Rescuing His Captive Mate: Saving The Future Luna

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Star

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While my father was beaming happily at his parents after he told them his news, there was a loud commotion near the door. The sound of the door banging open, and several adult voices came floating over to us.

"I don't know what it is that he wants." A man was heard yelling toward the back of a group of people coming into the residential area.

"I don't know either, but it's strange. I mean, why would Aaron call all of us here? What's he planning?" This time a woman spoke with a curious voice.

"I don't know and I don't care." Another male voice. "All I care about is lunch. Who is gonna cook for us today?"

"All you ever do is think about food." The same woman as before scolded him. "There must be something important, right? I mean, this is Aaron we're talking about. If there wasn't something important he wouldn't even be here."

That didn't sound exactly kind as she spoke about my father. I guess he had a bit of a reputation among his family. I turned to look at the man in question and saw that he was blushing. It was kind of cute, in a way. When he blushed just now he didn't just turn pink like I would have, there was a slight greenish hue to him as well. I know it was the pixie in him showing through, but it was funny to see it.

"Hey guys." My father, though embarrassed, was smiling at the group that just came in. "I am glad you could all make it." I stood and followed after my father as he went to greet the new group of people. Looking at them I saw that they were all familiar looking. They didn't look identical to my father, but there were similar features.

The man that had been in the lead earlier looked like he was about the same age as my father, if not younger. He had the same cheekbones, and he had greenish hair, only a little lighter, and his eyes were blue, bright and shining. The man who had spoken about food had the same shape to his jaw and around the eyes; he had purple eyes, closer to lilac, and his green hair perfectly matched my father's. The woman who reprimanded him had a face that looked so much like mine, but her eyes were pink, and her hair was emerald green, bright and fluorescent.

As I looked at them all, I saw these similarities. The biggest differences were either the eyes or shade of green hair. Aside from that, it was easy to tell they were related because they looked so similar. I guess genetics are dominant on one side of the family when it comes to the Fae.

The woman who spoke earlier, one of only three in the whole group of seven people who had just shown up, was staring intently at my face. She was looking closely before anyone even said anything.

"What is going on, Aaron?" One of the men in the back spoke, he didn't look it really, but he somehow seemed older than my father. 

"Well, I have something that I need to tell all of y-." Before he could finish though, the woman who had been staring at me yelled so loudly that I jumped in fear.

"OH AARON! TELL ME I'M NOT IMAGINING THIS! IS SHE YOUR DAUGHTER?!" The entire group of men and women turned to look at me then, well the rest of them since she was already looking at me intently.

"It couldn't be." The man in the back sounded disbelieving.

"No, look, she looks just like him." The man in the front smiled at me.

"When did this happen?" The man who wanted lunch asked.

"I wonder what mother and father think of this?" One of the other women, one that seemed more serious than the first one, spoke solemnly.

"I am more interested in what our dear brother has to say about this." Another man near the back leveled a stern look at my father, who just simply grinned at them all.

"Aaron? Did you go and have a kid before all of us?" The woman who yelled was staring at me still. "How? You're not even married." It was finally time for her to look at him and glare.

"Well, I may not be married, but I did find a mate, nineteen years ago."

"The wolf girl?" One of my uncles sounded shocked. "I thought you had been wrong about her? What happened? Did she hide your child this whole time?" There was anger in his voice.

"There is much I need to tell you all. So much has happened to me lately, and I think that it is time you all found out what happened."

My father looked at me and placed a hand on my shoulder. Then, like he did with his parents, he explained everything that had happened. There had been arguments, but when my father assured them that all the information had been verified by the queen herself, they all stopped squabbling about it.

"It's true, then?" The woman, who I had learned through outbursts, Amaryllis, came closer to me. "My little brother went and had the first kid of the family, and we never even knew it."

"It's quite the shock, considering he is the only unmarried one among us. I mean, we have been waiting for one of us to have a family for a while." My uncle, Anthony, the one who seemed younger than my father because he was indeed younger, was laughing. My father was the second youngest. "What's funny is that we Fae can be married for a long time before having kids, and here is our brother who mated with a woman and ended up with a kid so soon."

"I know, but that just means he was like Casey." Calix, another uncle, laughed. "She found her mate and is already having children. It is quite amazing, or maybe it has to do with the wolves that were involved." He looked contemplative now.

There was a lot of talk, but it seemed like the family was accepting me now. All of them, my three aunts and four uncles, came to hug me and welcome me to the family. Apparently they were all married as well. Anthony, the youngest, was married to Sherri. Then came Amaryllis and her husband Lance, Basil and his wife Rosemary, Calix and his wife Anice, Belladonna and her husband Bryan, Azalea and her husband Edwyn, and the oldest was Blodwyn and his wife Celeste. My father had always been the odd man out, and he still was since they hadn't heard the whole story just yet.

The introductions and hugs spilled over from me to include Artem as well. None of them so much as had a kid or niece or nephew before today, and now they were meeting their adult niece and her mate. This probably made them feel so much already, but before we all sat down to lunch my father got all of their attention so that he could make his next announcement.

"Everyone." He called out, barely getting them to look at him. "Everyone, come on, I have an announcement to make." He grinned and yelled a little louder. When they still refused to look at him he yelled at them; it was playful and made them all laugh before they quieted down. "Shut up, you fools!" His voice rumbled playfully before the others were finally silent. "Much better." My father grinned at them. "Now, I have another announcement."

"If you tell us you have another kid we're going to kick you out." Amaryllis made them all laugh by throwing the words at her brother with a glare.

"Haha." My father shook his head playfully at her. I could tell that they had been a fun family to be around when they were all younger. "No, I have something else to tell you. As you have all noticed, my daughter Star has already met her mate, and I found out last night that she is with child. I not only have a daughter now, but I will also soon be a grandfather."

My father's voice sounded so proud, but the uproar he had just caused made me jump. For a moment I was afraid. I didn't know what to do or what to say. What would be the best thing to do here while everyone was screaming, yelling, and jumping around?

At first I thought they were angry, but then I noticed they were all cheering and celebrating. They were happy. I guess the Fae really did get excited over the birth of new children. The announcement, though, caused a new flood of hugs as they all ran up to congratulate us all: me, Artem, and my father. I could tell that I was really going to like this new family of mine. I hoped they would come to visit me from time to time.