Clara's POV
Erik walks toward the stage, you can see the admiration the pack members have for him. Tapping the mic twice. He cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention.
"Good evening Everyone", Erik greeted the pack. I saw the pack bow their heads.
"After that incident, I have been alone. I managed to be where I am today because I have you guys, my pack. I have been leading you alone and I know that some of you are wondering if I'll ever find my mate, if not I'll have to force myself to do a contract marriage when force mating is done but fret now my pack!" Erik suddenly shouted the last words in his sentence which made me surprised. Erik stood there and looked at his pack members with warm eyes. After looking around his pack members he started to lift his hand that was holding the mic.
"Few of you know that I have found my mate and I am thrilled at this very moment to announce that I HAVE FOUND MY MATE!" He shouted the last part. After the crowd finished shouting and cheering their alpha. Erik looked at me, we locked eyes and I gave him a nod. Seeing me nod, Erik smiled and gestured for me to go to him. Erik lifted his free hand waiting for me to be held in.
I walked toward Erik, feeling the stares at me as I walked. I slowly walk toward Erik, walking with my head high and with grace. My mom used to train me for this kind of event. She was strict but I love our training session together. I remembered my mom. I remember the words she always said to me.
"Always move with elegance."
I smiled, remembering her. I miss her so much. I wished she had been here to witness this.
"What do you think mom will say if she saw this?" I asked Angeline.
"She would be so proud and sad at the same time" Angeline replied using his softest tone.
"Why would she be sad?" I asked confused.
"Because seeing you like this can make her realize that you are now all grown up," Angeline said and I think I heard her talking with sadness in her voice. I smiled after hearing her say that and made stood more proudly.
Erik reached his hands out for me and I gladly took them.
"I'm happy to introduce to you my mate, Clara Lee. Your one and only Luna!"
I stood there and faced them properly. Everyone bowed to me. When they raised their heads, I looked around them and gave them my warmest smile.
After getting a look at me properly. I hear some of them whisper "she's beautiful" while some are shouting and cheering.
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After the speech, we went down on stage and started greeting everyone who came to me. Erik introduced me and I was shocked to know that he was so popular in the pack. Not because he's the Alpha, he's popular because he is Erik in short he's friends with everyone. You can see the ruthless man acting like a boy in front of his pack. Everyone walked toward me to introduce themselves. Some even hugged me and said 'congrats'
"I'm tired, so many were to remember" my wolf whined.
I agree with her. Talking to these many people is exhausting. I tried to find Erik through the crowd and, as expected, he found me first. I saw him walking toward me without breaking our eye contact. When he was in front of me, his hands automatically found their way to my waist, and felt the same electricity every time he touches me.
"How are you?" He asked me sweetly.
"I'm fine just-" Cutting myself. I rested my head on his chest. Feeling his firm and broad chest.
"Just?" Erik whispered while kissing my temple.
"Just tired"
"Let's go home," Erik said as he pulled me away through the crowd.
"B-but we can't just leave!" I said in surprise. The event is almost finished so I think we should be here and see it through.
"Yes we can actually," Erik said with a tone that said it's final. I stopped struggling and just let him pull me away to the pack house.
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I wished it was like the main house that has doors connecting it to Erik's home. The packed hall is in the middle of the territory.
"Let's shift. That way we can go home faster" Erik said and he was about to shift when I talked.
"I can't," I said with finality. I saw Erik's confused looks but he quickly masked it. As expected he may be acting sweet all the time but he can't mask being an alpha.
Erik's wolf is so wonderful and majestic that I can't stop myself to stare at him. "Okay, just climb on my back," he said, smiling. I was prepared to say some excuses at that moment when I thought he was going to ask why, but I'm glad he just let it slide. I don't want to hide something from my mate but life is not that easy.
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Erik's POV
"Let's shift. That way we can go home faster"
"I can't," She said with finality. I want to ask why, but I thought about it for a second. I don't want to push her to tell me her secrets. I know she trusts me, but I think it's not the time yet. She just lost her old pack. I'll give her time. Even if it takes a decade, I know bit by bit she'll open up to me because I am her mate. Nothing can change that, only death can change it.
"Okay, just climb on my back," I said with a smile on my face. I saw relief in her eyes. I let my body change to my wolf form.
I now feel myself standing on four paws. I feel the grass on my paws and feel my fur being swept by the wind. I signaled Carla to climb on my back. I slightly bend my knees for her to climb on my back easily.
I'm bigger than normal wolves thanks to my alpha blood. Sensing and feeling that she is now sitting down properly, I started running back to our home.
