The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 83

Conner POV

It had been a couple of days since Ashely was born, Brittney was still in the pack hospital would stay there for a week, his father was it seemed, almost a changed man. Spent most of his time in the hospital. Left his Beta Jared in charge of running the pack to spend quality time with his Mate and daughter.

It was nice to see that he could be a family man. But apparently that was what he was like when Conner had been born. Had been told by Adams’ father, “Your father gets all gooey around his pups.” Conner had been more than surprised by this. He didn’t recall it obviously was too small.

Sloan was still here, had decided to give Logan and Brittney some breathing room, and would be staying in the pack for a few weeks, to see how things were here. How Logan was going to treat her granddaughter. How Conner himself was treating her. Though from her comment just this morning she was happy with Conner.

He was always there for El, everyone in the pack knew who she was to him, and he was more than attentive, loved being in her presence, as did Atlas. Adam still ribbed him about it, thought it was very funny. “I thought you said it was just really good s*x on both sides, not love.” Came out of him and Conner had sighed.

That had been his opinion, he’d thought that was exactly what it was. But now, wherever El was he just wanted to be, she’d g*****d a few times and told him she could be on her own, which had made his entire unit laugh at him. He liked being with her, wasn’t at all ready to be separated from her, not even for a few hours. Told her that and she’d sighed “What if I want time on my own?”

He’d stared right at her not really understanding that comment “Don’t you want to spend time with me?” had come out of his mouth before he’d even thought about it. His entire unit had killed themselves laughing and Adam had dragged him away to his annoyance.

He’d been told “Girls want to have space sometimes.”

“Why?” he’d asked in return.

Gotten laughed at even more by the three of them. He didn’t really understand it and Brayden had shaken his head. “Perhaps Conner, you should have dated someone, anyone before now. You’d understand that being apart is also good for your relationship, gives your girl time to miss you, you don’t have to spend every waking minute with your Mate.”

Again, he’d stared at them, didn’t understand that. But El did want time to herself and he didn’t want her to get annoyed with him. He liked it when she smiled right at him, or laughed. Watching her laugh was something that not only made him happy but turned him on to no end, especially when it was he who’d made her laugh. To know he could make her that happy was amazing.

He was sitting in his father’s office, had been called to it. Apparently, his father was back in the office and ready to be back in charge. El was seated next to him wearing those bloody harem pants he really liked, had seen her walk in and damn near growled right at her. He’d gone off to training and been called here before heading back to shower and change, so hadn’t seen what she’d dressed in this morning. She’d come to a halt just three steps into the room and looked right at him, knew what he was thinking when his eyes moved right to hers.

He’d heard Sloan, who was also in this office, chuckle at El’s sudden stop and staring at him. Apparently, it was clear to the whole room what he was thinking. He’d had to check himself and sit down, though he’d pat the couch next to him and she’d stated, “Perhaps not a good idea.”

He’d just chuckled, “You’re safe. Sloan is right there.”

She’d sat and he’d smiled right at her, mind-linked to her ‘they’re coming off the moment I have you alone.’

She’d shaken her head but said nothing on the subject of declining that offer. She’d not gotten a single night of straight sleep, couldn’t keep his hands off of her anymore now than he had been able to before she was his Mate. Desired her like nothing he’d ever felt before, even fully clothed, all he could think about sometimes was ripping them off of her.

Had never really believed in a Mate Bond being like this, knew you were drawn to each other, but this was nothing like what he’d expected. Guess all those years of not understanding his mother and father and her leaving of him, had made him biased against it. Now he was learning just what it meant and how happy it could make one.

Probably why his mother had left his father for her Goddess Gifted Mate all those years ago. Though it still hurt that she had left him here, and never once looked back. Sighed internally at that thought, she’d told him she loved him but that he would stay here. Wondered if she’d tried and his father had declined her. Who knew? It was entirely possible.

“Now that we are all here,” Logan stated, “Sloan, you wanted to have it out over El’s treatment.”

“Yes.” She nodded “El was very unhappy here and you’re the most to blame for that, I believe.”

“Likely Conner was the main reason.” His father stated, “From what I know now.”

“I did warn you before, Logan, don’t lie to me. I won’t stand for it. I am a truth seer, so it won’t get past me at all.” Conner watched her stare hard at his father. “Conner was confusing for El, he has explained himself to her, apologised to her. More than once I heard from El already.”

“As he should, treating one’s Mate like that.”

“Yes. You have yet to apologise though, not even taken any responsibility for her wanting to leave.”

“Her wanting to leave, that was Conner’s fault. He told her to leave, I believe.”

