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“Whenever you’re ready Luna.” He smiles and steps back.

“Can one of my alphas shift with me? I’m quite uneasy with everyone here on display.” My eyes dart between the Alphas and then over to Ethan. He’s already removing his shirt, getting ready to shift with me.

“If it makes you more comfortable, then do it.” Benjamin says as he looks over at Ethan as his wolf bursts free from his human form.

Ethan’s enormous midnight black wolf approaches me and I kneel. He nudges my shoulder, the one that he had bitten as his wolf, and I lower the shoulder of the robe to expose his bite mark. Slowly, he tilts his head and takes my shoulder into his mouth and closes his jaw around it, putting just enough pressure to make my skin indent. “He turned her as his wolf?” Christos spoke and his voice held a level of awe I had never heard from an alpha before.

“She was dying, and it was the best chance we had at saving her. They were the closest bonded out of all of us. When we were kids, Ethan used his blood to heal one of her wounds so we wouldn’t get in trouble. She had bitten him with her human teeth and broke the skin. It made more sense for him to do it.” The pain in Griffin’s voice retelling how I was turned makes my heart ache. Without prompting the minute Ethan releases my shoulder, I drop my robe and shift. I turn and nuzzle my mate, placing my head under his throat.

“Her fur is pure white…” Jakob says as he moves closer to Ethan and I.

“Don’t get too close. She’s uncomfortable, and he’s on edge. Look at his hackles.” Nic mentions and I scoot out from under Ethan to walk over to him. “You’re safe, beautiful.” Nic presses a kiss to the top of my wolfs head.

The yips of the puppies catch my attention and I bark to get their attention. Both daughters come running over wagging their tails so hard I swear I thought their asses were going to fall off.

“Whose pups are those?” Blake asks as he looks back at Griffin.

“One is Grace’s, the other is Nic’s. She gave birth to a pup and survived. She didn’t know the father was a shifter, a rogue to be exact.” Griffin finishes his statement and the alphas look at me.

“Luna, can you please shift back? We would like to talk more about the blending of the packs.” Christos says with a smile and turns to head back into the house.

When Ruby leads the elders into the house, I shift back and reach for my robe. “You did wonderfully.” Nic’s praise makes me preen as I lean against Ethan’s wolf. “Let’s finish this.”

Ethan remains as his wolf as we head inside. Something was bothering him and I didn’t question it. At least for now, I will let the guys take the lead. My shifting changed the dynamics of everything for the conversation to come. A Moon Wolf or Lunar Wolf was written to rule over all the packs. I out rank even the elders. This meeting is going to take forever. Hopefully, the guys will feed me sooner than later.

Chapter 23

Ethan

-House of the Rising Sun—Five Finger Death Punch-

I’ve never trusted the elders and there’s a reason for that. They are the ones that send the mercs out to hunt the offenders. I was their weapon of choice against the criminals in the shifter community. Now, with the five of them here, I’m on edge, waiting for them to expose my darkest secret. I have been single-handedly responsible for the killings of over a hundred criminals by their decree.

Grace keeps one hand on me as we walk back inside. Barrett and mom are running around like chickens with their heads cut off setting up lunch. Grace walks past the table and grabs two turkey legs before heading into the meeting hall.

“Luna…” The Elders address her at once and she nods at them, motioning to their chairs. Grace heads over to the chaise lounge chair and climbs up and pats for me to join her. Carefully, I climb up and rest my head on her lap, protecting her belly.

“As I was saying before, I am the Luna of two packs.” Grace holds her head up high, locking eyes with each elder. “I would appreciate you joining us for the joining of the packs tonight.” Her tone is firmer than usual. I’m not sure what brought about the change, but I like it.

“Why would you need us? You clearly are a Lunar Wolf and hold dominion over all of wolf kind.” Blake questions before taking a bite of his sandwich.

A deep growl builds in her chest and rattles the chaise. Lifting my head to look at my mate, I can see her wolf blazing to life in her eyes. The slow tilt of her head tells me she’s about to lose her temper. “Blake, I was trying to be nice. The Wolverton Pack is in opposition of the packs merging. We will out number his pack by over three hundred wolves. I want to keep the peace.” A sadistic laugh escapes her lips as she rests the second turkey leg in front of me to eat. “I could unleash Ethan and Nicolai, then it will be a bloodbath. I would prefer to do this peacefully.” She rests her hand on my shoulders and I let a low growl escape.

Griffin bristles, looking between me and Nicolai as he moves to join us. “Whatever my mate desires. I am your weapon to use as you desire.” Nicolai says as he bends to kiss the top of Grace’s head.

“Luna, Alphas…” Jakob looks back and forth between us. “We will help with the blending of the packs. I never thought I would live to see the day that a Lunar Wolf would walk the earth again.” He says with a slight bit of wonder in his voice, in direct contrast to how the meeting originally started.

Grace looks up at Nicolai and he shreds his clothing, letting his wolf rip free of his human prison. He comes to sit beside Grace and me staring at the Elders. “We have enough shit to worry about and Wolverton shouldn’t be a concern.” Her eyes move over to Griffin and she gives him a nod. “Griffin will give you all the details. For now, I wish to rest with my mates before we walk from here to Nicolai’s pack house.” The way Grace dismissed the Elders was intense and, to my surprise, they followed Griffin without issue.

Once the elders leave, Barrett and Conrad enter with trays of food. “I can’t believe it took that long for them to leave.” Barrett says, wiping make believe sweat from his temple.

“It was a necessary evil unfortunately,” Grace says as she picks what she wants off the tray before feeding Nic and I.

“Do you think they will help?” Conrad leans against the desk, watching Grace intently. The stance he’s taking, I know something isn’t sitting right with him.

“What’s bothering you, Conrad?” I use the pack link to question him.

“That was too easy. They have been in power for an extremely long time. Do you honestly believe they will just hand the reins over to Grace?” Conrad mouths sorry to Grace and she nods at him, brushing it off.

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