The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 77

Conner POV

He was lying there watching El sleep, her head was resting on his pillow right next to him, and her arm was stretched across his chest, with her hand curled around his neck, she was all leaned into him. Her heat was over, it had only lasted three days.

But they had been three glorious days of the two of them just going crazy in this bedroom. The smell of her heat had sent him wild with need. El had been just as crazy about it, wanting him as much as he had wanted her. It had been a rough and tumble three days for the two of them, but they had both enjoyed it.

It had also made Atlas all primal in his response to her, and Petal had been just as demanding. Containing her had been a bit of an issue. She’d wanted to go outside to mate in the woods. Trying to keep her inside for it had taken some convincing, letting her rip out of El here inside the suite had been the only way to contain her in the end. So that Atlas could be allowed to mate her, both of them in their true forms, that had been what she’d really wanted in the end. Seemed to solve the problem.

Laying there watching El sleep, he could actually smell her now. Her true scent was not masked by those products she used, smelled like apple blossoms and the very subtle smell of hibiscus seeds, even her natural scent was light and barely there, with the exception of her Mate scent that was just for him, pine needles. It surprised him that that was what she smelled about him as his Mate scent as well.

Probably didn’t need that soap of hers at all, though without it he could tell that she was a shifter. He knew that she was Kitsune now, but to others it would be likely that they could tell she was a shifter, but it would be of unknown origin. Which would be curious to them and likely to draw unwanted attention to her. To any kitsune, likely why they masked their scent, they didn’t want other shifters out there knowing about them.

Juliana had told him that was how they liked it. No one really knowing about them, or their ways, for that matter. Had told him, Sloan would let them know about the Kitsune ways. He had his doubts about that, she’d likely tell El and leave it up to her as to what to discuss with him or the pack.

Conner wondered if his father would pick her as a Kitsune or just still think she was a fox shifter. His father had yet to pick up what she actually was, though she had been using that soap of hers, prior to coming home. All his father knew, was that she was a shifter, still thought she was a fox but had not said anything, only that she needed to present herself to him. Conner thought it was unlikely he could actually tell she was a Kitsune, or he wouldn’t have tried to have a go at her. He would have been cautious himself on that front.

Conner did like knowing that he was the only one to smell her like this. Her actual true scent, not that scent of soap she used. He reached out and touched her face softly, already couldn’t imagine his life without her, wanted to wake up every day in this bed with her right there.

If she wanted to continue to use those products, he was going to let her. That just meant that he would actually be the only one to know what she really smelled like, all the time. Brushed a few loose strands of her hair from her face and pressed his lips to her forehead. Wondered if her heat was natural or if Petal had decided she wanted those kits already.

Juliana had told him that Kitsune’s were not like other Shifters, and they would choose when they wanted to have kits, and how many they wanted as well or how often. That it could be a hundred years before Petal wanted to do that. Not something he wanted, would want an heir to take over, for his Heir to grow up with all his unit’s children to provide them with a good, strong bond.

Petal did know El wanted to wait on that front, as did Conner. Both of them were of the opinion El was too young to have children. Let alone many all at once. Atlas, however, was of the opinion he would do what Petal wanted in the Kit department.

It seems no one had a say in it other than Petal, though he was hoping that Petal would take into consideration El’s young age, El’s wanting to wait on having Kits. They both thought after university was a good option. Guess he was now just going to have to wait and see on that matter.

He’d had to explain to El what a heat was. He had done that here in this bed, after her need to be sated that first time had settled. She’d asked him what the heck had just happened to her and Petal. She didn’t understand it at all. It was an interesting conversation and she’d stared right at him and then muttered ‘I’m not some bloody animal.’ Only to have him chuckle and murmur ‘Technically, yes you are baby.’

She’d hit him and muttered ‘No I’m not. Petal is the animal.’ Which only made him chuckle even more.

He had no intention of getting up and out of this bed until she was awake for the day. He’d not told anyone it was over, so his father would not harass him about El coming downstairs to be initiated into the pack or having her show him what she was either. Things that should have happened the day she had arrived, but due to her going into heat, pretty much the minute they’d gotten here in their suite, hadn’t had to.

Though she had taken the opportunity to tell her grandmother she was in heat, got a shocked response of ‘Oh.’ From her then a ‘let me know when it’s over.’ Seemed it had shocked her grandmother as well. Likely they had not been expecting it at all, seeing as Kitsune were not like other shifters, liked, it appeared, to take their time in producing kits.

He knew that Sloan had only one child, Taro, and he’d been conceived with a human father, and he knew Sloan was 500 years old because Juliana was that old. And Juliana’s eldest daughter was 300 years old, so Juliana had been 200 before she’d had her first child.

It made him wonder just how many Kitsune there were out there in the world. If they only had Kit’s every few hundred years, it wasn’t likely there were that many. There was also the possibility that he and El would have wolf pups as well as kits. That was an interesting thought to him.