Conner sighed, he had done that, felt El’s hand slip into his and he looked at her apologetically. She smiled at him, and squeezed his hand, had forgiven him and he knew it, but his father’s words were the truth. “I was jealous that day.” Conner told everyone in the room “I didn’t even know you were going to come to the university, let alone have a lunch date with Marlo, when Adam told me I kind of just lost it. I was angry that you would date someone else. That they were all happy for you and Marlo to be together. I was so confused myself, that I yelled at you. I’m sorry El.”

“I understand now.” She reassured him.

“See his fault, my boy can be an i***t sometimes.” He heard his father state.

Nearly growled right at him, didn’t have to. Sloan stood and leaned right on his father’s desk, snarled “This is your last warning Logan, the next lie you state will have Blade out of me, and you and I are going to go toe to toe. You were the reason El wanted to leave, your treatment of her, your actions towards her before she even came here. Were not very fatherly now, were they?”

He could see his father bristle at Sloan’s words, he didn’t like being challenged by anyone, let alone one that he knew he could not defeat. He was glaring right at her and though he couldn’t see Sloan’s face he was certain she was glaring right back at his father.

“What do you want from me, Sloan?” his father grated out.

“I want you to state the truth, tell me what you did to my granddaughter and admit to me why it was wrong, that you knew it was wrong if not?” she left it unsaid and hanging.

It was a solid minute before his father spoke and Conner could see that he was trying to contain his temper. Neither he nor Hale were known for being calm, were always angry or cranky. Who knew why? He had a good strong pack, and everything was happy and calm right this minute. He had a Goddess Gifted Mate as well. She was able to make him smile and laugh and he was calmer around her, but still sometimes he was a cranky a*****e.

“I brought Eliza here, at her mother’s request. I did what I thought was best to keep her safe.”

“Do you want to rephrase that last part?” Sloan stated before he could go on.

He watched his father huff “I did what I would do for all ranked members children.”

Conner shook his head. The man couldn’t just admit he was wrong and accept that he had made El hate it here. Conner had done so, but it seemed his father didn’t want to. Likely actually didn’t think that he had done anything wrong at all.

Sloan was staring right at him. “Which is what exactly?” Seems there was some truth to that statement. She wanted clarification, he thought.

“Choose what and where they study, to suit what I think is best for the pack.”

“So, you admit you kept El here, against her own wishes.”

“Yes, I did. She would be safer here, close to the pack. I have enemies and the Luna and her daughter are, or were, both human at the time. I believed they would be easily targeted by my enemies. So, keeping her here was safer for her.”

“Is that the only reason? I feel there is more to it than that.” Sloan sank herself back in the chair across from him. “Explain yourself further.”

He saw his father look right at El for a long moment and then just sighed heavily “Alright, you want the truth, I’ll give it to you. El is the Luna’s daughter. My Luna wanted her daughter here at all costs. Brittney was never happy with El going to study in Italy. You can ask Brittney of that yourself. It was all her late husband’s doing, he wanted that for El. But Brittney expressed to me she didn’t really want that, didn’t want El on the other side of the world from her. Asked me to please replace a way to get her to stay here. So, I did what I had to, to keep her here, and yes, against her wishes. Because I wanted my Luna to be happy and she was going to be happier with El here inside the pack.”

“Now we’re getting somewhere.” Sloan nodded. “So, you wanted Brittney to be happy, but didn’t care at all about El being happy? Is that correct?”

“I guess you could put it that way.”

“You guess?”

“Alright, I did not care about El being happy here. Only Brittney’s happiness mattered to me. Though that might have been different, if my own son had come to me and told me what he suspected. Would have been very different, in fact.”

“I imagine it would. Considering she is the next Alpha to your pack.”

“The Future Luna.” He heard his father correct her.

“Is that what you think?” Conner could hear the board tone in Sloan’s voice.

“Yes, women are Luna’s.”

“You’re very wrong on that, Logan, I know several wolf packs that have female Alpha’s reigning, mated to Beta’s or lower, which makes them Alpha, Luna’s. As an alpha-blooded Kitsune, Eliza will reign as an Alpha or Alpha, Luna.”

“We have pack laws and traditions in this pack around such matters, Sloan.” His father informed her, and Conner knew that they did, but Sloan was right. There were many things he was going to change around those, to make it fairer for their pack members. Starting with offering those ranked members to drop their current studies and to study what they actually wanted.

“Which will change the moment Conner takes over and rights those for his Mate.”

He saw his father look right at him. “That will need to be a discussion with the pack elders and a vote on it. Might not get what you want on that front.” He directed at Conner.

“Or I might.” Conner stated, he knew there were many in this pack that wanted changes. “I could ask the elders, I can also ask for a pack wide vote, and then the elders would have to take them into consideration.”

Saw his father glare right at him now, he knew that Conner was right, that if he asked the entire pack to think on it and decide, no decision could be made by the elders without taking into consideration all that lived here’s opinions.

