Dr. Luna
Demon War: Rise of the Alpha Chapter 25

Freya laid with him tossing her fingers through his hair admiring her mate. After laying beside him for an hour she managed to sneak away and take a shower. She was able to find a shirt of his to put on and a pair of his shorts that she pulled the drawl string as tight it could go. She took his shirt and tied it in a ball on the side. She looked herself over and shrugged. It was good enough. She wanted to get a bit of fresh air. Honestly, she was a bit hungry too but that could wait. She was really wanting just a few moments on her own. So rather than leave through the house she opted for another way. She knew she would run into someone for sure if she went through the pack house. So she walked out onto the balcony and glanced down. It was two stories high but that was nothing for a werewolf or a vampire and she was both. She hopped down and landed easily on her feet. She felt more nimble and was impressed by her increased agility. It felt like she was even stronger than she was the day before.

She grabbed her twisty tie and pulled her hair up. Her auburn hair rested out of the way and she looked out over her surroundings. She started walking into the woods behind the back house. There was a pavilion right behind it too where it looked like the pack gathered at times. It was fairly quiet in the area. She could hear wolves training in the distance. Birds were chatting happily through the trees. Freya felt relaxed as she walked through the shade of the trees. The sunlight rippled through the leaves and danced over her skin. A cool breeze made the leaves rustle slightly and the sound of water trickling played on her ears. This place felt different, and she now felt connected to it. She was their Luna now.

"Hey who are you?"

Freya turned her head to see a couple of guys walk her way. They looked to be sixteen years old. They were young werewolves, but it didn't seem like either of them had their wolf instincts. She realized they must not or else they would be training with the others. Without their wolf, they were not able to sense who she was. She looked at them with little interest and redirected her gaze back in front of her. She felt slightly annoyed. They were her pack members now, but dealing with young hormonal territorial puppies was not her thing. Unless she was slitting their throats...

"Hey! He asked you a question." The other boy said in irritation noticing the woman ignoring them.

Freya let out an annoyed sigh and her green eyes glared at the two boys. She didn't want to give off a bad impression of their new Luna, but she was still trying to adjust to being around people. She hated feeling annoyed. She couldn't just knock them unconscious. One, they were just teenagers. Two, talking to someone was hardly an excuse to knock someone unconscious. Well maybe it was before but not when she was their new Luna. She was trying to think of a way to communicate to them without her tone sounding like 'leave me the hell alone'. She reasoned that as their Luna she would have to interact with members of their pack. She raised her fingers to her forehead and rubbed it as she squinted her eyes. Maybe she should just take off running? It isn't like they could catch her. "Hey look it's the wolfless duo." Another boy walked up with a few of his lackeys in tow.

Freya wanted to whine in frustration. Where is the sandbox where these puppies could go play? Toss them a few puddle jumpers and let them go in the deep end of the pool. Anywhere but where she was trying to have a moment for herself. "We won't always be wolfless, then you'll be sorry."

"You don't even know how to make a cat sorry."

Freya rolled her eyes. So lame. The other boy and his lackeys walked closer and then looked at Freya. Her green orbs stared at them in irritation. Their eyes widened and they looked down at the ground. At least there was one good thing about them having their wolves. "You're- You're- You're..."

"Annoyed." Freya said tersely. The boys tensed up and looked at the ground nervously. They kept their heads lowered as they slowly began to back away.

Freya sighed in annoyance. Why was she even going to bother? "Wait." Her voice could have frozen hell over with the icy sound that came from it. "I think in the future you may wish to rethink teasing those who haven't shifted yet. Don't you?" She was trying to have a teachable moment here. But she sucked at it. She didn't converse enough to be good at it. So, what she said and how it sounded came off completely different. While what she said sounded nice in her head... her tone came off like 'bother them again assholes and I'll rip your throats out. The boys yelped slightly nodding then tucked their tails and ran. Freya furrowed her brows and frowned. She rubbed her forehead and sighed. This is why she avoided people. Hard to do that as the new Luna. Good they should run for the hills. We deserve this amount of respect. Ember said matter of factly.

Boundaries Ember, remember? Freya scolded her wolf who slunk back into her mind's depths. No peace anywhere. Not even in her own mind. She looked over at the two boys who were still standing there. Their faces were clearly confused not knowing what just happened. She could see they were a bit uneasy now seeing how the other boys scattered.

