Page 225 of A Female Alpha for the Lycan Prince
We chat for a bit longer. It feels good to have my siblings back in my life for real this time and to bond with them again. Before I can leave, I turn around again to clasp his shoulder. “Finn, I know I didn’t always treat you right. I would like to apologize for it.”
He looks sincerely shocked for a moment.
“What?”
“Who are you, and what did you do to my brother!?”
I groan. “Very funny. I mean it.”
“Yeah, I know.” He smiles slightly. “Apology accepted. Now go to that meeting and rock it.”
“I will.”
I might joke about it sometimes, but the fact is, I love the meetings with the lunas. They have a lot of insight into pack affairs, and they have a different view on things, a different perspective. Pack members talk to them about things they won’t tell their alphas, as lunas are more approachable. Like one of the lunas of a nearby pack, Luna Maya, has recently told us that one warrior keeps harassing some of the unmated she-wolves. I know myself from experience that these men are always sly and very sneaky. It’s hard to catch them in the act, and they also know how to guilt trip their victims and gaslight them. They think no one will ever believe them.
That’s why we are currently working on a few projects.
The meeting is held in town in the restaurant of a hotel where we always book a separate room for the whole group. The expenses are split between the packs, but bigger packs like Red Claw or Silverlake pay more than smaller ones. Every luna should be able to attend.
After Garret drops me off and positions himself somewhere in the foyer next to the other guards and gammas, I hurry to the meeting room. Once inside, I greet everyone, hugging my mother and Annie before I let myself drop down on the sofa, accepting a cup of tea from one of the waitresses. “This is the best job ever,” I joke when I look at the other lunas around me. “But don’t tell my Alpha that I said that.”
The whole group begins to laugh. “Don’t tell our alphas either,” one of the ladies tells me.
We joke for a bit longer about how I am the only male allowed there and how their alphas always groan and whine when they tell them about it.
Then we get down to business. I wasn’t sure at first how far I should push it, but then I remembered my talk with Celine many dates ago about my future and the things I could do, how I could help fellow victims. When I talked to her again about it to see how she’d feel about this project, especially since it will cost some pack money and we’ll need the alphas on board too, she encouraged me once more, excited about my ideas. Goddess, I love my mate. She is just the best.
“I was thinking,” I start. “That Annalise, my mother, and I could take advantage of our connections to the Council.”
Mom beams. “I can finally abuse my power!? I’m all ears.”
“I was thinking about establishing a protection system for children who are victims of abuse and sexual crimes.”
Annie nods excitedly. “We could broaden that for women and men who are victims. You know, some wolves abuse the mate bond, but it is also a problem for some unmated wolves. Like Maya told us the last time.”
There is some chatting going through the crowd, and I thank Annie inwardly for having my back again. She’s particularly popular with the younger and newer lunas here, who look up to her and who share their problems with her. It’s thanks to her that Luna Maya opened up to us about what might be going on in her pack.
“I brought some folders,” I explain. “I went through a few ideas and possible scenarios we could work on.”
I have brought enough so two lunas can look at one pamphlet together. When I see them reading everything and discussing some points, slowly coming up with even more ideas, something like pride fills me. It’s not a feeling I am used to, not towards myself. But for the first time in my life, it feels like I can actually achieve something good.
