The Eclipsed Life of Luna Mischa (by Jennifer Francis) novel Chapter 180

CH 180

Declan

He stood in the shower with the hot water running down over his back, as he leaned his forearms on the wall, his eyes were closed and his fists balled. He’d thought he being a pure–blood, would have the willpower to resist the scent of one’s heat, He would never harm another’s mate bond in such a way. It wasn’t who he was.

Now here he’d done that and nearly bloody succumbed to her outside a bout of heat as well. If his own unit hadn’t yanked him from that room, he’d likely be mating Misha again, and he knew it. His fist hit the wall. How was she going to trust him after this? He hoped this didn’t actually start a war with her home pack as well.

That Alpha would have felt it all, and now likely understand that his Luna wasn’t where he thought she was or was actively cheating on him, and that was going to set off his need to hunt her down and likely kill the one that touched her. Though he was as yet unaware, it was another Alpha and a pure–blood.

He wondered as he got out of the shower just how Mischa would feel about that. The two of them getting in a fight. Though even that was likely not really going to happen, Declan would just flood his aura over Anthony and have him bow down, explain he supposed what happened. There should be no fight over something like this.

All packs had laws around such things happening. This pack was no different and Night Whispers would also have one he imagined. He got out of the shower and dried off, kind of just sat down on his couch stili in that towel. It was still only early. He was lucky, he supposed, that none of the other pack members had seen what he’d done and thought ill of him.

He was still just sitting there when Paul walked into his suite and looked at him. Declan sighed. “I didn’t know or mean for that to happen.”

Paul waved it off and sank down. “That’s not why I’m here. I’m also not concerned about it at all.” He sat himself down across from Declan and looked right at him, “She can’t go through a heat alone again. What you don’t know is the full story of how Misha and Anthony became like this. Let me enlighten you. You’ll have less guilt, I assure you, and understand why I’m going to ask you to go back in there and sort out the rest of her heat bouts. It’s likely to be only one more bout anyway.”

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That gained his undivided attention. He knew heats went from 3 to 5 days, some 7 depending on the she–wolf, it was tied to their rank or bloodline, and they had multiple bouts a day as well.

He sat and listened to Paul tell him the tale of all that had gone on with Misha, and he kind of just sat there and stared at his Gamma, he didn’t really want to believe what he was hearing, but even as he listened, he understood none of it was a lie. She was here and Nick had not only found her a pack to go to, but he’d reinvented her, so her Mate couldn’t find her. He’d seen her response to her own Mate texting her and calling her.

Seen her response to being mated by another, himself, and not even her wolf had an aversion to that very thing, and he knew Laud should have, not even Misha reacted all that upset either. She really was done with her Mate is what it all told him, and not just her but her wolf. From all he was hearing now, it was no wonder she’d left her Mate, any she–wolf would have.

“Why no rejection?” he asked curiously.

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at’s coming, but only after he realizes she’s not there anymore and understands she’s left him, he believes she’ll never leave him, she’s his Goddess–Gifted Mate and, because we live very long lives, in time, they’ll come back together.” Paul shook his head.

“I don’t see that happening,” Declan murmured. “Her wolf didn’t even have an aversion to me mating her

“Correct, Mish and I have talked now. I’m mated and can ignore the scent of her heat. I would never harm Carol. We discussed what happened and what should happen from here on out as well.” Paul stated, “She understands what is going to happen and, come her next bout of heat, I want you to go back in there and mate her again. She doesn’t want a second wolf in there.

“She would rather have the same one, less risk of being adverse to it, she’s already suffered enough, as you’ve now heard. It’ll be just one bout if it comes, that is. You’ve already gone there so…” Paul shrugged and trailed off.

“Anthony is going to feel it.” Declan muttered.

“Hmm, he’ll be sedated… this was actually the contingency plan inside that pack. I advised the Elders to let another mate her through her heat. He knew it was coming. Can’t blame her for it, her aversion to him is his own doing. The Elders agreed with me. So there will be no war or anything to come from this even if he finds out where she is.”

“Right,” Declan murmured as he thought about it. “I, however, am not the type to want to go and have sex with a mated she–wolf.”

