Blessed Luna Rising - Chapter 21: Chapter 21

Killian’s POV
It was late when we got in from the pack run. It wasn’t until my alarm went off that I regretted having the Luna ceremony the night before the Alpha challenge. I turned the alarm off and rolled over to kiss Tara to find her getting out of the bed. I reach across the bed and pull her to me as she giggles. I bury my face in her neck and kiss her neck to her shoulder.
“Where do you think you’re going, ma’am?” I say while holding her. Her body tenses just a little when I ask and when she turns to look at me, her eyes are a brilliant gold with blue and green specks.
“Lola?” I ask in shock as I sit up in the bed.
“Hello, mate.” she says in a sultry tone and Remus is going crazy in the back of my head.
“Lola, why on Earth did you take control?” I ask still shocked by the abruptness of this. Wolves do not normally take control from their human counterparts unless they absolutely have to.
“Tara asked me to because she was scared to tell you that she and I will be going with you today.” she says. My heart hurts for a moment at the thought that Tara would be scared to tell me anything.
After a minute, I shake my head no and she nods back. My eyebrows immediately raise. This wolf is crazy if she thinks I’m taking them to watch me fight their abuser and slave keeper.
“Do not fight us, Killian. You saw what the Moon Goddess did last night. We are powerful together.” she continues before I can get two words out. I don’t know what she means but I know that last night was a miraculous event. The Moon Goddess herself graced us with her presence and, to my dismay, confirmed what I read about Lola. I let out a sigh and nod in agreement. I throw my legs off the side of the bed and sit there with my head in my hands.
“We will conquer everything together.” I hear Tara say as she wraps her arms around my neck while she kisses down my neck. She licks my mark making me involuntarily moan and when I turn my head to look at her, all I see are those pools of emerald green beauty.
“Yes we will, love. You know what I’d love to conquer right now?” I say slowly turning around and climbing on top of her. She begins to blush and brings her hands up to cover her face. I carefully remove her hands and hold them above her head as I stare into her eyes. She bites her lip and my sense are flooded with the smell of her arousal. I catch her lips in a hungry, passionate kiss as my hand travels down her silk nightgown.
“Do we have time? We can’t be late.” she says breathing heavily as she tries to keep her composure. I drag my fingertips up her thigh to her underwear and begin to pull them down.
“We always have time for this.” I whisper in her ear as I nibble on it. Her eyes close as her body continues to squirm beneath my touch. I love watching the way her body is reacting to me.
My fingertips begin their tantalizing trip back up her legs but just as I’m about to make contact with her flower there’s a banging at the door. It nearly scares us both to death and I growl as I get out of the bed to answer it. Standing there is Nicole, Ian, and Allen.
“Can I fucking help you three?” I say with a growl and the anger evident in my tone.
“Alpha we tried to link you but there was a block.” Ian says first.
“Did you stop to think that MAYBE I was busy with my mate?!” I yelled back.
“Busy with your mate or not, you have a responsibility to this pack and the enemy is at our border.” Nicole said stepping between Ian and I. My eyes went wide at his words and I felt the hair on my neck standing up.
“What? Who is here?” I growled standing straight up. Suddenly I felt Tara touch my arm and I began to calm down. My men all bowed in respect for their Luna.
“Good morning gentlemen. Did I hear you say we have some unexpected visitors?” she said still holding onto my arm.
“Yes, Luna. It appears Arthur is already violating the terms of the challenge Alpha Killian set.” Nicole replied. Her body tensed up at the sound of his name and her lips were pursed tight as she thought about how to react. She nodded and patted my arm before speaking to the men again.
“Alright. Well we will get dressed quickly and make our way down. Do not allow them into our packhouse, Beta Nicole. They can wait in the training fields for our Alpha. Oh and please call Elder Zacchaeus so he knows.” she says very matter of factly. Nicole nods his head and they all retreat down the hall as she closes the door.
“C’mon Killian. Let’s get dressed and handle this.” she says and seeing her take on her role as Luna so flawlessly has to be the sexiest thing I have ever seen.
We are dressed and heading down the stairs a mere 20 minutes later. My father is waiting for us with my mother and sisters at the bottom of the stairs.
“Son, what is the meaning of this foolish nonsense outside?!” my father exclaims. I shrug and head into the kitchen for a quick bite to eat before I fight. After eating a few banana nut muffins and some bacon, I walk out to the training field where my warriors are surrounding Arthur and band of miscreants.
“Correct me if I’m wrong, Arthur, but the terms I set for this challenge said it was to take place in 2 more hours at the Committee of Elder’s territory.” I said and he growled at my refusal to recognize him as an Alpha.
“No young pup and his new bitch will be dictating shit when it comes to challenging my title!” he says snarling with venom in his voice. His mate and children look Tara up and down as she stands beside me with her head held high.
“Look at that trash. She thinks she’s better than us.” Maya says with hateful mockery in her voice. My blood boils with every word she speaks but something miraculous happens before I can react.
