The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 87

El POV

El was asked to come to Logan’s office by her grandma after dinner that night. She’d asked what for and been told “Everyone is coming young lady, get your butt in here now.” And her grandma had not been wrong.

As she and Conner stood, so did Cordi and Collin. When she looked at him, Conner shrugged but Cordi and Collin just sighed, and Collin stated, “Lead the way.” She got the distinct impression those two knew what this meeting was about. But either didn’t want to say or had been asked not to.

She walked into Logan’s office to replace not only her grandma in there, but her mother and Alpha Cole and Russel as well. Her mother didn’t look as though she knew what was going on either, they were all asked to sit down and did so, on the couch where indicated. Her mother actually sat next to her and when she looked at her, she shrugged “I don’t know.”

Looking up to Logan, the man did not look happy, kind of like he always looked at her before she’d left, though his eyes moved to his Mate and then he just sighed, whatever was going on he knew already.

Alpha Cole sat across from her and looked right at her and then at her mother, sighed himself “There is no easy way to say this. Taro, was killed by a hunter.”

“I know.” She heard her mother say, it was what they’d been told.

“No, you actually don’t know. A hunter in our world is not a hunter in the human world.”

El frowned now, “What do you mean?”

“Hunters are a group of specially trained humans that know about our kind, hunt us and kill us for whatever reason they believe is right to them. Some packs use them to help win wars or start them, distract other packs to assist with them going in and taking over. Hired guns, so to speak.”

El frowned at him, she didn’t really understand, her father had been human. Even her grandma and her aunt had told her that.

“Why?” her mother asked quietly.

“He was in our pack at that time or just near one of the borders. It could be they saw him as a pack member and took him out, before he could alert us to their presence. We did lose a few of our own that night as well. Half a dozen, in fact, we thought he was just caught in the crossfire.”

“Was he?” El asked now. She did want to know, as hard as it was to hear about her father’s death, she wanted to know the truth of it, had been told it was a hunting accident and that was what it had been declared as by the authorities as well.

She didn’t even know who had been the one to kill him, there had been no person named to blame, that had been hard to handle, no one out there for her to take her anger and grief out on. Just an accident is all it had been deemed.

“I believe so, they were coming into the pack looking for a particular wolf, had been asked to capture and retrieve it for the one who hired them. They did not get her, she was protected. Still is, her entire family has been moved into the packhouse itself. Is odd still to this day.”

“Why is that?” Conner asked.

“She is an omega, and was only 14 at the time.” Cole shrugged, “We did question the one we got alive, but he knew little only that the girl was to be taken and not harmed. Thought she was going to be Mated to the one wanting her. But that was all we know”.

“Odd.” It was Logan. “Who was the one wanting her?”

“Didn’t get that out of him, someone turned up and slaughtered him, for her son’s death.” His eyes moved right to Sloan.

She stared at him and stated “It is my right to exact revenge on those that harm my kin. He was never going to survive.”

“You could have questioned him.” Cole huffed.

“Could have.” She nodded. “Not really my thing.”

El stared at her grandma now, seemed she didn’t really know her at all, though killing one of the men that had killed her son Taro, she understood that. He was her only son and she had loved him with everything she had. Had never seen her grandma cry until that day.

“The girl?” Logan asked, “Have you looked into her linage, is there anything special about her bloodline?”

“We are still looking,” Cole stated and waved it off. He didn’t want to talk about it, she thought.

“Obviously, she’s still going to be a target.” Logan sighed “If you need assistance.”

“We’ll call.” Cole nodded “It has been decided that she will no longer attend human world schooling, for her own protection. Her parents agree, she is not happy but understands the need.”

“Locked in.” El sighed, knew how that felt.

“Unfortunately, it is that way for the moment. For her own safety, she also has two younger siblings, both also now not attending human world schooling.”

El looked at her mother while they were all sitting discussing the girl. She was just sitting quietly and to El she just looked sad, could see her right hand was touching her left hand where her wedding ring had once been. It seemed she’d left the conversation and was lost in her own thoughts.

She knew Logan was all consuming for her mother now, but still wondered if her father, Taro, had been her Mate or not. Her mother had been devastated by Taro’s death until she’d met Logan. That was, it had seemed her grief was gone in nearly an instant. Wondered now as she actually saw pain on her mother’s face, if she had latched right onto Logan and that Mate Bond so very quickly in order not to feel broken and upset all the time over her husband’s death. Used that Mate Bond to get passed it and bury it in the past, to not have to think about it and let it consume her every waking moment.

Realised it was highly possible that was exactly what she had done, she sighed internally. Wasn’t about to ask, could see talking about his death was causing her pain. It was likely just that. Looked at her grandma and asked the question she wanted to know, interrupting everyone’s conversation, but she had to know, wondered if her mother also wanted to know “Was mother, fathers Mate?”

