You're Mine

10: The Perfect Luna

Zander's POV

I didn't want to leave her house, but it seemed to be my only option. She didn't understand the reason behind our connection, so that made it difficult to act on our feelings. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how much she seemed to lean into her feelings and how comfortable she was sharing them with me.

While driving home, I thought of one million ways to tell her I'm a werewolf, to tell her that she could be one too because she is my mate. The more I thought of it, the more selfish every way I could tell her seemed to be. I knew I loved her already. Without a doubt, I cared so much and so deeply that I would give up being a wolf, being alpha, everything to make her comfortable and to be with her if that's what it took.

I knew I had to tell my family, especially my brothers. I saw the way Christian looked at her already, and I knew that everyone in our pack would feel a connection to her because she is destined to be their luna. I knew that pieces of what I felt around her would be felt by all of the members of my pack, the comfort she brought, how easy she was to talk to, the unification and closeness she caused. Rose was the piece that completed our pack, so naturally everyone in the pack should feel drawn to her and I wouldn't want either of my brothers, or any other males of our pack, to confuse the reason behind that attraction to her.

As soon as the truck tires hit my gravel driveway, I saw Sapphire walk out the garage door to meet me at my truck where I typically park. As soon as I got out, she just looked at me. I looked at her back as an overwhelming sadness rushed over me and I confronted the idea that Rose is a human and doesn't know she is my mate, my partner for life, my future wife and luna. Sapphire had a look on her face that reminded me of all of the difficulties that lied ahead to get to the point I wanted to be with Rose as my luna. But still, she just looked at me.

I sat down on the step bar of truck, put my hands over my face and cried. It was very uncommon for a wolf to imprint on a human like this, in fact I didn't know of a single story of it actually happening, but it was completely out of my control and everything about Rose drew me to her. She was my mate, and despite the differences between us, my future was in her hands. I knew that whether she could accept my world or not, I would be with Rose. I couldn't live without her now that I knew her. I just couldn't believe that I would have to ask her to give up her human life to be my luna. If I weren't going to be the alpha, she could probably remain human. I'm not sure what the options could be if I was anyone else but the alpha. I knew though, that being an alpha, she would have to change to become my luna. I just wish it were possible to begin my life with Rose now, but I knew I had to change everything she thought to be true first.

Sapphire sat down next to me and wrapped her arms around me without saying a word. I had never cried in front of my family like this. In fact, I rarely showed vulnerable emotion like this at all, but if it was going to be someone here for it, I was glad it was Sapph. After a couple of seconds I wiped off my face and looked up at her. There was a lot that I needed to take care of.

"I didn't tell anyone," she started. "I thought that you should, especially Christian and Kobe." she said with love and care for me. "I'll be honest with you, there might be some tension with Christian. He talked to me about her this morning. They had a lot of classes together yesterday and he was pretty unclear about his feelings for her. I just think you should talk to him," she added.

"Thanks, Sapph. I already thought to talk with them. I don't think talking to our family or our pack will be difficult at all, I'm more worried about talking to her," I confessed.