Chapter 65: 65. Play the Luna card
Time went by and Rosie lived in the pack, she got used to the way things were done among shifters, and just like promised she was able to mind link just lije the shifters after she was marked and mated by Raven. Just like that, years have gone by.
There have been very few minor attacks from the rogue’s and vampires, accompanied by a few Abominations. Though there was peace, they knew it was the calm before the storm and they made the best of the moments that they had together.
"Your belly is h bigger than I thought I would get," Kora said to Dana, her eyes on Dana’s baby bump. "I still can’t believe how big it is."
Dana looked at the seventeen-year-old Kora across the table and a small smile appeared on her lips. Rosie was seated with them at the table having lunch together while the men had gone out to take care of business. "Tell me, what do think it will be, a boy or a girl?" Dana asked. She had been trying to get Kora to tell her what gender her baby would be but she had refused to say anything.
Even Risie looked up at Kora, now waiting for an answer. She still remembers how wide her eyes went when she found out what Little Kora could do. She was a rare shifter whose species had not been seen for centuries and many have forgotten about their existence. She was the first of her kind after so long. She was even more surprised when she learned that the girl had seen her even before she came to the pack with Raven. Now here she was sitting down with the Luna of the pack and the mystic wolf having lunch together.
"It’s not one," Kora said and the spoon that was about to enter Dana’s mouth paused mid-air. She raised her eyes and looked at Kora as if asking for a combination. "They are two, and I am still not telling if they are boys or girls, let something remain a surprise, to you at least."
The other two women smiled as they looked at each other and then at Kora. "You are saying I am having twins!" Dana was ecstatic. "Are you sure?" Kora was quiet, there was no need to speak when she already knew that they believed what she said. "I can’t wait to tell Lazarus and everyone about this."
"Congratulations, Luna," Rosie said, smiling. The only one who was not smiling at the table was Kora who had a straight face even after being the one who broke the news to them. The girl turned even more aloof as she got older, having very limited facial expressions. Her tongue also got sharper. She was an expert at giving snarky remarks with a stoic and expressionless face.
"Thank you," Dana said while caressing her baby bump. In a few months, she would be able to see her pups, it didn’t matter what sex they were, she would love them equally and she knew Lazarus would love them too. "You will be turning eighteen tomorrow," She said now looking at Kora who looked back at her. "Don’t Want it celebrated this year too?"
"Yes, I don’t see the point of it," Kora replied and continued with her lunch, unlike the other two women who had forgotten about their lunch. "Years come and go, nothing new to celebrate. Tomorrow will be just another day that will come and go and it will be forgotten again."
"You will be of age tomorrow, Kora, you should allow us to do something for you. It is the least we can do." Dana said she never understood why she wouldn’t want her birthday celebrated. Not even her eighteenth birthday. Everyone around wanted to celebrate with her but she was against it calling it a waste of time.
"I agree with Dana, Kora, it’s not every day you turn eighteen. A girl’s eighteenth birthday is not just important to the shifters, but to the humans too." Rosie said.
There was a look of boredom in her eyes of Kora as she listened to them speaking about her birthday. She wondered if it was theirs or hers that it had become an issue that she did not want to celebrate. "Fine, do what makes you happy." She said, agreeing to them. That should keep them off her back and business. "But don’t and if I don’t attend." But it doesn’t mean she will make herself stay when she doesn’t want to.
Dana and Rosie who had led after she said they could go ahead, had their smiles taken away from them by her last words. "Kora!" They called at the same time. Their lips pouted at her.
"’I meant it." We said, picking up a napkin and cleaning her lips and hands. "I will try to be there if I can."
"As your Luna, I am ordering you to be present at your birthday party," Dana said, playing the Luna card which made Kora glare at her while she smirked at her. "I will see you there tomorrow by six in the evening. Don’t be late."
Kora stood up, the look on her spoke of how she felt like strangling Dana to death, which she could if she wanted. The smirk on Dana’s lips didn’t waver knowing very well that girl wouldn’t do anything to harm her. Kora showed little emotion and care for people around her but she still cared. Should protect those that she loves and wouldn’t mind what was being thrown at her. It has been demonstrated a few times already even if she ends up denying ever caring.
Kora walked away from them without saying a word. They knew she was mad but they could care less about now. The important thing was to get her out of her room or cave to attend the party that they were throwing for her. Dana was worried that she would find her mate soon. There was a huge possibility that he wouldn’t come from the Blood Moon pack and she would not have the chance to have the girl around anymore. After spending twelve years with the girl, she had grown attached and didn’t want to let her go but she knew that it was impossible to do so as she would meet her mate and go with him. Though The pack was her ancestral home, it still wouldn’t stop her from going with her mate if he was not a member of the pack.
Rosie laughed at the expression on Kora’s face and the glare she sent to Dana as she walked away. "You had to pull the Luna card, didn’t you?" Rosie asked playfully.
"Not my fault, she forced me," Dana said with an innocent look on her face. "She said we could and then told her right after that she would not attend, how am I supposed to take that? Besides, it’s her fault for saying we could."
"Yes, it is her fault," Rosie shamelessly agreed. "She could have just said no and stuck to it." They both laughed at it before turning to continue with their already cold lunch and finishing up.
