Stronger

This intense change in him was hard to believe but I had to try and follow along. I enjoyed his warmth and kindness and he saw everything I felt during the separation. I saw how the guilt was crawling over him every second biting him here and there with its presence, never ending.

I walked back into my house with Elizabeth and my mother focusing on moving my hands to stop my running away with itself.

head from

What are you supposed to do when someone you love wholeheartedly talks to you like your brain dead for wanting to give the person made for you a chance. I knew there was something going on with James and I also knew I was doing exactly what he wanted. I was questioning Grayson when James was the one who acted out.

I set to getting a group of large pots full of vegetables and seasoning. My mother and Elizabeth chattering about the differences in the packs.

“No we all eat separately, during holidays and festivals we eat together but we believe in the importance of family time,” My mother exclaimed.

“But the pack is one whole family.” Elizabeth stated matter of factly.

My mother bristled a little at her frankness. “I suppose but what if a pack member does wrong that might make it hard to do justice”

“We think it helps prevent wrong doings, we think a healthy community means more support and more people to help,” Elizabeth shook her head.

“I think that identity and self reliance is important,” My mothers voice became sharper.

“Mama! Elizabeth is not inferring anything wrong with our pack she is merely very proud of hers,” I stepped in as 1 knew how quick my mother was to anger over the word of our pack she was Luna after all.

“Yours too Luna,” Elizabeth straightened.

“It’s not her fault if she doesn’t feel the most welcomed,” A fiery voice spat from behind me.

“James,” I sighed, shaking my head so exhausted already with the fight that was about to happen.

“No you’re right Annette you keep playing house and pretending it’s all fine and that you’re not married to a f**king jackass!” He growled his eyes flashing gray from blue. “I ought to save us the time and slit his throat before he does you more damage!”

He’d let his wolf rise after a very dangerous statement. I saw my friend move in the corner of my eye and pushed mu mother out of the way, pinning Elizabeth’s hands behind her back. Her claws slightly extended her eyes, an amber gold of her wolf.

I grabbed Elizabeth before she could get close enough. James had insulted the alpha of my pack in front of a hight ranking warrior. The only reason he didn’t have his lungs on the floor was because I had much more strength than

Elizabeth.

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“Elizabeth I as your Luna will handle this,” I ordered her my voice a low tone with a deep growi

She calmed down and I released her. “You cannot be impartial to hum Luna, he has sand far too much. Any good Luna would have shut him up a lot sooner,”

also a heated pup Elizabeth and higher ranking than you as am I, you won’t speak to me that way again.”

() used him pleadingly to come to me, I had a feeling that there was only one thing to do and I don’t know if I had it

Un me to do it

“Remune mud be puid.

mila ties or not James had insulted and threatened an Alpha in front of two Luna’s and warrior leader, there was

Katiti prezire 1 Imnow that he said something stupid but let’s leave this be,” my mother came to me immedinay.

will be mome of that Eva! You are well aware that James is in need of serious correction,” My ththers wice rang aut behind me as the trade in to my house his presence directed clearly at James.

Marr, Brian, Leon, Aaron, Amuri, and Grayson all walked in behind him with my other brothers. I was hoping we could keep this prevare but if we weren’t reluted James would be decapitated and war would be on the horizon.

“Young wolves comen male such statements without learning their weight,” Amaria squinted at James raising her citim with a disapproving diet about her,

The men of my pack stond buttween me and my family Elizabeth pacing behind me.

My mother waged her fuper at my father and Charlie crossed his arms sighing, Theo was trying to mediate. Cear looking at me behind the wall of warriors, I couldn’t cross this horder and she knew it.

“I will accept an atonement bom James as penance for the sake of Annette,” Grayson stood above the mess in front off us his hands behind his bact he had already made up his mind on what to do.

I released the breath I had been heldinge would not mark James in any way instead he would make him pay in time

and labor.

“You have the ability to let this gently” My mother growled.

“Eva that’s enough! Someone here neud word! Goddess Be!” My dud stood between her and my mate.

“Cecelia please take Eva upstairs,” He undered und Grunbeyed quickly hustling my mother upstairs as she warned us that she would forgive no one if anything budi Humpened ne James.

“Dad he’s a complete”

“Jamie just f**king shut it!“/Theo snupped.

“James, as upset as you are you’re only gonna make things worse,” Chiurile pattted his shoulder.

Grayson turned to look at me, his eyes hard with the weight of the gtnishment for threat on him. Still he didn’t want to hurt me.

“Do it…I see it in

the back of your head it has to be done.

“I will not hate you at all, sentence him,” I raised my head and nodded him straightening my spine and looking m brother in the eyes as Grayson turned to state the verdict.

“Your sentence is two parts. Your threats to me will be paid in labor during the harvest.lxpect you to work until I se stop for at least four months, Secondly for your insult to me and to my wife. Your fobiilien from contacting her. You are no longer allowed to know anything about my wife, you are not allowed to seelen, you’re mot allowed to talk to her in any form,”

It may not seem much to humans but for James to be a laborer for the Northern Bel*pe packmeans he will then member of our pack for those months and that he belongs to Grayson. For him to not speak tomettiati is a punishment of the more personal kind, Grayson knew that James is probably saying this to gettinu to come home. To remove me from him is a punishment for his mind.

“Anna!” James called and I hadn’t left his eyes.

“No James,” I kept my voice together. This is what it means to be a Luna. My family, that I was boomtroits second now. Grayson is my family now, Amaria is my family, James threatened the man the Goddess made for me imamittih

tantrum.

“I cannot see you, you made this choice knowing Grayson cannot mark you, you thought you were above the miles and I am ashamed of you and your actions,” I left his eyes and turned away from him..© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“You heard your sister. The Luna of this pack we are guests of. You will leave tonight, I will have Lim escottymu When we get home you will do everything I tell you and make a statement to the pack of what you did.”

“Dad!”

“You threatened your sister’s soulmate!” My dad yelled. “You are lucky you’re not dead!”

“Luna, Aarron gently grabbed my arm and walked me out of the house towards the keep. The men, Amaria, and Elizabeth shielding me from James.

I heard James call for me as I left and I kept my composure until I made it into Graysons office.

“Get out!” I screamed and they all closed the doors and left me. I grabbed my chest heaving heavy solld breaths sobbing to myself at the world without my baby brother.

If Grayson were truly cruel he would have whipped him, marked him, killed him. He spared his b*dy in retum for a lesson James needed to learn. Act like you’re untouchable and you lose what you want.

I wept knowing the shame he would face at my pack at our home. He would have to stand in front of everyone and tell them he was now going to belong to Grayson. And through all of this he now had no right to speak to me and I knew it too. That’s why I agreed to it. He had to know I wasn’t okay with anything he had done but to leave him to that felt

evil

I cleaned myself up after another minute or two of tears for my brother’s sake and then I stood up and walked out..

“Come, we have people to feed.”

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