Chapter 7 Luna Queen

'Happy birthday to us, " Sasha greeted smiling.

' You're not mad at me anymore?' Roxy asked her.

'You are me and I am you, how can I get mad at myself? You are strong, actually we are strong. In time, you would be able to understand this mate thing. For now, I will let you do as you like. I'm sorry for not understanding your predicament. I should have known that you are once a human and had no knowledge about our kind.'

'Thank you Sasha for your understanding, I will try my best to get over this whole thing.'

It's her "D" day, Roxy's 18th birthday. In the past days, she had been training with Amelie. It was vigorous training but Roxy knew her body well and did not over do it. She had to stay physically fit for the fight with Tony.

Roxy doesn't like parties so she declined Amelie's suggestion to have one. She wanted to be with Amelie the whole day but she knew Amelie had a responsibility to the pack so she decided to go out by herself.

"Happy birthday Honey, here, buy whatever you like. I am very sorry that I had to do patrol on your birthday." Amelie said in a low voice.

"It's OK mom, I never like parties anyway." Roxy consoles her.

"Either way I should have stayed with you the whole day, it's your birthday after all."

Roxy hugged Amelie, she knew how guilty she was that she couldn't be with her. "You don't have to feel guilty mom, being my sparring partner was more than enough for me."

"Oh, thank you so much for your understanding honey, be ready though, just because it's your birthday I would go easy on you later." Amelie said, relieved.

"Just as I wanted." Roxy replied and hugged her again. Amelie said goodbye and went to patrol the border.

Roxy went to the mall and enjoyed and bought herself a new phone. After lunch she decided to apply for a driver's license as she was eager to drive by herself.

Amelie was not really rich and Roxy knew she couldn't just ask her for money. She had decided to withdraw her money but pack territory was far from her own house as Wax.

She settled for the license first and made a plan on how to get her money.

'How do you intend to get your money?' Sasha asked her curiously. She already knew who Wax was and she felt relief that Wax was the one inhabiting Roxy's body. Though she was skeptical because she found how annoying Wax was most of the time.

'Of course I knew my bank account and I was thankful that I had put in some special clause with the bank. All I had to do was get my check book and write Roxy's name. I had a lot so I might give some to the orphanage near here.'

'Would it not put you in a difficult situation? How about Amelie and the pack?' Sasha inquired.

'Capt. Reese would know when my money was withdrawn in my account. He knew I don't have a family. But I don't think he'd question if I give it to Roxy and the orphanage. All I needed to do was to make a scenario where Roxy would be able to get the checks without going through the courier or much better, if there was a place where Roxy constantly visits that has no cctv.' Roxy explained.

' I think you had it planned, but there is something I need to tell you.' Sasha said worriedly.

' What? '

' We need to get back, I am starting to feel different. I think it's about time to shift. Sasha said that made Roxy's eyes widened. She moved fast to get into the forest.

Roxy started to feel the burning of her body, it's as though she was being toasted. She was almost in the forest when someone grabbed her in her arms.

She looked at whoever stopped and Sasha got giddy. 'Mate' she yelled in Roxy's head.

"Where are you going?" Carter asked her which she did not answer and tried to get away from him. Carter's face darkened and was about to snap at Roxy when she suddenly screamed.

"Ahhhhhhhh....."

Carter panicked and then Lexus his wolf realized, 'she's starting to shift' he yelled in Carter's mind which made him move and carry Roxy.

"Hey, what's going on?" It was Nathan who followed Carter when he saw the latter followed Roxy.

"She's shifting." Carter exclaimed. Nathan followed them until they reached the middle of the forest. It was a neutral land and almost at Roxy's pack boundary.

Carter put down Roxy who was now in great pain. "You have to let the pain consume you, don't try to fight and just let it go." Carter told Roxy.

"Ahhhhh.... Easy for you to say, you're not the one who's in f****** pain." Roxy yelled at Carter which made him laugh and so did Nathan who's back facing them.

"Can you not talk back and do as I say? One more thing, watch your mouth. I am not someone who should be disrespected" Carter said angrily.

"The hell do I care? This is f****** painful than when I'm in Budapest. Ahhhhh.." Roxy answered back and writhed in pain.

"Just let it go and don't fight it, come on baby.." Carter said as he rubbed Roxy's face that has now sweating a lot, trying to soothe her pain.

