Her Burning Desire
Chapter 23

Melony

After the Elders' departure, I slumped back in my chair, overloaded with information. I heard deep sighs released from different places in the room. I had almost forgotten that Beta Todd and Theodore's father, Edward, had joined us in the meeting. Todd broke the silence first, "Well that was....intense... intense. The Elders were all over the place with their different personalities. Especially the brooding one. He really didn't have much to say, did he?"

"Who? Mr. Stinky face?" I chuckled while the 3 men before shot me a look, asking me to explain what I meant. I shrugged. "His face looks like its stuck in place from smelling something horrible. Mr. Stinky face." I nodded once to affirm my decision on the name. To my surprise, they all laughed. Theodore pulled me to his side, hugging me.

"Okay my little mate, let's just not use that name to his face, okay?" I rolled my eyes at Theodore and decided I could tease him a little.

"Fine, I won't call him that to his face or the nick-name I have for anyone... including you." I poked Theo in the chest and I shot a wink at both Todd and Edward when I turned around. Edward shook his head at my antics, but Todd gave me an approving smile. "Okay, great, we just don't want to upset any of them. Wait... what nick-name for me?" Theodore asked me as he had just realized what I had told him.

"Nope, I am not able to use the nick-names I have for people, so I don't offend them. That includes you, Mate." I gave him a flirty smirk. "Now if you all would excuse me. I have a best friend I need to go fill in on my brand new life I have discovered. Todd, if you don't hear from Olive in about 20 minutes you might want to come check on us. She either killed me, or she fainted from the news. You all behave yourselves." I leaned up and kissed Theo's cheek before leaving.

Todd stood frozen, shocked by what I had said, probably deciding if he should monitor the conversation. Hopefully he realizes I was kidding. These possessive males are something else. As I walked out the door, I saw Mark waiting for me in the hallway. Of course, he would follow me down to Olives' room and wait outside. I was confused why he hadn't been involved in any of the meetings thus far, especially with him being my personal 'body guard'. Outside of him being my protector, he has become a friend. We arrived at Olives' door and Mark went to take his place outside of it to wait for me.

"Come on Mark, I think you should be part of this conversation also. Please come in with me.

"Okay Luna, if you insist.

"Mark, we are friends. No formalities please. Plus, I am not your Luna just yet." I smiled. Mark smiled back, seeming happy with my response. We knocked on the door and waited for it to open. When the door opened, I had a very upset shewolf staring at me. "Oh, now she wants to talk and hangout after avoiding me for two days." She glanced at Mark. "I must have been replaced by Mr. Tall and handsome?!"

"Olive.." I shook my head at her, "you could never be replaced, you know that. Sure, Mark is my friend. He could never replace you though.

"You think I'm handsome? I wonder what our beta would think about that. Leverage. I smell leverage brewing here." Mark beamed.

My hand palmed my face at his response, with an exasperated sigh. "Mark. NOT NOW. She will castrate you, trust me." Marks' face turned to something of horror and visibly gulped, looking at Olive.

We both laughed at him. "Okay if we can move on from all of that, I would like to tell you all exactly what has been keeping me busy these few days. It will be a lot to take in, I don't think my mind has even wrapped around it yet.

We moved into Olive and Todds sitting area. Olive and I shared the couch and Mark pulled a chair over to sit with us. Without hesitation, I jumped right into everything. I started at the very beginning and ended with the meeting I had just left. Once I finished talking, I sat back and stared at the shocked faces before me.

"So, basically, I am the gamma of not just the Luna of the Blood Moon pack, but also of the Desired White Wolf from the Prohecy?!" Marks says, but his face looks full of pride.

"Oh my goddess... Mel, this explains so much. I thought it was strange that the Alpha commands have never affected you. You can also shut your wolf out. You have always been the strongest person I know and the fastest! Plus, your eyes make so much sense now!" Olive remarked, but her comment shocked me.

"You've seen my eyes?! When?! Why did you never say anything?" I asked.

Olive shrugged her shoulders at me. "I assumed you knew. I have seen it a few times, like when you had a crush on Billy in 5th grade but he asked out Lauren Miller instead. You were so mad, your eyes turned purple. I figured it was normal for you and you would talk about it with me when you were ready. You never discussed it, so I never brought it up." She said nonchantly.

"Honestly, Olive, you are handling this way better than I expected.

"How did you expect me to handle it? Be angry? Upset? We have been friends for a long time, Mel. I always knew you were different, in the best ways possible. So what if you are a prophecy or the entire reason we all have mates. Your family, my sister, I support you in this journey and wherever it may take us all. I think you are reading too much into it. You are still you, you need to live your life the way you would want. Don't let this change anything. You can't change who you are, life is going to continue to move forward, and there is nothing any of us can do about it. So let's just embrace it." I jumped across the couch and pulled Olive into the biggest bear hug. I don't know what I ever did to deserve this wonderful person as my best friend, but here she is and supporting everything in my life. My eyes glinted with unfallen tears that I was holding back. Olive pulled away and wiped my tears away. "You need a break from all of this. You need to let loose a little bit. I heard Todd talking, and that mate of yours owns a night club. How about we get all dolled up and go there tonight? Dance the night away?"

I had never been to a club before. Olive had gone many times when we lived at Redwood. I was never able to go though, and when I became of age I was too worried that I would upset my parents by going. I just always stayed home and then thrived off listening to Olives stories about it. The thought of going and trying something new excited me. I bounced up and down on the couch in excitement. "YES! Let's do it!"

"EEEEK! Okay, then we should start getting ready! I'll mindlink Todd and let him know about our plans. Do you want me to have him ask Alpha also?" She was full of excitement. I gave her a firm nod to let Theodore know my plans for the evening. I watched as her eyes glazed over, meaning she was mind linking. She then looked at Mark when she had finished talking to Todd, "Alright mister, out, now! We have to get ready and so do you! You're coming with us! Meet us downstairs in about 3 hours.

"3 hours?! How can it possibly take you 3 hours to get ready?!" Mark looked like he was in disbelief. I had to use my hand to cover the giggle that escaped.

"Beauty takes time Mark! Beauty takes time!" Olive strode over to her closet to start removing all of her beauty products. "Maybe you have never taken that time to get ready, but you probably should!" Olive gave me a wink before disappearing into the closet again. Mark made his way to the door shaking his head like a sick puppy when I heard him say, "But she said I was handsome." and the door shut behind him. Olive poked her head out of the closet, glancing at the door before turning back to me. We both then burst into laughter.

"Ol, I think you made his day and crushed it all at the same time."

"He is not a man-child, so he shouldn't act like one." She responded while our laughter started to calm down. "Alright, let's get to work. First things first, go hop in the shower and once you're finished I'll start on your make up. We are going to make you feel glorious tonight!" With that, I headed toward the shower and started on this 3 hour project she had made for me.