Chapter 30 – The Luna’s Haunted Past

“Mm, I am very busy most of the time.” she’d smiled right at him.

Holden knew the two of them were indirectly insulting him, with their conversation. He held his tongue, he needed this meeting to go well. Needed the Luna happy and open to acceptance of his apology. He just stood and waited till she actually acknowledged his presence in the room. It was all he could do. didn’t like it but had to tollerate it.

He’d dressed in black slacks and a white dress shirt, it was the only formal clothing he had, since Rip had destroyed his formal suit, his favourite suit at that.

‘Our Mate was in trouble, they’re just clothes.’

“My favourite clothes and yes I am aware she needed us.’

‘No time for you to take them off, you’re to slow.’

‘Agreed.’ and Holden did, but now all he had was this out fit and the jeans and tee-shirt she’d seen him wear earlier, and he really did for some weird reason, want to look good for his Mate.

‘We’ll preen for her.’ Rip chortled.

‘What is with you, Rip?’

‘I want my mate, Ky’ra is beautiful.’

Holden had to agree with that, both Ella and Ky’ra were beautiful and if this apology was accepted, and the agreement made he’d have his little Mate in his bed, screaming his name in pleasure the minute they were back in his pack.

Luna Lindy finally turned to him “Alpha Holdener I believe you have something to say to me.”

Holden nodded “Yes. Luna Lindy. I would like to formally apologise, I did not know certain protocols needed to be observed. It does appear that my father, has left out vital information from my upbringing, where a Luna of a pack is concerned…I spent the afternoon in your pack library as suggested, by your Gamma here” he acknowledged James with a nod “and my eyes were indeed opened…I Alpha Holdener Frost, of the Blue Moon Rising Pack, here by apologise to you Luna Lindy, of Half Moon Pack for my disrespect to you and your position…I am sorry.” he bowed his head slightly in her direction to show his respect.

Holden had thought long and hard about how this had to go, and he realised the best way to go about it was to apologise, as he would expect someone to apologise to him. So that was what he’d just done.

He stood watching and waiting on her reply, she actually smiled “Why thank you, Alpha Holdener. Apology accepted…i do however hope, you have learned from your mistake…will not disrespect a Luna ever again.”

Holden knew what she was hinting at, his own Mate, who would be his Luna. The minute she was marked and mated “I’m sure I have learned a valuable lesson, from you Luna Lindy.”

“Good…Now as for young Ella. I will be expecting you to also apologise to her. Nicely and meaningfully…yes.”

His mouth twitched, oh she loved throwing her power around and displaying it in front of everyone in this room, his Beta included. That she at this very moment in time, held all the cards and more power than him.

“Of course, I will mend my ways.”

“Good.” she smiled triumphantly “Now as for the mating alliance, I think I am willing to discuss it now.”

Discuss it? He wanted to shake the tiny bloody woman til her teeth rattled in her brain, what did she want from him, for him to get down on his knees and beg her “That would be lovely.” he simply said, keeping his voice completely even and calm and his anger well off the surface.

He was an Alpha and she was treating him like he was beneath her, if she kept this up, he would at some point loose his composure and snarl at the woman.

“Please lets all have a seat. I have some clauses of my own. Once I have gotten your agreement on them. I will leave you men, to deal with the rest.”

Every one sat down, she was smiling quite cockily he thought.

He was going to have to go along with whatever she wanted, or she would storm off again and put her Luna foot down, on him yet again, he just knew it. This woman was clearly not done punishing him for his disrespect. Was going to continue till he was probably utterly humiliated in front of his own Beta. More ammunition for Jeremy to throw at him later, when they were back in the pack, just great.

“Clauses

1. There will be no Marking by force.

2. No Mating by force, EVER.

3. No heir will be demanded of Ella, that will happen as the Goddess wills it.

4. You will never reject her. Once you’ve obtained her permission and Marked and Mated, she is your Luna for the rest of your natural life. You will not treat her the way your father or brothers treated their Mates. You will be faithful, to your Luna. Respect her and treat her well. Love her.

5. If an heir is produced and you do decided to abandon this agreement and reject her. All ties to you and your pack will be dismissed and Ella will return here to My pack, and your heir will come with her and be bled into this pack. You will have no claim on the child any longer.

6. You will hold a mating ball every 3 months or so, 4 at the most if there is something pressing that cant be avoided, this will aid in your pack members, finding their mates.

7. You will accept mating ball invitations on behalf of your pack, each and every one of them sent to you, again so your pack members can find their mates.

Holden could feel his jaw was ticking, this was a bloody long list of demands and though he had already agreed to 1 and 2, 3 was outright ridiculous and 4 well…as long as they got along he was probably going to be alright with it. 5 on the other hand was completely insane, loose his heir and have it bled into this pack. Was she crazy, no way in hell was he going to ever allow that to happen. 6 and 7, he knew were Luna Lindy’s personal retaliation on him about the disrespect, he had showed her and he knew it. She knew, everyone knew, how much he hated mating balls.

“I can not agree to Clause 5 at all. That is completely insane. My heir will never be bled into another pack.” he grated out unable to hide his displeasure.

“Well as long as you are faithful to Ella, I don’t see that being a problem. Do you? Or are you already planning on sleeping around on your Luna? Have you seen the results of a Mated wolves infidelity?” Luna Lindy asked with a deep frown.

“I have, it causes terrible pain to the mate, my own mother suffered it actually.” he had hated seeing her on that day, the screaming in agony, the way she had rolled around on the floor clutching at her self, the tears streaming down her face. But what was worse was a year later when her mark spot started to pour black blood from it. His own father had marked another without rejecting his mother, he had been just 4, but the memory still haunted him, watching her die and not knowing what to do about it, holding onto his little sister crying in his arms, watching the life literally bleed out of his mother, heard her beg him to run away and not watch, she had known what was happening, and could do nothing about it.

“Do you see yourself doing that to your Luna.”

“No.” and he did mean that, he would never do that to anyone “I am not my father.”

“Then 5 shouldn’t be a problem now should it.”

Holden frowned, bloody she-wolf knew exactly what she was doing, she had clearly done this before “I guess not.” he nodded.

“Good.” she nodded right back.

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