Luna's Return: Chasing His Betrayed Luna

As the days passed, I carried out all my duties as Luna despite my deep longing to end my mateship with Alpha Blaze.

Even as the pack members urged me to forsake the pack, I stood my ground. As the appointed Luna, I couldn’t just sit idly by and do nothing.

When I stepped out of the Pack Hall, I kept my head held high despite the murmurs and sidelong glances from everyone around me.

As Luna and seen as a mother figure to the pack, I nearly led us to ruin. As fate would have it, I was supposed to safeguard them as a former female warrior. Still, instead, I needed rescue from Hunter, the lead warrior.

When that unfolded, I became the center of mockery for a week, and Alpha Blaze did nothing to halt it.

Without Hunter, who put an end to their taunts until today, everyone would lay the blame on me.

Still, beneath their teasing, I sensed genuine concern. They knew I had always kept a sharp eye and responded to crises with pinpoint accuracy since becoming Luna, so it was hard to believe such a strike out from the rogues could vanquish me.

Whenever I went out for duties, Hunter would pass by, checking in on me after the rogues laid siege.

With each of his inquiries, I knew I wasn’t okay, struggling to adapt on the spot.

Consequently, I neither reassured him nor lied, as he already understood the root of the issue; Alpha and the pack members who had made my life a misery and nearly sabotaged my duties.

Crack open the silence; I inquired Hunter instead, “When will the turnover ceremony start? I'll volunteer just to exit out of this pack and be back into our pack.”

The turnover ceremony took place every year, sending some pack members to neighboring packs for alliances and work. I saw it as the perfect chance to make my escape, knowing Alpha Blaze would never let me return to my pack.

Since Hunter was in charge, slipping away would be a piece of cake.

Hunter's eyebrows raised in astonishment, asking, “Alpha has a harsh punishment over it, Luna Avery, but as long as you're willing, I can lend a hand, as always.”

I bowed my head in silence, at a loss for words, haunted by the decision I once made and now deeply regretted.

Flashback

Years ago, I was once a female warrior, mighty as an Alpha. With Black Shadow Pack's Alpha, Chase put his faith in me; I was under his command.

Alpha Chase once declared, “Launch an assault on Crescent Moon and kill their Alpha! It once belonged to our ancestors and must be reclaimed!”

As a determined warrior, I geared up for a long-anticipated battle.

As soon as I caught a glimpse of Alpha Blaze, the target of our mission, I buckled under pressure.

Though I was primed and pumped to strike an assault, my inner wolf hesitated; I wavered, recognizing him as my fated mate.

Since my wolf awakened, I had long waited to tie a bond with my mate. When the most-awaited time came, I couldn't bring myself to strike an assault. It left me aching deep within me.

When Alpha Chase knew it, he was decisive in sanctioning me for not fulfilling my duties because Alpha Blaze was my mate.

That time, Alpha Chase gave it a whirl to use a potion to shatter our bond. However, I halted him, but he questioned me in a series, “Since you don't want your bond with Alpha Blaze to end, tell me what your decisions are. Do you want to continue being Black Shadow's female warrior, or do you want to be in your mate's arms?”

It was tough to make a decision at first. Still, when my decisions were fixed on leaving Black Shadow, I uttered, “I apologize, but I will choose Alpha Blaze over being a female warrior. As a consequence, I will choose to abandon our pack.”

Following that decision, Alpha Chase set me free. My rank from Black Shadow was stripped away, and I was deemed a threat.

Before I could abandon the pack, Alpha Chase told me, “Black Shadow will always welcome exceptional warriors like you. You may return as long as your mate has forsaken you, but only if you fulfill your duty of eliminating the current Alpha of Crescent Moon.”

End of flashback

Despite all I endured, Alpha Blaze, in the end, left me high and dry, filling me with remorse for selecting him instead of my pack.

Like what Alpha Chase had warned me before, “Your mate will abandon you soon. Look out for yourself, Avery. You deserve better.”

I thought Alpha Chase was just out to tarnish Alpha Blaze’s reputation, but it turned out to be all too real.

That got me thinking about the past. During my first year at Crescent Moon, I tirelessly tried to get my mate's attention.

Through blood, sweat, and tears, it wasn't all for nothing, as I gained recognition as a dominant warrior.

At the same time, I crossed paths with Alpha Blaze, claiming me, at last, his mate.

With Alpha Blaze's neglect, Hunter came to my aid, fulfilling all the duties supposed my mate had done.

With no one in my corner except Hunter, I grew weary of staying here any longer.

Five years of mateship had led to nothing. Over those years, I endured countless hardships and tribulations, but relinquishing our mateship never crossed my mind.

When Hunter asked, "Are you certain you want to end your mateship with the Alpha? You've tried before, yet always ended up back together."

Well, not anymore.

As I reached my breaking point, I retorted, “Yes, I'm determined for Alpha Blaze and I's bond to end, whether by force or mutual decision.”