A Luna's Power

Anne T. Thyssen Paranormal

I turned around the stairs, as I reached the bottom and then I walked down the hallway, until I came to the living room where she was waiting on her own, but just as I stood in front of the closed doors I felt something strange or more like … scented something. Why could I smell … vanilla? I looked around the empty hallway, but there was no explanation for the faint smell of vanilla that was invading my nose and had my mouth watering and my heart beating a little faster from … excitement? I was unsure but suddenly I found it hard to stay still and quickly reached for the handle, opening the door and then …
I had never before been hit by such a power scent. I almost took a step back as it overpowered me. Where did that heavenly smell come from? I looked to the other end of the room, where a red-haired female stood with her back to me and had opened the doors leading out to the garden. She was enjoying the view as the wind blew through her hair and sent her powerful and intoxicating scent towards me.
What the hell?
She must have noticed my presence, because suddenly she started to turn around and … f*cking hell, she was so beautiful! Her face an oval shape, with flaming red hair to frame it and this pale skin with a few freckles dancing over her nose. She had deep chocolate-colored eyes that just drew me in. She wore a black top and ripped jeans together with some boots and dark gloves on her hands. She looked almost dangerous.
Mate!
Oh no … No … No … No … that wasn’t true.
I refused to believe it was true, but my wolf, who had moved to a very dark part of my mind where I couldn’t reach him since Jane died, suddenly came crashing to the surface, now desperate for the little female in front of us. I shook my head, grabbing the handle harder to keep me in place. I had never before been so overpowered by him.
Mate! Mark her! Mark her now!
He clearly wanted her with a desperate need, most likely afraid she would be taken from us if we didn’t … he didn’t get to claim her, but I would not claim her. I loved only one female! I loved only Jane and she would always be my only mate. I would never have another!
“F*cking sh*t,” I heard her breathe.
It seemed like she had come to realize who I was to her as well, and even if I wanted to move and get out of there right away I just couldn’t move. My legs refused to listen to me. Goddess, why are you so cruel? I wondered. I had already had the perfect mate and she was taken from me. Now she sent me a new one? Did she just get off on torturing me?!
The little redhaired female and I were staring at each other, both completely frozen and unable to do anything, but then slowly she narrowed her eyes at me, and I saw her hands turn into tight fists. A threatening aura came from her, and it looked like she wanted to … kill me?
“You have got to be kidding me,” she said.
I looked at her confused. Why was she mad? She walked over to me with determined steps, and her vanilla scent only got stronger, almost making me growl in a possessive way and also to show I did not approve of her threatening energy that was clearly meant for me.
“Reject me! Reject me now!” she ordered me.
She wanted me to do what?
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Lara wants to prove herself to be powerful. She wants to show everyone that she does not need an alpha at her side, and that she as a luna can rule on her own. Therefore, she has sworn to never be mated and to never hand over her power. She wants to change everything she believes is wrong with the system and prove to everyone that a female can be powerful.
James is still haunted from losing Jane. He tries his best to get better so he can help everyone and protect what the king has built, but it becomes harder and harder as time goes by, and it isn't until he meets Lara, he finally starts to feel again. Unfortunately, like Lara, he has sworn that he will never be mated again and the two stubborn wolves refuse to give into the other creating a dark and twisted relationship in order to cope with their feelings for one another.
Can the two of them learn to let go of their stubbornness and finally let each other in? Can they get past all the hurt and the pain in order to learn to love again? Or will their vows to stay alone destroy them both?
*Book Seven*
Recommended to first read: A Bite From An Alpha King, A Beta's Undying Love, A Second Chance Mate, A Luna's Broken Heart, An Alpha's Choice and An Alpha's Dark Secret.

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