The Young Luna

Chapter 15

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"Are you weight lifting?" a shocked voice asked me, as I set the weights down and took a deep breath.

I slipped under the bar and sat up on the bench. Seth was stood in the doorway to his home gym

looking at me in shock. I grabbed my bottle of water from the ground and took a large gulp, before

throwing it back to the ground.

"Yeah you want to spot?" I replied.

"Sure. Let me just get changed out of my suit" Seth muttered, looking at me with confusion. He

disappeared out the door and back up into the main house. I used my towel to wipe the sweat from my

brow.

After finishing school, and Coach Greene saying I could use the archery equipment whenever I wanted,

Dean picked me up. I made the conscious decision to get my shooting back up to Olympic standards, I

didn't have to compete but I would do it because I loved the sport and it was wrong to waste my talent

just because I was sulking about my previous Alpha's decision.

Dean stayed with me for a while, due to Seth still working, but I just spent the time in the garden. I set

up a makeshift target, before polishing off my old bows and doing a few hours more of shooting. I then

went into the gym and began upper body training – Dean had gotten bored and gone to watch TV and

eat pop tarts until Seth had turned up.

Seth came back in a pair of basketball shorts and a white wife-beater, he looked handsome as he

walked over to me. I lay back down on the bench, and he stood behind me – the bottom of his shorts

resting on my forehead. I gripped the bar tightly and lifted, I winced slightly and he reached down to

grab it, but I straightened up before he could grab it. He paused, hands wanting to take the weight from

me, before he dropped his hands.

I let the weight down before lifting it three times quickly, my breath shallow and deep as my arms

strained against the weight and my hands gripped onto the metal. I set the bar down and took a deep

breath. "You're good" Seth told me.

"Thanks" I smiled up at him. I took a short hiatus before continuing the weight training. Seth spotted me

for another twenty minutes, or so, until I was done. I could tell that Seth was impressed with me, but I

was pretty sure he'd never actually admit that to me.

I stretched my body out as I took my own heart rate with my fingers, I then looked at the time. It was

only six in the evening, I still had plenty of time. "I'm going for a run" I told Seth and his eyebrows shot

up.

"You're kidding".

"No. You want to come to?"

"You've been working out all afternoon. Is something wrong?" he frowned, looking concerned.

I chuckled softly, "I have a lot of energy. If I ever don't spend my free time working out, then you'll know

something is wrong".

He nodded slowly, "sure I'll go for a run with you. But aren't you tired?"

"Nah, I'm fine" I shrugged. And I was telling the truth, I was aching but in a good way – in the way that

told me that my muscles were working. "Plus I'll only go for a small run" I shrugged, "only five miles or

so".

Seth snorted, "you consider five miles as a short run. Alright then". He shook his head at me, as he

followed me out the house. I limbered up slightly and Seth just watched me. I set my fitness watch for

distance and heart rate, before I took off towards the woods. Seth jogged slowly beside me.

We ran for thirty five minutes, looping back to the house half way through the run. I stopped outside the

house, catching my breath as I wiped the sweat from my red face. I looked at my watch and groaned.

"That was awful. I was so slow".

"You're kidding" Seth breathed out. "You just ran five and a half miles in thirty five minutes. That's like

six minutes per mile".

"Yeah I used to be four and a half minutes per mile last year" I sighed heavily. "I have a lot of work to

do". I walked into the house, got both of us a glass of water, before heading upstairs for a shower –

Seth hot on my heels. "You're quiet" I observed, as I walked into my room.

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"Just thinking" he shrugged, before walking off to his own room. I rolled my eyes at his behaviour,

before kicking my door shut.

After I'd showered and changed into my pyjamas, I met Seth downstairs. He was cooking dinner and it

smelt amazing. I took a seat and the breakfast bar and watched as he cooked. "How was school

today?" he asked.

"It was good actually. It made me realise how much people actually look up to their Luna".

"Did you like Shawna and Javier?"

"Yeah they were lovely. Shawna is really nice" I muttered, shrugging softly. Seth noticed my lack of

enthusiasm and glanced over his shoulder at me.

"You didn't like them?"

"No I did" I assured him. "But I can tell they are still aware that I am their Luna...will there always be

that divide in the Pack. Them and us?"

