Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
” Spoken like a Luna.”
She smiles, like she’s trying to rile me up. I grumble under my breath, which only makes her smile wider”
You also train your pups, you keep all of your future leaders inline. Those boys would follow you to the ends of the earth, you know that right? You clearly put up with so much more than anyone knows and did it in the name of protecting your pack. All while maintaining a training schedule that rivals Osiston’s and every possible advanced clas you could take at school. It’s what any true Luna would do. But I also don’t want to get your hopes up either, like many of the girls you saw here tonight. The title of Luna has been glorified to them, but not the job or the work that goes with the title. They will be devastated if they do not gain that title, you will not. I have no idea what the Moon Goddess has planned for you, but you are important.
I let out a little whine, it sounds petulant even to my ears.
She just complimented me in the best possible way and all I can think of is when I am done training here, I just want to go home and be with my pack. By the time I get back though all the guys would be of age and probably found their mates and will have no use for me.
That thought also makes me sad. I have these big dreams and I am following them without regret, but I also don’t want to have this divide between me and Mateo and the rest of the guys because I followed my dreams. The thoughts are overwhelming and I feel tired all over again.
” Sleep, Little One, you have one more day with us before you go back to reality.”
She walks over looking almost angelic in the dim light from the lamp next to the bed. She tucks me in and kisses me on the forehead and I can’t stop the single tear that slips out. Even Mary wasn’t allowed to tuck me in when I was little. Luna Anne pretends not to notice. “Sleep tight, sweet girl.
With that she turns and walks out of the room. I reach over and turn off the light. I think I was asleep before my head even hit the pillow.
I get up the next morning and before I can even step out of my room to head to find Xander there is a knock at my door.
” Hold on.”
I say trying to secure and elastic in my hair while opening the door at the same time.
I open it to find Xander and Oscar in workout gear ready to go. I just smile at them, grab my phone and head out.
I sent a message to Sierra yesterday telling her I would be here, but I wasn’t sure how all of this worked. Would she be allowed to see me here in the castle? I shot her another message as we walked out letting her know we were going for a run around the castle property. I don’t know if she’ll get it, but I figured she would at least see it and maybe we could meet up today and I could describe all of the drama that went down last night.
No sooner were we outside on the back lawn did I get a message back from her. She used a lot of four letter words for me waking her up this early without notice and she will meet me for breakfast since it’s not an official function she can come over to the castle. I It is so early that the sun has barely started peaking over the mountain range and the mist from the dew casts an eerie fog over the grass.
” Well, at least it will be hard to tell who’s out here running, just in case your fan club is stalking you from their windows.”
I laugh at Xander.
” No worries there. All of their windows face the front of the castle. Why do you think we cam out this way?”
He laughs and Oscar and I joinin. I As we jog the first mile we are a bit more leisurely about it, just warming up really. I get to know Oscar more. He’s the son of the Royal Delta, which is perfect for him.
He will be able to best protect the Royal pack and his motivations will be higher since his mates are the future Alpha and Luna. He has always thought he was just gay, but now that he knows they have a female mate waiting for them he’s interested to find out if they are both just mated to Xander or if the three of them are mates. I never thought about that before. I have heard of people having more than one mate, it’s not rare, but it’s not super common either.
I never stopped to consider how there might be different dynamics in those multi person relationships. That would be something fascinating to study, if I had free time.
The land around the castle is breathtaking. We even made it all the way to the other side of the massive lake that I saw in the picture in Dakota’s room. I found the fallen log and had Xander take my picture on it to send to the guys. It’s not much, but something to let them know I am thinking of them and trying to connect from a distance.
Xander also had to be a guy and made sure I took a picture sandwiched in between both him and Oscar so he could send his own picture. I felt guilty for about three seconds and then thought it was hilarious. He will most definitely get responses before I do.
I know I’m not supposed to have outside contact with people while I’m in training, but it has been eating me alive that I haven’t been able to contact them and I haven’t had an opportunity to respond to their letters, which were mostly apologies for not being there for me and protecting me.
Based on the tone of the letters, there’s no way they didn’t see me at my worst that night. I don’t know how to let them know it isn’t their fault. Kaley is at fault and whoever else she talked into inflicting the pain. I am at fault for not standing up for myself and just putting her in her place when I know that I can.
That is a mistake I will never make again. No matter what her father threatens, I will not stand by while she harms and tortures and threatens members of my pack. She has no right, even if she is Luna, no one should treat people the way she does. It will never go unanswered ever again. I We finish our run by racing past the crazy maze Alpha Reggie took me in to tell me about my connection to the Royal family and up the stairs to the massive landing outside the main entryway.
I won, of course. There was no way I was going to let either of them beat me. It was fun to have healthy non-judged competition between friends, the kind that makes you smile whether you win or lose.
” Sh*t, you are fast for having such short legs Midge.”
Oscar is panting, but I love that he picked up on the nickname the rest of the warriors have started to call me. Something about having a nickname signifies that you have been accepted. All the guys have one for me and it feels like something personal between us.
” I wasn’t kidding, she’s a bada*s.”
Xander is panting behind him.
” Do you do that run every day”
Oscar asks.
” Not everyday, but I do run in some capacity everyday. I like to change it up, otherwise your body gets complacent.”
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