SWNOVELS Chapter Announcement to the pack.
I storm upstairs and fall onto my back in my bed. I put my hands over my eyes and have to recover from what just happened. I suddenly smell the scent of chocolate and mint. My bed moves as his body settles next to mine and when I open my eyes I look straight into the brown eyes with small shades of green and a golden glow. I look at his deep black hair, just long enough to form messy waves. His beautiful sharp shaped jawline and chin with a small dimple. He must have shaved his stubble this morning, but the little stubble is already coming back. His lips invite to be kissed. Then my eyes fall on his Adam’s apple, which just moves up and down when he swallows. I continue down, where a muscular chest starts to shake up and down, making me look back at his face. A big smile can now be read on his lips.
‘Lana? Are you going to say something or are you going to keep staring at me?’ asks Damon teasingly.
“I keep staring at you,” I answer without thinking. Damon laughs, turns to me on his side and supports his head resting on his hand.
Damon takes some hair from in front of my one eye and tucks it behind my ear. The touch of his fingers against my skin gives me the nice feeling of electric sparks. I close my eyes and can only enjoy the finger that follows my jawline to my lips.
His lips press gently against mine.
‘Almost everyone is there,’ is linked by Alfa Erik.
I am shocked by the words that come so clearly to my head. My very first link.
’Shocked?
‘Yes. Is it always so clearly audible? It’s like he was standing in the bedroom.’
’No, it’s not always that loud. The farther the link has to travel, the quieter the link is. My dad’s was very close and he’s an Alpha. Whatever makes it stronger. But just outside our pack boundary, it’s like a whisper.” Damon stands up and extends his hand. I grab his hand and am pulled straight in one quick movement. We both walk towards the hall. Damon looks at me with a concerned look and asks, “Are you scared?”
‘Yes I’m scared and you?’
‘Terrified.’
We give each other a hug and I sniff his neck, which soothes me a little.
When the door is open I stare into the great room with my mouth open. At first I didn’t realize it, but the hall is the church. So the family can go directly from their house to the church through the door on the side, where the two buildings meet. The church is packed with pack members. They all have questions. Some are anxious.
Alpha Erik steps on the platform and shouts: ‘Dear pack members...’ Everyone turns their heads to their Alpha. The whole room is completely silent in a few seconds.
“Some things happened today that will drastically change our future. Not only did my Gamma find his second chances Mate. Gamma Dirk, will you come forward with your Mate?′ Dirk carefully walks to the platform with my mother behind him.
Congratulations Gamma Dirk and Caroline. May you have a long life together full of love.′
Everyone cheers for them. Alpha Erik looks at Damon before making a signal of silence back to the room full of werewolves.
‘Damon? Come forward?’ asks Alpha Erik. The whole room is completely silent in a few seconds. Damon walks forward and I look at the young people who are all standing together. Sarah and two other girls from her gang of bitches are whispering. Chris and the twins look in my direction and then at Damon.
“Damon my son. I’m proud of you. Even though you haven’t finished school yet, I know you’re going to be an even better Alpha than I am. I will therefore proudly give up my place to you and your future Mate.′ There is a buzz among the members.
“Son, I leave the floor to you.”
‘Thanks father. Members of the Black Wolves. Like you, I am shocked at my father’s decision. I am far too young to be your Alpha and my father is certainly not at the end of his reign. I will need him. But not only him. I also need your help. My Mate and I are going through a rough patch in the future. But I can’t tell you because it’s not entirely my story. Lana? Come forward.’
All eyes are on me. Many of the young girls look at me with a look of jealousy. I swallow a chunk and walk on the dais. I’m going to stand between Damon and my mom.
‘Lana? Will you tell or shall I?’ asks Damon, who slides his fingers between mine until we have a good grip.