Her Grandma’s eyes moved right to her and then to Brittney before answering “Taro never claimed that to me. But my boy did love Brittney, never looked at another from the moment he laid eyes on her. I suspect that she was, but without Taro to confirm it, no one will ever know. He knew he was human, as did I, but still he was half kitsune, so it is possible that she was, but only he knew. It was love that much I did know.”

She sighed, who knew not her, not her grandma. She watched as Logan walked over and sank down next to her mother and slid his arm around her. She looked sad. Got to watch Logan comfort her mother and could actually see that he did love her.

Hell, that man was always with her, there was no doubt, and now when she looked back on everything. Even their wedding photos, he’d looked happy with her mother, had always loved her even though she was human and not even young at that, was 41. She wondered how old Logan was? Had to be around the same age or older, she thought, with Conner being 22 and all. Though she didn’t know when Logan and his last Mate had had Conner, what age they had been.

He could well be a lot older than her mother, not that it mattered, wondered if her mother would continue to age and die the same as a human would? Or did she now have a long life like they all did? Would ask Conner later, didn’t want to bring it up here in this room with all of them. If the answer was no, it would likely not be a pleasant thought for Logan or herself for that matter. Seeing as how long she was supposed to live now.

She watched Logan walk her mother out of the office a little while later, just excused them and her mother simply got up and walked with him. He’d not even asked her if she wanted to leave, seemed to just know what she wanted or needed. Sighed and felt Conners had slide up into her hair, “She’ll be alright, just needs a minute.” He murmured as his lips pressed to her temple.

She nodded and looked at her grandma, “They are all dead, El. I assure you of that. The one that got away didn’t get far from me. No one gets away from me when I hunt, it’s what I’m highly paid for. That and transporting the worst of the worst.”

Stared right at her grandma now, didn’t know that about her either, simply shook her head “You have many secrets, don’t you?”

“Yes. But if you have questions, El. I can now answer them couldn’t before. Had those laws to abide by, they now don’t constrain me, where you’re concerned.”

“What are you?” El asked out right.

“My Wolfen Council appointed title is, a retrieval expert. The old Wolfen King deemed me, as a freelance retrieval consultant, due to that I am not wolfen, or mated to a wolf. I rarely miss my mark, but some that are surrounded by magic cannot be retrieved by me. The old King deemed me useless, when I could not replace his youngest child. The new King likes having me around, apparently. Not that I like being in his kingdom, I don’t like those seers of his. He understands, doesn’t much like them himself, only keeps them to protect the royal bloodline.”

“There is a Wolfen King?” she asked, had no idea about that.

“There is.” Conner nodded, “I’ve not met him. Father and Alpha Cole there would have though, have to attend an annual Alpha meeting in the Wolfen Kingdom itself.”

“Mm, don’t rush it Conner, I don’t even take Russ there. Creepy seers looking into your mind, not a nice feeling. Russ will only go when he needs to go. I suggest that be the same for you.”

“Don’t take El. Petal will not like it, rip heads off and then all hell will break loose.”

“Good to know.” Conner nodded and looked right at her a little worriedly.

“I don’t care.” She shrugged “I can go and stay with Cordi while you’re gone.”

Saw him frown at her but say nothing, knew he wouldn’t want that unless Xavier is marked and mated, still had issues with that wolf apparently. Still jealous, even though he knew she nor Petal would leave him.

“It’s years away. Don’t worry about it.” she nudged him “I’m certain Xavier will be Mated off by then.”

Heard both Cordi and Collin chuckle, and saw Conner just shake his head but still say nothing at all. They all left the office a little while later and she and Cordi were off with Emily, Brianna and Sage for a girly night, to binge watch some chick flicks down in the entertainment zone, on the big wall TV and laze about in a bunch of beanbags, eat some junk food and have a drink. Apparently, it wasn’t frowned upon now that they were wolves, or kitsune in her case. They were trying to cheer her up a bit.

The boys were all off to hang out together in the pack’s Alpha Bar. It was just outside the entertainment zone. She’d not even known there was one there. It was, she noted, coded like the elevator and there was no label on the door. But she didn’t mind, at least he was giving her some space, the man was clingy, more so than a girl was.

Though Brayden had told her that was because Conner had never, not even once allowed himself to be in any type of relationship with a girl, this was all new to him, why he was like a clingy girl, in regard to their new relationship, he didn’t yet understand the need for space. He also told El that he and the boys thought it was funny to see their future Alpha like that. All smitten and love struck, it gave them plenty of things to throw at him and tease him about, which they enjoyed doing. They thought it was very funny. Especially Adam, because he’d been told by Conner himself, that he never believed in the Mate Bond, either.

It was very funny to them, and they liked picking on him and teasing him about it. Both Adam and Brayden even thought she might get a giggle out of it at some point, seeing his reaction to them teasing him, that she might just see a whole new side to him, a playful fun side that she’d yet to really see, but they knew as did the pack was inside of him when he was really super happy and wanted to play and tease them right back. She did like that idea.