Chapter 82


    Chapter 82 – Gillian


    Gillian P.O.V.


    There was something different about tonight. Not the usual anticipation of a full moon run with new she-


    wolves. I had one thought in my mind. Will Cam be my mate? Otto and I had been fighting to control


    ourselves all week. Never had we been so tempted. We’ve always been able to control our urges. Mom


    had always told us how sacred and important the mate bond was. Even though we were


    almost 27 now, we had never relented. Cam was different. She evoked so much in us. I tried to


    exin it away. She was exotic. Her soft


    voice with that thick ent sent shivers down my body. Just thinking about it was giving me a semi.


    We’d gotten close. So close. I thought as I remembered the way we’d found ourselves in my room


    yesterday after the attack, letting


    our bodies say what our mouths couldn’t. I couldn’t do that to her though. She had a mate and she had


    saved herself for him. If we were


    not her mate….I didn’t want to think about it. I knew I was falling hard for her rich sun kissed skin and


    chocte eyes and joyful


    personality. She was selfless and reckless. She was the Gamma’s daughter and though she hadn’t


    trained to fight, she had refused to hide


    when Huitzilopochtli threatened her pack. The need to protect her had been too much for Otto to resist


    and we had tried to hide her


    behind us. Something that had not gone unnoticed by her.


    Thad never wanted something as much as I wanted her. From the moment I saw her the first night, I


    could not get her off my f*****g


    head. I grew up hearing stories from mom about how mates could feel the pull even when it wasn’t the


    full moon and I wanted to believe


    this was it, but it had also been almost 8 years’ worth of monthly disappointments.


    We could always ask her to be our chosen mate – Otto had been telling me all week.


    We can’t do that to her.


    I argued for the 70th time this week


    And what if what happened to Alpha Alexander happened to us.


    Otto whined in my head. No, we couldn’t do that. All we could do right now was pray. Pray that this was


    thest full moon we would


    look up at the moon and pray for our mate. I knew she was nervous too and that was a small


    constion. I hadn’t even had the heart to


    ask her if she’d be willing to leave for Arizona with me if we were mates. nning for a future that


    might never be was too much torture


    to think about.


    I walked into the records room around noon. I hadn’t seen Cam at breakfast today, but it was my turn


    to help, and above


    everything, I cared about Celeste and Markus. “Where do you want me to start,” I said to Evergreen.


    He turned to look at me and pointed


    at a stack.


    “Those are all the same index. I pulled them for you.” I rolled my eyes. One f*****g bad index and


    suddenly I was an ipetent


    nipoop that couldn’t be trusted. Whatever. I wasn’t in the mood and this would make this easier.


    We worked in silence for an hour.


    Usually, I didn’t mind the silence, but today it was all I could do to not scream. I needed something to


    distract me from the uing full


    moon.


    “You think we’ll be done before Sunday?” I asked. It was only two days from now and it still seemed like


    the scanning was endless.


    How this man managed to keep his sanity, I didn’t know. He was in here 15hrs a day pretty much every


    day for thest 5.


    “We should be done tomorrow at this pace,” he said and continued to scan. I sighed, so much for a


    conversation. He was not usually


    this dry and grumpy. He was dedicated and passionate about his work. Slightly immature even at times


    when he wasn’t on the clock. I


    think he was going through tech withdrawal. Aside from a TV and oldputer in themon room,


    and a slightly more modern


    I’ve never seen him without


    multiple tech devices on him or around him. I think the only thing keeping him sane was the need to


    finish the job. Markus had told him


    he might need to stay back a couple of days with a few warriors to finish the job and Evergreen had


    looked as if he was threatening to kill his puppy.


    The door opened and Celeste walked in with a te of food. She was wearing a dress Markus had


    mentioned earlier today had belonged to her mother. It wascy and off white; her tiny bump was


    growing rapidly and it suited her. I know pregnant women said that morning sickness was usually the


    reason for the glow, but Markus said he hadn’t known of any morning sickness since she came here,


    but


    use thatnguage app. My broken Spanish and Cam’s only slightly broken English had helped break


    the ice. That and whatever she’d


    told Cam that first night. Since we arrived, my Spanish vocabry had almost doubled.


    “Can you go help Markus? He and Diego have to go grab some items for tonight, get the barbacoa out


    of the ground, and then in the afternoon, we need you around to wee the other Packs. Diego


    asked we meet everyone officially. I’ll take over for you,” she ced a te on Evergreen’s desk and


    turned back to me. There was a weird smile and a twinkle to her eye. “We made empanadas with some


    left


    over meat from dinnerst night. Make sure you grab a few on the way out. Easy hand food.”


    “Yes Luna,” I said, happy to be out of here. The overthinking was killing me.


