Luna On The Run: I Stole Alpha’s Sons
Luna on The Run: I Stole The Alpha’s Son Chapter 68

Elena POV

The relief I felt upon getting home was immense today. The women were all waiting out front of the house when I returned from the registry after filling out the paperwork last night for each pack member. Sondra is sitting in her rocking chair, as I walk up the steps. "Nope," she pointed back to the women waiting. She refused to let me enter the house until I let them submit to me, and I had fed them my blood.

They wanted to do it last night when I returned home, but I only cared about getting home to the boys. When I was done, I was about to put the goblet down on the table that was set up when I turned to find my mother. She grabs my hands in hers, and Luke comes to stand beside her. "Mum?"

"You were always born to lead, Elena. And I would be honored to stand by your side to watch you go further than I ever could have imagined for myself. Further, than I imagined for you. You earned this. This was your birthright. Now take it." she tells me. "But dad, he is your mate-"

"He stopped being my mate the day he kicked you out of the house. Mates don't hurt mates. And he hurt me when he took you from me. Never again. For everything I have done in the past, know it was for you kids. Even when I chose wrong, it was all for you. Just like this is.

You deserve this, Elena. You are not just an Alpha by blood, but by your persistence to not give up when everything around you is trying to break you." My mother lets go of my hands and drops to her knees alongside Luke.

"I, Luna Louise Bardot, submit to you Elena Bardot of the Elysian Fortuna Moonlight Pack." she murmurs, baring her neck to me.

Luke does the same, and my eyes burn with tears as I look at Sondra, who nods her head once. Watching with a face of stone. My eyes lift to the sky as my aura slips out. "Submit!" I choke on the words as I force my mother and brother to the dirt under my aura. They drop to the ground, and I hold it over them as they both fight the instinct to submit to me before baring their necks and answering the call. "Yes, Alpha."

My hands shake as I give them both the goblet, and I know my father would have felt his link to my mother sever, and Luke's. They were my Pack members now. He no longer has that sort of control over them, nor would he ever again.

They didn't have to do that. I never expected that of my mother. Especially knowing my father was her mate. It would have nearly been impossible to break that tie to him. Officially reject her position as his Luna.

However, once everyone gets to their feet, I am about to go check on the boys, who went down for their nap before I left. Apparently, having the woman submit and make everything official was not even enough for Sondra.

"Come on, let's make this official." Sondra tells me, stand- ing up from her chair, and I raise an eyebrow at her. She laughs, motioning for me to follow her. My shoulders sag. "But-" Sondra shoots me a look not to test her and I chuckle, following her around the back of the house.

She had led us to the back where the chop shop is. I am nervous, but feeling the women's excitement, I find it contagious. Plus, I had wanted to get back to my babies.

Now with a full fledge Pack, we even now share a Pack link. And the thrumming through my body hadn't relented since they submitted. I could feel each and every single one of the women as if they were an extension of me.

Upon entering the chop shop, there was a small bonfire, and I glanced around as the woman started removing their shirts. Sondra moves toward the bonfire and pulls a huge branding iron out of the flames.

"You're up first, Alpha." she smiles. I look at the brand, knowing it must have been custom-made. It was a crescent moon coming out of a blooming lotus.

I take my shirt off, earning some whistles from the other women, making me laugh as I stand there with no shirt on. "Today is the awakening and birth of Alpha Elena Bardot.

This brand represents the birth and rising of your Pack." Sondra tells me, and I stare at the glowing metal and suck in a breath.

"Now, where do you want it, Alpha?" Sondra asks, and I nod, knowing that the women were waiting for me to go first. Michelle and Noleen come over and grab my arms as I give her my back.

Seconds later, I feel blistering heat sear through my shoulder blade, making me scream. The pain was horrendous, And I sagged when she removed it. The skin is raised, and still burns fiercely even once I find my feet.

Yet the women loved the idea, and honestly, so did I, and even Sondra became an honorary member of our pack by getting one as well. Yet none of the children were branded. As we went to leave the huge garage, Luke growls at me. "Where's mine?" My mother and I both shook our heads. "Luke, no!" My mother tells him, but he ignores her, grabbing the smoldering brand out of the drum.

"Luke, you just watched a few of the women pass out getting theirs." I remind him. But still, he shakes his head. "Let him, the little Alpha knows what he wants." Sondra says with a shrug. I gape at her. "He's a child." I snap at her, and she shrugs.

"He wants it." I look at my mother, who chews her l!p. She growls but gives into him, while I wanted to throw up at the thought of burning my ten-year-old brother. We spent a further ten minutes trying to talk him out of it.

Cursing, I knew he wouldn't give up. "Remember, you asked for this?" I tell him pointedly. He nods eagerly. I shake my head when my mother mind-links. "Just touch him and pull it back, don't hold it." she tells me. I was planning to do that anyway because I didn't want to do it all.

"Please, Elena. I don't want to be a Hale. I want to be a Bardot too." Luke pleads.

"You are though. You already submitted, we have changed your name." I tell him. Luke shakes his head.

"I want dad to know, for him to see it and know that no matter what he does, even if he tries to take us back, that I'll always belong to this Pack. That nobody else is worthy of being my Alpha but you." he pleads. I chew my !ip, still reluctant. "You came back. You didn't have to, but you came back for us, knowing exactly what you were risking. You risked your life for us. I couldn't help you or mom, but I can show him whose side I will always take.

I want him to have that constant reminder when he looks at me that I would risk everything for my new Alpha." Luke tells me. I swallow and meet my mother's eyes. "Do it," she tells me. I sigh, and she helps him remove his shirt. She kneels in front of him, gripping his arms. "Are you ready?" Luke nods, gripping her arms, and my mother nods to me. Lining the brand up on his shoulder blade, I press it against his skin and count to five before I remove it. Luke didn't utter a single word, no pained noises, and I knew that was for mine and my mother's benefit. One day he would make a good Alpha. Until then, I will show what it means to be one.