Charlie and Ella 2
Ella POV:
I put my hair up and I did a light amount of makeup. His mother struck me as a woman who would critique heavy amounts, and I didn’t think I needed it. I wore a simple green dress that was fancy enough for dinner with the council of a pack, but it didn’t take anything away from his mother who would be the star of the event.
Would play the part perfectly I would give her no reason to attack me. I didn’t know how anybody else would behave but I knew what she would do.
Luna and her siblings loved their mother, it was why they put up with her behavior lately. I can only imagine what being loved by a mother like that would’ve been like as a kid. They must’ve gotten everything they wanted.
I wasn’t what she wanted, though. She didn’t think I could make him happy not in the long run. She didn’t want to admit that the old ways were fading and that the danger of pure-blooded alpha was too strong to ignore.
Charlie loved me and I loved him and he didn’t want pure-blooded alpha children, not after seeing what his sister had to endure.
I took one last deep breath before I opened up the door, there he was waiting in the hallway, leaning against the wall.
I still wasn’t quite used to my heart melting for him the way it did. There was this sureness between us, like lightning from above. There was no doubt that we were meant for each other, we may not be soulmates, but we wanted each other and that was enough.
“ You look like you’re ready,” he places his hands on my waist.
“Always,” I smiled up at him.
I walked down the cold hallway I felt for a moment to run but I thought of Annette. She never backed down so neither would I.
We walked hand in hand into the dinning room and all eyes turned to us. I felt the air fly out of the room as the alpha clapped his hands once.
“We’re all here let’s eat!” He called everyone to the table.
His mother eyed me as he pulled out my chair less like a wolf and more like a gazelle in the lion's den.
“So Ella you’re here to get the rest of Annette’s things?” The deltas wife asked me.
“No,” I smiled at her and she turned confused toward the Luna for a moment.
“She’s my intended,” Charlie corrected.
Silence once again came over the room. The alpha breaks it by smiling.
“Aren’t we lucky,” he cheered. “Our son has found such a beautiful bride,”
The Luna almost choked on her food when he said that. I hadn’t quite expected him to defend me in any way. Charlie looked over at his dad and gave him a nod of appreciation.
“Oh of course and you are stunning my dear,” the beta smiled at me her eyes full of sympathy.
I didn’t feel quite so alone and I felt my shoulders unwind.
We ate and they made conversation about everything that had happened. How well Annette was doing, how cute Christian was, and that Deacon and Marcus were in fact dead.
Amaria had come forward with proof that Grayson was Deacon's son so he’d inherited what was left of Deacon's company and had sold it off to the highest bidder but by bit with satisfaction.
“Daddy issues a mile long that one,” Luna whispered under her breath.
I gripped my silverware tightly and gritted my teeth. She always spoke badly about my alpha, I tried to let it go for the sake of manners.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if something like this happened again,” the Luna watched me as I tried to keep my composure.
“I’m sure it won’t Eva,” the Alpha's tone was warning and sharp.
She didn’t back down, though I saw her narrow her eyes at me and hide a smirk as she continued. “ he let my daughter get kidnapped because he waited so long to claim her and listened to the spy hiding under his nose instead,” she shook her head in disapproval. “I don’t have any faith in him,”
“He fought for your daughter! He took in your son! He is the father to your grandchild and you sit here and berate him and wonder why Annette didn’t want you to stay!” I growled.
“How dare you speak to a Luna that way!” She snarled at me.
I stood up and straightened my spine. “I respect *my* Luna she’s beyond a great role model. Kind, strong, supportive, understanding, how she was raised by you I’ll never know,” and I spun on my heel and stomped off to my room.
I felt my heels flush and I cursed myself for letting her get the better of me. I gave into my instincts but it’s hardwired into wolves to defend their pack. Charlie must be so embarrassed by me that I’ve humiliated him in front of his council.
It’s been a grand total of twelve hours of being here and I have already messed this up.
I went into my room and sunk into the bed hiding behind the pillows in shame. How could I face any of them in the morning, they would be insulted by mere presence.
“Ella,” Charlie knocked from outside the door. “Can. I come in?”
I kept from the bed and opened the door. “I’m so sorry I lost my cool I tried to control myself but-“
“Don’t you dare apologize! If there was anybody else here my mother never would have behaved like that but she did so because no one here would turn her in. You had every right to defend your pack,” he comforted me holding me tightly.
“She won’t let this go, Charlie,” I told him I felt the end of the sunshine rain down on me. We can’t get married without his parent's consent I know he loved his family too much to do that.
“I don’t care I want you, only you. You are more than perfect to be my Luna damn what she thinks,” he cupped my face and gave me a kiss.
I wanted to believe him but his mother had snubbed another alpha at dinner tonight a grave offense for a pack as honorable as theirs. She was willing to throw away their reputation to get me out of here.
I reminded myself how much I cared for him, how right it felt to be in his arms. I didn’t want to live a life without this. I needed to be stronger than her.
We shut ourselves in and talked joking about how crazy she was and what Annette would have done if she was here. How we would make this through, we shared stories about our siblings. I saw the pain on his face when talking about Theo. He was scared for his brother, I’m sure it haunted him to see his younger brother so badly wounded.
“He’ll make it through, of that I have no doubt,” I told him.
He still seemed distracted by it so I laid my head on his chest and held his hand. He wasn’t alone in this. I was by his side.
I thought of all the horrible things that had happened before him, how much easier they would have been if I had had him by my side. We didn’t have to worry about that anymore, we had one another.
It baffled me how his mother could overlook a bond like this for her tradition, but then again she didn’t know true love.
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