Luna On The Run – I Stole The Alpha’s Sons Chapter 68


    The Next day.


    Elena POV


    The relief I felt upon getting home was immense today. The women were all waiting out front of the


    house when I


    re- turned from the registry after filling out the paperworkst night for each pack member. Sondra is


    sitting in her


    rocking chair, as I walk up the steps. “Nope,” she pointed back to the women waiting. She refused to let


    me enter


    the house until I let them submit to me, and I had fed them my blood.


    They wanted to do itst night when I returned home, but I only cared about getting home to the boys.


    When I was


    done, I was about to put the goblet down on the table that was set up when I turned to find my mother.


    She grabs


    my hands in hers, and Lukees to stand beside her.


    “Mum?”


    “You were always born to lead, Elena. And I would be hon- ored to stand by your side to watch you go


    further than


    I ever could have imagined for myself. Further, than I imagined for you. You earned this. This was your


    birthright.


    Now take it.” she tells me./


    “But dad, he is your mate-”


    “He stopped being my mate the day he kicked you out of the house. Mates don’t hurt mates. And he


    hurt me when


    he took you from me. Never again. For everything I have done in the past, know it was for you kids.


    Even when I


    chose wrong, it was all for you. Just like this is. You deserve this, Elena. You are not just an Alpha by


    blood, but by


    your persistence to not give up when everything around you is trying to break you.” My mother lets go


    of my hands


    and drops to her knees along- side Luke.


    “I, Luna Louise Bardot, submit to you Elena Bardot of the Elysian Fortuna Moonlight Pack.” she


    murmurs, baring


    her neck to me.


    Luke does the same, and my eyes burn with tears as I look at Sondra, who


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    nods her head once. Watching with a face of stone. My eyes lift to the sky as my


    aura slips out. “Submit!” I choke on the words as I force my mother and brother


    to the dirt under my aura.


    They drop to the ground, and I hold it over them as they both fight the instinct to


    submit to me before baring their necks and answering the call. “Yes, Alpha.”


    My hands shake as I give them both the goblet, and I know my father would


    have felt his link to my mother sever, and Luke’s. They were my Pack members


    now. He no longer has that sort of control over them, nor would he ever again.


    They didn’t have to do that. I never expected that of my mother. Especially


    knowing my father was her mate. It would have nearly been impossible to break


    that tie to him. Officially reject her position as his Luna.


    However, once everyone gets to their feet, I am about to go check on the boys,


    who went down for their nap before I left. Apparently, having the woman submit


    and make every- thing official was not even enough for Sondra.


    “Come on, let’s make this official.” Sondra tells me, stand- ing up from her chair,


    and I raise an eyebrow at her. She


    me a look not to test her and I chuckle, following her around the back of the


    house.


    She had led us to the back where the chop shop is. I am nervous, but feeling


    the women’s excitement, I find it conta- gious. Plus, I had wanted to get back to


    my babies.


    Now with a full fledge Pack, we even now share a Pack link. And the thrumming


    through my body hadn’t relented since they submitted. I could feel each and


    every single one of the women as if they were an extension of me.


    Upon entering the chop shop, there was a small bonfire, and I nced around


    as the woman started removing their shirts. Sondra moves toward the bonfire


    and pulls a huge branding iron out of the mes.


    “You’re up first, Alpha.” she smiles. I look at the brand, knowing it must have


    been custom-made. It was a crescent mooning out of a blooming lotus.


    I take my shirt off, earning some whistles from the other women, making me


    Alpha Elena Bardot. This brand represents the birth and rising of your Pack.”


    Sondra tells me, and I stare at the glowing metal and suck in a breath.


    “Now, where do you want it, Alpha?” Sondra asks, and I nod, knowing that the


    women were waiting for me to go first. Michelle and Noleene over and grab


    my arms as I give her my back.


    Secondster, I feel blistering heat sear through my shoulder de, making me


    scream. The pain was horrendous, And I sagged when she removed it. The skin


    is raised, and still


    burns fiercely even once I find my feet.


    Yet the women loved the idea, and honestly, so did I, and even Sondra became an honorary member of


    our pack


    by getting one as well. Yet none of the children were branded. As we went to leave the huge garage,


    Luke growls


    at me.


    “Where’s mine?” My mother and I both shook our heads. “Luke, no!” My mother tells him, but he


    ignores her,


    grabbing the smoldering brand out of the drum.


    “Luke, you just watched a few of the women pass out get- ting theirs.” I remind him. But still, he shakes


    his head.


    “Let him, the little Alpha knows what he wants.” Sondra says with a shrug. I gape at her. “He’s a child.” I


    snap at


    her, and she shrugs.


    “He wants it.” I look at my mother, who chews her lip. She growls but gives into him, while I wanted to


    throw up at


    the thought of burning my ten-year-old brother. We spent a fur- ther ten minutes trying to talk him out of


    it.


    Cursing, I knew he wouldn’t give up. “Remember, you asked for this?” I tell him pointedly. He nods


    eagerly. I shake


    my head when my mother mind-links. “Just touch him and pull it back, don’t hold it.” she tells me. I was


    nning to


    do that anyway because I didn’t want to do it all.


    “Please, Elena. I don’t want to be a Hale. I want to be a Bardot too.” Luke pleads.


    “You are though. You already submitted, we have changed your name.” I tell him. Luke shakes his


    head.


    “I want dad to know, for him to see it and know that no matter what he does, even if he tries to take us


    back, that


    I’ll always belong to this Pack. That nobody else is worthy of be- ing my Alpha but you.” he pleads. I


    chew my lip,


    still reluctant.


    “You came back. You didn’t have to, but you came back for us, knowing exactly what you were risking.


    You risked


    your life for us. I couldn’t help you or mom, but I can show him whose side I will always take. I want him


    to have


    that constant reminder when he looks at me that I would risk everything for my new Alpha.” Luke tells


    me. I


    swallow and meet my mother’s eyes. “Do it,” she tells me. I sigh, and she helps him remove his shirt.


    She kneels in front of him, gripping his arms. “Are you ready?” Luke nods, gripping her arms, and my


    mother nods


    to me. Lining the brand up on his shoulder de, I press it against his skin and count to five before I


    remove it.


    Luke didn’t utter a single word, no pained noises, and I knew that was for mine and my mother’s


    benefit. One day


    he would make a good Alpha. Until then, I will show what it means to be one.