Juan reluctantly checked the girl's pulse and sighed. At least she was out of danger. Or else his own life would have been on the line. Turning back to his Alpha, he muttered, "She is fine. The only reason she isn't waking up is that her body needs to heal internally."
Ace looked down at the girl he had rescued two days ago and nodded. He did not know why but when he had seen her collapse, his wolf had almost gone crazy. For a minute he wondered if she was his mate but he would only be able to find that out after she turned eighteen.
Before that, there were other things to be puzzled about. The fact that she smelled human but her healing and the way she fought with those rogues made it clear that she was not a simple human. There was also the extreme reluctance in Juan when he had ordered him to treat her. Juan was someone who would do his best to treat anyone with the slightest sickness and this was the first time he had actually refused to help without a direct command from him.
As Ace pondered this, Healer Juan spoke," Now that she is out of danger, we can just leave her here and be on our way. The pack will be in danger if you don't return soon."
Ace threw one glance at the unconscious girl and then at his most trusted comrade before marching out of the small cottage with a single sentence," Not until you explain."
Healer Juan sighed and rubbed his head. He did not want to explain. Knowing the Alpha, the explanation would definitely make him do exactly the opposite of what he wanted. But it wasn't as if he had a choice.
"Alpha please."
Ace shook his head at the plea, " Do I need to repeat my question or give you an order?"
Juan mumbled under his breath but then explained," The person inside is a born Luna!"
Juan expected his Alpha to be shocked by this but the man simply looked confused so Juan sighed, "There is a reason you need to pay attention to werewolf lore, Alpha!"
"The girl inside is the Luna of the Snowheart Pack. How could you not see the moon and snowflake birthmark on her calf?"
Juan sighed in relief when the Alpha's eyes lit up with recognition and hoped that the Alpha would now agree to return. They were supposed to be on vacation but until now, this vacation had included fighting with rogues, taking over a neighbouring pack and saving the dangerous Luna!
Meanwhile, Ace turned away and walked back into the cottage, leaving the healer perplexed. They were supposed to run in the other direction!
Ace looked down at the girl who was sleeping peacefully. Her face was pale and her long beautiful hair seemed to be a mess. But even then, she looked alluring and innocent. Crystal Snowheart.
Her name was already well known in the werewolf world. Apart from the many mysterious qualities that the Snowheart pack boasted or rather hid, their young Luna was the most talked about.
While her pack was wiped by rogues a decade ago, she had been the only one who had survived. Usually, werewolf children grew like humans till they reached the age of eighteen after which their wolves revealed themselves to them.
But Crystal Snowheart had been born in the wolf form! The first female born to the Snowheart Pack after a thousand years. And the first werewolf to be born a wolf in the existence of werewolves.
This girl had taken the form of her wolf at the age of six and wiped more than a dozen rogues after her family had suffered at their hands?
Unable to stop himself, Ace sat down next to her on the bed and slowly ran a finger along her cheek. So soft. It seemed unbelievable that she could kill so easily.
And yet, he had seen her fight the wolves. As he stared at her, he heard his wolf growl," Mate."
Ace stilled at the word. His wolf- Doyen was not one to throw around the word casually. And what did he mean by this? If she was their mate, then he would have known immediately. Why would Doyen wait two days?"
"Doyen? What do you mean? Do you think she is our mate?"
Usually, mates could recognise each other only after they turned eighteen and the wolf made itself known. But if she was born with a wolf...
Before Doyen could answer though, Ace found himself looking into the most beautiful hazel eyes he had ever seen...
Crystal opened her eyes and sucked in a breath as she found a man leaning over her, staring at her intensely. Hurriedly, the scene of her being saved by a wolf came to her mind. No. She needed to escape from here! Her eyes darted around and in the next moment, she pushed out one hand to move the man's arm and pushed at his shoulder with the other, quickly turning them so that the next moment the dark-haired man was under her while she straddled him. Breaking the bottle of water, she held it near his neck and questioned," Where are my things? You were foolish to not have tied my hands when you had the chance."For the first time in his life, Ace Hunter found himself under an unexpected attack. Ace had become an Alpha at the age of seventeen when he had challenged his birth father for the right to rule the Moonhunter Pack. And even though his father had been a ferocious warrior, he had been unable to defeat Ace.The only reason he had been able to win, Ace acknowledged even now, had bee
Ace looked into the eyes of the girl who looked wise beyond her years and accepted the promise with a nod. The girl was indeed smart. She had pledged her life to the pack and not to him. While Ace and Crystal stared at each other, Juan was not happy."Ace! What are you thinking? Giving her shelter would mean inviting every land-hungry pack to come after us. Even if you are the strongest pack, your first priority should be protecting your pack. There is no need to invite more violence to innocent people! And did you not see the rogues she was fighting? There is a rumour among the people that all the rogues have started banding together looking for someone. Who do you think is that 'someone'? And what Luna? To be an Alpha or Luna, you need to have land and a pack! Even though the land of the Snowheart Pack is protected by ancient spells, your pack has been extinguished! What is your life worth against our pack members! They already are hot on your scent, are they not? So, they just have
