Chapter 34

Mate of a Veela

Harry made his way to the Courtyard, wondering what he would say to the young Veela girl he now found himself that mate of. He was still annoyed at her but a lot of the surface anger at disappeared since he had allowed himself to vent to his aunt. He wondered if she knew that's what he had needed and that was why'd he pulled him away.

'Hello Harry' Luna said as she spotted him walking up to her.

'We need to talk.' He said as he sat down next to her.

The blonde girl nodded. 'Yes I suppose we do.' She said lightly looking at her hands. She knew he was upset with her, or was he just upset that he was her mate?

'You could have told me, you could have said something, I've been though this enough times that I wouldn't have rejected you.' He said slowly. 'But I'll not lie Luna you knew I was your mate, I don't know when you knew, but you did and I'm pissed you didn't give me any warning.'

'I mean, the others, for the most part it was all instinctual they whilst they knew could do little to control their mating rights, but you a Veela you have control over you lure don't you?'

Luna could do little else but nod to this.

'So what you knew I was you mate and thought fuck it lets all but Rape him?'

Luna's eyes went wide and she shook her head franticly. 'No Harry it wasn't like that, you've never been affected by my lure, not any time we talked, I knew then that you had to be my mate.'

'And what you couldn't tell me that before forcing me to have sex with you?' he demanded.

'No! we've never been alone before, not truly there have always been other people about and….'

'And? What you didn't want an audience?'

Luna felt her eyes fill up with tears. This wasn't how it was meant to go, he was supposed to love her and hold her not yell at her.

'We've never actually looked each other in the eye before…' she said softly. She waited for him to say something but his mouth remained closed and his gaze hard.

'if a man isn't affected by a Veela's lure it means that that male is the Veela's mate , the mating Lure can only be activated when the couple are alone and the lock eyes, then well it's the same as any other lure….' She explained softly.

'So you could have controlled it long enough to explain what the hell was going on if you really wanted too?' he demanded his voice still sharp as a razor.

She nodded glumly. 'But you don't understand I waited for so long! I was tired of waiting, I've waited until I thought you were ready and the year I finally think you are ready you start mating every other girl in school! I only wanted what was mine! You didn't seem to mind every other girl going through their rights with you, why am I different? Is it because I'm Loony Lovegood?' she yelled.

'No! it's because you could have been the one girl who was able to explain to me what the fuck was going on before it happened and you choose not to! Hermione didn't know, Daphne was under bloodlust though she tried, Susan didn't even want it but explained it when it occurred, Ginny would have died if she hadn't and wasn't in any fit state to explain before hand, Pansy was just as much under her creature spell as I was, but you, you could have explained!'

Luna's mouth hung open in shock.

'wouldn't have said no, I don't think my magic would have let me, even if I wanted to, but all year I've been flung from one mate to another, only getting explanation after the fact. I would have thought that as my friend you could have given me that Luna, and I'm going to need sometime before I can get over that. I'll leave you to explain to the other girls because honestly after today I couldn't give a fuck about their hurt feelings that there is yet another girl in my fucking Heram of wives.' He said tiredly and stood.

He looked at her with tears threatening to spell down her cheeks. He felt a twinge of regret for being so sharp with her but the anger at being kept in the dark when he didn't need to be was stronger and he couldn't bring himself to say sorry right at that moment.

'Harry….'Luna said softly but he walked away from her and she let the tears fall, all she had wanted was her mate to love her and he hated her, she wasn't even sure she had his friendship right now. She hadn't meant to hurt him she only thought to take her share.

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Harry stalked into his quarters and glanced around looking for the girl he wanted to talk to.

'Hey Love.' Hermione said gently as she excited her room Felan cradled in her arms as she fed him from a bottle, he poor nipples too sore to withstand any more suckling from his sharp wolf teeth.

His gaze flicked to her but her otherwise ignored her as he looked over Ginny and Pansy who were both pouring over homework on the floor, Daphne who was lounging on the couch a glass of his blood to her lips.

He strode over to Susan's door and knocked hearing a gentle enter from within. He entered without another word to the other girls.

'Hello mate of mine.' Susan said gently with a bright smile as she sat up crossed legged on the bed.

'I need your advise.' Harry said softly as he sat beside her. 'Something happened in detention, and I'm pretty pissed about it.'

'Alright, I'll need more than that if I'm too help.' The elf said gently.

'So, Luna Lovegood is a Veela and in detention she and I Completed the mating ritual for a Veela Mateship.' Harry explained. Susan opened her mouth to say something but Harry held up his hand. 'I'm not so much upset about that, Luna's a nice girl, what I am annoyed about is that she knew I was her mate, she knew what was going to happen and she didn't even try to explain to me before it happened, the next thing I know I've had sex with her. I don't even remember it! And she says that's all okay because she was only taking what was hers because she was fed up waiting to claim me and watching you all claim me first!'

Susan took a moment to take all this in and nodded. 'So we have another sister wife?' Harry nodded. 'Right and your mad at her because she didn't tell you before hand?' Harry nodded again.

Susan took a deep breath. 'have you been mad at any of the others for claiming you?'

'No but none of you really had control over it, this is different.' Harry said gently.

Susan shook her head. 'Not really, Luna being a Veela has had her lure probably since she came to Hogwarts she has known you were her mate since she was at least thirteen, she had waited until you were able to understand what this means before claiming you, yes she could have told you, but how do you think you would have felt if you'd waited 2 years to claim your soul mate only to have not one but five other women do it before you? She probably thought you'd understand by now that she didn't need to explain, she should have but I understand why she didn't.'

'But…' Harry started but Susan stopped him with a look.

