The Last Royal Luna

I pushed my plate away and put my head down on the table. I don’t even know what to say to anyone and I don’t want to look at anyone. Three of these guys have been horrible to me since freshman year and fate just decided that they would be good enough for me.

“Ryder are you ok?” My dad asked as he came around behind me to rub my back in support of whatever I was deciding.

“Dad you know how some days I would come home crying and I told you that there’s some mean people at school. Especially during freshman year and you were really upset I wouldn’t tell you who because you wanted to go to the principal and their parents.” I looked right at him and he nodded his head yes so I continued, “those three guys are the ones sitting at this table excluding Asher since I haven’t ever met him before tonight. That is why I am upset that fate would want me to be made it to any of them. Hopefully Asher is better than his brother.” I looked at Asher and he nodded his head at me in either agreement of what I said or that he is better than his brother.

My father looks at the guys and glared before heading over toward them. They all visibly got and put their heads down like they actually felt bad about what they did.

“Well guys now that you’re in our home, eating our food, and ignoring the crap you pulled with my daughter how should I repay you? Should we take this outside or should have something happen right now?” My dad said behind them and put a hand on two of the chairs.

Andrew looked up and over at me with a sad expression. “Ryder we are sorry that we have been so horrible to you and there’s really no reason behind it other than that we are stupid. You turned me down to go to a dance and I should have just let it be done with but I don’t get turned down so it made me upset and it made me attracted to you more.” Andrew had on a sad smile but I wasn’t buying anything from that salesmen. Blake spoke up next and agreed with what Andrew had said. Before Richard could say anything we all heard Asher laughing and he stopped when he felt all our eyes on him.

“What? I think it’s so funny that my little brother has been a jerk to his possible mate. You can already tell that if they’re mate it is going to make some of the best drama-filled fights. I can already tell that Ryder will be right almost all of the time and if not probably just kick his a*s.” I busted up laughing and Andrew turned red with anger.

“Asher how stupid do you feel that you could possibly be mated to her and you just came back from trying to find your mate while doing orgies.” That shut Asher up quickly and he just glared at his brother. I pinch my fingers to my nose and exhale.

“Richard anything you would like to say?” I asked hoping to get this over quickly. I know my mate bond with change my mind on how I feel about them but I was holding onto my anger currently.

“Nope not really. I know I’m a douchebag and I’m kind of okay with it. I’m really hoping that you’re not my mate because you’re really not my type.” He sneered at me and his friends were a bit shocked.

“So because I don’t have a p***s I’m not your type?” I smiled sweetly at him and my friends couldn’t hide their smiles. They knew that Richard always took things farther than he should even with Andrews orders of humiliating me. He got so angry and was about to say something hateful back but he remembered my father was behind him. They don’t know that my dad isn’t a werewolf so I’ll keep that to myself. Thank goodness my mother walked back in then and sat down completely oblivious to the tension in the room.

“Okay now Ryder, I know this does not smell good and it’s probably going to taste like crap on a stick but you have to drink it and all of it for to work. Are you ready?” She finally looked at me and looked around the room, “am I missing something? I literally was gone for like 10 minutes getting this all mixed up and the tension feels really high in here.”

“It’s fine mom. Dad just found out some things about the guys so we all had a heart to heart. Are you sure this is going to work? And are you sure that one or more of these guys could be one of my mates?” I can feel my nerves going inside of my body and blue was so riled up I could feel her energy and it was tense. My mother nodded so I took a deep breath and grabbed the cup from her. “So will it disrupt the spell if I have a chaser afterwards since you say it tastes so bad?” I weakly smiled at her with hope of pushing this off for a bit longer.

“Ryder all you’re doing is procrastinating. Take it like a shot and man up.” Melissa nearly shouted with nervous tension. I laughed at her and took the shot. It was more of a half a cup of warm disgusting beer with a side flavor of vomit.

“Well is it working?” Parker asked and

My mother told us it would take a couple of minutes but all I could focus on was my stomach rolling around and then this tingling sensation on my skin. It started to make my skin feel like it had ants all over it and I am not the biggest fan of things with more than four legs.

“Mom am I supposed to feel like there’s bugs all over me right now? I am not the biggest fan of this potion right now!”

She rolled her eyes at me, “yes that could be one of the effects. Just give it a moment and it will stop. The next thing you will feel if you have a mate here is a pleasant tingle before you can smell their scent. The stronger the scent the stronger the bond will be.”

I could see the worry in her eyes so I’m not sure if she was telling me 100% truth but I’ll just go with it. I shake my head and stand up to started pacing up and down beside the table hoping that would make the time go by faster. The pain stopped and all of a sudden I smelt the most amazing smells.

“Mom I think you were right.” I gulped and looked over at the guys and as soon as I looked at Asher my palms got sweaty, I had this exciting tingle under my skin, and he smelt like the best blueberry muffin with a hint of manly cologne that I’ve ever smell in my life. His eyes turned black and he stomped his way over to me keeping his eyes locked with mine. Before he reached me I heard two other growls and looked over the table to see who it was. Blake and Andrew rushed over to crowd around me with Asher. The smells were overwhelming and my skin was pulsing in need of their touch but I held myself in place. Blake got closer to sniff my neck and I could tell he was the one who smelt like a brownie fresh from the oven with ice cream on top. I hummed in delight which brought all the guys eyes on me and I freaked out a little bit on the inside. I took a deep breathe in and finally got a good scent of Andrew which ended up being cotton candy and the smell of the beach in the morning mixed. How did they all smell so different but all so mouthwatering? Blue and I both wanted our hands and mouth all over them now which made my eyes start to turn purple. It snapped the guys out of it and they took a step back to take a deep breath.