Alpha's Blind Luna



"Do you really need to go back so soon?" Ezekiel whined, helping me with my bag as I carried it down to the stairs.

I sighed. “Yes, they are imploding according to Jess. They need help. I also need their help and for them to take me seriously. I know all the requests | sent were just tossed in the trash."

"Can't I go with you?" He put his hand on my cheek and I smiled.

"I'll request it. Especially since now we have officially mated, but it might take a couple weeks. I'll have you come though, don't worry. I love you, my little Alpha."

Kissing Ezekiel on the forehead, I pulled him into a tight embrace. My face fell to his neck and into his loose hair. Inhaling deeply, I wanted his smell to fill me up once more before I left. The sparks even felt more like electrocutions than their usual calming energy. I didn't want to let him go. Finally, I peeled myself away from him.

"I'm leaving my car for you. So when I do call for you, you can come up to me.” He nodded, his eyes glossy. I kissed him again, this time passionately on the lips. "I love you. I'll see you soon."

"I love you too, my King. Be safe. Call me soon."

I nodded and turned, taking my bag and heading out the door. Goodbye's were always tough and I had already said bye to everyone else in the house. Ezekiel and I were finding it hard to part. I had known for two days before I finally broke down and told Ezekiel I would need to leave at the end of the week. It only had been two weeks since he finished his heat but I needed to get back.

The black SUV pulled up and the driver jumped out, helping me load my bag. I opened up the door and looked back. Ezekiel was leaning against the doorway, his arms crossed over his naked chest, his jeans riding low on his hips. His lips were pursed in a thin line but I gave him a small smile before getting in the back seat. Shutting the door, the driver got in and we drove off. Grabbing my shirt, I felt my heart hammer in my chest like it wanted to come out of my chest and go back to my mate.

'Shit, this is harder than I thought.'

'It is. We could have just said fuck them and brought our mate with us.' Naresh sighed, his pacing was not helping the current feelings.

'We could. But we don't know the storm we are walking into and it's safer for him to be here. I'm worried just how crazy it's gotten and how much work we are going to end up doing.'

Naresh growled but didn't say anything else. He did settle down though, knowing I was right. I looked back at the pack house as we turned onto the costal highway. Taking a deep breath, I turned back to face straight ahead.

When I landed, I was supposed to be picked up by the High Council's official driver. Instead, I was now staring at Jess, Mark, and Peter all turned heads as they stood waiting for me at a black SUV. Raising an eyebrow, I loaded up my luggage in the back, next to bags that seemed to be theirs. "Honestly, I didn't think three High Councilors were coming to pick me up." I chuckled but Peter shook his head, rolling his eyes.

It was Jess who answered though. "We have an issue. We are going to head straight there. We will give you the details in the car."

She hopped in the back seat, Mark and Peter taking the front. I jumped in the back with her and Mark sped off out of the airport. Jess handed me some paperwork and I flipped it open. Immediately, I recognized it as one of the issues I sent back to them for them to take a look at. That was when I first arrived over a month ago. Starting to open my mouth, Jess put her hand up.

"I don't want to hear your 'I told you so' because frankly, we know and it's not the time. Two representatives from the vampires, two werewolves from the High Council were decided to take part in this. Vale, over fifty lives have been lost now."

My eyes narrowed. "How? This was a case of missing children. Children from the witches coven went missing and were blaming the werewolves with no proof."

She nodded. "They allied with a few local covens of vampires. They have been attacking, trying to find their children. The Alpha, Alpha Niles, has sworn up and down that no children were taken and that there were nothing for them to do. He also said their pack had suffered from missing children but never suspected the witches or the vampires."

"Were those children found?"

Jess shook her head. "His pack beefed up their borders and apparently there hasn't been an issue since."

"How many children are we talking about?"

"Six. Six kids, ranging from the age of four to the age of twelve. Mixture of ethnicity and gender. Only thing is that they have strong lines within their blood for the witches."

I ran my hand through my hair. This wasn't going to be easy. We were dealing with two very volatile sides. One that their children missing and the other who feels like they are getting blamed when their own kids were going missing. There had to be a third party in this. Someone making it look like each other were to blame. How could they not see that?

"Do we know if this pack has been taking the Nova 2.0?"

"We don't. We don't have many recorded outside of the U.S.A. using Nova 2.0. We will have to ask. All four of us will be splitting up. Peter and I will be going to the vampires and witches. Seeing if we can talk them out of another attack or see if we can help get a handle on if they have any proof of the children going missing within the pack territory. You and Mark will go in on the Alpha's side. See if you can't figure out what is going on the pack side. Maybe also look into the disappearances before as well."Jess sighed and leaned into the seat. "This turning into a right mess. I swear. I would have never taken this job if I thought we were heading into a full out war."

