Alpha's Blind Luna



The pack territory was a huge valley. Most of it was grasslands and then surrounded by a forest. We did own some of the land in the forest as well but it would stop a couple miles in. Leaving thick, untouched forest stretching out further North. There was a city further Northeast that abutted the forest on the opposite end but it was a quiet city. Rarely did they venture into the forest but I still had the pack keep to the inside of our territory for runs. The only one who broke that was Hector. I looked behind me and saw the guards struggling to keep up. More surprising though, was Hector. He was keeping pace with Faris, except he hadn't shifted yet.

I'd never really considered myself gay, even when mating with Vale. I loved him and he turned me on like no one else could, but I didn't really feel a sway towards one gender or another when it came beauty or sexiness. It was the reason why being with Rose was so convenient. I didn't have to choose, it was chosen for me. Which now it was the same as Vale. He was chosen for me by the moon goddess.

But looking at Hector now, as he ran, all I could think of was 'beautiful'. His muscles straining at their max, the power behind his strides, and the complete serenity on his face. It was a freedom to run, the wind in your face and going fast enough, especially in wolf form, felt like you were flying. “Pay attention, Alpha. We won't lose them with you looking back. Don't worry about me, I'll keep up.”

Faris barked and I smiled. Turning, we kicked up the speed, weaving through the forest until I felt the territory line, and us blasting over it. Mouth open, tongue hanging out, Faris and I felt the freedom and the wind fill our fur.

'Zeke, what the hell are you doing?'

I smiled. 'Just going for a run, no big deal.'

'If it's no big deal, stay within the territory.'

'Why? So your little guards can watch my every move? No thanks, Vale. I need a moment to just run. Plus, Hector is with me. I'm not alone.'

He growled in my mind. 'I think you're spending too much time with him. He's rubbing off on you...and not in a good way.'

'A good way? Vale this is Hector. The man who helped raise you. One of the strongest if not the strongest in the pack right now. He understands...'

'Stop, Zeke! He's not right in the head anymore. You saw him today. Saw the smirk, heard what he said. That's not normal. That's not...'

I sighed. 'You're right. It's not normal. But we can't be normal anymore, Vale. We don't have the luxury. Hector and I are the same.'

'You're not! You were there for two weeks! He was in their hands for months! My mother for years! You're not like them!'

I skidded to a halt in the forest, pulling the grass and sticks. 'Vale...'

'Goddess, just stop. Two weeks, Zeke. Two. I get that it was bad but it's not something you need to let define you. You're not like them. They've gone through some shit and it's fucked them up.'

'This is your mom you're talking about.'

He sighed. 'Oh, I'm aware. You think as a kid I didn't know? Both of my parents struggled with their own demons but my mother, my dad...hell, even Bryan and Hector held onto the past like it was going to comeback.'

'It has, Vale! The BloodHunter Coven...'

'...are not our biggest problem right now.'

I was stunned. Faris growled at Vale, unhappy with how I was feeling. So many emotions ran through me but I could only just stand there. A hand ran through my fur and I looked up at Hector. He was smoothing out my fur that had risen along my hackles.

"Calm, Zeke. Relax. He doesn't mean it like you think he does. I promise. Remember what I said. They don't understand."

Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes. 'Vale, we will speak about this later.'

Slamming the mind link shut, I took a deep breath. Looking up at Hector, I realized what he said. Shifting from my wolf form, my brow furrowed. "How did you know? How did you know it was Vale. Or what he was saying?"

Hector sighed. “Because I could hear it." There was a long pause. "I do my best to tune out other people's conversations but it doesn't always work.” "How? How do you do that? You shouldn't be able to...can you read minds?"

He chuckled and shook his head. "No. I can't read minds. It's like having a wiretap on a phone call. The mind link being the connection and then me picking it up. Except that I haven't figured out how to turn it off. And let me tell you, I'm trying. I've heard so much shit I don't want to even think about."

"Goddess, Hector. Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"Because everyone would be crazy self-conscious when mind-linking. It would disrupt everyone. I'd rather people just continue normally than worry about me. I'm not going to say anything."

Rubbing my face with my hands, I shook my head. "That's not the point Hector. I mean..."

"Would you rather I move in alone? Not be around anyone? Cause I can do that, I just..." There was a look that came over his features. A loneliness and resignation. It make the dark circles under his eyes deeper. The few wrinkles he had deepen and the grey hair stand out more.

"No...no. What else are you hiding Hector? What else should I know? Is there?"

His mouth pursed for a moment before he ran his hand through his hair. "The reason I don't shift anymore is because of Vale." "What do you mean?"

Reaching back, he scratched the back of his neck, looking uncomfortable. "I don't shift because I don't want to start something with Vale. He's the Alpha and more importantly the Alpha King. I'm not gunning for him or his position but I doubt Naresh will see it that way. We are a bit prideful when it comes to the size of our wolves."

I laughed, shaking my head. "He's not going to get into a contest of dick measuring."

