My Miracle Luna
Their Gemini Wolves Chapter 58

Chad's P.O.V.}

The entire pack was still reeling from the horrendous incident that happened at dinnertime. The elderly were on the verge of having heart attacks, and the younger pups would have nightmares for the rest of their fragile lives. After the initial shock, Richard quickly regained his composure and called Wyatt. It was pretty disturbing to find out they had just gone through the exact same thing. Lanie and Lexie were worried about Rylee, but, according to Wyatt, Rylee handled it fairly well.

With Richard was occupied on the phone, I started doing damage control with the help of the other ranked members, Trent, and some of the guards. Unlike Wyatt's pack, who only had three victims, we had four-and that's on top of Lorelai's father. We had no idea that banished pack members were going to Eric Patterson for safe-haven, and we were completely blindsided by the fact that Thornton betrayed the entire pack by becoming Eric's personal Golden Moon mole. It did make sense, now, since no one remembered seeing him at the canceled ceremony a few months ago.

Unfortunately, because of his ties to Patterson, I couldn't help but question Lorelai and the rest of her family's loyalty to the pack. Thornton's reasoning for his betrayal was obvious. He was angry at us because Lorelai was humiliated by Rylee, and Damon was punished for attacking Rylee when his goal was actually Lexie. I could understand his anger towards us and Blue Lake, but to go about it this way was a little dramatic in my personal opinion. Whatever he did wrong to Patterson got him the death sentence, and it was his own fault. Richard and I agreed that he, and the others, would not be buried on pack grounds. It was my duty to inform Lorelai and her family of this decision; we sent for them to come to my office, which was where I waited for their arrival, with Lanie by my side, to discuss it.

"You would think that they would be in more of a hurry to find out what's going to happen to their father's remains," Lanie said as she tapped her foot impatiently, her face getting more annoyed by the second.

"Lanie, I know you don't have a good history with Lorelai, but can you try to, at least, be a little sympathetic? She just lost her father," I gently pointed out as I brought her onto my lap to help calm her down.

"Be nice!? Are you serious? I may be young and new to this Luna thing, but I am by no means a ..." she paused a second and thought. "s**t, what is that word?!" she grunted in frustration. Lanie was still trying to expand her vocabulary, and it was adorable to see her struggle a little bit. "Pull over?"

"It's push-over," I corrected her while trying to keep a straight face.

"Yeah, that! A push-over. I'm not a push-over, Chad. She tried to take you from me and insulted me when all I did was try to be nice and respectful towards her. She even had the nerve to slap me. And, on top of that, her f*****g brother wanted to do the unthinkable to Lexie! As if that wasn't enough, their dad betrayed us by siding with the man that has ruined more lives than one can possibly count! Why the f**k should I be nice!?" she shouted and crossed her arms before full-on pouting. I let out a defeated sigh and shook my head at her immaturity. Lanie was only 18, I had to remember that, and she still had a lot to learn when it came to being Luna. I would have to call Rylee and ask her to talk to Lanie once things have calmed down.

"Baby, I get that, but you're the Luna of this pack. You need to learn to rise above petty grudges and be the bigger person. Prove to Lorelai why you're the Luna. Why the moon goddess, your mother, gave you to me, and not her," I said as I stroked her cheek to calm the raging storm in her beautiful soul. "You're too loving to have this much hate inside of you. I know your feelings are just hurt, and you're upset for Lexie. But, if Lexie can let it go, then you should too." "Whoever said anything about Lexie letting it go. She hates that family as much as I do."

"But she doesn't voice it out loud the way you do." She dropped her arms and wrinkled her nose before rolling her eyes at me. "Lanie, I get it, you're young, and you've lived your entire life very differently from the rest of us. But holding grudges like this is toxic, and it can come back to bite you in the a*s later. Let it go. Don't stoop to Lorelai's level. To Thornton's level. To Eric's level," I concluded and gave her a strict look, signaling that we were done talking about this. She looked at me and glared, but I could see that I had gotten through to her.

"Ugh, I hate you sometimes!" she whined.

"I know, baby, I know. But you love me more than you hate me," I teased and tightly wrapped my arms around her as she sat in my lap. She hugged me back, holding onto my arms. She tried to turn to face me; instead, she rubbed her a*s along my crotch, making me harden almost instantly. "Lanie, if you do that again, I'm going to bend you over my desk and have my way with you." "But you told me no s*x for 48 hours."

"It's been 72 hours, darling. We're way past the 48-hour mark," I growled in her ear, making her giggle. I was about to say, 'f**k Lorelai and her family, but just as I stood with Lanie in my arms, there was a knock on the door. "Dammit!" I grumbled. "Oh, saved by the knock," she taunted and patted my chest for me to put her down. I reluctantly did so when there came another knock, only this time it was more impatiently and loud. Lanie and I quickly straightened our clothes.

"Come in!" I shouted from my desk; my erection now safely hidden beneath it. The door opened, and Thornton's wife, Torrance, came into the office first, followed by Damon and then Lorelai.

