16. Returned Luna

Cain POV

I had managed to get that a**h*** talking long enough for myself to heal but my mate came through.

With one quick sweep she had his head on the ground.

What also helped was that once she told him she was there to help him, the group turned on him.

I had officially won the challenge already.

I don't hold no hard feeling to her, but I just wish she didn't have to stab me.

Well that was the only thing to distract Jason, so that my pack members can be released from the cells.

They were all around to watch my mate-our Luna, ripped his head off and end the threat to our pack.

But she looked terrified of me, like she didn't know whether to stay to fight me or bolt.

But once I was captured in those grey eyes I didn't want her to leave.

The only thing I could think of doing was reaching out to her.

She was beautiful, her wolf was mesmerizing.

With the same grey eyes that had a touch of white to them.

Her wolf stood over 8 feet and I was 6'4" in human form.

She had very dark brown fur with shiny gold strands.

I couldn't take my eyes off her.

"Beautiful " I said as I held onto her wolf moving my hand from her muzzle to her mane.

She liked it so much that she purred.

Knowing that I did that with just a few strokes made me wonder just how much I could make her purr.

When she noticed the pack around her, she became defensive.

Taking a stance in front of me she was ready to fight.

Her defending me already made Ryker howl with joy.

It felt good to have him back with me.

With us.

I wanted her to be part of our pack.

I didn't know if it was possible since I rejected her but…

'YOU REJECTED OUR MATE??!' Ryker yelled in my head.

"Yes, sort of. It's a long story and I will tell you but right now I need her to know that I do want her as our Luna and our mate"

And it was time I let the world know that she is mine as I am hers.

"My beautiful mate, welcome to Blood Hunter pack." I told her, then turned to the wolves and shouted, "MEMBERS OF THE BLOOD HUNTER PACK WELCOME YOUR LUNA!"

There was an eruption of howls and cheers.

It was an exciting time for my mate to be accepted by the pack.

Just as quickly as she was there, I felt her pull away from me.

I turned to see her looking around.

"What is it?" I asked her.

But her being in wolf form and us both not marked by each other she could not hear through a mind link. We needed to mark each other for her to hear me in her wolf form.

She was wanting to leave, to shift back.

Haha.

She looked so cute, she was embarrassed to shift in front of me but with everyone around I growled.

"Our Luna needs to shift back."

With that a few pack members ran to the nearby trees for a pack of changing clothes.

We had them stashed in the trees for just this purpose.

But in this one there was only a shirt so she went to the hedges a short ways and shifted back.

When she emerged she was just as I remember her, she had those grey eyes, athletic body and long brown hair.

She was everything I remember her to be.

'Mate'

Ryker was way to excited to see her in such a short shirt but also angry that so many males wolves were also starting at his mate.

I was about to bring her in for a hug but she seemed like she still wanted to leave.

"You ok?" I asked her, waiting for her to come to me.

"I have to go, I can't stay" she told me and already Ryker was getting upset.

'Do not let her leave, we can not loose her again' he was on edge.

"Just wait Ryker maybe she has a reason" I tried to calm him.

"You are my luna, you are our luna. Where ever you go we all go" I told her.

I was afraid that she would take that as some sort of way to control her.

But instead she smiled, and came close to me.

"I need ….to go get my son, our son, Alpha" her eyes had her smile.

If that made sense.

It made me smile.

"MY SON, I have a son" I was shocked,

'I told you he was ours, she belongs to us and only us' he chimed in my head.

"Micheal" she told m.

I have a son named Micheal.

'Since I'm back I can show you all the memories I have of our mate and us, well me.' He chuckled.

'Do it. I want to remember everything.'

I really did want to remember and I wanted that connection with her.

To say it hit me like a ton of bricks, was an understatement.

Everything that I was missing almost 10 months ago, came flooding into my head the emotions alone made my head throb repeatedly.

Flashing of images causing me to feel sick and loose my bering, but in the middle of it all I saw, her, my mate.

I saw everything, from Ryker carrying her out of the club, her asking him to claim her even though she didn't have a wolf, when Ryker knotted her, and the next morning when he found her gone.

He truly looked for her and then there was darkness.

'Do you want me to show you what Siaya, showed me as well' he asked

'What who is Siaya?"

'Our mates wolf' he responded.

Surely he wanted me to have all the information I needed to make sure I didn't muck anything up for our mate and I this time.

'Show me Ryker'

There was no holding back, once Ryker made the connection I didn't get a second wave of head throbbing and waves of sickness.

This time there was only fear and pain, fear of loss and betrayal, from our mates awakening.

I felt how terrified she was when she found out who the father might be, to returning home for the pairing ceremony, being hunted and going on the run, giving birth to our son.

That beautiful little boy, its as if I was standing right beside her.

I hadn't missed anything with this connection, I was living it with her.

Then, hearing the power he possessed fated to being hunted forever, to him being taken from her, her coming here, fear of me killing her for saving someone she hated.

'Our mate is sure a strong one if she can handle all that without us, imagine what she can do with the support of an entire pack.' Telling Ryker through our link.

'Our son is also a strong one, we shall bring him home" Ryker was swelling with pride.

