Chapter 124 – The Moon Wolf

You think I want to be stuck in the same space as her?” I retorted.

“Why can’t we just tell her to leave?” Jasmine asked and I sighed in frustration.

I brought Rose’s attention to it and she also concluded that she was acting weird and promised to talk to her about it. Rose spoke to her and her words were, “I’m doing all of these to ensure the safety of everyone and make sure that we’re prepared for whatever the war will throw our way. I need to be here to protect everyone against Alysia and Damon”.

Even though Rose wasn’t completely okay with it, she had to let her be because it was for the betterment of the pack wolves.

“I have an idea, Adrian”, I said through our mi drink as I got into the shower. “What’s that?” He responded almost immediately.

“Have Nathan invite people that can be trusted to relay messages to neighboring packs. I can’t rely on my powers alone. We should have backup, should anything happen”, I told him and he hummed in agreement.

“On second thoughts, I think it should be made known through the pack that we’re getting help from neighboring packs. I want Serena to show her motive”, I told him. He agreed and said he was going to my former room to get ready too.

I hurried up and threw on random clothes from my closet. Once I was satisfied with what I saw, I stepped out of the room. I could hear water running from my former room so I went downstairs ahead of him.

I had just reached the base of the staircase when I saw Serena sitting on one of the couches. I contemplated turning back but decided against it. This might be the only chance I have to talk to her alone.

“Hi, Serena. Good morning”, I greeted cheerfully as I took a seat beside her. She turned from the book she held in her hands and smiled at me. “Hi, Lola. You’re awake”, she said with a smile but it was so cold.

Call it paranoia or something, I just know something was wrong with her. Since I got crowned as the Queen of wolves, Serena referred to me as Luna, not Lola.

“Yeah, I am and you’re awake early too. What of Rose?” I asked looking around but there was no sign of her. “I guess she’s still sleeping.

You look like you’re going somewhere, are you going alone?” She asked.

“Why do you ask?” I asked. Even though I seemed calm, I was resisting the urge to snap her neck at the mention of my man. No, I wasn’t being unnecessarily possessive. She’s been acting weird around Adrian since she got here and it’s been getting on my nerves.

“Do you hear me?” Her voice brought me out of my thoughts and I plastered a smile on my face. “I’m sorry, I was out of it for a while.

What did you say?”

“I said you guys are always together and you seem to be alone and ready to go out”, she repeated and I bit my tongue to stop myself from lashing out at her.

“He’s getting ready, we’re leaving together”, I said and watched her face harden for a fleeting second before it went back to how it was.

It’s her. It’s Alysia. I swear that I’ve seen that look on someone’s face before.

I resisted the urge to claw at my chest to stop the way it was constructing with panic. She tried to get closer to me but I stopped her with a raise of my hand.

“What’s wrong? Are you okay? Should I get you water?” She asked concerned but I kept shaking my head at her and stopped her from getting closer to me. I closed my eyes and willed the memories from when I was kidnapped by Damon to go away but I was finding it difficult.

“Lola, you seem…….”, her words were cut short when Adrian rushed into the loving room and held me in his arms. “Baby, you’re fine.

Look at me, focus on me”, he said as he hugged me closely to him while rubbing my back and sending images of comfort through our mindlink.

Serena offered to go and get me water while I buried my face in Adrian’s chest. I fisted his shirt in my hands and listened to the rhythm of his heart to calm myself.

You’re no longer there. You’re safe with Adrian. I repeated to myself until I calmed down.

“It’s her. It’s Alysia. The person in our home is Alysia, not Serena”, I told Adrian.

Adrian’s POV

“It’s her. It’s Alysia. The person in our home is Alysia, not Serena”.

I knew something was wrong with the Serena in our home but I just couldn’t put my hands on it. How could she set her foot into my home after what she did to my mate?

Daxon tried to come to the surface but I suppressed him. “Not now, buddy”, I told him through our mindlink but he growled in response.

“Not now?? This bitch hurt our mate and she’s in my territory, acting like she hasn’t done anything wrong. And all you tell me is to calm down? You must be fucking kidding”, he growled angrily as the battle for control continued.

“She must be here for a reason. We have to find out and find out the location of those bastards too. We can’t act rashly, Daxon. The fact that she’s here means that Serena is in danger and anything that can cause them to harm her must be avoided. We need Serena “, I tried to reason with him. “Fuck!” He swore before receding to the back of my mind.

The devil in question soon came into view with a glass of water and tried to touch Lola but I stopped her from doing so.

“Thank you for the water, Serena, but she won’t be needing it. She’s already fine”, I gave her a tight smile which she returned with a very weird one.

“Babe, let’s go. I’ll see the pack doctor on the way. I must have had one of my panic attacks”, Lola said as she pulled back from me but her eyes were concentrated on Alysia.

“Do you have panic attacks?” Alysia asked from beside me and Lola subtly fisted my clothes in her hand. “Yeah, I get them once in a while. I forgot about my medications for a while and that’s why this happened. I’ll get another prescription from the pack doctor”, Lola replied without batting an eye.

“I’m so sorry to hear that. Can I come along with you guys? I’d like to be kept in the loop of everything that is happening. The war ahead is not a small one and I wouldn’t want to make any mistake to jeopardize all we’ve worked for so far”, Alysia said and I clenched my jaw so hard, I was surprised my teeth didn’t fall out.

“Why would you want to follow us? We’ll keep you duly informed about everything that you need to know”, I replied through clenched teeth.

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