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“Good,” my wolf snarls, “then everyone will know we are hers.”
I grunt in agreement and work a finger inside my mate’s tight pussy. When I break the kiss, we’re panting and sucking in large gulps of air. I kiss and nip along her jaw and down her delicate neck. The way her vanilla-caramel scent surrounds us and fills my office has my cock leaking pre-cum.
I fuck my mate with my fingers, loving her whimpered pleas and begging moans. She’s everything and I will worship her like the goddess she is for the rest of my life. When I nip at the spot where I’ll mark her, it takes all my willpower not to plunge my teeth into her.
She splinters apart, sparks racing over my body the same way I know she’s experiencing. Her pussy clamps down on my finger, her body rigid and fluid at the same time. When she slumps against my body, I gently pull free of her and plant kisses all over her face and neck.
I murmur words I’m barely aware of, basking in this moment with my mate. She’s free of what the Waning Moon Pack tried to do to her. They tried to take her from me, and they will pay. Later. Right now, it’s time to celebrate finally, fucking finally, having my mate right where she belongs and then inducting her into the pack that will always be her home.
CHAPTER 10
SERENITY
I’ve been at Blood Rising for a week, and I have never felt more at home in a pack and that includes the time in Waning Moon before everything changed. After I was made an official member of Blood Rising, the feeling of being at home in my pack has only grown.
There is something about this place that calls to me. Maybe it’s because of my connection with Tristan. Maybe it’s something else. It doesn’t really matter either way.
I’m happy.
For the first time in so long, I’m happy.
I even had a good time going shopping with Cora. That woman can shop until she drops, rest a little bit, and then keep going. It would be inspiring, if it wasn’t so exhausting.
Everyone has been welcoming toward me, even the females who were scowling at me when I first arrived. I’ve been wary of them the most, but I didn’t give them enough credit. They love their pack and want their Alpha to be happy.
I was very surprised when one of the scowling women came up to me when I was in the food court in the mall with Cora. From the look on Cora’s face, I wasn’t the only one who was surprised. She looked like a fish out of water, and I had to stop myself from laughing at her.
“Good afternoon, Luna,” the woman greeted me and even though I expected to hear derision in her tone and had steeled myself for it, it wasn’t there. “My name is London.”
“Hello, London,” I tried to be cheerful, even through my wariness. From the way her shoulders slumped, I don’t think I did a very good job. I cleared my throat and tried again, for the pack’s sake, for Tristan’s sake. “Would you like to join us?”
She smiled at me, a genuine smile that was nothing like the sucking lemons face she made when I entered the dining hall on my first morning at Blood Rising. It made me like her a little more, but it was hard to forget the hard-earned lessons from Waning Moon. I wasn’t going to judge her, not yet, but I was trying to be ready for anything.
“Luna,” she murmured softly after sitting, “I just wanted to apologize to you.”
“What?” I shook my head, my eyebrows knitted together. “What do you need to apologize to me for?”
“I didn’t like you,” she admitted while grimacing which had Cora’s eyebrows shooting up to her hairline. “I didn’t want to like you even before you came here.” She sighed as if the weight of the world was on her shoulders. It was almost comical; almost. “Some of the she-wolves in the pack, me included, didn’t want to like you because Alpha Tristan is an attractive male. We’ve seen the way he has waited for you, always putting the pack first and never making your existence and his desire to wait for you a secret.”
I felt a blush creep up my neck. I knew Tristan was waiting for me and told his pack about me, but it was different hearing about it from a pack member. My chest warmed with the knowledge that I wasn’t some dirty little secret to him.
“We watched him change in the last eight years as he waited for you. He made Blood Rising stronger in many ways, but at the same time he became colder,” she explained. I glanced at Cora who nodded solemnly, and it made my heart clench. “I think some of us,” guilt flashed across her face, “didn’t understand why he would keep waiting if he was so miserable. He was never a bad Alpha, quite the opposite, but it was difficult to connect with him.”
“He might have thought that you were only trying to connect with him because you wanted him,” I offered gently, not wanting to twist the knife she had already stabbed herself with or make her lose the courage it took her to speak to me in the first place.
London’s eyes were filled with regret as she chuckled, but it wasn’t a jovial sound. “He wouldn’t have been wrong,” she admitted softly as if she had to pry the words from her lips.
I could have gotten mad at her, but I knew it wouldn’t gain me anything. The fact remains that no matter what the females in his pack tried to entice him with, he was loyal to me. He’s earned my devotion to him, and to his pack, in return.
“The point I’m trying to make is that there were some of us who were mad when you showed up here.” She gave me a sheepish smile and I tried to keep my face neutral instead of letting the hurt show. Her honesty didn’t deserve my pain. “I’ve been talking to the females who had a problem with you being here and we all realized something.”
I gently prompted her, my curiosity getting the better of me, “What did you realize?”
“You’re good for him,” she murmured, sincerity shining in her eyes. “You make him a better male and a better Alpha.” I blinked at her a few times, deeply touched by her admission. “Alpha Tristan has been laughing.” She lets out a laugh of her own and shakes her head. “Many of us couldn’t remember the last time we saw him laugh. You bring a light to him and because of that we are thankful you’re here. I’m sorry for the way I reacted to your arrival, and I know the other females feel the same way.”
“London,” I breathed out as I blinked back tears, “thank you so much for your apology. It’s not necessary.” When she opened her mouth, I’m sure to tell me it was, I cut her off, “It’s not necessary because I can understand why you would feel a certain way about someone suddenly appearing in your pack. You’re Blood Rising and you’re loyal. I never held it against you or anyone else. I have to earn your trust and your respect.”
London looked surprised, but I just smiled at her. Suddenly, she engulfed me in a hug, and I giggled at being taken by surprise. “You’ve more than earned it. We will follow you, Luna Serenity, because you deserve to stand next to Alpha Tristan. At his side and in his heart.”
