The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 73

Conner POV

It was good talking to El. He’d never really done that before, getting to know each other was going to be something they both needed to do. He thought this was a nice start to that. It seemed she had concerns about him not going back to be the Heir to his own pack.

He’d not actually thought she would have that at all, was always so determined to get away, that he honestly thought she was just going to be glad, he would give it all up for her. Seems not. It was likely they both thought the other only cared about themselves, likely they both thought the other was a bit on the selfish side.

Now he could see that she not only had she accepted him, she also understood that he had a place in his pack, that was important. She didn’t want him to give that up for her. That surprised him a lot, that she couldn’t understand it at all.

She had grown up human and was likely to still have those tendencies where relationships were concerned, and didn’t really understand that wolves mate for life. That it took all of an instant for them to make that decision and, once done, didn’t want to ever be separated from each other. She still had the human mindset where relationships were concerned, where it could likely take years to get to that point. Date for a few years, get engaged for a few years, then get married.

Didn’t really work that way for them, replace your Mate, have them accept you Mark and Mate, never leave them. He’d once thought it was just really good s*x on both parts, and they had that even before their bond was fully realised, it was a thousand times better than that now.

This one human, not so human girl, had turned him completely upside down and he had loved her before he had even officially gotten to claim her. Damn near killed Atlas to feel her sever from them, and his own pain at the loss of her had seen him wallow in her bed for days. He was never leaving her.

She hadn’t been in their world for very long but had basic knowledge from her cousins and her aunt, though he could tell they hadn’t told her everything, all the little things that make up their world. She knew what a Mate was, what a Mate Bond was, but had no idea about knotting, that was interesting.

He did like that she told him she’d liked being knotted by him, so had Petal, they both actually had the same reaction to it, just lay there and kissed their mates till it was released. That, for him, had been the nicest part of knotting her, he’d felt genuinely connected to her in that moment.

He had no idea how telling her about Vivian would go down, but she wanted to know why he hated humans. Vivian was the reason he did. That woman had nearly ruined him and for what? not getting her own way. Made sure to explain that properly to her, so she understood that he had not done anything wrong.

Conner liked that she was concerned about Adam and Cameron being apart from their Mate’s, likely understood that pain in her chest was in them right this minute, though her pain and his would have been worse because they were not together properly, half together and nearly broken apart completely. If he’d not found her and the months had dragged on, it could well have eventually just been severed.

Adam and Cameron were always on the phone to their Mates, so they were still connected to each other, they had that ache but a phone call and talking to their Mates seemed to solve that or at least ease it off to near nothing. Which was a good thing. He had tried to make them go home twice over the past month here in Italy.

Adam had stared at him then just stated point blankly “Like you could replace her on your own.”

Cameron had snorted with amusement, “I’d like to see him corner her, if she’s a fox, ain’t gonna be able to do that on his own.”

Brayden had been of the opinion he was the only one that was going to be able to help Conner, “she’s gonna run from you all, I’m going to lay my Gamma hands on her, and she’ll be putty, lead me right to where I need to be.”

No one had really understood that comment. Conner thought about that now as they walked back into the living area, and looked at his Gamma, the man had a Mate on his lap, ‘lead me right to where I need to be.’ saw Brayden smiled right at him, that bastard knew this was going to happen, or perhaps not him and El, but definitely El leading him to his Mate.

“Your bloody father, right?”

“Yep, got foresight, told me a human girl would lead me to my Mate who was overseas in an unknown pack.”

“So, you knew she was going to run away.”

“No. I just figured, with your ways and not wanting humans in the pack, at some point you’d put El on a plane to get her out of the pack. I had every intention of offering my services to bring her here.” He shrugged “It was all just a matter of time.”

“Could have bloody told me.” Conner muttered.

“Why? You needed a lesson or two in manners and respect and not telling me what El was. Well, that was your own stupid fault now, wasn’t it?”

Conner sighed, couldn’t even argue with the man, he was right on all accounts. He sat next to El and realised everyone was looking at him. “El, would you like to tell them what you want to do?” he looked at her. This was her decision, she should be the one to tell them.

“I want to go home and check on mother. Is human, and having an Alpha pup.”

“El honey, she will be fine, already handled having an Alpha Kit, you my dear.” It was Juliana.

“I came early and was small.”

