K POV


    I feel tingles across my face, my own moan waking me from a sweet slumber.


    "K, wake up...we are here."


    My eyes slowly open to find the sun setting, the night sky an array of soft pink and orange, and us parked in front of a guarded gate.


    "We are here?" I ask sitting up, it didn''t look like much, just a gate.


    "Before we enter I just wanted to prepare you...."


    "Prepare me for what?"


    "A select few have heard you are returning.."


    "Returning?" I repeat, my eyebrows furrowing.


    "Yes, you stayed with me before you left for the Nightshade Reformed pack. They will be outside the alpha house, don''t be rmed...you left abruptly. They will just be d you are safe." I hadn''t realised until now that his hand was touching mine, his thumb drawing soothing circles on my open palm.


    "Okay..." I''m hesitant in how to respond. I had no memory of his pack, of his people. I''m also now very aware as his hand moves away to the steering wheel, my hand missing his touch.


    He had almost carried me back into the car from the restaurant, each time I fought against him he applied his lips to my neck, making me sumb to that addictive sensation.


    He was a cryptic person, one minute assertive....then yful as he would ignite sparks across my skin in a way only he can do.


    He nods to one of the guards through his window, the gate opening and the caring back to life. There was a lot ofnd, more so than at the Nightshade Reformed pack and at first I think it is just field after field, until wee into the central development. Plenty of buildings, mainly normal sized homesplement thendscape, nothing seems out of ordinary until he pulls up outside arge home.


    It''s not the size of the house that unnerves me but the veryrge crowd having already gathered outside.


    "Shit." He groans as he slows the car down.


    "This is a few?" I chide, there must be hundreds of people parting as the car pulls up and Hector stops the engine.


    "You were clearly missed..." He humours, before stepping out of his side of the car and walking around the front to my door..


    But before he opens it, he turns to face them all... their eyes all ze over as one, their necks turning in -some kind of form of submission.


    As I exit the car, the collective eyes of an entire pack dart to me.


    "Wee home Luna." They all start to murmur, their heads bowing in a sign of respect to me.


    "Luna?" I turn to Hector.


    "Yes, as my mate you will be the Luna of this pack. Hector confirms to me, pulling me through the crowd


    and into his home.


    Not only was I an expectant Alpha of a pack but I was also waiting to take my ce as a Luna. My head was starting to ache with this level of responsibility.


    It was different to piss Hector off, to fight back on what he ims is our bond. But to have two packs now relying on me, expecting me to lead them....I''m not too sure about this....


    "Are you okay?" He asks as we walk into his hallway.


    "Yes, just feg slightly overwhelmed." For once I drop the sarcasm and am honest with him.


    "An honest answer for once." He chides back at me, earning a growl from me instead.


    I''m about toe back with a witty reply when a woman flings her arms around me, and ces her hands to my cheeks.


    "Thanks the goddess that you are okay Kaia. I''m so happy you havee back to us." She was a sweet middle aged woman that gave off a motherly feel about her. Was she Hector''s mother... ""Erm, thanks..."


    "Are you hungry?"This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    "We ate on the road Aubrey, I didn''t want to bother you Judging by the way he calls her Aubrey I''m guessing she is not his mother.


    "I''ll make some hot drinks and snacks to see you through until the morning.


    I watch the interaction between the two of them, before they both look at me silently watching them.


    "Tea?" She hums at me but I look to Hector for rification.


    ""Do I like tea?"


    "Yes...you like tea Kaia." He smiles at me before gesturing for me to follow him.


    "Tea it is then." I nod to her, before following Hector on what I imagine is a guided tour of my new home for the time being.


    As my hand touches the staircase railing, the front door burst open a young male and female walking into the hallway. A disapproving growl emitting from Hector.


    "K?" The female runs up to me, just like Aubrey, flinging her arms around me.


    "It''s so good to have you home."


    "It is?" I cough out. This little blonde she wolf seems to have winded me somehow.


    "Excuse my sister Luna, I''m Riley and this is Rosa."


    "Hello..." I nod to him, my eyes scanning them both before I turn to look at Hector.


    A gasp regains my attention as I find this Rosa girl taking a step back, her hands cupping her own face as she stares at the mark on my neck.