Two moons, Two mates

How it's going

Omg so much lore has been dropped, let's
push forward ten years. Pretty sure you guys know where this is going, but don't worry I have a delicious twist planned!

xx

-M.K.

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Clem's POV- (10 years later)

I was going to break something, or someone. The rag in my hand digging into the wood, the wood of the table in the middle groaning under the pressure begging me to snap it in half- and who was I to deny its plea? I pushed my hand just a bit harder until someone cleared their throat behind me and my anger skyrocketed. Fuck keeping it together, fuck acting sensible.

"Clementine? A word in my office?" Selena's voice clicked in my ear.

"Just as soon as I finish cleaning this table, I'll head in." I said through gritted teeth, the wood giving just a little bit more.

"Now." She warned, her "boss" voice making me curl my nose up before dropping the rag and walking in front of her to the confined office at the back of the cafe.

I threw the door open, pacing back and forth while Selena calmly walked to the other side of her desk and neatly rearranged papers before motioning for me to sit, my breath coming out in puffs from my nose looking at Selena who was nothing but raised eyebrows and pursed lips.

"Jasmine insists I write you up this time."  Selena finally says, her fingers intertwining like an upset parent which is a button she knows better than to push.

"Well write me up then, or better yet Selena fucking fire me. I could use some time away from her and the fuck away from you. Gods, how my life might be different if I got myself away from you." I say pushing the chair back and leaning forward, my finger pointing into her face which she quickly grabs and holds, her eyes looking into mine until I realize what I've just said, her hand suddenly feeling real around mine while I float back to earth.

"I figured you needed that." She says letting go of my hand and sending me a funny look.

"You knew? You knew I was loosing it?" I ask, getting a nod from her in return while her smile spreads. "So you gave me an outlet?" I confirm, making sure she knows I didn't mean what I just said, though guilt eats at me anyway.

"Jasmine is always a good direction for you to point it at, she sucks." She laughs, my body suddenly exhausted and I realize my hands have stopped shaking.

"You know I didn't mean it Selly. We're only two weeks away from the blood moon, and it's already taking control of me." I apologize, Selena looking at me with her huge eyes that used to freak me out.

"I know your heart Clementine. I know you're good." She reassures me, something I had once said to her after fleeing the werewolf clan almost ten years ago to the night. The warning from our previous Luna having all come to fruition with the coming of the double moon, including the rumors I heard heard and that of the wolves that had fallen victim to 'The Lunar Frenzy,' so they were calling it. I tried to shake it off, but the thought of being all consumed by beast instead of human..well it scared the fuck out of me. Haunted my every thought.

Selena went to work on her computer, a silent invitation to sit with her awhile, one I welcomed while I watched her work. She had been my everything in the last five years, starting all the way back to the night I never talk about. After the Luna had died, and whatever war waged outside, I had found myself awake in a prison across from Selena, the big eyed girl who had scared me before the night happened. We had both been seventeen at the time, but while we tried to gage what was going on, I remember thinking her voice made her sound younger and more fragile. It took the span of two days talking to each other in the dark to feel fiercely protective over her- like the sister I had never had. The third day, guards had descended and dragged me from my cell force feeding me bread and water so I wouldn't die before they said I could.
The torture that happened afterwards was nothing like any movie or book had ever described and it all came to a peak three weeks in on my birthday. Selena was half witch/half werewolf and they slowly sliced down her spine to force her to keep her magic trained on me to keep me from shifting. My skin felt like it was turning inside out, my bones breaking over and over with no relief. Despite the men barely flinching, Selena and I kept repeating to each other, each taking turns, "It's going to be okay." After what seemed like hours and somewhere close to the tenth time I had passed out, Selena's eyes had locked on mine and we made a split second decision. She reversed the spell, making me shift instantly and I pulled the heads off the bodies of the man who had been touring us for months. I had always heard a wolf couldn't control themselves their first time shifting, but I was able to stop killing before I ever hurt Selena and convinced her to ride on my back to get out of the prison. I still remember how that first breath of fresh air hand stung my lungs, and how my wolf senses allowed me to smell everything from the dirt below my feet to the slices of rotting flesh on both me and Selena. I had a plan, I just needed to get to the Brook family but Selena had seen a small poster on the wall announcing our hanging that was supposed to take place in two days. I couldn't go to the Brook's and put them in danger, so I instead went towards the city.
A city that Selena and I found a coven of witches in. They had been tentative to help a werewolf (and with good reason) but despite our feud Selena had convinced them I was different, something I still don't believe now. Something that keeps me up at night, since even though justified murder- I was still a murderer. They had nursed us to health, and taught Selena tricks to make people believe what you wanted them to believe, or small spells to persuade people to do things without a second thought. We left with just enough knowledge to make it on our own, produce fake documents, and join society like we had been there all along. Selena working her way up at the cafe, and I to be nurse. It had been a long ten years.