The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 90

Conner POV

He and Adam were in the front of his car, with both El and Sage in the back. They were both talking about being in the Lake Valley Pack. El had clearly been here before, she was telling Sage about the place even before they had driven through the pack gates, about the water activities that were on the lake here, they had a floating deck out on the lake all the time and slides set up most of the time she’d been here.

Clearly, she had been here a lot. It seems Alpha Cole didn’t mind having humans inside his pack, and he’d heard everyone was schooled in the human world from primary through to high school. The pack territory was quite large. He’d seen a map of it, though most of it was mountainous terrain off the eastern side of the packhouse itself.

They weren’t the only pack attending this Mating Ball, he knew there were four others as well. Alpha Cole was hosting five packs, not even something his father did, didn’t like hosting more than three at a time, didn’t have the room for more than that in the packhouse. It made Conner wonder where all these other packs were going to stay.

They passed through the gate just on midday, having left the day before and he knew they were early, but Alpha Cole didn’t mind, had told him to come a whole day early if he liked, to let El and Cordi hang out. He was a likeable man, it seemed, and had sounded more than happy on the phone when Conner had called him and let him know they would be arriving early.

Atlas was up inside his mind, just moments after they passed through the gates, being in a new pack always seemed to interest his beast. It was only a 10-minute drive from the gates to the packhouse and he could see why the man was hosting five packs. He had two sprawling buildings off either side of his packhouse, likely for accommodating visiting packs or were singles apartments.

He pulled up and they were greeted by not only Alpha Cole and his Luna Elisabeth, but Colin, Cordi and Xavier were also standing with them. The man was still unmarked, he noted, and though he didn’t smile at Conner, he did at El, he sighed internally but tried not to let it show that he was uncomfortable around the man. He was still young and had time to replace his Mate, would at some point, and that would likely solve Conners’ issues with him.

Atlas was restless as he shook hands with Alpha Cole and Collin, even extended his hand to Xavier, who took it but stared hard at him. Then he nodded and turned to El, to smile at her, watched as El hugged him briefly and asked how he was doing. Turned his attention to Alpha Cole to discuss where his wolves would be staying. Let El talk to her friends, he trusted her.

They were walked over to the sprawling building on the south end of the packhouse and he reminded the wolves of the rules, that had been laid out in the mating ball invite. Alpha Cole, though relaxed, he and his Luna did not approve of visiting wolves mating freely with any that they might be attracted to, prior to the mating ball. After the mating ball was fine, but not before it. His father was exactly the same, extremely strict on the rules of that. His father had told him once, it started fights between mated pairs, sometimes even the rejection of their mate, if they’d seen their Mate having s*x with another on the day of or the day before a Mating Ball. So, it was best to avoid that altogether, causing fewer problems and less rejections as well.

He settled his wolves and headed on back through the pack to the packhouse where he could see El was standing with Cordi and Collin still. She smiled right at him. He was glad Cordi had asked for this alliance, he could feel just how happy El was through their bond. So very happy right this minute, almost excited, he realised.

Atlas, however, was restless and a little agitated, something was off with him. Conner walked over to El, perhaps it was just that Xavier was still unmarked, though he was not out here with them right this minute. Slipped his hand into hers and they headed inside, walking behind Collin and Cordi. She looked up at him. “Are you alright?”

“Atlas is agitated,” he admitted.

“A new pack can do that,” Collin commented.

“It’s not like him to be off.” Conner stated as they walked through the packhouse front doors and into the foyer. It was all polished hard wood flooring in here, and soft cream walls with dark blue drapes. He saw Atlas look at a young girl coming towards them and still his body to really look at her. Pushed forward to stare right at her, she was only about 8 or 9, he guessed.

She stopped walking when she looked at him and just stared up at him and tilted her head in much the same way as Atlas was while looking at her. She had strawberry blond hair and big blue eyes that were widening as she looked at him. Then her mouth just fell open, and she gasped “Conner.”

