Forsaken by the Moon Goddess novel Chapter 49

Sloane

The morning after my first time with Benedict, I wake up early for warrior training. The moment I step outside, Scarlet pounces on me.

“Uh, girrrr!! What is BWFive’s scent doing alt over you?”

“Not now, Scarlet,” I whisper. She and her mother stayed the night after shopping with Aunt Samara yesterday.

“Oh, I will have the tea, Sloane. All of it, every last little spilt bit of it. Don’t think I won’t,” she says, but thankfully, she leaves it alone until the end of warrior training.

The moment training is over, she’s back at my side.

“Luna Samara, Sloane and I are going to have breakfast in her room so she can try on the dresses we got her last night,” she says in a sing-song voice.

Aunt Samara looks at me. Since EVERYONE in warrior training twitched their noses when I walked by, I’m sure she also knows that Benedict and I were together last night. It was mortifying to realize that everyone in my pack now knows that I gave my virginity to Benedict.

“Let me know what you think of the dresses, Sloane. Ill be up to check on you in a bit,” she says.

“Sure thing,” I say, before Scarlet practically drags me inside.

“Can we get two trays of food sent up to Sloane’s room, please?” she asks the omegas.”Of course, Beta,” the omegas say.

“Thank you. You’re the best!” she says, making the omegas smile before dragging me upstairs.

The moment we’re in my room and the door is closed, l face her.

“You and BWFive? When? How? Was it amazing? Did it suck? Tell me EVERYTHING!”

I laugh, remembering last night.

“It was amazing,” I begin. She squeals before I can finish.”

Until it wasn’t.”

“Explain,” she says, dragging me to the loveseat in my room.

“Bestie promise this stays between us,” I say, holding out my pinkie.

“As if I would ever say anything to anybody,” she says, hooking her pinkie in mine. “Bestie promise this stays between us. Spill.

As always, I tell her everything, about how amazing Benedict was, how special he made it for me, then how I blew it.

“Sloane…”

“I know. I know. He was so mad, Scarlet. He said I was ruining one of the best moments of his life. Do you think he meant it?” I ask her.

“Do YOU?” she counters.I hold her gaze. “Yeah, I do.”

“Then why are you asking me, Sloane? I think he’s genuine. We all think he’s feeling the early stages of the mate bond. If he is, then yeah, it definitely was one of the best nights of his life. Daniel told me that no time before me even came close to being as amazing as our time together was. And I don’t have to question him because we’re mated and I can feel his feelings and hear his thoughts. BWFive has already turned eighteen. You’re a week away from your birthday. I can guarantee you, if you do it again …”

“He’s getting us a hotel tonight,” I tell her.

She gives me a look. “It will only be better for him every time you have sex until you turn eighteen and identify each other as mates.”

“But Scarlet,” I begin.

“Don’t. Don’t you fucking dare, Sloane,” she says, just as the omegas knock on my door. “Don’t move,” she says, going to get the food. She thanks them, then pulls the cart with food into our room.

“We have had this discussion, Sloane. Just because you don’t find yourself worthy of a mate, doesn’t mean you won’t have one. And I don’t know the answer to how two Alphas come together to form a mate bond when you are Alphas of separate packs, but you’re both smart. You’re co-fucking-Valedictorians for goddess’s sake! If any two people can figure it out, you two will. You’re going to his Alpha ceremony tomorrow night, right?”

“Yes. He wants me to stand on the stage with him,” I say.She smacks my thigh, gripping it so hard I’m worried I’ll be bruised.

“Holy. Fucking. Shit. Sloane! The man isn’t just claiming you. He’s letting the entire fucking world know that you’re his.”

“Scarlet, I told you about his mother”

“So fucking what, Sloane? What do they call those matriarchs when they’re past their prime? Dowagers?

She’s the Dowager Luna. You’re the fucking Alpha he’s taking as his mate! Take that, Luna Sourpuss!”

I snort the water I was drinking through my nose.

“Oh my goddess, Scarlet. I love you so much.”

“I love you too. I just wish that YOU loved yourself as much as others love you. Now, are you done eating?! want to see these dresses on you.”

“How many dresses are we talking about?” I ask.

“Two for now. We still have to get a dress for your birthday and YOUR Alpha ceremony. They’re in your closet. I’ll wait.”

I shake my head and walk to my closet. When I step inside, I see the two dress bags hanging on the rack.

“Which one is the graduation dress?” I ask her.

“The black and white one,” she says.

“It’s a good damn thing I haven’t put my makeup on yet!

No crying after makeup!” Scarlet says.

I pull away from Aunt Samara to see Scarlet and Luna

Elizabeth crying too.

“Group hug!” Luna Elizabeth says and the four of us wrap our arms around each other.

“Thank you all, so much. Not just for the dresses, but for always believing in me,” I say.

“Okay, let’s see it!” Scarlet says as we pull out of the hug.

We all wipe our eyes and I stand back, showing off my dress.

“You look like the Alpha you are,” Aunt Samara says, smiling at me and handing me a glass of champagne.

“You look like the elegant, strong, confident woman that I know you can be,” Luna Elizabeth says.

“What you look like is the fucking bitch that’s going to rock BWFive’s world during his Alpha ceremony! You are HOT!” Scarlet says, making everyone laugh.

I change out of my dress and spend the rest of the morning talking to the three women who are most important in my life. When lunch time rolls around, I pack up my things, including both dresses and make my way downstairs.

“Oh, you did remember us,” Slade grumbles.

“Hey, little brother. I’ll see you tonight?” I ask, pulling him into a hug:

“I wouldn’t miss it,” he says.

“And you, Uncle Roman?” | ask, hugging him goodbye.

“I’ll be the one cheering the loudest for you, Sloane,” he says.

I smile. “Thank you.”

I hug my sister and cousins goodbye, then begin making my way to Grandpa Waylon’s pack. I need to talk to him this weekend about where, when, and how we’re going to announce me taking over his pack.

Something is changing in me, or maybe it’s just that my life is coming to a crossroads. But it’s time for me to step into the next phase of my life which includes becoming an Alpha of my own pack and quite possibly, having some sort of relationship with Benedict, even though I’m still not exactly sure what that will look like.

Either way, I’m going to hold my head high and step into this next phase of life with confidence.