Chapter 20: Her Second Chance Alpha

A lot more happened last night than I had anticipated after we got back to the Alphas apartment. I even surprised myself at my sudden willingness to pretty much dry hump my mate.

I may still be a virgin, but I have touched myself before, but Goddess the intense urge that seemed to wash over me to have my mate. To claim and mate with him was so strong that the desire overtook my mind and body for that matter.

I saw stars as Jason pulled my orgasm from my body. The feeling of utter bliss and floating on a cloud surrounded my body, a feeling that I had never felt before. At some point, I had fallen asleep only to be awoken to my mate's wonderful scent of Sandalwood and Frankincense and something particularly hard pressing into my side.

I moved my bottom a little to try and figure out what was poking me and a groan came from behind me, followed then by a laugh.

My body stills as I begin to take in my surroundings better, noticing the darker color of the room and from the intensity of the scent, I realize I must be in Jason's room and not my own. That means Jason was the one behind me.

I bolted up and to the edge of the bed, my breathing at a now frantic pace. Looking back, Jason now looks concerned as he sees just how much distress I am currently in. All at once, the events that happened only a few hours ago come rushing back to me.

Images of me grinding myself on my mate, the way I begged him for my release. That compelling urge to be his, oh sh*t did he mark me? I began to frantically search my marking spot for any sign that the bond had been completed.

Not feeling any puncture marks, I sighed in relief. Thank the Goddess it didn't go any further than it had.

Andra had talked me down during my almost panic attack. She said that because we have yet to complete the mating process, that my heat would start soon. She explained that my approaching heat was why I had acted so wantonly and basically there myself at him just begging for him to take me and that i should be prepared because it was only going to get worse the longer we remained unmarked and unmated.

Great, that's just what I need right now, I thought at the time.

I was now on my way to the Lunas office to meet with Jason's mother, Alison, for lunch. I was pretty apprehensive about the meeting, the what ifs were now beginning to roll through my head the closer I got to the office.

Andra is normally trying to calm me down and she is even quiet right now, only causing me to spiral even more.

I'm standing outside the door to the office pacing back and forth trying to pull myself back together the best I can before I enter the room. Finally, I took a deep breath and straightened my shoulders before pushing the door open and, to my surprise, it was not just Luna Alison there but also Sara and another woman with bright red hair and a pair of shining emerald green eyes.

They are all seated around a small table by the French doors that lead out onto the balcony. There are several different finger foods on a platter in the center of the table.

Sara notices my entrance first and comes and wraps her arms around me so tightly that I can't breathe.

I had to tap her shoulder to get her attention, "Umm, Sara, I need air." I said, causing everyone in the room to laugh.

She finally let me go and I could see she was holding back tears.

"Thank you so much for yesterday." Sara said while wiping the tears away that had managed to escape her eyes.

"There is nothing to thank me for, it was the right thing to do, Sara. He should be given a chance to redeem himself." I reassured my friend, tears now trying to make their way to my eyes now too.

"Okay girls, no more tears or we will all be crying." Luna Alison says as she also approaches Sara and I. Her and the other woman I notice also have moisture in their eyes.

"Sorry, sorry I didn't mean to make us all start crying." Sara says with a small giggle now.

"Holly, this is Ella. She is Beta Eric's mate", Luna Alison says as she leads me to the table now and we take our seats.

Ella bows her head slightly to me, "Luna, it is so nice to finally meet you." Ella says.

I shutter some as she calls me her Luna, "Please just Holly, I don't think I will ever get used to being called Luna." I tell the table with a nervous smile.

Surprisingly, Luna Alison reaches over, grasping my hand in hers. "It's okay dear, it is perfectly acceptable to be nervous about becoming a Luna. But that's why you have us. We are here to help you with whatever you need and help you transition smoothly into your new role in the pack." She says, patting my hand. Looking at the rest of the ladies here, their faces all said the same thing, they wanted to help.

"Thank you all." I said, nodding, trying to hold my emotions back.

"How was your visit with your mate Sara?" Luna Alison asked, trying to move the conversation away from any Luna talk.

Sara stills and looks down at her lap, her hands ringing the cloth napkin. "It wasn't bad except for not being able to touch him. He is very confused and does not understand exactly what's going on. He says he is unable to remember the past few days. Just that he was to come in and take Holly from the hospital."

"That's strange. I wonder what could be the reason for his memory loss?" Andra questions.

"Sara, what exactly can he remember?" I asked my friend. I have a feeling that there could be more going on here than we have realized yet.

Ella reached over the table, taking Sara's hands in her own. Sighing slightly, "He said the last thing he really remembers was hanging out with some other rogues in Shreveport at a club. After that, he said it was just dark. He can't remember anything that happened in between that then and the attack besides being told that he was supposed to take the Luna." Sara, brought her eyes to meet mine once again, "He is beyond grateful to you, Luna, for not only allowing him a second chance but for protecting me when he couldn't."

Looking around the table, they all have sympathetic looks towards their friend. Even though I had convinced Jason to keep the trial here, there was still no guarantee what the outcome would be.

"I think we need to have him examined by the doctor. Something just doesn't sit right with me on this, there must be a reason for his sudden loss of memory." I told Sara.

"I agree, there is more going on and we need to get to the bottom of it." Luna Alison voices.

"But Alpha said he was not allowed to leave the cell. Do you really think he will let him out for a doctor's visit?" Sara mumbles, now nervous for her mate.

Ella coughs with a mischievous smile, "I think the Luna may be able to reason with the Alpha on this one."

