The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 49

Conner POV

He’d not been able to leave without seeing El. He just couldn’t do it. Had been standing in that elevator going up to the fifth floor, not knowing what was going to happen in the New Moon Pack, if he or all of their warriors were going to come back. How long they were going to be gone? He’d seen his father be gone for weeks at a time when assisting with allied packs.

It wasn’t just the battle you helped out with, it was the prep work, the training of warriors in smaller packs. The clean-up of the dead and the assistance needed to help the pack come back to life, secure the borders once more. Make the she-wolves and their pups feel safe and secure. It could take weeks of assistance.

The door opened and his eyes moved down to the western end of the packhouse where he knew she was sleeping. He was likely going to miss the full moon and he knew it. So did Atlas, for that matter, and neither of them were happy about it.

“Go to her, Conner.” Adam commented quietly.

His eyes had moved to his Beta, they were alone up here. It would take an hour or more for Brayden and Cameron to get back from their patrol shift. “I guess now, that’s why you showered before training some days. Getting her scent off of you, huh?”

He sighed, bloody nothing got passed his Beta, “It was.” He nodded, and saw Adam shake his head, “Brayden is going to kill you when he finds out, you know.”

“I know.” He nodded “I did try to fight it.” he sighed.

Heard Adam snort with full amusement “You really are dumb. Sometimes you know that right, Conner. She’s amazing, or did you just not see the courage in that girl, went right after your father, who bloody does that.” Gave him a shove in the direction of the western end of the packhouse. “Not even you.” He chuckled and walked away.

Conner smiled, she really was, had not only had the balls to take his father on, but had the balls to threaten calling the police on him. Hadn’t been afraid to show that bruise he’d given her off either. Knew that every time he saw it, so did everyone else.

Walked himself down to her room and let himself in, stripped right off as he walked across the room, she was sleeping so soundly, he wasn’t going to wake her, but then there was that fear in the back of his mind that something was going to go wrong, and it wasn’t just his need but Atlas’s as well to be with her.

Devoured every damned inch of her, the two of them together sharing their mate, she was so perfect in every way. Knew it was not over and smiled down at her, knew Atlas was also looking down at her as they grew hard inside of her, and that m**n that came from her, the way she sighed out his name.

He would never love another and he knew it, she was it for them both. Moved slow for her, would love her tonight, kissed her long and slow, took her slow and gentle and relished in the feel of her body so tight around him. That was until she wanted more from him, saw that nervousness in her, so very cute as she sat atop of him, biting her lower l*p, before she actually told them what she wanted. ‘Like in the woods Conner.’

Atlas howled inside his mind, she wanted his beast, and he knew it, he had never felt so much pure joy roll off his wolf before. They would not deny her. Atlas was right there for his Mate, to give her what she wanted. All of him growled right down the same question he had in the woods and relished in the ‘yes’ response, took to his human mate with wild abandonment, till she was satisfied completely.

It was hard to leave her there in her bed, a place he should stay and sleep, but he still needed to wait till he scented her out before laying his official claim on her. He headed to his room and crashed out the moment his head hit the pillow.

It was Adam who woke him, put a boot right into his ribs. “Hey sleepy head, you’re making us all late you know.”

Conner g*****d and sat up. “What time is it?”

“About 15 minutes til sunup, you might want to shower. I still smell Eliza on you.” he chuckled “Didn’t get much sleep huh?”

Conner shook his head ‘no’ he’d not, had spent several hours with her, “I’ll be down in like ten.”

“Have you even packed yet?”

He g*****d as he got up, “No.” He muttered.

“Go shower, I’ll pack your s**t. Don’t say your Beta never does anything for you.” though Conner knew the words were loaded with full amusement, Adam meant every word of them. Not only was he out there packing for their allied assistance. He was now keeping Conner’s secret about El being his Mate. Had likely stopped all from coming into his room to wake him, did it himself just in case he wasn’t in there, or as he’d stated, smelled like El still.

Washed and scrubbed himself clean, looked at himself in the mirror and sighed, did not want to be away from her and he knew it. He didn’t bother with shaving this morning, he wasn’t likely to see El before he left. If he was this tired, she’d likely sleep all morning, that put a smile on his face. Dried off and headed for his wardrobe, only to find Adam had laid clothes out for him. They were going on foot, with heavy hiking packs on their backs.

He was a good Beta, and it was likely that Brayden was going to beat the hell out of the two of them when he found out Adam knew about El and hadn’t said anything either. Stepped out of his room shrugging his pack on to see his father coming down the hall from his own suite. “Son, a word.”

“Sorry, overslept.”

Saw his father wave it off. “Don’t worry about that, you were awake all night and day, to be expected.” Looked him over “Still look like you could use a few more hours.” Smacked him twice on the side of his face “Couldn’t even be bothered to shave huh.”

