Banished by My Pack, Chosen as the True Luna Chapter 06

Banished by My Pack, Chosen as the True Luna Chapter 06

The next morning, I discovered something terrifying.

Alexander’s Pack had absolutely no organization.

None.

Zero.

I stood in the storage cabin staring at three different piles of supplies.

“Why are there potatoes next to medical herbs?”

Theo looked confused.

“Why wouldn’t there be?”

I blinked.

“Because one is food.”

“Okay.”

“The other is medicine.”

“Okay.”

“They shouldn’t be stored together.”

Theo stared at me.

Then shrugged.

“They’ve been together for months.”

I rubbed my forehead.

“That’s not helping your argument.”

Theo grinned.

“You’re starting to sound like an Alpha.”

“I’m starting to sound like a person with common sense.”

Maya laughed from across the room.

“She’s got you there.”

By lunchtime, I had discovered more problems.

The hunting teams weren’t coordinated.

Nobody tracked inventory.

Half the settlement didn’t know who was on patrol each night.

And somehow everyone had survived anyway.

When I pointed this out, Theo looked offended.

“We’re doing great.”

“You got attacked by twelve people last week.”

“We survived.”

“That’s a very low standard.”

Alexander walked into the room just in time to hear that.

A smile tugged at his mouth.

Theo immediately pointed at me.

“She’s bullying me.”

Alexander glanced at the chaotic storage room.

Then at me.

Then back at Theo.

“She’s right.”

Theo looked betrayed.

Three days later, things started changing.

Patrol schedules existed.

Food supplies were organized.

Emergency plans were written down.

Nobody got lost.

Twice.

The Pack acted like I had performed a miracle.

I hadn’t.

I was doing things I used to do every day.

The same things I’d done in Silver Fang.

The difference was simple.

Here, people noticed.

That realization hurt more than I wanted to admit.

That afternoon, I joined Alexander and a few others on a scouting trip.

Mostly because sitting still was driving me insane.

Pregnant didn’t mean fragile.

At least not in my opinion.

Alexander disagreed.

Frequently.

“Stay close.”

“I’m literally walking beside you.”

“Good.”

“You’re impossible.”

“So I’ve been told.”

Theo walked ahead of us.

“I’ve personally told him that.”

Alexander threw a pinecone at his head.

Theo yelped.

I laughed.

The sound felt natural now.

That surprised me.

We continued through the forest.

The deeper we went, the quieter it became.

Then—

A strange sound reached me.

I stopped immediately.

Alexander noticed.

“What?”

I tilted my head.

Listening.

Water.

Not unusual.

But beneath it—

Something else.

A hollow echo.

A deep vibration.

Like a hidden chamber underground.

I frowned.

“What is it?” Alexander asked again.

I pointed west.

“There’s something over there.”

Theo looked around.

“Very specific.”

“I’m serious.”

“We’re in a forest.”

“I know.”

“No, I mean there’s always something.”

I ignored him.

The sound continued.

Strange.

Alexander studied my face.

Then nodded.

“Show me.”

Theo sighed dramatically.

“This is how horror movies start.”

An hour later, Theo stopped complaining.

Mostly because I was right.

Again.

We stood at the entrance of a collapsed tunnel.

Everyone stared.

Theo stared hardest.

“I hate this.”

Alexander crossed his arms.

“What exactly do you hate?”

“The fact that she’s always right.”

I smiled.

“Thank you.”

“That wasn’t a compliment.”

We entered carefully.

The deeper we went, the more obvious it became.

The tunnel wasn’t natural.

Someone built it.

Long ago.

Then abandoned it.

Maya touched the wall.

“Salt.”

Alexander looked up.

“What?”

“Salt.”

Her eyes widened.

The tunnel walls glittered.

Massive deposits.

Enough to last years.

Maybe decades.

The entire group went silent.

Salt wasn’t just valuable.

It was survival.

Food preservation.

Medicine.

Trade.

Everything.

Theo slowly turned toward me.

“What are you?”

I laughed.

“A mystery.”

“No.”

Theo pointed at the tunnel.

“Seriously.”

Alexander wasn’t laughing.

He was watching me.

Thinking.

Calculating.

The same look he’d worn after hearing about my abilities.

That look made me nervous.

______

That night the entire Pack gathered around the central fire.

Alexander stood.

Immediately everyone became quiet.

“I have an announcement.”

Theo whispered beside me.

“This usually means work.”

I elbowed him.

Alexander continued.

“Today we discovered a salt mine.”

Cheers erupted.

Theo started celebrating immediately.

Alexander raised one hand.

“It was Olivia who found it.”