"Sasha I will deal with you later, why are you still purring when I'm in pain." Roxy yelled at Sasha who was now lusting over Carter's wolf.

Carter laughed that made Roxy glared at him. "Don't blame her, Lexus, my wolf was trying to soothe her too." Carter said and smashed his lips to Roxy's which made her moan.

"Now, try to relax and let the pain consume you baby."

Roxy gave out a long scream and heard her bones start cracking. It started with her feet, which was unusual. Normally, the mouth starts to elongate first followed by the head going down.

Roxy started to see a lot clearer even the tiniest pore that Carter has that she never knew he had. He looked flawless. After a few more minutes, Roxy shifted into Sasha, a white wolf. She has a crescent moon mark on her forehead that made her unique.

"You are beautiful." Carter said in awe. Roxy howled that made all the hairs of other wolves who heard it stand. It was a powerful howl.

Nathan, who was just there, couldn't help but kneel and bare his neck in shock.

Carter was mesmerized by Sasha and Lexus was jumping for joy.

'Only the strongest can match us' Lexus said proudly to Carter. 'Yeah, and beautiful too.' Carter agreed to his wolf.

Nathan was surprised to see Roxy's wolf, it was magnificent. He didn't know what to say, a normal wolf would shift at 16 but Roxy was 18 now he could say that it was worth the wait.

The aura that emits from Roxy was very strong, it even made him bare his neck to her which was unusual as well. He is to become the Royal Beta and Roxy should bow to him, but it turned out differently.

Nathan looked at Carter and thought, 'he's so lucky. Being the next Alpha King that found his mate, the future Luna Queen was a great bonus in his strength. But being mated to another strong she-wolf strengthened his reign.

Sasha runs followed by Carter and Nathan which irritates Roxy, she doesn't want to be followed around.

'Can't you both stop following me?' Roxy asked them through a mind link which confuses them both.

'How did you do that? We are not on the same pack yet you can mind link me.' Carter asked.

Nathan, who stopped running, was very shocked too. With Roxy and Carter being mates, it was possible that they could mind link with each other. But to him, he never heard that before, able to mind link someone of a different pack. He was proud to have her as his luna queen.

'I just talk to you. Should I not?' Roxy asked. Sasha giggled that made them confused.

'Enough of that Roxy, Your highness it's one of my abilities. We can mind linking to whoever we want.. Please make this a secret between us.' Sasha explained.

'Just the best mate for me.' Lexus said and once again Sasha giggled.

'Why did you call him his highness, is he some sort of king? ' Roxy asked.

'His the Royal Prince and future Alpha King which was made as the Luna Queen because he's ours' Sasha answered excitedly. Roxy kept her silence and Lexus neared her. She then talk,

'I am not Roxy, Sasha has been telling me about this mate thing and I cannot comprehend it all. I am human and if you want to have me, you have to work harder. You can get Sasha in the instant but not me. You won't be contented with that, right, his highness? '

' We will deal with the Roxy thing. I have to know everything to understand you. And don't call me his highness, I am your mate so we are on the same rank. You can call me anything, just not that one.' Carter replied.

' one more thing, I am very possessive with what's mine, be careful not to get near any males. Carter added.

"So, how long are we going to stay here?" Nathan who was now in his Human form interrupted them.

Carter shifted and Roxy found out he didn't he was naked. Roxy growled and made both men look at her. ' why the hell are you f****** naked?' Carter and Nathan laughed.

" It was natural for us. Our clothes, shredded into pieces when we shift." Carter explained.

After saying that, Roxy shifted with her clothes on and said, "Liars" then she turned around to go home.

Carter and Nathan left in awe and stunned. They never saw someone shifted from their wolf to their human with their clothes on.

"Nathan, how can I be so lucky?" Carter asked.

"I'm so envious of you, and at the same time scared for you to have such an amazing mate." They walked out of the forest.

"His highness, Good luck."

"To what?" Carter asked, confused.

"Good luck in wooing Roxy." Then he laughed out loud. Carter groaned as he remembered what Roxy had said. He got irritated with the way Nathan laugh so he asked him

"Why do I see your head hanging on your shoulder?" Just like that, Nathan stopped laughing and could not utter a word.