Chapter 63


    Chapter 63 – Markus


    Markus P.O.V.


    Thad seen the dress on the hanger for thest three days. In fact, Kelly had even brought it in when I


    was being measured for my suit. She wanted to make sure it matched the colors, but I had never


    expected it to look like that on her body. I was absolutely stupefied. As was the one making us walk


    to our mate. I could barely speak as I saw hering up the stairs and to the stage. All I could do was


    grin like an i***t. The dress was a halter top with a sliting down the middle between her


    magnificent breasts all the way down to her


    navel. There was a wraping out from the cor that wrapped around the backless dress into a v.


    The entire dress fit her like a second


    skin and was covered in a few different shades of maroon beading. Starting at the navel, there were


    curtains of white beading in an upside-down v going all the way down to the end of the dress. Her usual


    ck curls had been straightened down. Her hair like a veit —


    reaching down past her knees. Her make-up against her dark olive skin made her look like a


    seductress. All I wanted to do as As led us


    to the center of the stage was throw her over my shoulder and take her away from every male’s hungry


    eyes.


    I smiled when I saw that she had let Kara forward with her. I didn’t know she could do that on


    surprised. When she closed the distance and kissed me, I felt like the luckiest wolf in the world. There


    was not an ounce of shame as


    Councilman Matthias made a joke about the kiss. Celeste took a step back, grinning up at me.


    “Now, let’s begin. A Luna ceremony is one of our most sacred traditions. It’s an introduction the Alpha


    makes to his pack to present


    his mate, but it is also a promise the Luna makes to put her pack above everything else. Shemits


    to her pack, its people and its


    future.”


    He passed a silver dagger to me and held a chalice out. I cut a slit on the palm of my hand and made a


    fist, allowing the blood to drip


    down into the cup.


    “I, Alpha Markus David Salonen of the Crescent Moon Pack, ept you, Celeste, as my destined mate


    and Luna. I promise to protect


    and cherish you as my Luna, my mate, my partner. I will share with you my life, my pack, my heart. I


    vow to protect you with my heart, my ws and my life,” I said, and I saw her eyes water. Don’t cry.


    You’ll make Kelly mad’ I said to her as I handed her the knife. Sheughed a


    little, then looked me in the eye and took a steadying breath. We had rehearsed how she would do this


    part.


    “I, Celeste Aurora Derosa, daughter of thete Alpha Cory and Luna Be Derosa of the Sky Moon


    Pack, ept you, Markus as


    my destined mate. My Alpha.” There were a few gasps and whisperings and I could see from the


    corner of my eyes how Luna Luisa’s and


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    Alpha Geoff’s eyes narrowed in anger. “I ept my position as your Luna, promising to put their well


    being first, caring for our pack from


    the smallest pup to the oldest wolf. I will share with you my life and my heart. I trust you with both. I


    take into my heart the pack you’ve


    chosen to share with me. I promise to love them and cherish them as the family they have already


    be.” She cut a slit in her hand and


    let the blood drip into the chalice.


    Councilman Matthias brought the cup over to me and I took a sip, then he passed her the cup. The


    moment she took a sip, I felt her


    position as Luna snap into ce. I could hear my people wee their new Luna over the link. “I


    present to you, Luna Celeste Derosa


    of the Crescent Moon Pack,” Councilman Matthias said, and as our people howled, I felt a current of


    wind surrounding us both.


    “Mom,” I heard Celeste and Kara whisper as her hair floated in the wind.


    “Now you may kiss her Alpha Markus,” Councilman Matthias said. I grinned and brought her to me,


    wrapping her up in my arms and


    pouring all of my love into the kiss. Once we separated, I turned to the crowd. I could see the moon


    about to peek out of the clouds.


    “I would like to thank everyone that could make it. We have a little bit of a twist to our celebration. As


    you may see, there are stuffed


    animals on the tables. Celeste and Maya hold children very dear in their hearts, so we have decided to


    share this night with them. Please hand out toys you see around the tables and decorations to the


    children. Lunas and Alphas, there are toy containers at the end of the tables. Please feel free to give


    them out to the children running about. While most of the children here are with their families, we also


    have in attendance the children from the Orphanage. They are well taken care of, but there’s no such


    thing as enough love for those that have lost their loved ones. I encourage you to get to know them.


    Now, we have provided some makeshift changing rooms to the side here


    with tear-away clothes for those of you that do not wish to change in front of others. Once we return,


    we will have dinner and -”


    particr stood out from the rest. Alpha Rhett had run straight in front of Kelly and roared, “Mate.” I


    smiled at Celeste, who looked like


    she wanted to jump for joy to see them mated,


    Once the noise had settled, I said, “As I was saying before our blessed moon goddess Selene decided


    to make an entrance a minute


    ne


    early,” I chuckled at my own joke, making everyone elseugh with me. “Once we return, we will have


    dinner and celebrate not just our new Luna, but the many pairings that Selene has blessed our packs


    with. Also, I’d like to be the first to break the news that Alpha Rhett is officially out of the singles market


    and has been mated with our own Beta female, Kelly Quinn,” I finished. Alpha Rhett seemed surprised


    that I would share the attention with him but quickly recovered and howled at the moon with joy. “Now


    let’s get ready for the Harvest


    Moon run. Please meet me at the clearing in 5 minutes,” I said, and everyone started to move about,


    removing clothes and putting on the


    tear-away clothes.


    Because we had so many high ranking members, we had decided to provide tear-away clothes to


    avoid any potential problemas.. Celeste grabbed my hand and led me off the tform to a set of tear-


    away clothes waiting for us. We changed out of our clothes and put


    them in a basket under the tform. We had been told by Mrs Quinn that it was put there for our


    clothes.


    We made our way to the clearing we had for the runs. Celeste and I stood at the front, with many Alpha


    and Lunas and councilmen at


    the far left. Gillian, Danny and Maya to my immediate left and my father and Marie to my right. “SHIFT,”


    I shouted, not using my Alphamand as that would be considered a challenge to the visiting pack


    leaders. Celeste and I shifted to our wolves and howled at the moon, signaling the beginning of the run


    as we took off at the head of the crowd. We ran through the forest. I could feel the joy of my pack at


    running under the moon goddess’ light and their joy at following behind their Luna. I sat back and


    enjoyed Kara and As leading our people around the property.