Hector didn't laugh or even smile. "When repeatedly he's being told I could outmatch him. That I can stand against his presence and order. It already puts him on edge around me. It's why he won't train with me anymore. He doesn't want to be beaten by someone else." He sighed before continuing. "In a way it's good. It means he's taking his position more seriously. To him, Alpha King is now who he is, not just job he's been saddled with. But it also makes him more prone to feel threatened by someone like me and Auri. Maybe even you sometimes; at least when it comes to the pack." "I...but why wouldn't you shift? If he already feels threatened."

Hector started to walk through the forest. I followed him, hearing my own feet crunch through the foliage on the ground. There was almost little to no sound coming from Hector's steps. It was disconcerting.

“Because I don't want it to be the final straw. If Vale kicked me out of the pack, for one, I'd have nowhere else to go. Two, I don't really want to leave Bryan. If he came with me it would mean leaving Lucy. I think he's been holding out for grand-pups. Your pups will be the first grand-pups we will have. I'd like to be around to help with them, help you guys, even if Vale doesn't necessarily want me to be."

"He didn't mean it."

He flashed a smile back to me. "Oh no, he did. Trust me. I know." Tapping the side of his head, he shook his. "He doesn't talk to you about it. At least not as harshly as he does others."

Throwing my hands up, I paced the forest floor. "What is happening with him? Why is he being like this lately? He's just being stupid. Making dumb choices, saying things and not caring whether he's right or wrong. I don't know what's happening or how to stop it."

"Maybe just talk to him?"

Leaning against a tree, I shook my head. "I tried. It's just gets worse. He starts to shove me away until he realizes he's gone too far. Then he apologizes, sucks my dick, and goes back to the same way he was."

"I didn't need to know that." Hector sat on a root of a tree further away. "Why not try to show him instead of just telling him?"

"How?" Hector shrugged. "I don't know Vale enough anymore to specifically say. I do know usually it isn't violence. He's never been one for a fist fight."

I hummed, thinking about the best way to confront him when I got back. Hector got up and started to pull off his shirt. Immediately, my thoughts stopped as my eyes roamed over what was a work of art. Catching my gaze, he smirked.

"Sorry, Zeke. I'm taken, as are you."

My face turned beat red and I was about to look away when my eyes caught a mark on his neck.

"Wait. You're mated? When? With who?"

"Don't worry about it."novelbin

I stood up and grabbed his wrist. "Hector, you can bring them into the pack. I promise nothing bad will happen. If you found them, you should be with them!"

"It's not that easy." His voice was low, quiet, and meek. Not at all the Hector I knew. It was the one who came back broken and lost.

"I can help. Let me."

Shaking his head, he rolled his shoulders. "It wasn't consensual, Zeke. So no. You can't."

“I.....it...what?” I fumbled over my words, trying to think who would overpower Hector.

"Before your mind jumps, I wasn't think victim. So you can stop that train of thought I see in your eyes; the pity." Hector stretched out his legs. "You can tell Vale about that. That I have a mate and that it was against her will. You can say whatever you want but I need you to swear you won't tell him about my wolf. I need you to promise."

My head was doing flips. It was probably the worst thing a wolf could do. To mark them without their consent. Considering you are stuck with them forever. Unless they die or someone like Vale goes in and removes the bond forcibly. But Hector was saying to promise not to say anything about his wolf.

"Zeke?"

"Yeah. I promise. I don't understand why..."

Then Hector shifted, exploding into his wolf form. Immediately, I knew why. He was right. Holy moon goddess herself, he was right. I'd seen Hector before. I'd seen his wolf form. We fought in wolf form twice out of our six day training. This was not that wolf. If I hadn't seen him shift in front of me, I wouldn't have believed it was him.

His fur color hadn't changed. Still the red-brown with flecks of grey and the grey around his muzzle, showing his age. The color of his also also hadn't changed, Rydere looking back at me with the lighter and brighter brown eyes. But there is where the familiarity ended. Reaching out, I touched his fur, trying to allow my mind to connect that this was still Hector.

The muscles under the fur were far more prominent, making the indentations more severe. His fur was thicker too. Thicker and softer than I remembered, ending in a far bushier tail than I had seen as well. All that paled in comparison to his size. He stood almost head to head with me, looking more monster than wolf. Goddess, Vale would flip. If it had been a slight change, much like the changes we noticed in Hector when he came back. This was on a completely different level.

"How...?" I scratched his side, trying to wrap my head around him sheer size.

'We went through a lot when we were captured, young one. But it is not something either of us wish to relive.' Rydere's voice filtered through my

mind.

I nodded, fanning out my fingers in his fur. “You're so soft."

'Would

you like to know what it really feels like to fly, young one?'

My eyebrow rose as I leaned back to see Rydere somehow smirking at me. He motioned with his head up and I looked up but only saw the trees.

'Climb on and hold on.'

Laughing, I shook my head. "Hell no."

'Scared?'

"No!"

In all my years, I don't think I'd ever seen a wolf look incredulous but here Rydere was. His muzzle curved up in a smirk and an eyebrow raised. Taking a deep breath and letting a snort out, I grabbed the fur on his nape. Hoisting myself up, he chuckled through the mind link.

'Hold on, young one. And don't close your eyes.'