River smiled at her and nodded. “Yes, I am the Alpha of that pack but currently my Beta, Lena, is looking after it in my absence.” She glanced at Rosalie to see her reaction. She looked stunned. River continued,
“So you see, my duties not only stop at being a Luna, I have to be in constant touch with my pack to know about their activities on a daily basis as their Alpha.”
“You are truly very efficient, Luna River,” the lady remarked. “It would be an honor to run with you in the forests.” “Of course,” River replied. “I will certainly love that too.”
River had to handle the second situation in which Rosalie made it quite clear to her that she was not groomed as a Luna while Rosalie was. One by one she roamed her gaze over all the women. She nodded at Faria who was waiting on her, standing behind her couch like a mother protecting her baby from the vultures.
Faria made way out where she ordered the servants to bring in the snacks for the party. Soon there were a dozen servants serving all the women with red velvet pastries, melon ***, Russian salad, grilled veg salad, fish in lemon butter sauce and various wines and beverages. All the servants were very politely serving them with a smile on their lips. They looked so…. relaxed.
As the servants served snacks to the guests, Rosalie recalled that when she threw the parties, the servants were always extremely under pressure. They were constantly making mistakes. She was sure that again they would make mistakes. She said, “In the last party I threw for Alpha Hunter, there were so many things that I had to take care of. Right from the dinner menu to the decorations, things were overseen. Trust me, I didn’t have a minute to look up. Everything was so perfect!”
River quipped. “Oh yes, I remember that party. You sent me the wrong invitation in which the venue was printed wrong.” She looked at other women. “Did you all also get the wrong venue?*
When they shook their heads, River glanced at Rosalie who was noticeably flushed. Her eyes darted around as she licked her lips. River couldn’t help feeling disgusted about it. She said, “Really? Because the invitation that I got said that the Emerald Hall was on the outskirts of the castle!” River laughed softly. “But I found the way to Emerald Hall easily.” Rosalie was highly embarrassed. All the other women looked at her with shock and surprise in their eyes. Some were even enraged. Lisa was particularly looking disturbed. It was her who had got that special card printed for River that would have led her outside the castle where she would have met demons.
The women remarked:
“Rosalie, have you forgotten where the Hall was?”
“Did you not want Luna River to come?”
“Oh maybe, because she was a breeder that time.”
“But too low for her standards. Rosalie should have acted wisely.”
“I agree. So ***.”
Rosalie was feeling highly embarrassed now. Her mother shot her a look as to why she came up with that topic. In her defense, she said, “At that time, things were different. A breeder wasn’t allowed in the parties of the Lycans!” There was a collective gasp when the word ‘breeder’ got out. Lisa winced seeing her daughter’s verbal diarrhea. River chuckled as if it was nothing. She brushed an invisible piece of lint on her dress and said, “I am so glad that I am Alpha Hunter’s breeder.” That statement of hers was enough to bring out giggles from other women. What River meant was that she was also going to produce babies for her husband which Rosalie couldn’t have. “I hope I give pups to him that are as strong as he is.” And that statement was like the nail in the coffin.
Rosalie retreated completely. She lowered her head and looked at the wine that was lying untouched in her hands. She lost all her appetite. She had come here to embarrass River, but she ended up getting humiliated. As if that wasn’t all, River asked Faria, “Isn’t this meeting for the wives of the councilors?”
“It is, m’lady,” Faria replied.
River looked at Rosalie and said, “In that case I will have to ask you to leave the room as I would like to discuss things only with the wives of the councilors and their daughters.”
Rosalie clenched her teeth hard for being dismissed like this. This was so humiliating that she got up and left the room after bowing to her. The servants closed the door behind her.
River’s lips curled up. She knew that River was a viper and she was going to strike her with her poison.
River had to be careful. She had to keep a very close watch on Rosalie. As soon as the doors closed, she started addressing the women. out there and soon she became familiar wit
River was exhausted by the end of the day in the next meeting Hunter introduced her to every important person in the gathering. The dinner went very well.
And in the dinner Lisa turned up but without Rosalie. She said to the others that Luna River insulted her daughter to the extent that Rosalie was now a puddle of ***. She wanted to stay at home and forget what happened to her Many of the close friends who were with Lisa Jenna, now distanced. No one wanted to be in the bad book of Luna. As Hunter helped unzip River’s dress at night, she said, “I am so tired, Hunter. I think I don’t even have energy to breathe ” The gown pooled on her feet. She stepped out of it and placed her heel on his chest. He unstrapped her leather at the ankle. She put on her other heel and he unstrapped that too.
River tossed aside her stilettos and walked in her bra and panties to the bed without bothering to remove her makeup or undo her hairdo Hunter chuckled. He too stripped his pants and shirt and slipped beside her in his boxers. He turned her away from him, pulled her back against his chest and spooned her River let out a satisfied exhale, surrounded in the protection of his arms and then went off to sleep.
Somewhere during the night, she thought that something was pushing her forward and when she would
***forward, something strong stopped her. She woke up with liquid heat pooled in her belly and with Hunter’s ****inside her from the back. He was moving behind her like a piston with his head buried in her neck. “Hunter!” she rasped his name and with a snarl he came inside her. “Goddess, you are so priapic!”
He moved lazily inside her and smiled against her skin. “Priapic only for you.”
A week passed and Hunter acquainted her with the way his pack worked. River was surprised to see that he was into numerous businesses and he conducted every business pretty efficiently. He wanted her to take over the project of building a township for her pack members.
River wanted to but she asked hesitantly, “What is the budget like?*
They were sitting in his office along with Elijah and Asher. His architect Landon Bird who was overlooking the township project was also sitting with him.
Hunter raised his eyebrow as a smile spread on his lips. “It is as much as you want, love. I don’t want you to stress over budget.”
“But you are also into the township project for the demons. I don’t want to burden you so much. It’s not like that you earn for charity Hunter,” she said, feeling like he was terribly burdened.
Hunter tilted his head as he crossed his arms. “Come here,” he said.
Her brows furrowed. He wanted her to come to him in front of so many people. She glanced at all of them and she could feel that they were stifling their laughter. Her cheeks heated but she got up and walked to him. She gasped when he grabbed her by the waist and made her sit on him. He swiveled the chair and they **the screen of the computer. His hands flew over the keyboard smoothly and a page flashed in front of them. The title was Crescent Moon Project.
He explained to her every detail and when she looked at the budget allocated, her eyes grew wide.
“Goddess! Hunter, that is too much!” she breathed, looking at the whopping five billion dollars budget.
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