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I woke up alone, this didn't shock me. What shocked me was that Ares chose to leave a note.
Your Introduction ceremony takes place at midnight. You are free to roam until then, I will be in my study. Maya will be there if you need anything. The rest of your clothes arrived this morning.
-A
For him to have struck me as such a brute of a man, he did have really good handwriting, it actually struck me as formal. However, who the hell is Maya?
I climbed out of bed and made my way to the closet picking out a dress the color of jade. It was long sleeve, but stopped above my knee. I didn't bother with shoes. I set my choice in outfit down before walking into the restroom and checking all the cabinets before finding towels on the top shelf. Now I'm sure whenever Ares moved in, he had this house renovated to suit giants or something because no way in hell was I ever gonna reach the shelf those towels were on. I closed my eyes. Focusing and reaching until I felt the light build up along with the wind, it wasn't long before I had a pretty strong wind under my control. I used that to knock down the towels I would need. My affinity for nature wouldn't always help me, but it definitely didn't hurt. I ran a bath. Noticing my toiletries were now in this abnormally large bathroom. Bubble baths were my thing so I wasn't even the slightest bit shocked by the amount of bottles I had that were placed under the sink. My mom must have sent more knowing how I could go through one bottle in a matter of hours. I stayed in there for quite a while, letting my thoughts catch up to me.
This is really happening. I will be mated to the strongest alpha in the world in only a matter of weeks. I was in no way ready for that, but it's what's expected of me so it will happen. My original pack, although not nearly as strong as Silver Eclipse, were the second strongest, actually they were even considered the royalty of weres. I would be expected to have sex with him, but that thought is as intimidating as he is. He would expect me to give him children. Hopefully not too many because child birth seems awfully scary too me. His people hate me. How was I supposed to be luna to people who don't want me. They could potentially rebel against him because of me. If I give an order and they don't obey, it'll be seen as disrespect and Ares will have no choice but to rectify whatever situation arises. If he does not, then he is also seen as disrespectful and they'll think it's okay to treat me however they want, if that happens other packs will see Ares as weak because if you can't protect your mate, how can you protect your territory.
I guess the simple way to avoid that would be not to give orders. I'm not a very bossy person to begin with. I laughed out loud at my own crazy ravings before getting out of the water and letting it out, I wrapped the towel around me, securing it around my chest before walking out of the bathroom. I chose my underwear, a beige lace set. After putting that on I dropped my towel and began to moisturize. I returned to the restroom and brushed my teeth, then washed my face.
Putting on the dress and putting half my hair up and leaving the rest down, I left the room and the house.
Judging on the sun's position, it was either noon or just past it. I had not even bothered to check the time before leaving the house. The clearing was still undeniably busy and I got mostly dirty looks, but a few curious glances were thrown in the mix. I was happy to find that I wasn't only receiving hate. Curiosity was okay, simply because it wasn't hate.
As I walked across the slightly damp grass and dirt. I couldn't help but relish in the connection of body to Earth. I was aware of all the eyes on me, but they weren't my concern. I could hear the whisper of the trees mixing with the hateful whispers of what was soon to be my people. They were particularly happy today, all anxious to speak to me and bask in the high noon sunlight. The grass tickled my toes and the wind blew my hair trying to get my attention. Soon water vapor in the air began making itself known, sticking to me or even going so far as forming floating water drops in the air.
