== Enna’s POV ==

I had just finished to get ready, wearing a set of clothes he left for me that I didn’t feel comfortable in. I had spent most of my life in dresses, my legs technically free. I cursed them in the winter because the compound would get cold and my legs too, but I loved them most of the time. We didn’t get to move and run around a lot but when I could, I felt them utterly unrestricted, unlike when they were tying me up, and unlike now. I looked down at my legs and saw them wrapped in a tight blue fabric. I remembered them from my childhood, “jeans”, I thought, but back then, they were nowhere close this clingy to my body and skin.

A knock on the door pulled me away from my thoughts. I was expecting to see James but when I opened, it was a lady. She was beautiful, her stature slightly shorter than mine but she had very long dark brown hair, a tan skin and the same eyes as Simon.

“Hi there! Nice to finally see you! I’m Lara, Simon’s mom. He asked me to take care of you today” she said as soon as I opened the door.

“Enna” I answered with a nod-smile-of-awkwardness.

“Are you ready for breakfast?” she asked with a bright smile. I nodded and stepped out of the room. I was happy that no one had thought about shoes, my bare feet digging into the carpet of the hallway. I also hadn’t been wearing shoes in a very long time…

Lara was nice, she didn’t push me to talk too much while she fixed me a plate of food. “Simon told me you couldn’t eat eggs so I made you this, I hope it’s fine?” she asked me almost hopeful. My plate had a bowl of fruit salad, bacon and a few slice of bread. A spreading of different jams were set on the table. I nodded and she motioned me to sit right across from her. A few people passed by, grabbing stuff and leaving, saying “hello” to Lara and glancing at me. I sat in silence, honestly, I just didn’t know what to say. Lara kept on looking at me with a little smile, then look back at her plate, then look back up at me. This little game went on for a while, until I almost finished my plate, until she sighed with a content smile on her face. “Sorry, I’m just happy he found his mate” she stated with a huge smile at me.

I smiled back, a little embarrassed. Thankfully, she didn’t wait for me to answer to keep on going. “You know how it is, as a mother. I really wanted him to find a good girl, of course, she also has to be a wonderful Luna but mostly, I want him to be happy. He looks like you just brought him the moon, and you guys aren’t even marked yet!”

She was almost like a child on Christmas. I couldn’t wait until she would clap her hand together out of happiness, but it didn’t come. “I know, you can’t tell me and Simon has been pretty clear that I should ask you questions. He’s way too overprotective in my opinions but I need to ask. Did you two…?”

I didn’t exactly know what she implied so I frowned. “Ah. Obviously, not yet. It’s ok, it will come, and you two barely know each other.”

He knows me more than anyone else that isn’t stuck in an underground torture facility for shifters, I thought but didn’t say. She kept on going. “It’s ok, he found his mate, and you guys will soon mate, and then, I’ll be a grandma!”

The stab to my heart was sharp but my face stayed blank. I didn’t have time to dwell on my feelings anyway as a piercing shriek rang behind me. Followed by an angry “WHAT?!”

“Oh, Ash, my dear. When did you come home?” asked Lara apparently oblivious to the girl’s fury. Her face was red and her eyes blazing. She would have made a rather pretty girl, if it wasn’t for her current mood. She had blond hair that fell on her shoulder in a cascade of layers, bright blue eyes and pink lips currently pressed together in an attempt to stop herself from screaming. Which didn’t hold long?

“MATE?” she asked again, glaring between Lara and me.

“Yes, he found her the other day” answered Lara with a peaceful tone which sounded like an act of quiet mockery.

“HE….NO….ARGHHH!!” screamed the girl, storming out towards Simon’s office. She barged in like a fury, the door banging against the wall, probably making a dent in it. “WHO’S THE SLUT?” she screamed in the office. From my perspective, I couldn’t see Simon’s face, but from my experience, I knew that usually Alpha’s didn’t like people barging in and screaming at them. Simon was softer than my previous acquaintances. Or so I thought.

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== Simon’s POV ==

My office’s door banged open and a blond fury stepped in screaming “WHO’S THE SLUT?”. On a conference call with another Alpha, I only raised my eyes to look at the person who barged in uninvited. “Something came up, let me call you back” I told to the person I was talking to. Meanwhile, she stalked to my desk, throwing my paper-press on the floor and letting out a huge frustrated scream. “WHO IS SHE?”

She couldn’t go any further. My eyes turned dark and I stared her down, she almost whimpered. “Who the f*ck are you to barge into this place like you own it?” I asked, my voice cold but trembling with anger, an Alpha tone.

“I leave for two weeks and you come back with a slut” she spat at me, although she couldn’t even raise her eyes to mine. I never believed in hurting women, but I surely wanted to punch her right about now.

“Who are you calling a slut?” I asked her. “The weird smelling human. Where did you find her? On the side of a road? I’m sure she was banging for nothing in a cheap motel.” At her words, a loud growl escaped my lips, she shrunk in place. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see Lara dragging Enna to enjoy the show. My mom was almost laughing while Enna looked more lost than shocked.

“She’s my mate, your future Luna. You better change your tone or I will do it for you” I answered as I could feel my claws piercing though my skin. My wolf was restless, if I had let him, she would have lost her head as soon as she said “slut” the first time.

“Oh you certainly like to do me” she sneakered. A feral growl came out of my mouth like a menace. It took everything for me to hold back from hitting her, until a small hand wrapped around my arm. It was cold but strangely soothing, like it sucked all of the anger out of me. Surprised, I looked at Enna, now standing right by me, one cold but sparkling hand on my forearm. She didn’t say anything but turned to the blond girl and only said “Look at me”.

The girl lifted her head up to meet with Enna’s eyes. Her lips were lifted, showing a row of sharp teeth and I could see her claws coming out, but she didn’t dare to move because of my Alpha power. “What’s your name?” asked Enna in a calm voice. The girl growled at her, but I growled back as a warning not to even try to touch one hair of my beautiful mate.

“Ashley Daisy Deliriane” answered the girl, still barring her teeth.

“Nice to meet you” answered Enna before surprising me even more. I thought she was going to shake Ash’s hand but instead she gave her a nice back handed slap across the face. It resonated across the whole room. I could see Ash’s face getting redder by the millisecond right where she was slapped, but she didn’t move, in shock.

“The name is Enna. Not slut. You should remember it now” said Enna before stalking out of the room. Lara was still at the door frame, obviously enjoying the whole ordeal and laughing her but off. “I like that girl” she said before following Enna. I could hear her giggles going upstairs.

I looked back at Ash who still hadn’t reacted, but then she lashed out at me again.

“She HIT ME!!! You will let her live in this house?! OUR HOUSE?! EVEN IF SHE HIT ME??? I’M YOUR BETA’S SISTER!! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR LUNA!!” she screamed again, punching my chest with her wrist like a spoiled child who didn’t get dessert. I sighed, holding her wrists tightly enough to leave marks.

“You were never my mate” I answered to her with my Alpha’s voice. I passed her wrists over to James who had just walked in. “Take her to your parents’ house” I ordered to him. He nodded and was trying to drag her out as she kept on screaming with frustration.

I sighed. Time to find Enna.

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