He felt Atlas retreat and Conner was left staring right at her himself, more than shocked as he watched the girl run right over to him with a big smile on her face, lit her face up with joy, ran right to him and just hugged him all tight. He didn’t really know what to do with her, then she turned and screamed at the top of her lungs “Mum, Conner is here.”

His eyes moved right to her as she stood there all excited, ‘Sister.’ Atlas told him and Conner reached out and turned her face to look up at him. She smiled right up at him, and he knew it to be true, had their mothers’ eyes even, but he could feel that family bond to her as he looked down at her, she even knew who he was. He didn’t even know he had siblings, yet she knew about him, knew his name and what he looked like, everything.

Saw movement from down the hall and felt Atlas’s agitation dissipate near instantly as they laid eyes on their own mother for the first time in 12 long years. Atlas had never actually seen her before in person, but he knew his mother when he saw her, knew his own kin. She’d not changed all that much, he realised. Had cut her hair off, was shorter now than it had been before, was sporting a pixie cut instead of the long hair she’d had.

She smiled right at him, then tears just filled her eyes and she hurried over to him and hugged him much the same way his little sister had. He didn’t really know what to make of it, was more than shocked by seeing her, and her reaction to him. She was hugging him so very tightly and then she was just crying on him.

He felt El squeeze his hand and then let go. She put his hand on his own mother. “Mother?”

“I have missed you Conner, so very much.” She sobbed into him.

He sighed, as he looked at her, hugged her back finally, and murmured “I have missed you too.” It had been a very long time since seeing her, “Why didn’t you visit?” he asked the most pressing question, needed to know why she had just abandoned him.

“I tried Conner. Logan didn’t want to see me. Wouldn’t let me.” She pulled back and looked up at him, “I wanted to come for your wolf, was denied. Logan is not very forgiving of me.”

Conner nodded, he’d been told she was dead to them ever since she had left. “I have a sister?”

“You have three sisters.” She nodded up at him as she wiped the tears from her eyes. “This is Blair. She’s 8, the eldest of my daughters. Alice and Darcy are younger, 6 and 4.”

“Three sisters?”

“Yes, my son.”

His eyes moved from her to Blair, “How did she know who I was?”

“Because, Conner, I have pictures of you in my house. You haven’t changed much, they all know they have an older brother in another pack. Logan, I guess, didn’t tell you about them.”

“No.” he frowned “Father knows.”

“He does, I have told him, wanted you to know about them. Wanted you to meet them as well, wanted you to know for a long time that I missed you, wanted to see you.” she sighed heavily “I learned quickly he was never going to let me see you. I’m surprised he let you come here. Knew where I was the whole time.”

Conner could feel anger welling in him at his own father, for denying him his right to see his own mother. Saw her put a hand on his chest, “Son, would you like to introduce me to your Mate?”

His eyes moved to El as she stood next to him. She was still smiling, he nodded, would let his anger at his father go for now, would keep that solely for his father. “My apologies, Mother this is Eliza, El this is my mother, Anna.”

Saw El smile at his mother and bow her head ever so slightly “It’s good to see you again Mrs Whitman.”

“I am so very happy El, that he has you for a Mate. Proud to have Taro’s daughter as my family.”

Realised they actually knew each other, wondered how long El had known about her being his mother. “El?”

“I’m sorry Conner, I wanted to surprise you. I recognised her from your photos. She is not just your mother, but was my Math teacher in high school. But I knew we were coming here for this Mating Ball. Kind of kept that from you.”

He sighed, would really have liked a heads up to get his head around it, and be somewhat prepared, but it was nice to know they already knew each other, seemed to get along already. “Forgiven.” He nodded. Thought about the day he had shown her his mother’s photos and the question she had asked, the way she had really looked at it. He should have picked up then, that she thought the woman was familiar to her.

Looked back to his mother “My other sisters?”

“I believe Xavier has gone off to hunt them for me.”

That surprised him completely, and it must have shown, for both El and Cordi chuckled. “What am I missing?” he asked with a slight frown.

It was Cordi who spoke, “Not Xavier our friend, Xavier your mother’s Mate, your stepfather now I guess.”

