Thaddeus POV.

It's the day of the full moon celebration, and everything seems to be in order. The pig is roasting, people are already arriving and the food tent is already filled with food.

I look toward the fire pit and shake my head when I see Xander Almost burned himself alive trying to start the fire.

"Holy shit! I think I fried my nuts!" Xander yells as he hops around while rubbing his crotch. I can't help but laugh as I shake my head.

I look around, scanning for Aiden, and smile with my eyes landing on him. Goddess, he takes my breath away! I thought as I looked at the smile on his face while he played with the children. He sure loves the pups. That's for sure! I thought to myself then smiled.

My heart warms the more I think of him. Remembering how adorable he was this morning when I woke up. Loving the fact that he's now fully moved into my room, our room. Since the first night, he snuck into my apartment, asking to sleep with me, he's been in my bed, in my arms every night. And that's exactly where I want him.

Sometimes I still feel like I need to pinch myself to make sure this is real. That I have someone who actually sees me and not my legs that don't work.

I chuckle as I watch Aiden play with the pups. I watch them laugh as they try to catch him. I could see he was not actually running fast, just fast enough so they can't catch him. He slows down to let them catch him and they all pile on top of Aiden as they fall to the ground laughing.

Suddenly he emerges from the pile-up, grabbing two of the pups, one under each arm, yelling I got you now!

He begins running around with them, while they scream and laugh.

I sit here watching Aiden with a smile on my face. He is so good with the pups and they absolutely love him. He's going to be a great Luna I think to myself.

I was off in my own little world, thinking of Aiden with the kids, and maybe one day seeing him round with my pup growing inside him, when he sits in my lap, and wraps his arm around my neck, pressing a kiss to my cheek.

"Where were you just now?" He asked.

I wrap my arms around Aiden, pulling him closer as I look into his beautiful eyes.

"Right here with you," I said before I pressed my lips to his, holding them there for a moment before sucking his lip into my mouth, then pecking his lips once more.

"I swear I'm the luckiest man alive!" I said, then watched Aiden smile as the blush quickly spread across his cheeks.

That only makes me smile more as I reach up and gently cup his face.

"I love you!" I said and he moved forward, pressing his lips to mine, his arms wrapping around me tighter and pulling me against him.

After snuggling in front of the fire for a little while, I took Aiden around and introduced him to some more packed members who he hasn't met yet. He is still extremely shy, but he's doing much better than I thought he would.

I hear Abigail laughing, and look in that direction to see her standing with a small group of friends that she's made. She has actually done very well settling in. Her happy, chipper, loud personality makes it easy for her to make friends.

She has an aura but almost seems to vibrate with her happy, bouncy, and silly personality. She really is the perfect fit for Xander, they're so much alike.

As the evening went on, I glanced at my phone and saw it was 11:00 pm. Time for my big surprise.

"Xander, it's time, can you get everything set up and everyone's attention to the stage," I asked.

"Yes, Alpha." He replied.

A few minutes later Xander can be heard calling everyone's attention to come toward the stage. The stage is in the far corner away from the fire pit.

With Abigail already aware of what was going on, she smiled as she dragged Aiden near the stage.

I rolled my chair up the ramp, and onto the stage as Xander began talking.

"It's good to see everyone here tonight for the full moon celebration!" Xander announced and everyone howled and cheered.

"It's going to be a great run tonight! But I just want to warn you...

I don't trust those trees. They seem kind of shady!" Xander said then laughed.

"Get it?... Shady trees!" Xander said then laughed again.

I groan, rolling my eyes as I run my hand down my face and shake my head.

'This man and his dad jokes!' I thought to myself.

"Knock it off, Xander!" I said through the link.

Xander clears his throat as he looks at me, then turns his attention back to the crowd.

"All right guys without further ado, your one and only, Alpha Thaddeus!"

Xander said, swaying his arms out in a dramatic way toward me.

I roll my eyes as I approach the front center of the stage.

"Thank you everyone for being here tonight for the full moon celebration. It's good to see everyone here. I know there are a few people who couldn't be here tonight, but hopefully, we'll see them next time.

There are two special things we're doing tonight, aside from the celebration. First, we're going to initiate a new member tonight.

I like to introduce you all to this lovely lady, Abigail Winters!" I said as I looked back to see Abigail walking onto the platform with a bright smile on her face as she approached me.

"This is Aiden's sister and she's going to be a new member. Everyone, please give her a warm welcome!" I said and watched her face light up even more as everyone clapped their hands and howled.

Xander stood a few steps behind her, with a smile on his face. He was practically bouncing in place. I could see how excited he was for his mate to become a member.

I turned to face Abigail and held out my left hand toward her. She knelt down and placed her hand in mine as she looked at me.

"Do you Abigail Winters, pledge yourself to me, Thaddeus Anderson as your Alpha?"

"Yes, I pledge myself to you, Alpha Thaddeus," Abigail said.

"Do you pledge yourself to the Midnight Moon pack, to be loyal and protect it, as well as your Alpha?"

"Yes, I pledge myself to the Midnight Moon pack. I pledge to be loyal and protect the pack, and my Alpha."

I brought my right hand up and extended my claw, then made a small cut on her palm, before making one on mine.

I placed my palm on hers. As my blood combined with hers, she shivered and let out a shaky breath as she felt the pack link snap in place.

"Abigail Winters, welcome to the Midnight Moon pack, you may rise."