“I don’t think I’m better than you and your family of degenerates. I know I am and the Moon Goddess thought so too.” Tara replied without hesitation. Gasps erupt behind Arthur and his eyes are black with rage.
“When I kill your mate, you’re next Tara.” he says to her and she audibly scoffs at him as she rolls her eyes. Elder Zacchaeus arrives shortly after and Tara turns to me holding my hands.
“We will conquer everything thrown at us together. You will be safe and strong out there fighting for that title.” she says as she leans up to kiss me and I feel a warmth spread across my body.
“Are you ready, gentlemen?” Elder Zacchaeus says and Arthur shifts into his ugly shit brown wolf causing me to laugh.
“Yes, Elder Zacchaeus.” I say before I shift and then Remus takes over.
“Let’s end this fool and get back to our mate.” Remus says and I agree. The sound of a pistol being fired into the air echoes in the forest around us signaling the challenge has begun.
“Let’s do this.”
Tara’ POV
As soon as the pistol is fired, Arthur’s wolf comes charging across the field. His wolf is not as large as I had expected it to be. Bigger than your average wolf but Remus had him beat in size. His fur was an ugly mud color with streaks of grey through it signifying his age. He lunges at Remus and at the last second Remus steps to the side causing the wolf to go snout first into the ground. Arthur’s wolf is quick to get up and immediately charges for Remus again. This time Remus charges back towards him and swipes at his face causing Arthur’s wolf to howl in pain. There is blood dripping from the right side of his face as he begins circling with Remus. They exchange snaps and snarls until Remus charges the other wolf. He drops his head down low and slams his head directly into the chest sending the wolf flying a good 10 feet. We hear the sounds of bones cracking as he lands and I wince internally trying not to let my exterior appearance show my emotions even though my stomach feels nauseous at the sound. Arthur’s wolf struggles to get up and again charges at Remus with a bit less speed. Remus wastes no time swiping the other side of his face before using his hind legs to launch the wolf across the field into a tree. He immediately shifts to his human form laying on the ground and for a moment I think he’s dead until his mate runs to him.
“Alpha Killian Walker is the winner of this Alpha’s challenge.” Elder Zacchaeus says with a booming voice so the entire field of onlookers can hear him.
“Arthur Godfrey, I strip you of your title and your pack. You and your family are banished to be rogues for the crimes you have committed.” he continues and I hear the entire family screaming in protest. Ian and Allen get in front of me just in case and I have Nicole and Jude behind me. Killian walks over to me and gives me a kiss before turning to address everyone.
“The Flaming Fangs pack will be dissolved. If you wish to remain in a pack, you may join Mystic Crystal otherwise I will banish you and you can be a rogue with your former pitiful Alpha. If you would like to join our pack, please go wait in front of the packhouse and if you do not, stay here so I can begin the banishments.” he says and turns to walk back to where I’m heavily guarded.
“You did great, babe. Barely even broke a sweat.” I say with a smile and he laughs.
“His reign of terror is over. He paid for what he did to you and I would break a sweat a million times over if it meant getting retribution for you.” he says and I smile brightly.
“Looks like his entire pack is going to join ours. Let’s get to work.” I say reaching for his hand before turning towards the packhouse. Outside the packhouse doors is a table with 4 chairs on one side and lines of families on the other.
Killian, myself, Nicole, and Jude sit down in a chair before Killian starts calling each family or individual up one at a time. He collects basic information such as names, ages, and genders for each individual then has them raise their right hands to take an oath of allegiance to Mystic Crystal. He then passes them down to me and I look through our available housing to find the best fit before sending them to Nicole for their new job within the pack and Jude gives them vouchers for new belongings such as clothes and furniture. After roughly 2.5 hours we are finished. We added 150 families with pups and 97 singles. A total of 697 new pack members joined and our pack was now at 1,597 making us the largest pack in the Northwest territory.
“We should host a dinner to welcome them all next weekend.” I said to Killian and he smiled.
“Attention new pack members, your Luna would like to host a welcome dinner next weekend after you’ve had the week to get settled and in a routine. We will send out flyers and a mass mind link to make sure everyone gets their invite.” and applause erupts from the crowd. As the crowd slowly disperses to their new homes, my stomach growls loud enough to catch the attention of Nicole, Jude, and Killian.
“I think Luna Tara is hungry…” Nicole says causing Jude and Killian to laugh. I turn on my heel and head into the packhouse as I mutter about their stupid wolf hearing which makes them laugh louder.
Killian runs up behind me and grabs my hand as I walk to the kitchen and I just roll my eyes.
“You handled today really well, Tara. I’m so proud of how strong you are and how far you’ve come.” he says and I smile brightly with tears in my eyes. He’s proud of me and genuinely loves me.
“Thank you, Moon Goddess.” I whisper to myself and suddenly I hear a melodic voice in my head.
“You’re welcome, my dear.”