“Anna!” Good morning darling!” Amaria was in my new kitchen and a sweet scent of food was dragging
me forward,
“Chocte chip pancakes as promised. Grayson is an early riser and don’t worry I told him you know,”
she set a te down in front of me. “He’s always been ashamed of his father so I wouldn’t mention it,”
I dug into the pancakes that even if I’d never tell her we’re better than my mom’s. I happily ate and
swung my feet like a child. It felt refreshing to be looked after.
“Elizabeth the deltas wife and the trainer of the warriors is going toe by and help us unpack your
things,” she reminded me as she sipped her coffee.
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“Right. Will she have the time?” I could imagine that training in warriors is a time–consuming
responsibility.
“You are new Luna she has made time,”
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A knock sounded on the door and in came Elizabeth.
She had slightly red hair, freckles, and a sharp face. She was much taller than me and her frame was
much more sculpted. Her shoulders were wide yet still feminine. She dressed in gym clothes of a light
shade of purple.
“Luna,” she bowed her head smiling greatly.
“Please call me Anna. Your husband is delta I want us to have a good rtionship,” I waved my hands
embarrassed by the undue respect.
“Anna, it’s so great to meet you. Grayson had waited four years topete for you I wondered if I’d
ever meet the myth,”
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I smiled bashfully, fiddling my hands behind my back. They all had such high hopes. Grayson’s
eptance of me relied on them.
“I hope I’ll be worth the wait,”
“I have no doubt you’re exactly what we all need,” she gave me a grin that she and Amaria shared.
“Come let’s unpack and get you settled,” Amaria ushered us into the living room that had my things
piled high.
“Clothes upstairs to the master,” she began.
*Oh goddess no please don’t make me tell them. ”
“Um. Actually I am in a different room. Grayson, he um had one set aside… for me,” I hid my red face
from them taking out some nkets from a box to appear busy.
“What!?” my mother–inw growled and bared her teeth.
“He just wants to wait he said at least until the binding,” I squeezed my eyes shut clutching the nket
so mortified they
had to know this.
“I am going to teach that boy a lesson you do not act so rude to a woman here to care for you!” she
started marching off.
“No! No no no please it’s okay I’ve already said my-”
“Amaria,” Elizabeth halted her at the door. “He is Alpha. He built this ce. It is his house he must
decide what to do t
he’sfortable with,”
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Oh, my goddess. This is excruciating his people agree that he should distance himself from me. I would
have thought someone would be open to my presence. Well, Amaria is.
“To treat his soulmate as a random guest in his house is not respectful,” She crossed her arms and
stared down the warrior. “Would you ept this treatment from Aarron?”
Elizabeth nodded in for a moment. “He should be more understanding. We will move Annas‘ things into
the master and Grayson’s things into the other room. A good alpha gives,” she looked around to see if
that was eptable.
“I am fine in the room I have. I do not want to start another argument. He knows I’m upset with this
arrangement. That is enough,” I tried to stand my ground.
“No my dear. My son knows better than to treat his mate this way. You will take the master he owes you
that,” Amria grabbed a box of my clothes and headed upstairs before I could protest.
“I understand he wants what’s best for the pack but there is a way to do so with respect for you Luna,”
Elizabeth nodded,
grabbing another box.
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I grabbed another box but my head swimmed with scenes of his anger. What if he sent me away?
I walked to the double doors of the master bedroom. It had a king bed with a bench in front and a vanity
and a den to the left with a ty and a small couch beyond that was a balcony. To the right were doors to
the bathroom and closet.
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The closet was a dream. Room for my whole family’s clothes spread before me with anotherrge soft
velvet cream bench
in the middle.
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*Nevermind I’ll take it. *
We put the clothes I had on the rods. I put my blouses and tank tops and t–shirts together.
“You seem to be a fan of nightgowns,” Elizabeth raised her eyebrows at the contents of her box.
It’s true I likedcey, soft, or silky nightgowns. Long or short. It made me feel elegant. There were satin
ones, silk ones,cey ones, and cotton ones. As long as they were cute and in a soft color I wanted
them. I had avoided wearing them during our travels because I wasn’t prepared for him to see me so
intimately.
“Grayson might break if he sees you in these,” she smirked.
“Believe me he will hold hisposure,” I huffed.
I pushed the memory from my mind and the subsequent fight.
If the two women noticed my ire they said nothing we moved Grayson’s clothes to the other room and
he his shoes and other things.
I would be more nervous about this n of ours if Amaria wasn’t so angry at his behavior.
When my clothes were all put away Elizabeth made a face.
“Luna Anna. Do you only have this for warm clothes?” she pointed to the smallest section of my
wardrobe.
“Yeah,” Iughed. “Can we get some more E said we would order some,”
“I will order some for you. I have seen your other clothes so I believe I know what you’ll like,” she
skimmed my clothes appraising them.
“Come let’s get the rest,” Amria called for us.
“The rest is books I wouldn’t know where to put them,”
“We can put them in of the empty rooms then,”
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We headed downstairs to get more boxes. We moved the books upstairs and I put my nkets into a
linen closet. I grabbed the box that had my most personal blog belongings and put them in the room by
myself.
