The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 55

Conner POV

It was not an easy thing for any of the Alpha wolves to deal with. Most of them had lost wolves here and he himself had lost 27 during the course of the battle that had raged around them. Victor’s forces had suffered more, though from what anyone could tell, most of those dead wolves were rogues, at least 200 of them; the others they had no idea if they belonged to Victor at all.

It had been noticed by all that many pack scents had been smelt during the course of the battle. The report that an Alpha and his unit had snuck into the pack house undetected via the back entrance. Had been why the witches had taken matters into their own hands, shot all their power at that man and his unit, though he had gotten away, must have realised what was about to happen.

The Luna of the New Moon Pack, Kinsey, had stated she’d seen Victor and his unit come to a complete halt on seeing the three witches around the girl. He had backed up extremely fast. She’d also stated she’d heard Victor himself curse out loud. He had not been expecting the witches, it seemed. And the moment that one of them had raised a hand towards him and his unit, the four of them had fled.

They were no match for the witches, and he knew it. Their power had been released just seconds after that man and his unit fled, it was too late to stop it. Conner knew the retreat had been called a moment later, which meant that Kinsey was right. Victor knew he couldn’t fight those witches, and from what he’d seen the raw power, he didn’t think that many could either.

There was clean up to be had, he didn’t need to report to his father. The man would know all that died if they were mated. But they couldn’t haul 27 bodies back. They’d come on foot, so a call was placed solely to let his father know he was going to burn the bodies. Did he want to send their mates for the burning or leave them to grieve inside the pack?

Only 20 of them had been mated off. The other 7 were not yet mated, he had to report them to his father. A few of them didn’t have family here, lost in other battles or they’d been orphaned early on in life. Waited for the return call. Asked him to wait, their mates would go to say goodbye. He would send them in cars. Only take a few hours, to please place the body’s away from the others.

Then he asked how he was and the unit to? All were anxious about them. He relayed they were all fine, a few wounds that would heal up with time. Asked him about bringing any remaining New Moon Pack members home to the pack after the clean-up was attended.

Was told “Any and all that are willing son, remember they were gypsy wolves, may want to wander once more. Find a new place that feels special to them.”

He moved all his dead to the most southern part of the pack’s territory, to await the grieving Mates that were coming. It took nearly three and a half hours for them to get there. He left several to guard the bodies and the rest of them headed back to help with the mass pile up of all the enemy dead. Saw the three witches standing by the destroyed packhouse all with their arms around their Mate. He was all cleaned up and no longer covered in b***d. Smiled at that man, he nodded right back, it took several hours to search out and drag all the bodies back into the pack. They were piled up in front of the packhouse, surprisingly.

When he questioned why, Alpha Rafe smiled right at him. “Our witches will get rid of them in a blink of an eye. But its best to have them all in one place, after the toll they’ve already taken using their magic.”

“Your men, they are happy to send off as well. You came on foot, I believe.”

“We did,” he nodded, “it’s actually quicker for us in a straight line, even in human form, than to drive.”

“So not that far.”

“Bear Lake.”

“Wandering Moons, right?”

“Yes.” Conner nodded and turned at the sudden presence of more of his pack “Excuse me, I have grieving Mates to attend to.”

“Of course.”

Conner returned to his pack. All of them were there, not a nice thing to see grieving she-wolves kneeling by their now dead mates. He knew his father would have already told them their Mates were brave and fierce, that he too was sorry for their deaths.

Many of them just looked hollowed out and knelt with a hand on their loved one. He had one look right up at him, a newborn pup in her arms, and his heart ached instantly, barely a day old, likely gone into labour with the severing of her Mate.

He sank down next to her and hugged her gently. “He was so very brave, we couldn’t have won this war without him. His sacrifice saved a gypsy princess today. A young girl much like your little daughter.”

“She’ll never know him.” She whispered.

“I know,” he sighed softly, sadly. “but you tell her, her father died saving the last gypsy princess of the wolfen gypsy’s. That he was her protector, just like he would be your little girl.”

He felt her nod her head against his chest, and could see many of the other Mates looking right at him “Your Mates all died to save the last wolfen Gypsy Princess. Their deaths were not in vain.” He told them all and watched many of them nod their heads before turning back to their dead.

Those witches came and they magicked away their dead at sunset, only after all of them had been explained what was going to happen and were ready, there would be no rush, that they should take as long as they needed. magicked away and a feild of pretty white daisy’s appeared in their place.

Once it was done, he was helping them to get into the pack cars, when that one she-wolve Silvia, looked up at him “We hadn’t picked a name.”

He sighed, didn’t really know what to say to her, didn’t have to “I’m going to call her Gypsy, I think she will grow up and be proud of her father, I think he would like that too.”

