The Wolf King's Luna

CHAPTER 39

DAMON

"What the hell guys?!" I snap.

It was a good morning!

A wonderful, beautiful morning.

And they ruined it.

I can't help the growl that rips out of me at their backs.

They had turned around in haste once they realized what was going on.

But it was too late, they ruined my morning.

"You lot better have a good reason for barging in here," I growl out.

"Sorry, Alpha!"

"We knocked!"

"We didn't see anything Alpha!"

That is a lie.

If they didn't see anything why are they fidgeting like that?

Another growl rips out of me causing them to jump in their spots.

And then a chuckle.

It takes me a few seconds to figure out where it came from.

I turn around to see Cathy holding her hands tightly to her mouth, her eyes brimming with barely repressed mirth.

"Cat-"

She bursts out laughing, cackling and gasping for breath as she collapses on the bed.

What is funny? There is nothing about this situation that is funny.

My pants are hurting me for goddess's sake!

"I am- I am sorry," she gasps out between guffaws. "I am. It's just- your face… and their faces… it is-"

She collapses into another bout of laughter, grabbing at her stomach as she struggles to catch her breath.

Her mirth is enough to calm me down.

Turning back to the three mood killers, I tell them, "Go wait for me in the study. I will be there shortly."

"Yes Alpha," they chorus as they rush out.

Groaning, I fall back to the bed and kick my feet like a kid.

It was a good morning.

"You should have a shower before going to them," Cathy says.

"A cold one," I grumble as I turn to look at her."Do you want to join me?" I tease.

"What?! No. Go away."

"You go have your bath first," I tell her as I turn into the bed.

"Me? They are waiting for you."

"We will go there together. As my mate and future Luna, you are allowed to be in all our meetings."

"Really?"

"Yeah, so go have your bath."

"Okay," she says as she gets off the bed and heads to the bathroom with a spring in her steps.

"Are you sure you don't want to shower together with me?" I call out.

I receive a slammed door in response, making me chuckle.

We both walk into the study to see the mood killers in a heated discussion.

They, of course, come to a halt once we walk in.

"So, what was so urgent that you couldn't wait to tell me and just had to barge into my room and ruin my morning?" I snarl at them.

I feel a pinch on my wrist and turn to see Cathy giving me a look.

She had asked me to let them off the hook and I had reluctantly agreed.

This is me letting them off, if not I would have assigned each of them patrol duty for a whole month. No breaks.

See how they like it.

"Again," Ryder speaks up. "We are so sorry about that."

"Yeah. We didn't know you two would be…" Melissa trails off at my look.

"You didn't know what I would be doing with my recently found mate, in our bedroom?"

"This is our first time for everything. Can't blame me for not figuring it out" she retorts.

"You-"

Cathy cuts me off as she walks to my front, blocking Melissa from my view.

"What was it that was so urgent?" she asks, diffusing the storm.

Okay, maybe I haven't let them off the hook yet.

Their moods instantly plummet and that sets me on high alert.

What happened?

"We discovered something at the border. A message from the collector. Well, messages," Ryder informs me.

Right. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

The Collector.

One more person on my kill list.

"What messages?"

They don't answer, each of them giving each other looks.

"Well, what was the message?" I demand.

"Bodies. Alpha. He had bodies stacked up on stakes, surrounding the borderline."

What the fuck?

"Bodies? Whose bodies?"

"We don't know them," Melissa answers.

"Not from the pack?"

"No. They are strangers," she says.

"They are mostly human," Ryder adds.

"Humans? What do you mean mostly?"

"I think… he kidnapped wolves from other packs for this. They don't look or smell like rogues. The humans as well didn't look or smell destitute."

"They are people that can be missed. Will be missed," Faye says.

"He is putting a target on your back," Cathy says. "On our backs."

"What do you mean?" I ask as I turn to her.

"She is right," Melissa says. "Nobody knows about the fight we have with him. And you have a penchant for putting your… victims? Whatever. You have a habit of lining them on stakes."

"All anyone is going to see is another display of your power and they will be pissed. They will see it as a challenge," Ryder continues. "Alpha, we need to get ahead of this," he says.

I nod in agreement.

I underestimated him.

He is far more brilliant than I gave him credit for.

I thought he would come directly at me.

Like a wolf.

He is not a wolf.

He is an abomination.

"Send for the Falcon. We need more intel on this asshole," I order.

"Before that," Melissa says with a wince. "I think you need to see them. The bodies."

I stare at her in confusion. What a weird vibe.

"Very well," I say before turning to Cathy. "You should stay, I don't want you to see something like this."

"You said I am your mate and future Luna, I can't shy away from this," she says.

I nod at her before following the rest to the borderline.

There, in a perfectly, symmetrical arrangement are rows upon rows of bodies.

All females.

All with startling similarities with Cathy.

The bastard.

"It was a good morning."