Something started pulling at me like a thread being tugged at my heart.

I checked my mate who was perfectly fine and was now receiving introductions and bows from a few pack members.

Then I remembered that we still needed to figure out what to do with the members of Echo Moon pack.

'We must kill them immediately ' Ryker growled in my head.

'Killing them might not be in the best interest of the pack. However, we do need to make sure they don't cause any trouble.'

Before I could talk to my mate she was already heading towards the pack house.

I followed her, wondering just where she might slip off too.

Andrea POV

He's dead.

Finally.

I felt a little more free than I did this morning.

I needed to find my son.

He was back west and I had no idea where.

But I was going to find him.

I was too busy thinking about Micheal that I let out a low growl.

"What is it?" Cain asked me.

Siaya looked around and then looked down at her feet and to her tail.

But he understood.

One of the pack members that approached us handed me a bag and after looking at Cain he seemed ok with it.

I took off towards the bushed and quickly shifted.

It's a good thing I wasn't so tall there was only a shirt in the bag no doubt males got to the bag first and only took the bottoms.

The shirt barely covered my a**.

It wasn't my first choice but I guess it would work as I just need to cross the border and shift again and run back west.

I was just about to head out with all the commotion going on, but Alpha Cain looked at me a bit worried.

The last thing I wanted to do was hurt him but I did what I came here to do and now all I can think about is my son.

I needed him with me.

I needed to make sure that Micheal was safe and protected.

I hated the thought of Jason being the father and now finding out that it was actually Cain.

I was still disappointed, in myself, but so glad that Cain was the father.

You ok?" Alpha Cain asked me.

"I have to go, I can't stay" I needed him to be ok with it, I didn't have time to tell him about the whole prophecy.

"You are my luna, you are our luna. Where ever you go we all go" he told me, I couldn't help but smile at the thought that I finally had my mate and a pack with me.

'Tell him and he will understand' Siaya asked me.

"I need to go get my son, our son Alpha" we hadn't even talked about kids.

We met once and I didn't remember, he lost his wolf, I was hunted and rejected in the same day, gave birth alone, he lost an alpha challenge, his pack was imprisoned, my son was taken from me, I almost killed him, ended up saving him, his pack is free and now we are finally seeing each other after almost 7 months.

Now learning the truth, and meeting again with a son, well WE had a son.

"MY SON, I have a son" Cain looked torn, and I couldn't tell if he was ok with Micheal or if he was going to reject him.

He sure had the standings to reject him as his own.

"Micheal" I told him my sons name.

'He loves Micheal' Siaya cooed.

'Don't be a fool Siaya, men are shifty. They can claim something one moment and then toss it away the next.'

I tried not to sound too hurt, but with an empathetic wolf it was hard to get things by her.

'He wants to bring our son home and claim him, we must go get him' Siaya was too trusting of the Alpha.

Soon he looked as if he were in pain and fell to his knees.

I was about to rush to help him but soon there were pack members all around me.

'Thank you Luna…Thank you…Thank you for freeing us Luna… I'm Henry call me if you need anything done….I'm Justin, Luna an omega of Blood Hunter….Thank you Luna…Thank you….Thank you….Thank you….Luna…..LUNA!" The shouting intensified and got a bit over whelming.

I wanted to be there for them I truly did but I needed my son.

Cain was still there crouched over, his eyes were clouded.

"Excuse me for a moment I have to find some fresh clothes" I lied to them.

They all bowed as I left but still I could hear the 'Thank you' all the way to the pack house.

I needed get back to Micheal, no one understood but it was as if I could feel him.

I was leaving and would come back if they allowed us.

"Leaving so soon mate"

I turned to see an annoyed Alpha there.

"I must change and go find my son" I had hoped he would understand.

"You are Luna, you cant just leave without telling everyone" he sounded a little upset.

"The pack might not accept that he is your son, and I..."

"He is my son because I say he is. No one will make me say otherwise. I have waited for you, I rejected you, I longed for you…..you do understand that I will never again let you out of my sight."

he said while caressing my cheek.

"I wish I could make you understand, but I feel him. He needs me" I was now getting a little irritated having to explain so much to someone I just met.

Without a chance to react he engulfed me in a hug, I felt instant sparks and felt as if all the air had left my body.

"We are mates. There is no denying what you ask, but I need a moment to check on our pack members. If we both leave they might abandon the pack. I need to check on my beta, my delta and gamma. If they are well enough to run the pack while we leave then we shall leave at once, but please I beg of you let us check on them first."

He indeed was a leader, he put pack above all else.

As the possible future Luna of this pack, I had to do the same.

My son would be safe, I was guaranteed that, as long as I saved his father.

Instantly I froze.

I told too many people that Jason was the father.

Including, Elder mother!

The shifters said they would know if I failed to protect Micheals father, to protect Jason.

'Oh gosh, they thought Jason was the father and we killed him. What if they are after Micheal right now!' I couldn't stop Siaya, she completely took control.

She shifted there in the yard and bolted.

"ANDREA! ANDREA!" I heard Cain call for me.

We just left.

I tried to reason with Siaya but she was adamant on finding Micheal.

Let us just hope we still have a home to go back to.