The Lunas Second Chance Mate – Chapter 83
Alyson
“Let me go!” I say, brashly fighting the chains on my wrists that Olivera tries to steer me around with. He pulls for me to follow but I refuse, tripping over the long gown I’ve been stuck in since my bath yesterday, the silk sliding against my feet while I pull and kick to be let loose. “Let me go! Let me go!”
He finally yanks me into a nearby room, kicking me aside so that I trip over his leg and hit the floor, my side aching when I blink into focus. We’re in a dinging room of sorts, tables adorned almost everywhere but none of the seats filled, or the tables made, except for the one in the center of the dining hall.
the berry scent making my mouth dry in envy.
front of me, his eyes heavy on my soul, but my wrists catch on the chains and I c
will help.”
table, standing over me in his masculine height. He tips the edge of the glass against my bottom lip, smiling crookedly as he tips it forward a
, leaning back as though to appear docile but I know he is all but understanding. He is ruthlessly toying with my mind.
d and worry about being killed in the process.”
ing he doesn’t think his w
g the chains on my wrist to substantiate my point.
wo plates of food being brought out before us, my hands still trapped too far away to partake in this meal. “I know you’re close to the elders. They officiated your mating ceremony, didn’t they?”
ly been there that day, could he?
hey are watching your palace as your mate searches for you. I want me and my kind to be left alone
us. “I don’t want war,” I admit.
there to be a war, either.”
e moment goes silent, he reaches under the table and clicks open a lock, the chains breaking
starve you death,” he mutters, picking at his plate.
ally through heavy gulps of food.
d bag to Alpha Jacob before you were killed, sent to the moon goddess and brought back as Alyson Harris. It’s not complicated, sweetheart, I know quite a lot about you. Like how you are a cursed wolf, a wolf been touched by the goddess herself.”
ever told me I’m cursed.”
et.”
p.
ack in my chair as he stands, his hand reaching for my chin, pulling me to meet his dark irises at once. He flickers a grin, returning to a flat, unamused line, and I shiver in anticipation.
l me I’m ignorant. I know who you are and what you are. I have you as my ransom to ensure another rogue is never slaughtered for their status.”
personal in his words. “Who did they kill?”
bviously an answer. “What are you asking?”
rattling off at a million miles an hour. “You are vengeful because of it; I can hear it in your voice. You want my Alpha, my mate, and the elders to pay for killing someone you knew.”
here. You are cursed, you are a Luna, and I will use both of those aspects to get what I want.”
e—my throat—choakin
.
her. I don’t know for sure if he plans to kill me in the end for this mess, but I don’t want to push him anymore and find out how far he is willing to go to get what he wants.