The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 71

Conner POV

He was showered and in clean clothes, had been provided with a pair of black linen pants and a loose-fitting white linen shirt, not something he would normally wear at all, but was actually really comfortable. El herself was wearing those green Harem pants he really liked with a simple white singlet top. He was watching her brush her hair and caught her eyes on him in the mirror.

Smiled right at her, got up and walked over to her, slid his hand around her waist and used his other to tilt her chin up to look at him “I’m never going to make it downstairs with you in these pants.” He told her “We should take them off you.”

“Conner, they are just pants and they are not coming off.”

“But they are turning me on to no end. I like them better than jeans on you, or shorts even.” He told her honestly.

Watched her roll her eyes “Go away.”

“Baby, you wound me.” He murmured but still smiled. “Do you know what my favourite colour is?”

“No.” she answered him simply. She likely didn’t know anything about him.

“Green.” He commented “I love green and here you are wearing it.”

“I’ve worn these before.” She pushed at him to move him away from her to continue to brush her hair.

“I know,” he nodded and leaned on the dresser to watch her, “I’ve seen you wear many things, though these pants and that green cashmere sweater you have are my favourites.”

Saw her stare at him, smiled right at her. She wasn’t actively trying to run away from him, still felt a little distant, but this was new to her, and accepting him he thought must have been a very difficult decision for her. “I’m going to buy you lots of things to wear, they will likely all be varying shades of green.”

Saw her raise an eyebrow and then shake her head and pull her hair up into a ponytail. She was quiet mostly at this moment, and he wondered if that was a bad thing. He knew she was quiet when unhappy.

“Petal, is an amazing sight, El. I thought you were going to be a fox, due to all your father’s research on them and his drawings and books on foxes, a silver one at that.”

Saw her look right at him now, with a frown “What do you know of my father?”

“I have retrieved many of his things for you to have around you. Apparently, your mother had everything of your father’s put into storage for you. I went through it in the hope it would give me some clues as to where you were.”

“His things aren’t gone?” she asked quietly “I thought mum had just gotten rid of everything.” He could hear some emotion in her voice.

“Not gone, in storage for you. You were a cute baby, born with those amazing eyes of yours.” He reached out and pulled her towards him gently, slid his arms around her. “Everything of his is there from what I could tell.” Felt her lean into him, he hugged her “I brought lots of your photos back to the pack. I have set it all up for you when you want to come back.”

“Conner.”

“We can discuss it later,” He murmured. He knew she wanted to be here, fit in here with her own kind, wasn’t locked in or forced to be here. Had chosen to be here. “I know we have stuff to talk about, let’s not do it tonight or at least not right this minute.” He rested his cheek on the top of her head “We have plenty of time for talking and sorting of things out. Let’s just have dinner with your kin and maybe call your mother. She is stressed out and it’s not good for her, in her condition.”

Saw El pull back from him and stare at him now, realised she likely had no idea “Oh, um…your about to get a brother or sister, so am I for that matter.”

“What?” she was staring at him now in complete shock. “No,” she shook her head, “she would have told me, surely.”

“I only found out the day I left to go away. You left when? How long after that?”

“Um, the day after that, I think.”

“I was the first they told, likely waiting to see if it was going to be alright.”

“How far along was she?”

“Three weeks, I believe.” Could see her doing the math now. “El, Alpha pups are not like human children, they come within 4 to 6 months, and her being human, it will take a bit of a toll on her, be difficult. The rate they grow and the birth.” He sighed “Could be more than difficult as well.”

“Is she alright?”

“I’m sure father would let me know if she wasn’t, but she will have to suffer growing pains. They are not so nice to deal with, your kind and she-wolves would be equipped to handle it, but your mother is human, is not, so it will hurt a lot. And with you missing, she is currently under more stress than she needs to be.”

He saw her biting her l*p. “I didn’t know.”

He nodded. “She’d like to hear from you. If I call her, will you talk to her? Cordi will also want you to call her.”

