Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

129-Becoming Her Target

“Akin! Wait!” Helel dashed after him, stopping him from ruining the entire plan for us.

“You too, Helel? I understand she hates Gwen because she feels threatened, but you were supposed to help her un- derstand the doctor told us not to put Gwen under any stress.” Akin stopped to argue with his brother. I kept stand- ing with the car and watching them disagree with each other.

“I don’t care if you fall deeply in love with her, Akin!” I said in a raised voice, “I’m not jealous of her, at least not anymore,” I added, and Helel closed his eyes to let out a sigh. I could tell he felt bad for me.

“Then explain all this,” Akin walked over to the car again so that he can point at the chains.

“That’s to capture her,” I repeated myself, only to piss him off. He was staring at me as if he wanted to yell at me for not explaining anything to him, and I did it on purpose. After he made me seem like a jealous person, I wanted to piss him off for a little bit.

“You can’t be serious,” Helel complained, tracking his brother’s footsteps and approaching him. “Gwen is not what she seems like,” Helel said since I didn’t say much to help Akin understand why we brought them here.

“I will need a better explanation than just a few words to believe you, Helel. I’m not going to let you chain someone un- til you tell me why we are doing that.” Akin interrogated his brother while giving me his back.

“Your beloved Gwen is a weredragon!” I said that just when Akin thought I wouldn’t interrupt the brothers again.

“What?” Akin turned to me this time, frowning at my claims.

swirl to him this time. Akin had to step back from us in order to stare at us in one

too much for him. He was blankly staring at the chains until he shook his head and asked, “How did you find out about it? I mean, what makes you so certain of it?”

longer prevent her dragon from transition- ing and taking over her.” I explained whatever

form,” I added, just in case

pendant?” Akin narrowed his eyes in my face to question

to wear,” I argued when he wasn’t still

was left after the weredragons were defeated. Some of the pendants were stolen by the lo- cals. Some even made new pendants inspired by the original ones. That proves nothing,” Akin debated loudly, even making Helel zone out for

and then averted my stare away from him. What

did I become so certain

was unexpected. We didn’t think he would hear us. Maddox had left to look around with Dream when she started drinking too much and getting on

sighed as he shifted his body weight onto one foot and stared at all of us

it, the pendant on her neck is not something I have seen be- fore.” Zane pitched in, siding with Helel and me. Akin shook his head at us, as he seemed to think

certain that it is the pendant a were- dragon wears? It could be anything, a simple

inventory? If this pendant is some- where—,”

that much time,” I said, and it made Zane roll his eyes

language was not so threatening. I believe he was certain his brothers will not follow my lead until he was on board and I was not going to allow that. I didn’t spend days and almost got killed in the woods for them to not take this

is a weredragon.” I stomped my foot on the ground

doing?” Zane and Akin followed me, both asking me the same questions while I

as I approached her. She was sitting by the fire and opening a marshmallow bag when she spotted me and

she was being threatened by the way I rushed in her direction.