The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable

Stella's point of view

"Me."

Roxy and I stood frozen in place. There just a few feet away from us stood Maverick with Callum right beside him. I sent a quick glance to Roxy unable to comprehend what was taking place.

Roxy glanced at me before she burst into laughter.

" Good one pup you had me going for a minute."

But Maverick face said otherwise that this was no laughing matter. Clearing his throat " I am serious."

Roxy's laughter came to an abrupt stop. Shock now placed upon her face furrowing her eyebrows in a confused state. " Your serious?"

Maverick simply nodded " I am."

Shaking her head in disbelief " your just a pup. How old are you?"

" I am sixteen. I am considered a man in my pack. I have reached goals not many in my youth would even fathom. I am a beta second in command to the Alpha himself. Now it is time for me to take a mate as my own for the sake of the pack. As beta I must take a mate who will give me strong heirs."

Roxy gulped I watched as her hand became fists clenching and then unclenching and then clenching once more. Her fangs began to show defiance stricken across her soft features.

" I am not property that you can wed off to the highest bidder."

Callum soon interjected " It is done you will marry Maverick. The next full moon it will be done as the Moon Goddess as witness you will mate in front of her. Only then will my pack see you as one of us."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing He had said he would give her time to decide what had changed all of a sudden less that thirty minutes ago. " Wait I thought you said the other option was that she could join willingly?"

" Aye, I did but then Maverick brought up an excellent argument. That she could join us but still betray us and let's be honest I wouldn't put it past her. This way Maverick will be able to mark her and always be one step ahead of her."

" What about Roxy's mark she's already mated to her true mate at that."

" We can burn it off that way Maverick can mark her." My heart sunk into my stomach at what he just said.

" Callum that is cruel and you know it."

" I never said I was a gentle man little dove but I will do as I see fit for the sake of my pack. Roxy and Maverick will be mated and my pack will no longer seemed threatened by her. They become more anxious the longer she stays here as an outsider."

Taking in everything I looked to Maverick not a single emotion lyed across his face " What about you Maverick are you willing to give up your chance to find your true mate for the sake of this pack? To give up your own happiness? Are you truly ready it may seem like the right thing to do right now but what about later down the road when you finally come face to face with your true mate. Can you honestly say you would be happy with your decision?"

Shaking his head his ember eyes staring back at me. " I will do what ever it takes to ensure my pack stays safe even if that means sacrifices have to be made. I will not sway from the path that the Moon Goddess has obviously placed infront of me."

" Maverick your just a child."

" I am a man in the eyes of my pack and I will be treated as such." I could tell now that Maverick normally calm and collected approach to certain things was just a cover. Inside he was just as the world saw him, a child.

Turning my attention to Callum in hopes that He will be able to change his mind. " Callum please don't let him do this Roxy will join at her own free will. No marriage has to take place as long as she joins the pack. The pack will no longer see her as a threat right? That will give Maverick the chance to find his true mate and it will give Roxy the chance not to be forced into a loveless marriage."

Callum clearing his throat " We will put it to a vote then. Tomorrow my pack will decide whether to let her join willingly or whether they would prefer her to marry and mate with Maverick. If they chose for her to be mated then the mating ceremony will not be the next full moon but right then and there. She will be stripped of her mark and ties to her old pack and she will only serve me as her one true Alpha. Is that understood?"

Roxy and I nodded in understanding. It was now up to fate whether or not she be mate to Maverick or if the pack will accept her as is. Only time would tell.

Soon Maverick and Callum had walked away. Leaving only Roxy and I. Roxy staring straight ahead into the unknown she whispered ever so softly " What is to become of us?"

Furrowing my eyebrows together not fully understanding what she had meant. " What do you mean Roxy?"

" Your supposed to be my Luna. Your supposed guide those loyal to you in the right direction not sit back and watch us suffer. Have I not been loyal to you Stella."

" Roxy I never asked to be your Luna actually I never asked to be anyone's Luna it was bestowed on me by fate. I never asked for anything that has happened in my life it just happened."

Tears flowed down Roxy's face in utter disbelief she slowly faced me and what she said next broke me like I had never been broken before " I was wrong about you." Was the last thing she said before running off before I could stop her. Here I was once more all alone without a friend to talk to. It's like nothing has changed in this past year that I had left my Father. Hopeless stupid little girl who never learns.