Luna on The Run I Stole the Alphas Son

Alpha on the Hunt Chapter 7

“We’ll see you on Monday.” my mother tells me.

“I’m not staying in the city.” I remind her.

“Yes, you are, sweetie. You just refuse to admit it,” she says, wondering off before I can answer. Glaring at her re- treating figure, I start the car.

The drive to the city takes twice as long because I am try- ing to delay the inevitable. By the time I reach Axton’s pack- house, he is standing out the front, his arms folded across his bare chest. I roll my eyes. Why does he have to be half-naked? I growl in annoyance when Lexa answers me.

“He came back from a run. He didn’t think you were com- ing, and it set Khan off,” she tells me.

“You can’t know that!” I state.

“I can because the stupid bond gets stronger by the day now he has marked us. I have been catching glimmers of it through this one-sided bond.” she snaps at me. This was the first time she has openly admitted to her struggle with the bond. I constantly suffer when within his proximity, but Lexa had clearly been hiding her struggle from me.

Axton stomps over, grabbing my door when I shove it open. “You said 5 PM.” he snaps at me. I growl, not in the mood for his temper tantrum.

“I am forty minutes late, Axton. Calm down. This is hard enough.” I tell him, opening the back door. He says nothing as I reach in and start unclipping Kyan first. Instead, he walks

to retrieve Bane. The moment he reaches in, a vicious growl

feeling off while re-

the door and grabbing the baby bag from the front passenger seat just as Axton closes his door. He smiles down at Bane, quickly kissing his head before

leaving me standing here staring like a twit. My voice is robotic as I tell the boy’s formula dosage and rattle off useless information I am sure he won’t need about their

I have no reason to stay any longer.

am perfectly capable of watching them for the weekend,” Axton states, holding out his free arm for him. Grit- ting my teeth, I hand him over, and Axton

and I nod. My ac- tions feel pre-programmed and automatic as he sidesteps me. Before I can make an even bigger fool of

street, knowing if I don’t leave. I will find myself camping

way.

mined to leave, except as soon as I see the border patrols manning the exit, I pull over because I suddenly can’t breathe.

together, Elena.” I scold myself. Yet no mat- ter how much I wanted to prove everyone wrong, I

the hedges where the car is hidden from view. The rain is pouring down, obscuring my view completely

heightened from the

confines of my mind as I conjure up any ex- cuse possible to knock on his door so I can check on them, I don’t notice anyone approach the car until Axton is tapping on the window. “You know I can feel when

at him, wondering how he noticed me lurking

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