Paling at her comment, Andra backs her up and begins projecting images of just how we should convince our mate. My upcoming heat was definitely not helping things much and Andra's constant bombardment of images caused my body to unexpectedly begin to heat up, like a full body blush.

I take a sip of the ice water in front of me in the hopes that the rise in my body temperature will stop soon or that the water will cool my rising temperature. The talk continued to flow around the table for a few minutes and I heard the former Luna ask if the trackers had found anything from their searches last night.

That grabs my attention and I'm able to push my discomfort to the back of my mind. Andra is also now paying attention instead of lusting after her mate for a moment.

"Hey, I am not the only one who is lusting after our mate." She says with a snort. Ignoring her, I turned my attention back to the conversation about last night.

"They didn't find anything at the Runs but they did find some paw prints in the forest that appeared to stop at the clearing near the gazebo," Ella mentions.

"So I wasn't just imagining things when I thought I was being watched again as we walked back." Andra comments, now wondering why and who would have been watching us while we were with Jason.

"If that's true, then we were most likely also being watched at the Runs too. " I said to the entire table.

"Dear, I know you said that Silver Bow was following you and that the Alphas wanted to bring you back. Do you have any idea why?" Asked Luna Alison.

"None; it never made since to me either after I left. Once Alexander rejected me, I accepted and left the pack right after. I didn't want to stay there any longer than needed."

"Wait, Alexander was your mate that rejected you?" Sara asked, wide-eyed at me. Shock was clearly evident on her face.

Shocked looks now mirror on everyone's faces at that revelation. I guess I hadn't really elaborated on exactly who my ex-mate was when i had explained everything to Sara the first time.

"Does Jason know this?" Ella asked urgently, all of a sudden.

Shaking my head no, "No I honestly didn't think it was important. I thought they simply wanted me back just to torment me more."

Ella's eyes clouded over in a mindlink. Once they clear she looks over to me. "Jason and Eric are on their way, he needs to know that Alexander was your first mate. It could be possible that he is trying to get you back in an attempt to restore the bond for some reason."

"He can't do that. That's why the Moon Goddess gave us Jason." Andra says, agitated at the thought of Alex trying to claim us. Her lips raised in a snarl in my head.

"But that explanation does hold merit. Think about it. The Moon Goddess said we have a great power that our mate would also share in that power. What if somehow he knows about it and that's why he wants us back." I ramble out to my Wolf, now extremely nervous.

"How would he know though? We only just found out ourselves?" Andra says pacing my mind.

I am unable to answer her question when the door opens and Jason and Eric stroll into the office. Jason made his way to my side and pulled me to stand up. He appeared to be checking my body for marks, his eyes were swirling with red.

Eric also went to his mate's side and the two appeared to be having a conversation through mindlink. I guess she is filling him in on who my first mate was in case his Alpha goes berserk.

"What's wrong?" Jason asked me.

"I brought up the searches from last night and what was found. I think we may have an idea about why Silver Bow has been searching for Holly." Luna Alison tells her son. A growl rumbles in Jason's chest. His eyes are now almost completely red.

"Jason," I say timidly now, worried about how he would react to this. "Alexander was my first mate that rejected me. We think he may be trying to restore the bond for some reason."

A loud deafening growl fills the room as I watch Knight take full control. He pulls me into his chest, wrapping his arms around my body, causing the tiny electric shocks from the mate bond to erupt on my skin again.

"MINE" he's says angrily.

The entire room goes quiet, I wrap my arms around him instinctively. I slipped my hand under the hem of his shirt and began to rub small circles on the small of his back in an effort to calm him back down. It seemed to do the trick and I could see Knight relinquishing his control back to Jason and he looked down at me then and rubbed his thumb across my cheek softly.

"Why didn't you say he was your first mate?" Sadness in his voice.

"I didn't think it was that important at the time, since he rejected me and I accepted his rejection. I figured the only reason he wanted me back there was to torment me for leaving the pack." I looked back down at my feet.

He places his finger under my chin, forcing me to look at him again.

"I understand, I just wish you would have told me. It makes sense now." Jason says, placing a gentle kiss on my lips.

"That went better than I thought it would." Eric joked beside his mate. I guess he is right, that could have gone horribly wrong.

Jason pulls me into his lap as he takes my original seat at the table. This is becoming his normal thing whenever we are in a room with others.

"I know you don't want to have your Luna ceremony so soon, but I think it may be better to go ahead and have it. That way you are officially a member of the pack." Alison stated, looking at both Jason and I. Everyone in the room also voiced their agreement with the ceremony being held soon. Looking at my mate, I could see he was hopeful and excited at the same time about my answer.

"Okay, how soon are you thinking though?" I asked Luna Alison.

Her eyes sparkled at my agreement, "I think next Friday will be the perfect time. There will also be a full moon that night, so it would be the perfect time." One week, in one week, I will officially become Luna of The Blackwater Pack. I don't know if I am truly ready for this but we will find out now.

"On one condition," I said, looking back at my mate. "Sara's mate is allowed to be seen by the doctor. He has no memory other than the order to take me. We need to see if we can find the cause."

"No" Jason says without a second thought, not even considering it.

"And why not? There is obviously something going on with his sudden memory loss. He needs to be seen by the doctor." My anger beginning to rise.

"Because I don't trust him. It's not safe to let him out." Jason says, his own anger also starting to rise some.

"Then allow the doctor to examine him in his cell." I said, digging my heels in. "We need to know how they are controlling the rogues without their knowledge." I said with a glare.

A defeated growl leaves him as he runs his hand down his face. "Fine, but if he makes one wrong move, its over with." He says gruffly, still annoyed with me.

A smile spread across my face. "Thank you" I say placing a kiss on his lips gently.