4. His Luna

Ryan went to his house and laid down on the ground kept thinking about Lillian. He smiled, thinking about her, but then his smile faded as he thought about the fight with Shadow.

‘Do I have to make a choice?’ he asked himself, not wanting to make a choice between his pack and Luna.

He heard soft paws approaching towards him. He raised his head to see who it was and saw the elder wolf, Esmeralda.

He bowed her head in respect.

“Elder wolf.” He greeted her.

“At ease, Alpha.” She told him.

He stood up straight and looked at her.

“What brings you here, elder wolf?” he asked her.

“I have seen that you met your Luna.” She told him.

Esmeralda had the power to see the future, and that is one of the reasons she was made the elder wolf. She was a wise and a kind wolf. She was also his aunt, and he respected her deeply.

“Yes.” He answered.

“And she is human?” she asked him.

“Yes.” He answered with a troubled frown.

“I can see why you are worried, then.” She told him, “With Shadow’s pack at our necks, I can see why she makes you feel troubled.”

“Is there anyway I can protect both?” he asked her in a desperate tone.

She sighed sadly.

“Your father loved my sister dearly. But even he had to choose between his pack and his Luna.” She said, shaking her head sadly, “He made a choice to save his pack and regretted it deeply. In the end, he wished to join his Luna in the afterlife. No, decision is simple. I just hope when the time comes and you make your choice, you will not regret it.”

Ryan looked down, feeling troubled.

“Let me meet her. Then I will know more about your future with her.” She told him.

Ryan nodded.

“I’ll bring her tomorrow.” He told her.

She nodded slightly and went away.

‘I wonder…’ she thought as she walked away from the alpha.

•••

“Did you have fun today?” Lillian’s mother asked her.

“Yes. I met a white dog today, and it had super soft fur.” Lillian told her.

She was laying in her bed, ready to go to sleep.

“Lily, I have warned you that stray dogs are dangerous. What if it bit you?” her mother scolded her.

“But he was nice, mom. I even patted him.” She told her with a sad pout.

“Fine, but take your father with you next time.” Her mother told her.

“Okay.” she said and then asked her, “Where’s daddy?”

“He fell asleep. He was really busy today, and he’s tired.” Her mother told her, “And you should sleep as well.”

Lillian nodded, holding her teddy bear.

Her mother kissed her on the cheek and left, closing the lights in the room, leaving the door ajar. She soon fell asleep soundly.

~The Next morning~

“Come on, dad. Let’s go!” She said excitedly, dragging her father with her to the forest.

“Where are we going, Lily?” he asked, following her.

“To meet the big white doggy.” She told him.

Her father stopped her and looked at her, shocked.

“What big white doggy?” he asked her, looking at her frightened.

“I met a big white doggy in the forest with a red doggy, a brown doggy and another white doggy.” She told him.

“Lillian Jason Moon. I told you not to go into the forest. It’s dangerous. And that was no doggy, but those were wolves. You are grounded.” Her father told her angrily and dragged her back to the house.

“But The doggy was nice and he let me pet him.” She told him.

“It’s a wolf! And they eat humans!” he snapped at her.

Lillian got upset at her father scolding her this badly for something. She didn’t think she did anything so wrong. She jerked her hand away and ran towards the forest with tears in her eyes. Her father ran after her.

“Lily, come back!” he told her, running after her.

But she was too fast and disappeared into the forest. Her father yelled her name trying to find her, but no reply come.

Lillian ran and ran as she cried until she reached a river. She sat at the bank of the river and cried.

Blake was taking rounds with his alpha when he saw Lillian.

“Alpha, there she is. Ryan’s Luna.” Blake told him.

Shadow grinned, looking at her.

“How nice of her to come to our territory and save us the trouble to get her.” Shadow said in an evil tone.

Blake laughed.

Shadow approached her back slowly and heard her crying. He growled a little when he was close enough to her. Lillian looked back at him, wiping her tears and sniffing her nose.

“Are you lost?” she asked the black wolf.

Shadow snickered at her words.

She got up and touched his furry leg. He stood there in shock as an electric tingling went threw him under her touch.

‘Mate.’ His heart told him.

All of her emotion flood inside of him. She was feeling extremely sad, and he felt that. His heart ached for her.

“Looks like we’re have a human child for dinner tonight.” Blake said coming behind shadow, looked at her hungrily. “I can’t wait to dig my teeth into that soft flesh.”

Shadow got furious at his words and attacked him. He threw Blake down and put his paw on his head.

“You will not touch a hair on my Luna.” Shadow growled at him.

“Luna?!” Blake asked in shock.

Lillian grabbed Shadow’s paw and tried to pull him away.

“Stop, you’re hurting him.” She told him, trying to push him away.

“Be grateful to her, otherwise you wouldn’t have left in one piece.” Shadow told him and took his paw off him.

“Yes, alpha.” Blake told him and got up, bowing his head to them.

Shadow grabbed the black of her clothes in his teeth and lifted her up.

“Hey! What are you doing? Put me down.” She told him, not liking that she was getting wolfhandled.

“Feisty one, eh? I like it.” Shadow said and took her to his house.

 It was a small house with little furniture. He put her down when they got there.

“Do you live here?” Lillian asked him.

Shadow said nothing. He jumped to his bed and laid down on it with his head resting on his paws. She climbed up and rested against him. He turned his head and looked at her. She was feeling upset again.

“What is it?” he asked her out loud.

Lillian looked at him, shocked.

“You can talk?!” she asked him, shocked.

He snickered.

“Of course, I can talk. I’m a werewolf, not a wolf.” He told her.