Seth nodded softly, "unfortunately yes there is always a divide. A Wolf will never be full relaxed around

their Alphas, they're conditioned to want to please us and get praise from us. They'll never be fully

relaxed around us".

"But I don't feel like that around you" I admitted, "and technically you're my Alpha".

"But I am your mate so it's different".

Seth made burritos but they were sort of tasteless but I ate them politely – knowing that it was only

because I was used to my mother, or grandmothers, spicy cooking. "Sorry I think I made it a bit hot"

Seth said, as we began eating. I couldn't help the small giggle that slipped out. "What?" he frowned.

"I was actually thinking the opposite" I laughed.

"Well you're Latina, I probably shouldn't have made you burritos".

"It's food, I'm grateful for any food I get".

We finished eating, before domestically cleaning the plates away together. Seth was quiet, cautious,

different. He was acting different. "How was your day?" I asked him, as we both sat down on the couch.

"Long, busy, crazy...the norm. I'm arranging a trip to Red Knox Pack at the end of the month. They are Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

the last Pack undecided which side they are on for this war" he informed me. "Well, expect the Vernal

Pack".

"My old Pack still haven't joined?" I frowned.

"No but I'm thinking that maybe we could go to the Red Knox Pack via Vernal Pack. I can talk to Alpha

Parker and you can talk to your father. If you can persuade your father, then he can help sway the

decision".

"I can try, but I have a strained relationship with them" I explained. Seth looked at me for a moment

before reaching over and grabbing me. I yelped in surprise as Seth lifted me over to him, placing me

down over his waist so I was straddling him. I gulped deeply as his hands rested on my hips.

"Let's not talk about work anymore. Let's talk about us".

"Us?" I gulped slightly, "I thought you didn't want an us?"

"I didn't think I did at first" he admitted, as I relaxed against his large body. "I was so angry at first that I

got you as a mate. I saw this tiny little sixteen year old girl with a loud disrespectful mouth and I

was...disappointed". His words hit me hard and I instantly felt awful.

I could feel tears blurring in my eyes as I heard the words that I had known the entire time. For him to

actual say them really hurt me, my heart ached in my chest. I tried to push away from Seth, but he held

me tighter. I squeezed my eyes shut to stop the tears, I understood he was trying to apologise but I

didn't want him to see me cry. I was embarrassed.

"Listen to me, Mabel. I was wrong, I know that now and I need to admit that. You've been in my life for

roughly a week, but things have really changed in the space of a week. I realise now that you're not like

the typical sixteen year old, yes sometimes you're immature and you like to pick fights with everything.

But, you're also driven and motivated and you're caring".

I sniffed, pushing my tears away as I opened my eyes. My vision wasn't completely clear but I wasn't

about to break down in fits of tears anymore. Seth smiled at me, when my eyes reopened, before he

removed one hand from my waist and cupped my cheek. "You're going to cause me a lot of problems,

because of your age, but I will take whatever it means to be with you. I know that all I go on about is

your age but you'll realise when we meet other Packs how much people will have a problem with us

being together".

"Have you still got a problem with my age?" I questioned, glad my voice was stronger than my

emotions.

"Honestly, yes it still bothers me. But we can't do anything about it, so I'll just have to learn to live with

it. I just want us to start over again and be happy".

"I'm happy for that...under one condition" I replied. Seth raised an eyebrow at me, looking like he wasn't

sure whether to accept or not.

"What condition?" he finally asked.

"I want an apology for how you treated me when we first met. You were a dick to me and I want you to

admit that and apologise". I crossed my arms over my chest as Seth chuckled softly, shaking his head

at me.

He was quiet for a moment, hands moving to rest on my back in order to press me closer to him.

Finally, a wicked smile slid onto his face. Moving forward he kissed me, gentle and slow – unlike all the

other times we'd kissed – before trailing his kisses down my neck. Goosebumps arose over my skin as

his lips gentle teased and nipped at my neck, his breath blowing over it and sending shivers down my

spine.

"I-I still want an apology" I breathed out, trying not to stutter from being so overwhelmed.

He slowly trailed his kisses up my neck before he nibbled on my ear lop. Seth then whispered

seductively in my ear, voice husky and full of lust. "I don't need to tell you how sorry I am, when I can

show you".

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