Clara's POVAnd here I am enjoying the kisses he gives me. Am I ready for this?"Hmmm," I moan."Is it good my princess?" He said while kissing me from my neck down to my chest."Maybe" He stopped kissing me to look at me. I saw his eyes darken."It's not good to tempt me, my princess.""Am I tempting you?" I smiled at him.He immediately kissed me and here I am kissing him back.We were getting to the good part when "Erik!" We were interrupted by none other than my brother."What?" Erik answered. You can hear the irritation in his voice and I can see that he is trying hard to calm his wolf.My brother cleared his throat and fixed his posture. "Alpha, Rogue Attacks"Erik immediately changed his facial expression. The alpha mode is back on."Office" Erik. My brother then bows and then leaves. Erik then looked at me with the same facial expression."I'll talk to you later," Erik said using his alpha tone. I'm in awe of how hot he is while in the Alpha mode and it left me speechless for
Clara's POVI think it's time for us to tell our mateYes, sweety, I think It's time.We need to tell him what happened and why my old pack got killed. When we woke up this morning, Vincent Mind-linked Erik and told him that someone had been killed in our pack. We rushed to where the killing was done and saw blood marks. It said IT'S A WARNING.Klaus survived and escaped. How? Ian killed him!That's when I realized that I needed to tell this Erik. Someone from his pack got killed and he doesn't know the reason why, while I know the reason.Full of resolve. I rushed to Erik's office and slowly opened the door. There I saw him sitting behind his desk massaging his temples. He looked so tired in just a short time.I knocked and he looked at me. He smiled, motioning me to come near him."Hey, Babe," I told him while approaching him."What's wrong my princess?" Erik asked. I saw the worry in his eyes. I don't know if it's a worry for me or his pack. I feel guilty even more.Hugging him whi
Clara's POVAfter what happened yesterday, Erik didn't push me that night. When I confessed that I was the next Queen, he just hugged me and whispered My Queen. I let it all out that night when he said that. I cried until I don't have any tears left. He's just too good to be true. I love him and because of that night, I know that I'll be happy again.I came back to reality when I heard someone shouting. We are in the office of Erik to talk about what happened yesterday. Nobody asked about what I did they still treated me like before."Why is he alive, Ian?!" My mate Erik shouted at Ian. I touched Erik's hand for him to calm down."I don't know, I swear I killed him, Alpha," Ian said.WitchesWhat?I said they teamed up with Witches."Witches Erik" Everyone looks at me with surprised faces. Even if they give me those looks I am surprised myself. There is always a time when Angeline will just whisper a voice like she doesn't want anyone to hear what she was about to say. I didn't confro
Clara's POV"I'm scared ""Me too, but we have to trust our mate," Angeline said."I'm scared of that too." I know that I should trust my mate, I do. I do trust him, of course, it's just that I'm scared that if I trust him so much it will end up again like last time."Don't be scared, we will always be together" Angeline replied after a long silence."I know. You are me and I am you", I replied. Hearing these words always calms me down. It's our line, our chant for everything."Yes. We will always be one.""Babe?"I was startled by the sudden voice and saw Erik peeking at the door. I smiled at him and signaled him to come in. Erik walked toward me and I instantly hugged him. "What's wrong?" I asked."Your brother mind-linked me earlier and he said he got something about Tia."I stiffened at the name. I didn't expect him to find things about the witch who survived and was in hiding for a decade already. "Let's go," I said.Erik's POV"Let's go"There it is, her sudden change of tone. A
Clara's POV"Let's start shall we?"Erik smiled at us and motioned us to sit, but I walked towards him and stood beside him while we were facing Ian and my brother Vincent."Vincent, I want you to rest but we need to talk to Tia and my gut is telling me that this mission is for you", Erik ordered. I was confused about what Erik said, that it was like he was excited for Vincent, but on the other hand, my brother was about nervous."You scared bro?" I mind-linked Vincent. When he turned to me looking shocked, I smirked at him."Shut up Clara"And I think I should stop teasing him. He looked more scared now."Can you Vincent?" Erik asked when Vincent was not responding. Ian looked nervously at Vincent."Yes, of course, alpha" Vincent answered with a straight face and excused himself from the meeting."Protect her""Yes, of course, Angeline, we will protect her because we need her.""It's not me""What?"Angeline then blocked me out. Again, it's not her."Who are you?"I whispered in my h
Clara's POVI woke up, and hearing some voices in my head made me feel dizzy. I need to get used to this, and it was not like this when I was in the Hollow Angel pack. Maybe because I'm a Luna now?*sighed*Not seeing Erik in bed made me feel dejected, but I'm feeling in our link that he is stressed right now. I made my way to our bathroom to fix myself. After making sure I looked okay, I went straight to his office only to see him sighing.Erik saw me and smiled, but you could see in his eyes that he was feeling down. I also saw Melissa sitting in front of Erik. What did these two talk about that made Erik feel down while Melissa was full of worry?"Well, I'm off. I'll talk to you again about this matter soon." Melissa walked toward Erik and gave him a little hug. She then faced and walked toward me. "You should invite me for coffee. Our Luna," Melissa said while smiling. After that, she left in Erik's office. I made my way to Erik and hugged him. I can feel his sadness in our mate l
"The trees are quiet, indeed," Erik said while observing the forest. We are here in the mountains where Tia is living. We were about to send Vincent and Ian to try and talk to Tia to come in the pack but thinking of how nervous Vincent we decided to go and look ourselves. We asked Ellie, Erik's mom, together with Ian, to look after the pack while we were gone. Klaus has been quiet for the last couple of weeks, so we decided to make a move now."Where is it, Vincent?" I asked my brother. "It was here, but I can't pinpoint the exact location, not like last time," He answered while looking and sniffing around.I also looked around and saw branches of trees being swept by the wind while there were trees that didn't move. I followed the trees that had no movement, and I was getting deeper into the forest when it was getting harder to breathe."Angeline, do you find something?" I asked Angeline when I felt she was awake, and she was so focused."Go further to the right." I followed Angeline
I'm standing in front of the house that Tia had made in an instant with my mouth wide open. I would never have imagined that a house would be built with a finger flick."Babe?" Erik asked, and I shook myself to come back to reality.Tia entered the house, followed by my brother. Vincent looks so docile in front of Tia while Tia tries her best to ignore my brother. I facepalmed when I saw how my brother acted.The house is beautiful, and you can feel that it's warm and cozy. We all sat down. Erik and I sat side by side while Tia was sitting in front of us. Vincent sat down beside Tia, but she moved to a single couch beside me. When Vincent saw Tia move, he pouted at Tia and tried to suppress my laughter. Tia sighed at Vincent's reaction and then faced us."So, what can I do to you?" Tia asked."We are preparing for war against a pack of rogues, and we want to recruit you to our pack to face Merlin," Erik said, showing his authority as an Alpha."Straight to the point, are we?" Tia smir