"HEY!" A booming voice growled out. "Get back to fundamentals." The snarl grew close with the heavy stomping of feet.

"Sorry Kade."

"Sorry Kade."

The boys said in unison and took off running.

"Lavatory duty for a week boys!" Kade yelled after them. He chuckled as he heard them groan. He turned his head and grinned at Freya. "I just love being the one handing out the discipline instead of receiving it. Welcome to the pack Luna, I'm Kade." He reached his hand out beaming at her.

This one seems friendly enough. Freya thought and offered him a small smile with her hand. He had a firm handshake that made her feel comfortable. He was confident and she appreciated that about him. "It's Freya, please."

"Well Freya..." Kade frowned a bit and looked her over. "Come with me. You look to be close in size with Rosa and Susan. We can find you something better to wear than that. Those bottoms are barely staying up. I can't believe Wyatt let you walk out like that." Freya tilted her head and gave him a crooked smile. "Wyatt is taking a nap." She bit her lower lip as she listened to Kade chuckle.

"He isn't going to be too happy when he wakes up then." Kade grinned and offered his arm out to her. "Don't worry I don't bite." He said seeing her hesitation. Soon he heard the grumbling sound of her stomach. He frowned. "Sounds like he hasn't fed you either. Come with me. I'll get you all fixed up."

Freya blushed in minor embarrassment as she let Kade lead her to a house in the distance. He opened the door. "Rosa love! I brought the new Luna with me. She needs clothes and food." He chuckled as he watched Rosa come into view.

"Oh you are beautiful." Rosa gushed as she took Freya's hands. "Come with me. I have the perfect outfit for you to wear."

These people were crazy. They were doting on her and being close to her so casually. They weren't afraid at all. Everyone was afraid of her. Everyone but this pack of crazies.

Freya walked out of the room. She had been dressed up like a doll. She was wearing a white blouse with a pleated green skirt. The skirt was shorter than her liking. How was she supposed to move in this thing without exposing her bum to the world? There was no way to fight in it either. Very impractical.

Kade whistled as she walked out. "Rosa honey, don't you think she looks too good?"

"She's perfect." Rosa smiled as she motioned for Freya to come closer. She sat a sandwich in front of her. "I didn't know what you liked... I hope this is fine. It is ham and cheese. Kade's specialty." "Thank you. This is great." Freya said as she greedily ate the sandwich. She was extremely hungry.

Sam and Susan walked in as Freya finished the last bite of her sandwich. "I see mom was playing dress up. You look amazing by the way." Susan walked up to Freya and took a seat beside her.

"Too amazing for Wyatt's liking though." Sam knew his possessive Alpha would be grumbling knowing other males could see his mates exposed thighs.

"Utter nonsense. You werewolves are too darn possessive. She has beautiful legs. Let her show them off. If I only had legs like yours, I would not wear anything but short skirts." Rosa said with a sigh. "What are you talking about? Your legs are gorgeous." Kade walked behind Rosa and pulled her into his chest.

"Your children are present." Susan groaned and turned her head.

"Well how do you think you two were made?" Kade grinned.

"DAD!"

"DAD!"

Susan and Sam yelled.

Freya busted out into laughter. She held her sides as she continued to laugh at the warm family. She felt completely at ease and comfortable. She was shocked by how natural this all felt.

Sam and Susan felt a bit embarrassed and gave Freya a cheesy grin. "Sorry our dad can be blunt like that." Sam said with a sigh.

"What are you talking about?" Freya controlled her laughter. "I like how genuine you all are. It is nice to be around people who are transparent without hidden motives." She could feel how open and unguarded they all were. She wasn't used to this. If someone was acting nice to her it was with an ulterior motive. It always was like that except here. It was refreshing and she was enjoying it.

"So those pups from earlier will they get their wolves soon?" Freya asked as she sipped her drink.

"Oh yeah they'll get them. We all shift at different times but that doesn't mean anything. Take Sues here. She is seventeen and doesn't have her wolf yet. But she will make her appearance soon." Kade said as he nodded to his daughter.

Freya looked at Susan. "Do they give you a hard time about not having your wolf?"

