Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Xena's POV

Her openly hostile stare had already rubbed me the wrong way from the moment we met, but this sudden provocation made my blood boil. Without hesitation, I stepped up, locked eyes with her, and said coolly, "Excuse me? You wanna say that again?"

Samuel quickly jumped between us. "Whoa! Whoa! Calm down."

Leonard cut in immediately, "Hey!" he said quickly, nudging his date out of the booth. "Babe, why don't you go get some drinks and order three large pizzas for the group? I'll handle this."

"Yes, please do," I replied, my voice dripping with sarcasm as I stared her down.

The girl huffed but slid out of the booth, shooting me a glare before stalking off toward the counter.

"Seriously, Leonard?" Ama said once she was out of earshot. "Where do you find these humans?"

"She's hot," Leonard defended weakly. "And she doesn't know who you are yet."

“She'll learn,” I muttered, standing up. "I'm getting my own drink."

I made my way to the counter, weaving through the night crowd. Someone stepped on my foot.

"What the fu—” I jerked back instinctively.

"I'm sorry-" a deep voice began.

I looked up to find myself staring into the intense green eyes. Ryder. Closer now than we'd been this afternoon, I noticed details I'd missed before. My stomach did a weird flip as I took in the rest of him-light blonde hair cut short, strong jaw, broad shoulders under a black leather jacket. He was gorgeous in a dangerous way that made my skin prickle.

Before he could finish his apology, a girl with dark hair appeared beside him, wrapping her arm possessively around his waist.

where you're going," she snapped at me,

fucking sucks-ran into so

up to my full height. "He stepped on

his hand tightening on her

the hostility

curved into a fake smile. "Oh, how

flatly, moving past them toward

who'd been working here since I was a kid, greeted me with a

the counter."No, just a Fruit

Noelle replied, punching in the

said with a

thinks she owns the place."From behind me, I heard

caught them, but my wolf hearing picked them up clearly. I felt my patience snap. Turning slowly, I looked directly at her and released a small portion of my aura-just enough to make her feel the weight of who she was dealing

quietly, my voice carrying despite the restaurant noise. "Daughter of Alpha Hank from the Nightcedar Pack. I expect a certain level of respect. If that's too difficult for you to manage, we can always step outside and discuss it

paled, her eyes widening as she felt the pressure of my presence. Ryder beside her, placed

though his eyes flashed with anger

back my aura, satisfied that my point had been made.

replied, his

ready," Noelle

from the counter. From the corner of

Logan asked, his voice casual but his posture protective as he

Logan's girlfriend, appeared on his other side, her pretty face curious as she looked between us and

going on with Alpha Benedict's son?" Logan asked

needs to learn some manners," I replied, keeping my

eyebrow raised. "What

back to the table, which was now even more crowded with Logan and Keira joining us. I ended up squeezed in next to Samuel, who silently shifted to make room, his arm coming to rest on the back of the booth behind me. It wasn't a romantic gesture—just necessity in the

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