Abigail's dead to her feet, turning to face The crowd with a smile on her face, before turning. And running towards Xanders, leaping off the ground and into his arms. The sound of everyone howling and cheering echoed as they watched their beta hug his mate.

After she pulled back from the hug, she turned towards her brother and ran to Aiden, and threw her arms around him.

After a few moments, I turned back to the crowd.

"And now for the last part," I said, then turned to look at Aiden.

When his eyes finally landed on mine, I motioned him forward with my finger.

His eyes go wide, and he looks around to see if I'm calling someone else forward or him. When he sees no one else around him, he looks back at me, his face turning red as he nervously bites his lip.

He hesitated for a moment then nervously walked toward me. He glances toward the crowd before looking at me again, I could see from here that his nerves shot up a notch. It took everything in me not to go to him and scoop him into my lap.

Once he was finally next to me, I smiled at him before turning back toward the crowd.

"I'm sure everyone has heard that I have found my mate, and the rumors are true. After all these years, I finally found my mate, my heart, the love of my life!"

I said, turning my head and looking Aiden in the eyes as I reached over and took his hand into mine.

"Midnight Moon Pack, I would like to introduce to you my mate, Aiden Winters!" I said as I raised our hands, holding them up in the air between us.

The crowd erupted in cheers and howls.

"I would also like to introduce you to your Luna," I said, letting go of his hand so I could turn the face towards him.

He nervously bit his lower lip even harder, And it took everything in me not to grab him and nibble on it myself.

"Aiden, will you be my Luna?" I asked.

His eyes began to fill with tears, as his bottom lip trembled.

"Yes." He said quietly, his voice shaking.

I held my hand out to Aiden and he started to kneel, but I stopped him.

"No, you don't kneel before me or anyone," I said. His lips slightly parted as he looked at me, before standing up straight again.

I held my hand out to him again, palm up, and he placed his hand upon mine.

"Aiden, do you pledge yourself to me as your Alpha?"

"Yes," He said quietly.

"I pledge myself to you my Alpha."

"Do you pledge yourself to be my Luna?"

"Yes, I pledge myself to be your Luna."

"Do you pledge yourself to the midnight Moon pack, to be loyal to it, and protect it as their Luna?"

"Yes," Aiden said, speaking louder with more confidence.

"I pledge myself to the midnight Moon pack. I pledge to be loyal to it and protect it as their Luna." Aiden said, and I felt so proud as I looked at my mate who stood there with a newfound confidence.

I extended my claw and made a small cut across his palm. I removed my hand from his and cut mine.

As we connected our hands, I pulled Aiden into my lap, with our hands still connected, as the Luna link formed.

A swirl of wind blew around us and he shivered and took a sharp breath in as the link snapped into place.

I began to hear gasps coming from the members standing before us.

I felt his link to me form, his link as my Luna and theirs, snapping into place. It took my breath away, then caused me to take a sharp breath in.

My eyes go wide as I look at him. I don't know what it was that I felt, but I felt a sudden burst of energy flow through me and around me. And I know the source and where it came from... Aiden!

And judging by the sound of the crowd, they felt it too.

This is definitely not a common occurrence for a luna ceremony.

It somehow felt as if his energy and strength was somehow shared through the link, throughout the whole pack.

His eyes roamed around curiously before I heard him through the link as he looked out at everyone.

"Hi! Thank you for accepting me as your Luna." Aiden said, it was his soft voice, but somehow loud.

I look out at everyone to see heads moving around as they look at each other shocked, before a smile quickly spreads across their faces and they looked forward to Aiden. I looked at Aiden to see the biggest smile on his face as his eyes roamed the crowd.

"What was that, what just happened?" I asked. Curious about what we felt, and curious why they had the reaction they did when Aiden spoke to them through the link.

"Everyone said hi to me." He said.

"What do you mean?" I asked, knowing he couldn't have said hi to everyone already, and that doesn't explain their reaction.

"All of them, they all said hi to me."

"What do you mean by all of them? Like, a few at a time? Or all together?" I asked.

"All at one time." He replied like it was normal.

I felt my eyes go wide and just looked at him for a minute.

"That's impossible!" I whispered.

No one has ever been able to link that many people at once. The most I can do is 50! And that's more than a normal Alpha. The average Alpha can usually only link around 25 at once.

"You mean to tell me you just linked 1500 pack members?" I asked, looking at him. Shocked. The field

He looked at me nervously, like he did something wrong. He bit his lip, then looked down before looking at me again, before slowly nodding his head.

My Goddess, not only is he adorable, he's absolutely amazing! I thought as a smile spreads across my face and I wrap my arms around him, pulling Aiden against my chest, and hugging him tight.

I pull back and take his face in my hands, then press my lips to his. His body melts against me as he leans into the kiss.

The entire pack erupts in cheers, as they witness us embrace in our first kiss, as their Alpha and Luna.

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Third person POV

The pack run went off without a hitch.

It was led by Thaddeus and Aiden.

This one was special because they were running with their Alpha and new Luna for the first time.

The excitement was high throughout the pack as they ran through the territory, and along the outer perimeter.

The sound of Zeus's paws thundered as they hit the ground. His body buzzed with excitement, his heart swelled as he looked next to him and saw the beautiful white wolf with blue eyes running next to him. The eyes of Aiden's wolf, winter as they ran side by side, leading the full moon pack run.

It's another one of many things, Thaddeus thought he would never get to experience. Leading his pack on the full moon run, with his mate by his side.