“You came on time and all Kits are small when born, even Alpha Kits.” Juliana told her, “Thankfully, considering how many we have at a time.”

“Don’t remind me of that.” He watched her shake her head. “I’m not ready for that.”

Conner wondered if Juliana was trying to talk her into staying there. He didn’t know her at all, only that she had known what he was, watched and waited to see what would happen when Atlas Mark her niece. Likely knew that El would make her own decision even after being Marked and Mated. Anyone could reject their mate even after Marking and Mating. He knew that firsthand from his parents.

“We’ll be waiting on that until after degrees have been completed and we’re older.” Conner assured her “I’m not about to rush that.”

“Won’t be up to you son. Petal will make that decision for all of you.”

“What?” both he and El stated at the same time.

“Kitsune’s are not like wolves, not even like foxes. It will be Petal who decides when and how often she wants Kits. You’ll get no say in it.”

“I am on the pill.” El told her. That got his attention. He’d not thought she would be, was a little glad of it to be honest, but he’d been her first. So why would she be? shook it off, it didn’t matter, she was being careful, a good thing because he’d not been. Not once even considered it. Though he’d not been going to her room with the intent of having s*x either, so hadn’t taken any protection with him.

Only that one time before he’d gone off to help the New Moon Pack had he gone to her room to be with her, and not knowing the outcome of a battle like that, he’d not even thought about it, just wanted to be with her, as close as he could be.

Heard Juliana laugh “Oh and you think that will help you, do you? Might have before you had Petal, wont now.”

More information about Kitsune’s that he had no idea about, was going to have to learn about them, “Perhaps Juliana you could help with some information on Kitsune’s, we wolves know very little about your kind.”

“That’s how we like it. Sloan will come to your pack, likely often, and she is going to want to meet Petal in person. I haven’t told her what she looks like. I stubbornly refused.” She chuckled “If my twin won’t come home, I won’t give her information.” Shook her head.

“I need to call her.” El sighed “After all the trouble she went to, getting me here. Now I’m going back.”

“Ha, you think you were trouble. No, you weren’t. Sloan was bored the whole time. Logan is really self-absorbed. Didn’t pick up on the recording noise, some do, some don’t. I think she was hoping for some sort of fight or threats. Conner here, however knew it wasn’t you right away.”

Watched El look right at him, he shrugged “Atlas left me when you were severed from us, didn’t come back at the sound of your voice, and he would have, I’m certain of it. That beast of mine knows things about you or what you’re doing. It’s just weird.”

“What I’m doing?”

“Mm, we can talk about that later.” Shook his head, was not going to embarrass her like that, that was a private thing between them.

“Sloan didn’t know what you were to El. At the time, Conner. Likely wouldn’t have taken El if she had. El here told no one about you. Kept that to herself.”

“Cordi knew. I told her everything.” El commented.

That explained a lot, why Cordi stepped in and made introductions to stop that fight that was brewing in her back yard when he went to retrieve her. Likely hadn’t known what he was till that very moment though, and then bam realised why he was the way he was. “I like Cordi.” He commented. “Wants an alliance with the pack so you and she can still hang out.”

“Oh, can I do that?”

“Of course you can. If there is an Alliance she’ll be able to visit the pack and we can go there.”

“I can go there?”

“We, can go there.”

Heard both Adam and Brayden laugh and glared at them “Enough you two.”

“You sound like your father when you say that.” She muttered “Enough, Eliza.”

“Enough Conner.” His whole unit burst out.

Made him shake his head. “Yeah, I get that a lot myself. I’ll try and curb that, but 22 years of hearing it, might just come out of me at times.”

“It’s getting late, you all can make your plans to go back tomorrow, book flights and be home within a few days.” Juliana interrupted them all.

“Should I be worried about El going into heat in that time?” Conner asked Juliana. She’d said Kitsune’s weren’t like wolves, so he’d better check that, didn’t want her doing that mid-flight or when travelling.

“No, I should think not, she is only young may not want Kits for a century or so.”

“What?” it was all of them.

“Like I said, Kitsune are not the same as Wolves, you two could reign a pack for years, hundreds of years, before producing an Heir. That will be up to Petal. Don’t ask her, don’t push her. She’ll likely just give you nothing for decades. Finicky creatures, mischievous and can be a handful. Though curiosity is their most common thing. Leads to wandering about a lot.”

