Rejected Luna: Untamed Desire Of The Lycan Alpha

Chapter 124: Irony

"That was weird," Inez remarked as she entered her lodge. She was not used to such affectionate behaviour, especially when her own mother made it a mission to make her realise how difficult it was to love her.

"Was it?" Killian followed her inside and glanced at the woman who plopped down on the couch, with her head thrown back. He watched Inez as she twisted her neck slightly to the side and looked at him with a hint of annoyance in her eyes. "Yeah, it was, and why are you here? Shouldn’t you be busy with your alpha stuff?"

"Alpha stuff?"

"Yeah, you know, the boring, usual day-to-day activities that you go through?" Inez offered with a sweet smile. "I bet you have more important things than to worry about me?"

Killian arched a brow as he strode to where she was sitting. He lifted her legs and pushed them to one side before sitting next to her and said to her, "Well, I won’t deny that I don’t have anything to do, but I would rather wait until you are steady on your feet."

Inez frowned. "Why?"

"Because it is the right thing to do," Killian responded.

"I don’t need you to stay with me," she told him.

"There is a fine line between need and want," stated Killian in a calm voice. "Just because you don’t need me doesn’t mean that you don’t want someone to stay next to you."

a suspicious look. "Well, if that’s

were filled with confusion as she could not understand what Killian was saying to her. "Being different from the rest. Though I don’t know how it feels, it must have been painful trying to adjust with

soon as Inez finished speaking, she cursed.

for you?" he asked, and from the speculative look on his face, Inez knew that the man was definitely onto something and he was just

cordial with him, Inez got to her feet and then hopped off the couch. She said, "I am going

alpha; you cannot dismiss me like this, bubbles. I hope that you have

it was absolutely sickening that her siren simply adored this side of him. "Look, I am grateful that you watched over me when I was unconscious. But I am

going to leave, and this

Do whatever you want

difficult person to love. Something that his

of their betrayals and the memories that they had left in

though she sensed him, Killian could see that she was not willing to pay him any more attention than necessary. Inez was a stubborn and

understand why this intrigued him, nor could he understand what her scent and body lured him like a moth to a flame. It

one else is as charmed by

but Killian was not too keen on acting on it. Inez had indeed earned a piece of his trust, but so had Lyra, only to show him why he shouldn’t