‘I’ll tell,’ I reply with a scared heart. ‘Aghum...Dear pack members. I’m glad Damon recognizes me as his Mate and wants to name me his Luna. Unfortunately, I have to ask so much more from him. My real father isn’t the Alpha of the Silverbacks as I thought until recently, but a Lycan.’ Many gasp. Others look confused, around. Sara looks at me with eyes that can shoot bullets.
One of the omegas asks, ‘A Lycan? That is not possible! They were eradicated years ago.’
I immediately look at my mother, who stares back at me before she looks at the omega and replies, ‘Edward was my true Mate and he was indeed the last Lycan. Before I could tell the good news of my pregnancy, he died. My chosen Mate raised Lana. He knew he was not her biological father. I still miss Edward, especially since he didn’t see his beautiful daughter grow into the young woman she is today.’
My father’s name is Edward. This is the first time I hear his name on my mother’s lips. I want to know what he looked like. I want to know who he was.
‘So she’s a Lycan? There’s nothing special about that,’ Bèta Willy says mockingly.
“No, there’s nothing special about a regular Lycan. If you don’t count their better hearing, strength and their physique. Then they are just like a regular Alpha werewolf. But here stands a descendant of a Noble Lycan or rather. She is the daughter of the Lycan king,′ says Alpha Erik proudly.
The buzz is even louder now.
“Pack members,” Alpha Erik calls with a heavy Alpha command. Everyone is silent in a few seconds.
“There is a lot to prepare. We must make our village the capital of the new West. There is a coronation ceremony and a wedding to be planned. I want a meeting tomorrow with all the highly ranked wolves. The Alphas of the neighboring packs have already been broadly notified. Thank you for coming and enjoy the feast I have prepared for you this evening.′ At that moment, a few dressed in waiter’s clothes enter the room. They have trays of Cava and snacks in their hands. Music sounds in the hall. I look wide-eyed at the smiling members and receive congratulations from many. It’s still not my birthday and I feel like I’m growing up way too fast. I get short of breath and I’m looking for breath. Damon, who is standing a little further away, talking to one of the elderly, looks in my direction with concern. He says something to the man and walks over to me.
‘Lana is everything okay? You look so pale. Should we go outside for a while?’
I can only nod. Once outside I try to calm down by taking deep breaths in and out.
Damon? Isn’t this a bit too much in a short time? I only know I’m a Lycan and they’ve been planning my whole life.′
“Our lives, Lana. They’re planning our lives.′
After Damon has said this sentence, I let out a deep sigh. I drop my shoulders and sit down on the steps in front of the house. Damon sits next to me and puts his arm around my shoulder. The electric sparks are there and I rest my head on his shoulder.
his embrace has given me the peace I need.
‘Aren’t you scared Damon? We have to grow up so quickly in far too short a time. With the humans, this takes so much longer.’
“Those people don’t have that bond like we have werewolves. They would never understand our world.′
‘Is there never a human who is the true Mate of a wolf?’
Sometimes yes, but that’s an exception. They are usually people who have the Werewolf gene in them.′
“Mhm.” I look with a dejected face at the clear sky filled with sparkling stars and a nearly full moon.
‘Incidentally. You are not alone facing this adventure. There are two of us... And honestly, Lana. I’m damn scared of the time to come. Lycan royalty. The west among our good. That’s a lot to take in.’
I lift my head off his shoulder and look him straight in the eye before giving him a gentle kiss on the lips.
‘Shall we go back inside? The pack is waiting for us. It would be rude not to be at our own party,’ Damon says softly to me as he stands up and extends his hand. I take a deep breath before I put my hand in his.
‘Good,’ I reply ‘Let’s go inside.’
The party was fun, but short as many prepared for the arrival of the surrounding Pack Leaders. I’m still in my bed before midnight, but I can’t sleep. Zoë is no help either as she is talking non stop about how good we are going to be and how Damon and Thor are so beautiful. Around 3:12 am I call out to Zoë to stop. So I sigh loudly and frustrated before I burrow my head under my pillow. After that she is quiet and I can eventually doze off.