Love's POV
It's finally the day I and Lucian have been waiting for. It's my birthday!!
Within 3 hours I'll finally become an adult and will be announced as the Luna tomorrow.
Lucian has been on his toes making sure everything is perfect. Everybody is going to be there today, even Jacob, Judy and Steve.
I called Judy 3 days ago and to say she was glad would be an understatement. She was jumping in excitement. She and Steve have sorted things with Jacob. Jacob was happy with them turning out to be mates, he was just worried over the fact that they chose to hide it from him.
Gwen came into the room with the maids who were going to do my hair next as the makeup was almost done.
Lucian did make sure to treat me like a princess.
Since I vomited a few days ago, I have not been able to talk to my wolf. As worrying as it may seem, I am sure today my wolf will finally talk to me.
After I turn eighteen, my wolf will jump with joy to announce Lucian as my mate.
After another 1 hour of getting my hair done, I am finally ready for today. It's still 1.5 hours to the party. The guests however have already started arriving.
"Luna, Alpha called me, I need to go," said Gwen apologetically.
"It's ok you can leave"
Bowing to me, she leaves to meet Lucian. Probably something about my safety tonight.
I take a deep breath and try to calm down my nerves which have been at a peak tonight.
Peeking out through my window, I can see the moon shining alone in the night. There's no sign of the stars.
Something about the forest seemed upset today.
Maybe it's the anxiety in me speeding. To be honest, not talking to my wolf is making me do weird things. Like the other day, I found myself in front of the forest with no memories of how I even got there.
A loud growl from the forest startled me. It sounded like someone was in pain.
"How is my gorgeous Luna doing?" I turn around to see Lucian standing in our room with a bouquet. A wide grin made its way to my face.
"Thank you so much, Lucian" I showed my gratitude. I walked forward and kept the bouquet on our bed.
"You look so pure, so good," he says, holding me by my waist from behind. His face was in the crook of my neck.
"After we announce you as the Luna, we are going on a trip," he tells me.
I have been asking him to take me on a trip for a few days. "Really?" I exclaimed.
"Yes Love, we are going somewhere and it's going to be a surprise" he gave me a peck on my cheek. "As for now, I need to leave and attend to the guests," he tells me and I sadly pout. Instead, I get even more kisses. Every time he leaves I feel bad.
"And Love" I turn as he calls me before leaving "thank you for making me feel so good. I don't think I can ever live without you. Love, I love you," he says as I get shocked.
He loves me!
He just told me he does. Before I could even reply or my brain can even function, he kissed me and left.
Huff now that leaves one more thing that I need to confess.
I sit on my bed and look out at the moon.
Suddenly, the growl comes into my mind and I can't help but wonder why Lucian didn't mention it. Maybe it was taken care of.
As if on cue, I hear a growl again. And this time, it pains me. My heart starts paining me hearing those sad growls. They start getting louder and I can't take it anymore.
As if hypnotized, my feet drag me to the window and I contemplate jumping off of it. It's not like I'm gonna take much time, I'll be quick, just check on the howls and come back.
Somewhere in the midst of it, my feet took me to the middle of the forest as the scent grew stronger and stronger. In the back of my mind, my conscience was telling me to go back, to go back to Lucian but now it's too late.
Rounding behind the bushes, I can now clearly see the source of the sound. Two wolfs from our pack's battle guard group were dragging a guy I can't see.
The guy's shoulders were bleeding and without any hesitance, I jumped in front of them.
Here goes nothing.
"If I were you, I would back off from him" I shout, instantly grabbing their attention.
"If we didn't get lucky" one of them smirks and turns around to look at me.
The third guy with them, the guy whom they were mercilessly dragging turns to me, and my lungs get knocked off of the wind.
Mine
Says a voice inside me as the guy himself recognizes me. That's my mate!
One of the guards steps forward towards me and I clench my teeth. I may have not thought this through but now I need to do something.
Within a fraction of seconds, the guard launches at me and I step aside from his path. He lands on the ground and turns to me angrily.
From the corner of my eyes, I can see my mate fighting the other guard.
As soon as the guard attacking me turns to me, I round him up and kick his knees from behind. He lumps to the ground from the force but instantly gets up.
However, his falling to the ground gave me the advantage to stand beside him. Before he could get up, I kick his back so that he falls to the ground again.
This needs to be done quickly.
My fight or flight senses knock each other as, without any thought, I keep my knee on his boulder pushing him further down. With my hands, I hold his head and twist it with all my force.
The lifeless body of the guard now lay at my feet.
Not believing any second of it, I turn to look at the guy, or, my mate.
The other guard was now spitting blood as my mate bite him in the neck with his canines and pulled out his flesh. With a thud, the guard fell to the ground joining his friend.
My mate's eyes went to mine and widened.
He jogged to me even though I was standing just around a few meters away.
He crashed me into a tight hug and I melted in his arms.
"Mine" he muttered again and again crashing me to his chest.
"I am Jake" he introduced himself and grinned to show a perfect smile.
"I-" before I could speak, shouting voices started becoming clearer and clearer.
We were about to get surrounded.
"Looks Like we don't have time" he muttered and held my hand dragging me to god knows where.
After running for about half an hour, my body started avenging on me "I don't think that I can go any further" I spoke.
"It's ok, I can carry you" he smiled. He held his arms out to me and I jumped in them.
Stroking my hair he whispered something inaudible as I drifted off to sleep.
As I was about to go into my slumber, somebody's face appeared in front of my eyes, Lucian.
All the hairs on my body stood as his name made me shiver.
With that last thought, my body went into a state of rest.