The Young Luna novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4

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Chapter Four

My father was the first to the break the silence, by turning to Alpha Zev – to Seth – who claimed I was his mate. "You are mistaken" my father growled in fury.

Seth narrowed his eyes at my father, "I am not mistaken. She is mine".

"She is a child" my father argued. Seth looked back over at me, looking me over once more before he seemed to grasp what my father was saying.

"Damn, how old are you?" he asked me, seeming to snap out of his protectiveness. I opened my mouth to answer but my father beat me to it.

"She is sixteen. She hasn't even Shifted yet" he snapped. "There is no way she is your mate. You're old enough to be her father".

Seth snorted, "not quite. But, yes, I see your point". He sighed heavily, running a hand down his face looking stressed. I wasn't really sure how to take the entire situation. I hadn't Shifted, so I didn't feel the mating bond yet. But I was extremely attracted to Seth, extremely.

"Perhaps I made a mistake" Seth said, looking at me again. "She is too young to be my mate".

"You don't make a mistake about the mate bond" Dean shrugged. "She's obviously your mate dude".

"There is a fourteen year ago gap" Alpha Peters frowned, "has anyone ever heard of an age gap that big between mates before?" No one said anything as I bit the inside of my cheek – not sure what to say. It shocked me that Seth was thirty, I mean that seemed pretty old to me.

"Mates are supposed to be similar ages. This is not right" Seth growled angrily.

I frowned in annoyance, "you don't want me as a mate?" The question came out before I could stop it. Seth looked at me, his blue eyes cold and guarded.

"I'd rather not have a child for a mate" he snapped at me. I was taken back slightly by his hostility towards me.

"Dude, chill out" Dean spoke up. "It's not her fault there is such an age gap".

"This is wrong" Seth roared, throwing his hands up in anguish. At his anger and dominance, a lot of the Wolves stood up straighter and became more alert. In all the mate business I had forgotten that Seth was one of the strongest Alpha's in the country – it was understandable he was feared. "This is so fucking wrong" Seth snapped.

"Damn right it is" my father agreed.

"I need some space to think" Seth began.

"I--" I began, not sure what I was actually going to say. But it didn't matter, Seth cut me off before I got more than one word out.

"Away from you goddammit" he growled, eyes glowing menacingly at me. Instantly my eyes began to water as he spun on his heels and stormed away from me. A few seconds later the front door slammed. There was a moment of stillness between everyone. Then the only Wolf I hadn't been introduced to in the room, turned to Dean.

"He might listen to you. Go after him" he told the third in command.

"Will do boss" he walked past me and gave me a wink. "See you later kid".

I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand, feeling pathetic as everyone else just looked at me. It was my mother who finally broke the silence. Moving over to me, she put her arm around me. "Howard, I'm taking her home" she told my father. My father nodded in agreement.

Feeling too confused and upset, I let my mother tow me out the house. I was sniffing, trying not to cry, the entire walk home. My mother had her arm over my shoulders as we walked in silence, but it didn't make me feel any better.

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"Here, sit down, honey" my mother said, when we got home.

"I think I just want to go to bed" I told her.

"But Mabel--"

"I have super strength, kid, and you're wearing batman pants" he smirked.

"Go away Dean. I don't want you here" I snapped at him. I dropped my hand from my bedroom door and he instantly sobered up.

"I'm sorry about how Seth acted yesterday. He was just shocked is all, you have to understand that he's thirty and you're still a kid. He wasn't expecting it" he explained.

"Uh-huh, and why isn't he here explaining himself?" I demanded.

"He wants to but--"

"Oh bullshit" I cut him off, rolling my eyes at him. "He's the Alpha of the biggest pack in the country, if he wanted to be here then he would. He doesn't want me as a mate".

"No he does want you as a mate, but he...um...he is..."

"Please go away, Dean. You're making me feel worse" I told him. He stopped the door before I could close it again.

"Look just get dressed and let me take you to him. No matter what happens you need to at least speak to him" he told me, his eyes looking at me seriously. Running my hand down my face, cringing as I touched my bruised face, I thought over it all.

"Fine, let me get changed" I sighed – knowing that he was right. Even if he was going to deny me as his mate, he still needed to tell me to my face that he was not accepting me. I needed to get it over with. Dean was thankful and disappeared out my room and downstairs.

I quickly looked through my clothing, trying to find something nice to wear – but I didn't own anything that would suddenly make me attractive. Glancing in the mirror, at my body I decided that I should wear something tight. I mean, my body was alright. I spent my life playing some sort of sport, so I was muscled with thick thighs and wide hips. I was bottom heavy with minimum at the top.

So I pulled on my tightest jeans, which had rips on the knees, before pulling on a plain white blouse. My hair was just not behaving, no matter how much product I put it in, so I braided it quickly and pulled on my trusty baseball cap. I then rushed over to the mirror and sagged in defeat. I didn't really look any different.

I thought about using some makeup from my mother's room, but knew that I would never be able to apply any of it, so quickly dismissed this idea. "Get a grip on yourself May" I whispered to my reflection. "Whatever he does, just don't cry in front of him. You're not that weak, you don't have to cry in front of him".

I gave myself once last nod of encouragement, before heading out the room