Our Luna, Our Mate Chapter 136

Athena

After spending what felt like hours with our mates, Ares and Eros had finally offered to clean up after breakfast so that I could use what precious time I had left to go back upstairs to shower and get myself ready for the day.

Excitement bloomed steadily within my stomach as thoughts of being able to spend it with those I loved and cared for. Rosalyn and Seraphine being new to the family only made the need to bond with them that much greater, for while Seraphine was only sixteen, my Uncle Rick had not yet claimed her and would not claim her until she was Eighteen and had gotten her wolf. Only then would he claim her as his rightful mate.

‘It’s pretty noble of him to wait like that’ whispered Artemis, her words echoing along the inside of my mind.

‘Indeed it is’ I whisper back, our body currently in the bathroom so that we can shower. ‘But sometimes waiting can also lead to miscommunications along the way too.’

‘Says the human who doesn’t always communicate either’ remarks Artemis, her words causing me to flinch, my heart knowing she was right.

‘It’s not like I do it on purpose, Artemis. You know very well that a lot of it stems back to our family. The way my Uncle and Aunt would always beat us into submission. Or how Brian and his friends would always find some way to physically, if not verbally abuse us to no end. Plus, let's not forget about the things Diana would do to us either. Because I never asked for any of this. I only ever wanted to be loved by those that I thought cared about us. Not to be treated like a slave or someone's personal punching bag.’

‘Whoa, easy there, Athena. I never meant for it to sound like that and you know it. I would never, ever poke fun of you like that. Because you tend to forget that I watched you for 10 years. 10 years of always feeling helpless when I couldn’t protect you, to save you. Yet now… We can protect each other. We have mates, twin mates who would do anything and everything if it meant keeping us safe and sound. Uncles who want nothing more than to rebuild that long forgotten bond with us. And all we have to do is trust them.’

Biting my lower lip, I knew she was right. Artemis was usually always right. Even after becoming free of them, I still often felt trapped. Trapped by years of hate, years of being told I was never good enough. Years of being told that no one would ever want us. And years of just letting people walk all over us.

But then, on that fateful day, the Moon Goddess gave us a second chance mate. She finally gave us mates who would love us. And while the odds were always against us, Ares and Eros never gave up on us. No, they always found a way to remind us that we were all they needed and for that I felt grateful.

Yet now, even after everything that we were forced into doing, between the fight with Ezra to having to survive multiple encounters with Lily, Brian and Diana, our greatest challenge would be the night of the Hunters' moon. The moon in which it bleeds.

A chill now running through me at remembering all the horrible dreams that I had. Dreams that were always sent to me by Lily as if a reminder of what she’d do to me if she had the chance. A feeling of being weak lingering within the back of my mind only to disappear when the Moon Goddess had finally stepped in and everything began to make more sense.

For Lily, she wasn’t only a problem, she was a threat. A threat who had dug her own grave by not giving up her claim on Ares and Eros. And though working for Ezra felt like a bigger issue with her sharing valuable secrets, secrets that weren’t hers to share, I suddenly knew there would come a time when we would have to face Lily once and for all.

A surge of power now suddenly coursing through me that leaves me looking into a mirror only to gasp at what I see. My once beautiful blue eyes are now a bright silver, panic rising as I quickly jump back in fear, a hand now resting against my beating heart as I continue to stare at my own reflection in the mirror.

My once long brown hair was now covered with tiny specks of silver, almost as if someone had taken glitter and dusted my hair all over with it. My eyes completely taken by the silver, no longer blue or even rimmed lightly by silver. Just silver.

“A-Artemis” I whimpered softly, slightly scared by the sudden new appearance.

‘Relax.. Your emotions are too jumbled right now. Your powers are beginning to rise’ answers Artemis, as if this was natural.

‘WAIT! POWERS! Since when? I thought being a white wolf and sparkling like moondust was special enough. That it was enough to unite the packs and bring unity. Now you're telling me that we have powers too!’ I cried out in complete and utter shock. 

My heart racing a mile a minute as I sat waiting for Artemis to reply to me. The sudden need to try and contain my emotions rising, knowing that they were playing a big role in this new-found appearance. An appearance that I never knew existed until now.

‘Artemis?’ I tried again, knowing that I needed answers. Answers that I hoped she would give me since she was my wolf.

‘Yes… Powers. Powers that only come to you when a white wolf such as us turns 20. Powers, I had hoped to help ease you into once they had awoken, but now I see that they already have’ answers Artemis in a matter of fact-like voice.

‘But I’m not 20 yet, and I won’t be 20 for another 5 days’ I admitted to her softly, my mind still in shock.

‘I know, but your emotions are too strong to keep them locked away anymore, my dear child. Your anger at your family and the rage that you feel when thinking of Lily has slowly begun to bring them forward. And now, if you're not careful, others will try and use you to their advantage’ admits Artemis.

‘Use us? How? Who?’ I asked, the need to know now evident within my voice.

‘The Council, other wolves seeking power, Hunters, Vampires… the list grows and grows. Because we are not like other wolves, sweet Athena. Sure, we’re white, but we also sparkle like moondust. And that’s because we are direct descendants of the great Moon Goddess. Our powers come directly from her’ explains Artemis to the best of her ability.

‘Wait… Direct descendant?’ I asked softly.

‘Yes’

‘So… then what kind of powers do we have?’ I curiously ask, my body slowly moves towards the shower as we continue to talk, my body slowly returning to normal as my emotions slowly begin to even back out.

‘We have the power of foresight. Your dreams aren’t just dreams, Athena, but actual premonitions, things that have yet to occur. We also have healing properties, and we have the ability to save those who are on the brink of death’

Blinking at her confession, I find it slowly hard to believe what she’s telling me. ‘What if they’re already dead, can we still heal them and bring them back to life?’

‘No’

Feeling my heart tighten at those words, I instantly knew that I wouldn’t want to wish death on those who didn’t deserve it, because knowing that they died before I could save them made it that much harder for me to swallow.

‘Your worrying again, I can feel it. You need to relax. Nobody that we love will die. Not under our watch. So please relax and try and get ready for your girls' day out. Emma and Emily will be here soon to fetch us.’

Then, as if suddenly remembering what the original goal of the day was, I quickly moved on getting myself done and ready. A part of me knowing that my Gamma and Delta would not be patient enough before they suddenly came looking for me.

Fuck, I’m so late, I groan, having gotten so worked up with Artemis about powers and the true meaning behind our wolf form that I had totally forgotten to multitask and now here I was scrambling to get myself ready before they arrived at the house.

FUCK! I curse again only to freeze when Eros calls out to me.

“Athena darling” calls Eros from downstairs.

“Yes?” I called back, my hand now turning off the water as I did.

“Emma and Emily are here”

Crap.

“Okay… be down shortly” I yelled, now quickly working on drying my body off with a warm fluffy towel, all while secretly hoping that super speed was part of our powers too, because in all reality we were going to need it.

Artemis now laughing deep within my mind as I quickly tried to get myself ready to go. The need to hurry before someone came looking for me was uneventful.