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."

him with a suspicious look. "Well, if that’s what

of them said in silence, and Killian suddenly spoke up. Inez raised her head and looked at the man. Her eyes 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

speaking, she cursed.

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

to continue being cordial with him, Inez got to her feet and then hopped off the couch. She

this, bubbles.

adored this side of him. "Look, I am grateful that you watched over me when I was unconscious. But I am fine now. You don’t need

going to leave, and this was something that Inez could see through

you want

was going to." He always did, which made him a difficult person to love. Something that his mother told

that they had left in his head before it had the

that she was not willing to pay him any more attention than necessary. Inez was

scent and body lured him like a moth to a flame. It must be because she was a siren; it had

one else is as charmed by her as

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