Healing His Broken Luna.... Chapter 63

Chapter 19 - History

My phone was ringing again. "It's a video call from my cousin Clair." I said and sat on Dimitri's bed ready to answer.

"Hello Clair." I smiled and waved into the camera. Clair is my Aunt Payton's daughter; she had the same LaRue bright blue eyes and black hair, as I did. We were often mistaken for sisters and had actually grown up in the castle together like siblings.

"Hey, what's going on? How's the Dionysus festival going?" She eagerly asked.

"It's been very interesting." I laughed. "How's everyone doing?"

"My parents are visiting Uncle Ranger. Your parents are in the city for a few days on business. Zach and Sydney are still on their honeymoon in Australia. Helga just made an amazing cheesecake, nothing too exciting."

"How are the boys?" I asked and Dimitri stood tense hearing me ask about boys. Guess I forgot to mention that the boys are my brothers.

"They're great, Peter found his mate at Dark Moon pack. Her name is Mandi, she's Gamma Blake's daughter, which is perfect because Peter will be taking over Dark Moon next year anyway." she said.

"Wow! Peter found his mate, I can't believe no one called to tell me." I said, feeling a little hurt.

"Well, it just happened last week, and they've pretty much been locked away mating and bonding. He's already marked her! They're going to have the mating ceremony next month."

"That's wonderful. How's Knox taking it?" Knox was the oldest and Peter's twin, he had yet to find his mate and has been searching for the last two years."

"Not so great. I was thinking that maybe we should come visit you in Athens. The ancient city of the Gods might be a nice diversion for Knox, and we miss you." She squealed.

"You really want to come here?" What horrible timing I thought.

"Why not? You're loving it there aren't you? The pictures of those beaches you sent are gorgeous." She said.

"Greece is full of surprises!" I said and my eyes moved to find a smiling Dimitri standing close to me which made my heart flutter.

"OH MY GODDESS! Raven, you're glowing! What happened? What's his name? Is he a wolf?" Her eyes lit up like a child at a candy store.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I tried to smile normally and fake it.

"Girl, please! Who do you think you're fooling? Zach is but a faint memory now." Clair giggled at me. Dimitri raised an eyebrow at Zach's name.

"You better start talking! Is he a Greek God or what? Oh Goddess, did you lose your virginity?" She asked excitedly.

Oh no she didn't! Please just let the bed open up and swallow me whole. My face flushed and Dimitri gave me a wide eyed look at the mention of my virginity. She had no idea that he was standing in the room with me. He smiled and there was a mischievous twinkle in his eyes as he stepped closer to me.

"Hello Clair." Dimitri's deep voice said, and he leaned in to kiss me on the cheek. CRAP! Visions of my entire overbearing family flying to Greece flashed before me. This can't be happening right now.

"Hi, I'm looking forward to meeting you. Knox and I will be making our way to Greece shortly." She squealed.

Clair leaned into the phone and whispered as if Dimitri couldn't hear anything, "Is he your mate?"

I nodded my head yes and she squealed again. "Oh my Goddess, oh my Goddess, oh my Goddess!"

"Please don't tell anyone yet Clair. I'd like to be able to talk to dad about it first." I begged.

"My lips are sealed." She grinned.

"Talk to you soon." I smiled and hung up.

"Oh, this can't be good." I said pacing the room.

"Raven come sit down." Dimitri said as he grabbed my hand and pulled me to him. He leaned back in the chair and opened his arms to embrace me. I sat on his lap and he pulled me tight to him.

"I have a crazy mafia lord chasing after me and now my brother, whose the future Alpha of our pack and my cousin are coming to Greece."

"We should have Eros neutralized in the next few days." Dimitri told me.

"But what about his boss, Eros said it was his boss who wanted me dead. I think they know who my father is, maybe that's why they want me? My father is part of the shifter's council."

"Will you please tell me who your father is?"