“I understand that, but you’ve already done so. Her affliction could get worse from having to suffer her heat alone again. Her previous heat inside Night Whispers was barely 40 minutes, that heat today was an hour and a half. Something has changed for her with the leaving of him, likely being completely free of him has actually brought her back to the wolfen normal and will see her heat return in full. That’s for her four days and five or six bouts a day.

“That affliction she has only actually affects the way she responds to her mate, not to others I now see. Mish is also willing to allow you into her room to mate her through the next bout if you are willing to do so. If you’re not, she’s actively going to suffer it alone. She doesn’t want multiple wolves sating her bouts of heat that come. One is okay, but two are not in her eyes.”

Declan sighed and rubbed a hand over his jaw as he thought about it. He sat there and really thought about it. She was more than attractive to him, so it wasn’t like it was going to be a chore, and he couldn’t as her Alpha actively let her suffer, knowing he could help her. ‘Wild?‘ he asked his beast.

‘If we’re in the room the scent will overtake us anyway, so yes‘ Wild stated.

‘Not what I’m asking?‘ Declan muttered.

There was quiet for a long time, no wolf wanted to harm another’s bond unless they were out to harm them or steal the Mate for themselves. ‘Their bond already broken, run from her own Mate. Wild answered, ‘As her Alpha… on technicality, we obligated to help.

‘Not technically her Alpha at this point,‘ he murmured and then looked at Paul. “Wild has no aversion to mating her per se, as her Alpha we would of course help her, but…”

“She does consider you her new Alpha, will be letting you initiate her, likely just a few weeks or a month away is all. Could well be less than that after all this,” Paul told him.

“Alright, but I can’t be in that room until that bout comes, or I’ll succumb to the scent a Mate does not.” Declan agreed.”

Paul nodded, “I’m aware, it was like 7 or 8 hours between bouts before, but this heat is different than the last one she had. More like a hormal heat than a diminished non–existent one, so… likely only two hours between bouts. Best you stay up here, we can keep it from the pack, only that one omega knows she’s in heat, and he doesn’t know you’ve mated her, saw us protecting her from himself. He apologized, by the way, once I got him back into the stairwell and the scent was gone from him. I sent him home. Holland has given all the male omegas from this floor the day off.”

Declan nodded, “Best we do keep it from the pack… I’ll stay here in my suite, but how are we going to know she’s in heat? She’s not a part of the pack and can’t mind–link to any of us.”

“That’s easy, she’ll text me, and I’ll link you. All you have to do is go and step into her suite. When it happens, your instincts will take over after that, as will hers. You can leave after the bout is over. Misha is already in agreement with all of this.”

“Alright.” He nodded and waved him away to go and tell Misha he was in agreement.

They didn’t even know if that bangle she was now wearing was activated just by putting it on, and he might not have to go in there at all. He leaned back on his couch and ran both his hands through his hair. It wasn’t like he’d not enjoyed it; he had more than enjoyed it. The only problem he really had with all of this was that she was mated to another. If not for that, bedding her would be easy to do.

She was more than attractive to him. Her wolf was pretty as well. He’d seen her over the past few days, interacting with the pack, even his unit’s mates liked her. She was friendly and smiled, happy to be here and just living a carefree single life. The teens were all drawn to her, his eyes kind of followed her as she

moved about as well.

‘Doesn’t consider herself mated, it’s just a formality to her.‘ Wild spoke to him, ‘We take care of her needs. We’re her Alpha, she is a Luna. We granted her sanctuary, now know why she needs it!

‘We did,‘ he agreed. ‘Her going to the extreme of getting that bangle tells us all we needed to know. This can be considered part of our Alpha duties; to protect a Luna from harm. And on a technicality, it could, because harm came in many forms, including the pain of not being mated through a heat.

Though there was amusement now rolling off his wolf ‘you liked her before all this, a part of you wanted to bed her… relentlessly so.

Declan half smiled ‘Hmm, I did think that, she’s tiny and cute.’

‘We did bed her relentlessly during her bout of heat. She enjoyed it.‘ Wild snorted ‘Her wolf, even looked right at me, took what she wanted from me as much as I mated her. We all enjoyed it.‘

‘No knotting of her this time, Wild, Declan stated.

‘I liked that part, not up to you, Wild told him. ‘Bout only stopped when we knotted her. I might need to, to stop bout.‘

That was entirely possible. Declan had never been mated before, so he didn’t actually know if that was part of it or not.