His Blue Moon Princess
Chapter 73

"This is what I call a mess, miss Nora."

I don't care. I'm sitting on Damian's desk, still as furious as I was before. Neal does not impress me at all, despite being almost as tall as his brother and lecturing me. Arms crossed, I look at him stupidly walking in circles in the Black Tower's office. I don't care that he is annoyed at me; I'm annoyed at them, too.

It took Neal, Bobo, and Damian to stop me. And I was that close to finally giving that woman what she deserved! I will remember for a long time that face of terror she had on when I jumped at her in my wolf form. I was that close to scratching her! But after escaping Damian's grasp, Bobo and Neal jumped at the same time to hold me back, and my mate caught me in his embrace a second later. Apparently, it took a while to calm my wolf down, but it's kind of blurry for me. I was so blinded by anger, that I let my wolf take control completely.

I do feel sorry towards Bobo, though. I accidentally scratched his jaw with my claws while trying to escape them, and now he has a large compress on his face. I give him an apologetic look as he is standing against a wall on the side, but he just looks bored by all his brother's nagging.

"Not only this could have ended in conflict with the Gold Moon Clan, but on top of it, the Sapphire Moon was right there watching!"

"I'm pretty sure the Blood Moon Clan is already in conflict with the Gold Moon Clan," I growl.

"Not in the open! And that doesn't give you the right to kill their Alpha's daughter!"

"For the record, the Sapphire Moon Alpha was applauding...." Mutters Bobo.

Neal gives him a glare.

To be precise, William was laughing out loud after they caught me. Whether it was because of my fury or because Alexandra and her followers ran away, he liked the show and made it clear. What a ruckus for that wretched woman...

I go back to ignoring Neal's litany about how reckless I was and watch out the window. A mix of rain and snow started pouring outside right after I exploded. William took advantage of that to retire, though he deliberately ignored the matter of Liam. Plus, Damian and the Betas were too busy trying to calm me down to argue any further. In the end, I was brought back manu militari to Damian's office. But even after going back to my human shape and changing, I'm still angry. And I'm stuck with the Mura brothers, while Damian is off to discuss with the Lieutenants about what happened with the Gold Moon! Nate is there, too, but still in his wolf form, and ignores us. I'm pretty sure he is busy mind-linking Liam.

"Anyway, this is highly problematic, miss Nora. I don't like miss King either, but you can't just attack other packs in the open like that! This is the perfect excuse for them to get back at us, and now is certainly not the time for this."

"So, what, I'm supposed to swallow her insults like it's nothing?" I ask angrily.

"No, you are supposed to act smarter than her! Don't stoop to that woman's level!"

Oh, I have a very good idea about which level I would want to bring that woman down to...

Is Damian done rambling?

Neal is nagging me to death right now. When are you coming back, you chicken?

I hear Liam laugh in my head. How can he replace fun in a situation like this...? I hope he stayed behind for nothing.

I'm serious, Liam. When are you coming back?

Pretty soon. The Sapphire Moon Clan is kind of boring. They don't like people coming in, but it is quite easy to go out. I might have to beat some of their fighters' asses though.

How come you get to have fun, while I have to be scolded for hours for trying to scratch that woman?

You just choose the wrong fights, Princess.

I roll my eyes, before realizing Neal saw that. He must think I'm annoyed at him and did this on purpose, but I really didn't. He clicks his tongue, and I look somewhere else, anywhere. Bobo is yawning like he couldn't care less. I wish I was as carefree...

The office's door suddenly open, and Damian enters, followed by several people. Tonia is there, with Isaac, Vane, and Sean, too. The office suddenly feels crowded, but I stay seated on Damian's desk when he walks up to me. He goes to put his arms around me, but I ignore him. I'm too angry right now; I don't want to be hugging and acting sweet.

He sighs, and remains next to me, leaning on his desk. "Isaac. Tell us again what you just said."

Isaac nods. "The situation with the Gold Moon Clan remains stable for now. Basically, they still act like nothing is wrong, despite us shutting them out. Most of the contracts we were working on have simply been signaled as 'on hold', and they still make use of our name whenever they can."

He walks up to us, going around the desk, and uses the phone, dialing in some number. After a while, we can hear Thaddeus' voice over the phone. They exchange a few words, and Isaac puts him on speaker.

"We are about halfway into transferring the funds, but the Gold Moon Clan is greatly objecting. Miss Nora, I reached out to your Jade Moon Clan as you suggested, and their alliance with the Pearl Moon is valid. They have been giving us a hand with the financial aspect for transfer of funds, though the progress is quite slow."

I'm surprised, but happy to hear that. Did Vince really help in this? I knew he had a great relationship with the Pearl Moon Alpha, but I never imagined he would really be willing to use it for me or the Blood Moon Clan. So, they are transferring all the Blood Moon accounts from the Gold Moon Clan establishments to Pearl Banking?

I'm shocked at how Damian already put everything in motion. Isaac cuts off the phone and turns to us. "It's a slow process, but we are getting there. I think the hardest part will be the aftermaths of having so many breaches of contracts and accords nullified. Basically, the Gold Moon Clan will try to play dead the longest they can and try to grab as much as they can while trying to prevent us from cutting ties."

"What about your side?" Asks Damian to Vane and Sean.

"Everyone is following your orders, Boss. It's gotten lively, but the guys are happy to chase outsiders off our territory. The Gold Moon got quite complacent, and our wolves were waiting for it, anyway," says Vane.

