The Young Luna novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48

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The months were passing quickly for Seth and I. The work that came with running two packs was exhausting. We were doing alternative months between Black Bloods Pack and Equinox Pack, with Josh in charge of Equinox when we were away and the twins Devon and Ramone – who I'd met when I first came to Black Bloods – in charge of their Pack.

Seth had held a tournament and the strongest Wolves in the Black Bloods Pack fought until the strongest was named as the Commander of the Pack when we were away. However, the identical twins Devon and Ramone were both so equally matched that they couldn't beat each other. So, Seth had announced them both as equal Commanders, which they were happy with.

But despite the help, we were swamped with work. We were going back and forth between Packs, juggling work and personal life, trying not to argue when we were tired and annoying each other. We both were grouchy and overworked, which led to arguments and a lot of Seth sleeping in the spare room.

But after six months, as Seth was reaching his thirty first birthday, things were beginning to settle down. The work was calming down and things were going back to a somewhat normal and steady rate.

"It's not happening, Mabel" Seth grumbled, as I fried the fish over the stove.

"Yes, it damn well is" I shot back, turning around to my mate – hand on one hip and spatula in my other hand. Seth was leaning against the counter, his suit in place but his tie untied, picking at the rice I had just served us. I slapped his hand with the spatula.

"Ouch" he complained, withdrawing his hand rubbing it softly while pouting. "I'm hungry".

"I'm almost done cooking". I turned back to the fish and made sure it was cooked, before putting one on each of the plates. Seth grabbed both plates and took them to the dining table as I dumped the pan in the sink before following Seth to the table.

We ate for a few seconds, before Seth restarted the conversation. "I'm not going" he muttered, around his mouthful of food.

"You don't have a choice" I sighed, shaking my head at him.

"It is my surprise birthday party and I can choose not to go".

I flicked a grain of rice at him, "stop being a baby. I told you about it because I know you hate surprises, but it wasn't an excuse not to go".

Seth flicked a grain of rice back at me. "I hate birthday parties. When you said you didn't want one for your seventeenth I didn't throw one. And I said I didn't want one either".

"And I told your mother that, but your mother is..." I trailed off, knowing that as much as I was not a fan of my mother-in-law that actually speaking bad about her to her son didn't go down well.

"Yeah, yeah, I know" he grumbled.

"Look we go for a few hours and then I'll do what I do when I don't want to have sex with you; fake a headache".

Seth gave me a sarcastic look, "funny". He didn't find it funny. "But, yes, fine. We'll go for a little while but I am not spending the entire evening there. We are leaving by nine and driving to the beach house". Seth sulked like a child as he ate his food, I tried hard not to smile at how childish he was being.

For the past six months, since taking over both Packs, Seth and I have been working nonstop but we said that no matter what, we would have a week off for Seth's birthday. Alpha Quinn Danvers – the Alpha of the Red Knox Pack – offered up the use of his beach house for us. Well, Seth had phoned and asked if we could use it and, well, Quinn couldn't exactly say no.