I Am The Luna

Chapter erot

VALKNIK

Move away from bet?” Atticus snarts, grabbing my arm and yanking me behind bum protective, the towers he had passed me falling to the floor.

Gade doesn’t move, but I see the way his jaw tightens, and the flicker of blue in Is, and the filcker of blue in his eve as he stands there, emotionless and calm on top, but I know that beneath that external tagade he almost comitered.

“Unband her. Now,” he says, his words chillingly cold.

For a second, I am looking at this from Atticus’s point of view and I remember Zade isn’t just the guy who’s giving me hugs that feel like the safest place in the work, not the guy who takes all my shit, but he’s also extremely powerful…

And dangerous if he wants to be.

“I’m ok,” I say to him softly, hoping he realises that this is just Atticus being at big brother. Zade’s eyes flash again, and this time, there’s a glint in his eyes.

“I think she’s old enough to make her own decisions, Payne, I don’t like my woman being manhandled by anyone.” There’s a menacing warning in his voice, no matter how calm his tone is.

ke your tracker. Who knows what

“Your threats don’t bother me. You left and you’ve been up to? Do you really think I would be ok with you being alone with her?”

“A little late to worry about her being alone with me. As for the tracker; I was promised freedom, yet I was bound. I didn’t ask for any of it. But since your people made the decision, it was up to me what I did with my freedom.”

clear divide between

like a predator

decision came with

and dead long ago.” I say, my stomach churning at the thought. Atticus‘ eyes flicker with surprise and Zade reaches for me, not bothering that he is close to Atticus who might

on Atticus, almost as if challenging him to

and Atticus sighs, his brows furrowing and I’m grateful he stopped himself. Those words that he almost spoke would have cut deeper if he had finished the

“Atticus…”

Valerie… remember who he is.

nod. “He was… so was

the end and as

chose to do the right thing when he surrendered. Tell me Atticus, if Zaia was the one chosen

at Zade before turning to me fleetingly and then looking

Sometimes I honestly felt he was better for her than Sebastian, but the heart wants what the heart wants… and their love has always been

and Zaia. She’s different.”

says, cutting

way to the table, whilst Atticus stands,

be dramatic. We’re all adults here. Come on.” I say

“Does anyone know about

“But I know Zaia will have my back.”

the table, which only makes his irritation rise again. There

table out for me, a clear sign he didn’t want me sitting beside Zade. For goodness‘ sake, what is