The Reborn Luna: Fated To Two

If you’re like me, there’s nothing else you love more than ignoring all your adult responsibilities and reading trashy werewolf romances, like this one, “Torn Between Two Alphas: A Werewolf Romance Tragedy”. That’s why I almost missed the red “Join Call” button when it blinked at me, because I was too busy watching the Alpha on page thirty-three slam his hand into a tree and declare You’re mine.

I barked out a laugh mid-chew and nearly lost a Dorito crumb up my nose, trying not to die of cringe as I swiped to the next page on my screen.

The laptop chimed, and Lila’s face filled half the screen, “Seriously? You’re reading another one, aren’t you?"

My sister Dani’s box popped up right after. I could see she had a textbook open in front of her like some academic saint, trust Dani to shame me with her productivity.

“Don’t start,” I said, holding up the screen. “I’m telling you guys, this is educational! It’s research!”

“Educational my ass,” Dani muttered. “Jesus Christ, Iris. You’ve got an econ paper due in..."

“Shh,” I waved her off. “This is very important work I'm doing here, everyone needs to learn the delicate complexities of werewolf mating rituals.”

“...6 hours! HAVE YOU STUDIED ANYTHING AT ALL?!” Dani hurriedly swiped through my schedule, she had a better understanding of how that thing worked if I was being honest, and she wasn’t even in my faculty.

Lila grinned. “Okay, I’ll bite. What’s this one’s hook? Is it different than the one you were reading yesterday, and then the day before that? Or all the ones you've been reading since... I don't know... 7th grade?”

I immediately shot upright with glee, grinning with all my teeth out, I always relished the opportunity to introduce new victims to my cherished collection of smutty werewolf e-novels. “Okay, Get this! I found one of those novel apps last week, so I thought, why not read one of the books they recommend. Since I’m an alpha expert or lycan enthusiast if you will, and I can smell the cringe from a mile away.”

I paused to take a breath, “Then I found this book, by a new mysterious author on the block, I think their pen name is 'Author 456', and it’s honestly so much like the rest of them, but there're so many plot twists that I can’t look away!"

Pause, another breath, "Big bad alpha meets wilted flower type girl, he sniffs her scent or whatever and instantly announces she’s his mate, I bet he says something like,” in my best manly voice I continued, “Come forth, mate! You smell like destiny.”

Lila snorted, stifling a laugh “ Why are they always sniffing? That’s so gross.”

“That’s what werewolves do! Get with the program! Anyway, what he doesn’t know is that she’s already got a childhood bestie alpha sweetheart who is secretly in love with her! And there’s some kind of uprising and love triangle. There’s already been four separate shirt removal scenes so far, and I’m only at chapter six!”

"Wow. Not even half way through huh?" Lila snickered, looking up Author 456 on her shared screen, frowning a bit when she couldn't find any information on them.

Dani rolled her eyes and dramatically face palmed before falling flat on the bed in second hand shame. “This is why you’re failing out of college. Wait till I call mom and dad and tell them…”

“Hey! At least I’m still in college,” I said, biting into another chip.

“Barely.” said Lila, giggling into her hands.

“How dare you judge me. This is how I unwind, y’know? Some people do yoga, other people take long relaxing baths, but I read badly written supernatural smut, I have priorities!”