Chapter 30 – The Eclipsed Life of Luna Mischa

He’d sat before her and looked apologetically at her, sighed softly “Mish, I was just upset at… Christy’s state and I unfortunately lashed out. I formally take it back,” he told her.

He knew she was the only one that could rescind the investigation, because it was him and Christy versus her, so it had to be her that called it off, not them or that would be seen as they’d forced her hand to stop the investigation, because they didn’t want the truth to come out. Which implied both of them or one of them were in fact guilty, and they didn’t want the pack to know this.

“Too late.” Had been her words, because somehow the true ramifications of what he’d done had clearly escaped him. “If you, nor Christy, attend this investigation. I’m going to put forth that you are both guilty of trying to not only frame me, but of wanting me gone from this pack.”

His eyes had gone wide, “Mischa.” He’d gasped. “We are Goddess-Gifted, I’m not about to reject you, you know this. I just want us to all get along and this is pulling us apart.”

“This is what’s pulling us apart, is it? Hmm, I guess I’ll add to that an investigation into both our Mate bonds with you, mine and Christy’s and put to the elders that you need to reject one of us. Then I’ll accept being the one you reject.” She’d held up a hand to stop his retort “Don’t take this as an ultimatum, I’ll willingly relinquish you, and you can live here with just one Mate, that being Christy. I’m not trying to get you to reject her. I’ve never done that.”

She’d seen Kendrick stand up from the doorway at her words as he understood exactly what was going on. This was not just a normal fight, this was a full-on war, and she saw it as her own Alpha Mate and his second Luna, wanted her gone and she was willing to go, but he’d have to be the one to reject her and in front of the pack; formally stating the reason for it.

There had been a very long moment of silence in her office after those words were out of her, and she could see Anthony was unhappy as he actually realized himself there was more to this investigation, and if he didn’t let her have it and kept trying to back Christy, he would be the one that came out of it the worse off.

“Are you looking to find a way to reject me?” he’d finally muttered.

She knew he wouldn’t want that, despite that he spent hardly any time with her, he did like having two

Mates, being able to tell other wolves he had been blessed by Selena on two separate occasions. It showed he was favored by her, and seen as a good Alpha.

But if he rejected her or she him, everyone would know he’d had two Mates and lost one, they would be talking about why Mischa had left him after 22 years of him loving and cherishing her. What had he done to turn her away from him? It also wouldn’t take long for them to figure out that Christy was the issue. Lunas didn’t leave unless they were wronged and unwanted. All Alphas knew that.

She’d just raised an eyebrow at him and ignored his question altogether, stated instead, “Are you and Christy guilty or are you coming to the investigation?” She didn’t actually have to talk to him at all regardless of what he brought up.

“We’ll be there.” He’d muttered and gotten up and left her office. Kendrick had looked at her, and she’d shrugged as if she no longer cared.

“You’d make a good wolfen lawyer, you know,” he’d stated.

“Mm, I learned a lot from Nicholas.” She nodded. “Might just opt to go back to studying when I’m no longer needed in this office.”

He’d sighed but walked away and closed the door between the two offices as it was supposed to be, and she’d gotten up and opened her office door to the foyer.

“Where are they?” Elder Simone asked.

She’d shrugged. “I don’t know, I’ll ask if you like,” she’d offered, and gotten a nod.

Had mind-linked to Anthony about where he and Christy were. “We’re on our way,” had been his reply, she’d relayed it to the elders as they sat down. The Alpha Unit arrived before Anthony and Christy did. Paul was walking next to Brent and their pack pathologist Gillian, who was also carrying a sealed envelope which she knew would contain the results of Christy’s blood work up. They all took up seats bar Kendrick, who laid out many manila folders on the table in front of the Elders.

She knew they were going to be the reports of the investigation he’d conducted. She’d been emailed a list of what evidence had been collected. Not the exact content of each one, but she’d being innocent, was pretty certain of what was in each one.

Anthony walked into the room with a teary Christy clutching at his hand, and she instantly sobbed and cast her eyes down towards the floor as Anthony himself took in the room and the way it was laid out.

Three chairs on one side of the table, one of which she was sitting on. The other two were for him and Christy. His own unit were all over there behind the Elders seated in chairs of their own. As were Brent and Gillian.

His eyes moved to all the manilla folders lined up on the table he knew as well as she did that they contained the statements of all she’d spoken to since Anthony had left her to suffer her heat on her own, or the pack file records of those conversations, all printed out. Each file on that table had the person’s name on it.

There was also footage to go along with some of those files and that was on his list as well, not just the footage of Christy that day Mischa had gone into heat, but the footage of him leaving her suite the next day.

Footage of all his own unit had done to see her be delivered drugs to help with the pain of not being mated through the heat. He knew she was in and never once returned to her room to help her through it.

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