Filed to story: Werewolfs Heartsong by Dizzy Izzy
“What about Jaxon?” Alpha Andrew asked her.
“That depends on Alora.” Luna Ember said, startling Alora.
Alora looked at Luna Ember with wide questioning eyes. “Me?” “Why would Jaxon getting a room or apartment depend on me?’ she silently wondered.
Luna Ember’s gaze focused on Jaxon. No words were spoken, but that look from Luna Ember was very easy to interpret. It said,
“Get on with it.” Jaxon then faced Alora with a complicated expression. Alora frowned, confused by it all.
Jaxon cleared his throat and rubbed his hands together nervously. “I, Jaxon Stone Mountainmover, formally request to be Clan
Alpha Alora Luna Heartsong’s Beta.” Jaxon felt relieved that despite his nervousness, his voice managed to remain steady and strong as he made his request.
Alora’s eyes were wide with surprise, she never expected this. “What should we do?” she asked Xena and Selena.
“We should accept his offer.” Xena stated.
“Accept his offer.” Selena second.
“That is a very fast decision. Why do you two think we should accept him?” Alora asked them.
“Can’t you feel it?” Xena asked a question back instead of answering.
“Feel what?” Alora asked.
“The sense of rightness in the offer, like we are meant to accept it.” Selena told her.
At Selena’s words, Alora focused internally for a moment. It didn’t take more than a
second for her to catch the feeling. It was like there was something pushing her to accept, an instinct she couldn’t name. This sense had her agreeing with Xena and Selena.
As soon as she decided she would accept, the words to do so came to her. Alora got up from her seat and went around the table, stopping in front of Jaxon. Alora held out her hand for one of Jaxon’s hands. After Jaxon placed his hand in Alora’s, she drew a line across his palm. Releasing his hand, Alora drew a line across her own palm.
Pressing both bloody lines on their palms together, Alora stated, “I, Clan Alpha Alora Luna Heartsong, accept Jaxon Stone
Mountainmover as my Beta, and the Beta of the Heartsong Clan.” Her voice was clear and powerful.
After speaking those words, Alora felt a bond snap in place, and a mind link formed. There was also the feeling of Jaxson connecting to the others that came to her through her oath to the Alpha. It reminded Alora that she needed to perform the same type of acceptance with Kain and Galen as her Elite Enforcers.
Jaxon felt the responsibility of becoming Beta to Alora and the Heartsong Clan settle around him. The weight of it felt right, like he had always been destined to carry it. After finishing with Jaxon, Alora stepped forward and stood between the twins. They stood up and faced her as soon as she was there, sensing that it was now their turn to make their position as Alora’s Elite
Enforcers official.
“Do your offers still stand?” Alora asked them.
They both nodded and said, “Yes.” Offering her their palms without her having to anything. say
Alora drew lines across both of their palms, before re-drawing the line across one palm and drawing another on the other palm.
Holding up both of her palms, the twins pressed the bloody lines of their own to hers.
“I, Clan Alpha Alora Luna Heartsong, accept you Kain Shadowstone Mountainmover, and you, Galen Shadowstone
Mountainmover, as my Elite Enforcers.” As with Jaxon, there was a bond that snapped in place with the twins and mind links form.
“Well, our lives have certainly become more interesting today.” Alora said to Xena and Selena.
“They have.” Xena said, “And just think, the day isn’t even over yet.”
“It’s almost nightfall, what more could happen in the next several hours?” Selena asked.
Alora felt her stomach drop. “I really wish you wouldn’t have asked that, Selena.”
Selena was confused. “What was wrong with what I said?”
Xena let out a sigh of resignation. “It’s out there now. No taking it back.”