His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 10

Emma stared at me with a blank expression. 

"Wow!"

She suddenly stood up and started pacing, then sat down again.

"Wow! This is so....so..."

"Fucked up?" I asked helpfully.

"No, romantic. This is so romantic." She said with a bemused expression.

"What? " I was sure she was going crazy.

"Well, you both are from enemy camps, who fall in love. Now you need to overcome the differences to be together. It's like Romeo and Juliet!" Emma said with a goofy smile.

"You and Lucian are like Romeo and Juliet of werewolves, it's all so Shakespearean." She said wistfully.

"Are you suggesting we both die in the end?" I asked.

Emma was always kind of goofy, but this was madness even by her standards. I could barely hold my laugh.

"Of course not! What I mean is, this is fated. The goddess has matched you. It must mean something." 

I rolled my eyes," well, what do I do now? I have a fiancée in London, who is sweet, caring, and smart. Likewise, I had everything planned, but suddenly, I bumped into my crazy, narcissistic mate who would not leave me alone. Who also happens to be my brother's rival? Forget Shakespeare, my life is a Greek tragedy!" I lamented.

"What do you want to do, Alice?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I want to reject him," I said as my wolf fought with me. Lana, my wolf, had been mourning ever since I left Lucian. My chest hurt constantly.

Emma scoffed, "it's not that easy, Alice."

"Why? Mates do reject each other occasionally. Seems easy enough to me." I replied.

"You think you will simply say the magic words and the bond will break? It is not that simple. Our wolves are forceful, the Alpha wolves are, stronger. Even if you break the bond, it will not work unless the rejection is mutual, and you get marked by some other wolf. Your wolf will fight against it. In your case, your fiancée is a human, so you will never be marked by any other wolf. You might run away from him, but you will always pine for him and find ways to get back. That grief will just drive you mad!"

I shuddered, no wonder my mom killed herself, she was driven mad with grief. But my mother was marked, Lucian had not marked me yet.

"But I am not marked by Lucian, yet" I mumbled.

"He won't wait for long; he will mark you soon enough." She said matter-of-factly.

"He won't be able to mark me, if I return to London," I had a Eureka moment, yes this would be best. Rick would understand why I cut short my visit.

Emma laughed.

"We are talking about Lucian Blake; you know who is he? He is the richest, most powerful, and most ruthless Alpha currently. When I say rich, I am talking about owning private jets, helicopters, and a mini personal army of warriors. He is a billionaire!"

I gaped at Emma; different packs had different lifestyles. All of them did some work, or businesses, to sustain themselves. The money was used for maintaining their pack territories and wolves living in them. Some packs were well-to-do, like mine because my father established several businesses and allowed different pack members to pursue their interests in education and career. We had doctors, lawyers, police officers, engineers, all sorts of professionals in the Jade moon pack.

"Lucian plays in the stock market, he is like the wolf of Wall Street in a literal sense. Along with other businesses, and investments. I'm not too savvy with economics, but he is loaded, forget London he would chase you to the end of the Earth. Running away won't work."

Emma explained, then folded her hands, staring at me.

I was chewing my lips," I am fucked! " I grumbled.

Emma grinned," not yet, Lucian is also the most eligible bachelor Alpha. Many women would cut off their right arm to be his mate. You are lucky. What is your wolf saying?"

"My wolf is a fucking pervert, all she wants is to get laid, preferably under Lucian," I said sarcastically.

Emma giggled.

"Well, sex with someone else will be difficult, now that she has found her mate."

"It wasn't easy earlier, too," I mumbled. My wolf never approved of Mark. She was pushed down by me forcefully, now she was slowly overpowering me.

My head had started to throb, and I had no idea how to get out of this mess. Lucian would come for me eventually; it was just a matter of time. Maybe I could talk to him and make him understand the futility of this bond.

"What kind of person is Lucian?" I asked Emma.

"What do want to know?"

"Everything," I said. 

"I don't know, but he has a reputation of being ruthless, he killed his father's Beta who was managing the pack on his behalf as soon as he turned 18...."

My eyes grew wide in surprise.

"Wait what? His Father's beta was managing the pack? Why?"

"His father died in they were war 15 years ago. He was just 13 years old then."

"His father also died the same way. " I mumbled softly. I felt tears fighting to fall off my eyes again.

This was something new. Knowing that he had also lost his father in the same way, softened my resolve a tiny bit.

Emma nodded," except that he was on the opposite side."