The Unwanted Luna

Amelia

"Mommy, I want a baby brother"

It was the next day and we were taking our breakfast outside since it was already warm and I needed to feel the sun on my skin after the night I had.

I don't remember much of what happened and it has always been like that after I have given in into my dark state.

I remember bits and pieces of hunting and killing some of the monsters that had been terrorizing my people and I do remember calling out to Nolan to come pick me up after I was done. I had been too exhausted to even teleport myself back to my room but that was the extent of my memory.

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and energized. Tristan was already in my room, chilling on the bed with his tablet waiting for me to wake up so we could have breakfast together.

Gosh I loved my baby boy so much, most boys his age wouldn't want to be too attached to their mothers instead choosing to spend time with their dads and other males around them but not Tristan, he loved spending time with me as much as he could. "Hmm?" I asked him, pretending that I hadn't heard what he said mainly because I didn't want to talk about that particular subject.

Having other children apart from Tristan has never really crossed my mind. Of course I have always wanted more children and a big family but after what happened with Xavier I pushed those fantasies to the back of my mind.

Until Tristan mentioned it I hadn't thought about it in a long time, plus I didn't even know if I could have children anyway, now that I had already ascended and I was no longer human.

"I saiiid... I want a baby brother" he repeats not getting the hint that I didn't want to talk about this.

But the problem with Tristan is that he can be quite persistent when he wants something, which I sometimes hate when he is persisting on something I didn't want.

"Why do you want a brother?" I heave a sigh after realizing that he wasn't going to give up on the topic nor let it go.

"Because Freya is going to have one, and now that you are back I can also have one" he says making it sound so rational.

As if what he was saying was valid and deserved immediate effect. This alone makes me smile despite not liking where things were going.

I knew that Sophie was pregnant, she was three months along and had told me the moment she found out.

She was excited and so were Jayden and Freya though they had decided not to tell anyone yet, well except for me and Xavier that is, since we were their best friends. "But don't tell Auntie Sophie, it was supposed to be a secret and Freya wasn't supposed to tell me" he pauses to take a breather before continuing.

"I don't want Rey getting into trouble so you have to promise me you won't tell Auntie Sophie" he finishes.

Rey is Tristan's nickname for Freya just in case you are confused at who that is. He couldn't pronounce her whole name when he was younger and the nickname just stuck.

You gotta love Tristan for being such a caring person, the sad looks that takes over his face at the possibility of Freya getting in trouble make me love him even more.

"I already know Tristan, so quite worrying that I would tell on you" I reassure him.

"Really?" he asks me skeptically but I just laugh at how adorable he is.

"Really, just like Rey is your best friend and she told you, your aunt Sophie is my best friend so she told me"

"It's bestest friend mommy...sooo, now that you know can I get my own baby brother?" his one track mind is something else honestly.

I had hoped that the topic on Sophie's second child would distract him away from his quest but I was wrong, apparently he was still on track.

"I don't know sweetie, maybe your dad and Bianca will give you one...I am okay with only having one special boy to give all my love and cuddles to" I tell him as gently as I could while holding him close.

I can see the disappointment in his eyes but there was nothing I could do to change the situation.

Despite the bond emerging, Xavier and Bianca were still mates and there was no way I was getting in the middle of that.

I was done with Xavier and I was not going to allow myself to go back to the heart break of pinning for someone who doesn't want me.

Never in the years that have passed has Tristan asked me for a younger sibling.

I never asked him if he had any step siblings because, one, I guessed that since I was out of the way, Xavier and Bianca would get their happy ever after and given the amount of sex they had before I left I was sure they would have kids sooner or later. And two, I didn't want to know anything concerning them so I had asked Tristan and Sophie not to mention them when we were together and they never did thankfully.

Tristan followed what I had asked him to do without question, see? The best kid ever.

I was actually surprised to find out that they didn't have any children, I had expected to find a house full of mini them but that wasn't the case.

I don't know why they have waited so long to have a kid but then again it was none of my business.

"Why would daddy and Aunt Bianca give me a brother?" he asked me after a while, confusion clear on his face.

"Because they are mates...you know what mates are right?" I ask him, pushing a lock of back hair that was covering his eyes.

He honestly needed a trim but he would never agree to it because for some reason he has taken a liking to long hair.

