Two times rejected Luna, the desire of all Alphas - Chapter 48

Chapter 48 – What they have been hiding.
At the Litha Moon pack, Alpha Idris received information through a mindlink while he was at training. “Alpha Denzel is here to see Luna Fernanda,” one of the warriors at the gate reported through the mindlink.

Alpha Idris’s teeth gritted together, but before he spoke, the warrior at the pack gate communicated again through the mindlink. “Sorry, Alpha, but Luna Fernanda is already here.”

Alpha Idris contemplated whether or not to go see his mother welcoming Alpha Denzel but relented. The sight might just be painful to his eyes. His mother treated Alpha Denzel like a real son, making Alpha Idris wonder what he was to her.

“What is the problem?” Adira asked him, noticing the change in his demeanor. Though a gamma, she was working hard to prove her worth in order to get the beta position. Alpha Idris’s gaze darkened as he accused her.

“You should be happy that your crush is here.”

Light shone in Adira’s eyes. If anything at all, she never got over her obsession for Alpha Denzel. He was still the best Alpha there was, garnered from her experience. How she wished she had been more cautious and remained by his side.

“Alpha Denzel?” She asked dreamily, and Alpha Idris’s lips curled into a mocking smile. “How could you be so shameless about it?”

Truly, it was shocking as the warriors at the gate gawked. Luna Fernanda had driven her car with two warriors to personally escort Alpha Denzel. It was as if her long-lost son had returned.

Alpha Denzel stepped out of his car when Luna Fernanda stepped out of hers. The middle-aged woman’s body and that of the young man collided into what could be termed as a longing embrace.

Denzel was suddenly emotional and vulnerable in her arms. Luna Fernanda was happy to see Alpha Denzel again, and Alpha Denzel felt safe in her embrace, just like old times.

Pulling away, Luna Fernanda pinched his nose hard. “You silly boy. How many more years were you thinking of staying away?”

If she had not threatened him, she was certain he wouldn’t have been here. Alpha Denzel would only visit once in a blue moon, so any time that happened, she devoted all her time to him.

Alpha Denzel was remorseful. He missed her so much, and yet, time was not by his side. Nevertheless, the woman hadn’t seemed to have aged from the time he last saw her a few years ago.

“I’m so sorry. I’ve been very busy.”

Luna Fernanda turned to the warriors she brought along. “Drive his car to the packhouse. I will take it from here,” she instructed, sending the message that she was going to ride alone with Alpha Denzel in her car.

With him, she had no need for a bodyguard. Everything the two talked about during all of Denzel’s visits was always confidential. Though Denzel knew about that, he couldn’t bear to part with his car.

“I have my belongings in the car. We should rather use my car.”

Luna Fernanda shook her head. “You won’t need them,” she smiled.

The moment Alpha Denzel confirmed his plans to visit, she arranged for everything he would need. The warriors drove Alpha Denzel’s car away, and he drove Luna Fernanda’s car with the middle-aged woman sitting in the passenger seat.

“Where are we going?” He asked curiously as the direction they were headed was not the pack house where he was usually housed whenever he came to visit.

Most times, they would go somewhere else to talk after he settled down. “To my vacation home.”

Alpha Denzel chuckled. “If your vacation home is in the pack, then it’s not actually a vacation home.” Being with Luna Fernanda, his heart felt light as if he had no cares in the world.

Luna Fernanda was saddened as Alpha Denzel drove. “You will understand when we get there.”

He indeed understood when they reached Luna Fernanda’s ‘vacation home’ as it was the same as the cottage Alpha Denzel allowed Valerie to live in. It was clear that it had something to do with his mother.

“You didn’t show it to me the last time I came here,” he pointed out, staring admiringly at the garden and cottage. If Valerie had not done some changes, he would have thought he was at his pack.

“It was our secret,” Luna Fernanda revealed with a sad smile. Alpha Denzel wanted to say something and began to look around awkwardly as Luna Fernanda assured him.

“It’s safe here. Nobody will see or hear us.”

“I miss mom,” Alpha Denzel said, his eyes welling up. Just like everyone, he had emotions but would bury them when he was at his pack. Everyone looked up to him, thinking he was a cold, aloof, and ruthless monster.

That was what they needed to survive, but over here, he didn’t need all that. He could just be the empty, love-starved man he was for this woman to fill him with all the love she had to offer.

Luna Fernanda reminded him so much of his mother. He was so close to her that it hurts she wasn’t there anymore. It wasn’t her time, but she was taken away from him, just like his father, Lisa, and the rest.

“I can’t replace her, but I love you like my own.” Luna Fernanda gazed softly at him and spoke while ushering him to the small but cozy living room.

Luna Fernanda and Alpha Denzel’s late mother were blood sisters. Fernanda was stolen at birth but reunited with Amanda, Alpha Denzel’s mother, in their teens. Amanda was the older and wanted her father to wage a war to rescue Fernanda after finding out they were sisters.

However, Fernanda had equally fallen in love with her new family and refused. The secret remained between them. Misfortune struck again when Alessia was born. The midwife who helped to birth her stole her from her mother, raising her as her own.

When she was struck with a strange illness, she returned Alessia to Amanda in the dead of the night with a long apology. She began coughing blood after and died. By then, Alessia was already ten.