“Lucille! Language at the table!” Norah said making the pups giggle. “Hello, my dear.”
“Hello Luna…”
“Ah,” Norah shook her head. “That’s your title now. Norah will be just fine.”
“Why do you call Miss Phoebe Luna?” Emma asked
“Because she is my son’s mate and he is Alpha,” Norah explained
“Oh…then are we supposed to call her Luna too?”
“No. I think she and my son would prefer mommy and daddy once you are comfortable.”
“Really?” Emma bounced in her seat. “We can really call them mommy and daddy?”
“That’s right, princess,” Jason said returning with two heaping plates one of which he set in front of Phoebe. With a free hand he roughed Blake’s hair playfully before sitting beside Phoebe as she looked over the stack of Belgian waffles he brought.
She gave him a questioning look as one would have been more than enough.
“No arguments, angel,” Jason gently linked her. “You’re too thin and need to eat more than you do.”
Phoebe blushed as Máni agreed. After her rejection she had lost her appetite often skipping meals. Máni practically forced her to eat. She improved over the years but Máni continued to complain she wasn’t eating properly.
“You don’t have to eat all of it.at least half,” Jason encouraged
It wouldn’t do her any good to eat too much too soon but he was determined to gradually increase her meals. To her credit she didn’t argue digging in to appease him. The others at the table shared amused looks. Luke had already given them a rundown about Phoebe’s life with her old pack including her rejection so watching her eat brought them all comfort and hope.
The meal fell into pleasant conversation as Mona, Norah and Lucille described different aspects of the pack. Not surprisingly Phoebe was particularly interested in the pup daycare. Also unsurprisingly Lucille declared they would go shopping.
“Not today,” Jason frowned
“Oh, come on brother!”
“I haven’t even gone on patrol yet,” Jason glared at her.
“We’re headed into town not the woods!” Lucille scoffed.
Jason growled. This wasn’t unexpected but he hoped to show Phoebe around the packhouse and give her time to acclimate before taking her out. It would also give him time to check on the pack’s security.
“Just send Ben and a couple of warriors with us,” Lucille sighed unperturbed by his growl. As a family member she had a certain amount of resistance to his alpha authority and aura unless he truly unleashed it.
“Children,” Norah said, “no fighting at the table.”
Blake and Emma snickered. Since waking in their new beds they had been nervous about their surroundings. Norah was waiting for them when they emerged and immediately put them at ease helping them settle in by unpacking and showing them around. She wasn’t quite like Phoebe but nearly as good. They were particularly nervous about their new Alpha but he was genuinely friendly and seeing how easily Norah put him in his place certainly made him less scary.
“Can’t you do anything right?”
Their pleasant meal was interrupted by a clatter as a tall, blonde she wolf tossed her plate on the floor in disgust.
Standing she loomed over the omega server and slapped her across the face, claws extended to gouge several large cuts across her cheek.
“I said ham, cheese, no mushrooms and light pepper you incompetent mutt!”
“What’s the matter, your highness? Can’t have waffles like a normal person?” Lucille taunted as she was the closest.
The blonde was the daughter of their closest ally, Alpha Thomas of the Blood Moon pack. Since they were pups she had visited their pack often. Sometimes it seemed she spent more time with Blue Moon than her own pack much to Lucille’s irritation. In fact none of them could stand her but as Blood Moon was a close ally they couldn’t simply turn her away.
She had turned up again a week or so after Jason left on his security tour much to her disappointment. They had hoped she would turn around and go home but instead insisted on her usual suite as she wasn’t allowed on the Alpha floor.
“If I were you, I’d be quiet,” the blonde sneered. Once I’m Luna, there will be changes around here.”
Jason rose to his feet growling, “Care to repeat that? You are a guest here Katrina. You will respect this pack’s ranking members!”
“Oh Jason! You’re back!” the blonde’s attitude turned immediately as she coyly smiled.
“You dare harm a pack member in front of me!” he snarled his eyes swirling amber as his wolf pressed forward.
“Oh…she’s just a worthless omega. She needs to learn her place.”
Katrina waved off the whimpering she wolf doing a double take as Phoebe suddenly appeared with a damp washcloth and gently cleaned the wounds. The omega stared at her with wide eyes but felt immediately calmed by Phoebes silver-gray eyes…as if she was looking into the Moon Goddess’s gaze.
Phoebe tenderly cleaned the wounds noting the particularly red edges and a slight burnt skin smell which meant only one thing.
‘Silver.’ Máni confirmed.
“Jason, you can’t be lenient with these lower ranks,” Katrina loudly declared. “They need to learn to mind their betters.”
Phoebe’s eyes shimmered silver as she gave the washcloth to the omega and turned on the other she wolf.
“What do you want?” Katrina sneered.
Without a word Phoebe slapped her hard across the face sending her stumbling back in surprise. The cafeteria fell silent staring at their untested Luna in action.
“Discipline?” Phoebe declared. “Your idea of discipline is coating your nails in silver and using them on pack members! Wounds like that can maim a wolf for life. That’s your idea of just punishment for forgetting pepper that’s readily available on the table!”
As Phoebe spoke her aura seeped out, slowly filling the room rivaling Jason’s. Compulsively Katrina bared her neck before she even realized what she was doing. Phoebe turned away in disgust and hurried back to the omega gentle taking back the cloth and continuing to clean the wounds.
“Who the hell do you think…” Katrina suddenly came back to herself raising her head ready to attack the she-wolf who dared humble her.
Jason clutched her hand glaring at the blood-stained nails with a growl, “You attacked my pack with silver?”
“No. Yes-No. I didn’t…” Katrina stared at him wide-eyed.
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