It made him think about what they would look like. Would the kits be a mixture of Petal and Atlas’s colouring, or would the kits have just Atlas’s colouring or would they be similar to Petals’ coloring? If they had wolfen pups, would they have Petal’s very unique Melanistic coloring? He’d honestly never seen a wolf with that kind of colouring. Could be very interesting indeed.

Smiled to himself as he thought about wolves with Petal’s Kitsune colouring. Kind of like the idea of his sons or daughters being unique, just like their mother was. Would make it interesting when they found their Mate’s as well. Would have to start thinking about alliance’s and what he would want as a guarantee for his childrens safety.

Saw El’s eyes open and that beautiful silver-grey of her eyes look right at him, saw her smile a little right at him, he rolled right onto his side and slid his arms around her to cuddle her “morning baby.” He murmured as she hugged him back. Liked that she was so receptive to him, he was not going to be holding anything back, everyone in this pack was going to know how much he loved her.

“Morning.” She murmured right back.

“We should shower and get up. Your heat is over.”

“How do you know?”

He smiled at her. “You smell normal once more, no scent of heat on you.”

“Okay.”

They showered and dressed for the day, then headed downstairs to eat breakfast with everyone else. It was only 8am. Smiled as he saw El message her grandma and got an ‘Okay I’m on my way.’ He mind-linked to Adam and his unit to find them all in the dining room. It was time to introduce El to his unit’s Mates.

She got along with all of his unit already, and he was certain that she would also get along with their Mates. When she was comfortable and happy in her surroundings, El was happy to talk to anyone, about pretty much anything at all, it seemed. He’d watched her interact with her cousins and other pack members in the Willow Moon Pack. She was a likeable person to most. Open to making friends right away.

The way she had been brought here, the way his father had separated her from everyone, and put such tight constraints on her. That had likely been the reason she was so rude and standoffish, the whole time she had been here.

Hadn’t wanted to be here, and then locked in, so of course she was going to be a nightmare to deal with. It didn’t help that she had Alpha b***d, but no-one knew it. Likely also was the reason she was so very stubborn and challenging as well.

Conner introduced El to Adam and Cameron’s Mate’s. She smiled and said it was lovely to meet them. She got eyed right off by Adam’s gypsy Mate Sage, saw that girl tilt her head and smell her more than once, frowned a lot and then just chuckle to herself.

Likely she either knew what El was or suspected as much, but then El was chuckling a moment later and he recalled, Gypsy wolves could talk to whoever they wanted at any given moment. As he watched all of them, he could see that they were actually talking to each other, and found something amusing at that. She had gone back to using her soap this morning. When he’d asked why, she’d just shrugged it off and said “I’ve always used them. I like them.”

He had found out that her grandma had introduced them to her years ago when she was just a girl, told her it was special and made just for their family. That didn’t surprise him at all. Now he knew what she was.

His attention was drawn to all the girls as they all started laughing. His whole unit were watching them, clearly something was going on between the four of them, likely Sage had connected all their minds to her. He was really glad she was getting along with them all right away, this would make life easier and happier for her, here inside the pack. A place she didn’t much like the last time she’d been here.

‘Conner.’

‘Father?’

‘I’d like you to bring El for initiation after breakfast and I’d like to see her shifter as well.’

‘I’ll be taking her right to her mother, and I believe Sloan is on her way here as we speak. Might want to wait on that till her grandmother gets here.’

‘I’ll not be waiting, she’s you’re Mate, needs to be registered to the pack.’

‘That being said, she has not decided to stay here, will be here till her brother or sister is born and then will be making a decision.’

‘Conner, that is unacceptable, you’re the Heir to this pack. She is the future Luna. Fox or not, she has to present herself. I do understand they run a bit differently to us wolves, but as your Mate she needs to comply.’

‘I’ll ask her. But Brittney is her first priority after breakfast.’

‘I expect her in my office no later than lunch son.’ The mind-link severed.

He shook his head, that man was not going to get what he wanted from El any time soon. If Petal didn’t want to shift for him, she just wouldn’t. He couldn’t make her, though watching his father try might be interesting. Likely find himself Alpha Ordered to bow down by the future Luna of the pack. She was going to be just like Juliana, have a dual rank. Was going to be an Alpha Luna. He smiled at her as he thought about that, she outranked even him. That made him wonder if there were any creatures out there that could outrank her.

Might just have to look into that when he had some free time, needed to make sure she was safe from those that could cause her harm, didn’t think there would be many not with his knowledge and all those lives she had as well. Reached out and slid his hand through her hair, she’d not pulled it up today, fell in a glossy black cascade down to the middle of her back.

She looked right at him, and he just smiled at her. “Father is demanding you present yourself.”

Heard his whole unit snort, and the girls as well. Likely they were all in the know now as well. “I told him we’d be off to see your mother first. That he might want to wait on your grandmother turning up. Didn’t much like it.”

“Is mum awake?” she asked.

“I’ll ask?” he nodded, mind-linked to the pack doctor and found out she was up, having breakfast also looked a bit better this morning than she had a few days ago. No growing pains so far today. He relayed this to El, and they excused themselves the moment they were done eating to head for the pack hospital.