A/N: Time skip

Kenneth's POV

I walk through the garden, my hands tucked in my trouser pocket. Tomorrow Roman will be leaving for the Luna gathering. I can't believe the time has finally arrive.

There is the possibility of the Lunas being attacked or not. I'm sending my mate to such a dangerous place where he might get hurt or not. I'd be lying if I say I'm not worried about this whole thing because I'm very scared. What if things go wrong? What if I lose Roman in all this? What if.....

I shake my head and will the thoughts away. Being a King isn't a walk in the park. One has to think about so much when making a decision. Just like the decision I made weeks ago. I can't let innocent omegas die without doing anything about it. Our enemy won't stop until they get their hands on a Rolyn and I am not letting that happen in anytime soon. So in order to deal with the enemy and protect my kingdom, I have to take risk. It wasn't an easy decision to let my mate organize the event but I had no choice. The gathering is the only chance we have to deal with the enemies.

We haven't quiet discovered our enemy due to how good they are on disappearing and leaving no clues. Our only source of information has been Nate so far. But he was just working under a worker who was given orders by someone else. The people he was working with were humans and werewolves. He didn't know so much but the little he knew was helpful. Now I know if a fight would break out, the possibility of my warriors winning is greater because we can take down humans and werewolves.

Nate and Ron have been working out their relationship and I'm glad to say everything is fine with the two. I can see the changes in my friend from time to time and I like the change. A mate is a beautiful thing to ever happen to a werewolf. One becomes happy than ever, healthier than before and a perfect life. You can face anything and have the confidence of overcoming things if you have a mate. You can do anything for them in order to keep them happy. I know I'd fight an army to protect my mate and that's why I'm taking the risk because I know I won't let anything happen to my Roman.

However, things aren't the same with Cemil. When I had that talk with Zach, he insisted that CJ wasn't happy. I refused to believe because I know what having a mate does to people. I've seen it in Ron and Nate as well as other people. A mate is special and nothing compares to it. But Cemil is different. True to Zach's words, the boy isn't happy. When I saw the sadness in his eyes, I thought maybe it was the hybrid responsible for his sadness but no. It isn't Jonathan but something else. 

I tried to figure it out but I couldn't find the cause. Cemil is the kind of person that hides things well. It's hard to figure out something that he doesn't want to be known. I even wondered how Zach figured it out and I know I only saw the sadness in his eyes because I knew what to look for but that could have been a difficult task. When I asked Roman, he only told me what I already knew, about Zach and CJ's relationship. He even told me that CJ said he would let his past go and focus on Jonathan. The days we spent with CJ were good but he still had that faraway look which I couldn't question and he got sick a few times. Perhaps it was the things happening to him that messed up his body function and made him sick because it was rare for a werewolf to get sick.

But then about sickness, my father come up to my mind. He's been sick for so many years and until now, nothing has changed. In fact, he is getting sicker and unhealthy. He's a growing man and age is making things complicated. My mother always told me that he would get better and that he was giving him medicine. I trust my mother to look after my father and help him get better because they are mates. No one would want their mate to be suffering in sickness while they are healthy. I know I don't like seeing Roman take his medicine everyday. I can't wait for his eighteenth birthday to come because not only will we mate but he will turn into his wolf form for the first time and that change is what we are counting on to heal my mate completely.

I stop walking and lay down on the grass floor in the garden. I fold my arms below my head and gaze up into the dark sky. I sigh and close my eyes. If only my father was not sick, maybe he could have kept mother in line. He was turning out to be something I didn't know or expect from him. He tried to push away my mate from me and at first I couldn't believe it. Not until he brought in Patrick in his madness. Why would he wish I mate with another when I have Roman with me. He makes me happy and he's everything I would want for a mate.

The day me and Roman came back from visiting CJ, I couldn't sleep. Lane was left with Zach for training. Once we got home, Roman had told me not to do anything else and stay in the bedroom with him. He said I needed a break from work and to relax a bit. Unlike him, I wasn't an early sleeper. So while he slept, I watched him silently. I got up at some point and decided to watch a movie. That's when I saw the video of my mother at the gathering in past years. How ill she treated other omegas and made them slaves. My eyes couldn't believe what I saw and I was certain that the man in that video wasn't my mother at all. He was a cruel bastard with no human heart. A Luna was supposed to be kindhearted and with a good heart. Treating everyone around them as their children, family and friends. But that wasn't what my mother was and I didn't know about it until now. Roman saw the video but said nothing to me. Did he hate me for being my mother's son?

