Memories of the Blue Moon (Lunar of the Moon - Chronicles - Book One)
Chapter Twenty-One: Brain Freeze

“What thehell?”

Zephronturned to the new voice with a growl. The scent came to her in flashes and shewhimpered as she fell away from the hunter and changed back to her human form.

Sammyscreamed as a searing pain erupted through her head. It felt like when she hadeaten her ice cream too fast and had gotten a brain freeze, only much worse.Her hand held her head as the pain scorched her vision.

“Aly.”The voice said with a cry as the girl ran to her side.

Others followedsuit and paused as they took in the carnage of the room.

“Autor?”Monty asked as he entered the room. “What happened?” He asked in a panic whenhe saw everything. “Boone!” He hollered as he ran to his friend’s side.

“Youfound her Monty, you really found her.” Autor cried as she held Aly while shescreamed.

“What thehell is going on?” Reinhard demanded as he entered the building. He looked athis children, then the head by the door.

“Alykilled that hunter ripped his head off, and tossed it at the door.” Autor said witha cry as she held her screaming cousin.

Reinhardrushed to his niece’s side and looked at her head. “She was shot in the head,no wonder she’s screaming.”

“Let mehelp.” Elaine said as she pushed past the wolves in her way. She touched Aly’sforehead and the screaming stopped as their Alpha passed out. “That will keepher until we can get her home and fix her.”

“You needto fix Boone too.” Monty said as he knelt beside Boone’s body.

“He is aborn hunter; I will not help him.” Elaine said with a growl.

Montylooked up at her. “He is my friend. He is also your Alpha’s mate, if you do nothelp, she will never forgive you.”

Everyonein the room stared at Monty in shock and disbelief.

“Just doit, and I will explain everything to you, on our way to where ever you’re setup.” Monty said as he stood.

Elainelooked at him and seamed to replace he was telling the truth, with a grumble shemoved over to the hunter. She bent to her knees and held her hand over hischest. They watched as the wound pulled itself together and Boone started tocough. Monty sighed with relief. A commotion had them all turning to theentrance. Raye was trying to get in and the other wolves wouldn’t allow her.

“Let herin, she’s part of our pack.” Monty said as he pointed at Raye.

Rayepushed her way in and howled when she saw her pack in not so good of a shape.

“A newbitten wolf.” Reinhard said as he looked at the brown wolf.

“Dad,meet Raye, and her wolf Saphiera. She’s Sammy’s best friend. The mess over herewas the wolf who had bitten her, and that hunter there is Boone’s brother. I’mnot sure what happened in here, but I guess he shot Boone and Zephron, andZephron tore his head off.” Monty said, still trying to figure it out.

“That’swhen I came in.” Autor said with a nod.

“Sammy.”Boone said with a groan as he sat up.

“Boone,thank god.” Monty said as he hugged the man.

Boonelooked around at the room full of wolves. One of them was holding anunconscious Sammy in her arms.

“What isgoing on?” He asked as he stared at them.

“Boone,this is our pack.” Monty said with a smile. “They found us.”

“Whathappened to Sammy?” Boone asked as Monty helped him stand.

“I thinkyour brother shot her. Luckily it was while she was in wolf form.” Monty saidas he followed the large man to where his sister sat, holding their cousin.

Booneknelt and looked at Autor. “You must be Autor. You look like your brother.”Boone said as he reached out for Sammy.

“Monty?”Autor asked as she looked up at her brother.

“Let himtake her.” Monty said with a nod. “He is pack.”

Autor letgo of her Alpha and let the hunter take her into his arms.

“Sammy.”Boone said with a groan as he held his mate in his arms.

“Weshould get out of here.” Reinhard said as he ushered his pack out of thebuilding.

“Whatabout the bodies?” Monty asked.

“We’lltake care of the wolf.” Keir said as he passed them to enter the building.

“Thehunter will come with us and we’ll return him to his family for burial.”Reinhard said as he nodded for a couple of the pack to retrieve the hunter’sbody.

“He’s myfamily. I will deal with it.” Boone said with an angry growl.

“I havenever seen Zephron so angry before. She just tore his head off and tossed itacross the room, like it was a ball.” Autor said with a shiver.

