His Rogue Luna novel Chapter 42

"What about me?" I asked.

"Any special guy in your life?" I snorted, shaking my head, more to myself than to him.

"I don't even know if I want a special guy in my life," I admitted quietly.

"Don't worry, there's plenty of girls out there. I can hook you up too, if you want," I shook my head at his offer kindly refusing.

As the night wore on, I felt myself slowly grow tired. The Elders had officially retired for the night and the crowd was dwindling down. I broke off from my friends in search of my green eyed mentor, knowing what tomorrow night would bring. I swallowed thickly and tried to ignore the growing unease in my stomach.

I found her outside in the gardens, sitting on a bench and watching the sun rise. I took the seat besides her, enjoying the view silently.

This would be her last sunrise.

Again, I had to push down the warring thoughts in my head. I silently grabbed her hand besides me and held it gently, savouring the calm moment.

"Did I ever tell you about my mate?" Diana spoke up. I turned to face her, shaking my head softly.

"Well I had one," It was a surprise since I had mostly assumed she had never found her mate. She had never spoken of one before. She was a very private and cryptic old woman.

"I met him when I was just a young girl. Barely fifteen. He was almost twenty at the time," she sighed. "I was visiting my aunt's pack and we met in the forest,"

She paused for a while, her pale eyes glazed over, lost in a distant memory.

"Back then, status was everything and my family and I were simple omegas with only the clothes on our backs and he was a noble highborn, a direct descendant of the first Lupine," she spoke the last few words bitterly, as if they left a particularly nasty aftertaste in her mouth.

I squeezed her hand silently, and she squeezed back, letting out a humourless chuckle.

"I suppose this is where our stories become so similar. As the next alpha of his pack, he was disappointed to have me as a mate. He denied our bond and while he didn't reject me, he did much worse," her tone wobbled slightly and my heart broke for her.

"His family had already betrothed him to a noble she wolf and he didn't want to back out of it for me so I ran away and lived in the forest alone, away from everyone," she sighed, looking down at our joined hands.

"It was painful. The mate bond was still there since we didn't reject each other properly," she absentmindedly stroked my fingers. "But then suddenly, the pain disappeared and I started having visions in my dream,"

"I kept seeing a woman in my dreams and before I knew it, the woman in my dreams found me in the forest. She was a spirit wolf and taught me what I taught you," I smiled at that, imagining what a young and feisty Diana would have been like.