His eyes moved right to El, he didn’t want that, her wandering about for years. “Petal won’t go anywhere without her Mate. Usually, we do settle down once we replace our Mate. Don’t usually do that so easily. Sloan is five hundred and still unmated. Most kitsune take a few hundred years to replace their Mates, you son, where bloody lucky is all.”

“I am lucky.” He smiled at El, turned to his unit. “We’ll sort out going back first thing, all of us.” Saw actual relief on their faces. He was headed up to bed when Adam mind-linked him ‘Your dad’s calling.’

Saw his Beta coming and took the phone. “Thanks Adam.”

“Just keep it for the night.”

He nodded and answered the phone, “Father, is Brittney with you?”

“Yes, is El there?”

“Of course she is, I’ll put her on.” He stated as he pushed their bedroom door open, handed her the phone, walked into the room, and closed the door behind them. Saw her look relieved when she heard her mother’s voice. He sank down on the bed and let her talk to her mother.

From what he could tell, Brittney was tired and, even with drugs on board, still had pains. There was no video call between them, and he wondered just how tired and drained she looked. Likely a lot, and she didn’t want her daughter to see it, or his father had not thought it was wise.

Heard her tell her that she was at her aunt’s estate, and that she had been there the whole time, perfectly safe. Even apologised to her for leaving the way she did, but then followed it up with “If you’d just told me the truth I likely wouldn’t have run off. If you hadn’t kept me locked in, I might have felt more comfortable.

They were shots at his father, and he knew it. He relaxed down on the bed and watched her prowl about the room, annoyed with his father and likely her own mother, but trying to contain it as she spoke with them. His father asked her what she was and she looked at Conner. He hadn’t told the man they all thought she was a fox. Mind linked right to her ‘Don’t tell him, let him replace out the next time he’s an a*s to you.’ smiled right at her when she just nodded.

Heard his father state all Alpha Wolf “As part of this Pack Eliza, you will tell me.”

Got the response of “I’m not part of your Pack, Logan. Never was.” Shot right back at him.

Conner nearly laughed, but managed to hold his amusement in. She would never be afraid of him or his father, and the day his father found out what she was, he was going to back the hell off of her. He was actually a little excited for that to happen.

There was silence on the line for a long moment and then it was Brittney who just sighed “Honey, are you going to let Conner bring you home?”

“Yes, but only to check on you. Then I am coming right back here to finish my studies.” She told them and he wondered if she meant that or not. He didn’t actually think that she did. He’d told her he would bring her back here if she wanted that. Wondered if he should buy an apartment or villa here? So if that was the case, they had somewhere to live.

He probably should do that anyway, it was likely she would want to come back here. They could holiday here once a year or so, smiled at that thought, that would definitely make her happy. Shame he didn’t have his phone. He could be looking at real estate right now.

Mind-linked to Cameron, ‘Cameron could you look up some real estate near here or near Bergamo, a villa for holidays or living here for El and I, while El studies.’

‘So, she’s not going to stay in the pack then?’ came right back to him.

‘I don’t know, I’m planning for all options. Would do it myself but my phone is out in the woods somewhere.’

‘Alright, better make it big enough for all of us then.’

‘Cameron, you and the boys can stay in the pack, you don’t have to.’

‘Shut it Conner, we’re your unit. She is our future Luna, her Gamma is going to go wherever she is, has a fox for a Mate, will be happy here. Adam has a young Gypsy wolf for a Mate who would be itching to travel along with her little sisters, so he’s definitely in. I am not staying in that pack by myself. I’ll replace a Manor or Estate.’ He stated, ‘just deal with it.’ and cut the link.

He smiled to himself, if she wanted to come back here, she was going to replace herself surrounded by all of them. Cameron was likely right as well, Brayden would want to be near his job, and his Mate was from here so that was not going to be an issue. Adam’s little Mate and her two young sisters would all have that Gypsy need to roam about, so he didn’t think that was going to be a problem. Cameron just stated he wasn’t going to be the only one left behind. So, he and his whole unit would be moving here for a few years if that is what El wanted.

Smiled to himself, they would all have the opportunity to learn the language and get the degrees they wanted to have, without his fathers’ demand on them all. Could well be good for all of them. To get out on their own. How his father would take that was another matter.