While Ace left Crystal to recover, Juan was once again pacing outside the cottage while Mateo stood still, seemingly deep in thought. Watching the Alpha come out, Juan muttered again and spoke, " Ace? How could you offer her asylum? Even if she can disguise her scent, it's not like we can simply show up at the pack with a girl and have no explanation? And then what happens when a girl with an appearance similar to what the rogues are looking for appears on our doorstep out of the blue? Ace, you are being foolish for a bi**h!"Suddenly Juan was hit with a force that caused him to stagger and knee. He looked up at Ace with horror. Ace had actually used his Alpha power on him!"Juan, you are my friend since childhood and that is why I let you get away with a lot. But that does not mean you can go around challenging my decisions and disrespecting Lunas of other packs!."Being hit full force by the Alpha's anger, Juan looked away, baring his neck to the Alpha. "I apologize, Alpha Ace."Wit
Ace felt like a dam* perv. He had raced into the room, expecting a rogue to have attacked her and instead, here she was staring at him as if he was the rogue. Her big eyes almost seemed ready to fall out of her face and she was clutching the blanket with a panicked face.Her eyes, if possible widened even further as she gave him a look all over. In his haste, he had only pulled on his sweats leaving his upper body bare. "Uh... Could you please put on some clothes," she squeaked.After seeing that she was pale-faced and shaking he guessed the reason for her scream. Ace walked out of the cabin without a word to get back his T-shirt. She must have had a nightmare. She had had those in the past two nights and it had usually ended in her holding his hand tight enough to stop blood flow into the appendage and if he were a human, break his bones!Crystal stared at the perfect V-shaped back of the man as he walked out. Her eyes however continued to flit back to the small tattoo on his shoulde
Two Weeks Later:"Who is that girl?"As Crystal followed Alpha Ace and beta Mateo into the training grounds of the Moonhunters Pack, she could already feel the power in the air. So, what she had learnt from Beta Mateo during her recuperation period, about this pack was all true. Alpha Ace was truly a well-respected and honoured Alpha. It was clear from the warriors that he commanded. Even when they were training, they had a fierceness that could be matched in a real match. And such warriors had pledged their alliance to the Alpha so he was worthy."Who Cares if he is not worth it? All that hot a**! We can enjoy him and then once I have come ito power, we can tame him, worth or not..." Erin, her wolf, whispered in her ear. Even providing images of the ways in which she could 'subdue' the alpha!Crystal rolled her eyes mentally at her wolf and tried to ignore the gazes being sent her way. As a human student, she had been used to merging into the background but as she walked among the wo
Since the Alpha had already ordered and everyone waited, Kai, suppressed his thoughts and turned to choose a young wolf. If what Mateo had hinted at was true then there was no female fighter who was good enough to train with her. In werewolves, there were rarely any female warriors for they could prove a distraction for their mates. Of course, in today's time, one might say that the opposite was true and female warriors could also be distracted due to their male counterparts but no one was interested in changing things. Alpha Ace had made an order that all males and females had to be trained so a few of the she-wolves had half-heartedly started training while others had found ways to get out of the compulsion for the time being. While Kai was lost in deliberation, the warriors were abuzz with gossip and conversation through their mind link. Knowing what Kai was thinking, Beta Mateo opened the mind link and spoke to Kai," Send Nate." Kai scowled and turned to look at the Beta. Nate
Crystal narrowed her eyes and threw the dart with such venom that Ace could not help but wince. That was a lot of hatred for the poor dart board. "I hope you are not imagining my face on the dartboard." That caused Crystal to pause as she turned her head to look at the Alpha who was now lounging against her kitchen counter with a serious look on his face. Rolling her eyes at him, she commented," Just because you ordered me to not flirt with anyone, you think I would be so vicious? I understand that you were jealous since you wanted me to flirt with you only but pettiness does not earn you darts!" "Then what does?" Came the clap-back question. Sighing, Crystal placed the darts on the side and crossed her arms in front of her as she stared at Ace Hunter. "What is the matter Ace? Why are you here in my humble abode at midnight, eating my fish and chips?" "Only you would have the gall to call me Ace without permission, Crystal. And the fish and chips are yum so why would I want them
Ace had made a wild guess in the dark but when he felt her stiffen and her heartbeat accelerate, he knew he made the correct guess. An angry haze seemed to cover his eyes and he had to suppress the urge to kill the person who had done this to her.He knew that she had suffered at the hands of those who had kidnapped her but they had actually given her wolfsbane? At first, he had been glad that she had been strong enough to kill the rogues but now he wanted to resurrect each of them and beat them to a pulp. Holding her face, he looked deep into her eyes. Were those nightmares that he knew she had a result of the wolfsbane?Wolfsbane was slow torture to any wolf as it slowly cut the two connected souls of human and wolf into two parts a little at a time. And she had been given enough wolfsbane that she could not change anymore. A fire ignited inside him as he felt her warm lips against his. At least she had survived. The moon Goddess had brought her to him and even if her wolf could not