Mates Conquer Everything, Right?

Taking a walk in the forest gives me peace. I love being a Luna. It is as if I was born for the role, but sometimes I need to think. It is a month after the two packs are formed and also a month after my mating with my lovely male. Even thinking about him gives me goosebumps, or as we say in Holland, ‘Chicken skin’. I feel so complete, he was always meant to be part of me. Igétas is more relaxed, his body less tense. While he actually has more work to do. But him knowing I am safe and our mating bond helps him. We were so tense scared for the heat to strike, scared for his wolf to take over. It feels now that we conquered a lot more than running a new Pack full of errors.

‘Are you thinking of me?’ Igétas ask me over mind-link.

‘Yes, I am.’ I set myself down against a tree and open my bag with notebooks.

‘I feel you thinking about me. Everything well?’

‘Yes, just trying to figure out our warrior problem.’

‘Okay, see you later today'. He leaves my mind and I sigh in love.

I still can’t communicate with the rest of the Pack over mind-link. It must be a human thing. I look over my tasks for today in my planner. It is time to pick a name for the Pack, but it is a hard choice to make. All the nice names are already taken and the Elders don’t approve of every name. We have one option left and we are going to pitch it to the Pack and Elders tonight. The Golden Moon Pack, not only has it ‘moon’ in the name. The ‘Golden’ gives it a little touch of glamour. For Igétas and me, the Golden Moon stands for our mate bond formed by the Goddess herself. There isn’t a Pack with this name, so I think that we are fine.

I open the notebook on a blank page. Nothing works better than a blank page to write on. We have ten warriors living in our Pack and five warriors in training. A couple of them had different jobs, but wants to help out where needed. Alpha Tharros is lending us a hand with labor, but we want to be self-sufficient as soon as possible. We still share a lot of facilities and Tharros is leading the build of the new houses. I heard that it is coming along nicely. I didn’t feel the need to check it out myself. Luna Yolanda went to me a couple of times and we had a lovely time. She told me a couple of things about being a Luna. She is a great teacher and I like her company.

I don’t know how long I am working in my notebook when I hear some branches of trees move.

‘Who is there?’

‘It is me,’ Chris answers walking torch me.

‘Can I help you?’ I raise an eyebrow at him.

‘I am sorry, Alpha wants me to keep an eye on you when you are alone in the woods.’ I shake my head at his confession.

‘The border is being watched, you are probably required to be somewhere else.’

‘We don’t want you to be alone in the woods. It is still dangerous if we miss something on patrol. With all the respect, you don’t have control over your luna-courage, no wolf side to protect. Your mate feels better knowing I watch you when you go to the woods.’

‘Fine,’ I give in, it is no point talking to him when Igétas gave a command. ‘But you better sit next to me and help me with a plan. You are no use to me lurking in the trees like a greep.’

‘Yes, Luna,’ he chuckles and sits down.

We work half an hour together. I had the idea to patrol closer to the border, so that fewer warriors would be needed to cover every post. Chris has experience in patrol and tells me what can be done and what isn’t a good idea. Then his eyes become misty.

‘There are intruders by the gate.’ He gives me a message and stands up giving me a hand.

‘Intruders?’

‘Yes, they are asking to see the Alpha and Luna, come on.’ We run to the gate. Most of the warriors are already there. Three black cars are standing behind the barrier and eight people are standing for them. I can't reach Igétas with my mind and I look over to Chris.

‘He is on an important phone call.’

I nod at him and take a couple of steps forward. My warriors instantly guarded me. ‘Are they…’ I ask and before I finish the question, Chris answers. ‘Yes, I smell the wolf on them, some of them.’ He corrects when we are closer.

‘This is private property.’ I tell them and three males and a female look me up and down.

‘So it is true?’ The long skinny male sniffs and looks over to his party.

Chris holds on to my elbow, ‘Luna, I think we should wait for Igétas.’ My eyes drift to his hand on my arm and he let it go as if I was on fire.

‘What is true?’ I ask looking the males up and down. They are clearly wolfs with their muscles.

‘You are human?’ The female wolf asks. ‘You are the Luna?’ One of the females asks and then I see it. They have the physicality traits of a human, and so does one man.