“Cordi?”

“Hmm, I have been everywhere looking for you. Went right to Cordi, thought you would go there, was ready to rip Xavier’s head off if he’d touched you.”

Watched her shake her head. “Call your dad I guess, I will likely have to call grandma at some point.”

“Probably a good idea, she doesn’t like me or my dad so much.”

“Well, who’s fault is that?” she muttered.

“Ours.” He nodded “Though I don’t even know where my phone is, likely out there in the forest somewhere, wherever Atlas ripped my close off himself. Would have been in my pocket.”

“Oh, what about Adam or one of your friends?”

“They will all have their phones on them.” he nodded “Come on let’s go down and find them, get some food into us. I’m starving hungry.”

Watched her just nod, and took her hand and walked her downstairs and outside, to find them all sitting around, frowned at Brayden as he sat with a woman in his lap, completely l*p locked with her in front of everyone. Looked at Adam for an explanation.

“Brayden, the Alpha is here.” He stated in his Beta’s voice.

He saw Brayden pull himself from the woman. She was a pretty brunette and was sporting silver filigree down her left neck. Conner’s eyes moved to Brayden and so was he. Blinked at that.

“Sorry Alpha,” Brayden cleared his throat and stood up, the girl stood next to him. She fit neatly into his arm “This is Emily, my Mate. Emily, this is Alpha Conner Heir to the Wandering Moon Pack. Where we will be living. El you know, is the future Luna to our pack.”

He saw the girl bow her head slightly “Alpha. Cousin.”

“Emily, nice to meet you, may I enquire as to what you are?”

“A fox shifter. A red fox is my Scarlet.”

“Lovely, I’m sure.” He nodded “Welcome to the Wandering Moon Pack.” Saw her smile, looked right at Brayden and smiled at him. The man had never once worried about getting a Mate and here she was within El’s new pack. If she had never run away from him, Brayden may have always been mate-less. “Congratulation’s Brayden.”

“Thank you, Alpha. My mother is going to go crazy.” He laughed softly and sat back down. “Has been waiting on this for years.”

They were asked to come and sit by Juliana, who told El she’d called Sloan and told her of the ‘goings on’,had stated “When El is ready to go home, I will go there and have words with those wolves myself.” Conner had looked at Juliana and she’d smiled right at him “Might not be so pleasant. She will want to know when you leave here.”

He’d just nodded and said nothing, he had no idea if El even wanted to go back at this point, couldn’t make her, didn’t want to try and make her either. Wanted her to go of her own accord, let her make that choice. He could well be here for a long while, not that he’d told anyone that yet.

Asked to borrow Adam’s phone to call home, checked the time difference. It was 8pm here so 1pm there, when he sank down in the living area with El next to him, also his entire unit, Emily, plus Juliana and her Mate Angelo. He hit Alpha Logan. A little weird, his phone just said father. It didn’t take long for his father to pick up.

“Adam, what is wrong?”

Conner shook his head. “Father, there is nothing wrong, I lost my phone is all.”

“i***t boy, how could you do that?”

Huffed in annoyance, “I’m good father. How are you doing?” He shook his head.

“Sorry, just stressful here son. Have you found Eliza yet?”

“Yes, she is here with all of us. Including her Aunt Juliana. You are on speaker phone. Please mind your manners.”

There was silence for a good ten seconds. The man wouldn’t like him telling him what to do, but he needed him to understand his word usage was important. His father could be extremely overbearing, and he knew that man would be itching to yell at El for running away. He was going to let him try, when they got back and watch Petal present herself to the man, and have him back the hell down and away from her. He was actually going to enjoy watching El and Petal put that man right in his place.

He’d tried more than once over the years and just got a beating from him, mostly, tossed in the cells a few times. Let him try it now. Life would be interesting inside the pack once El made the decision to go back and live there.

“Of course, Conner. Please introduce me to those in the room.”