    “You can’t keep missing meals, Evergreen. I didn’t see you at breakfast again,” I heard her chide as I


    closed the door behind me.! chuckled. Evergreen had gotten food while they were romping around


    before breakfast. I can only imagine her face when Evergreen told her so. Everyone had seen the


    remnants of the prank she pulled on Markus and could guess what had happened after he’d shut


    himself in the room with her after he carried her back to the room caveman style.


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    I walked past Gabriel on his way to the records room. I met Alpha Diego, Markus, Zack and Mateo at


    the door, “Where are we off to?” |


    asked.


    “Diego wanted to show us to one of the properties that belongs to Celeste. I confirmed with thewyers


    that they have the deed


    among the documents we found in the safety deposit box. Then his mom asked that we get some more


    ingredients for today’s. It seems a


    dozen extra wolves have drained her reserves for the full moon dinner a little more than she had


    realized.” Markus said as his eyes


    narrowed at me with a smile. He was excited about something but he didn’t seem to want to share. He


    and Celeste had been acting a


    little weird all week and I wasn’t sure if it was some sort of “pregnant couple” thing or nning to


    murder me and bury me out


    here.


    “No, this happens every full moon we host. She always has enough, but the thought ofing up a


    little short terrifies her. So then we end up eating the same thing for days after,” Diegoughed.


    We had been driving for a while when Markus mind linked me. ‘So….are you excited to go home,’


    Markus asked…a little too casually.


    I narrowed my eyes at him through the car mirror.


    I guess….It is home after all,’ I said suspiciously. Markus was never one to beat around the bush.


    ‘Right.’ He was quiet for a while, ‘Do you like it here? Mexico…with all the se?oritas?’


    “Are you trying to tell me something? Are you trying to leave me here, Alpha?


    Tasked.


    ‘What? No. Why would you think that?’ He said.


    ‘You and Celeste have been really secretivetely. Now you’re being weird.’


    His face went red.m not being weird. I was trying to make conversation’


    ‘Well you’re either dumping me on this pack or killing me and burying me in the middle of nowhere. You


    wouldn’t be this awkward


    otherwise.’


    He crossed his arms and looked away from the mirror, “You’re being ridiculous.’ ‘Are you’re still hiding


    something.’ I said, not buying it.


    Our chat was interrupted as we pulled to an old house in front of ake. “Wow, this is beautiful” I said.


    ‘


    “Yes, Aunt Be’s parents liked toe here many times with her mom when they were little. It was


    ce where they could just be a family, without Pack responsibilities,” he exined, “Bute Markus,


    there was one thing I wanted to show you.”


    We walked into the house. Despite it being old, it was very well taken care of inside. “We have been


    taking care of it since my great


    uncle passed. We found this in one of the rooms.” He pointed to a trunk. “I thought maybe you and


    Celeste would like to go through it


    tomorrow and see if you want anything from it.”


    Markus opened the trunk and a big grin spread on his face. It was full of toys and baby clothes and


    nkets. “Do you guys not want


    to keep anything for when you find your mate?” he asked Diego.


    Diego shook his head. “These toys belonged to Be and I believe a few even belonged to Celeste on


    the few asions Be brought her to visit. It’s all yours if you want it.”


    “How are you going to get that home without her noticing?” I asked.


    “Should be easy enough to distract her while they load it,” He smirked at me and I rolled my eyes.


    “Help me load it into the car.


    We were not back until close to 6pm. I still hadn’t seen Cam and I was getting nervous. What if she


    wasn’t even here tonight?!


    thought as I unloaded some of the barbacoa.


    “She won’t be out until the full moon is about to begin,” Tomas said to me from behind. I turned to look


    at him. “You’re looking for my sister right?” I fought a blush and nodded. “There’s an Alpha that has


    been asking her to be his chosen mate. He’s 34 and needs a Luna. Cam told me she was going to


    ept his offer for the sake of the pack afterst month’s full moon and we fought about it a lot over


    thest month. That man is an asshole and I don’t him harassing her.”


    “She wants to be Luna?” I asked, my heart contracting with hurt. Tomas shook his head.


    “No. I think she had just given up on finding her mate. She’s 25. It’s unheard of for her to be this old


    and not find a mate around


    these parts. Not for she-wolves. She told me this morning she changed her mind though.” He gave me


    a knowing look, “Even if she


    doesn’t find her mate tonight, she would rather choose a man she loves than go with him.” Then his


    eyes darkened as we saw a caring up the drive. “That’s him. I told her to stay in her room until the


    run. I’ve gotten close to starting a war for the things he says to


    her. We don’t need an altercation between the packs on a full moon. It’s bad juju,” I sighed. Great. I


    wouldn’t see her until the full moon


    and to top it off, I would have to be nice to the man that made his intentions known to her.


    Gabriel came out and helped me move Celeste’s trunk into one of the vehicles we were taking to the


    airport as Markus was


    supposedly “distracting” Celeste by keeping her inside.


    He and As can’t keep away from her for more than an hour before he’s jonesing for her –


    Ottoughed, but I could feel the longing


    in his words too.