“Oh.” He didn’t know the man or what his name was, a weird coincidence he supposed. “Where is my unit?” he asked, realising they were not all here.

“I sent them on up to their rooms while you were settling your wolves, Conner.” Collin told him.

“They’re all here?” his mother asked, “Little Adam, Brayden and Cameron?” sounded a bit excited herself to know that they were here.

“Not so little anymore.” He told her with a smile. “But yes, all here.” Looked at El for a moment and saw her bite her l*p “You’re in trouble baby.” He murmured but smiled at her at the same time. She’d wondered why it was just going to be Adam and Sage with them, had actually asked for both Brayden and Cameron to come. He’d thought it was a nice idea when she’d told him it would be like a little group get away.

“Hmm, for what exactly?” she chuckled, but he knew she understood what for, could even feel Petal’s amusement.

Mind-linked right to his unit to come downstairs, to bring their mates, he had someone that wanted to see them. Looked at his mother, “They’re coming.” Turned to El, “Do they know?”

She shook her head ‘no.’

“Devious aren’t we!”

She just nodded her head, and he hugged her into his side. “How much planning went into this?”

“Only a little, mostly it was Cordi and Collin’s doing.”

He looked at the pair of them, and they both just smiled at him. “You’re welcome.” Cordi nodded “How could I not, when El sent me that photo and said is this Mrs Whitman? I knew it was, lived here within the pack. I asked why and she told me it was your mother. Of course, Conner, we would want to get you all together.”

“You, El, have an amazing friend.”

“I know.” She grinned up at him “Cordi is the best.”

He had to agree with her on that one, not only helped El at every turn, but had helped him to replace El, requested this alliance, and was plotting with his Mate to put him in the same room as his own Mother.

He saw his unit come downstairs and saw them all look at his mother, “Sweet goddess.” Brayden gasped “Anna?”

She smiled up at the three of them. “Wow, you’re right Conner, they are not so little anymore.” He watched her hug all of them one at a time and then stepped back to get introductions to their Mate’s. He turned at the sound of two girls yelling out for their mum, and saw two little strawberry-blonde-haired girls running this way.

He also saw a man with red hair, strolling along behind them, he was smiling after them, his eyes moved right to Conner and he nodded “Alpha Conner, it’s nice to finally meet you after all these years. I’m Xavier your mother’s Mate.” He extended a hand right to him, seemed genuinely happy to meet him.

Conner took the offered hand and shook it, greeted him. Though a part of him was irked that this man had taken his mother away from him, he couldn’t really blame him. They were Goddess Gifted, and he could see that the children were happy and as he watched his new stepfather walk over to his mother, saw the way they smiled at each other. It was the same way he and El smiled at each other, the same way his own father and Brittney smiled at each other.

She was happy here with her new family. He’d always wondered if she was happy, at least he now knew that she was. Also, now knew she’d tried to see him, had told her daughters about him, they had seen him in pictures even. She’d not hid him from them. Only his father had hid her and them from him.

Got to meet little Alice and Darcy. They were all smiles up at him just as much as Blair had been. It seems his mother had only ever told them good things about him. He could feel Atlas just sitting in the back of his mind watching their mother, he’d gone all quiet as he’d watched what was going on around them.

“Mother I think Atlas would like to meet his mother.” He told her softly. It wasn’t exactly what Atlas was thinking but just the way he sat and watched her, had never met his wolfen mother, never even laid eyes on her, though Conner had told him what he recalled of her wolf Azure.

“Of course.” She smiled at him, and he saw her wolf push forward those brilliant blue eyes of her wolf, where Atlas had gotten his from, shining right at him as Azure stood before them to look at her son.

He felt Atlas stare at her for a long moment from behind Conner’s eyes before coming forward to be on the surface. This was new to his wolf. He might be an Alpha wolf, but he was meeting his mother for the very first time, taking in those eyes that were so like his own, seemed a little nervous to Conner.

Watched through Atlas’s eyes, as Azure raised a hand and touched his face, “My boy.” Her gravelly voice stated, “Finally I get to see you.” Then she just touched her forehead to his and sighed softly, purred gently for her son.