The Alpha's Unwanted Luna (by Miss L) novel Chapter 467

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108 - Elara

We are making forward progress, but it is slow and I’m getting agitated. So far, in the last hour or so we have found more than a dozen Shadow Markers spanning a five mile radius. We have enough groups to dismantle them, but we are all zig zagging, making sure we don’t miss anything that could potentially hurt us later if the fight gets pushed back this far.

My mind is spinning as we move along. Ben, Malcolm, Jax, Dev. My Pack, Red Fang, Silver Crescent, the rest of our neighbors. All young packs with young leaders trying to find our ways. Most of us forced into leadership positions early because one person…no, not a person, a greedy ass witch, who thinks she’s owed something has targeted us. Now we are on our way to fight for a magical piece of land I should have been told about if my parents knew we were charged with protecting it. Copyright ©️ 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions

But, maybe they didn’t. Maybe another ancestor was assigned to protect it and never passed on the information. Maybe the land hasn’t been here as long as it appears. Brianna and Marietta said the land has a type of consciousness and chooses when to reveal itself. Maybe no one in my family has ever seen anything like it. Who the f*ck knows. I want normalcy and calm. I want a pack that functions, instead of working against me at every turn. The only way to get it is to beat this crazy b*tch and move forward. Who knows maybe the witches we have been working with are the crazy ones and Eliza has really been wronged somehow and we are being used to take her out.

No sooner do I have the thought, than a sick feeling washes over me over me. I keep walking, the only thing I consciously track is my hand in Ben’s. He’s here. He’s real. We are doing this whole sh*tshow together. Now if I understood which side I am fighting for…maybe…

“You have been working with this coven for almost a year now. Don’t let the negative side effects of theses markers make you doubt yourself or the people you are working with. Doubt and indecision are subtle arts of war that can do the work for your enemy. You must fight the psychological warfare even harder than the physical.”

My wolf soothes my nerves. “I know that…and yet, it’s still there. How do leaders do it? How did my dad do it?” I ask her. I can be real with her, let my guard down. I know she sees and hears everything going on in my head, but there is something freeing about choosing to say it outloud to someone.

“The same way you are. One day at a time, one problem at a time. With a calm exterior and the chaos relegated to their mind.” She laughs at me. “No Alpha has it all together, and if you believe they do…well, then, they are doing their job right.”

“ELARA!” I hear Ben shout my name as an iron grip locks around my waist. Ben’s scent surrounds me as my back hits his chest. Once the brief shock settles, I see it. A wall of wolves with eyes shining like rubies. Heads tilted to the ground, eyes locked on us. No sound is coming from the forest around us, quietly spectating the battle that is about to happen.

“Are they even breathing?” Jax asks.

“Are we going on the offensive, or waiting for them to make the first move, Boss?” Dev says scanning.

“If my assumptions are right, they will stand here until Eliza gets what she wants. They are waiting for us. She doesn’t care if they die, but I don’t think she would waste her efforts sending them out first.” I link out to my whole pack.