I chuckled. “You knew peace was hanging on by a thread. Don't pretend."Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

She sighed. "Yeah yeah. Don't get me started. I would strangle the ghosts of the past High Councilors, if I could."

Peter and Mark chuckled but we lapsed into a quiet as Mark drove. Eventually, I had asked where we were going and Peter just said into Belgium, not specify where in Belgium. We drove for hours and at some point, Peter swapped places with Mark and Tlingit him sleep. Jess had already fallen asleep but it made me think, since vampires didn't really need much sleep of any kind, how long she had pushed herself. I had pretty much slept the entire flight from Italy to Germany and I didn't feel like sleeping much anymore.

"You doing alright there, Alpha King?"

I sighed, looking out the window. "I'm starting to understand why my mom loves to smoke still."

He chuckled. "I agree. Depending on how this goes, I'm wondering how long of a slumber I fall into."

Smiling, I nodded. Honestly, Peter and I never interacted one on one. I never liked him enough to pursue a friendship with him. Mark always seemed like he was the wise older Alpha who was completely unapproachable in every way. So it was weird being in a car with them.

Peter sighed and shook his head. "Look, for what it's worth, I'm sorry. I was an ass a lot to you cause I thought you were an idiot and you didn't actually give a shit. But you really proved yourself over the years I just didn't want to admit it. With all the work you've been doing, even from your pack house, I just wanted to say it."

I nodded, slightly shocked. "I mean, I thought you were an asshole who wanted to get out of doing everything. So I guess the feeling it mutual." Peter laughed and nodded. "You're not totally wrong. I'm not a fan of trying to fix everything going on. I think that was part of the issue that the last High Council is they expected everything to go through them and that isn't how we should run things. We don't need to treat each other like children. We need to be adults, adults who can fucking fix their own damn problems. We are only here fore the big stuff, you know?"

Looking at him, I was surprised. He was smiling though and I chuckled. "Then I apologize too. Cause you're right and I agree. Just you made it come off like you didn't want to do anything."

"Like I said, not totally wrong. Why The Huntress chose me, I don't know. I think Morgan had something to do with it but honestly, like Jess, I don't think either or us feel qualified."

"Imagine how I feel. I'm sitting here, trying to figure out how to keep this peace when Alpha's look at me and see a college frat boy."

Peter threw his head back and laughed. Mark stirred for a minute but settled back down. I tried to hide my smile, covering my mouth with my hand as I leaned my elbow on the window.

"You're not wrong, Alpha King. It just means that you have to show them you are serious. Be smart. Use your looks against them. If they think you're stupid, they will slip up. Or let you under their defenses. Use that to your advantage. Especially here." Peter paused for a second as we turned off the highway into a city. "Something is off, Vale. Something is seriously off. You need to figure out what is going on in that pack. I think your notes may be right, that there is a third party involved. But I also think there might be more."

Nodding, I straightened up as Peter shook Mark awake. I brushed Jess's cheek and her eyes flew open, surprised that she feel asleep.

"We are here. I'll drop you guys off at the border and Jess and I will head to the covens. Make sure you keep in touch via phone. We don't want any surprise attacks or attacks in general if we can help it.”

Peter pulled over on a quiet road. It was completely dark, no lights lining the street. Mark got out and Jess grabbed my wrist before I headed out after him.

"Be careful, Vale. I'm serious. We can't lose you."

I nodded and kissed her hand. "I will. Be safe as well. Text me often. I might not always pick up the phone depending on how I feel about being overheard so text as much as you can. Both of you."

They nodded and I headed out. Grabbing my duffle out of the back, both Mark and I stood next to each other, holding our bags, and watched as they left. We turned and looked down the now completely dark road.

"Well, I guess we need to head in."

I nodded. "I guess we do."

We started to walk and after about ten minutes, I felt the territory line as we passed it. Mark seemed unperturbed by it but it always left a tingly feeling being on someone else's territory at first. I was able to get a sense territory though. Something I found came with the Alpha King gene. I could get a read on the feeling within the pack itself. How the pack felt as a whole. A shiver ran down my spine.

'Vale, this isn't good. Do you feel that?' Naresh said quietly as we walked.

My lips thinned as I pressed them together. Naresh was right. It wasn't good. It felt like we just walked into a darkness.

'Or an evil. Keep your wits about you, I don't think this is going to be fun.'