Chapter 15
Ciara's POV
I smiled as I picked up the little girl and chuckled when she tried to kiss her nose."She's so cute," I cooed, staring at Bruce who had tagged along uninvited. I loved children so much and I had always dreamed of being a mother myself. After the disastrous breakfast experience, I ran to my room to process what I had heard and ended up shedding a few tears.
Someone had knocked - probably Bryan because I couldn't think of anyone else who would run after me like that - but I didn't answer, I couldn't so I had ignored them and then when a few minutes had passed, I forced myself to get a grip. Initially hearing about that dreadful place where I was tortured brought back dark memories and that's part of the reason why I fled.
I just couldn't look beyond the name in the moment so I had to leave the room where he was. Eventually, I realized I had overreacted because so what if Bryan was the Alpha of the Blue Moon pack? It wasn't like he had been part of those people that made my life hell.
He probably didn't even know I was originally from there. There had to be a story behind him becoming Alpha because it just didn't make sense. The former Alpha wasn't tied to the Stone family in any way and even if he was, I could remember he had children of his own.
As for him being Orion's brother, I was still in shock but I found myself comparing them both once again now that I knew they were brothers. They were so different. One was scary, the other was nice. One was attentive, the other was a jerk. The difference was clear.
I felt really stupid for reacting like that to the news and I knew without anyone telling me that I owed the Alpha an apology."Luna," Bruce called out to me but I didn't hear him, not until he tapped my shoulder. I blinked and then looked at the girl who was now crying.
"Oh dear," I whispered and tried everything I could to pacify her but it only seemed to make things worse because she began to cry harder.
Flushing from embarrassment, I placed the little girl on the ground and eyed her mother who was looking at me, an amused look on her face.
"Children are like that, my dear, it's nothing and when you have your kids you will see it for yourself."I flushed even more and thanked the woman silently wishing for the ground to open up and swallow me.
With whatever was left of my dignity, I stalked off, Bruce walking behind me. He had insisted on coming with me even though I made it clear I would be fine. I didn't understand why a lot of strange things seemed to be happening today.
As far as I knew, Bruce didn't particularly like me. Walking forward, I stopped in front of a tarot card shop. I had always been fascinated with stuff like this growing up, I guess much hasn't changed since then. She was amazed to see that the pack had something like that seeing as mediums, witches and creatures that could predict the future had been banned.
"Would you like a reading my dear?" The elderly woman sitting outside the shop asked not lifting her head from the cards she was arranging. I bit my lip and contemplated, shifting from foot to foot. "It doesn't bite." The woman said as if sensing my inner turmoil and I sighed. Well, it couldn't hurt. I walked over to the empty chair in front of the table and smiled at her.
"Let's do it." "Alright, let's give you a reading."
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I tripped for the fifteenth time and Bruce grabbed my hand before I could hit the floor. The voice of the tarot reader was ringing in my head as if there was a loudspeaker or something in my head."You are going to experience so much love dear but you have to be patient because the road will be filled with thorns."When she had said that, I dismissed it and thought nothing of it but her next words knocked the winds out of my sail.
"You have been blessed by the goddess my darling. You don't just have one but two mates." I had two mates, I was going to end up with not just one but two men as my mates. The thought felt strange because it wasn't common for women to have two mates in our community.
About two or three did but it wasn't very common. I already stuck out like a sore thumb because of my status and my inability to shift despite my Beta genes. I would only be drawing more attention to myself when I finally stumbled on these two mates of mine. I shivered as I thought about the possibility of the woman's words coming true.
"You shouldn't take what that woman said so seriously, Luna, most of those readings are not so accurate," Bruce called from behind me and I stopped walking, turning to face him. I glared at him, feeling frustrated.
"What did you insist on following me today? I told you I could watch over myself but you insisted!" Bruce blinked in surprise and I flushed. That came out a little harsher than I intended for it to be but yeah, it was out there and besides it was kind of annoying how many strange things I had experienced today.
"I apologize if I upset you with my presence Luna but you seemed so distraught earlier and I thought you shouldn't be alone in that state." He kept his head bowed as he spoke and I sighed feeling disgusted in myself.
"I didn't mean to come off so strongly Bruce, I just thought you didn't like me much so...." Bruce looked shocked as if I had said something surprising and I narrowed my eyes.
"Whatever gave you that impression Luna? If anything, I like your spirit and I think you'll be a very great Luna." I couldn't hide the shock so I didn't bother to. Wow, this was just a lot. So many strange things happened today and I'm not sure how to handle them all.
"We should head home now Luna, it's getting pretty late."
I nodded and we started walking off towards the packhouse. Ideally, I should be at the back of a car leaning against the window lost in my thoughts, sadly, I don't have such luxury because my soon-to-be husband doesn't care about me.