The Wolf King's Luna novel Chapter 12

DAMON.

Craaasssh!

Ugh.

Waking up every day on a sofa is not doing me any favors.

I carefully pull myself up and away from the broken shards of the stool and tray littered all over the floor.

This is the fourth night of sleeping in my study and I am already over it.

My musings are stopped by the sounds of running feet before my door bursts open.

"Alpha. I heard… a crash. Did you fall over again," Ryder, my beta and friend asks with a mocking lilt.

"What? No. No, I just decided I would like to wake up on the floor with sharp wooden shards poking at me," I reply sarcastically.

"You know we have other rooms you can use. There is no need for you to make yourself suffer like this."

"No."

"No?"

"No. I want my own room."

And no, I am not pouting.

"Right," Ryder remarks.

It is more than just the room. It is the fact that Catherine is in there. I want to be in the room with her.

I want to hold her in my hands and litter her skin with kisses.

I want her.

Painfully.

"If you want your room back, maybe you should try getting to know your mate instead of avoiding her," Ryder says as he joins me in picking up the shards.

"I am not avoiding her," I respond.

"Right. She has been in the mansion for three days and the only people u have seen with her are your mother and Faye."

"Faye?"

"Yeah. I saw them discussing at the front of the door while I was doing an early morning sweep of the house."

"Why was she there?"

"Your mother asked her to go shopping for your mate. She needed clothes."

"Ah, that's good. Faye is cool, she will be in good hands."

"She should be in your hands."

"Not this again."

"Yes, this. Why are you avoiding her?"

"I am not. I am just giving her space."

"Space? From what? You are her mate. You should be the one showing her the ins and outs of the pack."

I stand up and dump my share of the debris in the dustbin, effectively cutting him off.

"Damon."

Oh shit.

He called me by my name with his no-nonsense voice.

Apart from my family, Ryder is the only one who can call me by my name. We were practically raised together. With his father being my father's Beta, it was only expected that we would follow in their footsteps.

"What?"

"I don't know what is going on between you two but you need to step up. I mean even though I just hate the fact that she has seen your wolf and I haven't, I still need you to understand the fact that she is your mate."

"I understand."

"I don't think you do. She is not just your mate. She is the future Luna of the pack. Gossip has already begun to spread that you have a woman in your rooms, your mate. And for the past four days, you have not been seen with her. Didn't you like her?"

"What?! Of course, I like her. She is perfect."