Boonesighed as he held Sammy close. “He had shot me to get her to change. He musthave thought the silver bullet to the head would stop her.”

“Hedidn’t know much about Alpha’s, did he?” Elaine asked as she felt Aly’sforehead.

Booneshook his head. “We have been warned to not go up against them, but that’sabout all. I learned more since I met Monty, then I had in my whole life as a hunter.”

“Why didAly choose a hunter for a mate?” Autor asked confused.

“Shedidn’t, we chose each other. I loved her before I found out exactly what shewas, and I know she loved me. Finding out what she was, didn’t change how wefelt.”

“Itamplified it.” Monty said with a laugh.

“You havebeen through a heat cycle.” Elaine said as she watched the hunter.

Montylaughed as Boone nodded.

“Who isSammy?” Autor asked as they walked through the woods. “You keep saying thename.”

“Oh,right.” Monty said with a nod.

He toldthem everything he had learned and what has happened since he had found theirAlpha and her friends. When he finished, everyone looked at each other withworry.

“Do youthink he will come after her again, now that we have broken his spell?” Autorasked Elaine.

Elainenodded. “I believe so.”

“What dowe do now?” Monty asked as he shoved a rock out of his way.

“Now weheal our Alpha and pray she will get her memories back.” Elaine said with anod.

“How didyou replace us anyway?” Monty asked.

“We found your scent a long time ago.” Autorsaid as she looked at her brother.

“Wewaited until we had a home before we followed it. Then when we caught Zephron’sscent and we made plans to come for you both.” Reinhard said as he watched hisson.

“Boy haveI missed you guys.” Monty said with a grin. “I mean, being a human has beeninteresting and fun, but I miss the pack.”

“Wemissed you too, Brother.” Autor said as she wrapped her arms around Monty.

Theyheard a whimper and turned to replace Raye walking beside Boone, her eyes focusedon her Alpha.

“I seeAly still brings in the strays.” Autor said with a laugh.

“Raye washer best friend before she was bitten. It was because of us, she got bitten. Wewere tracking the rogue werewolf who was going around killing people andchanging girls into werewolves.” Monty said with a sigh.

“Yeah, weheard about that.” Autor said with a nod.

“Yeahwell, we told Raye to stay home, but she followed us. And the wolf caught herand bit her before we could get to her. Sammy and Zephron have helped her. And,she’s in full control of her wolf already.” Monty said with a grin.

Everyonelooked at the newborn wolf with awe.

Boonekissed Sammy’s forehead. She was so hot and clammy. He knows he had been shotin the chest, how was he still alive?

“I healedyou.” Elaine said as she came up beside him.

Boonelooked at the witch and nodded. “Thank you.”

“I didn’tdo it for you, Hunter. I did it for my Alpha. If Monty says you’re her mate, Imust believe it to be true. And I could never let my Alpha down. But if itturns out to be a hoax…”

“Yeah,sure, I had my brother shoot me, then my mate, and let his head get rippedoff.” Boone said with a grunt.

She eyedhim for a moment then nodded. “We shall see in time.”

“Thankyou anyways.” He said as he laid his cheek on Sammy’s forehead.

“You lovethe human part of her, very much.” Elaine said as she watched him.

“I loveall of her.” He whispered.

Elainesucked in a breath. “No, that isn’t possible.”

Everyoneturned to look at Elaine who had stopped walking.

“What isit?” Autor asked as she moved back to stand in front of the witch.

“That’simpossible.” Elaine said as she pointed at Boone.

“Whatis?” Autor asked confused.

“Aly orSammy, whoever; isn’t the only one who claimed this hunter as her mate.” Shesaid as she looked from her Alpha up to the hunter. “Zephron chose him aswell.”

“What?”Reinhard asked as he stared at the young hunter, who held his niece in his arms.

“Yeah,so, what’s the big deal?” Autor asked confused.

“He’shuman.”

“Hey.”Boone said as he glared at the witch.

“Well,you’re more human than we here are, born hunter. A female wolf can only matewith another wolf.” Elaine said with a shake of her head.

“That’snot completely true.” Monty said as he stepped between them. “The wolf matingis only if they want children. They don’t have to have children…”

“But anAlpha wolf never chooses anything other than a wolf, for her mate. How elsewould the Alpha traits be passed down?” Elaine said with a shake of her head.