    We joined Celeste and Markus as they wereing out to greet the Alpha, Gabriel taking his stand


    right behind Celeste. I stood next


    to them while Tomas and Alpha Diego’s Beta stood behind him.


    “Alpha Diego, good to see you. Beta Rafael, Gamma Tomas, but where is your sister? I am hoping she


    finally changed her mind about


    being my Luna,” he chuckled. I felt Otto wanting to growl, but felt Celeste’s hand on my arm.


    I looked down at her. She asked me to tell you that she will be waiting for you in the maize field when


    the moon peaks,’


    he said and


    it made Otto jump hoops in my head.


    Thank you,’ I was all I could say.


    “Alpha Markus, Luna Celeste. This is Alpha Josue. His pack is about an hour south of here.”


    Markus extended his hand out but couldn’t help the frown that formed on his face when Alpha Josue


    was staring at Celeste very


    intensely. I even saw Gabriel on edge at the look he was giving her. Alpha Josue didn’t seem to notice.


    “You are Be’s daughter are you


    not? I knew your mother you know? I had a big crush on her growing up but she wouldn’t give me the


    time of day. You look so much like


    her.” He said as he licked his lips, making Markus growl lowly at the disrespect.


    “Wouldn’t you have been like 12 when she was here?” Celeste asked tooking bored, making people


    chuckle. This didn’t seem to


    phase the Alpha.


    “I was….mature for my age and as future Alpha, I wanted the best. Shame she found your father and


    left. Maybe she’d still be alive”


    he said and this made Celeste growl and all of us tense, ready to protect our Luna.


    “Alpha Josue, stop making a pregnant she-wolf angry. I will not let you hurt her, but I will not stop her


    from giving you a good kick in the balls to help her stress levels go back to normal,” Alpha Diego said


    he gave Celeste and Markus.


    The two other packs arrived and I was starting to feel ustrophobic inside the dining room. It seemed


    so was Celeste as I started


    noticing her be flushed by the minute. I heard Markus talk to the remaining Alphas and then start


    to lead Celeste outside the


    Packhouse. I caught up to them as we made our way out.


    “Are you OK?” I asked.


    the nuts,” she added, and even Gabrielughed at this one.


    “Looks like they are about to start the run anyway,” Markus said as we saw people start filtering out of


    the Packhouse. I looked up at


    the sky. The moon was almost out. “Go man. We’ll cover for you if anyone notices.” Markus told me


    with a smile. I looked at Celeste and


    she was also smiling.


    “What do you two know?” I asked.


    “Just that you have a date and we couldn’t be happier,” Celeste said, pushing me towards the maize


    fields.


    “This conversation isn’t over,” I said as Otto made my feet walk away. He was too excited.


    “Yeah yeah. We’ll talk after,” Markus said as he led Celeste towards the small stage.


    Three minutester, I was frustrated. The maize fields? This f*****g thing was huge and I couldn’t see


    over the tops. How the f**k was


    going to find her. I looked up at the sky as I heard multiple howls in the air and saw the moon was at its


    peak. I grumbled as I started walking around faster. Then, near the edge of the maize field, I smelled


    her most delicious smell of cookies and cream. Otto was going nuts in my head. I hurried to find the


    smell. Nose up in the air.


    I made it to the edge of the maize by the mountain wall and I saw her. She was glowing under the


    moon and it was like she was the moon. The moment our eyes met, I felt the sizzle of the bond


    snapping in ce. I saw a few tears leave her face as she looked at me and I


    felt my joy diminish as a jolt of fear coursed through me. Why was she crying? Was she going to reject


    me? The thought had barely


    formed in my head before my heart sang as she ran towards me and jumped into my arms, burying her


    face in my neck. I crushed her to


    me as I felt more joy than I’ve ever felt in my life. I heard the howlings to the moon and Otto was itching


    under the skin. He wanted to run with his mate. Before I could do anything, I felt her canines push into


    my skin and mark me, taking both Otto and me by surprise.


    She pulled back and gave me a terrified look. “I’m so sorry. Lily pushed forward and I couldn’t stop her.


    She’s been waiting so long to


    find her mate and hated that I was going to ept Alpha Josue’s prop-“She stopped talking when I let


    Otto push forward a little.” Turnabout is fair y,” I said and crushed her to my chest. I kissed the spot


    on the crook of her neck before Otto and I bit into her skin, marking her forever ours. A feeling of joy


    filled every part of my heart as I felt all of her emotions crash into me. I turned my head towards


    the moon in thanks and howled.


    Let me run with Lily. – Otto begged. As much as we both wanted toplete the mate bond, I knew


    both of our wolves deserved to


    run together under the moon goddess’ light. It would strengthen their bond.


    “Run?” I asked her. She smiled and nodded.


    We took our clothes off and shifted. Lily came up to us and purred, ‘Follow us. We can catch up to the


    rest,’I heard Cam in my head and we followed after her, the bond allowing her tomunicate with


    us.