make-up by two. Do you hear me young lady?” I hear her holler down the hall and I just laugh in response. I may tease her, but I wouldn’t be a problem on Rayna and Jer’s day for anything. They are both so happy and I couldn’t wish for a better partner for him. She has a calmness that just radiates around her and we have all become better for it.
Ben and Tommy have been taking turns coming to class with me. Jason is in full gamma mode sticking by Rayna’s side whenever she is going out and about in the pack learning first hand from his dad. I actually miss his calm company in class, but that is the name of the game as we all become adults and start to do our own things. I should actually be glad we are doing this transition slowly now so when I do leave for college, it won’t be so abrupt.
The party prep was in full swing when I got home from school. It’s just the rehearsal, but Aunt Beth is not messing around. We will do the ceremony rehearsal, which should only take an hour, then dinner and a party. This reminds me of a wedding I went to with my parents once and my mom was a bridesmaid.
There’s an area sectioned off for the Luna Ceremony and no one is allowed to touch it once we are done learning our places and roles. There are white flowers hanging from arches surrounding the seating area and on the back of every single chair. There are only enough chairs for the elders and leadership, the rest of the pack will stand behind and watch as Rayna becomes our future Luna. The rest of the back yard is full of fairy lights and seating for almost the whole pack, but tonight it is just those of us in the ceremony filling up the space. There are several small fire pits, a buffet table full of food, two bars and a DJ and we are living it up.
Arms come flying around my neck from behind and we almost topple over. “I wish my brother wouldn’t work so much. He should be here. He promised he would make it.” Rayna whines in my ear. It takes a lot for wolves to get drunk, but Rayna seems well on her way.
I turn to grab her giddy butt before it hits the ground. “He’ll be here. He wouldn’t miss your big day.” I hope I’m not telling her a lie. I know if it was me, Jer would drop everything to be here. He wouldn’t miss any part of this. But, I don’t know her brother well enough to say that for certain. He was actually a d*ck most of the time we were in his pack. He seemed to only talk to people who he had to out of obligation or some kind of formality. Even him dancing with me was due to everyone else being occupied and he looked like he hated every second of? it. Then we weren’t important enough to give any time to while we were there, or see off when we left. All I know is he had better be here for her or he’s going to hear it from his new sister-? in-law.
Ryker
At this point I’m really thinking about taking everyone’s advice and just ripping Claude’s head off. We never caught him on our last visit. Somehow he managed to find out we were coming for him, meaning he has someone in my pack feeding him information. So we had to play it off like we were visiting to reprimand him for his lack of leadership ability and start our investigation over. This time inside our home pack. We were at least able to take care of the pack members that he had been neglecting. Josh and I found a few trusted members who seem to be handling things better than Claude or the people he put into place. At least I can bestow delta class ranks to those who deserve it. They now have authority to help and protect on my behalf and have a direct link to Danny and the rest of my team if needed. I told them to reach out directly to Robin for anything else they needed that Claude wasn’t providing. I’m done trying to be politically correct. I’m going to ice him out and he will have no one and nothing before I finally wipe him off? this earth.
Now I need to find out his contact in my pack and that won’t be easy. He’s been doing this shady sh*t for so long, he’s a master. With the way he avoided us when we visited his home, I am surprised to find that the asshole made the trip to Oak Lake Pack to see me. I don’t understand his game at all. He’s been trying to get to me for two days and now he’s not taking no for an answer.
“Linda, just tell him he’s going to have to wait.” She’s almost as good as Robin at deflecting unwanted people. Robin would have had him out of this territory on day one though.
“Of course, sir. What do I do when he throws a tantrum and refuses to leave?” She raises an eyebrow at me. She has him pegged.
“That’s his only option. He had his chance to talk to me and he couldn’t be bothered to be available. I am busy now. Take a warrior with you just in case, please.” I keep working on my computer. We are almost done with all the transfers and I can get this pack thriving again without my constant presence.
When Linda told him he was going to have to wait his turn, he was pissed. I could hear his growl from here. He raged past her and the warrior, storming into my office. He’s bold and thinks I can’t touch him or that I won’t. I jump over the desk and wrap my hand around his throat stopping him in his tracks. His eyes are challenging, but there is a flicker of fear there too and I will exploit that weakness. What he doesn’t understand is the only reason he is still breathing is because I need to know how deep his cancer goes.
“Im disappointed, Ryker. Your little messenger didn’t put up much of a fight. How will they protect you under a full attack?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.