Alpha's Blind Luna



***Hector's POV***

I arrived at the Crescent River pack after three days of travel. This time I didn't need to worry about needing to be there in a timely manner. Outside of Vale calling me twice a day asking if I had spoken to Gale, the head witch and turns out the Mother Witch. It was the equivalent to the King or Queen of the witches. They sought her guidance and when something was too dangerous, she would be the one to shut it down. She also did inspections on different covens, much like what Vale was planning on doing after the talks with the leaders.

Vale left me to speak to her because of our previous relationship, which I warned him wasn't much. However, I think I would have been more surprised that he actually listened to me rather than kicking me out the door before he even went on vacation. Rubbing the back of neck, I knocked on the door of the castle pack house. The door was thrown open and Luna Naomi hugged me in the same way as she did when we left the years before.NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

"I'm so glad you made it, Hector! I couldn't contain myself when they said you were headed in this area. How dare you think of not staying with us! I had to beg Vale to make sure you stayed."

I smiled. She wasn't wrong. My goal was to avoid as many people as possible that I knew before. For the reason that was now crossing her face as she got a good look at me.

"Hector...what...?"

Sighing, I shook my head. “It's a long story. One that I can tell some of and not all, I'm afraid.”

She nodded and pulled me inside. "Whatever you can. I mean, last time, your love had been taken. I figured our Luna Queen had been found since Vale put out a bounty on her but I didn't know what happened between then."

Alpha Evan chuckled as he walked forward. "Hector, it's good to have you back." We shook hands. "I apologize, Naomi has been excited since she heard you were coming in. It gets a little stale on stories and from the looks of you...you've got a couple under your belt."

I chuckled and nodded. "You could say that."

He pulled his mate into him and waved down the hall. "We've done some renovations but most of the larger areas are the same. Shall we have some dinner first?"

"I..." Was about to say that I wanted to rest up and not be in their hair but a wolf came by and grabbed my bag out of my hands. Another was headed into the dining area with what looked like freshly grilled steaks. "I guess that would be fine."

"Perfect!" Alpha Evan pulled his Luna in and I realized that it was actually really late but they waited for me to have dinner. No one else other than the wolves that were serving us flittered about the area.

Luna Naomi sat across from me and next to her mate. As soon as we all were loaded up with food on our plates, her eyes sparkled with excitement. “So...tell all that happened. I want to know all of what you can tell me. If I need to send this lug out, I will. You know, I'm too much of a human to be commanded."

I nodded. "I remember, Luna. I just don't quite know where to start."

"Naomi, please. Start from when you left and got back. What happened to Auri?"

"Alright. As you wish."

I woke up more rested than I had felt in a while. It was the guest room Vale was given after the whole debacle with the previous Alpha here. It was huge, bigger than the room I had back in the pack. Luna Naomi and I talked for hours, even when Alpha Evan went to the office, we continued our chat in the library. I'd told her more than what I had even told Bryan. Though, she chastised me not just for leaving Auri but also for not telling the truth to my family.

For some reason, I also talked a little about what was happening to me. Some of the events that happened with Auri when I finally found her. She listened intently and even reached out to make sure I was actually real. I was going back in time. It hadn't stopped. At first it was slow, but now, if you hadn't seen me in a month or two, I looked ridiculously young. Hell, I barely looked this good when I was 23 or 24 years old. The only indicator was my grey hair, nothing else.

Rydere was giving me the cold shoulder. We had fought on the way over and even though I heard him scoff a few times during my chat with Luna Naomi, he never once came forward. Waking up this morning, he was still silent but sometimes we would go without talking for weeks at a time. Going into the bathroom, I rubbed my hand over my face. I was a little sad that my revert back to being 23 also meant I couldn't regrow my beard for the life of me. A quick shave of the 5 o'clock shadow that as showing up, I got dressed in a nice button-up shirt and some jeans.

A knock on the door pulled me out of my fussing and Alpha Evan stood in the doorway. I nodded to him. "I appreciate the escort today." "No problem at all. We've actually built quite a good relationship over the past few years. Managed to help each other out and I really enjoy their celebrations. We've even started having them in the pack territory as well." He smiled as we walked together through the castle and out the door.

"Alpha Evan!"

We had come to a clearing near the coven but there were a bunch of witches and children. They were mulling around the trees and foliage. "Mother Gale, it's lovely to see you. I didn't realize it was mushroom hunting today."

The older woman smiled and shook Alpha Evan's hand, putting the basket she was holding under her arm. "Specifically truffle hunting. It's around that time of year and the children always have fun with it. The one who finds the most gets a new spell book."

She looked at me and the smile she had on her face fell. Not into a frown but definitely taking me in. "Hector? Beta Hector?"

I nodded. “Not Beta anymore. So just Hector. It's wonderful to see you again, Mother Gale. I appreciate the chance to speak with you."

Her eyebrow rose. "I think we have quite a few things we need to speak of. However, I won't allow you to speak with me until you find at least one truffle." She motioned to her basket with a smirk on her face.

"Already I'm being put to work?"

"You're the only one with the good sniffer." She tapped her nose.

Shaking my head, I started to unbutton my shirt. "I'm not saying that you're just trying to get me to strip down but..."

Her chuckle was far too close to a cackle that I probably hit the nail on the head. I turned around and dropped everything I had on. Looking back over my shoulder at a slightly red witch and a very red Alpha, I smiled.

“Just so you know, I've grown a bit in size. Not to scare you or anything.”

Taking a deep breath, I shifted into my wolf form. It had been a while since I had shifted in front of other people. I avoided it in the pack and usually if was out on a mission it was with either Bryan or Jax or even Morgan. Once fully shifted, turned around. Alpha Evan's jaw was nearly to the floor whereas Gale's eyes were huge.

"Goddess above, Hector. I thought you were joking. How the hell..." Alpha Evan reached out and ran a hand through my fur, probably checking that I was completely solid.

It didn't help that my head almost

came to the same level as his.

Poking my nose into Gale's basket, I

took a whiff of her pungent truffles before I trodded off into the forest. A

couple of the kids followed me and I realized as one scratched my leg, it was Spencer. He had grown in the past couple years and looked like he was thriving.

Catching a scent of the truffle, I poked my nose around the bottom of a tree and Spencer raced around me as he dug a bit down and found the cluster

I sniffed. He smiled wide.

"These better count towards my total too."

I picked up at least four more clusters before going back to the clearing and shifting. Dressing as quickly as possible, Alpha Evan and Gale were speaking about the coming celebration of the full moon.

"Mother Gale! We found four clusters!"

She smiled up at me. "Well, isn't that fantastic. I guess the both of you are counted as a job well done."

"They stink enough to pick them out, thats for sure. Though, I heard pigs are better for finding truffles."

Gale nodded. "One of these days. Until then, it will be whichever wolf we find in the area and our own sniffers." She waved me forward. "Now come, we have things we need to discuss, do we not?"