“Now you two go to the training grounds. I’m going to see my son and exin the change of ns,”
Amaria held up her hand when I tried to protest.
“Come luna,” Elizabeth guided me. “You will learn tomorrow we have a routine around here. Everyone
has multiple jobs to help the pack. I will show you around. Today we will go to the training house and
practice marksmanship with the
pups.”
We headed down the long path from my house to the pack grounds.
“I will give you a tour of the pack tomorrow. You will choose what you want to do throughout the day. If
you want to farm, hunt, make clothes, train pups, train yourself, You are Luna so you will not have a set
time for a change of activity like the rest of us,” she nodded to me.
“I’ll exin more tomorrow,” we entered the main grounds and walked straight to the training house
where a group of I believe 6–year–olds were waiting for us with Aarron.
“Luna Ate,” Aarron bowed his head.
“Luna Ate,” the kids all called out and mimicked his movements.
“Hello little pups,” I smiled brightly, happy to be in their energy and excitement.
“Today we will be practicing our archery marksmanship, let’s head to the range everyone,” Elizabeth
called over the crowd of grilling chattering children. “In a nice calm way please!”
The kids were excited to practice and were all scrambling over one another. Elizabeth tried to fall them
but the rambunctious hoard of children was unstoppable.
“Everyone stop!” Imanded with a boom of my voice.
The kids all halted in unison, turning to look at me with wide eyes of being caught.
“Get into two lines please or we will runps today instead,” I continued stepping in front of them.
They all mumbled and shuffled into two lines and kids bumped and argued over who went where but
eventually they were ready.
Mama and I often helped with teaching the pups about the crops. I was used to children being unruly
because they were not in their ssroom, they were outside.
“Elizabeth and Aarron are being kind to help us. Let’s go to the range now calmly as she asked,” I got
out of their way.
The kids all walked forward to the range, their steps getting hurried when they saw the bucket of bows.
“Now, everyone stays in front of the fence while we go over the rules,” Aarron ordered.
The kids hushing down to whispers and giggles.
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Aarron n exined that they could get very hurt if they didn’t pay attention and that no one was to have
an arrow in their bow unless they were aiming at the target’s downrange.
I gave a breathyugh to myself as the kids stood in awe as Elizabeth demonstrated how to shoot an
arrow. They all cheered when it hit perfectly in the bullseye.
I want kids with odd birthdays in one group and kids with even birthdays in another.
They all jumbled into two clumps of about even numbers numbering in anticipation.
The first group all goT in line with the range with their colorful bows and blunt arrows. After going over
how to stand and where to put their arms and face they began losing arrows.
Squeals,ughter, teasing, and joy just busted forth from the pups after their arrowsnded.
I noticed a little pup on the end who was very small for his age. He was frustrated that his arrow hadn’t
made it onto the target.
The kids got their arrows and switched off with someone from the other group.
As the time went on I watched the little pup go from a pout to genuine tears forming in his eyes.
When he approached the line again I walked up behind him.
What’s your name?
“Mark,” he shuffled and shuffled his feet. “I’m sorry Luna,” he looked at the ground, his sweet face
crumbling.
“No, no mark, I want to help you,” I rubbed his back. “You’re not in trouble at all. You just need to
change your stance okay,”
He looked up with hopeful eyes and I could not help the way my heart melted at him.
“Okay take your stance,” he stood his feet wide and slightly bent. His arms stretched really wide too.
“Okay, straighten your legs and bring them in a little,” he did that.
“Rx your arms for now. Bring up the bow but don’t pull back your string,” his b*dy doing what I
suggested.
His little frame looked so strong in the right form that it was adorable!
“Now when you pull back I want this arm to be straight but don’t lock your elbow,” I patted his bow arm.
“This arm when you lose I want you to keep it where it is just move your fingers,” I patted his losing
arm.
He nodded determination covering his tiny features.
“Okay pull back, aim and then let go,”
He pulled back and aimed, holding his breath which wasn’t right but he was learning.
He got the target in his sights and let go hitting the second ring. It wasn’t the bullseye but he celebrated
like it was.
“I did it! I did it!” he jumped up and down screaming. He jumped into my arms and Iughed holding
him for a second. “Thank you luna!”
He ran back to give another kid his bow a bright and proud smile on his face.
I looked over to go stand with Elizabeth and Aaron Rodgers on again and Grayson was there.
His eyes burned into mine with something I couldn’t read. I held my breath as I stood and walked over
to the other side of the group avoiding his eyes.
“Thank you,” he grunted as he turned and left.
I let my breath go.
Author’s note:
I feel at this point in the book I want to make something very clear. If your partner istes you and
constantly tests you and keeps their affection from you that is abuse and you should leave. Ate
stays because she has been fromised by her goddess he is the right man. In our world there are no
such promises. In any of my books if a charcter in an rtionship shows wrong behavior that behavior
will always be adressed by their partner. I will never write a story where a person in an abusive
rtionship stays, nor will I write a story romanticizing abusive behavior. I feel it’s not a spoiler to tell
you Grayson will realize his behavior is horrible becuase they’re soulmates. If your partner treats this
way leave and love yourslef the way you deserve.
Thank you all so much for reading I can’t tell you how much thements and views mean when you
spend your time writing and seeing people appreciate it.