Blessed Luna Rising - Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Killian’s POV
I FOUND MY MATE! I finally found her and she is more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. My thoughts are interrupted by a loud cough. I gently put my mate to the ground and turn around to see all eyes on me. Nicole has a huge grin on his face but Alpha Arthur looks absolutely enraged.
“Hell yeah, bro! You found our Luna!” Nicole yells and run to me to high five and hug me. Ian and Allen do the same and I just smile as I accept the congratulations.
“Well, I will let Tara show you to your rooms now. I’m sure you will want some time to get to know your mate.” Arthur says through angry, gritted teeth. His eyes look over to my mate and when I turn to her, her eyes are wide as she picks at her fingers while biting the inside of her cheek.
“Yes, Alpha.” she says in a hushed tone and gestures us towards a hallway and walks ahead of us slowly with her eyes to the floor.
As I watch my mate walk down the hallway to our guest rooms, Arthur storms off in the opposite direction and I hear a door slam so hard the sound echoes through the packhouse.
“What the fuck was that about?” I think to myself and when I look to Nicole his face has the same confusion I am feeling. Why would a fellow Alpha be so angry about another Alpha finding his Luna?
“We need to check on our mate. Something is not right here. ” Remus responds and he’s right.
“Alpha, Beta… if you’ll follow me, your rooms are this way.” she says quietly before turning around to wait for us.
I jog down the hallway to catch up to my mate and grab her hand. She doesn’t pull away from me but she doesn’t exactly hold my hand back either. My fingers are interlocked and closed around her hand while she keeps her fingers straight and stiff. I’m grateful that she didn’t immediately pull away from me but I’m also worried that I may have scared her back there. Hopefully, I’ll be able to ease any fears she may have about being an Alpha’s mate when we get to my room.
Tara’ POV
“What in Goddess name is happening right now?” is all I can think right now. This man has me hoisted up in the air against the wall. His hands are under my thighs and his face is buried in my neck. The sensation of his breath on my neck is sending the most intense shivers from my scalp to my toes and the feeling of his skin on mine feels like sparks igniting everywhere we touch. After a few seconds he lifts his head up to look at me and my breath hitches in my chest. He has the most beautiful piercing blue eyes and his hair is dark brown. The top of his hair is long and pulled into a ponytail while the sides and back are shaved down. Suddenly, one of the men he came with lets out a loud cough to remind him others were present and he very gently puts me down on the floor and turns to his friends and Alpha Arthur. Alpha Arthur is seething with rage. The glare he gives me tells me I am so screwed. He sends me away to show them to their rooms and a few minutes later I hear his office door slam so hard I thought my knees might give way from fear. I notice no one is following me and when I turn around they’re all still in the entry way looking in the direction Alpha Arthur stormed away in and at each other probably mindlinking each other.
“Alpha, Beta… if you’ll follow me, your rooms are this way.” I say and turn around to wait. I nauseous and shaking with fear but buzzing from the excitement of finding my mate as well and I don’t know how to act.
As if he knew what I was feeling, my hand suddenly explodes in warm sparks and my mate is following me down the hallway. He starts carrying on some small talk while we walk beginning with introductions. I learned the men he came with are his Beta Nicole and his two head trainers, Ian and Allen. I also learned his name is Killian but he prefers to be called Killian by those he is close to.
“Well, here is your room Alpha Killian. Please go ahead and inspect it so I may know if I made any mistakes.” I say with my eyes still to the floor. Mate or not, he is an Alpha and Omegas never look the Alphas in the eye. He brings two fingers to my chin and lifts my head up so I’m looking directly into those beautiful blue eyes. He has a soft smile on his face and his thumb is caressing the side of my face.
“Won’t you come in with me? Please? I’ve been waiting for you for a long time..” he responds with the most genuine look in his eyes. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that there was love in his eyes by the way he looks at me. I don’t trust my voice right now so I nod and walk into the room and stand off in the corner to make sure I’m not in the way.
He closes the door and tosses his bag on the bed. He turns around to speak to me and when he finds me in the corner he looks at me with an expression that almost looks as if he is… hurt?
“Don’t you want to be near me?” he says with his voice full of sadness and the hurt on his face is painfully evident. Every fiber of my body wants to run to him but it’s against the law.
“Yes, Alpha but Omegas are to remain out of the way. We are not to look the Alphas in the eye or interact with them outside of our duties. There’s terrible punishments if we disobey.” I whisper to him in case maybe he doesn’t know those laws .
The look of hurt on his face morphs into shock but that shock quickly turns to anger and his Alpha aura is radiating from him now causing me to shake.
“Come here, Tara.” he says both firmly and gently, sitting on the edge of the bed with his eyes on me. His stare burning into me and making me nervous.
“Yes, Alpha.” I say and I walk until I am standing directly in front of him, never looking up from the floor.
“Look at me, Tara. I’m not going to hurt you but I need you to be honest with me.” he says grabbing my hands and gently pulling me closer to him. I nod to signify that I will answer his questions.
“Does Alpha Arthur hurt you?” and I feel the tears filling my eyes threatening to betray my secret. I shake my head, backing away as I pull my hands away to wipe the rogue tears that escaped my swollen eyes. The look on his face says he does not believe me.
“Tara, please remove everything except your bra and underwear.” he says in a gentle Alpha tone. I look down and the tears are freely flowing now.
“Please don’t make me do this…” I plead through my tears. “It will be so much worse if he finds out I’ve shown you.” and with that he stands up and walks to me. His fingers again lightly lifting my chin and I slowly take him in. He has to be at least six feet seven inches tall. His t-shirt hugs his biceps just enough to show their size and definition and I can see the hint of some abs through the front of it. He lets out a small chuckle as I’m examining his chest and shoulders. My eyes dart to his and a blush creeps up my neck as I realize he caught me checking him out.
“You like what you see?” he says with a smirk and I try to look away but he keeps my face still.
“I need to see what he has done to you, Tara. Make no mistake, you will be leaving with me when I leave but I need to see you so I know how soon we will be leaving.” he says gently and reassuringly.
I nod and hesitantly strip down to my bra and underwear wishing I had cleaner and nicer clothing.
“Forgive me for not having cleaner clothes, Alpha Killian. This is all I own and I didn’t expect to meet my mate today.” I explain.
“Turn around for me, please.” he says again in a gentle Alpha tone and I obey his command with no question. I hear him gasp but he says nothing for several minutes and I dare not turn around.
“Thank you. You can get dressed now.” he says in a quiet voice. I look back at him to see his face is red and his eyes are full of tears but his facial features are contorted in inexplicable rage and his chest is heaving from his accelerated breathing. His eyes cloud over for just a moment and then he turns around up and grabs his bag.
“We are leaving now.” he says with an angry finality. Alpha Arthur is going to be so angry. What have I done?