Broken Luna

Chapter 4

"Lucy who did this to you?", He asks in a demanding tone.

I shake my head as tears begin to escape my eyes.

"Open your eyes and tell me. Now.", he demands in his Alpha tone knowing I can't reject an Alpha's orders.

I quickly open my eyes and look up at him, noticing sadness flash through his eyes before being replaced with the seething rage within him.

I whimper before looking down and answering his question, "I did".

He stiffens underneath me before wrapping his arms around me once more. I silently cry into his shoulder as he rubs my back.

"Baby why did you do it", he asks as I hear sadness in his tone.

My voice muffles against him, "Because I hate myself and knew I'd be a horrible Luna. I told myself you'd reject me when you found out I'm your mate".

He kisses the side of my head before squeezing me tighter, "Stop saying things like that to yourself. First of all, you will be an amazing Luna. Plus, I'd never reject you and to think you'd hurt yourself because of me, upsets me extremely".

I pull away from him and look up to see a tear drop from his eye but he quickly wipes it away.

He looks at me seriously, "Please try not to do it again".

I nod and stay silent while examining all of his features. His long brown curly hair flows down his shoulders and back. His freckles a mix of different shades of brown, spread across his nose and cheeks. His jawline sharp as he smiles at me. His chocolate brown eyes stare deep into my soul as his scent surrounds us. The smells of fresh pine and cedar leak from his pores into the air. I inhale his scent deeply before looking down at his lips. I make eye contact once more as I watch him look down at my lips hesitantly. He begins slowly leaning in towards me so I do the same.

Suddenly there's a loud knocking on the door causing Zachary to growl angrily, "Come in".

Tanner hesitantly walks in as he looks between the two of us smiling.

"Did I interrupt something", he motions towards us clearly pointing out the close proximity.

"Of course not Tanner, now what do you want", Zachary impatiently asks while rubbing his thumb over my skin.

"Your mother has requested to speak to you", Zachary uncomfortably shifts in his chair at these words.

"Why would she like to speak with me?", Tanner shrugs.

"She wouldn't say but it was more of a demand than a request so you should probably go", I quickly get off of him causing him to frown before returning back to being serious.

"Tanner if you could drive Lucy back home it would be greatly appreciated", he nods as Zachary walks past him and out of the room.

I nervously walk up to Tanner as he smiles at me. I notice my tics are becoming slightly worse as Zach gets farther away. Tanner must notice it too as he narrows his eyebrows and frowns. Lucian rubs against my leg instantly but I just motion for him to follow. Tanner wraps his arm around my shoulder and brings me with him as we walk outside towards what I'm assuming is the pack garage by the amount of fancy cars that leave it every day. His touch comforts my tics as they return to the normal level. We take a sleek black car and I type my address into the GPS as he begins driving.

Zach's POV:
I nervously knock on the door to the meeting room.

"Come in", my mother's voice booms through the room.

I open the door and walk to the opposite side of the table from where my mother sits.

"Son, it's nice to see you're doing well", she smiles at me.

"Why did you want to speak to me mother?", I impatiently cock my head waiting for an answer.

"Oh come on son don't be like that. Your mom isn't allowed to check in on you sometimes?", she smiles evilly causing me to visually cringe.

"My mother who never cares how I feel and forced me to become a ruthless killer, does not check on me", she smirks.

"Fine, you got me. I am not here to check up on you but instead to check up on your love life. I hear you've found your mate", I stiffen as the words leave her mouth.

"Who told you?", she throws a paper across the table to me.

I grab it, noticing it's a newspaper. I read the front page's headline, "Future Alpha Meets His Mate". I nod my head and roll my eyes. Of course the news would already know, I found my mate in front of the whole school.

"They say she has problems, medical issues, disorders. They say she can't control her body and hurts herself because of it, is that true? How is one who cannot control herself, supposed to be the Luna of a pack?", I growl lowly at the thought of her being hurt.

"She is different around me, she's calm. Her tics don't hurt her and I know she will be fine. She WILL be this pack's Luna and she will be a great one too", my mother laughs manically.

"You better hope you're right because if you aren't, you WILL reject her. You will find someone who CAN be a good Luna for our pack", she spats some her words at me.

I hear movement and look up as I see my father come in. He smiles and walks up to me before bringing me into his arms. My father has always been amazing to me but when it comes to my mother, he would do anything for her. Even if it means disciplining me, he'd do it.

He pulls away still smiling, "I'm sure you'll figure it out son. You found your mate, your second half, I'm so proud of you".

"Thank you father", I smile at him and nod before excusing myself.