chapter 28

**Winter**


“Okay. So, what are you thinking as far as colors for the ceremony?” Shelly asks.

I can't believe I'm planning a Luna ceremony. It's so surreal. “Well, the moon is my favorite color, but I don’t think that can be replicated, so I would say forest green.”

“Well, then forest green it is. Do you have anything else you want specifically?”

“Nothing too much. I do not want it to be too over the top. I would like lots of candles, and soft light, and I want it to be on a full moon.”

I know it may seem weird, the way I do things, my bare feet, my hair, the importance of having my Luna ceremony on the full moon. There are so many things that my parents taught me are important and I never understood why and still don’t. When they died though, I decided I was going to try my hardest to do things the way they taught me.

“Why do you need the ceremony on a full moon?” asks Gale.

“It's just important. My parents taught me when you have a mating ceremony, or in my case a Luna ceremony, under the full moon, the Moon Goddess herself blesses the mates and their future children. My mother and father told me this every time there was a mating ceremony.” I explain.

Gale responds, “your family has some odd traditions. Anyway, let's talk dresses. Any ideas?”

“Umm... not really, But I'm guessing you do.”

“I'm glad you asked. I have tons of ideas, and we need to go shopping again. This time We will need Shelly and Sasha to come. They are both mated, and you will definitely want their opinion, not just mine. I know I dress the best here, but I have never bought a dress for a mating ceremony, let alone a Luna Ceremony.”

I don’t know if Gale knows about the threat in the woods. We can't just go into the city without running it by Cole. I wonder what he is planning to do about Gerard. I will have to ask him. I am worried that the council will underestimate Gerard. He isn’t super smart or anything like that, but he is patient. He will wait till the exact moment everything comes together to get his revenge. His patience is why we need a plan. I mean he is still biding his time preparing to get revenge on his old pack after all. It has been two years and he is still waiting for the right opportunity. So, he most likely won't attack us immediately, but he will attack at some point.



**Cole**



The meeting went well with the council. We have a plan in place now. When the Blue Moon Pack arrives for the mating gathering, we will sort out a coordinated plan of action. In the meantime, we will need to interrogate the rogue in the medic center. The interrogation can wait until tomorrow though.

We call it a day and go to find the girls. Once we are all together, we decide to go out to the bar grab dinner and blow off some steam. James and Sasha decide to stay home with the twins, they want to have a family night, and watch a movie. So, it is just Winter, Marcus, Shelly, Adam, Gale, and me. When we get to the bar, the place is crowded. We end up getting two tables and push them together. After we eat dinner, someone suggested shots.

I lean over to Winter and ask, “umm... Have you ever done shots?”

“No,” she says. “but I can try it I guess.”

“Have you ever even had alcohol?”

“Nope.”

Well, I guess if she wants to try it, she can, but I don’t know if she will like it. She may like it tonight, but certainly not tomorrow. I guarantee that.

So, we order shots, and after a few rounds she is wasted. She can’t stop from laughing at everything and nothing. I guess she is a happy drunk. We are all laughing and having a fun time when she decides to go order us another round. She heads over to the bar. As I'm watching her order, I notice this guy approach her. No doubt he is intoxicated. Nearly everyone in this place is.

This dude starts leading her to the dance floor. I guess she is going to dance with him now. I don’t like the idea of her dancing with someone else, so I decide to go over there. As I am getting up, I watch as he puts his hand too low on her back as they are heading to the floor and wham! Winter just flipped him over onto his back.

She starts yelling. “Don’t you dare touch my ass! I said I would dance with you I did not give you permission to grope me!”

Everyone in the Bar is staring at her while she screams at the guy she just laid out. Once she is done telling him off, she heads back to the bar, grabs our shots, and sits down like nothing happened. I can't help but stare at her. Everyone is dumbstruck over what just happened.

She pounds down a shot and then noticing the looks on everyone's faces, she says “what?”

Our whole table busts out laughing. Winter just looks confused. Everyone goes back to their business as the guy gets up.

After a few more rounds we all decide to head back to the pack house. So, we all start stumbling back home. Winter and I are walking hand in hand. She keeps pushing up into me and we fall behind as we start to focus more on each other than getting home. I’m sure that the others will make it home fine, but Winter is attacking me with kisses in the middle of the path. She is moaning and groping at me. She is also stumbling. We are both intoxicated. I had to cut her off earlier because she is tiny, and I don’t want her to get alcohol poisoning. I kept drinking though. So, I think we are both out of it.

Eventually we make it home. Somehow, we get up to the room, and she falls over trying to get her pants off. I am not much better as I stumble to get undressed. I am sure she is in the mood to fuck. She kept saying she wanted me inside her the whole way home. It was a bit embarrassing when the rest of the group was there. I'm sure tomorrow she will feel embarrassed about it. We finally manage to get into bed. Just as we start kissing, she runs away to the bathroom, and I can hear her getting sick.