Chereads / Lu-ann Montenegro / Chapter 6 - Mate - Finding Plan 2

Chapter 6 - Mate - Finding Plan 2

Damon's POV

I was looking at Justine as I was talking when I noticed him pause, as if remembering something. Then he slowly looked at me. "After midnight you say?" He asked me. 

My heart immediately jumped in excitement. I have something finally to hold on. My wolf started jumping and I almost growled in joy. 

"Yes. It was after I was sang the happy birthday song." I said, almost holding my breath. 

Justine nodded. Looking at me eye-to-eye. "I might know your mate."

Sh--!! I could pee in my pants with joy.

I felt everyone from my group stop breathing. "Who?"

"I just have to be sure before I tell you... And you might be right. She could really be avoiding you." Justine said, looking at me carefully. 

"Why?" I asked him.

"I'm not sure. I'll talk to her and call you tomorrow." Justine assured me. 

I wanted to force him to divulge who she is but Mark, anticipating my move, mind-linked me. "Accept his terms. Our future Luna might be close to the family and might be hiding from you for very important reasons. You could do worse if you force him now."

I looked at Mark, then back at Justine. "Time?"

"First hour after midnight."

"Will wait for your call."

Then we all went back to their pack house where our cars are parked. My group directly go to the two cars we rode coming in, but I nod at Justine one final time, silently reminding him of his task before getting in the car.

Lu-ann's POV

I kept looking at the clock as I once again worked at the storage of COMPWORLD, re-boxing and re-aligning boxes for new stuff to be easily stored. I liked working in the storage, I didn't have to talk to people if I wasn't in the mood. I could think about anything important I need to think about and most of all, I had time to draw after I have finished stocking stuff. 

But today, I was pre - occupied. I kept looking at the clock. Kaylee dropped by earlier to inform me that Damon and his group were once again entering Dark Moon Pack land in search of his mate. 

I couldn't look her in the eye. I couldn't tell her that I might be Damon's mate. I might be the one they're searching for. I might be the one he scented that night at the forest. But I was nervous. I was scared to have Damon as my mate. 

He was a horrible werewolf. Though in appearance, he was the most beautiful man I have ever seen, it does not make up for the fact that he is most horrible alpha to be ever brought out in this werewolf world. To think he was going to be the King of all Alphas!

I stopped working and just stood, leaning on a counter. Trying to relax my mind. I breathe in and out deeply. Tonight, I will ask questions at the pack house and know for sure if I was the biggest bully's mate. 

I walk inside the pack house at almost eleven o'clock and Kaylee mind-links me. "Kitchen." I'm surprised she was still down there and not in her room. I walk to the kitchen and discover that Alpha Cain, Luna Camille, Justine and Kaylee were all seated at the table, eating ice cream. One of my eyebrows rise. Ice cream at night huh?

"Come eat your dinner." Kaylee said, standing up and getting a plate from the oven. 

I reluctantly walk to the table. They seem relaxed but I feel tension in the air. And they were all down here at this time. Definitely two unusual things. I decide to face the bull by its head as they say. I sit down and ask. "Is something wrong?"

I start to dig in at my dinner. 

Cain, the Alpha was the one who talks. "Damon and his group were here earlier. Looking for his mate he scented on his birthday. You want to tell us what you know about it?"

I almost choked. I looked around them and knew that they knew. They just needed me to confirm. I chewed my food ever so slowly. 

"I think I am." I said softly and let the tears flow from my eyes, bowing my head.

I immediately felt Kaylee by my side. Embracing me, giving me support without saying a word. 

"How long do you think you can hide from him?" Justine asks.

I shrug my shoulders, wiping the tears from my eyes before answering. "Until the mate bond is broken?"

"Lu-ann, mate bond with a King Alpha cannot be easily broken. Even death cannot easily break that bond." Luna Camille explains. 

I look at each of them and I see them looking at me sympathetically, understanding my reasons for not speaking up sooner without me going into details with them. 

I wipe my tears and stare down at the rare steak with roasted vegetables on my plate. Kaylee prepared me my favorite dish, perhaps to inspire me in eating while having this talk. 

"We know all about the bullying you have gone through because of the future King Alpha and everyone else in their pack, and we understand that you are scared to be his mate. But you are. For a reason only the Goddess knows, you are the half of himself. And you cannot do anything but accept him." Alpha Cain gives the explanation I have always known deep down inside my heart. The explanation I have always tried to reject in my mind. 

"On the upside, it is actually a good thing that he is your mate." Luna Camille says, and all eyes go to her. She smiles. "He will never bully you now. He and his soon-to-be officers would even protect you, being the future Queen Luna."

I swallowed. 

And that's supposed to relieve me? I have never dreamed of being a Luna, never mind being the Luna of all Lunas. I would not know what I would do, I would not know how to act and most of all, I would rather not have a bully as my mate. 

I wake up from my musings and see three pairs of eyes looking at me, expecting me to say something. But I really do not know what to say. All I know is that I don't want to be mated to the King of Bullies. 

"We're not pressuring you to do what you don't want to do Lu-Ann. But I think we should set up a meeting with the King Alpha family. I heard; the future Alpha King is slowly going out of his mind looking for his mate." My heart beats nervously at Alpha Cain's words. 

I hold my fork and eat a bite of my steak. I swallow ever so slowly. 

"Can I think about it?" I ask the alpha, almost pleading. Asking for more time. 

Alpha Cain answers. "You'll have today to prepare yourself Lu-ann. I'll set up a meeting with them tonight." he held up his hand as I started to say something. "We will be there. We will be supporting you, but you have to face your mate as soon as possible. You have delayed being with him long enough." 

I took a deep breath and Kaylee takes my hand, assuring me silently. 

"Everything will be okay." she says. And I smile a small nervous smile.

Damon's POV

Midnight. 

I try to work on pack documents my father delegated to me as I wait for Justine's call, trying not to look at the time every two minutes. I was tempted to call Justine to remind him of our agreement but forced myself to wait.

12:05 AM 

I once again look at the time, sighing heavily as a realize only five minutes has passed. Just then, Mark my future Beta knocks and comes into my father's office, followed my future Gamma and Delta. 

"Nothing yet?" he asks and sits down in front of the table while the two others goes to the sofa and sits down to wait with me. 

I shake my head as my phone rings. I answer before the first ring ends. "Hello!"

"We know who she is." Justine says without preamble. 

Goddess! I don't know what to say. For an unknown reason, my heart beats painfully, scared to listen to the future Alpha of Dark Moon Pack's next words. My eyes meet Mark's who seems to be as scared as I was. "Can we come and meet her now?"

I didn't want to just ask who she is. I wanted to meet her. Be with her. Ask her why she ran from me, why she hid from me. And most of all, I wanted her to be mine as I wanted me to be hers. 

"You can see her tomorrow." The future Alpha's words were at least reassuring. My mate wants to meet me. It doesn't matter that she ran and hid from me for a whole week. She has agreed to meet me tomorrow. "Alpha Cain will be arranging with the King Alpha for a meeting tomorrow with her."