Beast Alpha and His Cursed Luna
Chapter 278: Accepted by the pack

Chapter 278: Accepted by the pack

VALENCIA’S POV

"What are you looking at?" Maverick sat beside me and held my hand, mimicking my position and placing his foot into the pond’s cold water.

I smiled at him and shook my head.

We were back in the Dark Callisto pack and were sitting near one of the city’s ponds.

It was calming and felt peaceful, a complete contrast to what our lives were.

Maverick had some work to do in the police station, so he dropped Shadow and me off by the forest to attend to his work.

I didn’t deny it when Shadow asked me if I would like him to show me around.

He said he knew I liked water bodies and brought me here.

I have been sitting here since then.

"Is your work done?" I asked, and the man hummed, his fingers massaging the back of my knuckles

Something was bothering him. I could feel it, and I was about to ask him what the matter was when he took a deep breath and spoke.

"If you don’t mind—" he licked his bottom lip.

I squeezed his hand gently, comfortingly, wanting him to know that he could tell or ask me anything.

He scratched his forehead a little awkwardly, his boyish actions making me swoon as I noticed how picturesque he sometimes looked.

How can someone reject a man like this? He was next to perfect.

If there was a Greek God who defined handsomeness, Maverick would give him tough competition because of his perfect looks.

"You are making me even more shyer by looking at me like this," Maverick commented, and I averted my gaze a little, my cheeks turning red.

Was it my fault that I felt like falling for him all over again?

"What’s the matter?" I asked, getting a bit serious now.

He sighed.

"So you know how the word about the death of Cordelia has already circulated, right? And it has already spread how I killed her because she dared to bully you and —" He started.

I placed my hand on his cheeks to stop his blabbering about the things that didn’t concern the main matter.

"What is it? Get to the point," I said.

He nodded.

"Well, my pack members want to meet you officially. So, if you don’t mind, can I... can I take you to my pack and introduce you to everyone? I am not forcing you into the Luna position or proposing to mark you even when that’s something that revolves in my head the entire day. It’s just a —" He started rambling again.

"So you think of marking me," I said.

He paused and blushed a little before clearing his throat.

"Well, given how we have already made love to each other plenty of times, and everyone already knows that —" I placed my hand on his mouth to stop him from speaking, knowing Shadow and his team weren’t far away.

Heat crept up my neck, and I nodded shyly.

"Well, if that’s what you want too, then I guess I am ready this time," I answered him.

He chuckled at me before pulling my cheeks, making me slap his hands away, which earned me an even bigger chuckle.

"Let’s go," He said, and I nodded at him.

He wore his shoes and was about to pick me up in his arms when Shadow walked to us.

"Sir," he paused.

Maverick nodded at him.

"The Lycans have sent a fax. They will be arriving here in a couple of days and wish Miss Valencia to stay here until they arrive as they have business with her and you," Shadow relayed the message.

Maverick looked at me, and I raised my hands in surrender.

"I didn’t contact him, I swear," I said.

He shook his head at me.

"I know that you didn’t contact them, baby. I want to know if you have any idea why they might be interested in coming here?" He asked, and I shook my head again.

I had no idea, but still, what I could guess was...

"Maybe something related to the curse?" I asked, and he hummed.

"We will see what’s the matter when they arrive," he commented.

We left straight for his pack, and I wouldn’t deny I was a little nervous.

The trauma left by the Hazel Moon pack was making me nervous and a little fearful. I really liked Maverick, heck, I loved him, and I wanted his people to accept me.

Yes, I go on about how I don’t care if anyone likes me or not, but deep down, I wanted his people to like me.

’Don’t worry, they’ll like you. Oy people who have no conscience and morals will dislike you. You are beautiful, smart, intelligent, strong, witty, and more than that, Maverick has chosen you,’ Aurora comforted me.

I hummed as Maverick pulled me out of the car after the short journey.

He squeezed my hand to tell me everything was going to be okay.

"They are already waiting for you," He said.

I narrowed my brows.

Already waiting for me?

"Wait. How come..." I paused, understanding the meaning.

He had everything planned and knew I was going to say yes.

I sighed and let him guide me.

My heart beat could probably be heard all over the pack because it was drumming so loudly against my chest.

With a deep breath, I looked at Maverick as he allowed me inside the pack house.

I thought he was going to take me to some kind of hall, but he took me to the first floor of the packhouse, and I realized he wanted me to address everyone from there as they hadn’t set a special stage or something.

I smiled briefly at everyone gathered in the back of the pack house.

"Everyone, this is the girl who has allowed your alpha to let him love herself," Maverick whispered.

His words made my heart melt.

I couldn’t help but notice how he said I allowed him and now how he chose me for this.

No one said a word before everyone started whispering and clapping for me.

"We heard you protected our alpha from those council members!"

"We love you!"

"Alpha’s woman is our mother!"

I heard one sentence after the other and couldn’t help feeling overwhelmed, especially when they were throwing words like those.

Tears brimmed my eyes as I looked at pure and raw love in everyone’s eyes.

These people didn’t know me at all. Yet, they were ready to accept me because their alpha wanted me.

Yes, I knew there were many rumors about me in the pack because I was a rogue earlier.

However, now that I wasn’t a rogue anymore, the remaining thorn was gone.

It almost felt like a dream.

The Dark Callisto pack wasn’t only the strongest but also the largest pack in the world, and being readily accepted by them felt like I was living a dream now.

Maverick placed his hand in the middle of my back, his gentle touch sending a shiver down my spine and bringing me back to reality.

"Are you okay?" He asked me, and I licked my bottom lip before nodding.

"Well, doesn’t this call for a kiss?" He asked me, and I raised my brows.

"Hmm?" I asked.

"Well, my pack members would surely want to see if I was serious about you," He said.

"They would know that by the way our scents are mingled," I whispered.

"And it pisses me off that they can’t smell my scent on you," He whispered back, and without giving me a warning, he pulled me closer, bent me a little, and pressed his lips hard against mine.

I closed my eyes as soon as his lips captured mine, taking me to heaven.

He tasted good. The way he kissed me felt surreal, and nothing else mattered around us anymore.

I raised my hand and gently placed my arms on his biceps to hold myself even when I knew he would never let me fall.

He kept kissing me, sucking my lips as if he didn’t want only his people to know, but the heavens to know too that we had chosen each other and no one was going to come between us anymore.

I fisted my palms on his shirt to let him know it was more than enough to prove his point.

It wasn’t like I didn’t like his lips on mine, and I indeed didn’t care about the location; it was just that if he kept kissing me like this, I was sure everyone would smell my arousal, and it was the last thing I wanted to happen.

After a deep breath, he let go of my lips as everyone started to cheer for us once again, making me blush scarlet red.

"Sir, when are we getting our little alpha?" One of the old ladies asked, and I couldn’t contain my shyness anymore.

I hid my face in his chest, and he chuckled, his chest reverberating with his laugh as he wrapped his hand around me, securing me in his arms.

"Well, let’s not overwhelm and make her run away. I am yet to bind her with myself," Maverick said, and I slapped his chest, knowing he was talking about the knotting process that ends up with pregnancy around 70% times for she-wolves.

He kissed my temple before sighing.

"I can fight anyone in this world for you," he said, and I nodded in understanding.