Page 70 of Moon Claimed
His hands curled to tight fists. “I’ll tear his throat out when I find him.”
“Go ahead. How did this happen anyway? You said biting didn’t change humans to Luthers.”
Sascha glanced at me. “Not just any kind of bite.”
I waited.
“It’s purposeful,” he said shortly.
That’s all I’d get apparently. “Well at least me being a Luther serves your agenda too.”
He glanced at me. “You think I’d change you against your will?”
“Perhaps not you. But Greyson, yes.”
“Then you don’t know him.” There was a definite bite to the words.
I raised a brow. “Why are you upset about me being a Luther when it only serves what you’ve wanted this whole time?”
Sascha’s jaw clenched. A slight growl filled the cabin. “Another Luther touched my mate. That’s against our most sacred laws.”
“Why?”
“Because we only have one mate. We can only have children with that one mate. We’ll only experience such a connection with our one mate. Our mate is everything. They are not to be harmed. And with all that, it’s against our laws to change a human without pack consent. I can’t recall it ever happening.”
I toyed with the handle of my mug and twitched my nose. The musk in his scent just increased to irritating levels. It smelled… dishonest?
Sascha was holding something back on the mate front. “Does your entire pack know about me now?”
“They’ll put two and two together. Your howl and lack of mental link to the pack marked you as an outsider. My reaction will unlock the rest of the puzzle for them.”
Fuck.“Will they keep their mouths shut?”
“Have they revealed anything else?”
True.
He regarded me. “That’s your choice then? You’ll remain in this cabin, leading the Ni Tiaki?”
I didn’t flinch. “It is.”
The musk in his scent muted this time while the river water smell intensified. I wanted to whine in response. This one was easy. He was unhappy.
Sascha set his mug aside. “Then here’s what you need to know until we’re able to meet again for a Luther lesson. The first shift is the only shift made at the full moon. Otherwise, you will be pushed to shift when there’s least sun—during the nights of the new moon. The next one is in two weeks. During this time, I suggest you meet with my pack—”
I opened my mouth, and he held up a hand.
“—initially. This will prevent your wolf attacking anyone or anything she shouldn’t.”
I do like to chase things and eat hearts,she informed me.
Jesus.
But hundreds of Luthers watching and judging me? No thanks.
“The presence of your wolf, as you’ve probably gathered, grows stronger in times of high emotion. Meditation will help you to retain control in two-legged form.”
I’d discovered that pre-shift and I’d practice in every spare moment. “Can I shift between new moons?”