The Last Royal Luna

“Lunch was so freaking good!” Melissa said as we walked out of the restaurant. We let Natalie chose the place since we missed her birthday last month. “You picked great. Now it is on to shopping and laughing at the stupid teenagers we used to be.” She rubbed her pregnant stomach.

“Yes and I want to hear about the guys you are dating.” I stated trying to cover up my waddle as I walked to the car. I was twice the size of Melissa. Damn twin alphas taking up all the space in my body. “I need all the details.” I winked at Parker. He just grinned.

“All of it sounds great. I am glad you are back.” Natalie said with the biggest grin on her face. “I have so much I want to ask you and to tell you.”

“Yes she does. Wait until she tells you about the wolf she is dating, Heath the Gammas son.” Parker teases helping me into the car.

“He is a hunk and a year younger that her.”

‘Younger? So that means someone who isn’t old enough to scent out their mate?’ Blue questioned worriedly. ‘That could end badly for both of them and the potential mate. Didn’t we already explain that to her before we left on the trip?’

s**t, we did. I looked away before she could see my face. I was a bit pissed off. She said she understood that she can’t get in the way of mates and as a human dating one who hadn’t found their mate yet would make her end up getting hurt one way or the other.

“Natalie, he isn’t even old enough to find his mate yet. What if he turns eighteen and finds hers that night?” Melissa said in shock. “You could end up hurt emotionally and even physically if the said mate is pissed off enough.”

Natalie rolled her eyes and put her seatbelt on. “I won’t get hurt. He is a great guy but it isn’t love yet. Plus what if he wants me instead of that stupid mate bond.” She sneered as she said the words. “It doesn’t always work out. Look at that Brock guy that rejected Ryder. I am probably better than the mate since I got to chose him not pushed into it.”

Parker had to pull the car over as we all sat in shock. He was getting pissed and he wasn’t even a wolf or any kind of shifter. I could feel Blue getting angry and wondering why I hadn’t flew off the handle yet. I was in shock and just felt sad. What happened to our upbeat Natalie? The one who believed in True Love and pushed for all of us to follow our destiny? She used to believe fate would bring us to where we were supposed to be and now she seemed like fate was a joke.

“Natalie, what happened to you?” I asked her turning to see her in the back seat. She refused to look any of us in the eye. “Did we do something? Did someone hurt you badly enough to give up on true love or fate driving us?”

“Screw that, Ryder. I want to know why she has such an attitude with us?” Parker asked in anger. “They may have left and it was for a good damn reason but I was here. You stopped texting, calling, and if saying Hi when we saw each other. You shoved me out of your life and now you sound like a snotty little bitch.”

“Shit…”Melissa said under her breath. “I am too pregnant for this crap.” I agreed with her.

Natalie undid her seat belt and opened her door. “I don’t have to explain s**t. You left me here. Parker already had men falling at his feet. I was suppose to help Sandra but she just had me helping with the children. I hate kids. No one cared what happened to me. No one stood by myside as my parents started their s**t again since I wasn’t living with him and doing what they wanted me to do. You all let me down and now I do what I want with my life. Deal with it.”

She got out of the car and slammed it behind her. She walked back to the restaurant as we watched her go. None of us got out to stop her. It was so quiet and tense in the car but I didn’t know what to say.

“What in the f**k just happened? Who shat in her cereal?” Parker shouted.

“Calm down, bro. I would like to keep my hearing.” I told him playfully pushing his shoulder. “Lets just head to shop and get a mani pedi while we figure out what the hell happened. I am also going to link the guys and have them keep an ear out to see what might have happened.”

Parker got back on the road and put some music on. That was a clear sign he was pissed the hell off. Melissa had started crying in the back. Damn these pregnancy hormones.

‘Hey guys. Something is up with Natalie.’ I linked my mates, Sandra, Alistair, and the new Gamma, Greg. ‘Any of you know anything?’

‘What did she do? She seemed fine a few days ago when I saw her.’ Blake replied. ‘Are you ok? The twins?’

‘The twins are fine.’ I replied with a smile. Always thinking of us even when there is nothing wrong. ‘She is dating a guy who is about 6 months from being able to find his fated mate. I had already explained before why she shouldn’t do that and she laughed at the mates idea. She is mad that we left, mad at parker, mad about everything, and she was never like this before. You know that she had a thing about fate. What could have happened?’

‘Listen, I am too busy for this. She is a human and I need to focus on all the packs that are here.’ Gamma Greg replied. ‘I am sorry that I can’t help but if you want my opinion maybe she needs to go back home to her human parents and forget about the supernatural?’

‘Greg, I know you don’t mean that in a shitty way, but she is like a sister and won’t be going anywhere.’ Blue replied for me. ‘And it should interest you, since it is your son, Heath.’ Ugh, I wasn’t going to say anything until we needed to but Blue just has to be a petty b***h sometimes.

‘s**t. I will talk to him and see what he says.’ Greg replied sounding several pissed off.

‘Don’t say anything yet. Lets see how they act around each other and where they go. Since they are both acting differently, we need to watch out.’ Edgar replied.

‘You better not be calling my son a traitor, boy.’ Greg growled in the mind-link.

‘Cool your damn jets. Lets handle this at the meeting this evening. I am going with Parker and Melissa for about another two hours and then we will have a long leader’s meeting to figure s**t out.’ I replied and they all agreed.