Blood Legacy (Rewritten)

46. Our queen, our Luna

Zara took it upon herself to patiently explain to me the hierarchy of a werewolf pack as we walked to the cafeteria to have our lunch.
She started with the Alpha -which was actually what Nathan was, unsurprisingly- continuing with the Beta (David) and Delta (Christian), finishing with the warriors -which was actually what all three female wolves in Nathan's gang were- and then the omegas and the lone wolves. She told me that the lone wolves were simply families or even single wolves who made the choice of living a life in solitude, away from pack grounds or rules. They respected the universal laws of keeping away from any claimed territory and the vow of secrecy from the human world, generally forced to adopt a neutral stance if they somehow found themselves tangled in a dispute between packs.

"Wow, that's actually cool. So you don't have to abide by anyone's rules. You can have a normal life, almost like humans," I said with a look of wonder as I peered at Jess.

"Well, we do have to abide by the king's rules though. The king is actually the king of all wolves, lone wolves or not," She explained with a hint of uneasiness, Zara nodding her head with approval as we stood in line to grab ourselves something to eat.

"Which is gonna be Nathan now?" I casually asked out of pure curiosity after having heard them talk about that so many times before. Him, David and my father too.

"He has to claim you in front of the pack and marry you first. A king cannot rule by himself," Zara answered with blunt seriousness, her words though making me feel so uneasy and restless as I couldn't help but reminisce our last exchange of words.

Maybe he didn't like me before but I bet he fucking hates me now.

Maybe that's why he's so angry all the time. I bet he doesn't even want this burden, this great responsibility that's been dumped on his shoulders.

"But why me? Why does it specifically have to be me?" I whined out loud with annoyance even though I already knew the answer to that.

"Because you're his mate. You're the rightful Luna to the pack," There's that stupid word again. Luna.

"Am I though?" I questioned with a raised brow as I looked at her. I couldn't say that I knew exactly what it meant but that didn't mean that I liked how it sounded either.

"Yes, you are. We can feel it through the bond. Ever since he mated you," My eyes widened, feeling my cheeks getting a little hotter as I somehow knew that she was actually talking about the fact that we had...

"Wait, bond? What bond? You guys have that bond thingy too?" I suddenly asked with surprise, hurrying my steps so that I could keep up with her long strides as she'd grabbed her tray of food and was now heading to the outside dining area since it was so nice and sunny outside today. Jess followed us too, keeping quiet though as she listened to our conversation.

"The pack is connected to their leaders through a special bond that helps them in so many ways. It helps them communicate, especially when in wolf form,"

"Does that mean that you can talk in my head like he did?" Jess let out an amused giggle at the sound of that, noticing the smile threatening to spread on Zara's lips too as she stopped at a random wooden table, placing her tray on it whilst we followed and did the same.

"You have to accept us first, for that to happen," She said with a shrug and sat down, her words though creating a sense of guilt and embarrassment within me, making me feel so stupid and childish as I thought about how I've been vehemently rejecting Nathan and the idea of having to forcefully marry him. But it's not like he's been making it any easier for me though. He'd treated me like shit from the very beginning, his rather callous behavior pointing towards one certain fact; he didn't want this either. Maybe he did like me in a way, maybe he'd been sexually attracted to me too but he didn't want this either. This, this stupid mess we were in.
Not to mention that I still didn't know so many things about myself either. How was I supposed to accept them or whatever if I didn't even know what I was exactly and how that magic within me worked? I didn't even have any idea who I was anymore!
Human? Half-human? Witch? A fucking goblin with wings?
It's not like my asshole of a father had even bothered to explain to me in detail what that magic in our blood meant or what we could do, actually.

"It's okay, we understand that you're scared and overwhelmed. Anyone of us would be in your situation," She said after a moment, probably having noticed that changed look on my face.

I only gave her a grateful smile, receiving one in return as we sat in comfortable silence for a moment, casually noticing my sister approaching our table with Estefany and that other wolf girl Brie, I think, giving me a small wave and a smile before she ran and plopped her butt next to me, throwing her arms around me as she gave me a nice and tight hug.

"Okay, okay, you can go away now you little ninny," She only laughed in reply and let me go, choosing to go and sit with Estefany as they laid on the lush and trimmed grass somewhere close to our table, my sister using Estefany's thigh as a pillow as they bathed in the sun, smiling like two idiots.

I lightly shook my head and casually looked between Zara and Brie as they were both now seated in front of me, Jess being the one who'd sat next to me.

"Where's Kayla?" I curiously asked as I noticed that she was nowhere in sight, my heart doing a somersault as I looked around at other tables, accidentally noticing Nathan and David as they were now present too, sitting only two tables away from ours.

"Oh, she's probably fucking Christian in a broom closet somewhere," I casually heard Zara say, followed by Jess' laughter.

I quickly tore my gaze away and directed it back to Zara, giving her a bewildered look.

"Yeah, they're kind of an item now," She confirmed with a shrug, my mouth barely opening when she suddenly bared her pearly white teeth at me out nowhere, softly growling whilst Brie did the same.

What the fuck?!?

I almost jumped out of my seat, scared as hell when Jess' hand softly grabbed my own, her gaze pointing to my side as soon as I looked at her.

Brows furrowed, I turned my head to see what she was pointing at, only to suddenly notice David standing just a few inches away from our table, rolling his eyes in annoyance even though his palms were already raised in a surrendering manner.

"At ease, warriors. You know I'm not here to hurt your Luna," He calmly said, the girls though still warily watching him as he took a seat next to me, offering me a kind smile.

"Why are they acting like this?" I asked, entirely freaked-out by their weird behavior.

What the fuck was going on?

"You're the luna, they feel the need to protect you now. It's in their instincts," He softly explained, still keeping that warm smile plastered over his features.

"You might bear his pup now, we have to protect you from other males, him included. The pup needs to be safe, and our queen," They both crossed an arm over their chests and bowed their heads, Zara and Brie, my eyes though almost popping out of their sockets from the staggering shock as I could only stare at them, stunned into silence.

"Wait, pup? What's a pup? What do you mean pup?"

I watched David's cheeks bloom with colour as I turned my head to curiously peer at him, seemingly hesitating for a moment or two before he finally explained with uneasiness,

"It's what we call babies..."

He still looked so visibly uncomfortable as I gaped at him with utter mortification, now feeling my cheeks burning too as I shifted my gaze between him and the girls.

"I'm not...pregnant, okay? He didn't..." I quietly tried to explain, thickly swallowing as I noticed the way they were all uncomfortably looking at me now, feeling his gaze trained on me too as I sat there, squirming from the intensity of the moment.

Fuck.

"Excuse me, I think I need some air," I weakly excused myself and shot up from that bench faster than the fucking wind, running away before anyone could even try to stop me.