Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Xena's POV

Martha's eyes widened in shock before narrowing again. "Logan!" she hissed.

I could see Dad's jaw tighten. "X," he said, turning to me. "Did you complete your chores?"

"Yes, sir. I did them this morning before school." My voice rose unconsciously.

Martha said coldly, "She's lying."

"No, I'm not!" I yelled back. "See?" I pulled out my phone, opened my email, and showed him the time-stamped pictures I'd taken of each completed task. "All done at 6:30 AM, before school."

"Looks like she did it." Dad nodded slightly. "What are you doing this evening?"

"Ama and I are going to run to the pizza place in town and have dinner there," I answered in a cold voice, unsatisfied with how he was handling this.

"Alright, have fun and remember not to be too late," he said flatly.

"By the way, Dad," I added, "the son of Alpha Benedict from the Boneash Pack is coming by the shop tomorrow at five for a custom job on his motorcycle. His name is Ryder."

Dad's eyebrows rose slightly and turned to leave. "I'll stop by to meet him."

Martha clearly wasn't happy about being cut out of the conversation. She followed Dad back inside, already launching into complaints about how I needed to be disciplined.

Logan lingered behind with Samuel and Leonard. "What did you do to piss her off this time?" he asked once Martha was out of earshot.

pulled up and she was already waiting there. I can't

"Running away isn't the answer,

countered. "Dad said you can't take over until you're twenty-five, not

if your mate is here?"

stepped into my closet, grabbed a blue tracksuit, slipped it on, and checked my reflection in the mirror. Not bad. "Well, I hope he likes to travel, because I'm planning to see the

heavily. I knew he hated this situation as much as I did, but he was

do? A girl can only take so much, especially when no one stands up for her.” I slipped my headphones from my nightstand and secured them around my neck my precious

for you," Logan said, hurt evident in his

assured him, "But you know you can only do so much. You

growled, his fists clenching

spar anyway." I grabbed a hair

not the

and gave him a sad smile. "I love you, bro, but I don't have any options. I need to go run." I hesitated, debating whether to double up

room, already changed into her running gear. "Ready to

nodded smilingly.

place in an hour!" Leonard called from down the

still hear Martha's shrill voice complaining about me. I quickened my pace, eager

to take?" Ama asked as we stretched at the

long way to the pizza place." The Center was the neutral town where all packs coexisted, including where our

"Sounds a bit hard."

the familiar weight in my legs and the tension in my shoulders. But with each stride, the burden lightened. I increased my pace, Ama keeping up beside me. I slipped my

feet hitting the ground, the burn in

ten miles later, we reached the town, stopping at our usual lamppost-our unofficial finish line. We both hunched

she wheezed, her

I took a sip from my water bottle and grinned at her. “You've been having too many desserts

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