Chapter 89. Standing up

A warm liquid trickled down my face and that was when I realized that I was crying, but this time, it was actually tears of joy. This really felt like I was dreaming. I could not believe it. 

The moment was way too perfect and I was tempted to just pull my hands away from his and pinch myself. “Zach, please don’t do something that you will regret later.” 

“Exactly,” Elder Robert chirped in, but Mark advised him to stay quiet and that if anything, they would discuss it later.

Zach swallowed hard. “I want to be able to make my parents proud, and you know what? I feel like making them proud would mean that I would be able to be happy rather than allow myself to be a prison to my mistakes and shortcomings. So, Rue, I’m not rejecting you as my mate. You are going to be this pack’s next Luna.” 

“F*ck this. Over my dead body!” Elder Robert exclaimed and I pulled out of the trance I was in and looked back. I fear, I tried to pull my hands out of the hands of