Oracle Of The Moon

No Shame -Kale's POV

Kale's POV-

As I ran, I couldn't keep my focus on anything except the tingling feeling that I felt throughout my whole body. I could still feel her touch everywhere and my lips were still on fire from the beautiful short kiss that we had shared. I wasn't sure how one girl could make me feel so many things; it was an oddly amazing feeling.

I was so disappointed in myself for my behavior when I found out that she couldn't shift. I just couldn't comprehend it; I had never heard of a descendent without the capabilities to shift. Even early moon Oracles had been able to shift into their wolf form. Granted, they were all blind. Still... I shouldn't have gone off like that.

I felt my chest on fire with the thoughts of the harsh words that I had said. I felt pain burning in my gut. I had never felt pain like that, especially merely over what I had said to someone. I felt it resonate through our bond. She might've calmed down when I had taken her into the woods, but my words were forever out in the universe now. They would always be there for her to remember. Her hurt cut me to the core. Even if she got over it easily enough, I was not.

I wanted her to be my mate, everything that I felt about her made me want her more, but I couldn't quite shake the feeling of something being wrong. I felt like something was missing from the story, and I hated that feeling. I was afraid that it was all a lie. What if it was actually all a spell and someone really had bewitched her into thinking she was my mate? She'd be the perfect specimen since her wolf was caged within and couldn't fully manifest to wholly embrace her instinctual side.

I had heard of the sickly fake mate spells; I had no idea how accurate they were in mimicking the real mate bond. The spells were supposed to be forbidden, but witches who practiced such dark magic didn't care about rules. I knew that The North had dark witches in their ranks. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was missing a very big piece. I just couldn't quite put my finger on it...

I growled at the thoughts. I knew that I really needed to quit over thinking and pissing myself off. I was getting nowhere to loosen my tension when I couldn't stop thinking. Unfortunately, I was an Alpha who had to think about all possibilities to protect my pack, my family.

After another few miles I finally turned around in my vast territory to go back to the pack house. I knew that the pups play session would be happening soon, and no matter what bond Lucy and I had... I couldn't let her down. I also couldn't let the pups be afraid of me any longer; I couldn't let my pack fear their Alpha.

Luce was right; I had to give my pack something to fight for. I had to find something deeper than revenge to fight for. Luce was showing me that I had unconsciously let my pack slip behind my revenge plan when they should always be first and foremost in my mind and heart. It was time to let them know that they would always be my number one priority. No matter what, they'd always be my number one responsibility.

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As soon as Luce came into my sight, I felt warmth flutter in my chest. I was so infatuated with her and now that my wolf had met her, it was even worse. I wanted her more than I could even comprehend.

I saw Lucy elongate her neck and sniff the air as soon as I got close enough for my scent to waft through the air. She turned to me slowly due to her back and smiled widely at me.

"Hi, stranger!" She greeted me with a warm smile.

"Yes, it's been too long." I joked. However, I was also slightly serious at the same time. It felt like any amount of time away from her was too long. The couple of hours that I had been away on my run had been longer than I would've liked.

She giggled and set the bucket down that she was carrying. There was slight hesitation in her eyes that threw me for a loop though. I didn't like the implication that her discomfort