"I'm Raven LaRue, daughter of Alpha Diesel LaRue from Cre-"

"Crescent Moon Pack!" He said. "Of course, you said western Canada at breakfast, I should have known. That explains why Kosta has been watching you too. But I don't think they are after you to hurt your father."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not exactly sure where to start." He said trying to focus.

"Just start at the very beginning." I told him.

"My family is said to have been descended from King Lycaon of Arcadia who was turned into a werewolf by Zeus. The males in the Theodorus bloodline are usually twice the size as normal werewolves and the strongest of our kind. My father was the Alpha of this pack, he was strong and powerful, my mother adored him. When I was a pup, the Greek Mafia started stepping on pack toes, and my father pushed back. He made an enemy of the wrong person and my mother was abducted and tortured for weeks. She was his everything, his other half." He paused for a moment.

"My father lost his mind, he felt her pain through the mate bond, everything they did to her and it haunted him. They raped, mutilated and beat her. He felt all of that and wasn't able to do anything. After he felt the bond break, they mailed her decapitated head to him in a box."

I let out a gasp and he squeezed me closer before he continued.

"I was twelve and Odessa was four. The next four years were awful. He was cruel and often ordered the execution of pack wolves for the most minor offenses. If he couldn't have my mother, no one was allowed to be happy. When Odessa turned eight, Elaina had made one of her special desserts for Odessa. He was so angry; he ordered a public whipping of Elaina's mate because she had wasted kitchen ingredients on foolishness. My father was insane, and the pack was falling apart. Kosta was his beta and best friend, he left the pack after my father raped and killed his mate." He said with sorrow.

His father was a real monster. I can't imagine the years of hell everyone suffered. I placed my hand on his chest to help calm him and he kissed the side of my head.

"I was sixteen and shifted early, so I challenged him. My wolf Dom was pretty feral, and we had the elemental gift of earth which my father didn't know about. There's a waterfall and river about eight kilometers east of here and we fought near the cliffs edge. I had blinded one of his eyes with a sharp rock and beat him. I was ready to rip his throat out and put him out of his misery, when he submitted. When I turned to face the bowing wolves of the pack, he lunged at me from behind. I sent him flying over the edge of the cliff to his death."

"That's when they started calling me The Beast. I killed my father at only sixteen and my wolf was even bigger than his. No one has ever seen a wolf the size of Dom. I spent the next few years building up the pack and expanding our family business. We own dozens of olive farms around Greece that are exported for pickling or pressing for olive oil. We also own two international labels of olive oil."

"What about the first mate rumor that you killed her?" I asked.

"Six years ago, I was seeing someone, she really wanted to be with me and told people we were mates. I was planning on breaking it off with her, but before I could, someone mailed me her decapitated head. Just as my father had received my mother's head. Whoever killed my mother is still out there and apparently they have a vendetta with me. I suspect it's Eros' boss."

"That's why you didn't want me!" I said as I connected the dots.

"I had sworn to never have a mate and only short term mistresses. I couldn't suffer like my father did and become a true monster. My pack has suffered enough."

"Short term mistresses? Great, our mate is a hoe!" Rae scoffed in my mind.

"Mistresses you say. Is the pack swimming with them?" I asked, not really sure I wanted to know.

"No. I haven't been with anyone from my pack since Heather was murdered. Now that I have my mate, I won't need a mistress." He smiled at me.

"No he won't." Rae said.

"What if I'm not ready?" I asked. "Wil-will you continue to see a mistress?" I felt so anxious and insecure.

"Baby, the way your body reacts to me, you'll be the one begging for me soon." He grinned.

I did want him, but I felt like such a little girl compared to his years of experience. He was used to being with women, experienced women, and I wasn't sure that I could even kiss properly. He made me hot and nervous, the butterflies in my stomach wouldn't stop.

"Look at me." He said and my head lifted up to meet those beautiful light honey colored eyes.

"I want you, more than anything. It's in a wolf's nature to take what he wants. As an Alpha, I should be able to take what I want, when I want. Dom wants to spend the day buried deep inside of you, claiming you. As a gentleman, I should be able to wait. It will not happen until you beg for it."