Spurned Luna’s Return: On Your Knees, Alpha Chase

Lavana simply waved with a smile while still holding Beatrix’s hand.

“That couldn’t be Lavana, right?”

“Dad, of course, that’s her. Who else does Beatrix listen to easily?”

“My gosh! I can’t just believe it. I knew she was pretty before but I never knew that she was this…”

“Hello, grandpa Robert.” Lavana greeted as she and her little sis headed their way.

“Lavana… is…”

“It’s me indeed, grandpa. How do I look?”

“You are amazing.” a female pack member answered.

“Thank you.” Lavana laughed and then spent some minutes chatting with them before walking away with Beatrix.

They headed back to their room and both had a better look at the things Carmelia bought for them.

“Big sis, if you wear this, my brother’s gonna wanna marry you instantly.”

“We both have such intentions but until we fulfil our goals. Then we’ll have a grand marriage.”

“I’m looking forward to it. I can’t imagine how you’ll look in a wedding dress. Hehe, I’ll be the little bride and maybe, Pedro can be the ring bearer.”

“Eish! Don’t get ahead of yourself. When things are settled you can even imagine how many nephews and nieces you’ll get from us.” Lavana chuckled.

*****

Reaching home, Carmelia saw her husband wasn’t at home and decided to do some chores in the house. Pedro wasn’t home either. Probably with his dad or the pack’s children. Before Beatrix came, he liked to seclude himself. But now he can somewhat open up and manage with them even with Beatrix not around.

Not long after, the door opened and her husband came in.

“Welcome honey.” She greeted him with a kiss on his cheek.

“Thank you, Mimi.” He reciprocated the kiss on her cheek too.

“How was your trip with the girls?”

“It was good. And if you were to see Lavana now, you wouldn’t believe it’s her.”

“I heard some sagas about it just now. I even saw the picture on someone’s screen. Yeah, she looks really different but still familiar.”

“Indeed. If her old and new versions stood before someone, he might not believe they are the same individual.”

“Yup,” Rolandro nodded with a smile.

“There’s something I also detected.”

“Er… what did you notice?”

“She… She has a tattoo on her back. The pink tattoo of a wolf.”

“She has a tattoo before?”

“No, she doesn’t. The tattoo even reaches the back of her neck. She herself acknowledged that she didn’t have it even before we left for the trip.”

“Really? That’s bizarre. If it’s frankly what you’re saying that means the tattoo appeared on her back.”

Carmelia nodded. “Indeed! And she is even confused as to how it happened. What does it mean?”

“I’ll have to ask Grandpa Robert. If he doesn’t know, then that means we’ll have to do research.”

“How much time is there to do so? You guys are leaving tomorrow, remember?”

“I haven’t forgotten that. Well, it hasn’t caused her any problems yet. Let’s leave it for now. If it appeared it could mean the moon goddess has blessed her.”

“Blessed who?” the door suddenly opened and Mel came in.

“We’re both talking about Lavana. Carmelia says there’s a tattoo at her back up to her neck. A wolf tattoo.”

“Really?” Mel’s eyes widened in surprise.

Both nodded.

“What expression was the wolf making.”

“You mean the wolf tattoo?” Rolandro asked and his friend nodded.

“I think it had no expression but the eyes… were that of calm or indifference with a little threat in them.”

“Should we ask her about it?” Mel asked.

“No. She doesn’t know how it appeared on her back. My husband and I just concluded that maybe it’s the moon goddess blessing.”

“Apart from that, there’s another reason why one would have such a tattoo.”

“Why?” Carmelia asked.

“A descendant of an Alpha. But not all carry it. Only the chosen heir does. Lavana is an Omega but her strength establishes that her late father must have been an Alpha.” Mel elucidated.

Carmelia gasped. “So that means…”

“If everything goes well, she should be our Alpha; she carries an Alpha’s blood,” Mel finalised.

“Alright. When we embark on the journey, we’ll find a way to teach her more. But we shouldn’t put pressure on her. She just has a Beta’s strength. An Alpha wolf is still many times wiser and stronger than her.” Rolandro reminded and the others agreed.

…

Meanwhile, Lavana and Beatrix were practising a few moves in their room when they heard a knock on the window.

Beatrix opened it and they saw Peter. Beatrix quickly ran back to Lavana who put her arms around her.

” You… why are you here again?” Lavana asked.

“I have a name. I’m Peter Atlantes,” he stated.

“I know that alright! I’m asking what are you here for?” Lavana snapped.

“Erm…” Peter scaled the window and walked over to Lavana. But he kept some distance between them and then suddenly dropped to his knees.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Lavana asked in bafflement.

“Peter seeks your forgiveness for he has erred seriously against you. I take back all the nasty words that I said.” Peter then kowtowed.

Lavana sighed and told him to rise but he didn’t budge.

“Peter seeks your forgiveness.”

It’s okay. I forgive you. Is that okay?”

“Mete out your punishment and this one will believe.”

“Must I punish you to show I’ve forgiven you?” Lavana looked at Beatrix and asked: “Is that your tradition?”

The little one vigorously shook her head. Lavana then looked at Peter again and sighed.

“I forgive you and no, I don’t want to penalise you.”

“Sister-in-law, you have to punish me the way you see appropriate or he’ll not let me off,” Peter said desperately.

“Oh,” Lavana nodded in realisation with a smile. “Phoenix wants me to punish you? He’s so sweet. Alright, I’ll do as he says. Your eyes are so eager just like a puppy. How about this? I punish you to bark cutely like a puppy.”

“That…” Peter showed reticence.

“If you don’t like it, you can let me borrow your staff for 3 months.”

“Eh?” his eyes widened in shock. What was she saying? Take away his beloved staff for 3 months? Can he even do a day without it? No, that’s not an option!

“That… That… is there no third option?” he asked with a quivering voice.

“Of course there is. You’re my brother-in-law so there’ll be a third option for you.” Lavana smiled wickedly. “Care to know?”Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

“I… Yes!”

“Good. Your third option…” Lavana turned to Beatrix. “I’ll let her decide.” she then sat on the bed.

“Eh? You let me decide?”Beatrix asked in surprise and her big sis nodded with a smile.

“Ok!” the little one rubbed her palms. “You feel the other 2 options are not good for you so you can’t go back to them. You can only accept this third option.”

Peter nodded while praying his sister would be kind to him as he was her kin.

“Go ahead,” he said with a small voice.

“You should meow like a cat seeking attention.”

“Eh?” Peter couldn’t believe his eyes. Did Beatrix just say that?”

“Ahem…” Lavana cleared her throat.