“It’s a good name.” Conner smiled at her gently, looked down at the little sleeping girl in her arms, and touched her small head, run his fingers across her forehead.

“An Alpha’s blessing, I bestow on you little Gypsy, may the moon goddess Selena herself, protect you well.” He said softly, and then looked at Silvia.

Saw tears fall from her eyes “Thank you Alpha.”

He nodded to her and helped her into the pack car, so they could all be taken back to the pack. His work here was yet to be done. They still had to sort out the Gypsy’s themselves. They too, were grieving not only the loss of their Mates, their Alpha. They were not willing to talk to anyone at this point, all that were left of a 300 strong pack was now barely 110 and most of them were women and children, all the men had gone off to fight. Anyone who had a wolf had been out there fighting to protect their home pack, regardless of their skill, it was their way.

They were taking a full day of grieving so none of them would be speaking at all until tomorrow midday. It was just a waiting game, the witches stayed with the remaining gypsies and the four allied packs set up roaming patrols for any signs of Victor and his pack coming back. But with the witches here, Alpha Rafe didn’t think it was likely going to happen. He had retreated once seeing them. He also noted that he had not attempted to come into the pack or try to come into the packhouse until his Gamma was well away from it.

He obviously knew what happened when anyone got near him, and Allen wouldn’t have any qualms in launching himself at that man or his unit, he’d snuck around the ensuing battle to try and sneak in and take that little girl.

This made Conner wonder if the princess’s mother had been the one Victor had taken and the one Alpha Thomas had tried to get back and been warned off of. He’d said the girl’s mother only died a little while ago, could be something happened to her or it could be she killed herself in order not to have been taken by Victor or his men.

Her bloodline would be strong and important. Victor producing an heir with her could have been seen as making his pack stronger. He didn’t know the truth about the woman, but if the mother died and then suddenly someone was coming for the child, it was a good assessment to make. He’d been coming to this pack for years and not even he knew there was a princess amongst them.

It made him curious if his father knew there was one. Clearly, Alpha Rafe had, those witches certainly did. Or at least he believed so. Though he was still curious about why they had laughed at him. It still bothered him a bit and when he looked at them now, they paid him no attention whatsoever.

Whatever had tickled their funny bones was done and over with, though it was nice to hear them say they thought he would be good to make an Alliance with. They must have seen something they liked, or perhaps he was just going to be a good Alpha one day. He did hope so, looked up at the sky and sighed, the full moon was tomorrow and he didn’t know if he was going to make it home or not. Didn’t want to wait another month to lay claim to Eliza. Felt Atlas huff inside of him, rubbed his chest and got kicked by Adam near instantly, sighed and nodded at him, rolled his shoulders and stretched himself out as though it was all part of why he’d rubbed his chest.

‘Still bothering you?’ Adam mind-linked to him.

‘A lot to be honest, kind of feel nauseated by it as well.’ He sighed right back at Adam.

‘You’ll see her tomorrow, just think about that, getting home and claiming her, now that’s got to make you happy right. Even though she’s human.’

Nearly laughed out loud at that thought ‘I was so stubborn in trying to keep away from her, pushing her away. Couldn’t bloody do it even when I wanted to.’

‘When did you know we haven’t had that chat yet?’

‘Before the last full moon.’

‘Goddess Conner, you’re insane. So when she ran away after you told her to leave.’

‘I know, I was an a*****e. But honestly, that day, my yelling was your fault. She was going to have a lunch date with Marlo. I didn’t know about that until you told me and I kind of just lost it.’

Heard Adam snort ‘No wonder you were always at him.’

‘Atlas was and is not having a bar of me rejecting her and now…well I want her, human or not. She belongs to me.’ He actually did smile at that thought.

‘How long have the two of you been sleeping together?’ Adam asked and he knew that was the real question he wanted answered.

Looked over at him and said nothing. The man would likely punch him. ‘Does it matter?’

‘Only if there is going to be an issue with her accepting you, is there going to be. I didn’t see the two of you together ever.’

‘I don’t think so, might be. But when I claim her I will be asking her out officially for all to see. I’ll do it with you or someone else around so she knows I mean it, that I don’t want it to be secret. That should help.’

‘You want to hope so. The girl doesn’t seem to like you much.’

‘Likes me plenty in the bedroom.’ He smirked.

“What are you two smiling about?” Brayden asked. Interrupting their mind-link conversation.

“Nothing.” They both answered him with a smile.

“Alpha, Beta secrets.” Cameron commented “You know, Brayden, we could return that favour and have Gamma, Delta secrets.”

They all chuckled at that, and Conner told them “be my guest.”

