Chapter 11: Queen

Delaney POV

It's never good when you wake up in a strange place. However, waking up in a hospital setting seemed to be a new recurrence lately. I recalled everything that had just happened and sat back in disbelief. I had just become a true werewolf. I linked with Rune and became one with her. Becoming one with Rune felt like an eruption of power surge throughout my core. My own body became an untapped power source. And I yelled. Nothing seemed to work but my mind. I just recall my insatiable lust for Luca. With Rune in charge, it seemed nothing compared to the pull we had towards our mate. Even now, I pushed my self out of the bed, I needed my mate!

Sadly, I fell straight to the floor. My hands shook as I tried to pick myself up, luckily I was grabbed up effortlessly and placed back in my bed.

I sighed in relief, a familiar face, "Did I miss the Red Blood Moon ceremony?"

Thomas POV

My daughter looked so much like her mother. Her long curly hair draped around her face and over her shoulders making it look like a complete mess behind her. I remember how her mother made the same busy spectacle every morning. Her pillow would just look like dark waves of the sea crashing over the white pillowcase.

My wife and I always agreed Delaney was her twin but we never could have guessed how much Delaney would actually inherit from her. Delaney laid emotionlessly in the bed of a pack doctor..apparently of her true mate's pack. I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. This allowed me to look at the mark that I was all too familiar with. The mark that started all of this mess. I looked at her shoulder and I knew my biggest fear was confirmed. Delaney took her mother's place as the true Queen of the packs. The Luna of all werewolves. The true reason why our pack was butchered. Delaney has the blood of the first werewolf coursing through her veins. She has the mark of royalty on her shoulder. This was an extraordinary honor that all werewolves respect. With the mark, no werewolf can object to her commands. Not even Alphas will be able to resist her.

I laughed remembering how much fun my wife had with that. These were warm memories, yet I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face. I missed her. I miss my wife. I miss my family and my pack. I take a step outside of the room and let my tears fall free.

Even members that mated into other packs were hunted and slaughtered. This mark on Delaney's shoulder, that stupid little mark was going to ruin her life. Her mark and even that golden fur of hers were all elements that are sure to bring her to her death and she doesn't even understand any of it.

She doesn't even understand who she just stole that royal mark from either.

That mark was earned by the person that murdered Delaney's mother and Delaney just stole it back. Attained by blood.

I couldn't help but smile at the thought of the bitches face when she realizes its gone. I laugh to myself. My son's mate was luna of the blue blood pack. Her mate died and she remarried. And after stealing that mark from my wife made her Luna of the all packs she had to hand over her alpha title of the blue blood packs to her son.

I laugh because now the lunatic isn't a luna of a pack or a Queen!

We all knew the crazy bitch killed her true mate to mate with my son. I roared in laughter. She is nothing now. This was perfect. This was better than I could have ever planned. Now I just have to kill her entire pack and watch her fall to her knees and take back my son.

I dried up my tears just in time to hear Delaney hit the floor hard.

Delaney POV

My father gave me a smile and pulled me into an overpowering hug. He let out a deep breath and I knew how worried he had just been.

Then it hit me. Our plan. Fuck. But now I Can't go through with it. I can't mate with Ronan or anyone other than Luca. Luca was the one and I wanted him. Rune sniffed around and howled when she couldn't pick up Lucas's scent.

"Quite Rune. We will find him but we have to tell my father our decision first."

Rune calmed down entirely realizing I had finally accepted Luca as my true mate.

"Dad. I can't mate into the blue blood pack. I found him. I found my true mate and..."

I knew I was disappointing him again. He waited a long time for this plan and here I go ruining it on the first day.

"and..." I look down disappointed in myself. "Im sorry dad but I just can't do it. My heart aches just being apart from my mate. I've barely met him but I just no our souls have a claim to one another, I don't know how to explain it but Luca is mine and I am his."

My father took my chin in his hand and lifted it up. "Never look down in the world when you were made to look up in it! I've met this mate of yours. Are you sure you don't like him for his looks?"

Did my dad just make a joke? This made me relax a bit. "What are we going to do about the Blue Blood Pack?"

My dad let out a roar of laughter.

"What dad? What's so funny?"

"You really don't know what's funny about that?"

"No."I looked at him confused.

"The name of that pack is blue blood. The very name shows how below us they are. See sweetheart the truth is our pack has blood that runs gold. That gold mark on your skin is the proof of that."

I look to where he was pointing and remembered the burning pain I felt thier before I passed out. It was burning a reason. I just thought it was the pain associated with my first change. This mark was familiar. "My mother had this tattoo."

"That's not a Tattoo. That's a mark. A royalty mark." My dad puffed up with pride. "Sweetheart you're the Queen!"