His Reluctant Luna

The rogues climbed the hill toward me. I held my ground and growled my disapproval at them. Higher ground was better in a fight, so I stayed and watched them. I remembered seeing them at the cabin; that memory filled me with anger.

They were taken surprised by my presence because they did not plan their attack. Neither did they attack together. I toyed with them for some time, circling. Then I struck at one of them swiftly. A quick series of swipes from deadly claws ripped the slowest one's head from his body. The other one had jumped on me, trying to aim for my neck.

Lucian suddenly jumped on him in his wolf form. I sidestepped. A large chunk of his hind leg was removed with a deft move of Lucian's wrist.

He howled in pain and turned to come at me again.

I bared my teeth for the next attack.

Lucian's black wolf came at him and sunk his teeth in the rogue's body.

At the same time, the rough moved and ripped at his ear. I saw blood on Lucian's ear and a growl escaped my throat.

He had hurt my mate. It was time to end this. I sought his neck and went for the kill without remorse.

'Alice, behind you!' Lucian screamed in my mind, taken aback, I turned. A third rogue had suddenly appeared and was jumping at me, but I was ready.

He never saw my jaws snapping around his neck. His bones cracked like a twig. As my jaws caught, the sinew of his throat ripped away. His body fell to the ground, unmoving, and I celebrated with a long howl to the sky.

'Lucian, they are dead,' I called out to him, shaking out my coat.

'You disobeyed me again, Alice,' he warned.

'But I could have handled them,' I protested.

'There could have been more,' he was furious.

'No,' I called back to him, 'it was just them, and I could handle them.'

'There was a third one who took you surprised,' he said sternly.

'Can we do this later? We have an injured girl to take care of.'

I was aware of his anger at me for not listening to him. He was beyond furious. I would have to worry about him later. Meg moaned softly as I padded silently down to her. She was severely injured.

Sniffing around, I noted her hands were bound with a strong coarse rope, cutting into her skin. Her legs were bound separately on the ground, spread far apart, leaving her exposed and vulnerable. I was disgusted. I used my nose to sniff her. She was breathing, and she did not have any life-threatening injuries.

They had exploited her until she probably screamed for mercy. Focusing on

healing her, I licked and cleaned, closing the wounds. Though, her mental wounds would be deeper.

Lucian shifted and released her arms legs, and I noticed his bleeding ear.

"You are hurt, let me heal you," I said in his mind.

"I am fine, the betas would be arriving here soon. They will take care of her." He

replied curtly.

I shifted back to human.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked softly.

"Yes! I am very mad at you." He glared back at me.

'Darn it!' I thought. A whimper broke my reverie.

As I knelt back down, I saw two terrified brown eyes staring up at me.

"Madam Luna?" she mumbled.

"Meg, don't worry, you are safe now," I said in a soft voice.

She sat up beside me, tears drying on her cheeks. She took in the scene around

us and glanced up at Lucian. The bodies of the werewolves lay in a bloody pile.

"Are they dead?" she asked quietly.

"Yes, they can't hurt you anymore. Are there others?"

"No," she whispered.

She pulled her knees up and hugged them.

I glanced at Lucian, not knowing what to do.

'Comfort her,' he said in my mind. So, I placed my arm around her.

The revving of engines announced the arrival of the Betas.

"Come," I said to her, "we should go back. Your family must be worried."

"I burned the cabin, mam," she said softly as I helped her stand.

"Sorry what?" I asked her to keep my eyes on the cars and other wolves.

"I burned the cabin, mam." She repeated.

Before I knew it, Lucian was holding Meg off the ground by her throat. Blood ran in thick rivers from her neck.

"What did you say?" He grunted angrily.

She threw her head back and bared it to him.

"Lucian No! Leave her," I screamed.

"Do not stop me, Alice! " He seethed in anger, tightening his grip on her throat.

"Please, Lucian, we must interrogate her first. You know to find out other accomplices." I pleaded, I just wanted him to leave her. She was the victim here I knew.

He stared at me then dropped her on the forest floor. She cowered in a lump in front of me and bared her neck again. I knelt again and asked her gently. "Why would you do that?"

"Because Tyler asked me to do it," she said without any emotion. "He was the one whom you killed," she added, gesturing back at the bodies.

"Why did you want to kill me?" I asked.

Lucian was listening intently, and his anger was rising. He would kill her right now

if I did not stop him. The poor girl had been abused and manipulated.

"I never wanted you dead, Madam Luna. He said he loved me, he promised to make me his mate. He said he was starting a new pack and I would be his Luna. Everyone warned me, he was not nice. But I didn't have anyone else." she broke down and Lucian gave a disgusting look.

I felt a surge of compassion for the girl. Being mateless can drive some wolves to do irrational things.

"Come on, you need a healer, we'll talk more later," I said.

"Please take away my life, I don't deserve to stay alive." She sobbed.

I grabbed the sweats and robes which Damon passed along and gave one to Meg while I wrapped a robe around myself.

"She is hurt badly and should be taken to the healer as soon as possible," I said to Lucian.

"Yes, I understand," he scowled."And we need to get you back home now."

"Promise me she won't be harmed," I asked Lucian.

His eyes narrowed," as per pack laws she should be dead, but I will decide her punishment later," he replied.

He rattled off the orders, and we were soon bundled up in the waiting cars. Lucian

did not speak to me until we had reached our quarter.

"Lucian, please talk to me," I said as soon as we had entered our room.

"What do you want me to say?" He snapped.

"I am sorry, Love. Please."

"Don't you ever get tired of saying those words?" he asked, sounding angry.

"Be mad at me. I know it was wrong. I should have turned around the minute you said so. But I could not stop. My protective instincts kicked in, and I had to save her. And you know I fought well. I am a strong wolf."

I wrapped my hands tightly around his arms, as I looked up into his eyes. He looked irritated and tired.

"You were very brave, as well as very foolish, love. And you disobeyed me. What

am I supposed to do with you?" He sighed.

"I don't know, punish me again?" I asked.

He smiled. He slowly came at me and wrapped me in his arms.

"I would have died if something happened to you. Do not do such stunts again."

He nuzzled into my hair.

"Lucian, I can't sit around doing nothing, I am an Alpha, I will fight along with you. I was extremely upset, my parents died because of me. I just needed to vent out,

so I ran, then when I saw Meg. I had to protect her. Killing those wolves gave me

a release, a purpose. I am sorry for being reckless."

His face softened, and he kissed my tear marked cheeks.

"Don't blame yourself for whatever happened in the past, none of it was your fault.

If you did not exist, how would I have got such a lovely, brave, and kind mate?"

He smiled his dimpled smile.

"So, will you forgive Meg as well?"

"Forgiveness for trying to kill you?" He growled.

"She is the victim here, Lucian, she was being manipulated by her boyfriend.

Can't you see it?" I explained, trying to think of something to save her.

"No, I don't see it, as per pack rules. She has to die." He declared.

"But I want to forgive her, I said stubbornly."

"That's not your decision."

"Why not? I am Luna; I would like to forgive her. She has paid for her crimes."

His eyes turned steely and his countenance changed.

"No"

I sighed.

"Well, if we kill her, we'll never find the rest of the rogues." I shrugged.

"What do you mean?" He asked narrowing his eyes.

"Her boyfriend was exploiting her and making her do things, maybe she knows

more about them like where they are hiding. Who is helping them? That kind of stuff. We can use her to get to them." I tried to reason. Praying that he would get convinced.

He was thoughtful for several seconds.

"Alright, let's see what she knows."noveldrama