I Am The Luna

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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.”

the clear divide between

predator ready to slice

with

my head. “It doesn’t matter. He has done nothing wrong. Atticus, please. Calm down. It’s a relief that Zade has been here with me… if he wasn’t I’d have been raped 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 just attack, as he takes my arm, and pulls me free from Atticus’s hold, before he steps back and wraps his arm

Atticus, almost as if challenging him to say

brows furrowing and I’m grateful he

“Atticus…”

he is. He

nod. “He was… so

end and as much as I hate defending

thing when he surrendered. Tell me Atticus, if Zaia was the one chosen for the Sable, would you

to me fleetingly and then looking away

but we all know he loved Zaia deeply. 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 strong, even if they had a lot of hurdles to

different.” Atticus tries to get me to see his reasoning.

cutting this conversation short. “Dinners. getting cold.” –

way to the table, whilst Atticus stands, frowning. “I’m

We’re all adults here. Come on.” I

know about this?” he

truthfully. “But I know Zaia will have my back.”

he allows me to lead him to the table, which only makes his irritation rise again. There are four

out for me, a clear sign he didn’t want me sitting beside Zade.