"Torrance, Damon, Lorelai, please, have a seat," I greeted them, pointing at the two guest chairs in front of my desk. Torrance and Lorelai sat in the chairs while Damon stood behind them. I didn't miss the hateful glare Lorelai shot at Lanie, but I was going to let it slide, this time, because of their recent loss.

"You wanted to see us, Cha ... I mean, Alpha," Torrance addressed me, quickly correcting herself.

"Yes. First off, I want to give you my deepest condolences on the loss of your mate. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of pain you are in. Secondly, I need to inform you all about the decision Richard and I made when it comes to what to do with his remains." "What do you mean by what you're going to do with his remains!?" Damon exclaimed. "He should be buried like anyone else in the pack would be!"

"I hear you, Damon. But, unfortunately, in light of what he has done, the decision has been made that he will not be buried on pack grounds and will be buried along with the four banished pack members. He will be treated as a rogue for his betrayal and harboring a wanted fugitive-Eric Patterson."

"YOU HAVE NO PROOF THAT MY MATE WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT TYRANT!" Torrance screamed and slammed her hands on my desk, immediately rising to her feet.

"Mom is right! What proof do you have that it was my dad who was the mole!?" Lorelai shouted at me, then immediately turned her gaze to Lanie. "YOU!!! THIS IS YOUR DOING!" she pointed her finger at Lanie. Lanie stepped back at the sudden attack. "I didn't do anything, Lorelai! Your father is the one who betrayed this pack! All because of you and your stupid brother!"

"Oh, you want to play the blame game, do you!? None of this would have happened had you and your street trash sister never f*****g came to this pack! YOU DON'T BELONG HERE!!!" Lorelai screamed in Lanie's face.

"LORELAI!!!" I roared and slammed my fists on my desk, cracking it in half, and my eyes turned black with rage. Havoc was on the verge of taking over, seeing the blatant disrespect towards Lanie. She immediately cowered and started to tremble. "YOU WILL WATCH HOW YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LUNA! OR YOU CAN JOIN YOUR BACKSTABBING FATHER IN HELL!" I seethed. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?"

"Yes," she squeaked.

"I DIDN'T HEAR YOU!"

"Yes, Alpha!" she said louder. Her mother pulled her arm and made her sit back down. I was still seething, and it was taking a lot of willpower to keep Havoc at bay. He wanted to kill Lorelai for what she said to Lanie. It was just her luck that Brent wasn't here to hear her say what she said about Lexie.

"Chad," Lanie called out to me. I snapped my head towards her in anger, but she didn't even flinch. "Come here," she instructed as she pulled me to her. I instinctively buried my face into the crook of her neck and inhaled deeply. Her scent calmed me in seconds, and Havoc was finally putting down his hackles. After about a minute or so, I was finally ready to continue. I turned to Lorelai and glared at her. She couldn't meet my eye, and, for once, I was grateful not having to look at her face. When I sat down, I took a deep breath to calm myself once more.

"Torrance, you asked for proof?" She nodded her head. "Okay. Tell me, the night of my Alpha ceremony, where was Thornton?" She looked at me, bewildered for a moment, and blinked incredulously before responding.

"I... I don't know," she responded.

"Where were you two?" I interrogated Damon and Lorelai.

"In the f*****g dungeons. After all, Brent f*****g put me inside there," Damon answered.

"That's Beta Brent to you, a*****e," I snapped back at him. I turned my attention to Lorelai. "Well?"

"I was at home. You can ask Trent. He saw me going home right before the ceremony was supposed to start. I was not about to watch you take the Alpha title and then give the Luna position to this-" she stopped mid-sentence when I snarled at her. "To Lanie," she corrected herself. I quickly mind-linked Trent, and asked him to verify Lorelai's alibi, which he did. He confirmed that she went home about thirty minutes before the ceremony was supposed to start. He had even asked her why she wasn't going to attend, and she gave him the same answer she just gave me.

"Okay, your alibi checks out," I told her. She huffed and crossed her arms, giving me some more attitude. I shook it off as I didn't feel like dealing with her s**t right now. "Torrance, I saw you in the backyard with everyone, so I knew where you were. The only person in your family unaccounted for is Thornton. And don't even think about trying to blame it on the banished pack members, they were banished long before Lanie and Lexie even came here. Everyone else in the pack has been accounted for that evening, except for your mate." Torrance gulped, not knowing how to respond. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue. You were so certain that your mate couldn't have possibly sided with Eric Patterson, yet you have no idea of his whereabouts that night. As a matter of fact, no one does. So, as it stands, your mate was the mole that betrayed this pack."

"I ... No, Alpha, he wouldn't... He couldn't... Why would he risk his life for that maniac!?" Torrance questioned.

"Simple, he wanted to get back at us and the Blue Lake pack for punishing Damon and humiliating Lorelai. He was their father, after all," I replied.

