My Luna Mate

"Happy Birthday!"

I smiled adoringly at Ava, embracing her quickly. "Thank you, Ave."

The auburn haired girl pulled back, her gaze remaining on me. "So," she said, swallowing hard. "There is something that I need to tell you."

I raised a brow and placed my drink down on the table before turning back to her. "You're pregnant?" I joked.

My best friend scoffed. "As if," she replied, faking a shiver. "No, but seriously. Come sit down," she said, taking my hand in hers before she guided us to a table farthest from the rest of the party.

I frowned, glancing around at the party ahead as I took a seat beside Ava, feeling slightly concerned now.

"What's going on?" I asked, confused.

Ava cleared her throat. "Erm," she started saying, turning in her seat to face me. "So, you know how we haven't been apart for God knows how long now."

"Mhm," I agreed, raising a brow at her, not understanding what's going on.

"Well," she continued, fiddling with her hands. "I haven't really had time to explore much with Matteo."

I regarded her with curious eyes and awaited for her to get to the point.

Her brown eyes travelled back on me. "We want to leave for a couple of months to explore and have some fun," she declared, her eyes filled with worry.

Her words surprised me, and I bit my bottom lip to stop myself from telling her she couldn't. Who was I to stop her from exploring the world with her mate?

"Are you sure about this?" I asked.

Ava's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly. "Once we get married, we will probably have pups straight after. I want to have fun with him alone before all that happens."

I nodded. "Fine," I agreed. "If it's what you both want, just try to keep out of other pack's territories."

The girl by my side gave me a wry smile before she flung her arms around me and embraced me tightly. I could tell she hadn't expected for me to agree right away, but again, it wasn't my place to tell her otherwise.

"I'm going to miss you, Lyra," she muttered, sighing. "But don't worry, I will be sure to annoy you at least once a day with updates."

I chuckled at her words and embraced her back. I would miss her a lot too, but I didn't want to stop her from living her life. She had to adjust to the new pack and territory because of me, the least that I could do for her was to cheer her on when she wanted to do something for herself.

Today was my birthday, and almost the whole pack were here. It had been almost six months since the incident with the pup, and I was definitely feeling much better.

The pack took care of me as if it was their job to, when in reality, I was their Luna. After picking myself up after the first month of mourning my lost pup, I promised to never let myself lose it again like that.

I had done well as their Luna until the incident with Alexander and his past problems that had stumped my growth, and had made me tumble backwards as the Luna.

But again, it was all a learning curve for me. Being a Luna to the largest pack in the country served to be more difficult than I had anticipated, and yet, none of the members hated me for how I had handled the recent situation.

"Come on, it's your day. Let's celebrate you," Ava cheered, bringing me back to her.

Tugging at my hand, she pulled me towards the dance floor where a couple of the younger pups from the pack were gathered in the middle.

Upon noticing me, they bowed their heads in respect. I smiled at how adorable they were, and stepped forward to run my hand through a couple of their heads. I hated the formalities, still, but I admired their respect for me.

Ava and I danced with the younger ones for a little while, before I felt Alexander's presence. He wrapped his arms around me from behind, bringing me close against his chest.

"I believe I have shared you for too long," he murmured against my ear, his breath fanning my skin.

I grinned before I turned around in his arms. "I missed you too," I told him, smiling.

Alexander brought his thumb to stroke my cheek gently. "You are so beautiful," he told me, admiring me. "Care to dance?"

"We are already dancing," I told him, before my mate smirked and tugged at my hand to bring me incredibly close against him.

Giving me a quick peck on the lips, he held my hand up and gave me a twirl, making me yelp in surprise.

I thought I was going to lose my balance with the sudden action, but my mate grinned and pulled me back in to his arms, holding me firmly.

"Happy Birthday, my baby," he whispered, lowly, his lips on my ear. "I have your present waiting in the bedroom."

I pulled back to arch a brow at him. "I want it, now."

Alexander chuckled softly. "Baby, as much as I love your eagerness," he stated, seductively, his voice low. "It is not what you are thinking."

His words caused for me to frown, but Alexander continued to sway us as we moved with the beat playing in the background.

"What is it then?" I asked, confused.

Alexander brought my hand up to his lips. He pecked the back of my hand softly, his eyes locked with mine. My wolf purred in ecstasy just at the sight of him in a suit, and I almost begged my mate to lead us to a private room, but I restrained myself.

"You will see," Alexander told me, huskily, a glint flashing in his eyes.

I was curious to know what his present for me was. If it was in the bedroom and apparently it wasn't sex, according to him, then what could it be? A sexy lingerie?

That would have made sense, but Alexander had a tendency to tear apart whatever I wore when we were in the bedroom, so perhaps it wasn't that either.

The rest of the party seemed to pass by slower than I would have liked, but I put that down to the fact that I was still curious to know what Alexander had prepared for me, that when we finally headed back to our house, I was practically running.

"Lyra," Alexander said, laughing behind me. "The present is not going anywhere, slow down."

I glared at him before ignoring him and hopped the rest of the way towards our house. We were almost there now.

When we entered our bedroom, I was completely stunned and in awe. My hand was still in Alexander's, and at the sight before me, I loosened my hold on his slightly but he gripped my hand tightly.

The bedroom was lit up with helium balloons covering the ceiling, and a big sign on the wall that read 'Happy Birthday.'

There were roses scattered everywhere, and candles light up in every corner, bringing light to the dark room.

"Alexander," I said in awe, a low gasp escaping my lips, as tears sprung to my eyes.

My mate wrapped his arms around my waist from behind. He placed a soft kiss on my exposed shoulder blade.

"You like it, baby?" he murmured, his voice low and husky.

I hardly had time to nod when I felt his fingers graze my arm and remove the strap of my dress. Before the dress could slide down my body, Alexander held it firmly against me.

"Let me grab the main present," he informed, before placing a kiss on my cheek and darted towards the bed where a small black box awaited him.

Grabbing the box, he stalked back towards me. I frowned as I glanced at the box in his hands.

Opening the box, a large diamond popped up, and I briefly caught the silver band it was sitting on.

I gasped in shock, my eyes travelling back on my mate, who was smirking.

"I wanted to give you this a while ago," he told me, nodding at the ring. "A lot happened and the timing was not ideal, but here we are. My Luna, marry me."

He had already proposed once before, and I had already said yes, but when I saw him go down on one knee, my hands flew to my mouth in surprise.

"We didn't have the best start to this life together," Alexander said, his eyes on me. "But I want you to be assured that I will do everything in my power to protect you and keep you happy going forward. Now, will you marry me?"

Tears strolled down my cheek and I only managed to nod, before I dropped down on to his lap, clinging on to him for dear life. I couldn't believe he was proposing again, I was feeling extremely spoiled.

Alexander chuckled, holding me firmly in his arms. "God, I love you so fucking much, Lyra," he told me aggressively, kissing the side of my head.

"I love you too," I cried, sniffling in to his chest.

He pulled back to kiss my lips a couple of times, before he tugged at my hand. He pulled out the temporary ring on my finger that I thought had been my actual ring, before he replaced it with the bigger diamond from the black box in his hand.

"Perfect fit for my Luna," he told me, before he raised my hand and placed a peck on the back. "Alright, now let me give you the present that we have both been anticipating all night."

I giggled when he tore at my dress and began to trail kisses down my neck, his hands roaming down my sides.

A lot had happened in the past six months, and I wasn't sure what our future held beyond this. But I knew nothing could come between us again. Fate would test us but it could never break us. Our bond was for eternity and we were made for each other.

He was my Alpha mate, and I was his Luna mate.

The End