Her Burning Desire
Chapter 45

Melony

I can't help but be paranoid about the fact that the Elders are back. Except this time, we didn't request their presence, so I can only imagine that they didn't arrive to give us good news. Normally, our Elders don't travel to the packs unless an urgent matter needs their attention or they have bad news to give to an Alpha about their pack. I sat back in silence for the rest of the car ride. Theodore's news instantly changed my mood. I knew that Mark and Olive could feel the change, but didn't press to get any information out of me, which was wonderful. I figured I should probably inform Mark of what was going on, because whatever affects me indirectly affects him just by being my personal guard. I think it would be important for him to be included in the meeting. As we parked the car and made our way up the steps, I mind linked Mark since Olive was with us and I really didn't want to bring her into any of our troubles unless it was neccessary.

"Mark, I got a link from Theo earlier, and I need to..." I started but he had cut me off mid sentence.

"I know Mel, I know," and glanced at me with a half smile. I am assuming Theodore felt the same as I did on the matter of Mark being present, so he asked him to attend also. I felt grateful to my mate.

"Thank you, Mark. I just really don't want Olive involved in our troubles. I want her to be happy. I don't know what this meeting is, but I can't imagine it is for a good cause." I wonder if our pack is in some sort of trouble. Maybe us neglecting things last week has affected us a lot and we just didn't realize it and if that is the case, then it is entirely my fault. Everything has kinda been crazy with everyone preparing to fight in a battle to protect me.

"I know what you are thinking, Luna, and please stop. Anyone in this pack would lay their life down for you. We love you, and want to protect you. Don't take the blame. Let's not get ahead of ourselves and just take it one step at a time. Come on." Mark wrapped his arm around mine as we continued up the stairs to go to the office.

Soon we were standing outside Alpha's office door. I looked up at Mark and released a deep breath, he squeezed my arms with reassurance and smiled at me. As we walked into the room, Theodore stood up from his seat and I waddled around to him while Mark took a seat in the back of the room, out of the way. Only two of the three Elders were seated around the coffee table.

Theodore greeted me with a hug and a kiss on the forehead. He whispered in my ear while we went to take our seat across from the Elders. "How was shopping? I hope you found some comfortable clothing."

I leaned into him on the couch, "Shopping was good, I found some stuff, but it would have been better to not have to come back to this."

"I know baby, but we don't even know why they are here. Let's just be hopeful." I gave him a small smile, but I already knew by the looks on Elder Michael and Elder Zander's faces that they weren't here under good pretenses. If I wasn't so focused on what they were getting ready to say, I would have made some inside jokes about Elder Michael, otherwise known as "stinky face". I shook my head to get the thought away with a smirk on my face. Theodore just looked down at me with an eyebrow raised, curious about what has me in a lighter mood right about now.

Elder Michael leaned forward, "Well I don't feel like wasting anyone's time, I think we should just jump right into what this meeting was called for."

Before he continued speaking, a link opened up between Mark, Theodore and I. Mark's words came through, "What is wrong with this guy's face? Does it stay like that all the time? Dear goddess..." I stifled a giggled. "We call him Mr. Stinky face." I replied.

Theodore was quick to intercept the conversation. "Correction, Melony calls him that."

I just shrugged, giving my best innocent face. Elder Michael continued on talking after looking between us all, obviously realizing we were having our own conversation. "Like I was saying, the reason we are all here today is because we have received word of your pregnancy."

I was confused now, "What does me being pregnant have anything to do with you coming here though? Many Lunas get pregnant. I am pretty sure the Elders aren't required to show up every time one of them is."

Elder Zander decided he would take over the conversation now, "Well, just to put it out there bluntly, we don't come when the Lunas are pregnant. Only for one Luna, You. You see we told you about your prophecy when we were here for the last visit. Unfortunately, we didn't tell you the entire thing."

Theodore and I were now highly invested in this conversation. We both let go of each other and leaned forward in our seats to listen better to what they would have to say. Zander continued on, "You see, we talked about the beginning of the prophecy, we never discussed what came next. We felt you had a lot on your plate and throwing too much at you at once would just make matters worse, besides, we didn't think a pup would come so quickly." Theodore and I shared a glance at one another and I felt my cheeks heat up with slight embarrassment. "We talked about how your mother had a quick pregnancy with you, well, this one will be even quicker. I would say almost half the time that yours was."

"But my mother was only pregnant for 3 months with me..." I paused, "that means I could deliver our baby in just 3-5 weeks." I felt Theodore stiffen beside me. We were both happy about the pregnancy but we also figured we would have more time to figure things out before hand.

Elder Michael started again, "Yes that is correct, on top of this news though. The prophecy states that if The White Wolf and the mate finally replace peace and are able to conceive a child, then peace will not last long before they have a new soul to protect. Their child will be the strongest to ever live amongst our kind. This child is born of strong Alpha and descendant blood, meaning when he becomes of age he is meant to rule over all of the Werewolf species. Between the descendant and Alpha genes, we will see a Lycan born for the first time in over hundreds of years."

I heard from behind me, "Mr. Stinky Face said what....?" I instantly snapped my head around to Mark and gave him a glare when he realized he had just spoken out loud for everyone to hear.

I turned to Theodore and his mouth was hanging wide open. I linked him real quickly. "I am freaking out also, but please, Theodore, I need you to keep it together or I will lose it." Theodore was snapped out of his trance and shook his head, clearing his throat. "So you are saying that the child Melony and I are having is actually a Lycan and is supposed to be the leader of all the werewolves living?" Theo asked.

Elder Zander nodded his while Michael verbally answered, "Yes, that is as the prophecy says. Now, as most of us know, werewolves' eyes turn yellow/organish when in wolf form, unless you are a rouge and they are red. Except Melony here who has purple eyes. You will know if your child is the baby of the prophecy. When they are born, and you see the eyes of their wolf, or in this case, their Lycan. If the child should follow the prophecy, then their eyes will glow in the purest of blue. After everything that happened in your pack recently with Melony, the prophecy has been coming to light more and more. We have had a few other packs that have reached out to us concerned about what this means for everyone. Some Alphas don't want to give ownership of their packs to having them led by a Lycan. Most Alphas have had their packs ruled by their blood line for decades. We want you both to know that we the Elders support you, we believe 100% in the moon goddess and what she has planned. We are trying to reason with all the concerned folks we are coming across. You should know though, when everyone isn't on board with a change, a revolt is usually the outcome. If this happens, I would be ready to protect your pup, Alpha and Luna."

Alpha Zander spoke up, "I think at this time it is best to not get ahead of ourselves, we do not know if this child is of the prophecy or not. I believe the best bet at this time would be to wait and see until the child is born. Once we have confirmation, I think the next best step would be to make alliances and come up with a plan of action." Both of the Elders stood up, "If you sh'all need us for anything you know how to contact us. Otherwise, we will take our leave now and we will return when the pup is born." With that, they both walked out the door as if they hadn't just given me news that would change my entire life.