"But Thornton and I agreed that Damon deserved his punishment! And that Lorelai needed to get over her obsession with you!" "MOM!" Damon and Lorelai exclaimed in unison.

"Don't 'MOM' me!" she spat at them. "Lorelai, I told you that Chad was not going to be your mate, even after the whole situation with Killian's mother. Yet, you refused to listen to reason. Your obsession with him was borderline psychotic! Then you had the nerve to slap the Luna here, all because she came from Blue Lake!" she scolded her. "And you!" she pointed at Damon. "You tried to rape the Beta's mate! Only you were too stupid to know which room she was actually in, and you ended up assaulting the Luna of another pack! The Blue Lake Luna to be exact! With her young son in the bed with her, at that! You deserved your punishment and then some! I raised you both to be better than that! Goddess, where in the hell did your father and I go wrong with you!?" She then laughed at herself. "I don't even know why I'm questioning this. Your father was obviously just as sick as the two of you. I mean, he went and betrayed this entire pack and me, his mate, his wife, all because he felt that you were wronged when, in reality, you two were the ones who royally f****d up!" she shouted at them. "How the hell you two were born from my womb, I will never understand!" Lorelai and Damon were both utterly speechless, hearing their own mother calling them 'f****d up.' They looked at each other and then to the floor because they didn't know how to respond to anything.

There was an awkward silence in the room, so I cleared my throat and broke it. "Torrance, as I said earlier, due to his crimes, Thornton will be buried as a rogue. You have my deepest sympathies, but that is what has been decided," I explained to her sternly while trying to be kind at the same time. Lanie was looking at Torrance, and she kept c*****g her head back and forth, almost as if she were questioning if Torrance really understood what I was telling her. For a split second, Lanie's eyes turned stark white, and it seemed that only I caught it before they returned to their usual ocean blue. She looked at me, her eyes full of worry. Her eyes flickered to Damon and then back to me, signaling me to get them to leave.

"I understand, Alpha. He deserves what he gets for what he has done. For the first time ever, I am ashamed to have been his mate. I am ashamed to be their mother," she sobbed.

"That is all. You are all free to leave," I ordered them. Torrance didn't miss a beat and stood to her feet before running out of my office. Damon and Lorelai looked at her retreating figure and then back at me and Lanie. "Yes? Is there something else you two need?" I asked them, annoyed that they hadn't left yet. Without saying a word, they both turned their heels and walked towards the door of my office to leave.

"Wait!" Lanie called out to them. She ran from behind my desk directly to Lorelai and sized her up. It was a little funny to see, considering that Lanie was, at least, five inches shorter than her. "Before you go, I have something for you," Lanie said. Lorelai looked at her confused but was caught off by the sudden slap across her face.

"LANIE!" I shouted at her. She ignored me and as soon as Lorelai turned to face her, she was slapped again, but, this time, her head whipped in the opposite direction. I couldn't even react before Lanie grabbed her by the chin.

"That first slap was for the time you slapped me when I first got here. The second one was for you calling my sister 'street trash.' If you ever insult my sister again, I'll do more than just slap you, b***h," she gritted her teeth and then shoved Lorelai's face away from her. Lorelai, on the other hand, was too shocked to say anything. "And you!" she directed towards Damon. She walked up to him and kneed him in the balls, making me groan in pain for him. "Holy f**k!" I yelled.

"If you ever come near my sisters or me again, I'm going to turn those grapes into raisins!" "You b***h!" Damon groaned as he keeled over from the pain.

"No, I'm not a b***h. I'm a survivor, and I will be damned if you two assholes try to ruin the life that I have now been blessed with. Unlike the two of you, my sister and I weren't fortunate enough to have two loving parents that would bend over backwards at our every whim. No, we were both born in cages and treated like animals. Rylee lost her entire life at the age of ten because of Eric. Eric kidnapped me and my sister from our home and gave us to Marvin to be trafficked. And your father was stupid enough to side with him, look where that got him. All because the two of you were so ungrateful for what you already had, you tried to take from other people who literally had nothing their entire lives. Your dad deserved his death and more. Stop being greedy, ungrateful pricks, and be happy with what you have. There are literally millions of people with far less." Lanie turned her heel before they could say anything and came back to me. I didn't know whether to be angry that she assaulted two pack members or turned on by the way she handled them and stood up for herself and others.

"You're going to f*****g pay for that, you slut," Lorelai growled.

"Stop making empty threats, Lorelai. We both know that your biggest fear in life is becoming a rogue," I sneered at her. "So, unless you want to end up on the streets and become trash yourself, you and your pathetic excuse of a brother need to get the f**k out of my office!" Tears welled up in her eyes as she ran out with Damon hot on her tail. After they were long gone, I turned back to Lanie who had an unknown expression on her face. "Lanie, what did you see?" I finally asked her. "Damon."

"What about him?"

"He's going to confront Brent."

"When?" I asked. She looked at the clock.

"Right now."