He shouldn't have kept it a secret to me. Keeping secrets in a relationship is not good and it poisons the relationship. There are secrets that you can't tell someone no matter what. Some secrets needs to be told for the better of something else. But secrets is what they are and no matter how long they are hid, they will always be reviewed someday. I don't want me and Roman to keep things from each other.

"Ken where is you?" Roman asks through the link.

"Garden." I reply immediately.

In preparation of the Luna gathering, I had to make him an official member of my pack and kingdom. I need the pack link communication while he will be away because it would be easier to talk to each other than a phone. I have him, the twins and Nate as pack members now. Knowing Nate night have kicked off from the wrong direction but he turned out to be a great guy who made my best friend happy. Ron told me they were planning on mating once the gathering or anything that might happen is over.

"I be there soon." Roman said and cut off the link. It was really nice to hear my mate's beautiful voice in my head. I loved this better than the phone calls and I anticipated the feeling of a mate link because once mated, it will be a glorious time.

"Ken."

I open my eyes and see Roman hovering above me. I pull him down and he scream in surprise and land on me with a thud.

"Stupid Ken." He murmurs and I laugh to which he scowls but smiles anyway.

"What doing out here?" He asks and I shrug. I just needed some fresh air  out here.

"Have you finished packing?" I ask him instead of giving him an answer.

"Yes."

We stay silent after that with no one having the need to talk. His head is on my chest and his legs between mine since he's laying on top of me. I have one hand below my head and the other around Roman.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I voice out the question that has been on my mind for some days. After arguing with myself if whether I should ask him or not, I decide to ask and get it over with.

"Bout what?"

"My mother."

"What bout him? I no know what you talk about."

"I'm talking about the videos Roman. When were you going to tell me about my mother's behavior at the Luna gatherings?" I question and he he gets off me and I sit up to look at him.

"Y-you saw it." He states and I nod to confirm it. "I no know how to tell Ken. Monroe is your mom and I no want come between with story Monroe want keep secret. I no want be why you get mad at Monroe. It better you know yourself."

"I understand I guess. If you couldn't talk to me about it, the least you could have done was giving me the videos to watch it on my own. The video itself could have been enough explanation."

"I sorry Ken." He apologises holding my hand in his.

"Don't be sorry Only. I understand why you did it but please next time do tell me right away. We don't have to keep things from each other." I give him a smile and he nods and hugs me.

"I tell you everything." He promise and I kiss his cheek then hold him to me.

It seems he does not hurt me for being my mother's son and I can only hope it stays that way.

"I be fine Ken. I know you worry I be away from you, so please no worry. I and Lyn can fight too." Roman says after some time.

"No Only. I don't want you fighting. What if they are a lot more and you can't fight them all?"

"I fight long enough to be alive until my Ken come to fight for me. You have to come fast to help me."

"Alright. I'll always come for you Only. But what did I say you do when things are out of hand?"

"I ran faster." He giggles and I smile.
"Good."

My mate can't shift yet and it can be unfair fight if he fights a wolf. He can outran me in wolf form and I wasn't making it easy for him. If he outruns me then he can run faster than any wolf out there, so running is the only thing he needs to do when things go wrong. But I'll always come faster when he needs my help. I'll fight enough for the survival of the both of us. I'm still hoping a fight does not break out though.

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Morning came faster than my liking. I wanted to spend some more time with my mate. But time wasn't having it.

I walk my mate to the car that will be driving him and Nate to the gathering. I made sure he got everything he needed packed in the car. I made sure he links me the second something is out of norm. We had talked about everything that needed to be talked of. So as I walk him to the car, we have no words to exchange.

I kiss him goodbye and he gets in the car. I wave at the moving car once and then watch it until it disappears. Ron comes up to me and nod at me in greeting.

"Is everything ready?" I ask.

"Yes Alpha."

"Then let's go."

For now, we will be shadows looking on to the gathering and ready to come in when trouble decides to show up there.

May the goddess look after the Lunas and keep them safe.

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