Sam growled angrily. "If anyone dared, I'd shred them."

Susan giggled. "So, the answer is no. Not with my brother being the Beta and me being close with the Alpha."

Freya frowned slightly. "It seemed like those pups from earlier have been getting picked on. I guess not everyone gets protected from it."

"Who is picking on them?" Sam asked as Kade's eyes darkened hearing this.

"A few others showed up who had their wolves. They were about the same age. I heard them call them wolfless and the two boys seemed a bit on edge. Seems like they have to deal with them often." Freya looked up noticing the two men seemed irritated. "I didn't know. If only they would have mentioned it." Kade frowned and sighed.

"I'll deal with the issue dad. We need to keep a better eye on the younger pack members and keep them in line." Sam frowned feeling like he was failing.

"Why not have Wyatt give an Alpha order? Ordering them not to make fun of the others?" Freya thought this seemed like a sensible suggestion.

Kade smiled and shook his head. "That's not the way we do things around here. Alpha orders are absolute, but we prefer to leave it to free will. We want everyone to not feel restrained and ordered around by the Alpha. Some things are worth the order. It helps keep everyone in line. But for something like this we prefer to see everyone's nature. We want to see who naturally complies and who are the problems. It helps with the ranking system we have in place."

Freya appreciated this. It was different from what she had pictured in her head. She thought Alpha's just barked orders to their pack. Well maybe some did but she was glad it wasn't like that here.

"The only orders Wyatt has really given lately was at the Alpha meeting. And in that situation, it is a bit necessary. We have a war incoming." Sam said with a shrug. Freya nodded her head in understanding. "Where is Renee at?" Rosa asked Sam noticing his mate wasn't attached to his hip.

Sam pouted. "She is having a mother daughter day with Merida."

"Oh! We should do that too Sue Sue." Rosa said in excitement.

"Okay mom." Susan giggled.

"From a distance would you mind showing me which wolves you saw picking on the others? I just want an idea of who I need to keep a closer eye on. I might even double up and have Winston and Adam watch them too." Sam kept thinking back about the wolves being picked on. He kept relating it to his sister and that made his blood boil.

"Sure thing. I may have scared them a bit... I mean I didn't mean to. I'm not really good at coming off as the nurturing type I guess." Freya gave Sam a crooked grin.

Sam chuckled. "They're your pack members too. You can discipline them if you feel the need to."

Freya held her hands up as she walked to the door. "No that's okay. I would like to get myself acquainted with how things are done around here. Wyatt can handle the discipline for now."

"Bye dear. It was nice to meet you." Rosa waved her hand to Freya.

"Wyatt needs to address the pack soon and introduce everyone to you." Kade winked at Freya and she paled slightly as Sam shut the door.

"Don't worry Freya. There is nothing to it. Just a simple introduction and a picnic." Sam smiled seeing the tense look on her face.

"Yeah, I'm still working on the crowd's thing. But I want to follow protocol too so I'll manage." She wanted to do right by being Wyatt's mate. So even though he would hold off for her she wanted to do what was necessary. A picnic wouldn't be that bad right? Sam led Freya to a heavily brushed area where you could see a large field with people exercising and getting into shape. "Do you see any of them there?"

"In the back. The small group in the back right. It was them." Freya felt like a snitch. She wasn't the tattle tale type. Of course she didn't need to be. She dealt with things on her own. But the way she dealt with it wouldn't be appropriate.

Sam nodded his head. "Those were the ones I had in my head. Thank you for the confirmation." Sam looked over at Freya. "So what are you doing walking around alone? And does Wyatt know where you are at?"

"I was wanting to just take a quiet walk. Have some time to process everything." Freya smiled and tilted her head. "Guess that can't happen in a werewolf pack. And I left while Wyatt was taking a nap."

Sam let out a sigh and ran his hand through his hair. "He isn't going to like you walking about alone. I'll walk with you if you still want to walk."

Freya giggled. "It is really silly. I'm basically a demon assassin. And I am even stronger now than what I was just a couple days ago. I'm pretty sure I can handle myself."

"Oh, you don't have to convince me." Sam winked at her. "How about I show you around our little village here?"

Freya nodded her head. "Thank you. That sounds nice."