'We have all done some silly things in the heat of the moment. Or need I remind you of your humiliation of Daphne or Ginny's burning? Or Hermione and Daphne's fights? My own Fading? Luna made a mistake and yes you can be angry at her but don't push her away because of it. We all made mistakes when it comes to you Harry as you have with each of us.'

Harry Sighed knowing that she was right and that he should go and apologise to Luna.

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Harry opened the door and sighed.

'How did you get in here?' he heard Pansy ask.

'The Headmaster gave me the password.' Luna replied her voice soft and unsure in the face of the sharp Slytherin girl.

'Why?' Daphne questioned Rudely.

At this Harry pulled the door open to see Hermione standing at her bedroom door after putting Felan down for a nap, her eyes narrowed at something in front of her.

'Harry' she said slowly, her voice rumbling with the low growl that came out as his name.

Luna looked at him and he saw tears shinning in her eyes. 'It wasn't Harry's fault.' She said weakly.

'The hell it wasn't.' Ginny snapped.

'Girls. Harry had no more control over Luna, than he had over anyone of us.' Susan said pushing her way past Harry too glare at the other four girls.

'I'm sorry' Luna Mumbled and Harry felt his heart break. He knew it was the magic of the mate ships that had taken his normal slow burning anger and turned it into crushing guilt at the sight of his dejected mate. He couldn't help himself as he walked over to her and pulled her into a hug, cringing as she sobbed into his chest.

Daphne rolled her eyes and sat up on the couch. 'Potter are you intent to bind yourself to every girl in this school?' she asked sternly. 'You now have six Mates! This is not normal, it 's gone way past abnormal!' she snapped.

'Magic works in mysterious ways, Daph.' Pansy said looking at the young Ravenclaw with something akin to pity in her eyes, just what had Harry said to the girl?

'What if it's Voldemort? What if he's done something to Harry to distract him with us?' Hermione said still frowning at Luna.

'Don't say his name Granger!' Daphne hissed her eyes wide.

Susan shook her head. 'I don't believe it's You-Know-Who, I believe it's the Seven' she said watching as Luna sniffled into Harry's shoulder as he muttered sorry over and over into her hair. 'I believe that Harry will take one more mate.'

'So what he'll have one for everyday of the week?' Ginny scoffed standing up and stalking over to her bedroom door. 'I don't know about you lot but aren't mate supposed to be devoted to their creature? Not split between seven, this was not what I thought a mate ship would be like!'

Luna pulled away from Harry's shoulder and stared at her best friend. 'I have known Harry was mine since I was twelve years old Ginny, I waited until he was ready to accept this, I have watched at each of you realised he too belonged to you, I have been patient, and yet you are all scorning me for doing the very thing each of you have done.'

Hermione face slumped and she had the good grace to look ashamed, Daphne looked annoyed at the logic but twitched her head in acceptance, Susan nodded to the young Ravenclaw and Pansy just shrugged she really couldn't say much about Harry taking another mate on.

Ginny continued to glare at Luna.

'Are you upset because Harry's taken another mate, or because it's me Ginny?' Luna asked gently.

'Your my best friend! We shouldn't be sharing the same Boy! She snapped throwing open her door and slamming it shut.

Harry looked over to Hermione who nodded and knocked gently on Ginny's door before slipping inside.

'You think it was the end of the world wouldn't you Daph?' Pansy said with a smirk.

'I think our situation was a little different Pans…' Daphne deadpanned and headed into her own room.

Harry looked down at the blonde and asked 'Do you want to go to your room and talk?'

The blonde girl nodded and the pair disappeared into room that had appeared for Luna.

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Once inside the room Harry sighed unsure of where to begin.

'I'm sorry Harry I didn't mean to blindside you, I only wished to have what was mine, what should have been mine first, it was selfish and….'

Harry shook his head 'No Luna, I should be used to taking mates on by now, Susan made me see that not one of them has really given me a choice or had much control over what they were doing and that yes you could have warned me, but what if you couldn't would I still have been angry at you? No I wouldn't there for I have no right to be angry at you now.'

Luna smiled brightly 'So You're not angry at me?'

Harry shook his head and the young blonde threw herself into his arms and squeezed him tight.

'I do have a few question' he said as she pulled back and plopped herself on the bed, patting the space beside her. 'Ask away.'

'What happens with your Lure, you're a Veela. I've been around them…' he said uncomfortably, he had no wish to be fighting off other wizards with his broom, every time the girl went outside their chambers.

'I can control it to an extent it's how I've gone un noticed for so long, but my first year….lets just say it was a small mercy the basilisk was taking up so much time and energy, my poor house mates….' She said with a small giggle.

Harry's eyes went wide at this and Luna giggled more.

'I will not be able to use any of my Veela gifts until after our bond has settled. No other man will be able to touch me.' She said with reassuring smile, as she looked into his eyes. 'May I kiss you?' she asked shyly.

Harry nodded and waited with baited breathe as the stunning all be it whimsical girl, lean forward and pressed her lips to his. He felt himself melt into her kiss and leaned back pulling her with him as his hand roamed up her sides, and they continued to kiss until they both had to come up for air.

'I also can't have sex again until our bond settles, I hope that's okay.'

'Why?' Harry asked desperate to feel her lips on his again.

Luna cocked her head to the side. 'Well Veela essences are strongest during a bond settling.' She said slowly. Harry looked at her blankly. 'if you seed enters me again within the next 24 hour I will become pregnant'

Harry blinked at her and groaned. 'Well that was a mood killer.'

Luna laughed the sound light and tinkling like bells on a Christmas sleigh.