Chapter 32


    Chapter 32 – Celeste


    Celeste P.O.V.


    He was mine. I thought as I dressed after our shower. Ours – Kara reminded me.


    giggled-That was implied.


    She smirked in my head. We were both the happiest we had ever been. We felt.plete. It was early


    in the morning and I wanted to get some studying in before the rest of the house was awake. I was


    slowly trying to take on some responsibilities of being Luna in an unofficial way. Mrs Quinn, Markus and


    I were sitting downter to make preparations for the new mated couples from yesterday’s full moon.


    As Luna, it would be my responsibility to make sure they had appropriate living conditions. One of the


    things to consider were current and future pack jobs, rank, need, budget and resources. This full moon,


    we’d only have a couple of mated pairs. Maya and Daniel were moving into Daniel’s floor, so we only


    needed to find amodations for 2 others.


    Mrs Quinn had let me know that during the Strawberry Moon in June and the Harvest Moon in


    September, the pack allowed for people still searching for a mate toe join the full moon. It means


    getting the guest suites together, arranging dinner etc. Because this Harvest Moon would also be my


    Luna Ceremony, that meant we were also having the elder council and many other Alphase for the


    ceremony. It was actually really enjoyable work and I was d to be able to do my part. Markus would


    be dealing with security arrangements.


    ‘Tuli, where did you go?’ Markus asked through the link in thete afternoon.,


    I’m in the library studying for my GED test on Wednesday,


    I responded.


    ‘Alpha Rhett is on his way. We want to look at the video and make a n on how to approach this.’


    Ok. I will be up shortly’


    I gathered all my study materials and headed up to our bedroom. I almost walked into the old bedroom


    when I remembered that I


    would be staying in our bedroom from now on. I blushed slightly thinking about it.


    I walked into the room and gasped. There was an extra night stand on my side of the bed. There was a


    vanity dresser against the wall


    with a full mirror and all of the makeup and toiletries that Kelly had bought for me neatly organized on


    the surface. I went to the closet and all of my clothes had been put in. Markus came out of the


    bathroom. He took in my face, “Is this OK? We can change anything you


    don’t like.”


    “This is perfect. How did you have time to do any of this? You’ve been busy all day.”


    He grinned, “I gave Kelly my credit card, so I can’t really take credit for it. I don’t really know much


    about décor.” Iughed a little and went to give him the biggest hug I could muster. Iid my head on


    his chest and listened to his heartbeat.


    “I have never had anyone care for me the way you do. I don’t deserve you.” I said, my voice cracking at


    the end from the emotion.


    He hugged me back and then lifted me while I was still stered to his chest by his arms. He walked


    towards the bed, my legs


    dangling side to side as he did. I giggled as he dropped me in the bed. He crawled next to me and held


    me to him, cradling me as if I was the most precious thing in the world to him. “Come, let’s nap before


    Alpha Rhett arrives. I have a feeling we’re going to have a long night. ” I snuggled closer to him and


    allowed myself to drift off to sleep.


    I felt someone poking at my ribs. My eyes fluttered open and Markus was slowly lowering his hand to


    poke me again. I frowned. “Why


    are you poking me?”


    “I am checking to make sure you’re still gaining weight. I want to make sure you’re plump so I can cook


    you for Thanksgiving,” he said, and then instead of poking me again, he began tickling me all over. I


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    “Alpha Rhett has entered the pack grounds. He should be in here shortly,” he said, nibbling on my lips.


    I whimpered as he got off the


    bed, but followed him down to the foyer.


    “Alpha Rhett, please call me Celeste.” I said, smiling,


    “Only if you call me Rhett” he winked, and Markus pulled me to his side. I blushed but did not move


    away.


    Alpha Rhettughed. “Sooo, I’m told we’re not getting the privilege of eating your food tonight?” he said


    with a little


    disappointment in his eyes.


    “I am afraid I used my cooking nights already this week, but let me know what you want next time and


    I’ll be sure to save one of my


    cooking nights for you and your Beta,” I smiled.


    “I will hold you to that. My cook is excellent and it still doesn’t taste the same,” he mourned.


    Markusughed. “At this rate, you’re going to have to set up a waiting list for your food love.”


    “Gentlemen” I heard Dannying from the left. “1. The conference room is set up with the video


    equipment and 2. I catt dibs on the first 10 slots in that waiting list. Maya has been telling me of the


    food they made during the previous full moon.” We allughed as we


    headed for the conference room.


    We were notughing 15mins minutester after we’d seen the video of Ruby’s rescue. Markus was


    holding me in hisp after I’d


    started shaking from anger. He whispered at me soothingly.


    “This is insane. Do we know who these guys are? Celeste, are they part of the Blood Moon Pack?”


    Alpha Rhett asked. Everyone


    looked at me expectantly.


    “I have seen them around the Pack Grounds a few times but they never stayed in the Packhouse. That


    was the only ce I was


    allowed. The one with the short hair is named Levi. I think the one with the longer hair is named Lucas.”


    I shifted ufortably, hoping


    no one would ask me how I knew.