“Those Gypsy’s Logan, chose to come here because of Conner, not because of you. I’ve spent the past few days with them, also talking to your pack members. I think you’ll replace your pack will be happier with Conner in charge. The Gypsy’s I heard saw him as fair and understanding, wanting the best for his pack members.”

“As do I,” his father frowned.

“No, what you want is what you think is best for the pack. Not its pack members specifically. The Gypsy’s don’t have much to do with you, now do they? Do you want to know why?”

“I don’t know, do I?”

Conner heard Sloan laugh “No you don’t,” then she was all serious once more “but I’ll tell you. You’re overbearing. Don’t take them into consideration and tell them what to do. What you expect of them, instead of letting them be the free-spirited people they are. They don’t much like it here. It’s why they don’t come near you and have all made themselves at home as far from the packhouse as possible.”

He watched his father sigh now, he did protect them all, would be very good at it, but friendly and loosening the reins a bit, not being so controlling was not his strong suit. As for living as far from the packhouse as possible, that was true. The only one here in the packhouse or near it, was Sage and that was because she was mated to Adam. But the rest were all on the southern part of the packs town, would be up in the northern woods, but from what he understood, his own father had declined that, stated it was too far from the packhouse and they weren’t safe or couldn’t get to the packhouse for lock-down in time.

“Even I can see that Conner, though he wasn’t exactly nice to El in the beginning, has the ability to know when he is wrong, can admit when he is wrong and apologise for it even. He takes other pack members’ feelings and opinions into account. From what I heard, he needed to get back here to scent out El officially on the full moon, didn’t know she wasn’t here. But he still chose to stay and let his wolves stay in the destroyed pack with other wolves from other packs, affiliated and unaffiliated. For the full moon to see if any of them paired up. Put his pack members’ needs above his own. Even though he knew he might not get back in time. Might have to wait on the next full moon, to scent his own Mate. He stayed put, for his packs warriors.”

“As would I have done,” His father stated flatly.

He watched Sloan tilt her head slightly and then just shake her head. “No you wouldn’t, if you had a Mate here to scent out, you would have left to come here to do just that. Your needs concern you more than your pack members. That is what I get from you.”

“You don’t know me, Sloan.”

“I don’t need to know you Logan, I am a truth seer. I see what is there in your unspoken words, as well as the words you speak. This pack will be better with Conner in charge. I also heard on the grape vine, he’s got more than one alliance to be made already. One of those to one of the strongest packs around. But they will wait on him being in charge, for that to come about.”

He found his father’s eyes right on him, he’d not told his father about that, Alpha Rafe’s witches thinking an alliance with him would be good for them. “Conner?”

“It is true, The Black Forest Pack,” he answered.

He saw his father stare at him now, “They’ve never come to me for an alliance.” He stated. “I’ve met them many times at other packs and Alpha meetings.”

Sloan laughed softly “That would be because their witches don’t much like your ways. Thought Conner and his future was amusing to them.” she turned and looked right at Conner and then El, “I think they knew what El was, likely saw everything, you trying to fight your attraction to her and then her leaving and you having to hunt for her. What she was even, saw your potential to be a great Alpha.”

“You know them?”

“Mm, I do. We’ve met a few times. Long before they joined that pack, an interesting set of triplets they are. Not considered good or bad. Neutral most of the time. Powerful indeed, more than most. Just waiting on their true ruler to appear from my understanding, she wasn’t born yet, the last time I saw them.” sighed “She would be now, I think, if they are laughing and smiling, likely they have finally foreseen it. They see a lot. I often get help from them with my retrieval work, but not that many know that. Keep that to yourself please.”

Conner nodded; he could do that.

She turned back to Logan, “I’ll stay a while longer. I hear you have a new alliance coming, granted through other wolves knowing El. Just another alliance created by the future Alpha’s to this pack. It will be stronger with Conner and El reigning, don’t you think? With two new alliances at their hands.” She sounded a little on the smug side, “I know that pack and the Alpha, as well as the future Alpha, also know Cordi herself, who requested the alliance, is El’s best friend. I would like to be here for that as well.”

“I’m not getting a say am I?” his father muttered.

Sloan laughed “No, you couldn’t eject me if you tried. I’m also now related to you. Out rank you as well am an Alpha, Luna. Good luck trying to tell me what to do.” She stood up and turned away from his father and looked at El and then Conner. “I will call this home for now. I will need to let the Alpha Council know where I am living from now on. I work for them quite a bit. Do you mind Conner?”

Conner bit back the smile and shook his head. “Of course not Sloan.”

“Call me grandma, young man. I am that to you now.” She bowed her head slightly to him “I’ll be strolling in and out of your pack as is required of my job title within your world.” Then she simply strolled out of his father’s office and closed the door behind her.

She didn’t seem to care about offending his father at all.