“What’sdone is done, Elaine.” Reinhard said as he started walking again. “Come on, wehave a long way to go until we’re home.”

“Don’t beso dramatic, Elaine.” Monty said with a shake of his head. “They’re mates,nothing we can do about it now.”

“Whydidn’t you stop it?” Elaine hissed as she grabbed hold of Monty’s elbow.

“Theywere already in love before I bit her. Hell, before I even met them. There wasno stopping this Elaine, it was meant to be.” Monty said as he pulled his armfrom her grasp.

“There’sgot to be more to this. Maybe Aly won’t feel the same when she gets hermemories back.”

Montylaughed. “You haven’t seen Zephron around him. There’s no getting out of thisone, Elaine. We’re stuck with a hunter in our pack.”

“That’snot what’s bothering me.” She said with a shake of her head. “I had a vision along time ago. Before Aly went missing. She knows this vision; she can’t denythis vision.”

“What wasthe vision?” Monty asked as he watched her.

Elainelooked at him. “Aly is destined to be mated with a very powerful wolf. One thatcomes to her when she needs him the most. He saves her. He’s a beautiful wolf,almost as beautiful as Zephron. She even knows his name. She won’t stay withBoone, once she remembers who she is.”

“What ishis name?” Monty asked, a sad feeling in his heart, for his cousin and herhunter mate.

Elainlooked at Boone with a sigh. “His name is Zeldon.”

~*~

The trekback to the pack’s land took longer as they walked through the woods, carefulnot to jostle their Alpha too much. The head injury looked bad, but with thehelp of Elaine’s healing, lots of praying to Aly’s angels, and rest, they hopedfor a perfect recovery.

When theygot to the land they had bought with Elain’s help, Monty stopped walking andput his hand out for the others to do the same.

“Elaine,take Boone and Aly to your shack, I have business to take care of.” Monty saidwithout looking at them.

Elainenodded and ushered Boone towards her shack.

Boonedidn’t argue, he trusts Monty, and he wanted to get Sammy where ever the witchneeded her, so she could help her.

Montywalked towards the middle of the opening of the field, in front of theirbuildings. He noticed the nice buildings his pack had built, in the short timethey have been here, but he didn’t dwell too much on it. An unwanted guest wason their land.

“Monty.”A tall, muscular man said, as he stepped forward.

He wasn’tas tall as Boone, but he was over six feet. His muscles weren’t as pronouncedas Boone or Monty, but he was an Alpha, and he didn’t need the physical look ofstrength, to beat any of them in a battle.

“Cyrus,what are you doing here?” Monty asked, a bit annoyed.

“I heardyou had found your Alpha, and I have come to claim what is owed.” Cyrus saidwith a half-smile.

“What isowed?” Monty asked as he stopped ten feet from the other man.

“You doremember our deal, don’t you? I let you use my witch to replace your Alpha, andwhen you replace her, she and I would be united as one.” Cyrus said as he watchedthe others gather around Monty.

“You didwhat?” Autor asked as she stared at her brother.

“I neversaid that.” Monty said as he shook his head.

“Whatexactly did you say?” Autor demanded.

“I saidthat it was up to Aly; when she gets her memory back. That I can’t promiseanything.” Monty said with annoyance.

“So, youdid.” Cyrus said with a grin. “But you have to admit, it is a perfect match.Our packs becoming one…”

“Youlisten here, buster.” Autor said as she stormed towards the Alpha. “You can’tgo claiming Alphas. That’s not how it works.” She said as she poked the man inthe chest.

Cyruslaughed as he took hold of her hand, to stop her from poking him in the chest.“You’re a fiery one, aren’t you? No wonder Alameda put you in charge.”

Autorglared up at him as she pulled her hand away from him. “Why are you reallyhere?” She asked as she watched him.

“I amhere for the reason I said. To claim my mate. But I won’t force anything.” Hesaid as he looked around at the angry faces around him. “It really would be agood match, she and I. And our packs combined, would be the strongest pack everforged.”

“You cantake it and shove it up your…” Autor stopped talking when the man laughed.

“I amalso here to help. You found your Alpha and broke the curse. The witch is goingto replace out and come after you…”

Hestopped and looked around at the rest of the pack. “All of you.”