The Alpha King's Mate novel Chapter 42

Our tears start to settle, and we gaze into each other's eyes.

"Alpha King Damon of Moon Crest Valley, I accept you as my mate, Alpha and King, and to be your Luna. I love you, Damon of Moon Crest Valley."

Damon's eyes sparkle at my words.

"I love you too, and I accept you as my mate, Luna and Queen of Moon Crest Valley." He says as tears roll down his cheek.

Gazing lovingly at each other, I pull his face to mine and kiss him with intense love and passion. Damon feels his strength grow greater from Maia accepting him as his mate.

Magic flows through my veins, and the wind engulfs a circle of leaves around us, along with water and fire surrounding us both in a sphere.

Vivian, Troy and the children step back and hold onto each other in awe. I don't want to let go of Damon. I want to stay like this in his arms forever.

The sphere of elements around us begins to settle and fade, and we turn to face Troy, Vivian and the children.

Troy kneels before me,

"My Luna and Queen, it is an honour to meet you and serve you finally," I smile at him

"You must be Troy?" I say.

"Yes, Luna, I am Troy, your Beta," he smiles.

"You look familiar… wait! You're the man from the market who bought the wolf furs after I bumped into the merchant's stall," I say in disbelief.

"Wait, that was you? Your face was hidden under the hood of your cloak. I can't believe we had crossed paths before and never knew all this time…' he says, just as surprised as I am.

"I'd love to introduce you to my mate Vivian and our children, but it seems you already know each other, except for my son Zayden here." He says with a smile and takes hold of Zayden's hand, and gently pulls him forward to greet me.

The boy is adorable and blushes, "It's such a pleasure to meet you, princess," he bows.

"Well, aren't you a sweet, strapping young boy," I say as I cup his face and place a kiss on his forehead.

Vivian smiles and stares lovingly at Troy.

"I'm so happy for you both," I say, smiling and adoring the two together.

"Oh, Damon! I have been absent from the ball too long. King Fenris will be looking for me," I say with worry.

"Don't worry, Maia. You can come with us now, back to Moon Crest Valley." Damon says.

"No, Damon, I want to, I do, but I need to stay here for now. I need to stop this war or at least save as many people as I can."

He flinches, and his smile grows as the wind delivers my message. I thank the wind and enter the castle.

"Maia, my love, I was beginning to worry about you. I had guards looking for you everywhere," King Fenris says.

I smile at him, "I'm so sorry, I was out on one of the balconies for some fresh air, all this dancing and so many people around I became flustered. I thought I'd soon pass out," I lie.

King Fenris relaxes his shoulders.

"Of course." He smiles.

King Fenris introduces me to many high-ranking members at the ball. When talk of the war is mentioned, I excuse myself for more air. Afterwards, I have one last dance with King Fenris. He thanks everyone for attending and escorts me to my room.

"I hope you enjoyed the ball, my love?" He asks.

"Yes, I did. It was more than I ever dreamt it would be," I say, pondering at the moment I accepted Damon as my mate, Alpha and King.

I wish King Fenris ‘Good night." with a curtsy, and I shut my door.

Moments later, Jewel and Leah come into my room, undress me, and redress me in a nightie.