Oracle Of The Moon

Too many scents- Kale's POV

Kale's POV-

The only thing worse than having the girl there in front of me, staring at me with those honest beautiful electric eyes, was thinking about her. I was driving myself so crazy thinking about her that even a long run couldn't shake my restlessness away.

I hated that I liked her. I hated that I wanted to believe her. I really hated that she already had me halfway convinced that she really wasn't working for The North.

She seemed too honest. The pain in her eyes when she spoke of Flemming was too real and palpable for it to be fake. Her dislike and anger at him were even stronger than my hostile feelings towards him. There's no way someone could fake that kind of contempt.

And all those realizations did was raise even more questions. What had happened between them that made her hate him so much? What was The North playing at if she wasn't working for them? Had they put an enchantment on her too? Had they sent her down here to distract me? What would they get out of sending her to me? Was it to be both of our downfalls? I was so full of unanswerable questions, and it was making me irritated.

The only thing that I knew for sure was that she was most definitely an oracle. Her knowingness was obvious, and I knew that she was absolutely right about Rodriguez wanting asylum. I was going to give it to him and his pack anyways, even before he discovered my sister as his mate and before Lucy told me that her visions supported it. Rodriguez's pack was an ally, and even though most of The South was afraid of The North and didn't want to draw attention to their packs for them to wreak havoc upon them, I'd help any one of allies in a heartbeat if I had the means. Whether they wanted to fight The North with us or not, I'd always offer them help in their time of need.

I wanted to free everyone from the tirade of The North. So far, I hadn't had any help in that pursuit. The North had been launching surprise attacks across the whole South, weakening everyone. It was how my pack had gotten so big; we had been absorbing all the fallen packs that had lost their own alphas and betas. We needed help to stop the overtaking, yet everyone was terrified to fight back except me.

We needed a miracle... I wanted to believe that it was her, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that she was a trick. It was too good to be true. This beautiful knowing girl had to be a trap. It felt like a trick. I couldn't shake the feeling of it all being a lie.

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I walked into the dining room after cleaning myself up after my run and everyone went silent. They were all wearing fairly nice clothes since it was an official pack dinner. We always had dinner in the pack house, but usually not everyone was required to attend. Normally, we had a 'come and go as you want' policy, but that night was one of the nights that it was a requirement... The night that I was introducing Lucine to the pack.

I shouldn't have been nervous. Afterall, it was just another probationary pack member introduction, but I couldn't help it. Everything I was feeling was making me second guess everything I knew. I knew she wasn't my mate, but it felt like she was.

I was usually very good at listening to my head instead of my heart, but even my wolf was pulling me in Lucy's direction. I felt the pull of the mate bond strongly and I didn't know how to stop it. It felt so real, but it couldn't be... It couldn't.

I sighed and shook my head; I was giving myself a headache. I was going round and round with myself again. I felt like I made a good decision in letting her stay in my pack, but I didn't trust my feelings enough to actually know that it was the right decision. I didn't trust myself with her.

I felt too much in her presence. I felt the pull of the bond, her overwhelming emotions leaking through the bond, I felt all of my terror and anxiety trying to figure out what sort of trap this was, and I felt myself wanting to just go to her. It was confusing, and I didn't like all of the conflicting thoughts and emotions clogging up my brain.