    “How often do you see them?” Danny asked. I scrunched my face as I tried to remember, then I


    realized something.


    “They were there after each girl got their wolf! Always a day or two after a full moon. They -” I shifted


    again and didn’t finish my


    sentence. I looked at the floor.


    Markus squeezed my waist, “What’s the matter?” He asked, concerned. I couldn’t look at him in the


    eyes. Instead, I looked back at the frozen video. An unconscious Ruby frozen on the screen. “Two


    years ago, they showed up early. Everyone was outside running. I’m always in charge of the meal and


    since I didn’t have my wolf, I wasn’t allowed to run anyway. They came in and tried….well, they tried…”


    I couldn’t finish the sentence. “Beta Trevor came in and said something like ‘Hands of our property. I


    thought this was their way of protecting us, but now it makes more sense. We really were property,” I


    said, shaking with anger, feeling dirty again as I remembered their


    hands on me. Markus buried his face in the crook of my neck, inhaling my scent. I could feel his chest


    vibrating as he tried not to growl.’It


    was a long time ago, my love. I am fine. I am safe, thanks to you,’ Twrapped my arms around his waist


    and let him calm down. The others were giving us a moment as they averted their eyes to give us


    privacy. Finally, Markus lifted his head and kissed my cheeks.


    “We need to find out if these guys have a connection we can trace back to Blood Moon Pack.


    Otherwise, Alpha Geoff can just deny he


    had any knowledge of what was happening. Have we found any information from Ruby?”


    “Nothing yet. She was told she was being sold because she was useless. She doesn’t remember


    anyone taking her. Just that she was


    knocked out as she was doing her duties with wolfsbane. She can’t identify anyone,” Danny said darkly.


    “What do we know about the buyer and how they are arranging the meet ups?”


    “They actually have a really weird set up. It took us a while to find it, but again we can’t trace it back.


    We still have IT trying to crack it. They use product website to sell “furniture! The description is used to


    describe the female. The shipping date is the meet up. We aren’t sure how theymunicate the


    location yet.”


    Alexander spoke then. “We need to take this to the council. They have more resources than we do.


    They canunch an investigation


    and connect the missing dots. Son, we can at least approach one or two that I know we can trust.”


    “We will keep researching during the next month. If we have nothing by the Harvest moon, we will give


    the council everything we have so they can also conduct an investigation. At minimum, it will put an eye


    on the Blood Moon Pack and they will have no choice but to stop selling the she-wolves until the


    investigation is over. We will also let them know that each of the girls are survivors of the Sky Moon


    pack and have that investigation re-open. We at least know for sure that they lied about that,” Markus


    said.


    “We will not let them,” Gillian said.


    We closed the meeting on that dark note. I was furious. I would not let him get away with it. If I had to


    take matters into my own hands, I would.


    “Alexander, Gillian could you please wait a moment” I asked. “Alp-Rhett, i will be making breakfast in


    the morning. Send me a text if you want anything special,” I added as everyone else shuffled out. Alpha


    Rhett smiled and nodded. Danny could be heard whooping


    ahead of him.


    “Luna,” they both said. I looked at Markus and then back at them.


    “Have we been able to vet your witch? I would like to get started on training. I also need a secure ce


    for me to start training my


    offensive power. I haven’t been able to do much more without being afraid of burning the ce to the


    ground, since I have little


    control.”


    “We are still looking at a couple of details but should be done with the vetting in a few days,” Gillian


    responded.


    “I can contact her immediately after. I know her and have no doubt that she will agree to help. I know


    she’s not overlyfortable


    with being in the Pack grounds, but if we set her up on a ce near the edge, she will ept to stay


    near, so you don’t have to leave the grounds for the training, my dear.”


    “Thank you,” I said to both of them. I turned to Markus, “I would also like someone to train me to fight, if


    we can?”


    Markus’ eyebrows went up and he smiled, “You beat me to it. I was going to ask that this morning


    before we got distracted,”I blushed, remembering what we did that morning. Gillian let out a cough that


    sounded a lot like augh and I thought my head would turn into a tomato.


    “Gillian, please arrange for someone you trust to train the Luna. An experienced female warrior please,


    so that she can be taught the


    best way to defend herself against someone stronger than them.”


    “Yes Alpha,” he bowed and left, waggling his eyebrows at us as he did.


    Alexanderughed. “Sometimes I forget you guys are young, then he does something like that and I’m


    reminded how talented you must all be to grow the pack as you have when half the time you behave


    like horny teenagers.” Iughed along with him as he left, which


    left me with a disgruntled Markus. He looked at me and then grabbed me and put me over his shoulder.


    I was squealing at him to put me


    down when he pped my behind as we waited for the elevator. “I’ll show you horny teenager,” he said


    huskily, and I felt the heat of his


    words down to my core. We were in the elevator and he groaned, “I’ll take you right here if you don’t


    stop throwing that delicious smell Tuli.”


    1 blushed as I realized he was talking about my arousal. “It’s your doing!” I said indignantly. He got off


    the elevator and I felt his hand


    go up my skirt to squeeze my butt as he hurried his steps.