Dead Luna
Chapter 43

Leo's POV

I'm glad that I've been too busy cleaning out the Gamma Suite to watch Amelia and Derrick together. I knew she had a crush on him when she was younger. All the girls did. He was an Alpha, rich, young, tall and muscular, and good looking with his light brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. So of course all the she wolves were dying to date him, and hoping to be his Luna. Derrick was the werewolf equivalent of a rock star. Amelia would have had to be blind and stupid not to be in love with the guy.

Whenever she refused to sleep with me before she felt the mate bond, I knew. She was really just saving herself for him. And I was jealous. Thankfully Derrick was off attending college for much of her teen years, and barely looked twice at her when he was home on break and she was working as kitchen staff in the pack house.

I saw mom pick up some ugly little knick knack, and stare at it. She was about to place it in the "to take" box.

"Mom, we are just packing the essentials for now." I remind her. "If you really want to keep it, the movers will come take it in a few days, along with the furniture."

"Do I really have to leave my home?" Mom asks me, tears starting to fall again for the third time today. "I've lived in this place for over 23 years!"

"I already told you, you are welcome to stay in Winter Moon if that's your wish. But you still have to leave the pack house. Derrick will need this suite for his new Gamma." I remind her once again, and give her a hug. "There is a nice little cottage near Mrs. Hearst that is currently vacant if you'd like to stay. But I'd feel better if you'd come with me to Bull Run. I'd worry too much about you. I'll be able to take better care of you if we are not 3 hours away from each other."

"You're such a good son, Leonard." She says, while I feel anything but good about having to uproot my own mother from her beloved home. She has always taken such good care of me, but now is the time for me to step up and be the responsible one.

"In less than a month I will probably have a mate, and soon enough I'm sure there will be several grandchildren for you to spoil." I promise her, knowing exactly what would tempt her away from Winter Moon. I knew she was disappointed that Amelia and I hadn't had any pups from our brief union. That would be my top priority once I had my Luna.

I would make sure to be Amelia's first appointment tomorrow morning, before I leave Winter Moon behind me forever. This was going to be one of the hardest things I would probably ever have to do in my life. Humble myself before her, and ask her to grant me a Luna that would accept me, a man broken by my own past selfishness, and hopefully my future Luna was also a strong and capable of helping me to lead Bull Run. It was going to be a tall order to fill.

But in the meantime, mom and I need to pack up or toss all our personal belongings, and say goodbye to all our old friends. Something that we are both having trouble with.

"Alpha, I think I have the car as full as I can get it while leaving enough room for us." Beta Ragu tells me. "We should start working on the things you wish to throw away, unless you want to move everything from here to Bull Run to sort thru later."

Raghuram seems to be a very practical Beta. I will probably keep him on, as well as Malcom. That way I have some people on my team who are competent at running the pack.

I will probably encourage Gamma Desiree to move to her mate Ashley's pack. She seems nice enough, and probably would make an excellent Gamma. And she did come quickly to my aid after I burst thru the Gamma suite like I did that night. My worry, though, is her connection to Jerome. I can't take the chance that she might want revenge for her brothers death at some point. And insanity can sometimes be hereditary. I just can't afford to take a chance like that.

But that is something I can worry about later, I think, as I debate about whether to keep or toss the furniture in my bedroom. Maybe I'll keep it for now, and let my future Luna redecorate if she wants to. Although, I do have many happy memories of the month I shared this bed with Amelia. I know for certain that it has a very sturdy frame.

I flop back on the bed, and think of the time we had raced each other to my room and both jumped on it. We ended up having a pillow fight until her pillow burst open, spilling the fluffy contents everywhere. I declared myself the winner, and that she had to give the victor a kiss. All over my entire body! This ended up being the first time she ever gave me a blow job. It was an incredible experience watching as she worked her magic tongue up and down my length, licking and sucking while I lost control of myself to her ministrations. Amelia cupped my nuts delicately in her hand, while she swallowed my c*m like a pro. I thought I was finished for a while, but then she put on the radio and did a sexy strip tease while I lay there watching her slowly remove all her clothes. Then she crawled onto the bed, the strong scent of her arousal driving me wild, and wiggling her gorgeous a*s suggestively until I took her from behind, Amelia moaning and crying out my name to the rhythm of my deep thrusts. We came together in a chorus of pleasure, and collapsed next to each other on the bed, sated more than I could have ever imagined possible.

We were so wonderful together. Why did I have to go and screw everything up? Goddess I was such a stupid a*****e back then. And now I can't believe I'm actually going to ask Amelia for a new mate tomorrow. Willingly, more or less.

Mom enters the room, looking askance at my prone figure lying dejected on the bed. I can tell she's about to start crying again, and I'd like nothing better than to break down and cry right along with her. But I have to be strong, now that I've got an entire pack to lead. My desire to prove myself as worthy of the role prompting me to do whatever I must do, even when I'm feeling broken inside.

"Let's go have dinner, shall we?" I suggest as I sit up, even though I have little appetite for it. "One last dinner with our friends in Winter Moon. I heard a rumor there will be fried chicken and apple pie tonight!"

"Sure," Mom says, giving me a watery smile. Then we follow Ragu out of the gamma suite.