Chasing His Betrayed Luna

AURELIA

Did he just ask me to be his mate and wife?

"Yes, girl!" Inara shrieked within me. "I told you he wants you. I just didn't know he needed you as well! This is so romantic."

Romantic? Kinda

But terrifying? Absolutely.

Alpha Tristan shouldn't be doing this doing this-

"Doing what? Asking you to marry him and mate with him?" I could feel my wolf rolling her eyes as she asked me sarcastically. "This is exactly what he should be doing. Think about it, Relia. The kids love him, he's powerful and he'll be able to protect you and the kids from Raiden for the rest of your lives."

"Seems like you're forgetting that Raiden is known to be the most powerful of all Alphas in the realm. If he decides to come for me, I'd be putting Alpha Tristan and the Black Fur members at risk. I shouldn't marry him, Ina. I shouldn't be his mate when I'll only be a burden-" Alpha Tristan cut my line of thoughts when he went down on one knee, holding my hands and gaze while everyone in the arena gasped. "I don't have a proposal ring at the moment not because I haven't been planning to spend the rest of my life with you and the kids but because I couldn't wait to get back to our pack where your ring is waiting. I've always wanted you to be mine."

Saying his dark orbs were glinting with a breathtaking amount of raw affection would be an understatement but damn did he take my breath away. I just couldn't decide if it was good or bad.

Huh. I could only imagine Jessica's shock right now. In fact, what would happen if Alpha Tristan eventually finds his fated mate? What would happen if I marry him by the time she shows up to claim her place in his life?

"Say something, Lia. Please." Alpha Tristan voiced, his eyes darting around the arena for a split second before they rested on me again.

I imitated him, looking around to see the shocked expression that I assumed would be on everyone's face and perhaps pain on Jessica's but to my surprise, I found Jessica smiling and she mouthed, "Say yes, Lia."

But how could she say that when I knew that she had always wanted to be with Alpha Tristan and to be sincere, she would make a better partner for him just like she would have made a better representative for Black Fur pack during the last duel... which I just lost. "Stop thinking less of yourself, Relia. Jessica is great but we're great as well and Alpha Tristan wants us." Inara scolded me while the heat of Alpha Trstna's gaze burned into my face. "And in case you've forgotten, you're keeping him on his kneel before the entire realm... before Raiden and his dumb mate."

I made the mistake of letting my eyes find Raiden and right beside him was Larisa. Of course. Larisa whispered some words into Raiden's ears, smiling like she'd hit the jackpot. Completely oblivious to me, Raiden's face stretched into a smile, causing my heart to tighten for some unknown reason.

Gosh! I hated those two.

"Saying yes to Alpha Trustan is the best way to get back at those two. You don't actually have to sell your soul to the devil-" Inara whispered.

But I countered, "I don't want to use Alpha Tristan like that. He deserves better than a woman with a dead heart and two kids."

On clue, Katie ran into the dueling area, screaming, "That's my mommy and daddy!"

My jaw dropped just as Kyle joined her and they both ran to us, standing beside Alpha Tristan like his little supporters.

"What do you say, Lia?" Alpha

Tristan asked again. "Let's make this official and my knees are beginning to hurt." He said the last part jokingly and he laughed heartily along with

the kids.

My heart fluttered as my face mirrored their happy expressions. If anyone was still thinking about the result of the duel, I wouldn't know because I wasn't. This moment was all that mattered.

"His knees are hurting, Mama. Don't keep Papa on his knees." Kyle chuckled, reminding me that I still needed to give Alpha Tristan an answer.

Katie muttered, her hands in the air, "Come on, Mom."

"Yes, Relia." Inara supported as well.

And to my surprise, a few of the warriors I have spent the last three years training with joined us on the field, showing their support for Alpha Tristan and me in a way Raider and

his pack members never dide

past.

They chanted in unison, "Will you be our Luna, Lia?"

the

I couldn't stop myself from chuckling as happiness blossomed in the core of my soul.

Jessica stepped closer to us with Hazel beside her and together they both muttered, "Say yes."

It was only a matter of time before people from other packs, except the Dark Moon pack, joined Black Fur members as they chanted, "Say Yes... Say Yes... Say Yes."

"Seriously, Lia, my knees are killing me." Alpha Tristan laughed again, capturing my dead heart with the sound of it.

"You can get up, Alpha Tristan." I tried pulling him up but he was rigid.

He shook his head, holding on to his captivating smile, "Not until you accept to be my Luna and wife, Lia."

He sounded so sweet and genuine

enough to make me believe that he

could revive my dead heart and make me love him. At that moment,

I believed that with Alpha Tristan, I

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Clouds of doubt cleared from my eyes and with a smile on my face, I parted my lips and voiced my response.

"Yes, I'll marry and mate with you."

The reality of those words hit me when Alpha Tristan stood up and claimed my lips in a slow passionate kiss that had me melting for the first time in years.