“Might just come back with a beard.” He smiled at his father.

Saw his father really looking at him, then shook his head, “I don’t see it son. You’re too darn good looking without one.”

Laughed at his own father and shook his head a little as they headed off towards the elevator, his father was quiet for a long moment and then hit the stop button and looked right at him “This is big Conner, dangerous for you, your unit and all that go with you. I elected to send you and your unit, not because I want to, but…” his father looked right at him “Brit is pregnant, about three weeks.”

Conner stared at his father, that heir that was going to be stronger than Conner, was now a reality. If his father elected to pass him over and wait another 20 odd years for that child to grow up. He was useless to this pack. An Alpha blooded wolf with no pack to run, to look after.

“Don’t think that, Conner, I can see your brain ticking. I’m not about to pass you over for your brother or sister.”

Conner didn’t know if he really believed that, could well be sending him off to this battle, not expecting him to come back from it, which would, put that baby Brittney was carrying as the heir to the pack.

“I just want to be here, with her. She is human and an Alpha pup grows quickly, will cause her pain a lot of the time, and she’ll need me here is all. To comfort her when it hurts. She’s going to deliver quicker than a normal human pregnancy as well, anywhere from four months onwards. You know this.”

He did know this, still hadn’t said a single word to his father, was just standing staring at the man, they’d had a really good father-son moment upstairs, and now here it was what he didn’t want to happen, a sibling that would outrank him.

“Conner son, say something. I haven’t told anyone else yet, only found out a few days ago myself. You’re the first person I’ve told.”

“My mother, she was a chosen mate to you, wasn’t she?”

Saw his father frown, clearly had not been expecting that to come out of his mouth. “Yes, she and I had an arrangement. She wanted out of her pack, and I needed a Mate to take over due to our pack laws. We knew each other, though had not actually come across each other on a full moon. So it worked.”

“Explain further.” He stated, wanted to know the whole truth.

“I was in her pack for a mating ball, the first with her there. I found her out in the woods crying and,” He sighed, rubbed a hand over his face, “not in a good state, let’s just put it that way. When I asked what happened, she tried to run away. I stopped her, told her I could help. She didn’t think so, said he would never stop.”

Conner was staring at his father absolutely horrified. He knew what that all meant, someone in her home pack was taking her against her will, and more than once.

“I offered to pretend to scent her out, to take her as my Mate. She was a lovely girl Conner, we got along, would hang out at uni sometimes. She stared at me for a long time. Then just nodded and hugged me. So, I walked her back to her house and told her to clean up, to be in the packhouse when the moon set. It’s not hard Conner, to make anyone think you’ve scented out your Mate. I did just that. Walked right up to her and smiled down at her like she was the love of my life, touched her face and then sank my fangs into her right in front of that bastard who’d been hurting her for goddess only knew how long.”

“You knew who he was?”

“Not at the time. But I knew he would be there if she was there. Wolves are possessive of things they want. I assure you he’s dead. I did that myself a few months later. Unbeknownst to that pack, lured him out with the thought of giving her back to him, he came, wanted her back. Hale and I, took his head clean off for her, while she stood there and watched.”

“You and her?”

“We were happy most of the time, but in the end she scented out her Goddess Gifted Mate, it was not pretty. Everyone here thought she was my Goddess Gifted. Your grandfather was royally ticked off. We never told anyone of her history. Promised we’d never talk about it to anyone. I couldn’t keep her here, she wanted to be with him. He also wanted her, was a simple warrior. She was going to lose everything, her position and her title here, to be a warrior’s Mate. I tried to keep her here, Conner. But it just ended up with us hating each other. I couldn’t touch her anymore, she wouldn’t allow it. Hale and I, we loved her. It was very hard to deal with.”

Conner sighed he’d asked the question and gotten the answer finally, he was the product of a chosen Mate bond, wondered if that was why Atlas was grey and not black briefly. Not that it mattered really, his beast was big and impressive, he was big and strong, reliable and was going to make for a strong Alpha to the pack.

He reached out and started the elevator himself. He’d heard enough. “I’ll want to talk about mother when I get back.” He muttered and stepped out of the elevator.

“Of course, Conner. You only have to ask I will answer you son. Now about this alliance assist.”

“I’ve got it, father. Just protect all that are here within the pack. If Victor comes here, I want to know, and not hours later, on the spot. I will come right back regardless of the assist we’re giving. Our pack comes first, above all others.”

“That is the Alpha in you talking.” His father smiled at him and clapped him on the back.

Conner didn’t think that was it, he had an unclaimed human mate here inside the pack and he was not letting that viscous man put his hands on Eliza. He would bring all his warriors back and unleash Atlas’s raw power on that son of a b***h before he had the bloody chance to breach the packhouse.