“Alpha Logan, in the room is Alpha Luna Juliana and her Mate, Alpha Angelo. Eliza herself, my unit, plus Emily, a new member to the Wandering Moon Pack, Brayden’s new Mate, a fox shifter.”

“An Alpha Luna?”

“I am, we are a twin reigning pack Logan, I believe you have had dealings with my twin sister, Sloan.” Saw that woman smile, did love announcing that he thought. Smiled himself.

“I have. Interesting woman indeed.”

Heard Juliana laugh now. “You have no idea Logan,” her eyes moved to Conner. “Go ahead Conner, your reason for calling.”

“Father is Brittney with you. El would like to talk to her, make sure she is okay. I have informed her of the news of your and Brittney’s joy.”

Heard him sigh now “Actually no, she’s in the pack hospital.”

“Logan?” it was El and she sounded scared, he realised, wondered if he’d scared her with the information he had provided for her about her mother. He had just wanted to explain things to her.

“El, it’s good to hear your voice. Your mother is tired and under some considerable stress, is in the hospital under the careful watch of doctor Jeanie, and has had false labour twice in the past two days.”

“Is it my fault?”

“No, El, it is not. Has Conner explained anything to you about who we are?”

“Yes, I know you’re all wolf shifters.”

“Good, that should make things much easier when you come home to us. Your mother is still human, and it is difficult to carry an Alpha pup for her. She asks for you many times a day, though currently is under light sedation.”

Saw Brayden get up and knew it was because El was feeling upset. Watched Juliana put her hand out to stop him and then simply reach out to touch her own niece, Brayden frowned at her, “I got this.” she murmured. Likely had some sort of calming ability herself.

“El, I understand you and I don’t exactly get along, but I think, no I know, your mother would love to see you. Have you here, I think it would help her a little.”

“Father stop. El needs to make her own decisions, do not put guilt on her. Call back when you can put her through to her mother.” He clicked the line closed and looked at El. “I’m sorry, seems nothing changes with that man.”

Heard Juliana chuckle “You and your father don’t always see eye to eye, do you?”

Conner handed the phone back to Adam. “No, not all the time.” He looked at El, “I am not going to make you go back if you don’t want to. I will stay here with you till you want to.”

“Conner?” his whole unit gasped at him.

His hand was in El’s. He squeezed it reassuringly, looked to them. “You all, I will send back, but I will stay here with El.” He knew they all understood what that meant, he may never return.

They were his unit and if he never went back, they were of no use to the pack at all, other than being the best fighters of the pack. There would be no need of them. Not until his father’s new heir was old enough to reign and they’d be twenty years older or more, likely to be passed over for their own children. Not a nice thing. But he had to give El what she needed. She’d not gotten any of that from his father.

If she had, it was likely that she would have come to study here in Italy and would have been encouraged to come to visit her mother, and things would have been very different from how they are now. She likely would have stayed for short visits and been able to come and go as she pleased, not feel confined or like a prisoner.

He’d have found out what she was at some point, likely she’d have come for a summer vacation and then he would have known she was his mate just later in life. She would still have been his, but she would have gotten to do all the things she wanted. His father had just screwed things up royally around her. Though he’d not been any better, himself, but would be from now on.

He was trying to show her that he not only cared about her as his Mate, but that he wanted her to have choices and be able to do the things she wanted in life. That he wasn’t going to be like his father, that she could have the freedom she so desired.

“I will stay with El and Conner, Emily and I can be here. It is her home.” Brayden stated, “If Juliana, you will have me here in your Den?”

“I will.” She nodded “Though I will not initiate you, you have an important job back in your pack.”

“Thank you.” he nodded.

Conner’s eyes moved to Adam and Cameron. “You have Mates now back home.”

Saw them both nod slowly. “We’ll give it a few days still.” Adam told him, “Our Mate’s I’m certain, will understand a few extra days here.”

“Book your flights though, and let your Mates know you’ll be home soon, right away Adam.” Conner nodded. He didn’t want them separated from their Mate’s any longer than was necessary. He knew how that felt; not good.