Then he looked around them at the strewn-out mess of their camp sight, “Come on boys lets clean this place up while the warriors sleep.” His warriors had all crashed out, they were all lying about in wolf form, either curled up alone or resting against each other sleeping off their exhaustion from battle, he wasn’t going to wake them, he and his unit though had been awake the whole time had not fought for as long as they had.

Those men were exhausted, and he was going to let them sleep. They picked through and salvaged what could be salvaged, and a few wolves lifted their heads. He mind-linked to them to go back to sleep that he and his unit had cleaned up, not to worry about it. And his wolves lay back down and went right back to sleep.

The next day was long. The gypsies didn’t really want to go with any of them, not even the Luna, and there was a massive meeting about the safety of them out there without an Alpha Wolf or his unit to protect them.

In the end, it was actually the princess herself who stood up to squash the argument. She spoke softly, but looked at all the remaining gypsy wolves and told them “I don’t want any more of you to die for me, it is too much to ask of you, of all of those that came here to help. We all lost too much and for what? To just wander aimlessly and have that brute hunt us down one by one. To torture you all for my whereabouts. I do not want this for us. For you. We are Gypsy Wolves, we can assimilate into any pack, but stay gypsies. If you do not choose a pack to go with, I will choose for you.”

He watched that girl lift her head and looked at all of them, take a deep breath in and then state firmly “I am Princess Amara, you will do as I ask. When I am older and stronger, have my wolf, I will replace a Mate, an Alpha likely. Then I will call you all back to the lives we chose to live and lead, and once more we will be roaming Gypsy Wolves, until that day. I need to know you are safe, want you to be safe. If I know where you are, I can recall you easily.”

Conner watched that young girl speak to her people just like a leader would. She was strong for what had happened to her, would likely lead them once more with strength and dignity, knew which pack she would be going to. Protected till that day came when she found her Mate and was old enough to rule them all officially.

“You will all grow up and be stronger, we will become warrior gypsies and when the time comes, we will take war to that man who took your rightful ruler from you all, my mother Adria, kill him and get our vengeance for the lives he stole. So, walk amongst the Alpha’s and pick one you feel suits you or I will do it for you.” Then she simply turned and walked away to sit by Rafe and his Unit.

Her choice was clear to all, the Luna joined her, she would go with her princess. Conner wondered if they would all just go with her. She was their princess. He was pretty sure that was exactly what was going to happen.

But it wasn’t to his surprise they did just get up one by one or in what remaining family groups there were and walk about the Alpha’s that were here waiting on the outcome of their decisions. It was not something any of them seemed to take lightly either, he noticed.

He was walked up to by nearly all of them, looked at, assessed and walked off, some came back to him many times, they even took it upon themselves to walk up to his unit and look them over, walk through his warriors and he was certain talk with them. He could not rush them in their decision even though the day was passing. This was a decision for not just themselves but their families. It did appear to him that it was the ones with more than one child who had the most trouble making their decisions.

It seems these wolves were trying to replace an Alpha and a pack that suited not just themselves but their children as well. He knew the moon was going to set in a few hours, could well still be here at this rate.

Every one of them picked and sat behind their Alpha of choice, but that wasn’t the end of it. He was called to a meeting with just the Alpha’s afterwards. He was unhappy about it, due to the longer he was there, the longer he had to wait to get home and claim Eliza. He was even more unhappy when he heard that with the full moon only two hours away; and after so much tragedy. They wanted to stay there for the setting of the moon to see if any of their wolves would pair up.

There were many male and female warriors here from all packs unmarked, and they thought it could bring a little happiness to their packs if there was the opportunity to pair up and let their wolves replace their Mates. He couldn’t in all good consciousness say no to them, or no for this chance with his wolves either. And with only two hours to wait, it wasn’t all that long.

He had ten hours after it set to scent out Eliza, so giving his wolves that opportunity to replace happiness amongst the tragedy that had been wrought, was a good thing. He could not deny them, as their Alpha, the opportunity to replace a Mate just because he wanted to go home and claim one he had himself. That would not be very Alpha of him. He had to think of the pack, ahead of himself, nodded in agreement with them and then headed back to his pack to tell them what would be going on.

He saw Adam look right at him, a little apologetically, but it was the she-wolf sitting right behind him that drew Conner’s attention, a pretty blonde girl, with big brown eyes. She was just looking at Adam. Looked right at Conner when she realised he was looking at her and dropped her eyes. She was too young to be a mother of two girls sitting with her. Either they were her siblings or perhaps niece’s, were at least six and seven, she however only looked to be 18 or 19.

Internally sighed to himself, if that girl turned out to be Adam’s Mate, he should have met her on the last full moon, but because of his own selfishness, and cruelty towards El, Adam had been removed from this pack before the moon had set. He was going to get a beating for that.