"Not really, daddy never got the chance to tell me what they are"

"Well, they are a person specially created by your aunt Selene for each and every werewolf. They are your other half, the person who loves you and gets you like no other person does" I say, trying to explain it in a simple way, a way that he would easily get. "But I don't understand, if they are your special person like Aunt Sophie and Uncle Jayden, shouldn't you be daddy's special person?" Well things just got a whole lot complicated. How am I supposed to explain to a six year old that I was his father's mate, his special person but he didn't want me and chose my sister?

How do I even begin to break it down for him?

The last thing I want and need is for him to think that mates aren't special because his father chose to reject his.

I want him to grow up believing in the power of mates because I have seen it all around me, I was just an unlucky case.

I want him to choose his mate and not reject her because I don't want to imagine my son putting his mate through the hell Xavier put me.

I want him to love and treasure her, to accept her and treat her like his queen like the most precious person in the world.

I want him to treat his mate like Xavier was supposed to treat me.

My mouth opens and closes as I fail to come up with a simple explanation to explain the fucked up relationship that was and is still is between me and his father.

I may despise Xavier but I don't want to tarnish the image Tristan has of him because despite the shitty way he treated me, he loves Tristan a lot and Tristan sees him as his hero. There was absolutely no question that Xavier was a great father.

"Bud? How about we leave the questions for another day okay? Your mum and I have pack business to attend to" the deep and gentle baritone of Xavier's voice brings our attention to him.

He was standing at the patio doors leaning on the frame, his arms crossed across his chest and his legs at his ankle.

His face displayed a type of emotion but before I could get a lock on it, his face shut down and he became emotionless.

"Okay...but I won't forget to ask later...oh and good morning dad and bye, I am gonna go play" Tristan says before he kisses me on the cheek then gives Xavier's leg a hug and just like that he is gone. Today was Saturday so he didn't have school meaning he could play all he wanted.

I was sure that he was going to get Freya first because those two have been joined at the hip since they were in diapers and although Selene refuses to tell me anything I have a feeling that those two are mates.

I turn to look at Xavier after he clears his throat to get my attention. The atmosphere was charged with an awkward energy because I was double sure that he had heard everything we were talking about.

I didn't know what to say so instead I stood up, picked up our cups and moved to go past him.

"Thanks" I whispered when I got near to where he was.

I didn't like the feeling of being indebted to him but I have to admit that I am grateful that he interrupted our conversation

"Meet me at the office, there somethings we need to discuss" Is the only thing he tells me before he moves past me and leaves, stomping all the way.

I could sense that he was angry but for the love of me I couldn't understand why.

Nothing I said was a lie, it was all true, in fact he should be a bit more grateful that I didn't tell Tristan the reason why I wasn't by his side as his mate.

But whatever, it wasn't my job to deal with his mood swings. I take the dishes to the kitchen then head to his office where I find just him, Jayden and Asher. I was thankful that I didn't have to deal with a colony of people.

"So what is the status so far?" I asked no one in particular.

I knew why we were there so there was no need to beat around the bush. I just wanted to get this over and done with so that I can do some strategizing of my own.

"More packs have been attacked in the past two days, there is no particular pattern to their attacks and the message is usually the same, they want Tristan" Jayden grits out.

"How many packs specifically?" Xavier asks, his face still set in stone.

"Five, all of them bordering alpha Killian to the east" Alpha Killian is the sexy bad boy alpha who supported us during the alpha meeting.

"He is trying to arouse fear among the packs...people do crazy things when they are afraid, including giving up a six year old boy to a monster." I tell them before continuing.

"Agron is counting on fear to turn those packs against us. He wasn't able to use the packs closest to us so he is spreading his mayhem to those packs furthest from us since you may have a treaty with them but you don't have a close relationship. The treaty with these packs is a treaty of convenience so they might go against it if Agron convinces them he is a bigger threat" I finish.

Everyone was quiet once I was done talking, each and every one of them contemplating what I had just told. I could see the moment what I told them sank in.

Xavier was about to say something but then his eyes went unfocused and I knew he was using the pack link.

Whatever it was he was told, he wasn't happy because his face became even more granite if that is even possible.

"Some forsaken were spotted at the right side of our borders, about a dozen of them or so...they say they are not alone, a man with long blond hair and pale skin is with them, they don't know who he is" Xavier tells the rest of us but I remain frozen because I knew exactly who the hell he was.

I have never met him face to face but I have seen him in pictures in the hall of gods and goddesses

"Agron!" I tell them right before I teleport to the borders to deal with the god that has been a thorn on my side since I was ten years old.