The Luna’s Pure Heart – Chapter 7

(Eleanor pov)

I couldn’t believe it, Zack felt the same way about me..how was this real? Thank you moon goddess for blessing me with a man like this. Even if he wasn’t my fated mate, I could see myself being happy with him, I wanted to be his.

Zack and I walked into the basement hand in hand. I couldn’t help the huge smile on my face as everyone looked at us knowingly.

“About damn time…I thought I would die from the s****l tension you two were throwing at one another.” Lucy said with a loud sigh. Helen shot her a glare and my cheeks burned even brighter.

“What…we all felt it.” Lucy shrugged and I couldn’t help but glance down at her bandaged hand.

“How are you feeling by the way?” I asked worriedly, hoping it was already halfway healed.

“Hanging in there..at least I will have a cool scar.” She joked, picking up her hand to show me, and winced.

“Girls, come on, we need to get down to business.” Helen said firmly, causing me to nod my head and walk with Zack as he led us toward his cot. He sat down and pulled me to his side. Having him so close was making my stomach flip constantly and the fact that his hand hasn’t stopped touching me made me feel like I was about to combust. I was in Zack heaven.

Helen and everyone else sat on the beds around us. We had eight members in B-wing and were as close as any family I had ever seen. Even though we weren’t B***d-related, this was it for me.

There were Helen and Albert who were in their forties, then Rachel was in her mid-twenties. So that left Lucy who was in her early twenties like Zack and then Liona and Danielle who were siblings. They are twins and are twenty-four years old, so I was the baby of the group.

Usually, they wanted people who worked in the kitchen to have at least five years of experience. But Helen was able to pass me off as a dishwasher when I was eight so I could stay by her side. We have had a few people come and go but for the most part, this group has been together the longest.

“We need to be discreet about this, all conversations we are about to have, need to be held in the link.” Helen started and quickly switched over to the link.

‘There has been a rumor going around that the Alpha has been trading our young she-wolves to pay off a debt.’ She linked, her eyes drifting slowly over the group as she eventually landed on me.

‘One of our members in this group is in danger.’ Her expression turned angry. Suddenly Zack pulled me closer to him, his arm wrapping around my back as he held me tightly.

I swallowed hard, looking down at my hands as I bit my l*p nervously.

‘Eleanor, we won’t let them take you. We have all been discussing this and we decided to run from B***d Moon and denounce this pack. I have a friend from a long time ago, we have been in contact secretly. Their pack, River Rock, has offered us refuge and will accept us with open arms.” Her words echoed gently through my mind and my eyes widened..they want to run away.

‘Helen…if we are caught…or if they even find out about this everyone will be killed. You can’t risk your lives like this. Please..’ My voice cracked through the link, causing Zack to look down at me and hold me protectively.

Helen shook her head, her eyes filling with tears as she stared at me.

‘I will not let them do this, to take you and send you Goddess knows where. I promised your mother to always protect you and I vow to keep my word.” Helen reached out, taking my hand and squeezed it gently.

Hearing Helen mention my mom caused a lump to form in my throat. Those horrible memories of that day came crashing back, how they took my parents and killed them right in the center of town. Making me and everyone else watch. I hid my face in Helen’s side, unable to look as she pressed her palms against my ears. Making it so I wouldn’t hear a thing.

I couldn’t let that happen to them…I couldn’t witness that again.

She must have seen my hesitation, knowing exactly how I felt and what I was thinking about.

‘Elle, we have all decided, we are done living this way. This is no life worth living and every single one of us would rather be free or die trying.’ She squeezed my hand and I looked around, seeing everyone nod their heads in agreement.

‘Sweetheart, we have it all planned out. We didn’t want to include you yet until we knew the plans for sure.’ Albert added, his hand resting on Helen’s knee gently.

I glanced at Zack and he nodded his head.

‘Elle, we want to start new. We want to be free of this prison and leave together…as a family.’ Zack’s palms began rubbing my back gently, calming me instantly as I let out a shuddering breath.

‘Okay, what is the plan?’ I linked with hesitation. Those fears of what could happen filled me and made me uneasy.

This was the only way, I knew we wouldn’t survive in this pack for long. People go missing and are killed all the time. We needed to run now to get through this together..and if what I heard was true…I was the next one to go missing.