The cheers became louder.

Much louder.

People started clapping.

Someone handed me a drink.

Someone else hugged me.

Old Jacob raised his mug.

“To Olivia!”

Everyone repeated it.

“To Olivia!”

My throat tightened unexpectedly.

I looked away.

Trying not to cry.

Nobody noticed.

Except Alexander.

Of course he noticed.

He noticed everything.

For years, I’d solved problems.

Organized schedules.

Managed supplies.

Helped people.

Nobody thanked me.

Nobody cared.

Tonight an entire Pack celebrated me.

The difference felt overwhelming.

Alexander lifted his own cup.

“To Olivia.”

Our eyes met briefly.

Then I looked away first.

______

Later that evening, Maya cornered Alexander near the fire.

I wasn’t supposed to hear the conversation.

Unfortunately for them, my hearing didn’t care.

“You like her.”

Alexander nearly choked on his drink.

“No.”

Maya looked unconvinced.

“You smiled today.”

“That proves nothing.”

“You hate smiling.”

Silence.

Maya smirked.

“I’ve known you five years.”

“Congratulations.”

“You stopped looking lonely.”

The silence that followed lasted longer.

Very interesting.

Theo appeared beside Maya.

“He’s doomed.”

Alexander groaned.

“Why are both of you here?”

Theo grinned.

“Because this is funny.”

I quickly walked away before anyone realized I was listening.

My face felt strangely warm.

Meanwhile.

Silver Fang Pack.

Ryder’s patience was disappearing.

The meeting room was chaos.

Two warriors argued.

An Elder complained about missing supplies.

Someone else reported mistakes in the training schedules.

Ryder pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Enough.”

The room immediately became quiet.

One Elder cleared his throat.

“We’ve had organizational difficulties recently.”

Ryder almost laughed.

Organizational difficulties.

That was a polite way to describe disaster.

Everything had become harder.

Every single thing.

Then a realization hit him.

Olivia.

The problems started when Olivia disappeared.

Not Sophia.

Not the Elders.

Olivia.

The woman everyone claimed was useless.

The situation became worse that afternoon.

A young Omega accidentally spilled tea on Sophia’s dress.

The girl immediately apologized.

“I’m so sorry.”

Sophia looked down at the stain.

Then at the girl.

Her expression hardened.

“Do you know how expensive this is?”

The Omega nodded frantically.

“I’m sorry.”

“Sorry doesn’t fix it.”

Ryder entered just in time to hear that.

The girl looked terrified.

Sophia pointed toward the floor.

“Kneel.”

The room froze.

The Omega hesitated.

“Kneel.”

Tears filled the girl’s eyes.

Slowly she obeyed.

Ryder frowned.

“What are you doing?”

Sophia turned.

Her expression immediately softened.

“Teaching discipline.”

The girl was crying now.

Something about the scene felt wrong.

Very wrong.

Because suddenly Ryder remembered Olivia.

He couldn’t imagine her doing this.

Not once.

The realization stayed with him long after Sophia left.

That night, Ryder couldn’t sleep.

Eventually he opened a drawer beside his bed.

A small medicine box sat inside.

His old injury medication.

Something caught his eye.

A note.

Small.

Written in Olivia’s handwriting.

Take two after training.

And stop pretending you’re fine.

For a long time, Ryder stared at the note.

Then he sat down slowly.

The room felt empty.

Too empty.

For the first time since Olivia vanished—

He stopped thinking about the baby.

Stopped thinking about the heir.

Stopped thinking about the Pack.

Instead he found himself wondering something else.

Was she safe?

The thought lingered.

Unwelcome.

Impossible to ignore.

North Forest.

I woke up suddenly.

Heart racing.

The cabin was dark.

Silent.

At first I didn’t understand why.

Then I heard it.

A sound.

Barely there.

I sat upright.

Listening.

The sound continued.

Steady.

My hand moved to my stomach.

My breath caught.

No.

Impossible.

I listened again.

There it was.

Ba-dum. Ba-dum. Ba-dum.

A heartbeat.

Not mine. Smaller. Faster.

Tears filled my eyes immediately.

I laughed.

Then cried harder.

A knock sounded.

The door opened.

Alexander appeared.

Instantly alert.

“What happened?”

I looked up at him.

Unable to stop smiling.

Unable to stop crying.

Alexander looked terrified.

Which honestly made the moment funnier.

“Olivia?”

I placed a hand over my stomach.

Then whispered:

“I can hear the baby.”

Alexander froze.

Completely.

For several seconds neither of us spoke.

Then slowly—

A smile appeared on his face.

And somehow, that made me cry even harder.