Sold To The Alpha
The Cursed Luna Chapter 15

Waking the following morning, for a moment Charity couldn't remember where she was, why she was staring up at green leaves and branches instead of the white ceiling of their bedroom, looking to her left she was greeted with Aaron's sleeping face, his regulated breathing calm as he held her close to him. The previous nights events suddenly crashed back into her consciousness making her jerk into an upright position with a loud gasp. Opening his eyes, Aaron looked up at his wife's worried face 'Hey babe' he muttered with a yawn 'you keep jumping up like that you are going to throw your back out and then how are you going to give Justin that a*s kicking he sorely needs for getting himself into this damned situation?' he asked with a twinkle in his eye.

Returning his grin with a small smile of her own, Charity pulled her knees up to her chest, resting her chin on top of them sighing heavily 'I'm just worried about him baby' she confessed 'What will we do if something happens to him, what will Isabella do without her Uncle Justin?' she fretted.

Sitting up slowly, Aaron put his arms around his worried wife's waist, pulling her toward his warm chest as he held her lovingly, 'Isabella's Uncle Justin will not let a bunch of Alphaless Rogue wannabee's keep him from his god daughter' he said with conviction 'You know that wolf loves our princess almost as much as we do, he'll walk through burning coals if it meant getting back to her'

Resting her head against her husbands broad shoulders, Charity exhaled heavily, 'I just can't help feeling like this might be more than we can handle' she mumbled

'We are not going to think like that Char, we can't, Jus needs us, he needs us to be strong and believe that we are going to replace him' replied Aaron earnestly.

Looking up into his eyes, Charity reached up and brushed her lips to his 'You are right' she agreed with conviction 'we will replace him, we will save him and I will kick his sorry a*s for scaring me' she announced. Grinning broadly Aaron pressed his lips to Charity's before pulling back and inhaling her sweet scent 'That's my Luna' he muttered in her ear 'Nothing comes between my girl and a whole can of a*s whooping'

As the group made a hasty breakfast from their remaining rations that they produced from their packs, the mood was subdued as they talked quietly between themselves, trying to ignore the almost suffocating absence from their small party, before settling down to strategize a plan of attack.

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'It won't work' burst out Merrick vehemently 'They'll see us coming from a mile away' he threw a stone into the bushes in anger.

'Well you come up with something better' shot back Darius balling his fists and glowering at the younger wolf. Several hours had passed since breakfast, and tempers were becoming frayed with the lack of progress.

Sensing the breakout of a fight, Charity intervened 'OK, I think we need some food, a fire and to regroup' she ordered, her Luna tone evident. Everyone immediately stopped and began to follow her order, grabbing Aaron's hand as he was about to get up to help, she whispered 'not you' smiling as he fell back to the ground surprised

'How the f**k does your Luna tone work on me!' he growled obviously put out.

Charity shrugged 'It must be something to do with this White wolf thing' she replied nonplussed. Seeing that his face was still flickering with annoyance she leaned over and kissed his cheek, 'It's not a mark against your place as an Alpha' she said half amused, half exasperated. 'We need to come up with a plan Mr Alpha, before these wolves do the job of Wolf men for them and rip each other apart'

Aaron's face softened 'I know' he said tiredly 'I just don't know what to suggest, every way up the mountain, we are exposed'

'Maybe we need to stop trying to hide' replied Charity thoughtfully 'Why are we trying to take them by surprise? they know we are here, they know we are coming, so lets just head up in the exact way we were going too before this whole Justin thing happened' Raising his eyebrows slightly, Aaron rubbed his chin with his fingers before finally admitting defeat 'That is pretty much our only choice' he agreed.

The group reassembled, some holding rabbits that they had hunted, others held firewood and Leo was carrying 3 canteens that were full of clean water from a small stream he had located nearby.

As they settled back own and proceeded to start a fire and skin the meat, everyone's mood started to improve as the fire reached optimum heat and the meat was placed over the flames, the aroma of the slowly roasting flesh permeated the area, causing more than a few rumbles to come from stomachs as they waited for the meat to cook through.

Once stomachs were full and thirsts had been quenched the werewolves seated themselves around the slowly dying embers of the fire waiting expectantly for Aaron to address them. 'Ok men' Aaron began

'Ahem, and women' interjected Charity with a hard gaze

'And women' he corrected hurriedly 'So we've looked at this from multiple angles and quite frankly, there is no way we can sneak up on this group. We have zero idea where they are, they know we are here, they no doubt have scouts watching us, so we may as well just hypothetically kick down the front door and march up that damned mountain like we own the place' he said as he looked round the group.

A ripple of approval washed through the listening wolves, 'sounds good to me' said Leo

'Never was one for being subtle anyway' added Merrick smirk.

'If you can't surprise them, may as well show no fear and storm the bastards' agreed Darius.

'So it's agreed?' asked Aaron 'What about you Alpha Marcus, how do you feel about this?'

Marcus frowned slightly in thought before looking up at the group 'I can't see a better option to be honest, we need to watch our backs though, keep Charity safe and above all I think we should make our move at first light, spend today resting and get our asses up that mountain first thing ready for the fight that is no doubt awaiting us'

The rest of the pack made noises of agreement before they split up, replaceing their own sleeping area, Leo and Merrick went to replace more firewood, enough to keep the flames burning through the night whilst Lucian, Aaron and Marcus discussed how they would make their attempt the next day.