The Luna's Journey

Chapter 10

Luna Angie looped her arm thru mine once we stepped outside, she steered me towards the woods and I could see a path leading into it.

"Should I be worried that you are taking me in here to torture and question me?" I teased her.

"Torture no, question yes." She said laughing. "Although, if you answer a question wrong then maybe."

I smiled at her protectiveness of her brother in law, I was happy to see how close they were and that she cared enough to question me before letting me spend alone time with Jack.

"So, your Alpha told us a little bit about what happened, but I would like to hear it from you. Men aren't always the best at getting stories correct." She jumped straight into asking what she wanted to know and I liked that about her, right to the point. I told her everything, from the time he hurt Annie to the night Uncle Alph banished him from our pack.

"I am so sorry you had to go thru that, I'm very happy he did not mark you, the pain would have been even more unbearable." She had a look of sadness on her face. "I remember when Jack lost Maria, they had just marked each other a month before, so young the both of them. Maria was training with the warriors that day, part of her future Luna lessons as you well know I'm sure. The attack came out of nowhere, and there were so many of them." She trailed off, talking about it still clearly choked her up. She sniffled and cleared her throat before she continued. "He was in so much pain when he lost her, he still hurts sometimes to this day. My point is, I do not want to see him hurt again, so please if you can't see yourself falling in love with him and being as close to a true mate as you can then please, please do not choose him. I can't bear to think of him moving to the other side of the country to get treated poorly, not to say that you would mind you, just want to tell you my thoughts and feelings."

"I appreciate you for doing it." I told her honestly and I did, I was happy to see that he had someone that cared enough about him to stick up for him and question the girl that could potentially take him away from all of them and everything he knew. "May I ask you a few questions?"

"Please, I would be worried if you didn't have some questions for me after that." She smiled putting me at ease.

"Do you think he is ready to love again?" I asked her and she didn't respond right away. We walked for a little while before she answered me.

"I think he is, had you asked a year or two ago I would have said no but over the past year or so he has grown so much. His parents coddled him, didn't try to push him out of his depression. When Adam and I took over about a year and a half ago Adam changed that, much to his parents discouragement. Adam pushed Jack until he broke, broke down crying right there in the middle of the training field. Adam sat there and held him till he had no more tears, then stood him up and ran him. They ran for four hours straight before collapsing in exhaustion. He told Jack there would be no more self-pity, no more depression, and no more hiding. He told him it was okay to be sad, and to grieve the loss of his mate but there came a time when you had to pick yourself up off the ground and move on with your life. It may sound a little harsh but it worked, Jack became a whole new person after that. You can still see the sadness in his eyes sometimes, especially around the anniversary of her death but I suppose anyone who's lost their mate would have that." She gave me a small smile. "That was a really long answer to your question wasn't it?"

"Little bit but I needed to hear that as well." I chuckled. "I had not been marked yet but I still feel sad to have lost my mate even though he was a horrible person."

"It's that bond thing, sometimes I curse the goddess for even making such a thing." She grumbled and I gasped at what she had said. I had never heard anyone speak against the goddess or the mate bond. "Don't get me wrong, I love it because it gave me Adam, but when I see people like Jack or you that have been hurt by or lost their mate I just can't stand to see the pain in such good people. If it wasn't for the bond the level of sadness and pain wouldn't be nearly as intense I don't think, maybe I'm wrong."