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“SHIFT,” I shouted, not using my alpha command as it would be considered a challenge to the visiting pack leaders. Celeste and I shifted to our wolves and howled at the moon, signaling the beginning of the run as we took off at the head of the crowd. We ran through the forest, and I could feel the happiness of my pack at being able to run under the Moon Goddess’ light and their joy at following behind their luna. I sat back and allowed Kara and Atlas to lead our people around the property.
We eventually made our way back and retrieved our clothes before we shifted. I didn't plan on wearing the suit jacket or tie for the rest of the evening, so I put them back in the basket and put on my shirt. I was buttoning it up when Celeste pulled me down by the shirt collar and crashed her lips to mine, making me stumble into her, and I had to grab her to stop us from going to the floor. I quickly crushed her body to mine and growled as I pushed her to the back of the stage. My hands went to her ass as I lifted her up. She couldn’t wrap her legs around me as her dress didn’t allow her that much movement. Instead, she wrapped the leg along the slit on her dress and leaned her body into mine, grinding up against my hardening cock as I shoved my tongue in her mouth, tasting her. I couldn’t get enough of her. If this dress wasn't a gift from her mother, I would rip it off and take her.
‘Markus, we can’t start eating without you or our luna, so don’t be thinking you can play hooky,’Gillian teased over the mind-link. I groaned and pulled away from Celeste, watching her tempting bosom heaving as she breathed hard.
“I want nothing more than to make sweet, sweet love to you, but I’ve just been advised we can’t play hooky on our own celebration dinner,” I told Celeste as I tried to adjust my dick and my clothes. Celeste giggled and blushed, then turned around, sweeping her long hair over her shoulders for me to pull up the zipper that went down her glorious ass. I pulled it up slowly, letting my fingertips brush against her skin, smiling when I felt her shiver. I wrapped my arm around her waist and led her to our table, noticing Kelly sitting next to Rhett, looking like they were in their own little world.
‘Enjoy the party. They will be with us the rest of the night,’ I told my warriors, who had settled behind each of the girls.
‘Thank you, Alpha,’ they responded and went to join their families and friends in the celebration.
I switched my attention back to my little seductress.
‘You didn’t tell me Kelly would be Rhett’s mate,’ I scolded my Tuli, and she laughed, making my heart flutter. This is how I wanted to see her until our dying breath, happy.
‘I didn’t know it would be her. Selene only said all of our close friends and allies would find their mates. That the mate bond will make them strong and happy, and it would help us in the struggles ahead.’
‘Wait, does that mean Gillian will find his soon too?’I asked, excited for him. Even though he put on a good face, I knew he wanted nothing more than to find his mate.
‘Yes,’ she said mischievously but didn’t elaborate.
‘Tuli, do you know who Gillian’s mate is?’I asked.
She shook her head as one of the children from the orphanage came over to give her a red wild flower that must have been on one of the teddy bears and placed it behind her ear.
‘All she gave me was a hint, and I’m not sharing,’she told me as she bent and kissed the little boy on the cheek. She looked back up at me after the child ran off and smiled.
‘Keep smiling like that, and I’m going to say damn the rules and take you upstairs,’I said, making her blush, but before she could respond, the staff began serving our food.
All the alphas and lunas around the long table were chatting amicably, except for the Blood Moon Pack. They were sitting near the end, not paying attention to anyone as they talked in low whispers. Sandra, however, was flirting with every possible member of the table who didn’t have a mate mark. Even the kids avoided their end of the table as they ran around with their toys, playing together and with a few of our guests. Gillian had sandwiched himself between Danny and his mom to avoid the woman desperate to land a ranked member for a mate.
I looked over at Celeste, who was eating with a lot of enthusiasm, practically wolfing down her food while she chatted amicably with Alpha Troy and Luna Kiara. The timid luna looked more relaxed while she played with a four-year-old little boy who had lost his parents in a fire a couple of years ago.
I started chatting with a few of the alphas. Their lunas were impressed with the way we chose to run the ceremony and mentioned how novel of an idea it was to use all-natural decorations for the harvest moon. I mentioned that the food was to be donated to a local food bank, and a couple of them complimented us on such a creative idea. It wasn’t until the party began thinning out that I requested all the alphas for a meeting tomorrow morning to discuss some matters before they returned to their packs. The councilmen already knew I had requested a meeting with them before coming.
I watched the visiting members of the Blood Moon Pack make their way out of the party. I mind-linked one of the warriors to keep an eye on their actions. If they tried to leave before the meeting tomorrow, I would need to move the meeting to tonight so I needed to be informed if they made any move to leave.
After a while, I relaxed and grabbed Celeste, leading her to the dance floor when a slow song began. I wrapped my arms around her waist and danced with my mate. Even after two months, I couldn’t believe she was mine, and now the whole world knew it. When the song was over, I led her back to the table, and we started to chat with a few people. I was in the middle of a conversation with Alpha Nicholas when I felt Celeste’s arm on mine, and she whispered that she would be going to the bathroom. A couple of minutes later, I felt Atlas start pacing in my head, growling lowly.
What’s going on with you?I asked.
I don’t know. I can’t link Kara. It is like she’s gone to sleep. I don’t like this, Markus. Go check on mate, he said.
I instantly looked to my left and noticed Celeste wasn’t back from the bathroom. Both Maya and Kelly were still at the table, and with a sinking feeling in my stomach, I realized she hadn’t taken anyone with her. I tried to link her, but I couldn’t connect. I rose, my heart racing and my panic rising. I excused myself and ran toward the bathroom. She wasn’t in the guest bathroom, but there was a long line. If she needed to go, she would have gone up to use our bathroom or the staff bathrooms, so I hurried towards the staff quarters first.
I smelled her down the hallway, along with a few others, and a sour scent covered the area around the bathroom. I pushed the door open to find the toiletries from the sink on the floor, indicating a struggle. I let Atlas forward so we could share his enhanced senses, and I went back out of the bathroom and sniffed. Atlas growled as we recognized the sour smell to be wolfsbane. Celeste’s smell continued a bit past the bathroom, so we followed and kicked the door open, where it disappeared. There were only two scents here. Celeste's was faint, but another smell was more present. I looked around the items in the room, trying to figure out why the scent stopped here, but my mate was not. I walked over to the open window and saw Celeste’s shoes right below it.
I opened a mind-link to the entire pack.
‘OUR LUNA HAS BEEN TAKEN. SPREAD OUT AND FIND HER. SHE WAS TAKEN A FEW MINUTES AGO FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PACK HOUSE. BRING OUR LUNA HOME.’Howls from inside and outside the pack house responded to my command as they began to search for Celeste.
I opened a mind-link to Gillian, Danny and a couple of guards as I ran out of the room.
‘Gillian, inform the alphas and council that Celeste is missing. She was taken out of Sandra’s room. Guards, detain everyone from the Blood Moon Pack. Use force if necessary.’
‘Yes, Alpha,’they all responded as I made my way to the alpha suites. I was climbing the stairs two at a time when I felt someone pulling at my mind-link.
‘Yes?’I growled.