There are other humans who know about werewolves?

‘State your business.’ I command without any authority in my voice. If they answer, it is because they want to.

‘We want to join you Pack.’ The biggest male tells me.

‘What happened to your last Pack?’ I ask and Chris is now literally blocking them from me.

‘You know how they think about humans and when we found our mates , it just…’ The female spook.

‘… Wait, you are mates?’ I look over to my man standing close. There are five warriors around me.

‘Yes, we all have found human mates.’ The short man says.

‘Okay, wait for one second.’ I turn and look at my ‘’bodyguards’’. ‘Who is watching the borders if you stand here?’ They look at each other and tell me that Oliver is running with speed to cover everything. I sigh. ‘Don’t you think this is a great strategy to attack? Distract us from the border and leave it weak?’ I sigh again at their blank faces. ‘Just go to your posts, Chris stays here with me, and Zack needs to be here.’

They look unsure. Not wanting the Luna outnumbers by strangers. ‘Igétas will be here soon. Go.’ I commanded and they leave.

‘So how did you know about us?’, I ask them and look over the group.

‘A rumor, I didn’t think it was true, but we couldn’t let it go without investigating. Wolves need a Pack. ’ The female wolf speaks.

‘Looks like you have your own little Pack to me.’

‘It is not the same.’ The short man tells me.

‘What is it?’ Igétas comes running in wolfs speed.

‘It looks like being mated to a human isn’t as uncommon as we thought.’ I smile up at him.

‘Alpha Igétas, we want to ask for a place within your Pack.’ The biggest man says.

All the outsiders go on one knee and bow their heads. ‘What is the protocol for something like this?’

I have no idea how to handle it.

‘Pack swapping isn’t something done on a regular basis, but we do have a protocol. We need to contact the former Pack and see if everything is already and then mostly make a decision on gut feeling.’ Igétas scratches the back of his neck.

‘Chris, show them the Packhouse and get the word out to Alpha Tharros.’

‘Yes, Alpha.’

The outsiders leave and Igétas takes me away to the forest for some one-on-one time.

‘Four coulpes with humans.’ I tell him.

‘Why do we think it is extremely rare?’

He chuckles and put an arm around my shoulder, ‘Did you already forget your warm welcome to the Pack?’

I laugh with him, ‘No, I guess not, but I never thought it was a secret thing to love someone.’

‘Yes, it isn’t something other Packs want. Maybe some of the packs don’t even know the reason why they left. Maybe they hadn’t had the chance to see how lovely little humans are.’ He places his head in my neck and kisses my mark. It healed well, with some help from Maya.

‘What will we decide?’

‘If they want to be part of a Pack, we would be the best option. If Tharros didn’t let me mate you before the next heat, I would be thrilled to find a place that excepted you as you are.’

‘You are right, and we certainly can use the extra men’s power. But we should get to know them better before we make any decisions.’

‘Spoken as a true Luna.’ He kisses me deeply and I am lost for a second or two.

‘We need to discuss something else,’ I tell him breathlessly when I push him away.

‘What is it?’ He looks worried. He can feel my emotions and I know that I feel a little nervous.

‘We need to tackle something quickly before it gets worse.’

‘Tell me now.’ He growls looking behind me for danger and I smile at him.

‘We need to tell my parents what is going on. They will be expecting me back soon.’

He holds me tight as if I can disappear every moment.

‘You will not go anywhere.’ He tells me looking in my eyes. Vasil agrees and lets his colors show.

I kiss him, ‘Igétas, I am not going anywhere. You are my mate and I choose a life with you. But you need to meet them sometime.’

‘I know, I will meet them. But first we have other things to do.’

‘Yes, let’s find out of the humans settle in well.’ I turn and he picks me up and walks me deeper in

to the woods. ‘Igétas!’ I yell.

‘Relax, we will find them later. First, you need to really relax.’ I look down on him and see his eyebrows move. I laugh and let him take me away.

He is perfect for me and when the next big thing hits us down, I know we can stand up. I conquered a lot to be with him. We conquered everything in our way. I don’t know what the future holds, but I know that with him there, I am at peace.

-The End-