Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 64

“Are you alright?” I popped in on Leon as he covered the trade ledger with the humans.

He shot you in his chair “goddess’s breath,” he gasped. “Oh oh Luna it’s you only you,” he calmed when he saw me.

1 scrunched my brows and squinted my eyes.

“I only came to see if my plan to change the buyers of our potatoes was a success no need to be scared,” I watched him closely.

“I um yes it was we made a profit much larger you are quite the the asset,” he was still calming down and hugging.

“Leon what’s wrong?” I turned my voice soft and empathetic. I looked over my shoulder and Elizabeth was no where near the closed door only standing guard.

He slumped down in his chair “you tell me,” he mumbled. “Graysons been on the war path and he’s not communicating a thing! I swear it’s just..just. He’s off Annette he did something the other day and I have known him a long time I think he’s lost it,”

“What did he do?” I questioned.

“He kille

“He killed the sniper…” he drifted off his eyes swimming with terror.

Graysons message to his council his threat of extinction to any traitors and snitches. He’s trusted them with his life for most of it and now our child is on the line. A dream Grayson has kept secret for years: a happy family of his own. Now he’ll kill anyone in his way.

“Grayson is overprotective he just wants me safe,” I smiled sweetly.

“He’s getting unhinged Luna he’s training harder and harder and he’s refusing to pull punches the only one of us who can withstand him is Matt and even then it’s bad,”

The guilt rose in my throat again.

“He’s scared Leon. I mean he even wants to kind so their elders,” I fibbed.

“Of course!” He slapped a hand to his forehead and laughed at this false insanity.

“Yes do the one thing that will capture the attention of both regions ministry. We’ll be charged with war crimes!”

“I know going before the wolf ministry of both regions, he could be charged and taken away or worse,” I sighed.

“Talk to him Annette he’ll listen to you he’s in love you that’s why he’s so crazy,” Leon grabbed me by my shoulders.

“Or we’ll all lose him,”

“Thank you Leon,” I nodded to him. “I have to go and check our meat supplies. Please keep this all between us,” I

smiled.

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Instead I went to the training house. The only thing Leon had told me that shocked me was Grayson was taking his anger out in training.

I marched to the training house to see it for my own eyes.

He was in the ring sweating and panting. His eyes were trained ingo Matt. Wailing in on him punch after punch.

Charlie and Jamie watched on from the sidelines. Matt had his hands up flinching with the blows Gray was landing.

“Grayson!” I yelled.

My mate stopped instantly mid punch turning and looking at me the shame washing on him.

“Get out.” he told Matt

Matt looked between us and looked out fo the ring.

him over. Not nearly as battered and bruised as Mam was

with all you have fight my brother he’ll be your own size,” I whispered to

told me.

brother hasn’t

that.”

be prepared for what they face,” he

his face and I watched him fight the urge to enjoy my touch. The pull to calm down

closed his eyes

want us to be,” I told

and he pulled me to his

cannot not defend you.” he growled.

but don’t scorch him the

gritted his teeth but he would keep his word.

over to Matt

1

As your sworn protector I know I need to be

we face.”

false sincerity. He knew Grayson was punishing him for a crime

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not committed.

the outcome of all of

you,”

“He loves you,”

“I think he’s proven his worth. Besides Grayson is

I heard Jamie

called to my youngest brother.

gripped my

him, and he needs to learn respect,”

like any of it,” I

vegetables or dinner. I

ate a loaf of bread while Elizabeth sat outside my front door. I was still starving, but I had

up heads of lettuce as Elizabeth cut potatoes. Lilianna walked in eventually and started helping

pies.

how’s your mother,” lili asked me. “I’m sure she’s worried sick about you,” she

is her worst nightmare so I’ve been talking with her everyday. Trying to keep her away,” I replied.

mother is a good strategist is she not?” Elizabeth asked

she’s helped many allies with their

be a great asset, it may be better if she were here to help,”

over the phone where she

course Luna, Elizabeth

dinner will be wonderful, but my mind was wondering around. and around in the idea

thing was someone was selling our secrets and

said they’d been

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know that we weren’t aware of

bedroom claiming

Lies upon lies.

shaky breath sitting down on

no sight to the end of this, first an enemy, then a threat, now a traitor.

leg up on this Alpha when we hit them with trade decoy but still they had

this sense that the only reason this enemy didn’t know about the trade was because the mole would’ve been exposed. They were taking their time with us someone Grayson had once

felt useless and helpless. I was clawing at the walls of the hole in the ground that had opened beneath my feet

my uncontrolled worries. My mind running ahead of me thinking up all these horrors

knew it I gasping and shaking.

came to me before I

knelt in the shower still

maniacal in its determination to concoct new scenarios of how