"We chased most of them off overnight. It got a bit physical, but we reminded them who has the better fighters. No killings, but a few broken bones," adds Sean with a smirk.

Damian nods.

So, this is really happening. The Blood Moon is cutting ties with the Gold Moon Clan. How will the other Clans react? I keep thinking about the dynamics between the packs in Silver City. It's a very fragile peace with have going on. "What do we do about Liam?" Asks Tonia.

Nathaniel rolls his eyes. He doesn't want us to help him, so leave him be. Knowing Liam, they might even beg us to take him back within the next three hours...

Nobody contests that. I would think Liam tends to get himself out of these situations just fine. I just wish he wasn't basically hiding from this mess.

On the side, Isaac scratches his beard, giving me a faint smile. "You scared us, miss Nora. Going to the Sapphire Moon Clan territory like that was a bit dangerous..."

Great, I am really getting to get scolded by all the Betas now?

Damian seems to be suddenly reminded of the matter, and his angry aura almost explodes in the room. "What the hell were you thinking?! Going with those two again?! Nora, you could really have been killed! And with what happened yesterday, what if this sicko had found you?! You didn't even tell me a thing before going!"

"You would have never let me go if I had asked you!"

"And for a good reason! The Sapphire Moon hates us, they could have killed you on the spot, and this isn't like the Jade Moon Clan or the Sea Moon! This is damn serious, Nora, we are enemies! What the hell were you doing there?!"

"I went to try and help you!" My yelling seemed to shock a lot of people, aside from Bobo. So, I stand up and keep explaining to Damian what happened. Once again, I make sure not to mention the witch, whose butterfly is still hanging around my hair.

"I know canceling your engagement with the Gold Moon Clan will bring a lot more issues than you tell me! Liam told me about how things were with the Sapphire Moon Clan, and whatever it is, this doesn't look good! I couldn't leave it at that, so I went there to try and negotiate an Oath of Peace with them."

"An Oath of Peace? Nora, we are not even on speaking terms with those people! One single step on their territory could have gotten you all three killed!" Yells Damian.

Now that you mention it... How did you guys manage to go this far? Ask Nathaniel.

I sigh and turn towards him to explain. "That's the thing. It turns out I have a lot more in common with the Sapphire Moon than the Jade Moon."

Damian frowns again, and I can tell he is thinking hard right now, probably reminiscing everything William said earlier. All the others look concerned, too, so I breathe in and start to explain. I tell them everything. How I met William's father, his hatred for the Black Brothers' father. I describe the painting the best I can, how much Queen Diane and I look alike, and all of her story William told me, as well as our supposed kinship. When I stop, after explaining how William decided to keep Liam as an exchange for myself, the room stays completely silent, each of them in awe.

Tonia shakes her head as if she's trying to wake up. "You're telling me... you are the grand-daughter of the Moon Goddess reincarnation, Queen Diane? And the Sapphire Moon Alpha's... cousin?" She asks, bewildered.

"His second cousin, supposedly, yes."

"Well, for a start that would explain how you are so pure a Royal..."

"It also explains how they let miss Nora on their territory so easily. The Sapphire Moon wolves' instinct probably prevented them from attacking. She is rightful Royalty to them, it would be even harder than attacking their own Alpha," explains Isaac. "So, what, now they want to have her as a part of their Clan?"

That is a good question. William's attitude wasn't totally clear on that part. He called me their Princess, and did say he wanted to be marked, but... I feel like there is more than that. He is really mysterious and cunning. He was watching our interactions with the Gold Moon Clan, too.

I don't like this, says Nathaniel. Even if Nora is their Princess, that doesn't change the fact that they hate us. And they hate the Gold Moon Clan, too. King is probably going to play with that until one of us actually starts a war. And now they want Nora, and are ready to capture Liam for that. We can't leave it at that, Damian. If the other Clans learn about this...

Nathaniel is right. The tension at the border was no joke. If I wasn't there, they probably wouldn't even have bothered to exchange words. I feel like we only won a short reprieve because I happened to be there.

"I still don't get why they hate you guys so much! I couldn't get anything out of William about that..."

"William? You are on a first-name basis with him now?"

I turn to Damian, surprised by his pissed-off tone. And quite annoyed, too.

"What? Don't you dare start acting jealous, Damian, because I'm so not in the mood for this right now!"

All the others look at us, a bit awkwardly, but I don't care. I'm angry and exhausted, and I really can't take any more from Damian right now. I'm about to explode.

"I don't care if you're mad, because I'm mad, too! I had to listen to that woman's crap for the second time in two weeks; that's enough! I'm tired of trying to sort things out, tired of all those secrets, and tired of you getting mad at me whenever I take a step out without telling you!"

"You're the one who said no more secrets!" He yells back.

Great, now we are both mad and yelling at each other! I see Nate gesturing the rest of the group, and everyone else leaves, but I couldn't care less. I just need to get it all out right now.

"I don't want to have to lie to you, but you would never have let me go to William's territory if I didn't sneak out! And I couldn't stay behind, I had to try!"

"Why the hell do you think you have to solve everything?! You're just a teen, Nora! You may be a Princess, but you don't have to carry the whole fate of Silver City! Why do you feel like you have to go and save the situation on your own?!" "Because I'm damn scared, Damian!" I yell out, as I start crying, too.

"Why are you so scared? Nora, I told you I will protect you no matter what!"

"I'M SCARED OF LOSING YOU, YOU i***t!"