Chapter 74: Move In With Me

Chapter seventy-four: Move In With Me


Elena

"I don't know if I will be a great Luna, Bern. I wanted to be but I don't know how to achieve that."

"You will be a wonderful Luna, my love. I am sure of that." He assured me.

I will never let him know that I am terrified of being Luna. Even thinking about it had my anxiety level rising.

"What is wrong?" He looked at me with concern painted over his face.

"I wanted to be a good Luna but I also know that I haven't been trained for a position like this before. I was still a child when I lost my parents and I spent ten years as a wolf. There are so many things that make up a good leader and I don't think I have the capabilities to make a good one." He was silent for a moment thinking over my words. The reflection from the sun was gone but I could still see the slight twinkle in his forest green eyes.

"You are right." That wasn't the response I was expecting.

"You won't make a good leader." I felt deflated.

I hadn't expected him to be so blunt and obvious. This was not something I had expected to come out of his mouth. I pushed him off so I could sit up as I suddenly needed some distance between us but he pulled me back down so I laid flat on his chest.

"You won't make a good leader, Elena. You will be a perfect leader." I felt the devastation leave my body at his words. At least he hadn't been thinking the worst of me. He pulled me even closer to his chest and kissed the top of my head.

"And I am not just saying this because I am your mate. I can sense it within you, Elena. You have this energy in you that a lot of people don't possess. To be honest, I have only seen it in those who possess the Alpha gene. There is a certain light that a leader carries, the kind of light that people are drawn to and respect. You have it all, my love." He sighed deeply and his chest was rising and falling beneath me.

"You may not have had all the training and practice that some have had but that doesn't mean you weren't made for this role. The moon goddess makes no mistake, you are meant to be the Luna of this Pack." His words filled me with the confidence I needed. The self-doubt I had was slowly starting to fade away.

Maybe I could do this, maybe I could bring about the change that I wanted to see in the Pack. But what if Bernard doesn't want it? What if he thought I was thinking too radically?

"Can I ask a question?"

"Hmmmmm," he hummed.

"Will we move as equals?" I lifted my head off his chest to look at him.

"Will we make decisions as one unit or will I simply just be there to be your support and nothing more?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

"Will I have a say in Pack politics? Will I have the power to make changes in the rules and regulations and day-to-day running of the Pack or will I just be a decoration piece on your arms?" His lips were titled in amusement.

"You will not be a decoration of my arms, Elena. You will be my partner, I will include you in the regular Pack day-to-day. They will be as much my people as they will be yours. You need to be a part of it." I like the sound of that.

"However, there will be times when I can't include you in certain aspects of the Pack. Where I will have to make the call on my own but of course, I will tell you what I will be doing." I think I could live with that, I nodded and settled my head back onto his chest.

"But why did you ask that question?" I was silent for a moment, trying to organize my thoughts correctly. I didn't want to upset him because they were his people after all.

"Like with the treatment of the gammas. In the eyes of your people, I am technically a gamma and these seem like some of the lower-ranked wolves. I have witnessed and even experienced the prejudice and mistreatment of the gammas and I don't like it." I felt his arms tightened around me. His chest rumbled as a low growl escaped his hips.

"Who was it? Who bothered you?"

"It doesn't matter anymore but the point of me telling you this is for us to do something about it. The gammas in your Pack do most of the essential jobs in the Pack like, teaching, mechanics, janitors, and hospital staff. They deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."

"Our."

"What?"

"You said 'your' Pack as in referring to them as just being mine alone when in actual fact, it is our Pack.

"Our Pack." I repeated the word slowly on my lips.

That is what they were now, they weren't just his pack, they were our Pack. They were mine now and I had a responsibility to them to do right by them. He nodded into my hair and placed a gentle kiss on top of my head.

"Exactly and in regards to the changes we need to implement about the gammas, I agree with you. I have witnessed some of the prejudices against the lower-ranking wolves and I had done something about it in the past but it looks like it is time I act again."

"We." I corrected him.

"Sorry, we." I could hear the smile in his voice.

I like the fact that we are one now. We weren't just two separate entities but we were one big piece of two halves. He is my teammate the same as I am his.

We sat under the stars before it started to get a bit cold and we headed back inside. Bernard and I were sitting in the living room cuddled up next to each other watching something on the television. It was strange to see the television were touch screens now and there was this weird thing called Netflix that stored all different kinds of movies from all over the world. It was crazy to me how much technology had advanced since my time being a wolf. The phones were much bigger and there was this thing called self that Alisha tried to teach me about. We were watching this American drama, well I was the only one watching it. Bernard was too busy playing with my hair or placing kisses all over my neck, cheek, and forehead. He never missed an opportunity to hold me and I loved it.

"You are missing the movie." I giggled as he kissed a sensitive spot.

"I find this more entertaining." He spoke into my skin.

"You concentrate on the movie, I am good with what I am doing." I tried to focus on the movie but he was just too distracting.

After a few minutes of failing to focus on the movie, l decided that my boyfriend was more entertaining. I moved his face away from my neck and cupped it with my hands. He stared at me with the goofiest smile on his face.

"I love you, Elena Rosalie."

"I love you too, Bernard George." I couldn't keep the goofy smile from creeping onto my face.

"Move in with me, please." My smile slipped from my face.

"We have talked about this, Bernard."

"I know but I was hoping that maybe just maybe you changed your mind. Come on, my love Helen no longer stays here. We had all the privacy in the world when we were behind these walls and I am tired of not having you in my bed. It gets lonely and cold." He pouted and I rolled my eyes.

"Don't be dramatic, you know why I am doing this. It won't be forever I promise but I need this little separation time. I need to gain independence before I fully submerge myself into the Luna role."

"So, you don't miss me at night?" He pouted again.

I wanted nothing more than to lean forward and kiss him senselessly. It was almost comical to think that this big strong and ruthless Alpha was pouting like a baby because I couldn't stay the night.

"Of course, I miss you but I need to do this, Bern and I need you to support me on this." He leaned his forehead against mine.

"You have my support but it just doesn't take too long being an independent she-wolf okay? Your boyfriend needs you." I let out a soft laugh.

"Okay." I pulled away and sat up on the couch. He looked at me with that look that always had me wanting to reverse everything I had just said.

"No, ten more minutes." I shook my head.

"As much as I love being with you, my sweet, I can't stay. I have work tomorrow morning and I get up before the sun every day. I will come by tomorrow, I promise." He sighed.

"Fine, let me walk you back to the gamma's house."

"No, you can't. Someone might see us and start gossiping. Until everything is being sorted out with Helen and her father, we should keep us under wraps. At least for now." I could tell he wasn't happy but he knew I was right. We couldn't afford the people in his Pack turning in him because they think he is not a man of his words.

"Fine but just so you know, I hate this."

"I know, now come and walk me to the door." He took my extended hand and walked me to the front door. We stood at the exit for a few seconds in dead silence.

"Goodnight." I whispered standing on my toes to capture his lips in a heart stopping kiss. When we pulled away, he was grinning from ear to ear.

"Goodnight my love and remember, I love you to infinity and beyond."

"I love you too."

Our lips connected again in a delirious kiss and I felt like I was floating on cloud nine. There was absolutely nothing that could have possibly brought me down or so I had thought.