The Last Royal Luna

“Ok your mothers name was Teresa Valeria and she was always smiling. Her middle name means strength which she was one of the strongest in body and mind. Every time my parents made a visit to the castle I went with and she got me in some kind of trouble. “ He chuckled as he remembered her .” You look so much like her and even your voice sounds the same as hers. You do have your dads nose and lips though. I remember one time I was there and she wanted to sneak up on your dad but she knew he would smell her right away. So she went outside and rolled in the mud to mask her scent. IT did work in masking her scent but he could hear every time a glob of mud hit the ground. She got way too carried away with covering herself that she packed extra in her pockets and bra!”

I was laughing so hard that I was crying and it felt so good. It felt great to know that my mother did stupid s**t just like me and still ended up being able to stand up for everyone. I looked around and every one was laughing especially my friends since they knew the crap I had pulled with them and to them.

“Your mom was a strong, dedicated, loyal, fierce, and funny woman. Your father was the luckiest man to have her as his mate and he knew it. Your father was born of royal b***d but your mother was born an omega’s daughter. She lived in the house next to mine and that is how we knew each other. Her parents were strong workers and made sure to train her to take care of herself. I miss all of them every day.”

“I never knew she was an omega’s daughter. Are they still alive? What happened to them?” I sat up straighter and stared at Jared. This is something I haven’t heard and I wondered if it was because before the big war omega’s were seen as weak wolves and were always on the bottom of every pyramid. In the war the omega’s showed how strong they were and how their teamwork was what saved many lives. In my opinion everyone is just as important as the other. An alpha wouldn’t be able to take care of the pack house, threats, training, meals, farming, and anything else all together so that is why it is all separated. It is just like the omega’s can’t train several hours a day when they are farming, cleaning, and more.

“Your mother’s parents died when she was sixteen from an earlier attack. It was a small band of rogue’s wanting to steal as many woman as they could since rogue’s can’t have mates. They saved your mother from their grasp but died in the process. Once that happened she moved into the packhouse and helped work there. It was just too hard for her to stay at her parents house but I missed her. I always thought we would be mates since our friendship came so easy .” Jared looked so sad when he said this.

“Have you found your mate?” I asked without thinking.

“I did. She died in the war saving our twin sons. The war took a lot from a lot of people and I hope when you return we are able to conquer to get back what is ours.” Jared got a phone call and walked outside to take it.

“We all just sat there and took it all in. If anything this talk made me more determined to win against the vampires and witches. I knew I needed to get back to my people as soon as I could so we can start the process. I know a lot of wolves will be apprehensive about going to war again but this has to happen. We have lost so many lives, land, parts of our history, and continue to do so when a new law is implemented hurting us.

Melissa said my name and looked at me. “Yes girl?” I had to clear out my head so I could focus on her.

“What happened when the war ended? What did the vampires and witches gain from all of this?”

“Well they took most of the packs lands for themselves so all the packs were pushed closer together which is hard for us when we need to run and let our wolves out. They make different laws and put them into effect but most of them end up getting us hurt or killed. It is always to help them not us and they know that. They also took and still take a few of us here and there for slave work. None of it is ok but right now there isn’t a plan in place to take it all pack. That is where I will be coming in so I can get everyone on the same page and we can work together to end all of this. If we don’t eventually they will be sick of werewolves and come for you guys, humans. I can’t take that risk when my family swore to protect all human kind and I can’t see any of you hurt.”

“Ryder you are such a great friend. Let us know if we can do anything at all. You know we can kick some a*s together!” Natalie punched the air a few times and we all laughed at her.

Jared came back in and sat down with a grim look on his face. “ Sorry I took so long, Princess Ryder. Vampires came into the town last night and took some of the omegas. It is by law we can’t fight back but it is so hard.” He started to cry and I moved to sit by him with my hand on his back.

“Listen this will all end. We just have to endure it a little longer. I will be graduating in a few months and then I will make an appearance. We can’t let them know I am alive until we have to. Tomorrow I turn 18 and my necklace will stop hiding me. All the wolves will be able to sense me and I am just hoping they will have good intentions. I am also hoping the pack by us will let me train with their warriors to get into shape and learn some battle strategies. Until then we will keep in touch and start working on a plan. I have some things I need you to do while I am still here preparing to present myself and my claim on the throne.” I looked at him and waited for an answer. He nodded at me and smiled before getting his bag out to get his notepad.